Re: Mega non-random map
That looks like a great image for being non-random. Kudos on it. I will look forward to it being available.
Just my humble opinion from being involved in maps from the beginning... Some of those are items that can be added to the .map file, or if the .map file is run thru a secondary generator such as SemiRand. I think the map image looks great. I would make it available with a very basic .map file. Go ahead and decide the things that the image and .map file have to agree on such as the province sizes and choke point questions. Check for duplicated province names and correct that irritation.
I would leave things such as richness to the game settings.
Settings such as special provinces, special balances, starting points, etc you can leave up to 3rd party programs. Or you can do another .map for the same image file. Including 2, 3, 4 .map files in the same zip isnt a problem. They will show up as seperate maps (if you name them different inside the file) and use the same large graphic file. People would probably appreciate being able to have 3 or 4 really large maps to play different types of games on, without having to take up a ton of space in their maps directory having that many huge graphic images.
Just IMHO
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