A new kind of map

SurvivalistMerc · #1 January 18th, 2004, 02:36 AM

I remember fondly the maps of Master of Magic, which were somewhat random in nature.

These maps had one thing in common...east-west you could circumnavigate the worlds...but north-south you couldn't.

I think wrap-around maps are wonderful, but if you had some impassible areas at the poles...you wouldn't have borders with so many different nations at once.

Just a thought. This may not be as "rational" in the Dom2 universe as there are certainly nations such as Jotunheim and Caelum which would be "at home" in the polar cold.

Saber Cherry · #2 January 18th, 2004, 02:43 AM

Try Ringworld=)

Gandalf Parker · #3 January 18th, 2004, 03:03 AM

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Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
I remember fondly the maps of Master of Magic, which were somewhat random in nature.

Random maps we are working on. I generate a fresh 30 maps a day
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion...s2/RandomMaps/

There are maps that are re-randomized as far as whats on the .map tho not the .tga
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion.../MiirunstX.map

Soon I hope to get something going which is both a randomly created .tga and a randomized .map

SurvivalistMerc · #4 January 18th, 2004, 04:10 AM

I will try ringworld.

And your random map project is wonderful, Gandalf.

PvK · #5 January 18th, 2004, 04:42 AM

Great random maps, Gandalf! What a selection... hmm... it might be nice to have it also make thumbnail images of the map, and a simple web page that displays them and counts of land and water provinces... if that's easy. Just an idea - it's still well worth the time to download the TGAs to see the maps. So many!

Edit: Oh, I see that's probably partly why you have JPG Versions of all of them, too.

PvK

[ January 18, 2004, 02:43: Message edited by: PvK ]

PvK · #6 January 18th, 2004, 04:51 AM

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Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
... Just a thought. This may not be as "rational" in the Dom2 universe as there are certainly nations such as Jotunheim and Caelum which would be "at home" in the polar cold.

Hopefully even the "despisers of realism in games" would agree that marching north across the north pole generally does not arrive one at the south pole. Even if you can survive at the poles, there isn't necessarily a teleporter between them.

PvK