alpha order for fictional cities

Stealcompany · 06-21-2006, 01:47 AM

if i'm adding in a bunch of cities and towns from a fictional country do they need to be in alpha order with the rest of the cities file or can I simply add them at the end of the list?

DreamTeams · 06-21-2006, 02:56 AM

Just add them at the end.

Stealcompany · 06-23-2006, 10:00 AM

Turns out that adding them at the end doesn't work.

albatross11 · 06-23-2006, 10:17 AM

It worked fine for me. Are you adding them with the game open? If so, close the game and then add them. Then re-load the game.

Stealcompany · 06-23-2006, 11:01 AM

I'm doing it with the game closed, going into the cities.txt file from my desktop. I am using a mac version so I don't know if that's a concern but that seems unlikely.

albatross11 · 06-23-2006, 01:04 PM

I agree with you; the Mac thing shouldn't make a difference. Not trying to be funny, but did you remember to add your fictional nation to the nations.txt file?

Stealcompany · 06-23-2006, 01:21 PM

No offense taken,
actually I had an inconsistency in my geographical data. Once I fixed that it worked fine.

Now I need to find out how I change the Nations page so i can put the total population of my country in it.

Raidergoo · 06-23-2006, 02:47 PM

Total population is calculated by the game adding up all the number of people in cities.txt with that nation number.

The very first bug I reported was titled "The world is missing billions of people". It turns out to not be a bug.

Many people don't live in defined places, so that is why China, India, and Indonesia look so wrong in the population field on the Nations page.

albatross11 · 06-23-2006, 02:47 PM

Glad you got it to work.

Stealcompany · 06-26-2006, 11:58 AM

Raidergoo wrote
Total population is calculated by the game adding up all the number of people in cities.txt with that nation number.

Right you are. As soon as I got the list to work I noticed that I had a population of 14 million and change in my nation which was the total of the cities/towns I had entered.

06-21-2006, 01:47 AM	#1
Stealcompany Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 291	alpha order for fictional cities if i'm adding in a bunch of cities and towns from a fictional country do they need to be in alpha order with the rest of the cities file or can I simply add them at the end of the list?

06-21-2006, 02:56 AM	#2
DreamTeams Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,522	Just add them at the end. __________________

06-23-2006, 10:17 AM	#4
albatross11 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 907	It worked fine for me. Are you adding them with the game open? If so, close the game and then add them. Then re-load the game. __________________ Peace, albatross

06-23-2006, 01:04 PM	#6
albatross11 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 907	I agree with you; the Mac thing shouldn't make a difference. Not trying to be funny, but did you remember to add your fictional nation to the nations.txt file? __________________ Peace, albatross

06-23-2006, 02:47 PM	#9
albatross11 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 907	Glad you got it to work. __________________ Peace, albatross

06-23-2006, 10:00 AM	#3
Stealcompany Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 291	Turns out that adding them at the end doesn't work.

06-23-2006, 11:01 AM	#5
Stealcompany Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 291	I'm doing it with the game closed, going into the cities.txt file from my desktop. I am using a mac version so I don't know if that's a concern but that seems unlikely.

06-23-2006, 01:21 PM	#7
Stealcompany Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 291	No offense taken, actually I had an inconsistency in my geographical data. Once I fixed that it worked fine. Now I need to find out how I change the Nations page so i can put the total population of my country in it.

06-23-2006, 02:47 PM	#8
Raidergoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 9,005	Total population is calculated by the game adding up all the number of people in cities.txt with that nation number. The very first bug I reported was titled *"The world is missing billions of people".* It turns out to not be a bug. Many people don't live in defined places, so that is why China, India, and Indonesia look so wrong in the population field on the Nations page.

06-26-2006, 11:58 AM	#10
Stealcompany Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 291	Raidergoo wrote Total population is calculated by the game adding up all the number of people in cities.txt with that nation number. Right you are. As soon as I got the list to work I noticed that I had a population of 14 million and change in my nation which was the total of the cities/towns I had entered.