how do you make detailed scenarios?

[CHRISROOM]

I have made some plain scenarios, but now Im ready to go to the "next level". But, I have some questions:

1) How do you change the date?
2) How can you change the leaderheads and their names? Because I accidentally chose the wrong leaders.
3) How can you change the "beginning of man" message?
4) How can you pop up a message during a certain turn?
5) How can you automatically destroy something in a certain turn?
6) How can you change what it says on the "select scenario" screen?
7) Is it possible to make the world flat and not round? If it stays round, then my scenario is faulty.

If you were asking, Im creating a Pearl Harbor scenario. And a few more afterwords. So can some lend a helping hand?

 

[Starship]

Hello,

I am also working on making better scenarios, and am interested to see the answer to some of these questions.

The only answer I have for you is for #7. Without doing anything fancy...Just use the inland sea map.

I'm also pretty sure you can change the date in the World Builder. Just open it with Notepad.

Some of the things you are asking for, the random/preplanned events, I know can be done. I don't know how though, and am interested to see the replies.

I'm not sure what you mean by #6? Rename the scenario?

 

[CHRISROOM]

I'm not sure what you mean by #6? Rename the scenario?

No. The details about it.

And, I've already made the world, so I guess that I'll add mountains where I want the world to end.

 

[CHRISROOM]

Can someone please help?

 

[Spartan117]

No. The details about it.

And, I've already made the world, so I guess that I'll add mountains where I want the world to end.

teh details describing the scenario or time sequenced events?

details describing the scenario can be made in notepad also, look at notepad of scenarios already int eh game to see where..

i have no idea how to make time sequenced events...

 

[Red Door]

1.Through Notepad.
2.XML files of the scenario.
3.No idea, ask Kael, he did it.
4.Through Python.
5.Through Python.
6.Save it under a differennt name.
7.Make an inland sea map. Some advice, your scenario will look really bad and it won't look like you put much effort in it if you put mountains on the edges.

 

[jbfballrb]

3. add an entry to the GameInfoText file (i think thats the right one, fiddle around, you should find an entry) and then under Python, go to screens, and add it into the CvDawnofMan.py file
7. Notepad, world builder, you can change "WrapX=1" to "WrapX=0"

 

[HPLovecraft]

This is what you need to do.

Download a scenario already made. One that has changes you like and would like to modify a little, or include in your own scenario. Then, open their files with notepad and look inside at what they've done. COmpare these to the original files that are the same, and you can easily 'reverse engineer' it, so to speak.

 

[CHRISROOM]

well, im not good with XML or python... they're kind of... confusing.

 

[CHRISROOM]

and, jbfballrb,

I only want the beginning of man to change for just that scenario.
and where is this "WrapX=#"?

 

[Jeckel]

K check this thread by Dale out, it shows you everything you can do in the worldbuilder file with touching xml or python.

Click this Link

Might want to scan through the tutorial forum also, I think there are a few that deal with makeing scenrios.

 

[jbfballrb]

and, jbfballrb,

I only want the beginning of man to change for just that scenario.
and where is this "WrapX=#"?

then put those files in a mod directory and use it for the scenario.
WrapX is in the WBS file, open it in notepad, and after you get passed all the civs and teams being defined, but before the stuff that says "Start Plot" you should find "Start Map" and it should be between that and "End Map"

 

[Red Door]

How can XML be confusing? It is pretty much copy and paste.

 

[CHRISROOM]

ok, I learned how to use the WBS file, but even though the code is valid, it selects Tokugawa instead of anything else. Before I edited it, it worked fine. I was able to choose from 2 leaders. Now, Im forced to use Tokugawa. This is what I did.
I changed

LeaderType=LEADER_WASHINGTON
LeaderName=Washington

to

LeaderType=LEADER_FRANKLIN_ROOSEVELT
LeaderName=Roosevelt

When I found out that the Roosevelt didnt work, I changed it back and it still doesnt work. Is it because Im using regular MS Notepad?