How do you abandon a city in v40?

[Gooberslot]

I press ctrl-A and get a list of buildings but I don't see the option to abandon the city.

 

[Thunderbrd]

It's the last option on that list.

 

[Gooberslot]

I don't see it.

 

[Thunderbrd]

The list I used to see didn't have icons, so it has been changed since I last knew and that change likely ended up removing the destroy city option. @billw2015 @Toffer90 ?

 

[billw2015]

I only changed the tech tree UI, not touched anything else.

 

[billw2015]

I checked (in my branch) and its right at the top of the list for me.

 

[Gooberslot]

It's not there for me.

 

[billw2015]

Here is the logic to decide if you are allowed to abandon a city:

Option won't be there if you have No City Razing option enabled (to avoid work around where you could abandon a city even though you aren't allowed to raze it).
OR
If you don't have Require Complete Kills and you only have one city (i.e. abandoning your city would destroy your civilization).

 

[Gooberslot]

Ok, that explains it. I had "No City Razing" turned on. In the previous version that allowed you to abandon anyway but I guess that changed. I don't suppose there's a way to turn that off after you've already started a game?

 

[Thunderbrd]

Thanks for the help with diagnosis @billw2015 !

 

[Harrier]

Ok, that explains it. I had "No City Razing" turned on. In the previous version that allowed you to abandon anyway but I guess that changed. I don't suppose there's a way to turn that off after you've already started a game?

Try going into World Builder (Ctrl w) and changing Game Options.

 

[Gooberslot]

Thank you! That did it. Now I can get rid of those annoying, seemingly randomly placed barbarian cities. Although, I thought size 1 cities were supposed to be destroyed on conquest anyway.

 

[Thunderbrd]

Thank you! That did it. Now I can get rid of those annoying, seemingly randomly placed barbarian cities. Although, I thought size 1 cities were supposed to be destroyed on conquest anyway.

Not if they have enough culture to have grown past the initial rung.

 

[Gooberslot]

Maybe that's it. They were stuck out on an island I just recently started to colonize.

 

[Toffer90]

The list I used to see didn't have icons, so it has been changed since I last knew and that change likely ended up removing the destroy city option. @billw2015 @Toffer90 ?

I enhanced the demolish feature in PPIO in several ways.

Option won't be there if you have No City Razing option enabled (to avoid work around where you could abandon a city even though you aren't allowed to raze it).

Like adding this condition to conform the feature to active game rules.

Although, I thought size 1 cities were supposed to be destroyed on conquest anyway.

Not if you play with the No City Razing option.