Maps

[William Keenan]

I'm testing a civ2 map making system that creates custom maps of any region of Europe and of any size (up to the normal size limit).

If you need a map I'll create one for you for free in less then 48 hours. Just post an image that shows the area you want the map to be of and your approximate map dimensions and I'll make it.

[William Keenan]

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/globegal.shtml

[Prometeus]

Thanks, Will...
BTW are you testing BMPtoMP prog?
I've tried it to create my central Asia mp file, it worked great!!!

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[St Leo]

Using the above gif and MapUtil, I have created two maps you can easily modify into whatever you want (ocean/grassland/hills/mountains only now). William Keenan's thing is probably better, but...

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St. Leo
http://ziggurat.sidgames.com/
http://www.sidgames.com/forums/

[Prometeus]

Thanks a lot, St Leo. BTW, i'll put a link for your "Roman Riot" scenario on my download section. Have your permission?
I'm just waiting for Frontpage 2000 in order to start building it...
Ah, i forgot about it: MADQC is searching for a roman paved road, so i put "RR" url in his thread.
It's on Civ2-Creation, "2 questions" thread... just check it, he's a "freshman".

[St Leo]

Go ahead, you don't really need to ask me about things like that.

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http://ziggurat.sidgames.com/
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[Michael Daumen]

Does it have to be Europe?

[William Keenan]

Prometeus,



Michael, for now it is Europe only. What did you need?

[Prometeus]

Will, i need a northern and central Italy right now for my "Cisalpine Gaul" restyling work. Where can i found in the web a map of that region to send you? Any clues?

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[Prometeus]

I've read your post. Thanks, Will.
BTW i've got a crazy idea... i'll try to make a map from St Leo image, then i'm going to send you this map, in order to compare between then. I think maybe this is useful if you are testing a new prog...
Tell me if you want me to do that.

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[William Keenan]

Prometeus, to get the Bmp2Map program to work properly the source map has to be converted into a 16 color bitmap where each color represents a different terrain type. The map that I am working from was specially formatted by Harlan for this task. To get the same results from another map, even a good quallity map like the one above, would take weeks of work.

Here is a reduced image of the map that Harlan made.

If your are eager to experiment Prometeus, I suggest you download the full map and read Harlan's explaination of how to use it beforehand. It can be found on the Cradle of Civilization in the BMP2MAP section.

[Prometeus]

Thanks for the tip, Will...
BTW may i have your permission to put a link for this page in my new site?

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[St Leo]

Does it have to be Europe?

Not with my method, but terrain features not related to elevation have to be placed manually. What region do you need?

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St. Leo
http://ziggurat.sidgames.com/
http://www.sidgames.com/forums/

[William Keenan]

Prometeus, just in case you did not realize it, you can download the italy map by clicking on the image of it.

[Prometeus]

Done before, Will.

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