Modding Player Limits

Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 6, 2015, 12:49:53 AM

Hey all.

I would like to be able to do two things.

-Play with the full 8 players on a small map.

-Play with more then 8 players on larger maps.

Any ideas where the lines to mod are?

The first one should be easy enough by changing/removing current limits, the second one might be harder.

Some other things i want to try:

-Disable production (set industry to zero and stop quick-build) when city on rebellion.

---- Any idea on where the quick build costs are??? What is the variable name?

-Change Expansion Approval to be a formula instead of flat rate. I want the formula to be calculated off the number of cities the user haves. IE: Will have no expansion approval for first couple cities, but it grows non-linearly afterwards.

--- What is the variable name for city count?

-Stop units from getting hurt after fortification is gone.

--- Any ideas where to look to edit?

-Increase empire wide penalties for expansion (you take over a base, entire empire becomes slightly less happy).

--- Any ideas where to look to edit?

Edit:

I would also like to edit the roads so that they actually work. I cant seem to find this though...

Where is TechnologyRoadSpeedBonus1 defined so i can edit it?

Elucidus

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Elucidus

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Jan 6, 2015, 4:28:57 AM

I would like most of these too. Off the top of my head, PathfindingRules.xml has

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Not sure if that works as I haven't edited it.

Caotico09

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Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 6, 2015, 5:17:00 AM

Thanks Elucidus.

I think that one works (not sure). I was more interested in the one modified when the technology Endless Mechanisms was used. It is supposed to make movement on roads 50% cheaper (on top of the original road that you posted)... but it actually increases it.

Caotico09

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Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 6, 2015, 4:51:01 PM

Continuing on about the roads, here is what ive found so far.

Inside DepartmentOfScience+Constructibles[Era4Technology]:

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$Property(EmpireTypeMajor/ClassResearch:TechnologyCost)* $Property(EmpireTypeMajor/ClassResearch:Era4CostMultiplier)

EmpireTypeMajor/ClassResearch,TechnologyEra4

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and... I think this is where the value is edited in SimulationDescriptiors[Technology]:

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TargetProperty="CostIncreaseFromEra"/>

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edit: on second thought this one doesn't look right so maybe here?

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But where is this applied? Its not clear. Im not sure where to track it next.

Caotico09

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Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 7, 2015, 4:44:10 AM

I figured out the roads to some degree.

Another question. I want to have the garrison affect happiness. If there is not 2 units in garrison the city is unhappy. As units in garrison increase above 2, a positive net approval is achieved.

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So for example in the code before, i want to do very similar things to what is affecting the fortification regen. Can I use the InGarrisonRegenModifier and have it apply to satisfaction? Where do i find classcity? I assume i want a different path to modify?

Samanie

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Samanie

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10 years ago

Jan 7, 2015, 6:35:50 AM

Caotico09 wrote:
I figured out the roads to some degree.

Another question. I want to have the garrison affect happiness. If there is not 2 units in garrison the city is unhappy. As units in garrison increase above 2, a positive net approval is achieved.

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Edit: Scratch that. See this first line here?

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Adding the second line under it adds 10 approval per garrison.

Try creating a new variable like unitslotcount - 2 instead of plain unitslotcount, that should do the trick.

Caotico09

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Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 7, 2015, 2:02:33 PM

Nice! Thanks Samanie! I will try it when I get home!

mindthirst

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mindthirst

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Jan 8, 2015, 4:32:38 AM

The player restrictions for each map size are at the top of the WorldGenerator/WorldGeneratorOptionDefinitions.xml file. The variable for the number of players is NumberOfMajorFactions, and is defined in Options/GameOptionDefinitions.xml.

I've played with 8 players on smaller maps than tiny, and it works. I haven't tried above 8 players yet though, on any size.

Caotico09

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Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 8, 2015, 4:42:55 AM

mindthirst wrote:
The player restrictions for each map size are at the top of the WorldGenerator/WorldGeneratorOptionDefinitions.xml file. The variable for the number of players is NumberOfMajorFactions, and is defined in Options/GameOptionDefinitions.xml.

I've played with 8 players on smaller maps than tiny, and it works. I haven't tried above 8 players yet though, on any size.

Thanks mindthirst. I really appreciate the help. Awesome advice.

Caotico09

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Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 8, 2015, 6:48:52 AM

Samanie:

Im really having some issues.

-Issue #1:

I defined a variable called CMGuCount; i want to assign it the garrison unit count, do some operations to it, then apply it to 'Approval'.

This works, so i know i have defined CMGuCount correctly:

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However, this does nothing, and i dont understand why it wouldnt work.:

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-Issue #2

Similarly, i want to use the Population of each city as a modifier. However, something like this doesnt work:

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I saw it defined it the ClassCity earlier in the class section....

What am i doing wrong with these path's?

Samanie

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Samanie

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10 years ago

Jan 9, 2015, 3:56:26 PM

Everything looks ok to me. You tried adding priorities to them, so that they are calculated in the correct order?

Caotico09

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Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 10, 2015, 12:04:15 AM

I hadnt tried priorities... but i added them and it didnt help.

Here is the latest, definitions and all. Nothing happens.

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Caotico09

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Caotico09

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10 years ago

Jan 12, 2015, 6:36:20 PM

Anybody else want to take a guess? I could use the help....

Samanie

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Samanie

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10 years ago

Jan 12, 2015, 7:22:49 PM

Dude, this xml thing is a mess. I tried to make WW faction to move through forests with no penalty, i was going nuts. Some things seem to not work for no reason.

And the "Left" should be "value" here i think.

Caotico09

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Caotico09

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Jan 13, 2015, 12:47:59 AM

Samanie wrote:
Dude, this xml thing is a mess. I tried to make WW faction to move through forests with no penalty, i was going nuts. Some things seem to not work for no reason.

And the "Left" should be "value" here i think.

I know. This XML is killing me.

Thats so weird. That sorta-works (after switching the first line to multiplication as well...). But i loaded up some of my previous attempts.. they use the 'value'.

I feel dumb for not catching the "left" earlier.... but i had tried value before and it didnt work without any other major changes that i can see.

So i dont know whats different now...

Thanks for the help!

Edit: Interestingly enough the whether it works or not seems to depend on how i use it. Before i was adding the lines into that place where you showed me. Moving them into ClassCity seems to work.