Longer than Marathon XML editting Guide

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So, you want a longer game than Marathon, like I enjoy playing? You've probably already editted the file "CIV4GameSpeedInfo" located in :

C:\Civ4\Beyond the Sword\Assets\XML\GameInfo and put it into your custom assets folder.

After awhile, you've probably noticed because the way you edited the game, your cities are constantly just pumping out units or buildings, only to scrap them because you've got nothing to build, due to the time it takes to research a technology.

Heres an easy solution : Make "Build Wealth", "Build Culture", and "Build Research" available from the start of the game!

It took me a very long time to figure out how to do this, but it was alot easier than I thought. Heres how :

1 - Copy and paste "CIV4ProcessInfo" from :

Beyond the Sword\Assets\XML\GameInfo\CIV4GameOptionInfos.xml

and paste it to :

My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets\xml\gameinfo

2 - Edit the new "CIV4ProcessInfo" in the custom assets directory. Replace any <TechPrereq>[Insert Technology Here]</TechPrereq> to have this line instead :

<TechPrereq>NONE</TechPrereq>

3 - Play the game!

Note : If you don't know how to edit game speed, copy and paste the "CIV4GameSpeedInfo" from :

Beyond the Sword\Assets\XML\GameInfo

to

My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets\xml\gameinfo

Open it up using notepad and play with the numbers. This graph should give you a good idea of what to change.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=187312

Also,

<iMonthIncrement>480</iMonthIncrement>
Means how many months advance per turn. Divide by 12 to get the years. Or, multiply however many years you want to advance by 12, and plug in that number here.

<iTurnsPerIncrement>75</iTurnsPerIncrement>
Means how many turns elapse before going to the next set, found bellow those lines.


Enjoy your game of BTS that can now easily last 1 month!