changing "flavor text"

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Hello,

I was just wondering, how do I change a custom race's "flavor text" i.e., the text you get when the game starts, when you colonize your first planet, ect.?

Any help is appreciated.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

You said it yourself, inside the FlavorText.xml are all the things that the various races say. The first colonisation, invading a planet, etc.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

FlavorText.xml
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Okay, how do I get to that file? (sorry if I'm being a hassle.)

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

It is located in these places for the various games:


-GalCiv2: Dread Lords = Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Data\English

-GalCiv2: Dark Avatar = Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\Data\English

-GalCiv2: Twilight of the Arnor = Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Twilight\Data\English


Inside the English folder you'll find many XMLs, and the FlavorText.xml is one of them. Hope I was able to help. Now modding the XML FlavorText is a whole different story ;)

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Now modding the XML FlavorText is a whole different story
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Yes, it is an absurdly huge file. Fortunately, if you use the "find" feature on notepad, and put in a general keyword such as "first colony" for the first colony paragraphs, you should land on or near the section you want.