Questions about game options and .ini

[Chip56]

Since I am a lazy bum and play almost always with the same options I tried to edit the ini to get my settings from start on.
However I failed horribly.

At first I tried to edit the Fall from Heaven 2 030.ini thats located in:
\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Fall from Heaven 2 030
I added following:

Spoiler :

[GAME]

; Game Options
GameOptions = 00000110000100001010001110000000000000011

; Victory Conditions
VictoryConditions = 0100000

but no luck.
Then I tried to edit the CivilizationIV.ini located in:
\Eigene Dateien\My Games\Beyond the Sword

and changed the game options there.
But again no luck.

Could somebody please tell me which .ini to change and what I have to add?

 

[snarko]

CIV4GameOptionInfos.xml and change bDefault to 1 for those you want on.

 

[Chip56]

Thanks!
That worked like a charm.

 

[Kael]

Keep in mind that will be reset with each patch.

 

[Chip56]

One change per patch is still less than one change per game (and then restarting because i forget one option)

 

[vorshlumpf]

I didn't know I could easily hide those options I never change. Sweet!

 

[Nikis-Knight]

Anyone know where to edit to set map options to default? Like natural shorelines on pangea map, for example.

 

[snarko]

Think you have to edit the map script for the custom options. In the case of natural shorelines on pangea I belive you should change

	option_defaults = {
		0:	0,
		1:	1,
		2:  0
		}

to

	option_defaults = {
		0:	1,
		1:	1,
		2:  0
		}

 

[TBox]

CIV4GameOptionInfos.xml and change bDefault to 1 for those you want on.

My version of that file doesn't have all the options in it? And yet, the options are there when I play.

 

[xienwolf]

bDefault = 1 would cause the checkbox to be marked when you start the game. bVisible = 0 would cause the option to not appear when you play.

BTW, here is a guide for setting this up so that it won't reset with each patch.

 

[TBox]

bDefault = 1 would cause the checkbox to be marked when you start the game. bVisible = 0 would cause the option to not appear when you play.

BTW, here is a guide for setting this up so that it won't reset with each patch.

Well, what I want is Wildlands on all the time, but when I look at the xml file, there isn't an entry for wildlands. Or any of the FfH specific options.

 

[Kael]

Well, what I want is Wildlands on all the time, but when I look at the xml file, there isn't an entry for wildlands. Or any of the FfH specific options.

Its called Double Animals, the menu uses flavorful names but on the backend im using names that are easy to understand from a code perspective.

 

[TBox]

Its called Double Animals, the menu uses flavorful names but on the backend im using names that are easy to understand from a code perspective.

Thank you. Actually, it turned out my problem was I was looking in the wrong directory, which I should have suspected right away.

Thanks for the help, though.