Thanks Gandalf - I tried to gather advice. I think I could really do a lot more with your comment about multiple .map files (such as making interesting provinces outside of the nodes, etc...) but I am just way too busy in rl to do a more complete job on this map, and I'm still very much learning. But I've got maybe 3-5ish ideas for a "next map" whenever that happens, and whatever it is, my goal is to have it be better
I think it could be cool to make a BIG version of a portals map - here the portals are shortcuts. But one can imagine distances being prohibitively long if you dont use portals. Or the void (inspired by the nothing from the neverending story) could make some places totally unreachable except by portals or teleportation, etc.
agreed about the subdirectory.. that was an unintended thing.
And Llamabeast - let me know if you run a game/s on this map. I'd be curious to see how it works, and I'd love to get in on it, especially if it was for noobs or teams.