Geography

Steve Clark · December 28, 1999, 19:39

Sten mentioned about the benefit of playing on a small map and that reminded me of something been meaning to ask.

It seems like when starting with a customized world (regardless if it's archipelago, contintents or the other), the world still looks like the bayous of Louisiana. I've hesitated on playing on a small map because I find all those squiggly shorelines with its numerous peninsulas to be unrealistic and annoying. When one talks about finding all your opponents on the same continent, I chuckle because that is using the term very loosely. Why can't it generate a map that looks like the small world map or the British Isles? To me, that would make me want to play on a small map.

Krushala · December 28, 1999, 19:50

I agree. I try using 3 million years old with large continents. But I still end up with maze like continents. I would like something earthlike. 3 or 4 large continents separated by oceans. Sometimes the maze is so bad it would take me 20 years just to send a transport somewhere.

War4ever · December 28, 1999, 21:16

I agree that the map gernerator is pretty much as useless as the ai war machine....

Try as i might all i get is amoeba looking islands/continents which is truly tiresome...

Yet if i play the world map i go bonkers because it is too easy....

Does anyone have any great maps which are world oriented as far as land mass goes...

I once played a map where i started in the middle and four other huge continents were adjacent to me.... made the game very interesting and difficult as the ai tended to converge on my territory...

Genghis Al · December 28, 1999, 22:21

I always play on one of the world maps. I just can't handle all that jungle and swamp.

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VetLegion · December 29, 1999, 21:28

As for the jungles...

Set 5 mil. years and you should get it diverse enough (you shouldnt get large portions of say swamp or anything else). And some jungles are pretty good if you know what I meen

War4ever · December 29, 1999, 22:50

i like warm wet 5 million years and i still get tons of jungles which can make the land absolutely unhospitable if u know what i mean

geofelt · December 30, 1999, 23:00

Try playing some of the download maps created by humans. Better yet, don't look at the descriptions first.
I like to play on minimum(25x40) maps. You will find the terrain challenging(mountainous). The ai can only fit 4 competitors as a rule.

klesh · January 4, 2000, 16:06

I'll use the med. world map, sometimes the Greece or Roman ones too,
You should radomize the resource squares for a bit of a change.