Culturally linked start loc

[fwfessly]

I tried looking up this info and couldn't find it.
At the begginning at the game you have the option of choosing Culturally linked start loc. What does it do? Thnx

 

[kokoras]

If you enable this it means that nations of the same ''culture'' will apear close to each other.Example:If you play with Romans and there are also other European nations in the game,all of them will start the game as neighboors.The same values for Asian nations,American etc.If you disable this option every nation will be set randomly in the map.

 

[unexplained]

Although for some reason when I am England, I always start with the native american tribes and I dont know why.

 

[Lennon]

Experienced something similar as the Dutch. Had the Mayans, Incas and Aztecs all around the place... But I suppose I might have been the only European civ on that continent, because any other Euro continent was 'full' or whatever. I always found this cultural link suspicious. Once as Germany my neighbours were the likes of India and Japan.

 

[Turner]

There's the 'American Bug' with 1.22 that puts American culture group citizens around you.

 

[MikeH]

Yes in 1.22 it's broken, so it's best not to use it, unless you like having the American civs, of course.

 

[unexplained]

Bloody Americans. Always turning up when you dont want them. Oh well, I guess it is a fact of life and we have to live with it It did seem to only happen with England tho, but that must simply be coincidence.

 

[Alone]

To tell you my expirience about that Cultulary linked start position loc, it usually don't work at all in my games. It use to work when I was played an early version of vanila but with GOTY and all expansions I didn't notice that it work at all

 

[Turner]

Yes in 1.22 it's broken, so it's best not to use it, unless you like having the American civs, of course.

Or pick your enemies.

 

[player1 fanatic]

Who says its 1.22 matter.
I think it was there right from 1.00 C3C.
Although I think that clicking random twice for civs at start of the game helps (not 100% sure).

 

[narmox]

clicking random twice never helped me, in C3C. So I just never use culturally linked

 

[player1 fanatic]

Well I now did few debug tests and it happend several that I don't start near amerians (maybe something to do with "clicking twice, don't know), but I never really got citis from same cultural area near me (which was the point of CL), so turning it off seams like good idea.

 

[Longasc]

Question: I am getting tired of handpicking my opponents, but also of always getting Mayans, Iroquis, Incans...

If I disable cult linked starting positions, will I get ABSOLUTELY random Civs, and no longer a bunch of Mayans/Incans/Americans/Iroquis?

 

[player1 fanatic]

I think yes.

 

[Yaype]

So the culturally linked option is why the Maya and Inca seem to be in every single one of my games? Interesting....

 

[narmox]

yes culturally linked makes all 5 american civs appear in the game, despite all opponents being random. Disabling CL makes the random truly random.

 

[King PJ]

Is it true that civs that are not in your civs cultural group may be more agressive torwards you?

 

[Cuivienen]

What's most annoying about the "American bug" is that all of the Native American civs are Agricultural and have Ancient UUs so you'll be facing powerhouse civs from the very beginning.

 

[LLXerxes]

If you enable this it means that nations of the same ''culture'' will apear close to each other.Example:If you play with Romans and there are also other European nations in the game,all of them will start the game as neighboors.The same values for Asian nations,American etc.If you disable this option every nation will be set randomly in the map.

Rome is not European, it's Mediteranian.

 

[Lord_Sidious]

Rome is not European, it's Mediteranian.

Well if Rome is Mediterrainean Spain and France should be to. And maybe Portugal.