GameDefines (Civ5 Type)
This page is a part of the Lua and UI Reference (Civ5).
Purpose
This object exposes all the constants defined in the GlobalDefines.xml and GlobalAIDefines.xml files. Example:
local startYear = GameDefines["START_YEAR"]
local startYear = GameDefines.START_YEARThis tables does reflect the changes made by mods.
Built-in fields
Besides of the constants defined in the datatables, there are also a few built-in constants.
Players counts
MAX_PLAYERS
- The maximum number of players in a game. 64 by default. See PlayerID for more informations.
MAX_CIV_PLAYERS
- The maximum number of non-barbarian players in a game. 63 by default. See PlayerID for more informations.
MAX_MAJOR_CIVS
- The maximum number of major civilizations in a game. 22 by default. See PlayerID for more informations.
MAX_MINOR_CIVS
- The maximum number of city states in a game. 41 by default. See PlayerID for more informations.
Teams counts
MAX_PLAYERS
- The maximum number of teams in a game. 64 by default. See TeamID for more informations.
MAX_CIV_PLAYERS
- The maximum number of non-barbarian teams in a game. 63 by default. See TeamID for more informations.
Tutorial index
Tutorial
- When zero, no tutorial is active. Otherwise, it is an index code for the active tutorial.
- 1 movement and exploration
- 2 founding cities
- 3 improving cities
- 4 combat and conquest
- 5 diplomacy
The initial version of this page was created by the Civ5 API Bot, see the Civ5 API Reference FAQ. Some of the texts come from the 2kgames' wiki and most of code samples are copyrighted to Firaxis.
Functions' signatures were either copied from the 2kgames' wiki, or infered from the Lua source files and the binaries. Errors are possible.
Contributors may find help in the Contributors guide to the Civ5 API.
