Always getting South Americans on continents

[Cam_H]

This might sound slightly paranoid, but I'm wondering if anyone else is almost always getting the Aztecs and/or the Incas on the founding landmass since the 1.61 patch when playing a 'standard' continents map?

I could count on one hand the number of times that I've run into the Indians or the Americans (like - North Americans), and I've hardly ever struck Napoleon since the patch.

(I play on Monarch).

 

[Zombie69]

I may very well be wrong here, but i get the impression through my own personal experience that the civs you get closeby are dependant on which civ you're playing. So my question would be, are you always playing the same civ?

 

[mostly_harmless]

Well I remember in civ3 the South American civs always seemed to show up in the game, far more than normal probability could account for. Maybe the guys at Firaxis just really, really like the Aztecs.

 

[King Flevance]

I may very well be wrong here, but i get the impression through my own personal experience that the civs you get closeby are dependant on which civ you're playing. So my question would be, are you always playing the same civ?

I have got this same impression. I almost always run into Saladin and America when I play the Japanese and the Greeks. Heck, I almost am always Saladin's neighbor and almost always end up being his bigger neighbor that picks on him. But when I was playing, I was the Greeks/Japanese alot.

 

[Newbunkle]

I always seem to get the same ones too, and I tend to stick to the same few civs: English (Elizabeth), Egyptian or Japanese.

If its true its annoying.

 

[Monado]

I always end up having either Monty or HC on my maps as well. Mansa is also in every one of my random games. I do see the Americans a bit, but never Asoka, Ghandi, or Napolean.

Hopefully we'll see better random results when the 10 new leaders from Warlords are available.

 

[Black Attila]

I always find myself next to Louis and I hater being next to that culture whore!!!

Of course, I'm always playing Isabella on the Earth Realism map.(yuk,yuk,)

 

[jimbob27]

I believe zombie is right... or more to the point, I think it's to do with all the settings you choose, not just the civ.

You might get a different bunch of opponents if you assign an AI to the top player, and put the human player further down, when you're setting up your games.

 

[Cam_H]

Thanks for the replies. I've gone from 'Temperate' to 'Random' and changed my chosen leader (tried Peter for the second time ever), sure enough, neither Huayna Capac nor Montezuma appeared. Coincidence? Possibly.

 

[AvianAvenger]

Thanks for the replies. I've gone from 'Temperate' to 'Random' and changed my chosen leader (tried Peter for the second time ever), sure enough, neither Huayna Capac nor Montezuma appeared. Coincidence? Possibly.

If i select to be a random team 9 out of 10 times it ends up being egypt.

EDIT: Its somewhat improve with the newever versions, however neihboors are based upon your selected civs traits. Warlike civs generally allways get placed next to other warlike civs. Try smartmap or something like that a see if it fixes it up.

 

[Little Corporal]

Well I remember in civ3 the South American civs always seemed to show up in the game, far more than normal probability could account for. Maybe the guys at Firaxis just really, really like the Aztecs.

Yeah, that did seem to happen. On one continent in one of my games of Civ 3, there were 3 civs: The Aztecs, the Maya, and the Maya(for some reason the generator made two maya)

 

[RegentMan]

In Civ III, there was an option entitled "culturally linked starting locations." Enabling this linked different civs together at the start, i.e. if you played France, then you'd find England, Germany, Spain, etc. around you. If you played as America, then you'd see the Iroquois, Aztecs, Maya, and Inca surrounding Washington. I don't recall such an option in Civ IV.

 

[T.A JONES]

In Civ III, there was an option entitled "culturally linked starting locations." Enabling this linked different civs together at the start, i.e. if you played France, then you'd find England, Germany, Spain, etc. around you. If you played as America, then you'd see the Iroquois, Aztecs, Maya, and Inca surrounding Washington. I don't recall such an option in Civ IV.

Oh thats how it worked I always just presumed if you flaged that option and choose say Portugal, you got a sea side start or Aztec would be near jungle or France grassland etc.. Thanks I never bothered to read into it that one