Kal-el
Deity
Kal-Els 140x140 Earth
This is a clean version of my map. That means that it has no resources, no goody huts, no barbarian camps, and no player start locations. It is a Large Earth Map, 140x140, to replace the original that shipped with the game.
While not useful for most users, this could come in handy for those of you who want to use it as a basis for your own mods, or for those of you who don't like the resource placement of my original map. I know there will be some of you out there.
I will work on one with all the fixins soon, and hopefully will release that before the new year. But I wanted to release this version because there are a couple of people out there who I know are waiting for this to help finish off there mods or scenarios.
A few quick notes:
The land to water ratio on this map is not earth accurate. In order to preserve the detail level I reduced the size of both the Atlantic and the Pacific. It is however impossible to cross either ocean with a Galley without The Great Lighthouse.
Europe has been stretched just a bit eastward into Asia in order to give those civs some more room and to cut down the Asian Advantage.
The British Isles and Japan are both a bit larger than they really should be but that was for gameplay and aesthetic purposes.
North America is bit bigger than it should be but, again, that was for game play reasons.
The Faroe Islands are a bit further over to the East than in real life to prevent an easy crossing to North America.
There are mountains in Greenland to prevent mass colonization of that region.
Also plains and grassland were interchanged where necessary to create a more accurate coastline.
Some areas of desert were made into plains if a river ran through it in order to pevent the mass food production of the floodplain syndrome.
Here is a preview:
For a larger image click here.
This is a clean version of my map. That means that it has no resources, no goody huts, no barbarian camps, and no player start locations. It is a Large Earth Map, 140x140, to replace the original that shipped with the game.
While not useful for most users, this could come in handy for those of you who want to use it as a basis for your own mods, or for those of you who don't like the resource placement of my original map. I know there will be some of you out there.
I will work on one with all the fixins soon, and hopefully will release that before the new year. But I wanted to release this version because there are a couple of people out there who I know are waiting for this to help finish off there mods or scenarios.
A few quick notes:
The land to water ratio on this map is not earth accurate. In order to preserve the detail level I reduced the size of both the Atlantic and the Pacific. It is however impossible to cross either ocean with a Galley without The Great Lighthouse.
Europe has been stretched just a bit eastward into Asia in order to give those civs some more room and to cut down the Asian Advantage.
The British Isles and Japan are both a bit larger than they really should be but that was for gameplay and aesthetic purposes.
North America is bit bigger than it should be but, again, that was for game play reasons.
The Faroe Islands are a bit further over to the East than in real life to prevent an easy crossing to North America.
There are mountains in Greenland to prevent mass colonization of that region.
Also plains and grassland were interchanged where necessary to create a more accurate coastline.
Some areas of desert were made into plains if a river ran through it in order to pevent the mass food production of the floodplain syndrome.
Here is a preview:
For a larger image click here.
), but I´m sure it is great 
And I can´t tell you how glad I am that I don´t have to make a map myself.... 
