[MapScript] BezierContinents

[Lepton]

First mapscript!!!
This script generates long narrow continents with bezier curves.

extract to "c:\My Documents\My Games\"


Updated to v0.2:
continents are always separated by atleast 2 ocean squares
pangaea isn't big mess any more
mixed may be pangaea or continents separated by atmost 1 ocean square

Screenshots:
Large size, high sealevel, continents, natural shoreline
Large size, medium sealevel, mixed, pressed shoreline
Large size, low sealevel, pangaea, solid shoreline

v0.3:
maps can now have islands, but all players start at continent
Large size, low sealevel, pangaea, natural shoreline

v0.4:
Coastline option removed, now always natural.
New option mountain pattern: impassable, dense, normal, branched.
Script can run alone from command line without civ4.
medium sealevel, mixed, impassable
medium sealevel, continents, branched
high sealevel, continents, impassable
I think BezierContinents is too intimating name, any suggestions for a new sexy name?

[Unspeakable Horror]

Interesting map

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Ooh, long chains of mountain peaks. This should make for some interesting games.

[vovan]

Looks like this could generate some fun maps.

One thing that bothers is the mountain ranges. Since they are one-peak-thick, then you can cross them pretty much at any place if the mountain range goes diagonally, but if ut goes north-south or east-west, then you can't cross. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but it bothers me that otherwise more or less equivalent continents would have this very important terrain difference. Maybe make the mountain ranges two-peak-thick so that you can't cross them no matter what orientation, but make holes in the range every now and then made up of hills so you can cross?