City positioning request

[NEW_Rome]

Ok, wondering if it would be possible to shrink the distance required in between two cities. At the moment, several cities must look like:

XCXXCX
XXXXXX
XXXXXX
XCXXCX

.

Wondering if it would be possible to reduce the amount of terrain neccisarry between cities to 1 so that it could look like:

CXCXC
XXXXX
CXCXC

.

Does anyone know if this is possible and how you would do this?

NEW_Rome

[Vishaing]

In the Global Defines XML file, I think its in the base XML folder, there is a value called 'minimumcitydistance' or something like that. Iset mine to 0 personally, but note that the computer will still found cities like they have to be two squares apart, as this has to deal with the AI and not hard coded limits.

EDIT:
Okay, yeah, its in the basic XML folder under assets. Look for:

<Define>
<DefineName>MIN_CITY_RANGE</DefineName>
<iDefineIntVal>2</iDefineIntVal>
</Define>

and change the 2 to 1, 0, 3, 948, whatever you want.
NOTE: This is tiles between the cities, not counting either of the two tiles the cities are on themselves, so 0 would let you put cities right next to each other, whereas 1 would force a tile between them.

[NEW_Rome]

Thanks, Vishaing. I have wanted to do that for quite a while now!

NEW_Rome


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