Save Configuration doesn't re-roll random - Summer 2017 patch

[legalizefreedom]

If you save a starting configuration with random leader selected, when you load that configuration you'll get the same leader every time.

 

[jnicol]

Confirmed. Completely negating the usefulness of this feature. Does Firaxis test ANYTHING before releasing it?

 

[CPWimmer]

I'm not at home with my gaming computer, but if I recall, I noticed that it was also saving the Random Seed with the configuration. This may be by design, or a simple mistake with that field being part of the saved configuration when it shouldn't be.

Can someone who is seeing this issue try to load a configuration and change the random seed to see if it gives you different random leaders, etc?

 

[jnicol]

I'm not at home with my gaming computer, but if I recall, I noticed that it was also saving the Random Seed with the configuration. This may be by design, or a simple mistake with that field being part of the saved configuration when it shouldn't be.

Can someone who is seeing this issue try to load a configuration and change the random seed to see if it gives you different random leaders, etc?

Yes.

 

[KyivanRusCivPlease]

I also noticed that a saved configuration file where I chose Nubia as my civ is loading the identical map. That clearly shouldn't be happening because I have to load it first and then restart to get another map, which takes a lot of time, so I will setup games as prior to the patch until that feature is fixed.
I guess it would be best and simplest if they made it so that when you start a new game, the previous settings are loaded without the need for an additional "save configuration" button.

 

[Piruparka]

If you delete the seed before saving the configuration, it's actually random on game creation. I suspect this is intended to save a specific map and restart on it as another civ maybe.