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Points: 1118 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 14:30
Counter to expectations, I agree: it's best to just play the game, without difficult-to-achieve, and perhaps privileged, programming. However, there are some alliances who make best possible use of available data, so out of interest, as well as necessity of getting the most from whatever units are relevant, it is advantageous to do likewise.

In answering the original poster's question, it is useful to have a list of nearby allies, in times of need. Whether they are active enough to help is another consideration, and one that is best answered by having a knowledge of the neighbourhood.
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Points: 1650 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 19:53
500 squares away isn't nearly close enough to offer any aid or credible sustained threat.
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Points: 35 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jun 2012 at 00:24
I tried opening that file using excel, but it just crashes the program when I do it as an xml file. A read only file wouldn't really be useful for the application you are talking about using it for. Do you need to do anything to excel in order to make it compatible with the file? I haven't ever worked with xml files before, so not sure how this is supposed to work. 
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Originally posted by Cleopatra Cleopatra wrote:

I tried opening that file using excel, but it just crashes the program when I do it as an xml file.
If you have a broadband plan allowing you to download the huge towns XML file check out  strongda's tool. Otherwise you could try Illy stats or Mogul's  skins, i.e., click the zebra skins on his profile.  

Really old Excel versions can't handle XML at all, newer versions might support simple XML files, if the content can be somehow mapped into a not too deeply nested table.  You could also try to upload a  towns file to a Google docs or Google drive account.  Or let Chrome try its luck, but generally browsers hate huge XML files.  If you have not the faintest idea what a standalone XML file including its own DTD might be better stick to existing tools... Tongue 


 


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Try Illy Stats by WoodE
http://illyriad.ourguild.eu/search.php
Not a 500 square radius, but at least the closest 20 cities

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