Trade routes (BTS)

[Fredster]

Hi guys

Another question I can't seem to find the answer to is the amount of trade routes a city can have.

Is this limited? If so, by how many?

I currently have 4 cities in my present game. My capital has a trade route to a foreign city and a route to one of my own cities, whilst the other 3 cities have 2 trade routes, each to my own cities

The question arose when I began to research Currency. One of the benefits of this tech is +1 trade routes per city.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Brenador]

I don't think trade routes are limited, but I know that you have room for at least two more.

 

[Willem]

I don't think trade routes are limited,

Yes they are. Here is the line in GlobalDefines.xml that determines the limits. You can easily increase the value if you want to.

<Define>
<DefineName>MAX_TRADE_ROUTES</DefineName>
<iDefineIntVal>8</iDefineIntVal>
</Define>

 

[Polobo]

Not sure but guessing in plain BTS the maximum achievable number of trade routes is <= the defined maximum...so not really limited in a practical sense.

 

[Willem]

Not sure but guessing in plain BTS the maximum achievable number of trade routes is <= the defined maximum...so not really limited in a practical sense.

That's right. You only need to change the value if you're adding a building etc. that adds further trade routes. The default value is good enough for all the trade routes the game currently creates.

 

[kochman]

Well, let's look at it... someone broke it down one very well, and showed what tech/etc gave what route... but the bottom line is, the XML limits you to 8, even if you managed to come up with a combo to top it.
That's really the end of the discussion...