Map Editing question

Agrajag · #1 June 4th, 2008, 04:48 PM

Thanks Edi!
I don't know why I didn't think of the test map myself :S
Just in case you were wondering, 2048 is indeed deep sea, 4096 is indeed cave, and border mountain is 4194304.
I'm not really sure what happens in between, but I'm guessing it's not really relevant, since my randomizer probably won't use anything beyond 2048 (there won't be caves nor border mountains. At least not in the foreseeable future.)

Edi · #2 June 4th, 2008, 06:02 PM

The inbetween stuff is firesite, airsite, watersite, earthsite etc etc for all magic types, including holy.

NTJedi · #3 June 4th, 2008, 11:03 PM

the 1024 = manysites ... what's the percentage increase?

Ballbarian · #4 June 4th, 2008, 11:11 PM

SMALL=1
LARGE=2
SEA=4
SOMEWATER=8
MOUNTAIN=16
SWAMP=32
WASTE=64
FOREST=128
FARM=256
NOSTART=512
MANYSITES=1024
DEEP=2048
CAVE=4096
FIRE=8192
AIR=16384
WATER=32768
EARTH=65536
ASTRAL=131072
DEATH=262144
NATURE=524288
BLOOD=1048576
PRIEST=2097152
EDGEMOUNT=4194304

Edi · #5 June 5th, 2008, 01:53 AM

Quote:

NTJedi said:

the 1024 = manysites ... what's the percentage increase?

30. I think the terrain effects on magic site frequency are listed in the site searching threads linked from the Strategy Index.

Agrajag · #6 June 5th, 2008, 05:49 AM

Thanks again Edi, and thank you Ballbarian (though for some reason I keep thinking its Ballbrian).

And just so no one gets their hopes up, here's what my maps look like currently

(attached)

Amhazair · #7 June 5th, 2008, 07:19 AM

That looks suspiciously like the Middle East. Except it's somewhat green.

Ballbarian · #8 June 5th, 2008, 09:04 AM

Looks like you are off to a good start Agrajag. What language are you using?

(I was torn between Ballbarian and Ballbaby, and Ballbarian sounded more manly so I went that route.

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Edratman · #9 June 5th, 2008, 09:15 AM

I am now confused by the masks.

What is the difference between "site location masks" and "terrain masks"?

When I open a map file I see, for example,

"#terrain 331 4194312"

Which category does "4194312" fall into?

I have never typed in that number. Whenever I want to change terrain types I just open the map editor and click away. (I'm a little less fastidious about province colors than most.)