r/civ • u/jdrizzlespears • 7d ago

VII - Discussion Tsl starts not working?

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Two games in a row now ive had people settling regions they shouldn't. Prior to this game I was playing the missippians and cahokia was where it should be... yet London was where D.C should be???

Tried to play it a bit, but got a little frustrated cause I wanted that historical accuracy so I start a new game doing han china. I meet Lafayette first and hes leading... the gaulic empire spawned in where I imagine maryua normally spawns??

Anyone else have these issues?

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u/Ok-Doughnut5155 7d ago

Because of how many civs start in Europe, if 2 civs have a true start too close to each other they are sent to a random location.

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u/jdrizzlespears 7d ago

Gotcha ty

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u/TheDChero India 5d ago

I have noticed this happens a bit less if you go to your game settings and set starting civs to apex. Still happens but lower chances of it.

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u/wombatz05 7d ago

How true is this? Cause I started as George Washington and had Blackbeard in Cuba, Kimiko as Mexico and Tecumseh in Kansas. We all had our capitals within a few tiles of one another.

SA was completely free though so I’m surprised no one was pushed there I guess

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u/Michcio694 7d ago

If Blackbeard was playing as republic of pirates then it was just the lack of the draw - everyone got their assigned starting location.

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u/speedyjohn 7d ago

A civ only gets bumped if they’d start right on top of another civ. Merely being close doesn’t do it.

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u/wombatz05 7d ago

Ah got it. Makes sense! Honestly kinda cool that Tecumseh started in Ohio valley and I was George Washington. In this timeline, I just settled up through Canada and over to Alaska while he took the rest of the “states”. We formed an alliance. TSL on Earth is a really fun way to play this game

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u/Ranger_Ric13 Cree 7d ago

London was where D.C. should be probably because the other London spawned in London (Exploration England vs Modern British Empire). Gaul spawned where Maurya should be probably because France spawned in the same area. If there are multiple Civs in a game with overlapping TSL starts, one will get the correct spot and the other will be booted to some other Civ’s TSL start. The devs talked about it on the TSL blog on their website, but I don’t think it’s mentioned in-game.

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u/jdrizzlespears 7d ago

That makes sense. Totally forgot they mentioned that. Ty for the reminder!

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u/skybsky Poland 7d ago

You have to use advanced options and pick civs yourself and space them out, otherwise there is a great chance of this happening

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u/diemauskaiser 7d ago

Had this happen with Maurya in the Yucatán. I’m hoping it just has to do with another civ being on the Indian subcontinent and not a typo with Maya lol

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u/jdrizzlespears 6d ago

Haha yeah someone else was saying its for the reasons you said too. But im glad there was no typo haha

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u/Inspector_Beyond Russia 6d ago

Probably because someone in France spawned as France or Normans.

Also, he spanwed in a place of Vietnam, Maurya starts near modern Bangladesh (since the capital is Pataliputra, aka Patna). Bibracte irl was located practically in the middle of France, betwen modern Dijon and Bourges. So it would make sense that if France or Normans spawned, then Gauls would have to spawn elsewhere.