How to rename/mod the goverment(s)?

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I mean to change both the name and the effect - I was unable to do so, yet. Are the goverments tech-related?
(and for the name, changes in english.str do nothing - I suppose this file is not used for either mods or TA)

Thank you for any help/tips.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I'm not sure you can mod the effects of the governments. However, I would try modding the various techs (Interstellar Republic, etc.).

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

That sort of works, but the actual names of the governments are stored in the screens.str file, not English.str.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Is it possible to have more government types? I would like to mod in Feudal, Star Monarchy, Star Collective, Star Theocracy, Star Confederacy, and Star Plutocracy. Different races would have access to different government types.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I think it's impossible.

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I think I need to ask Stardock about helping them work on the source code. Most of what I want to do will require hardcode tweaking of some kind, and they don't seem to be doing very much.