Settlers 4 [tweaking guide]
Settlers 4 tweaking
I had enough of being stucked with the standard game settings and waiting for modding tools from BlueByte.
So I did some research and extracted some files that allow tweaking various settings in the game.
This is just a few, there are more - this was enough for me, so I did not extract the rest.
I expect nice mods to come after the release of this package.
For example:
- a mod that would alter the buildings so that they store much more resource piles.
- a mod that alters war machines to make them more useful/powerful.
The tools are here, the rest is up to You.
The files included have been extracted from the "Settlers 4 Gold" English version patched to v2.50.1516.
I suggest that You use the same game version to avoid crashes and abnormal functionality.
The package includes two directories:
CONFIG
GAMEDATA
The directories should be extracted to the Settlers 4 root directory. (Where You installed the game.)
The files:
CONFIG\Animals.cfg - contains the settings for the animals roaming the maps.
GAMEDATA\BuildingInfo.xml - contains the building stats for each race.
GAMEDATA\BuildingTrigger.xml - contains the building triggers for each race.
GAMEDATA\jobInfo.xml - contains the job infos for each race.
GAMEDATA\jobSoundList.xml - contains the job sounds.
GAMEDATA\ObjectInfo.xml - contains the static objects that can show up on the screen.
GAMEDATA\settlerValues.xml - contains the settler stats for each race.
GAMEDATA\VehicleInfo.xml - contains the vehicle stats for each race.
Edit these files using a plain text editor (such as NotePad, or an XML editor to You liking).
Once You alter a setting, do not load a game - game will crash sooner or later - always start a new game.
Do not play multiplayer games without having the exact same settings as the others - game will crash.
There are some rumours saying that there are no cheats for v2.50.1516.
Do not let Yourself be fooled, of course there are. Here they are:
Open the chat dialog in game (just hit ENTER) and type the following:
Code Effect
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
!incubation2 Enables the cheats - note that You need to do this every time You start a new map.
NumPad 4, 5, 6 Increases the game speed even further than it was previously possible with NumPad 1, 2, 3.
!win Wins the current map
Well, this is it, enjoy.
Csimbi - 2004 December 11.
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