System Text editing is only the tip of the ice burg. You can also edit Design Names, Setting text, and others to tweak your game.
First make sure you have back ups.
Just right click on the target file, and click copy, and then go to your backup folder, and right click and click paste.
If you want to have more than 100 systems, you can change the SettingText file to 255.
It is really easy,
To open your SEIV folder, simply double click on the My Computer Icon, then click LOCAL DISK C, then the folder named PROGRAM FILES, then (may have to click SHOW files on the left hand side) Double click on the folder named SHRAPNEL GAMES, then double click on the folder named Malfador Machinations, then open the folder named Space Empires IV, (its the only one there), and find the file named DATA. Double click on it to open it. Look for a Text file named
SETTINGS.
Double click on it should open it in Note Pad or Word.
After its open, it should look like this at the top. The top is all you need to worry about in order to change the system setting from 100 to 255.
quote:
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GAME SETTINGS DATA FILE
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Maximum Number Of Systems:
Number of Systems the galaxy can contain. The maximum value for this
setting is 255.
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*BEGIN*
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Allow CD Music := TRUE
Use Old Log Political Message Display := FALSE
Maximum Number Of Systems := 100
Where it says "Maximum Number Of Systems :=100, change the 100 to 255 and then exit. I will ask you if you wish to save, click yes, and the next time your in a game and choose large galaxy, it will have 255 systems. Enjoy
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