Editing a map

[waor]

I am a neeby to modding civ 4 so maybe the question ist stupid as hell...

I have downloaded this earth map with 18 civs. But now I want to decrease the number of civilizations envolved. I have also downloaded a so called civ4editor but I can see no way to decrease the numbers of civilizations in the map.

How can I do that then ??

 

[white rabbit]

having the same problem, anybody help?

it would be great to use a map in more than one scenario with different civs, or load a map from the start up screen as per civ 3 - if there is a way to save it as ".py" file, it could be saved to the main folder

 

[Bezurn]

To edit the number of civs, as well as many other things about the map, you need to do this outside of the game engine and use text editing.

So browse to where you installed the map you downloaded and right click on it. Go to open with - choose notepad (or another word processor).

Now, to edit the civs down a bit til you find BeginPlayer tags. There will always be 18 tags here, for each civ that you want to take out, put this code in place of that BeginPlayer tag. Be sure to change to team value to the appropiate one as well.

	Team=11
	LeaderType=NONE
	CivType=NONE
	Color=NONE
	ArtStyle=NONE
	Handicap=HANDICAP_NOBLE

If you want to save it as something else, go to save as, select all file types at the bottom, and then after yourfilename type <your file name>.Civ4WorldBuilderSave

You can find out more about .Civ4WorldBuilderSave files in this handy post as well.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=135669

 

[white rabbit]

thanks, that helps
what about saving a map to open from the init

 

[white rabbit]

thanks, that helps
what about saving a map to open from the initial game screen, as if you were playing on a randomly generated map, rather than the "start scenario" route? I have a map i'd like to be able to try with a few of the game variants available to the standard game, each time i play it. is this possible? there are maps saved in the civ folder as ".py" files. is it possible to save worldbuilder files as these, or should i install a map editor?