[tylertoo]

Originally Posted by Andreas Raht

Sorry buddy, you rule that world, but I rule the world file importer

You cannot change regions into states in the XML file, because they are saved at different "branches" in the structure. You have to watch the file structure, otherwise it will not work.

Heheh, I was about to try to clarify when I saw Mark's clarification, which nailed it:

Originally Posted by Markmeister

I think I know what tylertoo wants to do. Based on his prior description of his world. He was planning to have 2 nations with 18 cities divided into 2 regions.

What he is missing is the states, but it appears he already has the cities divided into 2 regions. All he needs to do is use the structure you have above, and instead of having 2 regions of 9 cities he would have 2 states with 9 cities each. The 2 regions of 9 cities would go away

Precisely. I'm merely changing the fictional picture, taking the names I'd described as regions and deciding instead to structure them in-game as states, while adhering still to the game's structure.

Andreas, thank you for laying this out:

 world
     languages
     continents
         nations
             ethnicities
             states
                 cities
     regions
         region nations
         region states

Even though its in the .xml, seeing the basic structure of the file stripped of any data is helpful.

Another question (to anyone): what data in v12 is still contained in .txt files? I assume names.txt, firstnames.txt.... any others?