[OLD] Better Balanced Starts (BBS)

This mod is now out of date and not updatable (steam bug) Please subscribe to the following mod:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2749991372

I left the mod development, 57Fan is now taking the lead. It was fun! Best, D. / Jack

Better Balance Starts:

v1.6.9 - Post Balance Patch (22/04)

Optimise the spawn location of each players for a better, more balanced, multiplayer experience. Also unlock advanced map settings.

In-game improvements:

• Spawns would now consider all the start bias of your civilization

• Spawns would be spaced evenly to allow more distance between civs and less clustering

• Only Tundra Civs (e.g. Russia) can spawn in Tundra, only Desert Civs (e.g. Mali) can spawn in Desert

• Spawns are balanced based on the average yield concentration of the best 4 tiles

• Spawns have minimum food and production values based on the resource settings

• Resources cannot block your only valid harbor location

• And much more...

Frontend improvements:

• Add Ridge Definition Setting: for classic Civ mountains or GS ones

• Add Strategic Resource Setting: to dial strategic abundance

• Add Placement Setting: To customise placement in team game

• Control the amount of Natural Wonders

• Add "new" Natural Wonders (legacy Civ5/TM) to the wonder pool

A big thanks to Deliverator from TM and 57Fan from CivFR for their contributions, as well as the fantastic folks from Civfanatics.com

CPL is a league of players who love civ6 and would do anything for one more turn. Come join the fun if you are up for the challenge. New players are always welcome.

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Compatible with other Community mods:

Better Spectator Mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1916397407 Better Balanced Game https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2312050357 Multiplayer Helper https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2357532056 One City Challenge https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2512813845

Compatibility:

• Not compatible with YnAMP or any mod affecting civ6 default placement files

• Not compatible with Terra Mirabilis

(thanks to Deliverator TM's wonders are directly included in BBS so no need to activate TM if you have BBS)

• Custom map script: spawn resource balancing would work but custom placement would be turned off

• Requires GS

• Linux Support: I have no idea. Linux is case sensitive so any lower case / upper case typo on filename could break it without me noticing on a windows machine.

Troubleshooting:

You are teleported turn 1 or out-of-sync with the rest of the player at the start of the game? Most likely that's due to you having a different version of the mod. Unfortunately the auto-download isn't reliable.

Please follow the excellent guide from Zaty, a CPL admin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suGHHnSEMDk

Any other issues: please comment below or better log on the discord server and reach out. Ideally a savefile and a lua.log would help tackle the issue.