Civ4UnitInfos

All tags must be opened and closed; the first is the 'open', the second the 'closed' tag. If nothing goes inside a 'list tag', then it should just be the opening tag with a / before the closing bracket.

Text Tags

<UnitInfos></UnitInfos> This begins and ends the file. Everything must go in between these two, or it will not work.

<UnitInfo></UnitInfo> Each different unit's data is enclosed in a seperate tag like this.

<Class></Class> The class as defined in CIV4UnitClassInfos.xml. Class is the thing that holds, say, a Swordsman and a Praetorian together; each civilisation can only have one of each class.

<Type></Type> The unit's in-game name, which must be unique.

<UniqueNames/> Only ever a closing tag, this must be put in after the <Type></Type> tag to show that the unit's 'name' is now finished.

<Special></Special> Should be NONE unless the unit is in one of your special categories in CIV4SpecialUnitInfos.xml; in which case put that in.

<Capture></Capture> Should be NONE unless the unit can be captured, in which case it is the class of the unit which appears when it is captured

<Combat></Combat> Shows the unit's combat, out of UNITCOMBAT_MELEE, UNITCOMBAT_ARCHER, UNITCOMBAT_MOUNTED, UNITCOMBAT_GUN, UNITCOMBAT_SIEGE, UNITCOMBAT_NAVAL, UNITCOMBAT_AIR and UNITCOMBAT_HELICOPTER

<Domain></Domain> DOMAIN_, then AIR, SEA or LAND. Shows whether the unit is an air, sea or land unit.

<DefaultUnitAI></DefaultUnitAI> How the AI uses the unit, by default.

<Invisible></Invisible> Either NONE, INVISIBLE_SUBMARINE or INVISIBLE_STEALTH. If it is not NONE, then the value is what sort of invisibility it has (see below)

<SeeInvisible></SeeInvisible> NONE, or else the sort of invisible unit (see above) that it can see.

<Description></Description> The name of the unit as displayed on screen. Can either be text or a tag from another file. If it is not out of a text database, the computer will read what is in here.

<Civilopedia></Civilopedia> As above; the entry in the Civilopedia for the unit.

<Strategy></Strategy> The Sid's Tips, as above. Also displayed at the top of the Civilopedia entry

<Advisor></Advisor> The advisor that will chip in (normally ADVISOR_MILITARY) when building this unit is a good idea.

Boolean Tags

<bAnimal></bAnimal> Is the unit an animal, out of 1 (yes) or 0 (no). If it is, the Barbarians only can build it and it will not enter cultural borders.

<bFood></bFood> If 1, the city cannot grow while producing this unit, in the same manner as Settlers and Workers. 0 means that the city can grow and train at the same time.

<bNoBadGoodies></bNoBadGoodies> Is set to 1 for Scouts and Explorers; means that Tribal Villages will never attack this unit.

<bOnlyDefensive></bOnlyDefensive> If set to 1, the unit cannot attack other units.

<bNoCapture></bNoCapture> If set to 1, the unit cannot take cities, even when there are no units in them.

<bQuickCombat></bQuickCombat> Always set to 0; not sure what it does.

<bRivalTerritory></bRivalTerritory> If set to 1, the unit can enter enemy territory without declaring war.

<bMilitaryHappiness></bMilitaryHappiness> If set to 1, the unit is treated as a military unit by the people of a city in terms of deciding whether they are angry about lack of protection or happy from the Monarchy civic

<bMilitarySupport></bMilitarySupport> If set to 1, counts as a military unit for the penalty posed by Pacifism and other bonusus/penalties like that.

<bMilitaryProduction></bMilitaryProduction> If set to 1, the unit counts as a military unit for the purposes of production and any bonuses and penalties applied on the prodution of military units.

<bPillage></bPillage> If set to 1, the unit can pillage enemy tiles

<bSpy></bSpy> If set to 1, the unit is a spy

<bSabotage></bSabotage> In Vanilla and Warlords, this means that the unit can sabotage production like a Spy in an enemy city. It should be 0 in BTS.

<bDestroy></bDestroy> As above, but for Destroy Improvement

<bStealPlans></bStealPlans> As above, for Steal Plans

<bInvestigate></bInvestigate> As above, for Investigate City

<bCounterSpy></bCounterSpy> As above, for Perform Counterespionage.

<bFound></bFound> If set to 1, the unit can found a new city.

<bGoldenAge></bGoldenAge> If set to 1, the unit counts as a Great Person to start a Golden Age.

<bInvisible></bInvisible> If set to 1, is invisible to all units.

<bFirstStrikeImmune></bFirstStrikeImmune> If set to 1, the unit is immune to all first strikes.

<bNoDefensiveBonus></bNoDefensiveBonus> If set to 1, the unit does not recieve defensive bonuses

<bIgnoreBuildingDefense></bIgnoreBuildingDefense> If set to 1, the unit ignores defensive bonuses from enemy walls and castles, like a Gunpowder unit.

<bCanMoveImpassable></bCanMoveImpassable> If set to 1, the unit can move under ice. Used for Submarines.

<bCanMoveAllTerrain></bCanMoveAllTerrain> If set to 1, the unit can move over all terrain.

<bFlatMovementCost></bFlatMovementCost> If set to 1, the unit pays this fixed price to enter all terrain.

<bIgnoreTerrainCost></bIgnoreTerrainCost> If set to 1, the unit ignores the cost of terrain to move into.

<bNukeImmune></bNukeImmune> If set to 1, the unit is immune to damage from nukes.

<bPrereqBonuses></bPrereqBonuses> Set to 0 for all unit except Work Boats. Not sure what it does.

<bPrereqReligion></bPrereqReligion> If set to 1, the unit requires the State Religion to be present in the city.

<bMechanized></bMechanized> Not sure what this does. Can be 1 or 0.

<bSuicide></bSuicide> If set to 1, the unit dies when it makes an attack

<bHiddenNationality></bHiddenNationality> If set to 1, the unit bears no marking of nationality.

<bAlwaysHostile></bAlwaysHostile> If set to 1, can attack the enemy without declaring war.

List Tags

<UnitClassUpgrades></UnitClassUpgrades> Inside here you put all of the unit classes which the unit upgrades to.

<UnitClassUpgrade></UnitClassUpgrade> Enclose in this tag everything which the unit upgrades to.

<UnitClassTargets></UnitClassTargets> Not sure what this does.

<UnitCombatTargets></UnitCombatTargets> Same as above

<UnitClassDefenders></UnitClassDefenders> Same as above

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