How to Change the Names of Civilizations and Leaders?

[caesarmd]

How does one simply change the names of the Leaders and Civilizations of a scenario? I don't want to change the graphics or music or artwork. I found in the XML files the CIV4CivilizationsInfos file.

But replacing the name of one civ for another in the <Type>, <Description>, <ShortDescription>, and <Adjective>, causes the game to show:

"TXT_KEY_CIV_NEWCIVNAME" instead of "NewCivName".

2) Is changing the Leader's name at the bottom of the Civ Info file sufficient? Or do you have to change another file as well?

3) I've been frustrated looking in the forums for a tutorial specific to just changing names. Is there one?

Thanks so much and Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[Dark_Jedi06]

You also have to edit the CIV4GameTextInfos_Objects XML file located at Assets > XML > Text. The tag "TXT_KEY_CIV_NEWCIVNAME" points to this file, then draws the actual name from there. You want to open that file and add a block of code like this:

	<TEXT>
		<Tag>TXT_KEY_CIV_NEWCIVNAME</Tag>
		<English>New Civ Name</English>
		<French></French>
		<German></German>
		<Italian></Italian>
		<Spanish></Spanish>
	</TEXT>

The <Tag> is what you typed in the CIV4CivilizationsInfos file, and the <English>, <French>, ect. are how you want the text to show up in-game in that respective language. I hope that helps!

 

[caesarmd]

Hi, thanks so much for responding for a newbie moddie like myself!

Would this new text go in a specific spot in the Civ4GameText_Objects file?

ie, there are several columns of different kinds of text delineated by

<!-- game start text -->

or

<!-- Game Text - New -->

and the already finished mods have a lot more stuff

I'm trying to change the names on an already finished mod.

would you put the new civ text anywhere or under a new heading something like:

<!-- New Civilization -->

thanks again for your help!

 

[The_J]

Would this new text go in a specific spot in the Civ4GameText_Objects file?

No.

ie, there are several columns of different kinds of text delineated by

<!-- game start text -->

or

<!-- Game Text - New -->

and the already finished mods have a lot more stuff

These are only hints for other the guys, who want to look in the files.

 

[caesarmd]

So this text can be placed anywhere? At the very start of the file for example?

 

[The_J]

Yes, you can place it anywhere.
Only a few tags at the beginning/at the end must before/after the names, but you can see, what these are, if you look at the normal scheme of a file.