[Game Setup Option] Human picks first culture (on/off)

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Nov 29, 2022, 2:44:55 PM

I'd love if we could have a game setting for "Human picks first culture". When turned on, AI opponents will wait in the Neolithic Era for all human players to pick their cultures first. (This wouldn't affect later eras. It's only the Neolithic->Ancient boundary that's tight when AIs are involved)

Some days I'd like to play a specific ancient culture, and I'm either unlucky or playing on fast mode, and the AI is able to scoop up cultures more than humans are: They frequently have a 1-turn lead on us because they can move their units and pick a culture before humans can physically do so. I'd love to play as the Caralans, for example, but haven't been able to do so in months. :P

Yes, it makes the game a bit easier. I don't care. Sometimes I'd like a little bit more choice in my Ancient Era, and that's more fun. :)

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2 years ago

Nov 29, 2022, 3:58:36 PM

What about having a “lock” option rather than forcing them to wait?
I fear, your option could lead to weird behaviour.

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Nov 29, 2022, 4:27:22 PM

Cure_off wrote:
What about having a “lock” option rather than forcing them to wait?
I fear, your option could lead to weird behaviour.

That's another interesting solution. You're proposing I could open up the list of cultures before I have access to them and a place a "Lock" on one that I might like to play, and that way the AIs are free to pick others ahead of me? I do like that, and it'd definitely have far less potential to lead to weird behaviour. About the only situation that wouldn't solve is playing on Blitz speed, when the AI can choose a culture before the game begins for the human player.

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2 years ago

Nov 29, 2022, 6:16:22 PM

The best option is still to play on endless speed, of course...
The somewhat less good one would be to make it so that the AI could only pick a culture at the end of the turn, so after human players click to go to the next one (might help creating more turn pending issues...) or simply prohibit going to the next era at the end of turn 1.

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