1.09BUG - Better random placement for starting location for NPCs!!!! Opponents too near each other.

V1.09

Since V1.06, I have been saying that the placement of opponents should be made better. This is the first gameV1.09.

Pls find attached of starting cities of Altar and Tarth from my purple city.

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Saved Game: aa1.EleSav

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I do hope that this will be raised as a problem and get solved soon!!!

V1.06

I started a game with 6 opponents on Large map. And within the first 10 turns, I met with 2 other sovereign lords.

The first NPC sovereign started his city somewhere southwest of mine. (distance - around 20 turns to get to his city)

The second NPC sovereign started his city northwest of mine. (distance - around 20 turns to get to his city)

Third sovereign is further west of them. (distance - 30 turns to get to his city)

Fourth is to the north of the third sovereign.

By 300 turns, the first and second sovereign were dead.  From 301 - 600+ turns, I was looking at the west and northwest of my area. Its all empty flatlands without a single kingdom. There were definitely enough space here for 2 or more kindgoms to grow.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9183007/Elemental%20-%20Saved%20Games/aa1.EleSav