Craig_Sutter
Deity
I'm currently working at converting one of my Civ 4 maps to Civ 5. I'm having several issues, each of which I am handling in turn.
First, the map was used in a mod, so I had to remove several bonus types and all the units (to be safe).
Then, the leaders were all customized, so I changed them to random leaders, and then adjusted them in the world builder. I'm not certain if that was necessary, but I was able to load the game after doing this.
Having done these things, I was able to play the game via a mod; however, all of my cities from my old map disappeared and my start was random. If I choose leaders in the scenario editor, my cities all show up as being allocated correctly, but then, the game will not load.
I just discovered that the minimum city distance for the game is set at 4 hexes. Could this be affecting the loading of the game? Is it considered some sort of error? I think many cities are likely closer than that limit on my converted map.
By the way, does 4 hexes mean the space between the city, or is it inclusive? Are there 4, 3 or 2 empty hexes allowed between cities?
Anyhow, I'd appreciate any advice from anyone who has converted a modded Civ 4 map to Civ 5...
Perhaps you might know:
-do cities on the Civ 4 map show up properly at all in the Civ 5 one?
-whats the easiest way to clean up the Civ 4 xml file so it can be used in Civ 5... should I clear out everything except terrain and start over?
-do I need starting positions for my Civs or is the fact that they have cities enough (given the fact that they have no unit, as well)
-what happens to barbarian cities... is this causing a problem?
How do I read a Civ 5 map? Civ 4, I could just go in with wordpad and edit with text. This does not seem to work with Civ 5 maps. But my civ 4 maps have certain things such as degree of friendliness between different civs... are these being incorporated into the Civ 5 maps... I'd like to see via wordpad if it's possible. It would be nice to see a Civ 5 map in text to see exactly what is being converted.
Sorry for all of the questions, but I don't really want to clean the whole map of everything and apply it via the worldbuilder if I can help it. Any advice on the pitfalls I should look out for would be greatly appreciated.
First, the map was used in a mod, so I had to remove several bonus types and all the units (to be safe).
Then, the leaders were all customized, so I changed them to random leaders, and then adjusted them in the world builder. I'm not certain if that was necessary, but I was able to load the game after doing this.
Having done these things, I was able to play the game via a mod; however, all of my cities from my old map disappeared and my start was random. If I choose leaders in the scenario editor, my cities all show up as being allocated correctly, but then, the game will not load.
I just discovered that the minimum city distance for the game is set at 4 hexes. Could this be affecting the loading of the game? Is it considered some sort of error? I think many cities are likely closer than that limit on my converted map.
By the way, does 4 hexes mean the space between the city, or is it inclusive? Are there 4, 3 or 2 empty hexes allowed between cities?
Anyhow, I'd appreciate any advice from anyone who has converted a modded Civ 4 map to Civ 5...
Perhaps you might know:
-do cities on the Civ 4 map show up properly at all in the Civ 5 one?
-whats the easiest way to clean up the Civ 4 xml file so it can be used in Civ 5... should I clear out everything except terrain and start over?
-do I need starting positions for my Civs or is the fact that they have cities enough (given the fact that they have no unit, as well)
-what happens to barbarian cities... is this causing a problem?
How do I read a Civ 5 map? Civ 4, I could just go in with wordpad and edit with text. This does not seem to work with Civ 5 maps. But my civ 4 maps have certain things such as degree of friendliness between different civs... are these being incorporated into the Civ 5 maps... I'd like to see via wordpad if it's possible. It would be nice to see a Civ 5 map in text to see exactly what is being converted.
Sorry for all of the questions, but I don't really want to clean the whole map of everything and apply it via the worldbuilder if I can help it. Any advice on the pitfalls I should look out for would be greatly appreciated.
