Is it possible to give each religion unique ability?

[Dida]

Religions are a great addition to civ, I am kind of disappointed that each religion does have its unique ability.
It will be great if some religion is good for war, some others good for food and so on.

 

[Xineoph]

You can easily give each religion a unique ability. But problems can arise in balances...but i'm sure that will work out over time.

 

[CdGGambit]

Yes. You can add commerce/hammer/food with the XML code. You can also change how fast it spreads and give free units with the founding of it. And there may be a way to gain additional things as well.

With python you'll definitely be able to do more.

 

[walt526]

For obvious reasons, the designers didn't want to seem like they were promoting one religion over others (see their cute little disclaimer on page 77 of the manual--"We're game designers, not theologians."). But it's remarkably easy to play with the levels.

Go into the directory C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\XML\GameInfo and open up the file "CIV4ReligionInfo." You may need to DL an XML editor depending on what you have installed on your machine.

Anyway, once in the XML document you can alter the values of each religion.