is there a mod that has more citie names than the ones included int he original game?

civ-n00b · July 29, 2002, 23:10

Don't let my name fool you, i've played this game ever since it came out. This name is meant for Civ3 only

On my previous computers I've created and lost these lists. lists of hundreds of US cities (you know, for that occasional game where you bombard everything into extinction...). Doing so is extreemly time consuming, and I would like to know if there is a mod that has severeal dozen (or hundred) more cities listed in the City.txt file.

Oh yes, I did perform a search in the MODs area, but by some reason I kept getting results from Civ3 and CTP I & II along with Civ2 MODs. The MODs were not what I am looking for though, so I came out empty handed.

Thnx for any help though.
-a not so n00bish civ-n00b

Scouse Gits · July 30, 2002, 05:21

IIRC there is not a 'mod' to do this, but several posters have published lists of many city names which can be cut and pasted into the city.txt file...

SG[1]

Gatekeeper · August 2, 2002, 02:27

What SG[1] said, except I did it the hard way: I pulled out a world atlas and went from there (then had to rename three Indian cities when the RL government changed their names).

Gatekeeper

Starlifter · August 3, 2002, 16:33

Here is a list I made a long time ago:

@AMERICANS
Washington
Alexandria
Baltimore
Dover
Wilmington
Philadelphia
Trenton
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Yonkers
Providence
Boston
Albany
Concord
Bangor
Buffalo
Niagra Falls
Erie
Pittsburgh
harrisburgh
Columbus
Cincinnati
Dayton
Toledo
Chicago
Detroit
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Madison
Eau Claire
StPaul
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Des Moines
Iowa City
StLouis
Springfield
Nashville
Memphis
Chattanoga
Knoxville
Greensboro
Durham
Raliegh
Fayetteville
Wilmington
Greenville
Columbia
Charleston
Atlanta
Macon
Savannah

Starlifter · August 3, 2002, 16:35

If you wanna make a new civ of the states,

@STATES
DC
NYork
Massachussets
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Rhode Island
Maine
Virginia
NHampshire
Vermont
NCarolina
WVirginia
SCarolina
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Michigan
Gerogia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
NDakota
SDakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Nevada
California
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
NMexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Arkansas
@STOP

Starlifter · August 3, 2002, 18:41

Naturally, Civ2 would not be complete without the world-beating Texan Civ:

@TEXANS
Austin
Dallas
Houston
SanAntonio
FtWorth
Arlington
Irving
Mansfield
Waxahachie
Hurst
Euless
Bedford
Cleburne
Hillsboro
Waco
Temple
College Station
Bryan
Rockdale
Thorndale
Pasadena
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Midland
ElPaso
Lubbock
Amarillo
Childress
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Gainsgille
Greenville
Sherman
Denton
Mesquite
Tyler
Kilgore
Nacadoches
Lufkin
Beaumont
Cedar Hill
Rockport
Aransas Pass
Cleburn
Glen Rose
@STOP

Julius Brenzaida · August 4, 2002, 06:40

The easiest way might be this one :
There are sites with huge lists of towns and you can copy/paste them

If I remember, the one from the UN offers a list of at least 100 towns for each country.
I might find back the link if you ask

Mercator · August 4, 2002, 14:24

And those mods for other civ games should work just fine too... They'll obviously not be in the correct format, but it can't be that different, city names are city names... so you can copy-paste from those mods as well. (In other words, you'll have to DO something!

)

geofelt · August 6, 2002, 12:53

could someone post a city.txt file with a larger list of names? I'm lazy. Is there a maximum number of names for the file, or for a civ?

Vlad Antlerkov · August 6, 2002, 14:32

There shouldn't be one in that file. The practical limit is 255/civ (the limit for the number of cities-- hardcoded, sadly).

CapTVK · August 7, 2002, 17:27

Aren't those 255 names distributed over the different civilizations? The actual list per civ is rather short.

Mercator · August 7, 2002, 17:56

Quote:

Originally posted by CapTVK
Aren't those 255 names distributed over the different civilizations? The actual list per civ is rather short.

Yes... 255 is the total max. Which means that if you make a list of 255 cities for each civ, you are certain to never have any doubles. So that would be the practical limit for the number of city names to give to each civ.

... Or perhaps not quite, there's always the possibility that some of your cities get destroyed (or cities might even get destroyed regularly

).

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CapTVK · August 7, 2002, 18:04

Then i really don't see a problem here. There's a 255 city max (well, in Civ2 anyway) so why would you need more names past that? Even considering a few of those get raised.

Mercator · August 7, 2002, 18:26

Well, the standard city list only has like 20-50 cities per civ, so that's why he wants a longer one.

El Civ · August 7, 2002, 22:46

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DaveV · August 8, 2002, 07:53

Quote:

Originally posted by geofelt
could someone post a city.txt file with a larger list of names? I'm lazy. Is there a maximum number of names for the file, or for a civ?

140 Roman cities (enough for most

of my games); all others standard.

geofelt · August 8, 2002, 12:25

thanx davev. It looks like there are more american cities also.

Mercator · August 10, 2002, 10:20

El Civ: Well thanks.

Starlifter · August 12, 2002, 11:15

A lotta talkin' and not a lotta postin' of city names

. If there is a scenario link, or some site that has lists of names, that would be of particular use to the original post. Heck, if someone has made a good extension to the original city lists in the original civs, that would be something I might like too. In my games, the Celts, Russians, Mongols, Zulus, and Vikings often run out of names, and start using the backup list, and then there are several duplicate named cities.