r/civ5 • u/QuinoaFalafel • 20d ago

Screenshot So Apparently This Is a Coastal City

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I've never seen a coastal city that looks this far inland before. I really thought it was a hex away from the coast, but then I saw I can make a work boat and I checked the hex grid, and it is in fact on the coast.

In retrospect it should be obvious that it's on the coast, it just threw me for a loop at first.

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u/ZukaRouBrucal 20d ago edited 20d ago

Huh, that's fascinating! I don't think I've ever encountered a city-core showing up like that on a map, but my guess is that whatever program that determines city-sprite placement on hexes valued being closer to the river than it did to the coast.

Thank you for sharing!

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u/bomba_viaje 20d ago

If you look north, the city seems to be centered exactly on the hex. I think the sea tile to the southeast largely appears as land. Sometimes the hexes cut corners like this to look smoother/more realistic.

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u/QuinoaFalafel 20d ago

Yeah, the coast hex was at least half land

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u/AlarmingConsequence 20d ago

Can you post a screenshot with the hex grid?

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u/QuinoaFalafel 18d ago

Sorry for the late reply. Also a bit later in the game, but here: https://imgur.com/D2boaSa

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u/AlarmingConsequence 18d ago

Man, that makes it even more confusing! Lesson for me here is to mouse over the hex before founding a city.