Take me to my city when asking me to upgrade!

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So, i am off in the wild lands, hovering over my heroes and a dangerous situation.  I am attempting to cleanse them so i can settle another city when something good happens in a bad way.

 

I am told to upgrade my city and i don't know where on the map my city is.  This happens all the time, and i am sick of renaming my cities to "Conclave, Fortress, City" at the end of each name.  The problem with this is that i have to do extra micromanagement that does not reward me for doing it (i get to know what city is which on the upgrade screen which i should get anyway) and i am punished for not doing it (i might pick the wrong one!)

 

In fact, i find this the worst flaw.  This is because i can just lose track of things.  In civ, when my city is ready for a new building, my camera is taken to my city so i know where on the map City X is.

 

So, when being prompted to upgrade a city, instead of an obtrusive popup that blocks everything else, make this happen different.

1. Give a button on the right side of the screen that i can click to enter the popup, and let me exit the popup without choosing so i can look more closely at my ledger before making a choice. Please "force" the choice at end turn or never. This way if i don't want to choose now i don't have to, but i can when i do.  Note that i might want to resolve diplomacy for the turn before deciding if i need a fortress or a conclave.

2. Give me a button to "go-to" city.

3. Tell me in the popup what resources, food, materials, essence, etc, etc the city has.  This will likely decide what kind of city it is.

 

If this could be fixed, i will have confidence in the cities i build - without having to rename them all the time. I would also like

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I think this topic has been treated before. But as the current system still remains, I think that some solution should be given, because the choice is very important. A mistake, easy to make, is very disappointing and it means to have to reload the game, just for that.

In fact, I renamed cities with essence (adding s1, s2, and so at the end of its name) just to be aware for the upgrade.

Any of the proposed solutions is usefull.

The simplest: just take us to the city wich upgrades

IMO, option 3 (more information in the pop-up) could be the easiest to implement. But an automatic "go to the city" (no button needed, just take me there)  it is needed too, because even knowing there is no essence (so it will not be conclave) still depends a lot on its situation for developing it a town or a strategical fortress. And if it has essence, conclave or fortress are both good options too...

so again: Please, automatically take us to the city wich upgrades