New hex-editing discovery

[Panda]

I've been investigating the leader portrait in the diplomacy screen, and trying to find where there might be a flag to change them. If you're not bothered about this, read no further.

So here they are:

______address (dec)_address (hex)
1st civ________3712________ E80
2nd civ________5140________1414
3rd civ________6568________19A8
4th civ________7996________1F3C
5th civ________9424________24D0
6th civ_______10852________2A64
7th civ_______12280________2FF8

Actually, that's a little misleading. This flag does not determine the leader portrait: it actually determines which civ no. is in play for this slot. You can have 7 Roman (or any other) civs in play at the same time, using the same portrait, and the same flag and city colours, which is a going a bit too far.

A more useful purpose is that it allows you to re-order the civs in play. You can have 3 civs of the same (traditional) colour, eg. the Americans, Chinese, and Persians, and each will use their own leader portraits. This is modified by the male/female flag. The colour of the flags and city names is determined in the rules..txt.

[Mercator]

Could you be a bit more clear. The addresses you mention are the places in a savegame where the flags are? What do the flags look like?

[Jimmywax]

What program do you use to hex edit?

[Panda]

flag = indicator

[St Leo]

Mercator, is this thread worth stickying?

[Mercator]

Um... Yep.

It's part of the savegame structure, so having all that together would be very handy.