Editing computer city names?

[CivCro]

Is there a way to edit computer city names before they are created in the game?

 

[Whelkman]

You have to edit the .SVE file. It's actually pretty easy to do with a hex editor. Names are in a list, all in a row, stored in ASCII, so it's pretty easy to find.

Edit: You can change the cities in civ.exe as well.

 

[CivCro]

Thx! Do I have to watch for the number of letters a city has (especially for .exe file) or I can put any name i want to?

 

[Whelkman]

It's a little dicey in civ.exe so you'll have to experiment, but in the SAV files the format is pretty obvious. Do note that the 'thirteenth' character is a null value (0x00) while padding up to the twelve available is done with ASCII whitespace (0x20).

I also forgot to check whether CIV$ does this so you might give it a try.

 

[CivCro]

Got the hang of it! Wasn't too much difficult... THX!