Gigamap Scenerios

[Archer 007]

Post any giga map scenerios you know of and possibly a link to it.

 

[pap1723]

2194 Days Of War Gigamap Version
It isn't really fully released yet, but we have been playing a lot of test PBEM's

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73569

Pap

 

[Archer 007]

Already got it.

 

[pap1723]

Iron Curtain by Academia is a giga also

 

[Aravorn]

What is the definition of a GIGA MAP Scenario?

 

[Mercator]

I guess that would be a scenario on a gigamap...

A gigamap is a map with a surface over 10,000 (well, over 10,922 really).

While the "official" max is 10,000, Civ2MGE and civ2ToT can really handle maps up to 32,767... So some people have gone and made such gigamaps and made scenarios on them.

 

[Cecasander]

Um, I think, or I rather guess, that a 32.767 map is quite implayable. Also the cities are very far away on scenarios with such maps, and units can't have a movement of 1.

 

[yoshi]

How do you exceed the 10,922 tile limit?
World maps could certainly be bigger --if only for an increased level of realism in terms of proportion.

 

[MajorGeneral2]

Just use the "Custom Size" option in the map editor, I'd assume. I agree, however, that gigamaps are virtually unplayable. They take forever, an one has to have ridiculous road movement multipliers to make them work.

 

[Archer 007]

Actually, the code had to be edited. Setting the size will only allow up to 10,000. You have to have a patch installed (which you can get off this site).

 

[Morten Blaabjerg]

Originally posted by yoshi
How do you exceed the 10,922 tile limit?
World maps could certainly be bigger --if only for an increased level of realism in terms of proportion.

Best way is to use the MapEdit util (which you can also get from this site) to enlarge an existing civ2 map, or to convert a .bmp file to an oversized civ2 map, which can then be further tweaked in the civ2 map editor.

 

[Mercator]

Yep... You can use MapEdit to create your own blank maps. You can then edit those using the map editor.
If you have ToT, you can download the standard MGE civ2 map editor from my site. That editor has also been edited to allow the creation of gigamaps.

Use Julius Brenzaida's "no-limits" patch if you want random-generated gigmaps.

 

[Patient English]

Colonies IV will be a giga-scen when it comes out. Something like 300 x 100 squares - and it is definitely playable Cecasander!