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

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 was wondering how far from each other do you build your cities? I'd have guessed it was 6-7 tiles away, to minimize overlap in the 3 tile radius, but the AI civs and some screenshots I've seen here have people building 4 tiles apart. Then again, some AI city placement seems nonsensical -...

Playing as Russia, I ended up in some tundra surrounded by peaks. I build 4 cities, 2 on flood plains near wheat, one next to some fish, and they all had horses. The problem is I only have gold and gems as luxury resources in my little corner of the world, including the 2 city states. Is...

I was wondering why, as Russia, I always started out surrounded by Tundra. Turns out there is an option to "disable start bias" in the advanced menu. Click it, and my Russians are no longer always tundra and steppe/plains dwellers without a flood plain or grassland to be seen.

I know that happiness is empire wide, and that buildings cost gold to maintain (boo), but does anyone know if city health is still a concern?

Does anyone use watermills? I remember experimenting with them once upon a time and getting frustrated with the difficulties of placement. They would seem to be even less useful now that the Levee has been introduced. I'd rather farm or cottage my freshwater tiles and wait for a levee than...

Is is just me or does Warlords drop the number of luxury resources on the map? I could have sworn there used to be enough luxuries so each civ could (in theory) have one, now there only seems to be enough for half the civs. 4-5 gold, gems, silver, dye, etc on a Huge Terra map with 11 players...

I've been worried about building the Great Wall - build it too early, it doen't protect much. Too late, it doesn't stop the barbs that are pillaging your outlying improvements (but does double the GG points you get for killing them). Or worse, the AI builds it first. Solution? Almost...

I've play an industrious civ, which is bad enough, but I keep getting hit with hordes of barbarians every time I enter a new era. The problem is how I enter a new era. I build the Oracle, gain Metal Casting, start building Forges, and half a dozen barbarian archers and warriors attack me...

I'm sick of my scouts getting eaten by lions, panthers, and bears. It also annoys me that if they survive to upgrade to Explorers, one of the two "good" promotions for Scouts (the first Guerilla or Woodsman) is wasted upon upgrade. Am I the first to suggest that Scouts recieve the Woodsman...

The game works, but I keep getting wierd messages like "Leader_Chinese_leader is wrong in civ4diplomacyinfos.xml". I just reinstalled and applied the newest patch. Is this the same as the stickied error, or a different one? Game hasn't crashed yet. Just wierd error messages.

I started a new game (huge / terra, prince) and was beginning my early game exploration when I found a river system running though a desert. Oddly, it wasn't producing flood plains - just desert tiles with fresh water worth 1 gold. Said river even flowed right past an oasis. I fired up...

Can anyone explaint to me how to change around leader traits? I like playing India, but I'd also like to play other trait combos w/o playing entirely new civlizations. I found some XML files, but couldn't find the right one to make Asoka Finantial / Organised or Ghandi Industrious / Cultural...

I've started up a new game with my new graphic card, and sent my warrior south to grab a coupla goodie huts, when Catherine's scout appears to my north to grap 2 goodie huts to my north. Annoyed, I re-start the game, and send my warrior north. This time Catherine's scout appears to my west...

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Most great persons can be sacrificed to gain a technology of the appropriate type. This never made much sense to me, as it seemed to be a waste of a GP in most cases. But there are at least a few times it might be worth it (other than being behind in the tech race and desperately needing a...

Here is my take on how things will go with your first city. Odds are, you will let your city grow until it exhausts available good tiles / health / happiness, which I think will happen around size 5, based on the cities I've seen so far. As it grows, you will likely produce units for...