On a (semi) unrelated note -- I hope they add a toggle to turn off fantasy natural wonders. But more variety would definitely be welcome.
It'd actually be neat if the game named all the rivers on the map, although that'd probably be a pain to program.
Just as a side question, are natural wonders programmed to appear near city-states or vice versa? In my experience, a lot of the natural wonders on the map seem to be placed close to city-states.
I thought a good way to do the Amazon in the game would be to have the Amazon Estuary as the actual "Wonder" tiles with the bonus yields (in this case, would you say food and some science?), and just code it so a river/several rivers run into it.
I think that this appears in the iOS Civilisation Revolutions; the player picks from a list of three names.
It appears in all versions of CivRev (even the DS version; although the name doesn't appear on the map there), although it's a bit spotty as to how, when, and where it kicks in. You could also name forests and grasslands and such, with the same spotty appearances.
Speaking of which, in Civ IV I would also use the little markers you can place on the map to name bays, seas, mountain ranges, and other such geographic features. Wish they'd bring them back in Civ V.Its the only thing I would like to take from CivRev, I thought that was a good little touch.
Anyone remember that Mt. Everest was supposed to appear in the game? There were pictures of it, even.
Why did they remove it?
I think that would be a good argument not to include Tibet as an independent nation - the Chinese authorities would not be pleased, but including Everest - the tallest mountain in the world - as a national wonder seems much less politically charged.Tibetan controversy?
National Wonders are not placed near starting locations, both NW's and CS's are scripted to appear away from real civ's starting positions. I think it's because of this shared criterium that they can easily appear together.NWs are placed in starting locations. City states all occupy starting position, whereas only a civ's capital does. So it stands to reason that they'll have a higher proportion of NWs.
Speaking of which, in Civ IV I would also use the little markers you can place on the map to name bays, seas, mountain ranges, and other such geographic features. Wish they'd bring them back in Civ V.