You can change the starting admin for each map size. Not sure which map file it is in though.

this didnt work for me....

Hi darthranma,

You can change this easily with the Tweaks module (Map size).
https://forums.galciv3.com/499669/get;3801246

Here a mod to have 2000 Admins for all map sizes.
Paste the mod in your mod folder:
...\Documents\My Games\GC3Crusade\Mods

@darthranma

Did you try it?
Works fine for me.
"Insane" map size in xml file corresponds to "Ludicrous" map size in game.

I'm assuming that by expand more, you're referring to the AI colonizing. I tackled the same issue about a month ago. My solution was to do away with the Administration cost for colony ships altogether. I did it this way instead of just giving everyone more administrators, because the AI could simply use those extra administrators to build more constructors, or really for anything else for that matter. This way it only affected their ability to colonize more.

In the ShipComponentDefs.xml file, look for the colony module and the Torian colony module. "Make a copy of the file first and add the newly copied file to the Game folder of a new mod. Never alter the actual game files.

  <ShipComponent>
    <InternalName>ColonyModule</InternalName>
    <DisplayName>ColonyModule_Name</DisplayName>
    <Description>ColonyModule_Dec</Description>
    <ArtDefine>Colony_01</ArtDefine>
    <Category>Modules</Category>
    <Type>ColonyModule</Type>
    <PlacementType>Module</PlacementType>
    <Stats>
      <EffectType>Value</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Ship</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
      <Value>10</Value>
    </Stats>
    <Stats>
      <EffectType>ManufacturingCost</EffectType>
      <Scope>Queue</Scope>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Ship</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
      <Value>8</Value>
    </Stats>
    <Stats>
      <EffectType>SupportMass</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Ship</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
      <ValueType>Special</ValueType>
      <SpecialValue>
        <Special>HullMassScaleMod</Special>
        <ValueParam>45</ValueParam>
        <ValueParam>0.05</ValueParam>
      </SpecialValue>
    </Stats>
    <Stats>
      <EffectType>CanColonize</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Ship</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
      <Value>1</Value>
    </Stats>
    <Stats>
      <EffectType>PopulationCap</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Ship</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
      <Value>3</Value>
    </Stats>
    <Stats>
      <EffectType>Maintenance</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Ship</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>OneTime</BonusType>
      <Value>23</Value>
    </Stats>
    <Stats>
      <EffectType>AdministrationUsage</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Ship</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>OneTime</BonusType>
      <Value>1</Value>
    </Stats>
    <Prerequ>
      <Techs>
        <Option>ColonizationTech</Option>
      </Techs>
    </Prerequ>
  </ShipComponent>

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This part here, is what you will want to delete.

    <Stats>
      <EffectType>AdministrationUsage</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Ship</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>OneTime</BonusType>
      <Value>1</Value>
    </Stats>