Distance between cities?

[Leman123456]

Hello! I would like to reduce the distance required between cities from 4 to 3. I just downloaded the patch (not the balance, just the normal patch), and it seems to override the main game and any other mods I've downloaded. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Edaka]

Check out this file: \Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\MODS\Community Patch\Core Files\Core Changes\WorldChanges.sql

 

[zeta]

Can I ask why you want to do that? Just curious.

 

[Leman123456]

Found it thank you!

I've been playing on 3 distances for a while, and its just what I prefer.

 

[Corbeau]

I thought it was already on 3?

 

[rockinroger]

Good deal i have been looking to change that. The problem is on Commuinitas maps that having to effectively go 5 distance from a city leaves a ton of holes in the map.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

I thought it was already on 3?

The mod increased it to four, so there's four tiles between the city. Shame, I am so used to having ti 3 tiles.

 

[Edaka]

It's only 4 for map sizes above Standard and it can be edited in the file I linked above.

 

[R08]

Can I ask why you want to do that? Just curious.

Why not? I prefer 3 tiles between cities on large maps too. Having 4 just makes for akward city placement and blocks too many tiles imo.

I think a cool compromise between the two spacings would be to have a building that increases the number of tiles another civ can settle from your city from 3 to 4.

 

[mnf]

It really depends on the map type. For SHUFFLE and Fractal where you could be looking at thin, snaky land masses, 4 tiles sometimes force you to waste perfectly good land when you happen to settle your capital 8 tiles away from a city state.

Or you could have a really nice spot but the 4-tile distance forces you out of range of some of the sea resources or forces you to settle on a good resource tile.

On maps with larger land masses, though, I don't feel constricted by the 4-tile minimum distance.

I think I've had something like that happen on a SHUFFLE map just yesterday, can't remember the exact situation, maybe it was actually a neighbouring civ. I just gave up the game because I didn't really like the general lack of landmass on that map anyway.