Civ starting locations/tiles

[EscapedGoat]

So I keep hearing that Iroquis start with lots of forest etc...

Is it true that different CIVs have "customized" starting locations, or is it all just a random? (inland vs sea, luxuries, tile types)?

 

[Rathelon]

Certain civs have a start bias coded, so that it will search the map for a location that has a particular criteria and start them in that location. You can turn this on/off if you do a custom game.

 

[EscapedGoat]

Certain civs have a start bias coded, so that it will search the map for a location that has a particular criteria and start them in that location. You can turn this on/off if you do a custom game.

That's intriguing. What kind of criteria could this be? near a river? near forest? near coast? etc?

 

[Ahriman]

See: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=382261