Mod to play looong slow games

[coopsxx14]

The marathon isn't slow enough for me... before i know it i am in the 18th century and i want to play long drawn out games.

anyone have a mod for this.

I have civ 4 on a mac with steam.

thanks

Moderator Action: Moved to main C&C forum as that is where questions go. Good luck with this mod.

 

[Nightinggale]

You should edit Assets/XML/GameInfo/CIV4GameSpeedInfo.xml. Copy this to a mod of your choice or make a new mod to add just this one. Do not edit the one, which came with the game.

The easiest would actually be to edit an existing gamespeed, though it is possible to add more. You need to look for a place looking like this:

<GameTurnInfo>
	<iMonthIncrement>180</iMonthIncrement>
	<iTurnsPerIncrement>100</iTurnsPerIncrement>
</GameTurnInfo>
<GameTurnInfo>
	<iMonthIncrement>120</iMonthIncrement>
	<iTurnsPerIncrement>300</iTurnsPerIncrement>
</GameTurnInfo>

If I get this right, iMonthIncrement is how many months the game forwards for each turn. The next one is for how many turns ti does that. When it runs out of turns, it will start to use the next one.

If you want time to progress at half the speed (and nothing else) then start by halving iMonthIncrement and doubling iTurnsPerIncrement, like

<GameTurnInfo>
	<iMonthIncrement>90</iMonthIncrement>
	<iTurnsPerIncrement>200</iTurnsPerIncrement>
</GameTurnInfo>

Now you progress 90 months each turn for 200 turns, which mean it is done after 90*200 = 18000 months. Before the change, it was 180 * 100 = 18000 months. 18000 months = 1500 years. This will give you 200 turns before 2500 BC rather than 100 with the current marathon setup.

There are other lines like iGrowthPercent. Those controls cost for doing all sorts of stuff. iGrowthPercent specifically tells how much food is needed for cities to grow when normal speed requires 100. You may or may not want to change those. It entirely depends on how you want to play.

 

[Xyth]

History Rewritten (see my signature) is Mac compatible and features Odyssey speed (1800 turns), but also an overhauled techtree so that pacing of the eras is much better. And many other features too.