Not sure, I copied the first page of text, created a "mission.ini" file and put into it. Immediately began to experiment. The archive with the other ini files, it was not. Specific references seem to be too. If you have a 100% correct please send mail to mrfraer@ya.ru

easy check is if the last mission is

[+Mission]
Name = TM00
Category = MCAT_TREASURE
Logic = MissionLogic_TM00
Setup = MissionSetup_TM00
Text = MissionText_TM00
DisplayDuration = 3650
MissionDuration = 3650
IdleTime = 1
MaxCount = 20
MinRank = 0

the incomplete file finished with another mission

Hi Mr_Fraer,

in the latest missions.ini I had problems with comment-lines (starting with a ";"). Although it is no problems in all other ini-files the missions.ini caused crashes after I inserted comment-lines.
So, in case that you did as well, remove comment-lines.

Regards,
Cete

Hi everyone. I have recently returned to playing Patrician and downloaded the RoaD expansion and also have the Mod tool. I have managed to learn some of the .ini file language but there are a couple of things I have read here that I don't see/understand yet.
1) The rate of reputation fall for the prince, is there a way to lower it? or slow the rate of fall...
2) What is the signifigance of starting with a population less than the default average of 2000?( or 2500)

As I have yet to reach the level of play where inland cities come into play, am I right that there is a bug that fails to let you get missions to build raods to them? and if so should I paste the .ini missions into the game folder?
I will be looking at the missions tonight and will post any questions that come up.
Thank you all for the great info already posted.

1) no but you can "fix" some missions to get an easier way to keep the prince reputation up
2) there are less AI buildings to start with -> less money to buy a city and it is slightly harder to get money by trading in the first years (less demand/production)

as far as i know there is no bug in getting road building missions

Thank you Falko, and if I had read the previous posts carefully I would have seen where you all have answered my questions before.
I have copied the mission data from Daan's post on page one and pasted it into a Notepad document which I then changed into a Configuration Settings document and named it "mission". (does it matter what I named it as long as the data is in the .ini folder?)
I studied the posts by Mr_Fraer, Cete, Daan and Falko again to get a better understanding of what to do.
I will take all of the missions identified as "Sovereign" and change the data to lower the Idle Time to "1", Min Rank to "1 or 0", and raise the DisplayDuration to "15" MissionDuration to "45" (I am assuming the durations are in days)
I will also copy mission LF09 multiple times like Falko suggested. Then change the "Name=LF09" to graduating numbers LF17, LF18 etc...
Should I also change the "09" in the Logic/Setup/Text lines to match the name number? I will also delete missions LF13 & LF14 as I have no desire to cause any bad events in my cities.

Thank you all again.

P.S. If I lower the goods production cost from like 33 to 16, is the sale price going to go lower?

"Should I also change the "09" in the Logic/Setup/Text lines to match the name number"
no
"If I lower the goods production cost from like 33 to 16, is the sale price going to go lower?"
no you have to reset the base price it is somewhere in the tradesystem.ini if i remember correctly

Hi tooslow,

tooslow Wrote:...does it matter what I named it as long as the data is in the .ini folder?...

Yes!
The folder-name must be "ini" not ".ini" and the file-name must be "missions.ini" not "mission.ini". If the folder-name is wrong all files will be ignored, if any file-name is wrong the respective file will be ignored.

Regards,
Cete

I bought P4 from SteamPowered recently and there are just .fuk files in P4 folder and I would like to change the game speed. Should I copy .ini files to P4 folder and delete all .fuk files. Will it work?

modding is only available with the Addon!

but the game speed is changeable by "+" and "-" speed 1x to 5x and Space 10x

Lebe jeden Tag, als wäre es Dein Letzter! / Live each day as it would be your last!

I have addon and I want to slow down the game. So it will works when I replace fuk files with ini files?

