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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I think that could be done using something like the ringworld as a base. top and lower third are "space" right now, underground provinces would fit in there pretty well.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Something with an underground cave system. One third (or something like that) of the provinces would be underground, with just a few places where the caves reach the surface. It's a thought http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Might be a bit confusing though... </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Kristoffer made such map to dom1, it has an upper world as well. If you have dom 1 you can download it from the illwinter site and check it out. If you do not have dom 1 you can still download the picture and map file and take a look. The map is called the hollow world.

Link : http://www.illwinter.com/dom/maps.html

Fourth map from the top.

[ January 05, 2004, 16:52: Message edited by: johan osterman ]

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G.P.> "large map where no-one can get pinned down by an especially nasty province then let me use it as a base for lost of different random scenarios."

That sounds worthwhile, I'll let ya know when I finish it! Feel free to use the others for randomized maps. As for designing a randomizer, 'fraid I dont have much time for that but I would be happy to offer loads of unsolicited advice http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Tera.> "Something with an underground cave system."

I was considering doing that.

Tera.>"just a few places where the caves reach the surface."

I think I would rather have every province connected to the one below/above. I know, it is seldom done in fantasy war games, but many of those games have free traveling while in Dom2 you usually have to expand straight through someone else...

Now, maybe if I make the underground a worthless (baren waste) no-start zone populated by baddies... But I think I like the first idea better, for smoother game play.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah, I know, that's where I got the idea from. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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We could collaborate. I have tons of randomizer stuff at all levels from simple randomly selected AI's to extreme having every unit in the game given a randomly selected alteration.

On my site I have examples which are re-randomized every day and people seem to enjoy them. It was just getting old using the same maps over and over. For each one you provide I will gladly open up a new rash of randomly re-written .map files along the line of anything you feel approporiate.

LONG LIVE THE RANDOM MAP CULT!

Examples are the random opponents maps. One for each nation. Such as, if you wanted to play Man then download the Man.map everyday for a slightly new game. Just set Man to human and play it.
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion/Dominions2/Man.map

Or the Poke in the Eye .map file which gives each province a randomly selected fully equiped commander with troops. They can be any of the 1010 units in the game including pretenders (which tend to be a BIG surprise). Rerolled fresh every morning.

http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion...2/Poke_Eye.map

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Tiltowait: I already tried out the new maps and they are a lot of fun. The ringworld map really prods buttock!

There seems to be something odd with the lake (#46) in Valhalla though. It's dry ground. Perhaps the battle takes place on the beach?

Gandalf: Your Poke in the Eye is also a lot of fun. Unfortunatly I rarely have the time to play on such large wraparound maps. Perchance to have the same randomized garrisons with Sundering and Returgaia maps?

On a different note. What can one screw up if one edits the graphics on a map? While all the maps available now are very functional they are a bit simplistic. Sort of hoped that I could repaint Aran when I find some free time. Red border and white dot is to be left alone I take it?

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As long as the size of the map and white dots are untouched nothing will upset the game. The border are only used to ease the making of the mapfile. Once the mapfile is ready the borders are just cosmetic.

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There is some kind of fan based LotR-mod project going on. There was two links to LotR maps IIRC in a thread regarding this matter. It is a rather ambitious project with plans on entirely new nations. As our modding tools are not yet available (patch is soon released) it will probably take a while before the scenario is ready.

The maps might be though. Search the forum for LotR and you should find two nice maps (not converted though).

For copyright reasons illwinter will not make LotR maps, but we gladly post player contributed maps and scenarios.

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I've got a nice new map here ready for randomizing Gandalf!

I really like this one, it has 3 levels (all provinces have the option to move up or down, which opens things up a bit), 135 provinces (18 of them sea) and a boardgamish look.

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Any chance we'll be seeing a map or two with lots of provinces?? example= 400 provinces or more?