Village loot probability

[Ruler]

Civ is a LOT of more than collecting tribal huts. I just can't see why anyone want to modify that but everyone has their own habits I guess.

 

[KMadCandy]

Modification isn't always about the difficulty. Sometimes it is (I've modified Monarch level to be a bit easier, but still clearly harder than Prince), but it can also be to change the flavour of the game.

On WB-fun: sometimes it's fun to play around with WB. Ever added 12 huts on your capitol's border so that when it gets the first border pop, they are all popped (and as they're popped by city borders, it's a completely safe pop)? Fun, although of course that'd make the game a lot easier.

bottomline for me, sometimes i do want an easier game when my goal is Fun/relaxation not Challenge. often those games lead to boredom so i end up gifting techs to everybody to catch them up to me, or quitting early, but they're fun while they're fun.

however, i prefer to do things not in WB, since revealing the map early on takes away some of the fun for me. so i do tend to do it in customassets. when in these moods, i use a .text file in /customassets to note what files i've modified, so that it's easy to go into those directories and delete those files for a normal game later. that's the biggest issue for me with doing it via customassets, the danger of forgetting and starting the next Challenge-goal game without changing the changes/advantages.

 

[pontypool]

I edited CIV4HandicapInfo.xml in C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\GameInfo but its not working, im still getting gold most of the time.

<Goodies>
<GoodyType>GOODY_HIGH_GOLD</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_HIGH_GOLD</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_SETTLER</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_WORKER</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_WORKER</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_SCOUT</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_SETTLER</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_SETTLER</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_SETTLER</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_SCOUT</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_SCOUT</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_SCOUT</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_WORKER</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_WORKER</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_EXPERIENCE</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_TECH</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_TECH</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_TECH</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_TECH</GoodyType>
<GoodyType>GOODY_TECH</GoodyType>
</Goodies>

 

[ori]

I edited CIV4HandicapInfo.xml in C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Assets\XML\GameInfo but its not working, im still getting gold most of the time.

It should work that way - are you sure you edited the difficulty level you are using ingame?

 

[Elandal]

Indeed, the goody list is separate for each difficulty level. That particular list looks like "slightly" boosted Settler level list, so if you play any other difficulty level, that won't be used at all.

Another thing is that I strongly advice against editing the files in place. Start by copying them to CustomAssets (My Documents/My Games/Warlords/CustomAssets/) so that the original is still available. Editing in place may lead to reinstall some day..