Thanks for answer

dont replace, this would destroy the installation!

have a look in the very first post in this thread from Daan, there is everything basic explained

but with the addon there is also game speed x0 and x0,1 available without modding. so what do you want exactly to slow down?

Lebe jeden Tag, als wäre es Dein Letzter! / Live each day as it would be your last!

(31-08-2012 01:48 PM)Dorimil Wrote:  dont replace, this would destroy the installation!

have a look in the very first post in this thread from Daan, there is everything basic explained

but with the addon there is also game speed x0 and x0,1 available without modding. so what do you want exactly to slow down?

speed x1 is too fast for me and x0.1 is very slow. so something between that. x0.5 should be probably ok

Hi sekernicek,

The fuk-file contains the game-data, the ini-files parameters used by the game.

Create a folder called "ini" as subfolder of your P4-folder.
Copy the ini-files into the new folder.
Open the file "gameplay.ini".
Search for "[GameSpeed]".
Alter the value of GAMESPEED_0_1 (= 0.1 ingame) or GAMESPEED_1 (= 1 ingame) to 5.


Regards,
Cete

(31-08-2012 08:35 PM)Cete von Holstein Wrote:  Hi sekernicek,

The fuk-file contains the game-data, the ini-files parameters used by the game.

Create a folder called "ini" as subfolder of your P4-folder.
Copy the ini-files into the new folder.
Open the file "gameplay.ini".
Search for "[GameSpeed]".
Alter the value of GAMESPEED_0_1 (= 0.1 ingame) or GAMESPEED_1 (= 1 ingame) to 5.


Regards,
Cete

Thanks mate, you are great. It works

where I have install this files.ini?

Im still have no idea how to change it, Im in lunbeck I want more money and resources in my city, could you help me?

Hello

Could you help me

My city is Lubeck, how you will modify the ini files in order to play in this city?

Hi!

Just have a look at the first post of this thread. It will explain everything possible regarding modding of PIV

Best regards,
Daan

I created two new cities, everything is fine except their names.
In map cityview and logbook, their names are all empty.
Is there a way to fix it?
Thanks!

Modified quote from the first post of this thread:
Q: Is there a possibility to change texts like the [...] the names of cities [...]?
A: No, that not possible by editing *.ini-files.

Best regards,
Daan

(20-12-2012 10:53 AM)Daan Hugo Wrote:  Modified quote from the first post of this thread:
Q: Is there a possibility to change texts like the [...] the names of cities [...]?
A: No, that not possible by editing *.ini-files.

Best regards,
Daan

Ok. Thank you.

Hello,

I'd like to know if it's possible to disable the "Fire" event from an advanced/professional game.

I find it too exagerated to have to deal with 999 fires every year, and wells don't seem to help, not even when placed as recommended in this forum.

So again, is there a way to disable the event through modding?

Thanks

(23-12-2012 07:39 PM)Spaz Wrote:  Hello,

I'd like to know if it's possible to disable the "Fire" event from an advanced/professional game.

I find it too exagerated to have to deal with 999 fires every year, and wells don't seem to help, not even when placed as recommended in this forum.

So again, is there a way to disable the event through modding?

Thanks

Looks like it - In the Gameplay.ini there is a section
[Verbrauch]
Pest = 100
Ratten = 100
Feuer = 100 ----- this is fire
Rattenstart = 10, 30, 50

try setting it to 0 (zero) - I think though you may have to start a new game - I'm not sure.

(23-12-2012 08:33 PM)billyplod Wrote:  

(23-12-2012 07:39 PM)Spaz Wrote:  Hello,

I'd like to know if it's possible to disable the "Fire" event from an advanced/professional game.

I find it too exagerated to have to deal with 999 fires every year, and wells don't seem to help, not even when placed as recommended in this forum.

So again, is there a way to disable the event through modding?

Thanks

Looks like it - In the Gameplay.ini there is a section
[Verbrauch]
Pest = 100
Ratten = 100
Feuer = 100 ----- this is fire
Rattenstart = 10, 30, 50

try setting it to 0 (zero) - I think though you may have to start a new game - I'm not sure.

