All Civs, Big Earth Map, Correct Starting Positions

[Grim Rainbow]

Hi,

I have researched for this online to no avail. Does any kind soul know of a mod (and link maybe), which allows all the civs (or at least more than 18) that can be played against in their correct starting positions on a large to massive map? Would like this most on Beyond the Sword but if it had to be on regular Civ 4 or Vikings say, that'd be ok too.

Many thanks.

[LasagnaMan12]

Civ IV is pretty old, if you want to do this get Civ V or just make a map using the Map editor which can be accesed by pressing Ctrl + w or press escape and there should be a button that allows you to open the map editor. Good luck :)

[Grim Rainbow]

Ok, many thanks :)

[Maddin]

it is pretty much impossible.
You can have a really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ big map with the Realism Invictus Mod. There you can have 52 civs.

But I'll tell you before, you shoulda get a good pc, because otherwise you'll wait long. Really long.

[Grim Rainbow]

Ah ok good to know, thanks. I remember playing Civ 2 on the original Playstation so I know what you mean by really long :D

[kensw]

Also recomend Realism Invictus mod it is one of very few mods still being activley supported and updated. It has scenarios with it for large or huge true earth starts. An average PC will run the large map . Finishing the huge takes a 64bit sys with plenty of memory

[Grim Rainbow]

Thanks to all replies. Just curious kennethsw, would an intel i5-4440 3.10Ghz, 8 GB, 64 operating system be good? For large or huge?

Thanks to for the mod recomend too.

[kensw]

I am running a 4 yr old Dell laptop 2.1 ghz 8gig ram 64 bit and can finish a game on a large map. Will slow down late game but still playable.

[Grim Rainbow]

Many thanks. Does Realism Invictus mod start the all civs in the correct starting area (or there abouts). If so, I'm guessing the huge would be more 'accurate'/better?

[Sooner535{UFIP}]

Do History Rewritten mod:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/history-rewritten
Gigantic World Map:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=478799
Start with Odysey Speed (custom scenario) with all your settings and as many civs as you want
When in game click escape enter world builder and then find every unit in the map and move them manually to their real world starting positions (delete the scout and settler then readd them elsewhere)
Exit the world editor
Profit


Am currently on turn 974 in the renaissance with me as America owning all of modern day US and parts of Mexico and Canada, Britain owning the UK, Germany died in "WW1", France died in "WW1", Israel owns all of modern day middle east and most of north africa, Rome owns all of modern day Rome, Russia owns modern day russia, germany, france, and spain, Korea owns all of modern day China, Japan owns modern day japan with a few colonies in Australia.

Diplomatic situation:
America: at peace, 6th largest army, 1st largest economy, 1st most technologically advanced, Allies with UK, 2nd Largest Empire

Russia: At war with UK, 1st largest army, 3rd largest economy, 3rd most technologically advanced, Allies with Rome, 1st Largest Empire, Has Israel as a vassal

UK: At war with Russia, At war with Rome, At war with Israel, 3rd largest army, 2nd largest economy, 2nd most technologically advanced, Allies with America, 7th Largest Empire

Korea: At peace, 7th Largest army, 7th Largest economy, 7th most technologically advanced, Vassal of Japan, 3rd Largest Empire

Japan: At Peace, 5th Largest Army, 6th Largest economy, 6th most technologically advanced, has Korea as vassal, 6th Largest empire

Israel: At war with UK, 4th Largest army, 5th Largest economy, 4th most technologically advanced, Is Russia's vassal, 5th Largest empire

Rome: Ar war with UK, 2nd Largest Army, 4th Largest economy, 5th most technologically advanced, Ally to Russia, 4th Largest Empire

[kensw]

Sounds like a lot of work. Realism invictus has large and huge true earth scenarios already set up.

[Sooner535{UFIP}]

Well I also like that you can set the techs to take forever and there are more techs and factionsm, I am one for long games lol

[Grim Rainbow]

Thanks guys. I'll check all of the above mentioned. I'm a big one for long games too, I like the start and middle best. I guess that's why I want more civs, is so the end game isn't just six civs deadlocked. Makes it worth playing on. Here's to hoping Civ 6 has a tons of default options like this.

[kensw]

Right now I have just discovered and started playing the Magister Mod Mod for Fall From Heaven 2 so will probably be busy with that for a long time.Will give History Rewritten a shot when done with that. Checked out that giant map you mentioned .. YIKES .. my laptop would probab;ly choke just trying to load it.

[shiggies713]

go to civfanatics if you haven't already. Dozens of maps with real starting locations...

If you want more than 18 civs get one of the mods that simply allows more civs and use one of the maps made for it. I'm sure there are plenty specifcally made for earth maps.

[Grim Rainbow]

Many thanks. I tried civfantics and looked a fair bit but couldn't find anything. Must of missed it.