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Old April 29th, 2007, 11:40 AM
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Default Re: a wrappable map for large games

So far the map generator that PH is making uses only the old Dom2 terrains. And those are my colors rather than his defaults (in case other people load maps done by that program so you know)

Yeah brown is mountains (not border mountains)
yellowy is waste (what I think of as desert)
yellow-green is swamp
dark green forest
light green is farmland
middle green is plains
blue is water of course

So unfortunately it has no deep water, no caves, and no designations for logical magic site placement. It also has no nostarts (marking off bad provinces for players to start in).

However it can generate wrapped maps. That can avoid the problem of one player getting a highly defendable corner position while another ends up out in the middle. EVERYONE is in the middle with a wrapped map. Everyone has people all around them.

Maps should be posted to the sub-forum but Im hoping to generate some interest in this map-generator project. (people doing things for free are paid by satisfaction, please, and thank yous). Right now he is trying to find someone to make us some tiny trees, mountains, etc so they can be filled into the provinces for a more mappish look.

If no one else makes some variety for us then EVENTUALLY I will offer maps of more sizes on my Dom3minions site like I did on my Dom2minions site
the Dom2Minions Daily Random Map Generations
And if PH hasnt built it into this program yet then I will probably write my own little Basic one to add in some of the other Dom3 map features.
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