Load my current save game in world builder?

[Zetler]

Is there a way to load my current saved game into world builder and edit the map from there?

 

[Revoran]

In-game, you go to the menu and save the map you're on so that you can load it later in the world builder. Ie, the randomly generated map you're on. However i think it just saves the blank map not savegame data so you can't go in and cheat and remove the runaway AI's army tha is massing at your borders

 

[Zetler]

Damn, damn, damn. I'm doomed

 

[MisterBarca]

Wait, really? So you can't "change" a game in progress?!

 

[Revoran]

It's worth a try though as I don't know for sure, if it was gonna work you would have to go to where ciV saves games (default) C:/Users/Your Username/My Documents/My Games/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/Saves and find your save game, hopefully loading it in the WorldBuilder as a scenario or something.

There might be some way to edit the raw code of the save file as well, however you'd need something more than just notepad to do that as they just show up as garbled nonsense in notepad. Even then you would have to understand what all the code meant.

Alternatively the game is default set to autosave every 10 turns and to keep 10 autosaves (I think). You could reload from an autosave (click autosave up the top in the load game window). If you left click on the save once it will tell you what civ, gamespeed, era, year, turn number etc year you were in like a normal save. The game names the autosaves to the year you were in at that save by default.

Also Zetler, that's pretty impressive, 6 years as a lurker.

 

[MisterBarca]

It's worth a try though as I don't know for sure, if it was gonna work you would have to go to where ciV saves games (default) C:/Users/Your Username/My Documents/My Games/Sid Meier's Civilization 5/Saves and find your save game, hopefully loading it in the WorldBuilder as a scenario or something.

There might be some way to edit the raw code of the save file as well, however you'd need something more than just notepad to do that as they just show up as garbled nonsense in notepad. Even then you would have to understand what all the code meant.

Alternatively the game is default set to autosave every 10 turns and to keep 10 autosaves (I think). You could reload from an autosave (click autosave up the top in the load game window). If you left click on the save once it will tell you what civ, gamespeed, era, year, turn number etc year you were in like a normal save. The game names the autosaves to the year you were in at that save by default.

Also Zetler, that's pretty impressive, 6 years as a lurker.

Then what the heck is the point of having a World Builder?!!!

 

[Zetler]

Also Zetler, that's pretty impressive, 6 years as a lurker.

LOL thanks, I mostly lurk in this forum and post once a generation, but Civ 5 is driving me nuts.

This world builder really blows. It's complicated as hell when all I wanna do is to drop some luxuries inside my border.

 

[Elahrairah]

I hear you loud and clear.

I have a nation on multiple island without one single fish or whale or anything.

The AI over on the coast is plenty well stocked, though!


I really need to drop a couple of fish/whale or something near my civ, this is ridiculous.



But this worldbuilder absolutely completely blows. It is totally unmanagable for a guy like me.