Rivers

Gandalf Parker · #1 February 8th, 2009, 12:48 PM

I know that flagging a province with the additional bit for "fresh water" in a province can allow for some special events such as flooding. I use that tag when rivers or ponds appear in a province.

I think it also makes it a possible target for some spells. It may have an effect on supplies and such but I dont remember. It might also affect poptypes.

JimMorrison · #2 February 8th, 2009, 02:07 PM

I could be wrong, but I was sure that the Fresh Water tag also increased the likelihood of Water sites, like Air/Earth in Mountains, etc.

Though really, I must say, I find the rivers in the MapGen to be the opposite of eye candy.

They never follow province divisions, which took me a LOT of getting used to. It doesn't bother me anymore, but at first I thought they horribly marred the look of the map. Then I realized the MapGen doesn't tend to make pretty maps at all (they work and you can read them), and it's okay.

I always set rivers to ~200 or so, and when I "clean up" a randomly generated map for use, I pay close attention to what I consider sources of Fresh Water, and flag appropriately.