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		| I recommend using the Game Tools for random map generation, that way if you get a map you don't like, you don't have to reselect your nation, opponents, pretender stats, etc. 
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 One of the reasons I wrote the script was to generate several maps in advance so I could quickly look at them and decide which I liked best to play on.
 
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		| Also, time to produce map is heavily dependent on map graphic size. If you cut the graphic down from the default 1600x1200 to 800x600, map generation goes *much* faster. About 30 seconds on my Athlon 2GHz as opposed to the usual 5 min or so. 
 Note this has absolutely zero game effect. The only UI effect it has is that when you zoom in to see tiny provinces, the landscape looks blurry.
 
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 True:  However, I don't like my map getting blurry when I zoom in. (I usually generate maps at 4000x2000 just to prevent loss of resolution when zooming in ... it's just an  aesthetics thing.)