Re: PlanetRorschach - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 375 provinces!
 

Touché!

Re: PlanetRorschach - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 375 provinces!
 

I'd like to say first that I love this map and it's pretty awesome that you actually managed to make a quasi-spherical wraparound map for the game. However, I have found a bit of a problem with the "fair" version. In SP, I found two nations close to me with only one province between their respective capitals and, given there was all 24 EA nations on the map, it's likely that's happened elsewhere too.

This sort of thing probably shouldn't happen if you want to call it "Fair Starts," so if possible, I'd like to see a version with pre-set starting positions, preferably non nation-specific like Alexander and Asia Twist. I don't know how to mod maps myself, but it shouldn't be hard, right?

Re: PlanetRorschach - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 375 provinces!
 

Editing in start points is easy - even I can do it.

1: Open up the .map file in a text editor (in Windows, Wordpad is better than Notepad). (edit: the previous bracketed statement is intended solely to indicate that Wordpad is better suited to the task of editing .map files than Notepad. It is not intended to imply that Wordpad is a better product than Notepad in any other way, nor that either product is either 'good' or 'better' in a more general sense)

2: To set start points, write in the line '#start <province number>' for each start point you want. I tend to put them above the neighbour information, although I suspect you can put them anywhere.

Example:
#start 23
#start 35
#start 192

would set provinces 23, 35 and 192 as start positions.

Now, armed with all the information you need, you can look at doing your own fair starts if you wish :)

I recommend doing something like printing a copy of the map before you start. I found it a big help to have something I could scribble on as I went.

Re: PlanetRorschach - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 375 provinces!
 

Hmmm, well that is completely unacceptable.

Version 2, on the way...

Re: PlanetRorschach V2 - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 374 provinces! Updated 3/5
 

Version 2 is out! Several connectivity errors have been corrected, and the "fairstarts" version has overhauled to be more, well, fair.

The "fairstarts" version (see the image above) has 24 starts, which is sufficient to support an All-EA Nations game, though there are no restrictions to who-can-start-where. No nation will start with fewer than 6 neighbors, though the great majority will have 7. A 2-indy-province buffer exists between all starting locations.

Files are available in the 1st post of this thread.

Re: PlanetRorschach v2 - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 374 provinces! Updated 3/5
 

Nice looking map. Thank you!

Re: PlanetRorschach v2 - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 374 provinces! Updated 3/5
 

Thanks Pasha, that means a lot coming from the wraparound map guru.

If anyone's interested, I've just announced an All-EA Nations MP game using this map. The signup thread is here. New players are certainly welcome to join.

Re: PlanetRorschach v4 - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 375 provinces! Updated 3/2
 

Updated to Version 4. It corrects an insidious oversight that could have potentially given sailing nations a significant advantage. A number of connections have been corrected, as were a number of terrainmasks.

Since Version 4 includes an additional province, you must re-download the image file, even if you have a previous Version.

This version includes 2 .map revisions. In both, I've restricted the start locations such that no nation will start with fewer than 6 neighbors, though the great majority will have 7. A 2-indy-province buffer exists between all starting locations. There are 24 starts, which is sufficient to support an All-Nations game in any age (see image in the OP). The "with sailing starts" revision restricts coastal starts to sailing nations, the other does not.

Enjoy!

Re: PlanetRorschach v4b - 3D Spherical Map! Fair Starts! 375 provinces! Updated 3/
 

Yuk. I just found a nasty little bug that can cause the game to crash during game setup. Fixed it. Current Version is now 4b, not unlike our most recent patch :)