Nations respawning?

[Arkaeyn]

I'm curious as to what triggers respawns - if it's related to stability, is my main question. I've got a game in RAND where Arabia has respawned twice, and Babylon, Germany, and Mongolia have each reappeared, in some cases taking cities they never had.

 

[blizzrd]

I'm curious as to what triggers respawns - if it's related to stability, is my main question. I've got a game in RAND where Arabia has respawned twice, and Babylon, Germany, and Mongolia have each reappeared, in some cases taking cities they never had.

Whenever a new civ spawns, there is a check for respawns. There may be other ways, but this is certainly one of them.

 

[AnotherPacifist]

Also, whenever Livy (or whoever is doing the survey) says who's who among nations, there also is a respawn within the least stable civ.

 

[musicfreak]

Also, whenever Livy (or whoever is doing the survey) says who's who among nations, there also is a respawn within the least stable civ.

Wait, really? That's interesting...hah I never knew that.

 

[blizzrd]

Also, whenever Livy (or whoever is doing the survey) says who's who among nations, there also is a respawn within the least stable civ.

I think with all respawn checks it is true to say that there may be a respawn within the least stable civ, as opposed to there will be a respawn.

IIRC, respawns require at least two existing cities within the respawn area (except for the Dutch) and at least one of these cities must be controlled by a civ that is Unstable or Collapsing.

I haven't seen anything definitive on the subject, but are respawn areas sometimes slightly different to spawn areas for each civ within the code?

 

[AnotherPacifist]

IIRC, respawns require at least two existing cities within the respawn area (except for the Dutch) and at least one of these cities must be controlled by a civ that is Unstable or Collapsing.

Actually that's no longer true now. I've seen a single Madrid respawn when I was playing Rome (and I was just shaky). Also, if the AI is only stable, capitals will respawn.

 

[Arkaeyn]

I noticed in my RAND game that civilizations whose capitals weren't razed respawned. I knocked Carthaginians out almost immediately by razing Qart-Hadash, and they never reappeared. Every civ that did still had its original capital. Although the original capital may not have been the new capital.