Exclude Random Civs Mod

[Cyberian]

Hi there,

I have not found a mod that can do something like this although I think it should be very easy.
I play large maps against random Civs on emperor and immortal which is fine.
My problem though is that I encounter Austria and India too often. Austria buys almost ALL the city states and India builds nearly ALL the wonders. This is not fun for me, I would really like to exclude those two civs from the game without having to pick all the civs in a game as I really like the surprise factor.

Can anybody help me? Maybe there is something like this out there which I missed or you can do it easily by modifiing some files?

 

[abandag]

Yes, this would be very easy to do. Just use Update to make those civ AI Unplayable. I did it with Sweden (because I stole their colors and icon for my own civ) and it worked just fine.

	<Civilizations>
		<Update>
			<Set AIPlayable="false"/>
			<Where Type="CIVILIZATION_AUSTRIA"/>
		</Update>
		<Update>
			<Set AIPlayable="false"/>
			<Where Type="CIVILIZATION_INDIA"/>
		</Update>
	</Civilizations>

That should work.

 

[Cyberian]

big THX, I appreciate it

CIV will be fun again hate to always have those enemies

 

[bhawk]

where is this "update" config?

 

[Antagonise]

You can do this and much more with the "Really Advanced Setup" mod.

 

[LeeS]

It would be presented within an XML file that is part of a mod. Though to be completely pendantic about it, the code as previously shown should be re-written so the xml-file attached to the mod would contain:

<GameData>
	<Civilizations>
		<Update>
			<Set AIPlayable="false"/>
			<Where Type="CIVILIZATION_AUSTRIA"/>
		</Update>
		<Update>
			<Set AIPlayable="false"/>
			<Where Type="CIVILIZATION_INDIA"/>
		</Update>
	</Civilizations>
</GameData>

It is also possible (but as a general rule not recommended) to edit the xml directly within the Firaxis-supplied game files.

 

[onmy6]

This is great, I usually go through the ole advanced setup and exclude the civ's I cannot stand (there is 2 or 3 for me) but like you said Cyberian it removes the surprise factor of who you can come up against. Great now I can remove the Siamese, Ethiopian and Brazilian Civ's permanently


Side note: It would be curiously interesting to see what are the top 3 civ's others can't stand playing or playing against

 

[LeeS]

This is great, I usually go through the ole advanced setup and exclude the civ's I cannot stand (there is 2 or 3 for me) but like you said Cyberian it removes the surprise factor of who you can come up against. Great now I can remove the Siamese, Ethiopian and Brazilian Civ's permanently


Side note: It would be curiously interesting to see what are the top 3 civ's others can't stand playing or playing against

Also, I just realized this thread is a necro from like 3 years ago, so I'm not sure Cyberian would even be aware of the most recent commentary.

 

[onmy6]

So it is... I didn't spot that either lmao