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AI Builds Cities Too Closely!
Everyone:
I've recently created some customized maps and have been playing on them. It didn't take me long to realize that the AI has a habit of building its cities right next to each other w/o the proper spacing — 100 percent so w/other AI civilizations.
Land is plentiful and the squares are quite nice, if I do say so myself. But it is really irritating to discover these AI cities so close together (usually from trading maps). It just doesn't look "natural," so to speak. So I've taken to destroying the city's defenders, putting barbs in, then wiping the city from existence w/my own units. Afterwards, I "salt" the soil by turning it into a glacier square in an effort to prevent a repeat on that spot.
This is really annoying and has me seriously considering going back to my Earth maps. Only on very rare occasions do I ever have trouble w/"too close" cities on those maps. Usually when the Celts are colonizing and the French or Germans are also in the game. Or, once in a while, when Japan is colonizing and China happens to be in the game. The fact remains, however, that "too close" cities are an extreme rarity for me on the Earth maps, but almost too damn common on the customized "natural" maps.
**sigh**
CYBERAmazon
I've recently created some customized maps and have been playing on them. It didn't take me long to realize that the AI has a habit of building its cities right next to each other w/o the proper spacing — 100 percent so w/other AI civilizations.
Land is plentiful and the squares are quite nice, if I do say so myself. But it is really irritating to discover these AI cities so close together (usually from trading maps). It just doesn't look "natural," so to speak. So I've taken to destroying the city's defenders, putting barbs in, then wiping the city from existence w/my own units. Afterwards, I "salt" the soil by turning it into a glacier square in an effort to prevent a repeat on that spot.
This is really annoying and has me seriously considering going back to my Earth maps. Only on very rare occasions do I ever have trouble w/"too close" cities on those maps. Usually when the Celts are colonizing and the French or Germans are also in the game. Or, once in a while, when Japan is colonizing and China happens to be in the game. The fact remains, however, that "too close" cities are an extreme rarity for me on the Earth maps, but almost too damn common on the customized "natural" maps.
**sigh**
CYBERAmazon
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