ModUI

The ui.json file may be used to change the game interface.

JSON fields

Name	Entry	Description
buildingWeightingsSpec	building ID, Weight	Defines order, not the menu, of buildings within each building category menu (bottom right)
techCategoryOrderIds	Tech category	Defines order of Research Category Panels in research window. See also Research Cat IDs
globalStorageUISpec	category entries	Defines the order and content of resources and categories shown in the bottom left menu
buildCategorySpec	build category	Defines the order and content of Build Categories shown in the bottom right menu
OBSOLETE	OBSOLETE	OBSOLETE
constructionGridBuildingIds	building ID	Defines order, not the menu, of buildings in the building selection (bottom right)
resourceCategoriesDict	id itemTypeId itemCategory	Defines grouping, categorisation, and order of resources shown in the bottom left menu id should be unique from other resources in this file itemTypeId matches the value of typeId in resources.json

• note resourceCategoryId is used when resourceId=254 to refer to a category (e.g. "Food", "Luxury Food", "Fuel"), otherwise resourceCategoryId=0.
  
• note globalStorageUISpec superceded resourceCategoriesDict. Left in for history.
  

Example JSON

{
 "buildingWeightingsSpec": {
    "buildingWeightings": [
      {
        "buildingTypeId": 41,
        "weight": 100
      },
      {
        "buildingTypeId": 38,
        "weight": 200
      }
   ]
}
{
  "globalStorageUISpec": {
    "groupSpecs": [
      {
        "category": 0,
        "entries": [
          {
            "resourceId": 43,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 45,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 46,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "category": 2,
        "entries": [
          {
            "resourceId": 12,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 254,  // 254 = use Resource Group
            "resourceCategoryId": 2 // Simple Food Group
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 0,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 254, // 254 = use Resource Group
            "resourceCategoryId": 4	// Alcohol Group
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 9,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 10,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 48,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 49,
            "resourceCategoryId": 0
          },
          {
            "resourceId": 254,  // 254 = use Resource Group
            "resourceCategoryId": 3 // Luxury Food Group
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
},
  "techCategoryOrderIds": [
    0,
    6,
    4,
  ]
  "buildCategorySpec": {
    "buildCategoryIds": [
      30,
      0,
      1,
      3,
      5,
      2,
      8,
      7,
      9,
      6,
      31
    ]
  }
}