In depth look at the WBS file

[Nikis-Knight]

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to give units specific names and have them saved for the scenario? Doing it in WB doesn't save it, and I don't see a spot in the list under unit info in this guide. So I guess not, but if there is a way, I'd like to know.
Thanks.

 

[Nimbus]

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to take two civs out of an existing scenario??? I have a scenario and I would like to take out the last two civs (teams 16&17) but after i remove all references to teamreveal and unitreveal=16/17 and save the map, the map will no longer load.

 

[cellardoor]

Thanks, yeah I mean editing EXP & Promotions. Is there a place where all the PromotionTypes are defined? I've found CIV4PromotionInfos.xml but that's going to be a lot of work to collapse all that data into a 'PromotionType=' format?

Hoping someone has already done the work.

 

[Kissa]

Is there a way to lock the civics for a team,
like state_property for Russia during all the scenario ?

(not to be with stalin having free_speech civic nor hitler with universal_suffrage etc.)

 

[Kissa]

And is it possible to up the number of vassalage turns ?

 

[Antmanbrooks]

How would I go about using a premade map and changing the Civ's that start on it.

For example I want to start using the earth map but add 18 civs from the CIV Gold 3.0 mod in their accurate start locations. I want to add specific civs too, not just any random 18.

 

[Dale]

Is there a way to lock the civics for a team,
like state_property for Russia during all the scenario ?

(not to be with stalin having free_speech civic nor hitler with universal_suffrage etc.)

You can set a disabled tech in xml, then link the civic to be allowed with that tech.

Then in the WBS file in BeginPlayer set:
CivicOption=CIVICOPTION_******, Civic=CIVIV_WHAT_EVER_IT_IS

 

[Dale]

How would I go about using a premade map and changing the Civ's that start on it.

For example I want to start using the earth map but add 18 civs from the CIV Gold 3.0 mod in their accurate start locations. I want to add specific civs too, not just any random 18.

Start a HUGE custom game with the 18 civs you want. Enter world builder then load the world map you want. Then just place the civs wherever.

 

[Antmanbrooks]

Hi Dale, thanks for your help, when I go to load the map - it loads up all the civs on that map, replacing the ones I chose with new ones? Am I loading the right map or am I loading a WB save file?

How do I find the earth map - just the one that comes with the game would work fine.

 

[Dale]

In the download section is some world maps, use one of them.

Should be a WBS file. Otherwise, the other way is to open the WBS file in notepad (or equivalent text editor) and change the civs manually to what you want.

EDIT: The world map that comes with vanilla only has 8 civs in it, so at maximum you'll only have to redo those ones.

 

[strategyonly]

taken care of, thx.

 

[Antmanbrooks]

Excellent, I figured it out by opening the file in wordpad. It took a couple of alterations before it worked smoothly, but I got there in the end. For any new people also wanting to make simple scenario's one thing I learned was you can gain a lot of insight into what you need to write in the file by looking at other files already made.

Once again, thanks for your help Dale.

For some reason some of my civs started with communication links with other civs?? I managed to close them so they have no contact using wordpad though.

 

[GarretSidzaka]

this is a very nice write-up dale!!! thanks mate

 

[Rickh123456]

Thanks Dale for the awesome amount of work that this must have entailed.

 

[freddyfudpucker]

A clarification concerning using an existing map, please. If I want to use a North America map to build a Civil War mod for example, how do I get the right civs in place?

It sounds like I load the NA map in the game and save it as a wbs. Then delete the existing civs (as described earlier), then edit in the custom civs (after creating new civs in the appropriate other xml files).

Is this correct?

Thanks,

Freddy

 

[Minor Annoyance]

When I start a custom scenario it won't let me pick the era it starts in. I've tried adding Era=none in the BeginGame section but that doesn't work. Anyway to do this?

 

[jlpurvis2001]

Is there a way to convert a Vanilla WBS file to a BTS WBS file. Just a normal load doesn't work

 

[strategyonly]

Is there a way to convert a Vanilla WBS file to a BTS WBS file. Just a normal load doesn't work

You need to uncheck 'Hide extensions for known file types' under Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options. This should then allow to change 'CIVWARLORDSWBSAVE' to 'CivBeyondSwordWBSave'

Just make sure you go back and place the check back, then apply.

 

[wotan321]

Can we name units from the WBS file now?

 

[jlpurvis2001]

thank you for your help