Thanks for the insight guys. I just want to play a BtS game with the Vanilla versions of these units once, for the fun of it. I don't plan on leaving them super-charged.
The unit strength information (and all other unit information) is stored in the file ...\Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Assets\XML\Units\CIV4UnitInfos.xml
(Each version of the game has its own CIV4UnitInfos.xml file. This is the one of Beyond the Sword.)
There are a lot of different units in the game, so you need to search for the unit that you wish to change. The value which determines the strength of the units is called iCombat.
It's better to not change the original files as reverting back to the original files becomes somewhat of a hassle. It's better to create a mod in the ...\Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods folder. You'll see some examples of mod folders in that directory. Creating a basic mod is simple. You just need to add the files and folders which are different from the original game files and folders. The game will look for the other information in the original files and folders. You do need to keep the same structure of files and folders as in the original game. So for instance the modded CIV4UnitInfos.xml file needs to go in the folder:
...\Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\[YourModName]\Assets\XML\Units\
You can load your mod from inside the game by choosing the option load a mod and choosing [YourModName].
is there anyway to change your civilization's color on the map? when i play with Byzantium or England i would prefer a different color than white,gray.
and sometimes having a neighbour with almost the same color with you, is not good. Do i have the option to change AI civ's map color.
You'd need to mod the colours of the various civilisations to do that. It can't be done within the game.
Hello, question about open borders .. does it even have any use to sign open borders with an AI If all my cities already have their max foreign routes
And If I do have the max is it prob best to just keep em closed or not? In my current game I signed with two civs open borders, and they supply me all trade routes.
Im asking this as I rather not make the AI stronger though .. atm they all got open borders with each other too .. so they prob got all max routes too obviously and early game I spose the profit isnt that big ..
Open borders also improve relations with your neighbours and result in more religion spreading between trading cities. In my games, at some point in the game, I can't get a situation with only foreign trade routes in all of my cities. This is due to the growth of my empire and the number of trade routes per city. In the early game, one or two empires might be enough to fill the list of foreign trade routes.
The better relations can be very useful in the rest of the game and it's unlikely that your competition will suffer from less foreign trade routes if you cut them off. Other foreign trade routes will take your place. It might be interesting to do at some point in the game, but I rarely encounter such situations. The better relations is often enough for me to want to open my borders.
Open borders also allow you to trade through someone's country to other more distant countries. You also get a small espionage cost bonus to cities with whom you're trading.
cheers.
