Add a Mediterranean Climate by Slink

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Go to Resource\Game\Climate.

Make a copy of Mild.rsc.
Rename the copy to Mediterranean.rsc.
Edit Mediterranean.rsc with an editor that has Administrator's privileges.

Harsh and Mild climate files contain only changes relative to the Fair climate file, so we have to add some additional changes if we want to change the climate very much.  Edit Mediterranean.rsc so that it is as follows.  What you will have done is edited the string name, and also changed the average temperature from temperate to sub-tropical by adding changes from Fair to the base temperature and the range of temperatures.

ClimateGenerator resource : "Fair.rsc"
{
	String _text = "Mediterranean";

	// base range for temperature over the year
	float _baseTemperature = 60.0;
	float _temperatureRange = 20.0;

	// normal temperature swing
	float _temperatureTolerance = 2.0;

	// normal distribution range of base temperature change (biyearly?)
	float _temperatureVariance = 20.0;

	// normal distribution range of weather chance
	float _weatherVariance = 0.1;
}

Save the file. 

Now open ClimateList.rsc in the same editor.  Add a line to tell the game to include the new climate file.  It will look as follows, when you are done.

ExternalList resource
{
	External _resources
	[
		"Game/Climate/Mediterranean.rsc",
		"Game/Climate/Mild.rsc",
		"Game/Climate/Fair.rsc",
		"Game/Climate/Harsh.rsc",
	]
}

Save the file.

Now you need to add a display string to another file.  This file is in the Resource\Dialog directory, and it is named StringTable.rsc.  Open that file in your editor.  Search for the string table for climate, and add a line so that section appears as follows.

StringTable climate
{
	Entry _strings
	[
		{ String _name = "Mediterranean";	        String _text = "Mediterranean"; }
		{ String _name = "Mild";			String _text = "Mild"; }
		{ String _name = "Fair";			String _text = "Fair"; }
		{ String _name = "Harsh";			String _text = "Harsh"; }
	]
}

Save your change and run the debug program.  If you make a new world you should see Mediterranean as a choice.  Creating a world with that climate will give you a world that never sees snow.  The temperature ranges from 40(F) in winter to 80(F) in summer, with slight variations.

This does not add the new climate to your ordinary game.  That is a different lesson.