Editor

[Jed]

Is there an editor that will let me modify the game rules such as food used up by a settler/engineer? I tried modifying the rules.txt but then the game didn't load. It told me the rules.txt was an invalid file(something like that). So I wanna know if there's a program or editor that can fix my problem

-Jed

 

[starlifter]

No, because the program reads and processes the Rules.txt to gain that information. Food consumption is not stored in the .sav file.

;
;   Cosmic Principles
;
;   The following numbers control various key rules
;   of the game.  GREAT discretion is advised if you
;   opt to change these.  Values too far out of the
;   expected range can cause the game to behave strangely.
;
@COSMIC
3       ; Road movement multiplier
2       ; 1 in x chance Trireme lost (mod. by Seafaring, Navigation)
2       ; # of food each citizen eats per turn
10      ; # of rows in food box (rows * city_size+1 = box)
10      ; # of rows in shield box
1       ; Settlers eat (govt <= Monarchy)
2       ; Settlers eat (govt >= Communism)
7       ; City size for first unhappiness at Chieftain level
14      ; Riot factor based on # cities (higher factor lessens the effect)
8       ; Aqueduct needed to exceed this size
12      ; Sewer System needed to exceed this size
10      ; Tech paradigm (higher # slows research)
20      ; Base time for engineers to transform terrain (x2)
3       ; Monarchy  pays support for all units past this
3       ; Communism pays support for all units past this
10      ; Fundamentalism pays support for all units past this
0       ; Communism is equivalent of this palace distance.
50      ; Fundamentalism loses this % of science
50      ; Percent shield penalty for production type change
10      ; Max paradrop range
75      ; Mass/Thrust paradigm (increasing slows spaceship time)
5       ; Max effective science rate in fundamentalism (x10, so 5 = 50%)

The above is the entire Cosmic section. If it is not working correctly, you need to go to your backup of the original rules.txt (or back to your CDROM) and begin with a standard file.

You must also use a text-only mode when editing (use notepad or wordpad), and save as a text file format.