largest map size people will play

[Kristoffer O]

The Capricorn comes with 3N 2W 1R.

It begun as a theme for Atlantis but have evolved into an entirely new underwater nation.

It is more or less finished. Needs testing and descriptions and heroes and stuff.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
It begun as a theme for Atlantis but have evolved into an entirely new underwater nation.

Do you just love to drop bombs? Or is this the standard programmer "Ive worked on it so long that I forgot it was new"?
(which is also part of the problem with getting programmers to document)

[ January 12, 2004, 18:54: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[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 ]