Starting locations flavours?

[poncratias]

Would it somehow be possible to choose the starting location of my civ?

Because most of the time i spawn near an ocean and in a jungle/desert climate zone.

That`s pretty annoying if you want to play as vinkings/celts and want your capital to be in a northern/medium climate and somewhere in the middle of a landscape, not on it`s borders...


Maybe it`s important to say that i play the PerfectWorld2 mapscript for RoM, as it is the most realistic earth-like mapscript that i could find.

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

When I lay the Egyptians I usually end up in the tundra . As far as I know there is no way to specify where on the world you spawn.

 

[JanissaryRush]

Regenerate map button, I use it a bunch of times each time I start a new game.

 

[poncratias]

Regenerate map button, I use it a bunch of times each time I start a new game.

yeah but with perfectworld mapscript, this takes ages to reload (10 min +)....

 

[Arakhor]

Then don't use Perfect World on your machine.

 

[civ_king]

Regenerate map button, I use it a bunch of times each time I start a new game.

good idea for scientific leaders

 

[poncratias]

Then don't use Perfect World on your machine.

That`s a useless awnser, since my machine is capable enough, and it`s just the mapscript that takes ages on no matter what pc u run it.

But it`s the best map around, whenever i play another one it lacks of this "realism" feeling..

 

[Arakhor]

Well, clearly your machine is not capable enough to create the mapscript in less than 10 minutes, That's why I said that.

 

[JosEPh_II]

I have to agree with Arakhor, your machine is struggling if it takes 10 min for Perfect world.

Maybe you need to break your dependency on the PW map and explore other possibilities? Could be Fun!

JosEPh

 

[vincentz]

There use to be a mod out there, that placed different civs in "correct" positions.
So that in the left americas would start. in the top middle europeans and to the left the asians etc etc.
Its a shame it wasnt converted to RoM. Maybe Afforess could update it to RoM and put it in his AND. I would love to not start on ice with africans, and that my closest neighbourgh as the vikings is aztecs

I think it was called culturally flavoureded starting positions.

edit: Here it is, and its actually updated to 3.19

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=290694&highlight=culturally+linked+starting+locations

 

[draz]

Just use the World Builder and switch places with some other civ that's spawned in a better location?

 

[Antmanbrooks]

There use to be a mod out there, that placed different civs in "correct" positions.
So that in the left americas would start. in the top middle europeans and to the left the asians etc etc.
Its a shame it wasnt converted to RoM. Maybe Afforess could update it to RoM and put it in his AND. I would love to not start on ice with africans, and that my closest neighbourgh as the vikings is aztecs

I think it was called culturally flavoureded starting positions.

edit: Here it is, and its actually updated to 3.19

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=290694&highlight=culturally+linked+starting+locations

That's a feature that would be of great interest for RoM... anyone fancy giving it a go and trying to convert it?

 

[poncratias]

that's a feature that would be of great interest for rom... Anyone fancy giving it a go and trying to convert it?

+1


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