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  • An idea about plate tectonics and other stuff...

    I was just thinking and I wondered whether it wouldn't be a great idea to have a "world map" so to say in which there is active plate tectonics at work. Afterall the age of Dinosaurs was a few hundred million years long and a lot changed in that time including the look of the planet.

    Furthermore, this would have a profound effect on the climate, the flow of rivers, the shape of oceans and continents and so on.
    If the game is to deal with evolution such factors would have to be taken into account.
    Also the changing orbit of a planet around its sun would have to be paid attention to because that has quite an effect over time(I'm talking 100.000 to millions of years).

    Not just the dinosaurs would evolve also the environment would change and new plants and animals would replace others.

    So, what do you people think about this?
    The Lost Geologist Blog
    http://lostgeologist.blogspot.com

  • #2
    IMHO, having a dynamic map is pretty much a requirement and it would be incredibly cool as well. It certainly would add an entirely new angle to the Civ like games.

    And don't forget them glaciers...

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    • #3
      One could also add vulcanos, fluds and the such. Then you could see whether your tribe/herd is succesful at adapting to new environments.
      Furthermore, a meteor strike would be a very serious test to ones survival skills.
      The Lost Geologist Blog
      http://lostgeologist.blogspot.com

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      • #4
        And think how the SMAC map could implement all that perfectly. By raising/lowering terrain, and such you can have continental drift, mountain formation when continents collide, new islands and volcanoes (remember the SMAC random event where a new volcano pops up!!) and all the rest.

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