[Map] Earth map with 18 civs

[smellymummy]

did you use bmp's for building this map (like in the mapmaking pdf) and if so, can you post them?

[OzzyKP]

I"m working on it Nikolai, but I'm stuck at square one. I can't even get a test to work with the bmp converter. Ugh...

Whenever I start up a game on a test map I made it just says I was defeated right away and the game ends. I can't even get into the in-game world builder, cause the game ends right away.

[OzzyKP]

smellymummy, I already asked him, he said they are proprietary information.

And Nikolai, Rhye also told me that he is taking a break from civ for a bit, so don't expect any smaller versions of the map anytime soon. Its up to us.

As soon as I can figure out the damn converter I'll get one made.

[boarsai]

Michlo, while your concern is a valid one... that kind of attitude isn't the nicest or best way to approach it.

I'm sick of people expecting flawless software on release, people have scheduals and time frames to work to. You sound like someone who's never had a a demanding job where deadlines come and go like nobodies business.

Im sure they're trying to fix the issue for us ASAP. Learn a bit of patience... the world doesnt revolve around us.

What MarkG was trying to point out, perhaps, was altho they realised the large maps were having issues on some spec systems they couldnt fix it in time for launch. If they put in a large earth map knowing this bug, it would be like them ENCOURAGEING people to play the large maps when they are having problems. In its current build... NOT releasing the world map on such a size was a GOOD decision. Sure we'd all love one... and stable large maps too...

Wildly lashing out at the first person to defend the developers is a childish thing to do no matter how old you are. While I don't like the fact it is the way it is... I accept the fact that sometimes life isnt perfect ... play a smaller map... do some multiplayer fun... there are options to do while we wait... its not as tho this game will date either... I've been playing civ2 still :P

Anyway just my 5 cents.

[Julinoleum]

Did you check if your images were in 24 bits? It worked for me, but I still have a few stuffs to fix. At least I can get ingame and not lose the game.

[Rhye]

it seems that somebody has tried to make a smaller Earth map based on mine.
His attempt of reverse engineering seems quite good

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=138452

[smellymummy]

Originally posted by Rhye
it seems that somebody has tried to make a smaller Earth map based on mine.
His attempt of reverse engineering seems quite good

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=138452

i did that

i simply took a screenshot of the first post in this thread and did a little photoshop work on that minimap.

i also mimicked resource placement as on your map, and added civs and goody huts, etc, for an end result of a 'little smaller 18 civ earth map':

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3283445#post3283445

i'll be posting it on poly as well

[SpartanPete]

Hi guys, whats the score with the Earth map from the game already then? I have not played it yet, but under scenarios Earth, is it a normal sized map with only a few Civs then?

Also if i pick teh biggest random size map will it give me 18 civs? or is this mod map the only way to do it?

[boarsai]

Ok from my playing of this map on my pc, I've encountered no problems ... I'm up to the year 2000 and I have the entire map revealed... I wish I could say I haven't had problems winning the space race... but i look doomed in that regard. A few jelous neighbours of our home brew vodka... seems to have resulted in me unleasing a vast (damn this map is nice and big) war across europe... they'll rue the day they stabbed me in the back

Thanks heaps for this map, it will keep me playing for hours on end!

[TorreyH]

Originally posted by SpartanLord
@Freddz - The specks are as follows:

Dell Precision 650 WS (XP Pro SP2)
4GBs ECC RAM
4TBs HDD (Raid0)
Duel Xeon 3.2Ghz (2MB-L2)
Duel Dell 2001 FPD (21")
nVidia Quadro FX 3000 (256MB)
SB Audigy 2 (Plat)
Altec THX 5.1 SSTS
100MB OC3 (Network)

LOL! I am having the same problem with the game crashing HARD when it reaches about 1500 A.D., but NOW I see the problem! I just need a *wee* little upgrade!!! Those "recommended specs" are always a tad too low...

P4 2.53 GHz
1 GB RAM
Radeon 9600XT

Torrey

[SpartanLord]

Originally posted by TorreyH


LOL! I am having the same problem with the game crashing HARD when it reaches about 1500 A.D., but NOW I see the problem! I just need a *wee* little upgrade!!! Those "recommended specs" are always a tad too low...

P4 2.53 GHz
1 GB RAM
Radeon 9600XT

Torrey

Most people trip on my rig when they realise I could have purchased a car for what I spent on it. But hey I make good money and I'm worth it.

Anyway, you may want to try some system tweaks. Such as increase your system cache and optimise for applications as well as stop all extra services and trun off all system effects that are not needed. Additionally assign the application to "real-time" and make sure your HDD is defragged.

[ndhalogod]

In this scenario (and/or Civ4 in general), how do I mod the start unit at 4000bc to give Germany a Warrior rather than a Scout to begin the game?

I've been searching thru the XML's and such and am struggling to find it. Any help is much appreciated.

[doublezero]

Originally posted by Rhye
you should open the WBS, and delete the player data for the civs you don't want, with the ones you want to keep shifting up (compare this WBS and the standard Earth). Player info should contain only LeaderType=NONE, CivType=NONE and Team number.

Then, delete corresponding team info as well.

Then, delete the "StartingPlot" line from the coordinates shown in the player data of the civs you have deleted.
delete corresponding team info as well. Don't delete the plot! Delete just the word "Starting Plot", which you can find at the plots coordinates!

It's easier to do than to explain.
Open the standard Earth map WBS and see the differences with this.

I am trying to make an earth map with fewer than 18 civilizations but more than 9. I am trying to follow your instructions on opening and editing the WBS, but it is not working because the file gets saved as a text file after I edit it. I don't know how to save it as a WorldBuilder Save file.

Your first instruction is to open the WBS, which I think means World Builder Save file. Ok, there are 2 ways to open this that I know of. I can left-click, which loads the file into cIV and starts up the game .exe, which I don't want to do; or I can right-click which allows me to choose what program to load it into. To edit a file, I am going to use a text editor such as Wordpad, because I don't know any other way of editing a file. Then, I follow your instructions, erasing the relevant lines. Then, I try to save it, but of course, I can only save it as a text file, which will not be recognized by cIV when I try to load it.

So if there is another program that I should be using to edit the file, please tell me what it is called. I have tried learning how to use the WorldBuilder that came with cIV, but it doesn't do anything I want it to. There doesn't appear to be any way to add or delete civilizations using WorldBuilder. I even read the .pdf instructions which don't say anything about this.

[JackRudd]

Originally posted by doublezero
Your first instruction is to open the WBS, which I think means World Builder Save file. Ok, there are 2 ways to open this that I know of. I can left-click, which loads the file into cIV and starts up the game .exe, which I don't want to do; or I can right-click which allows me to choose what program to load it into. To edit a file, I am going to use a text editor such as Wordpad, because I don't know any other way of editing a file. Then, I follow your instructions, erasing the relevant lines. Then, I try to save it, but of course, I can only save it as a text file, which will not be recognized by cIV when I try to load it.

Open it with NotePad. Then, when saving, save it as a file of no particular type. That should do the trick.

[dim_vexen]

Can you guys help me out? Where do I put this file (Earth18Civs.Civ4WorldBuilderSave) so I can play this online with my friend?

Thanks in advance.