Land Privateers?

[Contox]

I dont know if this is the correct forum to post this in, but is there a simple way to alter the rules of a unit, say a warrior, so that its nationality is hidden? Not like spies, where they are invisible, but like privateers, which can be attacked, but you can't tell what nationality they are.
A unit like this could be useful in crippling a civ's economy without declaring war. This would be a powerful advantage, so it could be a national unit, that you can only have a limited amount of.
Any info would be much appreciated.

 

[OzzyKP]

Go to Assets/XML/Units/CIV4UnitInfos.xml

Find the unit you want to edit. For a warrior, do a search for <Type>UNIT_WARRIOR</Type>

Look through the various tags listed under that unit till you find something that says:

<bHiddenNationality>0</bHiddenNationality>

Change that to:


<bHiddenNationality>1</bHiddenNationality>

 

[Contox]

Hmmm...... When I open that file, theres no units. Just a blank page. I have the files of type thing set to "All Files", but theres nothing there
do i need something installed?

 

[Ginger_Ale]

Moderator Action: Moved to the main Creation & Customization forum.

 

[BTSformac]

If you run windows, you *should* be able to open it with notepad. is that what you tried?

 

[Tholish]

You also need to change Always Hostile to 1.

 

[Edgecrusher]

just FYI, this weekend when I update my "Heroes" mod, I will be including a unit called Buccaneer. Which will basically be a land privateer. I just have to get the animation right where he will fire a gun at a distance and fight with a sword in close range.

 

[mechaerik]

Seriously?
I've been thinking of making some units like that for MechaUnits2. I'll definitely check it out!

 

[Willem]

Go to Assets/XML/Units/CIV4UnitInfos.xml

Find the unit you want to edit. For a warrior, do a search for <Type>UNIT_WARRIOR</Type>

Look through the various tags listed under that unit till you find something that says:

<bHiddenNationality>0</bHiddenNationality>

Change that to:


<bHiddenNationality>1</bHiddenNationality>

You also need to set the Always Hostile flag, otherwise the nationality will still come through if you try and attack them.

PS: Oops, beaten to the punch.