random maps

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Marquis dS:I'll warn you,don't expect to much,It's not perfect yet ,but it does take climate regions in account(arctic in poles,dessert at the equator).


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Probably a stupid question...

If Civ maps are gifs or bitmaps, couldn't you create a map in another game that allows for such, save it as a gif or bmp and then use it in your Civ game? For instance, I own Railroad Tycoon II (Gold Edition) and it has a map maker. I've only tinkered with it once but it looks as though it could make some nice maps. Hmmm. For that matter some of the graphics from Sid's other game might look good as icons in a scenario. Sorry if this was an idiotic post, but I'm not technically inclined.

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I have some bad news for you(if I got the question correct):
The file that holds all possible land and resource-tiles is a .GIF(and with that one you should be able to do stuff)but a save file for a game or a map does NOT use those images.In a save-file a map is saved as a hole bunch of numbers(5 or 6 per square on the map)this way it is possible to keep save files quite small(try printscreen once and save it as bitmap,then you'll see how bigg this is)and it is also easier for use(if graphics get changed over a patch your save can still be used.
One of the really bad things in the save-files for Civ2 is that all resources and huts are saved as 1 number(seed for the random generator)=>this causes the fact that it is impossible to play with the place where resources can be found.

here is a link to a site where more info about how the save file looks like can be found: http://gene.wins.uva.nl/~jvermeir/savmaps.htm

and a link to a thread where more about those save-files is said:
How are maps saved


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