I was playing a SMAC Crossfire session the other day, then I bumbed into the Morganites who had (of course) founded some of their bases only 2-3 squares away from each other. I then realized (again) how much I really hate this type of sloppy inflationary ICS-style city-expansion strategy, and how sad it would be if such heavy city-area overlapping was to be allowed in Civ-3 as well.
Then it suddenly struck me. Why not add a rigid just-in-case preference-screen "city-area overlapping allowed?" On/Off option to Civ-3? If set to "No"; then its simply impossible, both for the AI-civs and the human player, to found cities so that their 21-square city-areas overlaps with already existing 21-square city-area radiuses, in any way. Then the Civ-3 AI-settler/ human settler tries to found a city, the software quickly calculates any nearby city-areas and compare it with the settler city-area surveying area. If it overlaps, the settler surveying frame turns red & a fail-sound beeps, meaning "not possible".
The game-default can be set to "Yes" (overlapping IS allowed), of course - just give me the possibility to enforce this rule globally if I want to. Before you vote - bevare that this Poll isnt about if you personally gonna use this option, or not. Its instead about if you have anything against the idea, of adding such an free option to the game preference-screen.
Then it suddenly struck me. Why not add a rigid just-in-case preference-screen "city-area overlapping allowed?" On/Off option to Civ-3? If set to "No"; then its simply impossible, both for the AI-civs and the human player, to found cities so that their 21-square city-areas overlaps with already existing 21-square city-area radiuses, in any way. Then the Civ-3 AI-settler/ human settler tries to found a city, the software quickly calculates any nearby city-areas and compare it with the settler city-area surveying area. If it overlaps, the settler surveying frame turns red & a fail-sound beeps, meaning "not possible".
The game-default can be set to "Yes" (overlapping IS allowed), of course - just give me the possibility to enforce this rule globally if I want to. Before you vote - bevare that this Poll isnt about if you personally gonna use this option, or not. Its instead about if you have anything against the idea, of adding such an free option to the game preference-screen.
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