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ioticus May 30th, 2005 06:02 PM

Re: New Map for Dom2 : Land of Shahrivar
 
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Cainehill said:
Cool! Any chance it would be a small map? One thing that's currently lacking is good looking, playable small maps; basically a shortage of anything from 40 to 100 provinces, the sort that are preferable for blitz games or anything with 2-4 players. ( Cirlani has somewhat too many provinces, Aran too many bad start provinces, Yalun-to is problematical with the isolated sections of the map, and ... everyone has played way too many games with the Urgaea map http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif )

Yeah, I'd like more maps the size of Reemergence of Urgaia, which I love.

Cainehill June 4th, 2005 05:46 PM

Re: New Map for Dom2 : Land of Shahrivar
 

For those who want to use this for MP games, adding the following #nostart lines should eliminate all the provinces that only have two neighbors, making for a more balanced MP game then if one player has 6 provinces and the other only 2.

#nostart 177
#nostart 174
#nostart 170
#nostart 180
#nostart 179
#nostart 175
#nostart 87
#nostart 82
#nostart 3
#nostart 96
#nostart 106
#nostart 134
#nostart 79

Think I caught them all - 3 neighbor provinces I felt were passable, but 2 neighbors ones tend to have knights in both neighbors. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Sachka June 5th, 2005 10:13 AM

Re: New Map for Dom2 : Land of Shahrivar
 
Thank you very much Cainehill !! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Cainehill June 8th, 2005 02:02 PM

Re: New Map for Dom2 : Land of Shahrivar
 

One thing I've noticed about the victory point sites in shahrivar_180 : they seem a bit skewed in their distribution - was this intentional? Specifically, the top and bottom left corners each have two victory point provinces bordering common provinces. This would make it very easy for someone with a lucky starting position to grab both sets within the first 5 or so turns, while other starting positions might have 7 or 8 independents separating them from the nearest VPs.

Sachka June 8th, 2005 04:33 PM

Re: New Map for Dom2 : Land of Shahrivar
 
It's true, but the last ones won't suffer any invasions and will have a big territory to develop.

Don't know if it's fine or not, but we are playing a multiplayer game on this map with a few friends (we're 8) to see how it looks like. I'll make another file if the game goes too bad.


But, as I was saying a few posts above, I'm not a Dominions 2 strategist, my job is drawing. I'm sure the map is not perfect from a strategic point of view. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif So feel free to make other files to play on this map, I'll be proud if you think that my graphical work deserves it.

(by the way, I must also apologize for the poor english I've been speaking here since my first post... I wanted to say it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif )

Cainehill June 9th, 2005 05:25 PM

Re: Unfortified Land of Shahrivar
 
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Sachka said:
But, as I was saying a few posts above, I'm not a Dominions 2 strategist, my job is drawing. I'm sure the map is not perfect from a strategic point of view. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif So feel free to make other files to play on this map, I'll be proud if you think that my graphical work deserves it.


Really is gorgeous - I was just noticing the bridges and the castle reflections. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

And I'm attaching a modified .map file that has the 2-neighbor provinces #nostarted, and also has the forts removed, since those provinces can be taken by a single scout. Something of an unfair advantage if someone starts next to two free provinces, imo.

PashaDawg June 9th, 2005 08:37 PM

Re: Unfortified Land of Shahrivar
 
I love this map. Very beautiful.

When I was playing SP, it looked like some of the workings of neighbors was odd. For example, from province 9 (Hesperin), I could jump to 31 and 16. Was this intentional?

Also... if I could make a map request... I would love a new 1x1 type map. I play a lot of 1x1 games, and the only one that works right now is Clash of the Titans. Another option would be swell... Your map is so nice. I'd love to play on another, too.

Sachka June 9th, 2005 10:16 PM

Re: Unfortified Land of Shahrivar
 
Thanks again Cainehill ! I'm going to let people know about that file on my website.

PashaDawg, yes, it was intentional. If you look closely, you'll see a road linking all these provinces.
But you're right on one point : it's the only place with a long road like this, so, it's quite odd indeed... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Hope you'll like the little map (40 provinces) I'm drawing at the moment. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

PashaDawg June 10th, 2005 12:46 AM

Re: Unfortified Land of Shahrivar
 
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RibbonBlue June 10th, 2005 03:02 PM

Re: Unfortified Land of Shahrivar
 
Little map=good map=:)


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