No copper anywhere!?

[Lost on my way to r/civ]

So I just started playing this mod for the first time recently, and I've been having some problems. In both of my matches so far I got well into the ancient era without finding any source of copper. As in, no copper anywhere on the continent, even the AI factions don't have any. I've found tin, lead, silver, gold, iron, diamonds, and pretty much anything else I need except this one essential resource. This is true for both of my games; I haven't had any other issues with scarcity whatsoever. I have a couple of questions about this.

1. Are these playthroughs salvageable or am I just fudged? I have iron, so I should be fine for military units if I can make it to the classical era. But copper is required for a ton of other basic metals like bronze and brass. I'm worried that's gonna put a cap on how far I can progress.

2. Should I switch to a different map type? I did both of these playthroughs on continents maps because I think it's fun to still be meeting new civs well into the later eras. But I've heard that only a handful of map types have been fully playtested, so maybe there's a glitch in resource distribution or something?

Any help would be appreciated. I'm having a blast with my current playthrough, and I'd hate to have to start from scratch again. I was doing so well, too!

 

[raxo2222]

Try C2C World

 

[Thunderbrd]

Give mines a chance to find some. Copper isn't the end all necessary resource - it's pretty important but it might be an interesting odd world that doesn't have any. Iron is actually more important.

 

[Yudishtira]

Try C2C World

I had this problem and I'm on C2C_World. If I didn't have obsidian, I would've probably died. No cloth of any kind either.

 

[Volgadar]

Had the same problem on Continents map (isn't it only non-Earth maps problem?). Later the forge-quest gave me copper source + 1 was found by mine at the end of Bronze age. But my neighbours had to produce tons of archers, because continent had no copper at all. Maybe, copper really should have highier priority? Humanity couln't know how to deal with iron without practice in copper smelting.

 

[Toffer90]

Had the same problem on Continents map (isn't it only non-Earth maps problem?). Later the forge-quest gave me copper source + 1 was found by mine at the end of Bronze age. But my neighbours had to produce tons of archers, because continent had no copper at all. Maybe, copper really should have highier priority? Humanity couln't know how to deal with iron without practice in copper smelting.

We should add some random events that add copper to the game. One event could be very likely to occur if there is no copper on the entire landmass, while another could have low probability and only happen for players that doesn't have copper regardless if there's already copper on the landmass.

 

[JohnnyCamel]

There is also a lack of copper in my current game (only 1 source on a mountain, on a large continent), and no obsidian. I'm a bit worried for my game... I don't play with Size Matter so I hope barb armies won't get too ridiculous, for now my stone axes resist their obsidian swords but I'm afraid of upgraded barb units. Iron weapons seem far away (I just reached sedentary livestyle) and may not be available either XD.
==> Should I keep going with the game or will it get too frustrating, constantly dealing with overpowered barbs?

 

[Thunderbrd]

There is also a lack of copper in my current game (only 1 source on a mountain, on a large continent), and no obsidian. I'm a bit worried for my game... I don't play with Size Matter so I hope barb armies won't get too ridiculous, for now my stone axes resist their obsidian swords but I'm afraid of upgraded barb units. Iron weapons seem far away (I just reached sedentary livestyle) and may not be available either XD.
==> Should I keep going with the game or will it get too frustrating, constantly dealing with overpowered barbs?

Enjoy what challenges each game gives you. If you get defeated, it's not like it was a waste - it taught you a lot with all the adversity it presented.