Custom Game setting

[irotom]

Hi all,

I'm Eric. Just joined your forum and have a question reg "Custom Game" mode.

Every single time I play my favourite game it is exactly in "Custom Game" mode. Hence every single time I use the same settings: map, civz, etc. - I wonder how to get it done once and for all so when I press on "Custom Game" I see them every time there and then instead of spending time on every occasion when I play Custom Game again.

The setting I'm after are in screenshot in attachment.

Can you help me please to find out how to set it up?

Eric

 

[Rob (R8XFT)]

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[Nightinggale]

I have been wondering the same thing for the very same reason. In theory it should be simple to change the default settings in the GUI. However it seems that this particularly screen is one of the few, which resides inside the exe, which makes it quite tricky to alter. If anybody has any idea how to mod it, I would really like to know.

 

[platyping]

Most of them are saved in the ini file in My Documents after you start a game.

 

[isenchine]

In the main CivilizationIV.ini file, you have settings like:

; Map Script file name
Map = Rainforest

; Max number of turns (0 for no turn limit)
MaxTurns = 0

; Game Options
GameOptions = 000000000100000000000000

; Victory Conditions
VictoryConditions = 1111111

; Handicap for quick play
QuickHandicap = HANDICAP_PRINCE

; GameSpeed options are GAMESPEED_QUICK/GAMESPEED_NORMAL/GAMESPEED_EPIC/GAMESPEED_MARATHON
GameSpeed = GAMESPEED_NORMAL

; Era options are ERA_ANCIENT/ERA_CLASSICAL/ERA_MEDIEVAL/ERA_RENAISSANCE/ERA_INDUSTRIAL/ERA_MODERN
Era = ERA_ANCIENT

; Sealevel options are SEALEVEL_LOW/SEALEVEL_MEDIUM/SEALEVEL_HIGH
SeaLevel = SEALEVEL_LOW

; Climate options are CLIMATE_ARID/CLIMATE_TEMPERATE/CLIMATE_TROPICAL
Climate = CLIMATE_TEMPERATE

; Worldsize options are WORLDSIZE_DUEL/WORLDSIZE_TINY/WORLDSIZE_SMALL/WORLDSIZE_STANDARD/WORLDSIZE_LARGE/WORLDSIZE_HUGE
WorldSize = WORLDSIZE_TINY

It does not cover all but you could set up the game options there or the Victory conditions plus a few other things.

Note that there is also a CIV4PlayerOptionInfos.xml, a CIV4GameOptionInfos.xml and a CIV4GraphicOptionInfos.xml, not to mention a CIV4MPOptionInfos.xml, all in XML/GameInfo folder.

PS: he he - cross post with Platy...