Civ4EraInfos

The Civ4EraInfos file defines information about the eras of the game.

All tags must be opened and closed; the first is the "open", the second the "close" tag. If nothing goes inside a "list tag", then it should just be the opening tag with a "/" before the closing bracket. The following tables contain all available tags, as well as their purpose and accepted values.

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Tags

Headers

These tags typically bracket other tags, sometimes the entire file, and are generally used to specify more than one piece of data.

Tag Name	Description
EraInfo	Main bracket for each entry
Type	Label that is used through other XML files

Text

Tag Name	Description
Description	References the Text which contains the era description (eg: "Ancient Era", or "Modern Era"). The text is specified in any of the Assets\XML\Text files.
Strategy	Unknown

Integers

All of these tags have a numerical value. Though it sometimes can be negative, it usually is not.

Tag Name	Description
iAdvancedStartPoints	Number of points for advanced start
iStartingUnitMultiplier	Multiplier used to increase the number of starting units for later eras
iStartingDefenseUnits	Number of defense units civilizations start with
iStartingWorkerUnits	Number of workers civilizations start with
iStartingExploreUnits	Number of scouting units civilizations start with
iStartingGold	Amount of gold civilizations start with
iFreePopulation	Amount of extra population points to cities founded for this era start
iStartPercent	Unknown
iGrowthPercent	Percentage rate for city growth
iTrainPercent	Percentage rate for training units
iConstructPercent	Percentage rate for building buildings
iCreatePercent	Percentage rate for creating projects
iResearchPercent	Percentage rate for researching technologies
iBuildPercent	Percentage rate for worker actions
iImprovementPercent	Percentage rate for building improvements
iGreatPeoplePercent	Percentage rate for great people generation
iCulturePercent	Percentage rate for culture accumulation
iAnarchyPercent	Percentage rate for how long anarchy lasts
iEventChancePerTurn	Multiplier for random event chance
iSoundtrackSpace	Unknown

Boolean

All of these can either be 1 (on, or true) or 0 (off, or false). Be careful, as you can wind up with a double-negative, which the game will interpret as "True".

Tag Name	Description
bNoGoodies	No tribal villages
bNoAnimals	No animals
bNoBarbUnits	No barbarian units
bNoBarbCities	No barbarian cities
bFirstSoundtrackFirst	Unknown

Lists (Multi-line)

All List tags consist of an opening/closing tag, which is shown here, and then each entry within it is another tag with the same name as the parent tag, minus the "s" (i.e. singular, rather than plural).

Tag Name	Description
EraInfoSoundtracks	A list of references to sound files used for the soundtrack of the era, stored in XML\Audio\Audio2DScripts.xml <EraInfoSoundtrack>AS2D_ANCIENT_SOUNDTRACK_1</EraInfoSoundtrack>
CitySoundscapes	References to sound files used near a city, stored in XML\Audio\AudioSoundscapeScripts.xml <CitySoundscape> <CitySizeType>CITYSIZE_SMALL</CitySizeType> <SoundscapeScript>ASSS_CITY_ANCIENT_SMALL_SELECT_AMB</SoundscapeScript> </CitySoundscape>

Audio

These tags are directly related to audio used for the entry.

Tag Name	Description
AudioUnitVictoryScript	Sound used when unit wins combat
AudioUnitDefeatScript	Sound used when unit loses combat

Example

In the following example of code, please note that there is a specific order of all of the tags. You must list the tags in this order for the game to properly interpret your file.

<EraInfo>
 <Type>ERA_ANCIENT</Type>
 <Description>TXT_KEY_ERA_ANCIENT</Description>
 <Strategy>TXT_KEY_ERA_ANCIENT_STRATEGY</Strategy>
 <bNoGoodies>0</bNoGoodies>
 <bNoAnimals>0</bNoAnimals>
 <bNoBarbUnits>0</bNoBarbUnits>
 <bNoBarbCities>0</bNoBarbCities>
 <iAdvancedStartPoints>600</iAdvancedStartPoints>
 <iStartingUnitMultiplier>1</iStartingUnitMultiplier>
 <iStartingDefenseUnits>0</iStartingDefenseUnits>
 <iStartingWorkerUnits>0</iStartingWorkerUnits>
 <iStartingExploreUnits>1</iStartingExploreUnits>
 <iStartingGold>0</iStartingGold>
 <iFreePopulation>0</iFreePopulation>
 <iStartPercent>0</iStartPercent>
 <iGrowthPercent>100</iGrowthPercent>
 <iTrainPercent>100</iTrainPercent>
 <iConstructPercent>100</iConstructPercent>
 <iCreatePercent>100</iCreatePercent>
 <iResearchPercent>100</iResearchPercent>
 <iBuildPercent>100</iBuildPercent>
 <iImprovementPercent>100</iImprovementPercent>
 <iGreatPeoplePercent>100</iGreatPeoplePercent>
 <iCulturePercent>100</iCulturePercent>
 <iAnarchyPercent>50</iAnarchyPercent>
 <iEventChancePerTurn>1</iEventChancePerTurn>
 <iSoundtrackSpace>0</iSoundtrackSpace>
 <bFirstSoundtrackFirst>0</bFirstSoundtrackFirst>
 <EraInfoSoundtracks>
  <EraInfoSoundtrack>AS2D_ANCIENT_SOUNDTRACK_1</EraInfoSoundtrack>
  <EraInfoSoundtrack>AS2D_ANCIENT_SOUNDTRACK_2</EraInfoSoundtrack>
  <EraInfoSoundtrack>AS2D_ANCIENT_SOUNDTRACK_3</EraInfoSoundtrack>
  <EraInfoSoundtrack>AS2D_ANCIENT_SOUNDTRACK_4</EraInfoSoundtrack>
 </EraInfoSoundtracks>
 <CitySoundscapes>
  <CitySoundscape>
   <CitySizeType>CITYSIZE_SMALL</CitySizeType>
   <SoundscapeScript>ASSS_CITY_ANCIENT_SMALL_SELECT_AMB</SoundscapeScript>
  </CitySoundscape>
   <CitySoundscape>
   <CitySizeType>CITYSIZE_MEDIUM</CitySizeType>
   <SoundscapeScript>ASSS_CITY_ANCIENT_SMALL_SELECT_AMB</SoundscapeScript>
  </CitySoundscape>
  <CitySoundscape>
   <CitySizeType>CITYSIZE_LARGE</CitySizeType>
   <SoundscapeScript>ASSS_CITY_ANCIENT_LARGE_SELECT_AMB</SoundscapeScript>
  </CitySoundscape>
 </CitySoundscapes>
 <AudioUnitVictoryScript>AS2D_VICTORY_EARLY</AudioUnitVictoryScript>
 <AudioUnitDefeatScript>AS2D_LOSS_EARLY</AudioUnitDefeatScript>
</EraInfo>

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