Custom resources problems : random placement, icon hidden by river

[bladus]

Hi,

Two questions about custom resources:

1) Do rivers are always on top over resources icons ? This means resource graphic will be always somehow covered by rivers graphic during game play ?

I was trying to modify some resource_shadows.pcx but no effect.

2) I found that appearance ratio (AR) is not working correctly in (my) editor. Using option to randomly generate resources on the map many of them are put 3-4 together very close each other so can be used only by one player.

Standard map with 8 player and AR is set to 40 I recived 5 resources one by one. How can this problem be solved ?

My CIV is C3C 1.22

Thanks !

 

[Blue Monkey]

Could you post a screenshot of the overlap problem? I've never seen it. My experience is that rivers follow tile edges & resources are more centered.

 

[bladus]

Hi,

Both problems can be seen bellow :

In addition to 2)

If resource is set to strategic all is ok, if to luxury its put in few larger groups.... thats strange

 

[Quinzy]

Just move the resource up a few pixels on the sheet

 

[bladus]

Just move the resource up a few pixels on the sheet

This is not solving the problems with layers. What in case resource icon ought to be large and cannot be moved ? I try to find "hard" solution for this.

Thanks !

 

[Blue Monkey]

This is not solving the problems with layers. What in case resource icon ought to be large and cannot be moved ? I try to find "hard" solution for this.

Thanks !

The problem is the layers. rivers go on top of terrain & roads go on top of all. So either the resource must be shifted a few pixels (relatively easy), or all the possibly conflicting river graphics must be adjusted (much harder).

 

[embryodead]

Hi,
2) I found that appearance ratio (AR) is not working correctly in (my) editor. Using option to randomly generate resources on the map many of them are put 3-4 together very close each other so can be used only by one player.

Standard map with 8 player and AR is set to 40 I recived 5 resources one by one. How can this problem be solved ?

Those resources are luxuries, right? They are always distributed in this way, which facilitates trade. For even distribution on the map, the resource has to be set to strategic.

Also 5 resources with AR of 40 and 8 players seems strange, should be 2-3. The correct formula for C3C 1.22 is AR * Players / 133 (the one in the help file is outdated), but it doesn't apply to some extreme scenarios e.g. if you have too many or little resources on the list (~4% of tiles are filled with resources, so if your ratios don't take that into account they won't work as expected).

 

[bladus]

Hi,

Thanks a lot, that is answer for my question.