Scaling Question?

[darkerbeats]

How can unit, building, improvement scaling (size) be changed? Is there an .ini value or some other way?

Thanks

 

[davidlallen]

This is an easy change in the artdefines file. (If you haven't edited Civ XML files before, read in the forums about that first.) For example, to make the lion bigger in the game, find this in Assets/XML/CIV4ArtDefines_Unit.xml:

      <Type>ART_DEF_UNIT_LION</Type>
      <Button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/lion.dds</Button>
      <fScale>0.30</fScale>
      <fInterfaceScale>1.0</fInterfaceScale>

"fScale" is the scale used in the game. To make it 50% bigger, replace 0.3 with 0.45. "fInterfaceScale" is an *additional* scale used to display in the civilopedia only. So if the scale in the game is fine, but you want it 50% larger in the civilopedia, change 1.0 to 1.5.

 

[darkerbeats]

Will I have to do that to every single unit, or is there an easier way?

 

[Refar]

You will have to do it for every single unit, building, ...

There might be tools however, to help speed up the process - regular expression matching/replacement or something. I do not know any of these for Windows tho.