Re: compare Civ4 to Civ3?

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 at 10:16:59, Wintermute <Wintermute@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote in alt.games.civ3 :
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>>BTW, I don't suppose anyone knows which variable/file contains the
>>maintenance accelerator that makes new cities so expensive in Civ4?
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>I believe the formula is determined in the C++ code, but I'm not sure
>because I don't have the SDK.  I did find a function in the python
>code (pyhelpers.py) called getMaintenance associated with the city
>class, but I can't seem to find the implementation of that function,
>which leads me to believe it's done in the C++.
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>You can modify maintenance costs in the XML based on:
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>- the world size in ...\XML\GameInfo\CIV4WorldInfo.xml
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>- the difficulty level in ...\XML\GameInfo\CIV4HandicapInfo.xml
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>- civics in ...\XML\GameInfo\CIV4CivicInfos.xml
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>- buildings in ...\XML\Buildings\CIV4BuildingInfos.xml
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>Just search these files for 'maintenance' and you should see the
>modifiers you can change.  Each one is a percentage, so lowering the
>percentage should lower the maintenance costs.
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>Also, the max maintenance due to distance is set to 25 in
>GlobalDefines.xml
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Thanks, I'll check those out.
-- 
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett