A medium Great Plains map is 44 tiles wide by 32 tiles tall. Each of the sections have the following approximate dimension (*'ed values are exact):
Rockies:
9 tiles wide by 24* tiles tall in the NW.
SW Desert:
9 tiles wide by 8* tiles tall in the SW.
Eastern Grasslands:
15 tiles wide along the eastern half of the map
Plains:
20 tiles wide in the center of the map
Texas:
A subsection of the Plains, 16 tiles wide by 11* tiles tall
in the S directly adjacent to the SW Desert
Louisiana Wetlands:
A subsection of the Grasslands 15 tiles wide by 14* tiles
tall in the SE
Gulf:
A subsection of Louisiana and the Plains, 22* tiles wide
at the bottom by 8* tiles tall
Ozarks:
A randomly placed region 8* tiles wide by 6* tiles tall
placed anywhere 16-39 tiles to the east from the edge
and 11 to 27 tiles north from the bottom
The tarrain makeup of each region is as follows:
Rockies:
44%Hills, 26%Mtns, 30%Flat | 50%Desert, 30%Plains,
20%Grass | 55%Forest, 0%Jungle
SW Desert:
30%H, 10%M, 60%F | 70%D, 30%P, 0%G | 8%F, 0%J
Eastern Grasslands:
20%H, 0%M, 60%F | 2%D, 23%P, 75%G | 45%F, 0%J
Plains:
8%H, 0%M, 92%F | 8%D, 75%P, 17%G | 8%F, 0%J
Texas:
8%H, 0%M, 92%F | 28%D, 61%P, 11%G | 8%F, 0%J
Louisiana Wetlands:
Same as Grasslands but with 40% Jungle (forest may
"override" some of the jungle)
Gulf:
All water
Ozarks:
70%H, 0%M, 30%F | Fertility and Forest cover
determined based upon parent region
Now the resources with their average abundance (1 rare - 5 common):
Rockies:
Aluminum 3, Fur 4, Gold 3, Silver 4, Sheep 3, Deer 3,
Uranium 3, Horse 4, Dye 1
SW Desert:
Incense 1, Silver 4, Corn 2
Eastern Grasslands:
Corn 2, Fur 4, Deer 3, Pig 2, Marble 1, Sugar 1, Spices 2,
Horse 4 | Only in the northern 40% - Wheat 4, Wine 2
Plains:
Horse 4, Gems 1, Spices 2, Cow 5 | In the northern 40%
- Wheat 4, Wine 2
Texas:
Same as the Plains except - Oil 2 and Cow down to 3
Louisiana Wetlands:
Same as the Grasslands except it will never be in the
upper 40%
Gulf:
Clams 2, Fish 2
Ozarks:
Same as the parent region, wherever it gets placed
Additionally the following resources can be found anywhere:
Iron 4, Copper 3, Coal 3, Stone 2, Oil 4
Now some random quirks:
- The map script refers to cow as buffalo, apparently that's what they're supposed to be here.
- The buffalo are distributed similarly to how trees are, just with a lower probablity (5%).
- Corn can appear on desert tiles in the SW desert, but can't be seen (still can be farmed).
- The Rockies are full of Forested Desert (with snow covered trees!).
- Dyes can only appear on forested desert hills in the rockies.
- The Jungle in Louisiana is being distributed based upon the wrong fractal pattern and, as such, may vary considerably in abundance from game to game.
- The regions are all slightly different sizes when deciding on Elevation, Fertility, Forest covering, and resources. For instance, Rocky Mountains can extend at most 14 tiles into the east, whereas the Rocky Forests will never extend more than 8.
- Longitudinal regional boundaries are allowed to vary (except when placing forests and resources) whereas latitudinal are not.
- Apparently, at some point, Soren told the map script writers that they weren't allowed to place resources on an oasis.
- Other than the regional associations, there's no built in system to "clump" luxury resources like usual.
Ofcourse I meant comparing settling on the hill to settling 1 NW.
