Recent content by Ex Mudder

Yes, thank you! That is what I have been looking for!

Which file? CIV5Civilizations.xml ? Because the version of that file I have does not have the biases I have been reading about. <Civilization_Start_Region_Priority> <Row> <CivilizationType>CIVILIZATION_ARABIA</CivilizationType> <RegionType>REGION_DESERT</RegionType> </Row> <Row>...

I keep reading about certain civs having starting bias, but I do not see most of them in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\Gameplay\XML\Civilizations Are they elsewhere? I'd love to add in a "no jungle" start bias to my favorite civs.

1) Where would I go to ask for a "forests" option in world generation? Some / normal / many that increases or decreases the average starting forests. I like forests, and some civs need forests, while other do better without them. 2) Does Start Bias work? I swear I get Jungle more...

I agree with OP and this quote, except that I would call Civ an Empire Builder game rather than a god game, and Civ V simply a strategy game. The empires you can build in Civ V are pathetic compared to Civ 1-4 (and SMAC), plus Civ 5 feels like a hex based TBS with base management. I was...

I've tried to start several games on a Terra Map, every time the game CTDs during map generation. Anyone else seen this?

It's also a matter of distribution. On a huge map you're lucky to have 2 happiness resources near your starting location, and 5 in your whole empire. smaller maps have more concentrated luxuries, and more luxury variety. Further, on a larger map, the clustering of resources means that nearby...

I prefer flexibility to complexity. Civ IV was much more flexible in the choices you could make than Civ V, and therefore better.

You're thinking in CIV IV terms. In Civ V terms, a size 36 City is NY / LA / Mexico City sized, one that fills all available tiles within 3 hexes. Or probably higher, given the number of artist specialists in Hollywood and merchants in NY. Size 36 cities should take all game to achieve...

As Russia with Stonehenge, I worked my way through Piety and then used their 2 free SPs to grab Patronage and Aesthetics quickly.

Are you playing on a Huge map by any chance? I've found luxuries to be so spread out on Huge maps that it is nearly impossible to get more than a few of your own... and the AI rarely has many either, so trading with them is out. And local CS tend to have duplicates of each other. When I play...

I've been playing Catherine / Russia up until now, mainly because I don't want to play Bony the Frog. But the advantages f France over Russia are becoming obvious: 1) No need to build a monument quickly 2) No need for a Krepost 3a) Faster Land expansion - monument + krepost will...

I play as Catherine, so +2/+3 hammers per horse on 2 food tiles was a nice surprise, times 4. Spent too much gold expanding to them though :(. Had to go hunting for Iron as well, there was none nearby. But on a blind start, 2 different luxury resources is very nice. I just hate losing my...

WRT Russia / Catherine, I find the UA very useful in the early game. I once had a capital city with 4 horses w/in 3 tiles, on a grassland start. I had 10 production instead of 6 with them worked, and 14 instead of 10 with them pastured. Given the paucity of production before you get civil...

I've found that on small maps it is easy to get a lot of happiness resources in a small area. On a Huge map, Happiness resources are widely and unevenly spread out. You won't find one of each near your starting location, you're lucky to find 3 or 4 in your corner of the map, and the nearby...