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Posted March 18, 2019
Hey guys,

Is there a way to take control of one or all of the Indian nations? In Civ1 you could take control of the Barbarian/Pirate red slot by using a Hex editor or save game editor so I'm wondering about Colonization.

When activating cheat mode in Colonization the 'set human player' option predictably only allows selecting the 4 European nations so that's no good. I could swear that around 18 or so years ago I saw someone talking in a forum about being able to do it via a hex editor but I can't seem to find anything now as any search seems to bring up conversations on various forums about playing as indians with the Civ 4 Col remake and not the original game.

​​​​​​​I've managed to find an old thread at CivFantics and also a website that appear to be referring to what I saw all those years ago. Someone called 'EdBigHead' was able to hack the game and play as the Sioux. Wish I could find how he did it.

Guessing it would be glitchy as hell but would be interesting to check out and see how much I can get away with.
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Post edited March 23, 2019 by Blake00
Posted August 28, 2019
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Blake00: Hey guys,

Is there a way to take control of one or all of the Indian nations? In Civ1 you could take control of the Barbarian/Pirate red slot by using a Hex editor or save game editor so I'm wondering about Colonization.

When activating cheat mode in Colonization the 'set human player' option predictably only allows selecting the 4 European nations so that's no good. I could swear that around 18 or so years ago I saw someone talking in a forum about being able to do it via a hex editor but I can't seem to find anything now as any search seems to bring up conversations on various forums about playing as indians with the Civ 4 Col remake and not the original game.

​​​​​​​I've managed to find an old thread at CivFantics and also a website that appear to be referring to what I saw all those years ago. Someone called 'EdBigHead' was able to hack the game and play as the Sioux. Wish I could find how he did it.

Guessing it would be glitchy as hell but would be interesting to check out and see how much I can get away with.
That rings a bell for me as well. Did you ever find an answer?
Posted September 13, 2019
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mellett68: That rings a bell for me as well. Did you ever find an answer?
Not yet sadly. Have asked in quite a few places but no luck so far!
Posted January 08, 2020
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mellett68: That rings a bell for me as well. Did you ever find an answer?
Oooooh looks like I've finally got my answer!

This fellow was able to take control of the Indians via a hex editor however it was sadly unplayable! This must have been what 'EdBigHead' did way back in the day. I'll have to follow his guide and have my own play around.

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/colonization-playing-as-indians.632905/#post-15635536
Post edited January 08, 2020 by Blake00
Posted January 08, 2020
DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!

I wonder what was on the mind of whoever coded that window. ;)
Posted January 19, 2020
I don't think this would be possible, since Indians don't have colonies. In contrast, in Civilization barbarians can control normal cities.
Posted February 08, 2020
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igrok: I don't think this would be possible, since Indians don't have colonies. In contrast, in Civilization barbarians can control normal cities.
Well technically the Indian villages are Colonies with warehouse storage and unit production ques.. just everything else is heavily restricted which is probably why it was bug central when he tried to go into a village once he took control of the Indians in the video haha.
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