Reducing Aliens and Alien Nests

thedarkwombat

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Hi guys, I am looking for a way to tone down the overall amount of aliens in the game and tone down the frequency of nests. I have tried several things, but none seem to be working. With Steam Workshop download I can remove aliens completely from the game. Everything n the Aliens.lua file was changed to zero and they don't spawn. However, I would like SOME aliens to appear from time to time. I tried lowering the files but it says they must add up to 100. So I guess its all or nothing.

Next I made a forum on Steam and someone told me that the key was the <AlienSpawnMod>-variable in CivBEGameSpeeds.xml (assets\Gameplay\XML\GameInfo\).

I was told to increase that number, not lower it. Using 200 would equal 50% on standard speed. And the game uses 67 on the fastest speed and 400 on the slowest, so yes, increasing that number should be right.

I also wanted to tackle the nests. I want less nests because when you are close, aliens will spawn.

My overall goal is change aliens and alien nests, basically any encounter involving aliens by 50%. Is there anyone who can give me step by step instruction on how to do this? Thanks!
 
There's several entries in the Defines table that would be pertinent:
ALIEN_NEST_MAX_SPAWN_RATE
ALIEN_NEST_MIN_SPAWN_RATE
ALIEN_NEST_RECOVERY_RATE
ALIEN_SEA_UNIT_MAX_SPAWN_CHANCE
ALIEN_SEA_UNIT_MIN_SPAWN_CHANCE
ALIENS_NEST_SPAWN_MAX_RANGE
MAX_ALIENS_FROM_NEST_NEARBY
 
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