PROJECT: City Limits defined by Map size

[Ekmek]

Okay I see that we have this in the Const.txt

MAP_SIZE_SMALL		26	52	2
MAP_SIZE_MEDIUM		48	96	2
MAP_SIZE_LARGE		64	128	2
MAP_SIZE_GIGANTIC	70	140	2

Does anyone know what the '2's do in this context?

I'm thinking that if nots used in a special way that we can use that as a variable to adjust city limits based on map size

the other option I'm think is to do something in Const.txt

MAP_SIZE_SMALL_CITIES        1
MAP_SIZE_MEDIUM_CITIES	1
MAP_SIZE_LARGE_CITIES        2
MAP_SIZE_GIGANTIC_CITIES	3

Essentially this would be a number that you would mutliply to this in government.txt

   TooManyCitiesThreshold 35
   TooManyCitiesCoefficient 1

I think the easy part (for me) is getting all the spots where the threshold is evaluated. the hard part isthat I haven't seen how the game access map data so I'd have to find a GetMapSize-like function somewhere and match that up.

but I know people have different preferences here so please add your input.

[Fromafar]

The 2's are unused, and should actually be 1's for CTP2. Have a look at e.g. MapPoint.h to see why.

Maybe you should consider adding a map.cdb to generate a new database handler for map.txt, and add it there.

[Ekmek]

How do I get the compiler to recognize new cdb's? I added a religion.cdb but it won't compile.

[LemurMadness]

Sounds great! Changing the maxium cities possible by each goverment depending on the map size is a great idea indeed

(and the AI @ lastest playtest works pretty well with different map sizes, for example, in Regular maps the AI makes the cities away of another in an average of 3-4 tiles and in gigantic, 4-5)