What's easiest way to make Modern cities look Ancient

[CivWarGamer]

What's the easiest quickest code to make modern cities look ancient?

 

[CivWarGamer]

It looks like I need to update civ5artdefines_citybuildings.xml, but the question is, is civ5artdefines_citybuildings.xml modifiable?

 

[CivWarGamer]

It looks like I need to update civ5artdefines_citybuildings.xml, but the question is, is civ5artdefines_citybuildings.xml modifiable?

Nope, that didn't work.

 

[CivWarGamer]

Well, there is this in the Global_Defines, but I don't know if it will have any effect on the city looks:

<Row Name="LAST_UNIT_ART_ERA">
<Key>ERA_INDUSTRIAL</Key>
<Table>Eras</Table>
</Row>

<Row Name="LAST_BRIDGE_ART_ERA">
<Key>ERA_MODERN</Key>
<Table>Eras</Table>
</Row>

 

[CivWarGamer]

Nope, changing that didn't work either. Cities still look modern, and not ancient.

 

[Gedemon]

For what kind of mod ?

different Era needed, or a scenario in one Era only ?

You'll need to use the research panel ?

 

[CivWarGamer]

For what kind of mod ?

different Era needed, or a scenario in one Era only ?

You'll need to use the research panel ?

Multiple eras. Modifying the existing eras. Would like to make the Modern and Future eras display cities with ancient buildings. I don't want the city buildings to appear as modern.

 

[Gedemon]

Try to change the "ArtPrefix" tag in CIV5Eras.xml for ERA_INDUSTRIAL, ERA_MODERN and ERA_FUTURE.

But that may also affect units.

 

[CivWarGamer]

Try to change the "ArtPrefix" tag in CIV5Eras.xml for ERA_INDUSTRIAL, ERA_MODERN and ERA_FUTURE.

But that may also affect units.

Yep, already tried that and strangely enough it doesn't have any effect. It's strange. Almost like it's hardcoded.

 

[CivWarGamer]

Does it matter that there's a <space>:

ArtPrefix="CLASSICAL "



<GameData>
<Eras>
<Update>
<Set ArtPrefix="CLASSICAL "/>
<Where Type="ERA_FUTURE"/>
</Update>
</Eras>
</GameData>

 

[CivWarGamer]

I've come to the conclusion that the city art for Eras ID#0 through ID#6 are hard coded and can't be modified. You have to delete those eras and create brand new eras starting from ID#7.

 

[FrenchCorsair]

@CivWarGamer

I've been trying to figure this out all day. I can modify the other attributes for the different eras (i.e. boosting the amount of starting workers for the renaissance era from 1 to 5), but ArtPrefix doesn't change anything if I change it.

Did you ever figure this out?

 

[ww2commander]

From my playing around, it does seem like city era graphics are hard coded to technology eras.

In my case, I wanted to activate some modern techs, but keep the industrial era look of my cities in my mod. I ended up changing the modern era techs to industrial era in order to keep the industrial city look.

 

[Androrc the Orc]

They don't seem to be hardcoded, but rather tied to civ5artdefines_citybuildings.xml. While that file can't be replaced through the VSF system, it probably can be accessed through database, using something similar Pazyryk's method for landmarks which he described here.