Overview of new map types (BtS)

[MoonWolf]

Can anyone please write an overview of the new map types you can select when starting a custom game? Some are quite self explaining (or maybe that have some features you can't read from the name?) while others I'm wondering about.

*Big and small - One big continent with islands around it
*Medium and small - One medium continent with islands around it
*Donut - I would assume shape like a donut, but it's that it, e.g. like a ring (think that's already in there)

Of course, I can always try each map type, but as I don't have much time, I don't want to get stuck with a map I don't like at all.

[CreepyD]

I'm just playing a game on Donut, and quite enjoying it.
It's basically a perfectly circlular landmass, with the center being the terrain you choose.
I chose peaks, so the central 20-30 tiles (on a small map) are ALL peaks. makes things very interesting!

[MoonWolf]

Originally posted by CreepyD
I'm just playing a game on Donut, and quite enjoying it.
It's basically a perfectly circlular landmass, with the center being the terrain you choose.
I chose peaks, so the central 20-30 tiles (on a small map) are ALL peaks. makes things very interesting!

Cool! I thought it was only an other ring world. Where are the vulcanoes?

[ghen]

Big and Small is very nice, on my current game it made two large continents.. One being a normal landmass, the other slightly snaky. Both continents were surrounded (and seperated) by small 1-5 tile islands. It makes a very good looking map =)

[Kekkonen]

Re: Overview of new map types (BtS)

Originally posted by MoonWolf
*Big and small - One big continent with islands around it
*Medium and small - One medium continent with islands around it

Those can be more than one continent. I'm playing a Standard-size 7-Civ map, and Medium and Small typically has two medium-sized continents while Big and Small has all Civs starting on one big continent (or possibly 5-6 on a major continent and 1-2 on a smaller one).

[Cartimandua]

I have found out that most of the continents on 'big and small' and 'med and small' end up being really snakey and I usually have more than one continent. It makes for interesting game play when you decide to cut off your neighbors from expanding, which would then lead to an easier domination victory. I think it's pretty cool. I haven't played donut much, but it's a creative idea as well.

[onodera]

I expected donut to be a donut-shaped earth, where the map loops not only east-to-west, but also north-to-south.

[Will9]

Originally posted by ghen
Big and Small is very nice, on my current game it made two large continents.. One being a normal landmass, the other slightly snaky. Both continents were surrounded (and seperated) by small 1-5 tile islands. It makes a very good looking map =)

screenies?

[LDiCesare]

I've tried Big and Small. Provided a map whose coasts my initial workboat could uncover all by itself.
Ugliest map I ever got, though it can make for interesting games, it's definitely not realistic and not for me.

[Blaupanzer]

Originally posted by onodera
I expected donut to be a donut-shaped earth, where the map loops not only east-to-west, but also north-to-south.

You can select "toroidal" in the custom game for any map type. That gets you north to south and east to west flows. You can also select "flat earth" and get no flows from the edges at all. Depends on your belief systems, I guess.

[Wiglaf]

The reason these new map scripts are so great is that now the AI can play on them. It understands the importance of navy and has no problems taking island cities or coastal cities. It should probably raze more often, but what's there is a huge improvement that makes these maps playable.

[ghen]

Originally posted by Will9


screenies?

when I get home =)

[Willem]

Originally posted by MoonWolf
*Big and small - One big continent with islands around it

Not necessarily. I've seen as many as 3 continents in one of my games. They just tend to be much bigger than the island masses.

[Willem]

Originally posted by Cartimandua
I have found out that most of the continents on 'big and small' and 'med and small' end up being really snakey and I usually have more than one continent. It makes for interesting game play when you decide to cut off your neighbors from expanding, which would then lead to an easier domination victory.

There can be a downside to that though. I had one map were I started out on a narrow peninsula and quickly found a single Mountain blocking my way to the rest of the land mass. I only had enough room for 3 or 4 cities. I didn't even bother playing that game.

[Cartimandua]

Originally posted by Willem


There can be a downside to that though. I had one map were I started out on a narrow peninsula and quickly found a single Mountain blocking my way to the rest of the land mass. I only had enough room for 3 or 4 cities. I didn't even bother playing that game.

You are right, that would make for a difficult game. However, I do enjoy the diversity that the map offers. I can see the potential for a whole new level of difficulty.