Starting distance between civs

[skodkim]

Is there any way to edit the minimum starting distance between civs? I often find myself clammed in between other civilizations which I find reallt annoying since one the things I enjoy most is exploring and building my empire

\Skodkim

 

[69king]

You have to edit the map python file.

You need to add this:

def minStartingDistanceModifier():
return -20

or if it is already there you can increase the -20 to -40 or whatever.

 

[skodkim]

I've found a file called GlobalDefinesAlt.xml in the ..\Assets\XML\ directory. in that two values are given:
<DefineName>STARTING_DISTANCE_PERCENT</DefineName>
<iDefineIntVal>12</iDefineIntVal>
and
<DefineName>MIN_CIV_STARTING_DISTANCE</DefineName>
<iDefineIntVal>10</iDefineIntVal>

which sound as though they might be correlated to this, but I'm not sure. Tried increasing both numbers and it seemed to help, but again, I'm not sure.

Skodkim

 

[69king]

OK, disregard my thing, I didn;t know about those variables.

 

[skodkim]

Well as I said, I'm not really sure what they really do, but It doesn't crash the game and in the one game I've played since I found myself having more distance to my neibourghs and enjoying the game more.

Skodkim

 

[69king]

I modded the terra map by removing the code to make all civs start on the same continent.
Then I changed the startingDistanceModifier from -20 to -40.
And so far I have not encountered another civ in about 140 turns.
But I am still not sure about the sign on the modifier. Does negative decrease the default distance?