Favorite map?

[fuzzy_bunnies]

I've heard some people like Erebus but it has issues for Doviello/Malakim.

Aside from the standard maps, which ones do people like and why?

I've been doing Tectonic lately and I while I do like the occasional mountain chain with bottlenecks, I'm finding the landmasses a bit irritating. The last 2 games with 60% water, everyone was jammed together on one small continent except for Bannor who started in the tundra down at the south pole. A series of islands in the ocean were filled with barbs and none were settled. (This may also evolve into a "why doesn't the AI like to colonize islands?" thing).

I tried Fantasy realm once, but didn't notice any difference from the standard map. Ditto with Blue Marble terrain.

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

I play nothing but Erebus these days really

you should try Perfect World, it's the best "normal" mapscript imho.

 

[Corlis]

Blue Marble Terrain just changes what the terrain looks like, not what it actually is, I believe.

As for me, I like Perfect World too, though all the variables are a little intimidating. Global Highlands is also nice, though I'd wish that they had more islands...

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

at first I couldn't tell the difference between FFH's and blue marble terrain too cuz I was use to civ's default one and they both looked extremely good.

now that I'm used to FFH's terrain though, I tried blue marble and I was like : "whoa. that looks really dull."

 

[Corlis]

at first I couldn't tell the difference between FFH's and blue marble terrain too cuz I was use to civ's default one and they both looked extremely good.

now that I'm used to FFH's terrain though, I tried blue marble and I was like : "whoa. that looks really dull."

Yeah, I went back to just normal Civ IV for a bit, and I was shocked at how boring the landscape looked!

 

[Mailbox]

RandomMapScript is fun and always produces interesting maps with a high level of variation.

 

[Camber]

I always prefer Earth2. What can I say, I love home. And it is always interesting to find what new variants the script has created for our planet. Usually Gibraltar isn't connected to Africa, for example, but it is in my current game. Half the time Suez is a straight rather than an isthmus, and more than half the time, N. and S. America are detached from one another. Good fun.

 

[Caradoc]

Sto's 'Full of Resources' has a very nice front end with all the options you could possibly imagine.

 

[rusty217]

I usually play Knight's Erebus, but the Erebus mapscript is fun for some different games...

 

[arcticnightwolf]

Balanced / Pangaea (high sea-level; huge map; 18 civs)

 

[ushram]

I personally prefer shuffle, fr, and pang, low sea, rocky, 18 civs, huge. I do not prefer Erebus, its too rocky, clustered and bad starting areas for certain civs.

 

[Jean Elcard]

Erebus is kind of nice, but I prefer a world I can circumnavigate, like PerfectWorld or Tectonics. In any case FlavourMod should be running.

 

[xienwolf]

That's why you edit Erebus to have X & Y Wrap function

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

is that doable? boy, that would be totally awesome. I love toroidal wrap maps !

 

[Gelvan]

I really got a hang for the Tectonic Map with 30% sea (small map, with 6-7 civ's). You need a fleet, every possible terrain is there (deserts, ice, tundra, jungle) and it has even mountain ridges that seperate regions, but not a strictly as Erebus.

 

[fuzzy_bunnies]

Erebus is kind of nice, but I prefer a world I can circumnavigate, like PerfectWorld or Tectonics. In any case FlavourMod should be running.

Whats flavormod? BTW I thought I read somewhere about people having pyramids in the desert with fantasy realm, but I didn't notice any of that.

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

@fuzzy: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=282901 <--- flavourmod 2. enjoy, it's awesome