Modding question?

[quackync]

Is there anyway to change the max number of players in a game? For example you can only have a max of 18 people in a game can you change that to be 20 or another higher number?

 

[The Great Apple]

Welcome to CFC.

Question is asked alot - there is a search function on these boards. You can do it with Warlords (check this out: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=179317 ), but not easilly with vanilla Civ 4.

 

[Kael]

Welcome to CFC.

Question is asked alot - there is a search function on these boards. You can do it with Warlords (check this out: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=179317 ), but not easilly with vanilla Civ 3.

Also not easy with vanilla civ4

 

[The Great Apple]

You misquoted me

 

[Kael]

You misquoted me

The internet-fu is strong in this one.

 

[quackync]

thanks for the help but that is a guide to doing it in warlords i dont have warlords i just have civ 4.

 

[Gerikes]

thanks for the help but that is a guide to doing it in warlords i dont have warlords i just have civ 4.

Then it's impossible. Sorry

 

[quackync]

I dont know if that was a sarcastic remark or if your being serious but if you can do it in warlords I dont see why you cant in Civ 4. what I was trying to do was to make a World war III scenario using XX century mod with all of the major civs of today and the xx ccentury mod has all the civs needed but with only 18 avaliable slots for civs i would have to leave some important countries out.

 

[Gerikes]

I dont know if that was a sarcastic remark or if your being serious but if you can do it in warlords I dont see why you cant in Civ 4.

Civ4 vanilla has a hard-coded number of 18 Civs built into the game. In the SDK, there is a variable that lets you set the max number of civs, that comes default as 18, but setting it any higher will not work because elsewhere (presumably in the .exe file) there is ANOTHER hard-coded limit set.

In Warlords, that second hard-coded limit, (presumably found in the .exe) has been removed (or just made higher). All it takes to raise the limit in Warlords is changing that first hard-coded number in the SDK, which modders have access to.

Thus, you can do it in Warlords, but not in vanilla. Sorry about possibly appearing gruff.

Edit BTW: I don't have Warlords, I'm just using what I'm hearing on the forums, so if anyone wants to correct me, be my guest.

 

[The Great Apple]

Somebody reported that it would probably be posisble in vanilla Civ 4, if you really want to do it. Very hard and time-consuming, so I'd just buy Warlords...

 

[Red Door]

No, it'd be impossible since it's in the .exe file, and you can't edit that.

 

[The Great Apple]

No, it'd be impossible since it's in the .exe file, and you can't edit that.

You wouldn't edit the way players are handled, you'd have to completely rewrite it.

 

[Red Door]

So pretty much you'd have to create a new game?

 

[quackync]

Okay well too bad then thanks for all the help though.