Favorite Pre-Made Map

[Mercator]

Nope. Well, that's not quite true. Two of the maps over there are mine, namely "Sine Nomen" (normal size) and "J-World" (maximum).
Mine can be found at http://civ2.sidgames.com

[Dr.Oogkloot]

Slightly Off-Topic: Map Central has good maps, but awful Latin.

[N35t0r]

i am working on a fictitious map, with the idea of making it as balanced as possible.

I have also finished a SA map, the best i've seen so far, but it's no good for playing, as the player who takes control of the River Plate basin usually outgrows everybody else.

[DarkCloud]

Heck, when I make fictitious maps all I do is make a large landmass of plains and see how large I can grow my cities.

Or I make a maze of 1 row squares of plains and see how few cities I can build to take over the world.

[Exile]

To Mercator. As a matter of fact, one of the first items I ever downloaded from the net was the series of maps with the cute names from your site. (Sincal, Sinon, Marcap, Nivmon, etc.) Knowing a little something about geography, the random maps are simply unacceptable. Actual landmasses do not look like patchwork quilts. The maps provided at your site were exemplary--always fun to play on and, this is important, THE LANDMASSES LOOKED BELIEVABLE. There were mountain RANGES, watersheds, areas of broad plains and areas of lush grasslands. In short, these maps, even if fictitious, MAKE SENSE.

To ScuseGits (is that really the name you chose?, isn't GIT an English insulting name?) If you download several, or a bunch of maps like those on Mercator's site, then pick one to play on at random (flip a coin or something) during any given Civ2 solo session, you will tend to forget exactly which map you're playing on and the map that you've selected will be "new" for that session. Also, if you select the random start position, even maps that you've played on several times might not be recognizable for much of the game. Additionally, Mercator's maps have a fringe benefit. Historically, cultures that have thrived and made a significant mark have generally started out in an area w/a good, arable land base. The Mercator maps conserve on the use of grasslands. Because an area of grasslands is rare on these maps, they become valuable. To my mind, this condition much more accurately simulates historical development than the hotch-potch random maps or the maps that consist primarily of grasslands.

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[Julius Brenzaida]

Mercator, I've appreciated your world map and tried to improve it.
I have indeed found that I can make 32768 (instead of 10000) squares map.
See the topic "gigantic maps" I've just posted in the civ2 creation forum.

While it is true that discovery is one of the pleasure of playing a civ game, conquering the world or some parts of it comes pretty close to that.
And I believe the bigger and the more realistic the map, the more you can enjoy your conquest.
So I am quite proud of my gigaworld map and hope others will enjoy it too.

[Comrade Dan]

Julias - can you make an accurate world map using the same scale as the Europe map I've described earlier? I like that map, and would like to do a good world scenario on it...

[Mercator]

Exile, I hope you didn't think I made all those (latin named) maps. Only the sinon thing is mine, the rest were made by Mike Strong, the guy from the Map Central. But indeed those maps are very nice, loads better than the civ2 random maps.

[Julius Brenzaida]

quote: Originally posted by Comrade Dan on 09-25-2000 05:45 AM Julias - can you make an accurate world map using the same scale as the Europe map I've described earlier? I like that map, and would like to do a good world scenario on it...

Unfortunately, I don't earn my life making civ maps.
I'm working on another, bigger earth map.
I don't see when I could do yours in the near future, unless I lose my job.
Could you not try to do it yourself ?


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Oh Man, when will you understand that your greatness lies in your failure - Goethe

[Comrade Dan]

I have this slight problem of being an idiot, Julias.