Too Many Units

[Choke]

I know it requires hex-editing but how do I A) Hex edit and B) Hex edit the too many units thing out?

[Scouse Gits]

A very simplistic answer:
a) with a hex editor - I use hexedit.exe - do a file search you should get it
b) don't believe that it is possible ...

SG[1]

[Messer Niccolò]

... just wondering... the No limits patch made by Julius Brenzaida?

[DaveV]

As I recall, Julius was able to override the bounds checking on number of units and cities. This just resulted in overwriting other variables, though, and the game crashed. You would have to rewrite the source code and recompile to increase the limits; it can't be patched. If you're really determined to work around the limits, try FreeCiv.

[Choke]

Ok, well it's only one number in there that tells the game how many can't you just change that number?

[DaveV]

Originally posted by Choke
Ok, well it's only one number in there that tells the game how many can't you just change that number?

Yes, you can, but it creates problems. Let's say the programmers set aside enough memory for 1000 units (I can't remember the actual number). If you bypass the unit warning, the program will write information for the 1001st unit into memory that is set aside for storage of some other information (cities, for example). Then, when the game tries to read the data for the first city, it will read unit information instead. Some of this stored information consists of pointers to other information; when it's overwritten, the computer starts to read non-existant memory. This will cause strange things to happen, and I guarantee it will eventually crash the program and probably your computer.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by DaveV
Let's say the programmers set aside enough memory for 1000 units (I can't remember the actual number

2048 (or 2047, possibly).

This limit used to bug me, too, until I experienced the joy of moving 500 units in a turn!