Unshackling raise and lower earth

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Is it possible to make these spells work so you can turn hills into mountains and plains into swamps (flooded plains) and then ocean? How would you modify the spell xml? Or is it just not possible?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

just add the line

    <ValidTerrainType>HillsTerrain</ValidTerrainType>

This should allow you to raise hills into mountains.

For the other, add

<ValidTerrainType>Land</ValidTerrainType>
<ValidTerrainType>Rugged_Land</ValidTerrainType>
<ValidTerrainType>Fertile_Land</ValidTerrainType>
<ValidTerrainType>DesertTerrain</ValidTerrainType>
<ValidTerrainType>SwampTerrain</ValidTerrainType>
<ValidTerrainType>ArcticTerrain</ValidTerrainType>
<ValidTerrainType>Forest</ValidTerrainType>
<ValidTerrainType>Beach</ValidTerrainType>
<ValidTerrainType>Cliff</ValidTerrainType>

But there is already spells that do this... called

Curgens Volcano and Destroy Land (earth 4).

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

You should raise the casting mana considerably if you go this route. Can that be edited?

Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes, in the xml you will find

<SpellResourceCost>
    <Resource>Mana</Resource>
    <Amount>5</Amount>
</SpellResourceCost>

Change 5 to whatever number you like.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

The only real caveat is that you can't gave variable mana cost.