Events.SerialEventCityCreated (Civ5 API)

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This function is a member of Events. This is a static method, invoke it with a dot.

This event is triggered when a city is created.

Usage

void Events.SerialEventCityCreated(Vector2 vHexPos, PlayerID player, CityID cityID, ArtStyleType artStyleType, EraType eraType, int continent, int populationSize, int size, int fogState)

Event Type

Regular event: you can subscribe to it through Events.SerialEventCityCreated.Add(<function handler>) or invoke it directly through Events.SerialEventCityCreated(<arguments list>).

Parameters

vHexPos:	Vector3 containing city x,y,z coordinates which can be converted to map coordinates with the ToGridFromHex function e.g. local iX, iY = ToGridFromHex( vHexPos.x, vHexPos.y )
player:	ID of the player who owns the created city; index into global Players table
cityID:	ID of the city that was created; note IDs are specific to player and not truly unique
artStyleType:	art style of city graphics; compare with types from ArtStyleTypes table (e.g. GameInfoTypes.ARTSTYLE_ASIAN)
eraType:	era of city graphics; compare with types from Eras table (e.g. GameInfoTypes.ERA_ANCIENT)
continent:	ID of continent where city is located
populationSize:	unknown; name based on reference in original game files (UnitFlagManager.lua and CityBannerManager.lua)
size:	unknown; name based on reference in original game files (UnitFlagManager.lua and CityBannerManager.lua)
fogState:	visibility of this city for Active Player 0 = tile completely hidden by FoW 1 = tile revealed but not currently in vision 2 = tile in vision

Source code samples

Redundant occurences have been removed.

CityBannerManager.lua

UI/InGame/CityBannerManager.lua

0650	Events.SerialEventCityCreated.Add( OnCityCreated );

CityList.lua

UI/InGame/CityList.lua

0073	Events.SerialEventCityCreated.Add( OnChangeEvent );

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