Setting default settings for new games

[kane65]

Someone asked me to combine a couple posts on game settings so it could be made into a sticky if it's useful.

Since CiV isn't remembering your game settings from the last game you played, I modify the config file with my favorite settings.
The config.ini file is located in "\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\"

Spoiler :

The basic settings are:


[UserSettings]

; Last Civilization Played - Washington would be 0, next on list would be 1, etc...
; As a newbie, I've been playing France which is the 7th on the list (but 6th starting with 0

LastCiv = 6

; The rest of these are self-explanatory. Just remember that the lowest setting starts with 0 not 1.
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Last Game Speed Played
LastSpeed = 2

; Last Map Type Played
LastMapScript = Assets\Maps\Pangaea.lua

; Last Map Script Was Random
LastMapScriptRandom = 0

; Last Map Size Played
LastMapSize = 0

; Last Map Size Was Random
LastMapSizeRandom = 0

; Last Map Type Was Earth
LastMapWasEarth = 0

; Last Game Difficulty Played
LastDifficulty = 0

For advanced options, find the GameOptions line. Set the corresponding digit to either a 1 or a 0 depending on whether you want it on or off.

GameOptions = 0100000100001101

Spoiler :

; Digits are as follows
; 1 Unknown
; 2 No Barbarians
; 3 Raging Barbarians
; 4 Always War
; 5 Always Peace
; 6 One city challenge
; 7 Unknown
; 8 New Random Seed on Reload
; 9 Unknown
; 10 Require Complete Kills
; 11 No Ruins
; 12 Random Personalities
; 13 Allow Policy Saving
; 14 Allow Promotion Saving
; 15 Enable Turn Timer
; 16 Quick Combat

There's no point in copying these comment lines to your config.ini file as they'll be deleted the next time you run CiV.

 

[joyous_gard]

Thanks a lot for these. I will give them a shot if I can get the nerve up to start the game tonight. If I don't try it out tonight, I hope this post keeps getting bumped up to the top so I can try it later in the week.

 

[Mentos]

Thanks mate!

You can add to GameOptions: 1 No City Razing
7 and 9 looks unused.

Any idea how to set the VictoryConditions?
It's either all on or all off whatever I set there. Looks either broken or working in an enigmatic code...

Here is a list of the LastCiv #

Spoiler :

; 0 Washington - America
; 1 Harun al-Rashid - Arabia
; 2 Montezuma - The Aztecs
; 3 Wu Zetian - China
; 4 Ramesses II - Egypt
; 5 Elizabeth - England
; 6 Napoleon - France
; 7 Bismarck - Germany
; 8 Alexander - Greece
; 9 Gandhi - India
; 10 Hiawatha - The Iroquois
; 11 Oda Nobunaga - Japan
; 12 Suleiman - The Ottomans
; 13 Darius I - Persia
; 14 Augustus Caesar - Rome
; 15 Chatherine - Russia
; 16 Ramkhamhaeng - Siam
; 17 Askia - Songhai
; 18 -
; 19 -
; 20 Pachacuti - The Inca
; 21 Isabella - Spain
; 22 Nebuchadnezzar II - Babylon
; 23 Genghis Khan - Mongolia

 

[Zyxpsilon]

There's also the "Default=1" lines trick that you must insert in the CIV5GameOptions.xml file under the corresponding sections you'd like to keep always ON.

My own Config.ini might seem a bit weird with these two extra lines;

; Victory Conditions
VictoryConditions = 11111111

; Game Options
GameOptions = EMPTY

I count 8 slots for Victories where it should be five only, right?

PS(EDIT_Update); I've just tried the *Last* stuff above and none of it is working as claimed by the OP. Not in regular setup nor advanced settings, neither in the Mods area, btw. Hack -- thus, i should highly recommend anyone to wait for a proper official Firaxis release where such a feature would actually be valid.

 

[Mentos]

These are my last settings in config.ini that work. The VictoryConditions setting is only On or Off AFAIK, so I chose 0000... for everything unchecked because I tend to play with Domination only.

Spoiler :

; Victory Conditions
VictoryConditions = 0000000

; Game Options
GameOptions = 0000000001100000

; Max number of turns (0 for no turn limit)
MaxTurns = 0

; Allow AI in multiplayer games
EnableMultiplayerAI = 1

; GameType options are singlePlayer/spLoad
GameType = singlePlayer

; Map Script file name
Map = Assets/Maps/Continents.lua

[UserSettings]

; Last Civilization Played
LastCiv = 7

; Last Game Speed Played
LastSpeed = 2

; Last Map Type Played
LastMapScript = Assets\Maps\Continents.lua

; Last Map Script Was Random
LastMapScriptRandom = 0

; Last Map Size Played
LastMapSize = 5

; Last Map Size Was Random
LastMapSizeRandom = 0

; Last Map Type Was Earth
LastMapWasEarth = 0

; Last Game Difficulty Played
LastDifficulty = 3

 

[ImperialGuard]

Someone asked me to combine a couple posts on game settings so it could be made into a sticky if it's useful.

Since CiV isn't remembering your game settings from the last game you played, I modify the config file with my favorite settings.
The config.ini file is located in "\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\"

Spoiler :

The basic settings are:


[UserSettings]

; Last Civilization Played - Washington would be 0, next on list would be 1, etc...
; As a newbie, I've been playing France which is the 7th on the list (but 6th starting with 0

LastCiv = 6

; The rest of these are self-explanatory. Just remember that the lowest setting starts with 0 not 1.
; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Last Game Speed Played
LastSpeed = 2

; Last Map Type Played
LastMapScript = Assets\Maps\Pangaea.lua

; Last Map Script Was Random
LastMapScriptRandom = 0

; Last Map Size Played
LastMapSize = 0

; Last Map Size Was Random
LastMapSizeRandom = 0

; Last Map Type Was Earth
LastMapWasEarth = 0

; Last Game Difficulty Played
LastDifficulty = 0

For advanced options, find the GameOptions line. Set the corresponding digit to either a 1 or a 0 depending on whether you want it on or off.

GameOptions = 0100000100001101

Spoiler :

; Digits are as follows
; 1 Unknown
; 2 No Barbarians
; 3 Raging Barbarians
; 4 Always War
; 5 Always Peace
; 6 One city challenge
; 7 Unknown
; 8 New Random Seed on Reload
; 9 Unknown
; 10 Require Complete Kills
; 11 No Ruins
; 12 Random Personalities
; 13 Allow Policy Saving
; 14 Allow Promotion Saving
; 15 Enable Turn Timer
; 16 Quick Combat

There's no point in copying these comment lines to your config.ini file as they'll be deleted the next time you run CiV.

thanks for this Kane ! cheers