How to know how many cities I have

[vmxa1]

Nothing for the first 20 or so, but if you have 40, 60 or more it is very tedious.

Also you the scroll does not always scroll by two, so you have to pay attention to the cit names to be sure.

[TheArsenal]

My problem is, I never care how many cities I have until I’m so far in the game I look at my large map and say, “Man, that’s a huge number of cites, I wonder how many I have?” That makes any counting in the either of the advisor's screens tedious at best.

[vmxa1]

In some games (mostly deity and sid) I need to know how many I have to see how close I am to being able to make another army.

I know I can't build one, but I need to know if one more city will do it or do I need 4 more?

I also have has times when I am thinking of switch govs, but I want to know how many cities I have and what size to determine the support cost.

If I am playing emp or demi, then I don't need that nformation.

[EPW]

Another reason why CTP2 is vastly superior to Civ3

[Aeson]

Originally posted by EPW
Another reason why CTP2 is vastly superior to Civ3

For those who can't count...

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by EPW
Another reason why CTP2 is vastly superior to Civ3

You will have some supporters on the board, but really the public did not see it that way. Neither did I and had both CTP1 and II.

[Robert]

CtP2 info: "Population 794"
That's usefull information

Pherhaps it means 'city workers'

[EPW]

Originally posted by CyberShy
CtP2 info: "Population 794"
That's usefull information

Pherhaps it means 'city workers'

Your correct, the actual population can be found in the empire manager.

This is obviously the wrong place to post pro-CTP2 comments so I shall crawl back to the dark abyss from whence I came.

[Mindwrp105]

Thank you all again for giving me some ideas and also verifying that there is no stat on this in the game itself. I guess I will begin using the numbers in the name of the city as Planetfall mentioned. That sounds like the best idea to me especially if I want to build or capture many cities or god forbid 512?

Unless it takes away from the intended game play, I wish that all civs in the game could be put on a scoreboard listing the amount of cities that everyone has, but I would settle for just my own city count somewhere, but oh well. Here comes 01Babylon.

[Robert]

Originally posted by EPW


Your correct, the actual population can be found in the empire manager.

This is obviously the wrong place to post pro-CTP2 comments so I shall crawl back to the dark abyss from whence I came.

You made the right choise

[Alex]

I never know how many cities I have... should I? I mean, is it really important to know how many I have if I want to make another army, as vmxa1 said? I could just try to make the army and see what happens...

[Last Conformist]

Might be interesting to know if you need one or three extra cities to get another army.

Enlighten someone who does not use many armies - if I lose cities till I'm below the limit, does an army get disbanded?

[vmxa1]

I am not sure, but I would think not. You will just not be able to create another until you relace them and have 4 extra.

Alex if you have the MA, the army will show up in the list as a potential build, if you have enough cities. If you do not have enough, it will not be listed.

The MGL will not have the build army option. So it is no problem to know that you do not have enough cities to support another army. The trick is how many more do I need?

This is not an issue in most games. It comes up often when you have an MGL. If you cannot make another army and you need one city, you may elect to wait. If you need 3 or 4, you may decide to use the leader for a structure.

It is only in games on huge maps at Sid that I am very concerned to get another army. They are very important to contain the massive numbers the AI will field.

Also in those games, I wil have lots of elites in battles and can afford to burn MGL's on structures if I do not have enough cities.
It is usually not wise to hold the leader in this scenario as you could likely generate another very soon.

[Alex]

well explained, vmxa... i think i had a sudden brain damage when i opened this thread and didn't notice that the trick is to know how many cities *till* one can get another army, and not just to know *if* one can build an army or not...

[MrWhereItsAt]

Originally posted by EPW
Another reason why CTP2 is vastly superior to Civ3

Heh. Funny.

I must play that sometime. But I was so disappointed with CtP. And didn't they remove Space cities in the second one...?