Civ4UnitInfos

The Civ4UnitInfos XML file controls data related to individual units: for example, a unit's strength value or hammer cost. There are also more detailed options, affecting things like transport capability, prerequisites, and other complex features.

List of Available Tags

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. The following tables contain all available tags, as well as their purpose and accepted values.

Text Tags

Tag	Usage
UnitInfos	This begins and ends the file. Everything must go in between these two, or it will not work.
UnitInfo	Each different unit's data is enclosed in a seperate tag like this.
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.

List Tags

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<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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