I tried but it didn't work. Also I think "Verbrauch" means "consumption" in german, not sure though. Is there another way?

@Spaz
If that isn't it the not that I can see - I searched for fire (obvious) - event (fireevent) - spread - percentage (chance that fire speads) - in the ini files - in English and German but nothing came up.

Hi guys,

I am just starting out with Modding, I would like to know if there is a way to change parameters in .INI file to start out with custom ammount of $$$ Gold?

1. Can this be done?
2. What parameters to change and which .INI file?

Also, could someone provide a Text file explaining what parameters make what changes to the game... Ex.

Gameplay.ini
What changes have what effect on the game?


Thank you

Hi ! ,

I have with some interest read some of what is written in this (and other) thread's stuff regarding modding (scrolled and read thread) plus I have peeked into the ini files provided in the first post in this thread but have not found any answer to the question I have or as how to.

For those that have read some of my original posts (originally posted using user name "Patrician_Player") you might have noticed that I am very unhappy with the altered ships battle system in "Patrician IV" where it in my opinion have been altered from being a strategy game (ref: Patrician III) to some kind of 3 D shooter ships battle and ships sailing simulator. Also I have been unhappy with the great number of pirates in the game and the time one have to dedicate to them , that they in my opinion are too difficult to handle even on "easy" and that I at auto resolve ships battles either looses battle or atleast don't capture any ships. (Also I find it a bit annoying that system have been changed to only a limited number of ships in convoy can be fighting ships + ofcourse the obscene captains training fees).

Apart from the above mentoned then I have not had any dissatisfaction with changes in gameplay (as far as I have played the game! and I am e.g. not a critic of changes such as that building materials now have to be taken from market and not from warehouse , and so on)

However since I have read some of this modding information I would like to ask if there is anyone that know if one can mod the game so ones fleets in "auto resolve battle" will always win without loss and even capture a ship or two ???? (and will inform exactly how to do it)
In Patrician III I generally have no problems playing ships battles as they in my eyes are played purely strategically and though some may see the above modding request as pure cheating then for me it is only meant as a tool/means to escape what I hate about the game !!!!

I have ofcourse noticed that modding requires the expansion to Patrician IV so I am able to report that I ofcourse also have the expansion though I never play the Patrician IV game for the reasons given..... (In fact I have both Patrician IV and it's expansion as BOTH GamersGate version AND as SteamPowered version - so I have two copies of each though I never play the game - don't know , maybe I hoped that someday the game would be altered so it were more pleasureable playing for players such as myself that prefers leisure like strategy games over 3D shooter Sailing Sim batles + over difficult pirates that takes too much doing and energy)

Any modding script - if anyone have one - (with instruction of which ini file to put in) that would enable that ones fleets in "auto resolve battle" will always win without loss and even capture a ship or two would very much be appreciated !!!!
(That way I could play the "Patrician IV" game without caring about not liking the ships battle system or the too difficult pirates)
Also I would be interested in same type of MOD for "Port Royale 3" !!!

(03-04-2013 12:24 PM)FiatLux Wrote:  However since I have read some of this modding information I would like to ask if there is anyone that know if one can mod the game so ones fleets in "auto resolve battle" will always win without loss and even capture a ship or two ???? (and will inform exactly how to do it)
In Patrician III I generally have no problems playing ships battles as they in my eyes are played purely strategically and though some may see the above modding request as pure cheating then for me it is only meant as a tool/means to escape what I hate about the game !!!!

