I want to be able to change the game so that on all map types it gives both me, the other player i play with in multiplayer, and the AI's better starting locations for the first city. Is there a file where it chooses the start location to assign to you that can be edited?

I want to be able to change the game so that on all map types it gives both me, the other player i play with in multiplayer, and the AI's better starting locations for the first city. Is there a file where it chooses the start location to assign to you that can be edited?

Something that works on all maps is unfortunately impossible without modifying the dll with the SDK. Normally, starting locations are the responsibility of the map scripting process, although many maps use the default routine in the dll.

Earth Flavour (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=251580) type script is probably the way to go, wouldn't be a too big a problem to make it boost start location for certain civs either (no, I'm not volunteering - heh).

The CIV4BonusInfos.XML has some tags regarding the probability of different bonus tiles... You could try messing around with those. Increasing the overall amount of Bonus tiles placed, you will in most cases also improve the starting plots. I do however not have any idea, if if this work or if there are other XML files influencing this.

Also there is a map script called "Full of Ressources" somwhere in this forum... Perhaps try it.