[R&F] How can we limit the number of cities per civ

[Sandris]

How can we limit the number of cities per civilization... for example, to 3 own settled cities per civ.

 

[isau]

I don't know that you could set a hard limit, but you can could put a rising cost on each city created.

 

[dagriggstar]

It's not well balanced at the moment, but I have a (currently private) mod where I replaced the entire civics tree. One of the things I did was to completely disable building of settlers, create basically a row of civics called "expansion" that will give you a settler in the capital as you complete the civic. That's the only way I can think of placing a hard limit on the number of settlers, to disable having them built and only can be created when you get to certain civics or techs.

 

[Sandris]

It's not well balanced at the moment, but I have a (currently private) mod where I replaced the entire civics tree. One of the things I did was to completely disable building of settlers, create basically a row of civics called "expansion" that will give you a settler in the capital as you complete the civic. That's the only way I can think of placing a hard limit on the number of settlers, to disable having them built and only can be created when you get to certain civics or techs.

Could you mention a formula (rows in *.xml) how to disable building of Settlers and to set up their appearance after civic`s completion?
Just one example would be enough.
Thank you very much in advance.

 

[dagriggstar]

Disable settlers (CIVIC_SETTLER_20 is put at the very end of the civic tree, because I couldn't be bothered doing more than 20 of the same type of civic)

<GameData>
    <Units>
        <Update>
            <Where UnitType="UNIT_SETTLER"></Where>
            <Set MustPurchase="TRUE" PrereqCivic="CIVIC_SETTLER_20"></Set>
        </Update>
    </Units>
</GameData>

Creating the modifier

    <Modifiers>
        <Row>
            <ModifierId>CIVIC_SETTLER</ModifierId>
            <ModifierType>MODIFIER_PLAYER_GRANT_UNIT_IN_CAPITAL</ModifierType>
            <RunOnce>true</RunOnce>
        </Row>
    </Modifiers>
    <ModifierArguments>
        <Row>
            <ModifierId>CIVIC_SETTLER</ModifierId>
            <Name>UnitType</Name>
            <Value>UNIT_SETTLER</Value>
        </Row>
        <Row>
            <ModifierId>CIVIC_SETTLER</ModifierId>
            <Name>Amount</Name>
            <Value>1</Value>
        </Row>
    </ModifierArguments>

Attach modifier to civic

    <CivicModifiers>
        <Row>
            <CivicType>CIVIC_SETTLER_1</CivicType>
            <ModifierId>CIVIC_SETTLER</ModifierId>
        </Row>
</CivicModifiers>

 

[Sandris]

Disable settlers (CIVIC_SETTLER_20 is put at the very end of the civic tree, because I couldn't be bothered doing more than 20 of the same type of civic)

<GameData>
    <Units>
        <Update>
            <Where UnitType="UNIT_SETTLER"></Where>
            <Set MustPurchase="TRUE" PrereqCivic="CIVIC_SETTLER_20"></Set>
        </Update>
    </Units>
</GameData>

Creating the modifier

    <Modifiers>
        <Row>
            <ModifierId>CIVIC_SETTLER</ModifierId>
            <ModifierType>MODIFIER_PLAYER_GRANT_UNIT_IN_CAPITAL</ModifierType>
            <RunOnce>true</RunOnce>
        </Row>
    </Modifiers>
    <ModifierArguments>
        <Row>
            <ModifierId>CIVIC_SETTLER</ModifierId>
            <Name>UnitType</Name>
            <Value>UNIT_SETTLER</Value>
        </Row>
        <Row>
            <ModifierId>CIVIC_SETTLER</ModifierId>
            <Name>Amount</Name>
            <Value>1</Value>
        </Row>
    </ModifierArguments>

Attach modifier to civic

    <CivicModifiers>
        <Row>
            <CivicType>CIVIC_SETTLER_1</CivicType>
            <ModifierId>CIVIC_SETTLER</ModifierId>
        </Row>
</CivicModifiers>

Thank you very much for the help

 

[thecrazyscot]

In Rise and Fall you should actually be able to do this in a pretty straightforward way using the new effect EFFECT_ADJUST_PLAYER_UNIT_BUILD_DISABLED in conjunction with the requirement type REQUIREMENT_COLLECTION_COUNT_GREATERTHAN where you check if the collection COLLECTION_PLAYER_BUILT_CITIES is greater than 3 in order to disable Settler building. Just attach the modifier/requirement combo to the default leader trait and you should be good to go. You could create a second modifier with the effect EFFECT_ADJUST_DISABLE_SETTLING and the same requirement and you'd prevent players from being able to settle new cities as well with existing Settlers.

 

[Czaro]

In Rise and Fall you should actually be able to do this in a pretty straightforward way using the new effect EFFECT_ADJUST_PLAYER_UNIT_BUILD_DISABLED in conjunction with the requirement type REQUIREMENT_COLLECTION_COUNT_GREATERTHAN where you check if the collection COLLECTION_PLAYER_BUILT_CITIES is greater than 3 in order to disable Settler building. Just attach the modifier/requirement combo to the default leader trait and you should be good to go. You could create a second modifier with the effect EFFECT_ADJUST_DISABLE_SETTLING and the same requirement and you'd prevent players from being able to settle new cities as well with existing Settlers.

I don't really understand where should i to add this. Could you explain me?