Genghis_Kai
GEM modder
As the title suggest, I am thinking of building a new giant earth map for Civ 5 already
I am sure civ5 is going to come with an earth map but I am also sure that it is not going to be perfect (at least from my perspective!), therefore, I will certainly be going to build one of my own. So I might as well start doing some preparation and collect ideas from the community now until civ5 is released.
I anticipate that the map size for civ5 is going to be roughly double the size of civ4. (judging from the known fact that in civ5, the base units will have movement of 2 and that cities can extend as far as 3 tiles.) Since maps can be larger now, I will decrease the amount of distortion in the map as much as GEM in Civ4. On the other hand, I still think it is right to build a map with appropriate distortion, no matter how big the map is going to be - it is just a waste of resource to run a map with 2/3 of the tiles as ocean which unfortunately the real world happens to be like.
As a start, I have spent last night trying to build a new basemap as attached. I also attached the original map I started off with for comparison.
Comments are welcome
I am sure civ5 is going to come with an earth map but I am also sure that it is not going to be perfect (at least from my perspective!), therefore, I will certainly be going to build one of my own. So I might as well start doing some preparation and collect ideas from the community now until civ5 is released.
I anticipate that the map size for civ5 is going to be roughly double the size of civ4. (judging from the known fact that in civ5, the base units will have movement of 2 and that cities can extend as far as 3 tiles.) Since maps can be larger now, I will decrease the amount of distortion in the map as much as GEM in Civ4. On the other hand, I still think it is right to build a map with appropriate distortion, no matter how big the map is going to be - it is just a waste of resource to run a map with 2/3 of the tiles as ocean which unfortunately the real world happens to be like.
As a start, I have spent last night trying to build a new basemap as attached. I also attached the original map I started off with for comparison.
Comments are welcome