You do not need modding to reach that goal. a convoy with a captain with fighting skill 5 and three cogs (later hulks) fully equipped and you will win every battle! at skill of 5 the captain will also capture a ship. which one is random and can be changed by save/load.

what you can do with modding to ease the battles is a "real battleship"...give the kraveel 60 or more cannons and you will have more firepower than a british liner! dont use a normal cog or hulk for that, because these ship types will be used by pirates also, so they could get the modded ones also.
the other possibility is to mod the ammo. the KI does not use chain shots, so you can mod that ammo in a way, that you only need one or two shots to sink a ship...

but what figures, lines or whatever has to be changed in the ini files...i dont know....probably billyplod, Falko or Cete could help here

Lebe jeden Tag, als wäre es Dein Letzter! / Live each day as it would be your last!

(03-04-2013 04:23 PM)Dorimil Wrote:  You do not need modding to reach that goal. a convoy with a captain with fighting skill 5 and three cogs (later hulks) fully equipped and you will win every battle! at skill of 5 the captain will also capture a ship. which one is random and can be changed by save/load.

Thank you very much for your answer "Dorimil" ,
but I am afraid that that just leaves me right back where I started a couple of years ago because one do not start with :
"a convoy with a captain with fighting skill 5 and three cogs (later hulks) fully equipped "
and also even if I had had it and did it then they would probably just sink the pirate ships and one then do not get any ships by battle as in Patrician III.

Also I think that it will just be back to the many post like years ago about do this and do that to achieve this or that and all I am looking for is the same strategically controlled non b.s. trade game experience that Patrician III presented.....

I can see now that my question were in vain , because I only asked because I could not see any way myself to MOD the game to be easier with the pirates and battles per "Autoresolve" by the MOD possibilities I saw presented....
I think that it probably still would need a game engine fix to make the game more docile for those that prefer the strategic ships battles over the Sailing & shooting Sims one... (I won't carry on - dicussion will just be like a couple of years ago)

I just wish that Kalypso Media had understood the difference between a Sailing Sim 3D Shooter and a strategy game prior to making the game. I mean if one looks at "East India Company" then that at least offers "arcade mode" for ships battles which makes it quite nice to play and the battles a non hassle despite that the game has more flaws....

I guess that I will never really get to enjoy the Patrician IV and Port Royale 3 games that I have bought. But I think that it is sad cause there is a lot of nice and new stuff in the games that I appreciate , but in my opinion they are just not leisure like strategy games with respect to pirates and ships battles..

But thank you very much for the help and the kind response anyway...

@ FiatLux:

If not mistaken there are trainers present in the game. What you can do is to sail your battle-convoy to that particular town - I believe it was Reval, but not sure about it - and train your captain until he got lvl 5 battle skills.
Yes, I'm aware that'll cost you some money, however, there's a game flaw you can use.

In Pat 3 your promotion got achieved by increasing your movable and immovable assets as well as your reputation. Therefore you often increased rank after capturing a ship or buying a building in an auction.
In Pat 4 promotion is focussed at movable and immovable assets, meaning if you stop focussing at that, you won't increase rank.
Trainers in Pat 4 are unlocked at a certain rank. So all you need to do is to figure out when they are unlocked - I believe when achieving the "Wholesaler" rank - find that battle trainer and start training your captain(s) to become better fighters.
If you think it's too expensive: by using this "flaw", I was able to order 24 cogs, 5 crayers and 2 snaikka's before building my first industry. Considering I had to pay an average of 47.5K for a cog, 30K for a crayer and 19K for a snaikka, you can imagine the amount of money I made in the first ranks. And I play the game at "professional" level, meaning less profit to make.


Now, as for my own question about modding:

Has anyone ever considered to change the ships agilities?
I'm asking because I'm getting a bit sick and tired of simple snaikka's running circles around and being able to damage my crayers, while I'm unable to damage them.
IMHO the agility of the crayers is too low compared to the snaikka (100%) and cog (80%).
Another thing I'm curious about is: has anyone ever managed to adjust the ship's speed after all sails are destroyed? In theory a ship is subject to the wind and current, thus giving it a "top speed" of 1-2 knots. When playing the game, damaged ships are still able to get 5-6 knts speed and able to make sharp turns; which seems a bit too "unnatural" to me.

Thorin