largest map size people will play

[NTJedi]

by mercurycs
..., if I were to create a map for everyone, what size people would like it. I mean, how many provinces are too many?

I remember one of the developers saying that the maximum number of provinces is 500. So making a map over 500 provinces probably won't work.
I would love to see a map with 470 provinces or more.

There would be 50-Times as many maps available for download if the game had a normal map editor.

[ January 12, 2004, 20:14: Message edited by: NTJedi ]

[HJ]

For me it's as big as you can make them. I always seem to clash with the AI too soon.
Cheers,

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by HJ:
For me it's as big as you can make them. I always seem to clash with the AI too soon.
Cheers,

Maps such as "Poke in the Eye" and "Miirunst X" take care of that. They are heavily randomized and the text file part (the .map file) is re-randomized daily.

http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion/Dominions2/

[Kristoffer O]

Originally posted by NTJedi:
There would be 50-Times as many maps available for download if the game had a normal map editor.

Probably true, but what is a normal map editor? We mostly do games .
What do you miss the most? The ability to draw stuff easily, or the ability to edit the map?

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
What do you miss the most? The ability to draw stuff easily, or the ability to edit the map? [/QB]

I think you would have to go a long way to make it preferable to just using notepad and a paint program. Not because its bad. Just because I think those are powerful and preferable to many map editors.

Personally I would really appreciate the MapEditor more if the auto stuff worked alittle better. The name thing seems to work well. The neighbor guesser for some reason doesnt do as good as Dom1 did even with the same maps. Maybe a terrain guesser would be nice even if it did just mostlyBlue=water, mostlyGreen=plains, mostlyBrown=mountains.
(and of course I wouldnt mind if it could be scripted thru in a non-graphic mode but I know thats pushing it)

Any word on a gimp set of brushes for maps?

[ January 13, 2004, 20:34: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[NTJedi]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:

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Originally posted by NTJedi:
There would be 50-Times as many maps available for download if the game had a normal map editor.

Probably true, but what is a normal map editor? We mostly do games .
What do you miss the most? The ability to draw stuff easily, or the ability to edit the map?

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A normal map editor would be where someone could choose the option 'Map Editor' and it opens either a blank map or more preferably a randomly generated map. The gamer should be able to add or delete basic map features such as forest, lake, mountains, swamp, etc., into the map. Then the gamer should be able to setup the borders, province settings and place the capitals. The map then saved and ready to go.
Changing map features, monsters, events, and province independents on the map can be more complicated.

I can honestly say that the BEST map editor I've ever seen was from Heroes_III. Anyone could easily create a map... and master gamers could create their very complex maps if they wanted. The number of tools, settings, monsters and features available were great! Spells and skills could be disabled. Events could be very complex/detailed or very simple.
--IF you get the chance PLEASE just take a look at what they had available. It will provide lots of ideas for you.--

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by NTJedi:
I can honestly say that the BEST map editor I've ever seen was from Heroes_III.

By any chance are the maps created anywhere near close to what we use now? Im tempted to go thru all my old games and reload them just to see what if they have map generators and what they create.