A few Changes to be Made

[Melea Lord]

I dislike how cities expand to cover up surrounding tiles, so I can never see the changes I've made on them. Anyway I can keep the city buildings remaining in the city tile and still allow growth?

 

[Refar]

I think BlueMarbel had a tool coming with it (BlueMArble Scaling tool) that allowed this king of change.

 

[primordial stew]

Try changing GAME_CITY_SIZE_METHOD in GlobalDefinesAlt.xml. METHOD_LINMAP will draw smaller cities than METHOD_EXPONENTIAL (the default) does.

 

[Melea Lord]

I haven't done this before.

Okay, found GlobalDefinesAlt.xml, however it apears rather empty. GAME_CITY_SIZE_METHOD is mentioned in GlobalDefines.xml, I'll change it there, yeah?

Or... is this correct?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- edited with XMLSPY v2004 rel. 2 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Bart Muzzin (Firaxis Games) -->
<!-- Sid Meier's Civilization 4 -->
<!-- Copyright Firaxis Games 2005 -->
<!-- -->
<!-- Global Defines -->
<Civ4Defines xmlns="x-schema:CIV4GlobalDefinesSchema.xml">
	<Define>
		<DefineName>MODS_SHOULD_OVERRIDE_GLOBAL_DEFINES_HERE</DefineName>
		<iDefineIntVal>1</iDefineIntVal>
		<DefineName>GAME_CITY_SIZE_METHOD</DefineName>
		<DefineTextVal>METHOD_LINMAP</DefineTextVal>
	</Define>
</Civ4Defines>

 

[Jeckel]

I haven't done this before.

Okay, found GlobalDefinesAlt.xml, however it apears rather empty. GAME_CITY_SIZE_METHOD is mentioned in GlobalDefines.xml, I'll change it there, yeah?

Or... is this correct?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- edited with XMLSPY v2004 rel. 2 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Bart Muzzin (Firaxis Games) -->
<!-- Sid Meier's Civilization 4 -->
<!-- Copyright Firaxis Games 2005 -->
<!-- -->
<!-- Global Defines -->
<Civ4Defines xmlns="x-schema:CIV4GlobalDefinesSchema.xml">
	<Define>
		<DefineName>MODS_SHOULD_OVERRIDE_GLOBAL_DEFINES_HERE</DefineName>
		<iDefineIntVal>1</iDefineIntVal>
		<DefineName>GAME_CITY_SIZE_METHOD</DefineName>
		<DefineTextVal>METHOD_LINMAP</DefineTextVal>
	</Define>
</Civ4Defines>

Close. Try.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- edited with XMLSPY v2004 rel. 2 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by Bart Muzzin (Firaxis Games) -->
<!-- Sid Meier's Civilization 4 -->
<!-- Copyright Firaxis Games 2005 -->
<!-- -->
<!-- Global Defines -->
<Civ4Defines xmlns="x-schema:CIV4GlobalDefinesSchema.xml">
	<Define>
		<DefineName>MODS_SHOULD_OVERRIDE_GLOBAL_DEFINES_HERE</DefineName>
		<iDefineIntVal>1</iDefineIntVal>
	</Define>
	<Define>
		<DefineName>GAME_CITY_SIZE_METHOD</DefineName>
		<DefineTextVal>METHOD_LINMAP</DefineTextVal>
	</Define>
</Civ4Defines>