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# Town Overview

![Icon](/files/IN5rg07eH1wqtjIICm8y)

The **Town Overview** module displays a map of your city layout and allows exporting that layout to [foe-helper.com](https://foe-helper.com) for further planning.

## Menu Overview

![Menu Overview](/files/AEET3HBCohNELrAsAUi9)

The **Town Overview** is structured from top to bottom as follows:

* [**Header Menu**](#header-menu)
* **City Map Display**: Click and drag to reposition the map within the window
* [**Side Menu**](#side-menu)

## Header Menu

Header menu enables you to:

* **Change View**: Toggle between **Isometric View** (as in-game) and **Standard Grid View**
* **Zoom in and out**: dropdown to inspect specific areas
* [**Search Building**](#search-for-buildings) (available only in main city)
* [**Copy city data**](#copy-city-layout-data) (available only in main city)
* [**City planner**](#export-to-website) (available in main city and [Settlements module](/docs/english/module/settlements.md#city-planner-integration))

### Search for Buildings

* Use the **Search field** to find a specific building
* The building’s surface will blink to visually indicate its location

### Copy City Layout Data

* Copies the current layout to your clipboard in **JSON** format
* Useful for storing, editing, or exporting data outside the game

### Export to Website

* Sends your current city layout to the [foe-helper.com city planner](https://foe-helper.com/citymap/overview)
* A confirmation popup appears before the transfer

{% hint style="info" %}
The use of the planner on the website is described in [City Planner Guide](/docs/english/website/citymap.md)
{% endhint %}

## Side Menu

Side menu updates data based on current in-game active map:

* [**Main City**](#main-city-side-menu)
* [**Quantum Incursions**](#quantum-incursions-side-menu)

### Main City Side Menu

![Main City Side Menu](/files/rOFmsKKRGLadJSTmnMTm)

Checkboxes allow you to quickly highlight specific buildings:

* **Highlight lower era buildings** and displays number of buildings per lower era
* **Highlight buildings that do not need streets** to purple color
* **Highlight ascendable buildings** to orange color
* **Highlight decayed buildings** that where previously ascended (eg. Forgotten Temple)
* **Highlight worst rated buildings** based on the [Building Efficiency Module](/docs/english/module/efficiency.md)

The legend shows color coding, building classification, the number of squares each consumes, and their percentage share in the overall city layout.

{% hint style="success" %}
Hi, would this claim be correct "Road efficiency is calculated by dividing **half the minimum required number** of road tiles (assuming each building connects along its shortest side, and two buildings share a road) by the **actual number of road tiles used**."\
Road efficiency = (minimum required road tiles ÷ 2) ÷ actual road tiles used
{% endhint %}

### Quantum Incursions Side Menu

![Quantum Incursions Side Menu](/files/xEsimgGyCzPzHD4gyddZ)

Quantum Incursions Side Menu displays summary of QI resources and boosts produced in QI settlement.

## Usage Tips

* Use highlighting to identify and replace old buildings
* Use highlighting to identify which buildings can be detached from roads
* Use highlighting of decayed and ascendable buildings to check if there is any decayed which can't be ascended (eg. permanently decayed)
* Access foe-helper.com to simulate city reorganizations with ease

## FAQ

**Q: Can I edit my city in this module?**\
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A: No, editing is done after exporting to the website planner.

**Q: Can FoE Helper rearrange my city based on import from other tool?**\
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A: No, in-game rearranging must be done manually.

**Q: Does this show building bonuses or stats?**\
A: Only in QI map. Bonuses for main city are shown in other modules.