Difference between .xml and _small.xml

[DeclanTKatt]

This appears all over the place in the Civ5 files, for example, two files: UnitPanel.xml and UnitPanel_small.xml. The two are identical except for some formatting alterations.

What is the difference between these two (or any two like them)? Is it a resolution, widescreen/letterbox thing? If I make the same change to both files, only the change to the _small.xml file seems to have an effect for me, but I run my game in 16:9 aspect ratio... so I'm confused.

I would like my mod to be used by anyone... so will I have to make the change to both files to make it universal? Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[SamBC]

You can select, in game options, to have the normal UI or the small UI. The small UI is the one with the _small bit. The game can also choose automatically, for those who don't have a large enough screen (in terms of pixels). I don't know what the cutoff is.

So, you either have the small UI selected, or you've told it to choose automatically and you have a (fairly) low display resolution.

 

[DeclanTKatt]

That's interesting. Thanks for the response. But I don't recall seeing anything like that in my options screen. I run the game at my native resolution of 1920x1080 which is certainly not a low resolution. Let me check those options again...

 

[DeclanTKatt]

Ahh.. I see what you mean now. Wow.. that big UI is.... BIG. I've never seen it before. But seeing as I'm making a UI mod, I guess I will have to alter both of them to make it universal. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Sam