Seasons

[Dale]

Originally posted by Kristjan


Yes, we need 1 turn/month ratio for this. I agree that for 6000 years of human history, it would grow somewhat out of hands

But implementing seasons would be great for Middle Ages scenario for instance.

Seasons are in. As are weeks, months and years. Just a simple text file change.

[Eyemaze]

Really Dale? Do seasons change the landscape/tiles?

[Dale]

They don't change tiles (you could do it through python though) but yes, seasons, weeks, months and years are in. In fact, you could put the Klingon calendar in if you wanted with the right modifications.

Dale

[Kristjan]

Originally posted by Dale
They don't change tiles (you could do it through python though) but yes, seasons, weeks, months and years are in. In fact, you could put the Klingon calendar in if you wanted with the right modifications.

Looks like not-too-funny joke.

[conmcb25]

If it was meant as a not too funny joke he probably would have said "Vulcan calendar"

[Peter Triggs]

If you open up the file north_africa.CIV4WorldBuilderSave (which is in the mod that Locutus and Dale made) with a text editor (e.g., NotePad), you see right at the top:

 BeginGame
	SyncRandSeed=9213762
	Tutorial=0
	Speed=GAMESPEED_NORMAL
	[b]Calendar=CALENDAR_WEEKS[/b]
	Option=GAMEOPTION_PERMANENT_ALLIANCES
	Option=GAMEOPTION_NO_CHANGING_WAR_PEACE
	NumVictories=3
	Victory=VICTORY_SCORE
	Victory=VICTORY_TIME
	Victory=VICTORY_CONQUEST
	GameTurn=0
	MaxTurns=208
	TargetScore=7
	StartYear=1941
	Description=World War II: The North African Campaign
	ModPath=
EndGame

That is, for this scenario they've set the calendar to CALENDAR_WEEKS (1 turn= 1 week). The options are in the file .../Assets/XML/BasicInfos/CIV4BasicInfos.xml:

	
		CALENDAR_DEFAULT
		TXT_KEY_CALENDAR_DEFAULT
	
	
		CALENDAR_YEARS
		TXT_KEY_CALENDAR_YEARS
	
	
		CALENDAR_TURNS
		TXT_KEY_CALENDAR_TURNS
	
	
		CALENDAR_SEASONS
		TXT_KEY_CALENDAR_SEASONS
	
	
		CALENDAR_MONTHS
		TXT_KEY_CALENDAR_MONTHS
	
	
		CALENDAR_WEEKS
		TXT_KEY_CALENDAR_WEEKS
	

So if you set your calendar to CALENDAR_SEASONS your turns go through:

	
		SEASON_WINTER
		TXT_KEY_SEASON_WINTER
	
	
		SEASON_SPRING
		TXT_KEY_SEASON_SPRING
	
	
		SEASON_SUMMER
		TXT_KEY_SEASON_SUMMER
	
	
		SEASON_FALL
		TXT_KEY_SEASON_FALL
	

If you speak a dialect, you might want to change the value of TXT_KEY_SEASON_FALL, which is in CIV4GameTextInfos_Objects.xml, to "Autumn".

As Dale said, in order to change tiles you'd have to use Python. But in the first place you'd have to put in new terrains for each one you want to seasonally vary (e.g., TERRAIN_GRASS_WINTER). Zurai at CFC
( http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=134017 ) has already been looking at adding new terrains.