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In_stasis Sep 27, 2024 @ 10:24pm
Why can I only build 1 less than city cap amount of cities?
Title says it. Currently I have an Empire government, but can only build 7 cities, Before that I had a republic but can only build 5. Looked at all the modifiers but nothing there that indicates why. I have the 8th settler built but tool tip say I can't use it to settle because of city cap is already reached. Weird!
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Originally posted by Ara: History Untold:
Originally posted by HaveABanana:
I've got a similar problem and I can't think of anything I would have done to cause it, nor have any attempts to fix it resolved it. My situation is similar to the person who listed their Russia situation, 9/10 after going from Republic to Democracy

My theory is that whatever code they have that checks for 'too many cities' (which shouldn't be a thing anyway, that's what the happiness penalty is for right?) may not always turn back off once it's been triggered by reaching your current cap. I saw the message when I built an extra settler under a republic and it just never went away after.

UPDATE: Several turns later and it seems to have resolved itself. I didn't do anything in particular between the above and now. Still can't settle over the cap, but I suppose that can be explained.


Originally posted by Jeff:
This happened to me the moment I took Democracy. I had 8/9 cap (I was Russia with 1 palace). After I completed the tech era and moved to the next, my settler was suddenly able to settle. It's like the game loses track of its count for a while and then it fixes itself.


Originally posted by PCP Ardygon:
I had this issue with a settler and i just moved the settler closer to the location i wanted to settle and the button was clickable. It's some weird bug.


Originally posted by UBER_HAMSTER:
Likewise as people above. I always reach limit at 1 less then limit cap says... Maybe palace +1 is not working correctly? I can change for government with higher cap limit, settle, then go back to the government I like and I don't get the penalty. But it's silly. Something isn't working properly here.

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Astasia Sep 27, 2024 @ 10:56pm 
I think one of the civs builds one less city than normal. Belgium? I don't remember offhand.
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Oaks Sep 27, 2024 @ 11:05pm 
Originally posted by Astasia:
I think one of the civs builds one less city than normal. Belgium? I don't remember offhand.
Belgium can build the same number of cities, they just get a relationship bonus with nations who have more cities than Belgium.
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In_stasis Sep 27, 2024 @ 11:28pm 
Playing as Spain and its leader attribute modifiers have no such penalty.
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******** Sep 28, 2024 @ 10:49pm 
Might be a bug.
My city cap is 8, I only have 7 cities, but "settle" button is grayed out on my Settler.
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BobTheYak Sep 28, 2024 @ 11:09pm 
I had a similar issue and unfortunately I don't know whether it was a bug or some sort of game mechanic
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Tobold Sep 28, 2024 @ 11:35pm 
I had the same problem, but attributed it to having 2 palaces (one from assimilating an enemy city). I think you are limited to one palace giving you a city cap bonus.
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madcynic Sep 29, 2024 @ 12:40am 
Originally posted by Tobold:
I had the same problem, but attributed it to having 2 palaces (one from assimilating an enemy city). I think you are limited to one palace giving you a city cap bonus.
Even if that were true, the pop-up on the city limit *does* list both palaces with a plus 1
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Ty Sep 29, 2024 @ 12:59am 
try a quick reload when that happens, it may happen when a setter of yours was killed while trying to establish a city and the game hasn't updated it since then
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Sorotham Sep 29, 2024 @ 12:27pm 
My city cap is 11
Base from Empire 8
Siberian Expanse 1
Nemrut Dag 1
Palace 1
Next Turn Total 11 (0)

Displays as 10/11

Settler button is grayed out and says City slots limited by Government.
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Laparin Sep 29, 2024 @ 3:19pm 
I have this same issue with a cap of 7 and 6 cities. The only recent change was the palace being added, perhaps its the palace that is bugged?
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The Former Sep 29, 2024 @ 3:22pm 
Try a quick reload. This fixed the demolish button being greyed out for me, maybe this too?
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Laparin Sep 29, 2024 @ 6:20pm 
reload didnt work. Tried deleting the settler and buidling a new one too, tried changing governments too. Nothing worked for me here. Possibly my best bet is to take another city from an enemy civ for this playthrough
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Charmless Sep 30, 2024 @ 7:20am 
same problem. empire cap 8 + palace and nemut dag. and the icon greyed out after i built the 9th city
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zebenji Sep 30, 2024 @ 7:26am 
Have a similar issue with Republic then Democracy government. One of my settlers got killed on its way to found a city. Build a new settler unit, but it can't found a city even if I still am one city away from cap.
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Phil G Oct 1, 2024 @ 7:06pm 
This happened to me a few days ago. City cap 6/7, option to settle greyed out on settler.

My guess is that a neighbor took a city from me, when I was 7/7, and the game still counts it as mine somehow? Not sure though.
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