Puzzling settings.txt issue?

[Arboris]

Hello,

I don't have the modding experience that many of the members of the SEIV modding community have. However I can make simple changes without having to reinstall SEIV to get everything working properly again :-)

Having said that I am baffled by the following...

I want to change the spread on the number of random AI players that are chosen for random computer empire settings. I understand that this simple change should be easy to make in the setting.txt file. However no matter what I do it does not seem to adhere to my changes. I have tried dozens of times with the same results.

For example: I can change all the numbers to 4 for minimum and maximum settings. However the game will still generate a random number of opponents totally disregarding any parameters I choose.

Any suggestions?

-Wulf