XSL Transform of MasterTechDefs.xml

Published on Thursday, November 16, 2023 By Kylere In GalCiv IV Modding

Also posted on steam (227Steam over there)

I wanted longer paced games and the tech/manu sliders are limited even when you adjust them in the XML. I decided to add a multiplier to all the <ResearchCost>X</ResearchCost> values in MasterTechDefs.xml and while a global replace could add a 10x/100x etc value I wanted more fine adjustments and each patch updating the core required I do it again.

Since I hacked thru it, I thought I would share. The below shows adding a 1.5X modifier, and you can change it by altering the number in line 15 (1.5)

I recommend Notepad++ and the XML tools plugin, but your fav XML whatever should do the transforms.

example from MasterTechDefs.xml before

<FlavorDescription>Tech_AntiMatterPowerPlants_FlavorText_Description</FlavorDescription>

<ColorDef>TechOrange</ColorDef>

<Icon>Icon_Production.png</Icon>

<Image>event_slum_Small.png</Image>

<Rarity>Uncommon</Rarity>

example from MasterTechDefs.xml after

<FlavorDescription>Tech_AntiMatterPowerPlants_FlavorText_Description</FlavorDescription>

<ColorDef>TechOrange</ColorDef>

<Icon>Icon_Production.png</Icon>

<Image>event_slum_Small.png</Image>

<Rarity>Uncommon</Rarity>

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Code: xml
<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--></p><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 
    <!-- Identity transform -->
    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>
 
    <!-- Template to transform ResearchCost element -->
    <xsl:template match="ResearchCost">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:value-of select="format-number(., '0.##') * 1.5"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>
 
</xsl:stylesheet>
<!-- Identity transform --> <!-- Template to transform ResearchCost element -->