Is there a map FAQ anywhere? With the new patch, they've added new map types, such as Fantasy_Realm, but I have no idea what that is, or what to expect. There are plenty more that I've never played, too, because I don't know if they are better for single or multiplayer.
Map FAQ?
- Thread starter Reignking
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I don't know if there's a FAQ anywhere, but I'll tell you what I know:
The old Continents has been renamed Fractal.
The Fantasy Realm map wraps both vertically and horizontally (no poles), and seems to have a totally random distribution of terrain types, bonuses, and resources. So for example you can find wheat on a grassland under a jungle (almost impossible to notice without using CTRL+R) and food plains on ice tiles which are the same as a desert food plain except it takes a little longer to build improvements on them. Rice on plains/hills looks really goofy. An oasis on a plain gives +4 food, +1 hammer, +2 gold. In my last game my capital started right next to stone on a food plain (+3 food, +1 gold, and +3 hammers with quarry, just like a rivered plains/cow) so I researched masonry as my first tech, went worker-first, and got a really fast Stonehedge and Pyramids. Oh, one bad thing... never seen any horses in a Fantasy Realm map. I don't know if this was random or always happens.
The old Continents has been renamed Fractal.
The Fantasy Realm map wraps both vertically and horizontally (no poles), and seems to have a totally random distribution of terrain types, bonuses, and resources. So for example you can find wheat on a grassland under a jungle (almost impossible to notice without using CTRL+R) and food plains on ice tiles which are the same as a desert food plain except it takes a little longer to build improvements on them. Rice on plains/hills looks really goofy. An oasis on a plain gives +4 food, +1 hammer, +2 gold. In my last game my capital started right next to stone on a food plain (+3 food, +1 gold, and +3 hammers with quarry, just like a rivered plains/cow) so I researched masonry as my first tech, went worker-first, and got a really fast Stonehedge and Pyramids. Oh, one bad thing... never seen any horses in a Fantasy Realm map. I don't know if this was random or always happens.
Zhahz
PC Gamer
http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/map_scripts_guide.php
Might be slightly out of date but it does include info on map types that weren't available until the 1.61 patch (fantasy realm, for ex).
Might be slightly out of date but it does include info on map types that weren't available until the 1.61 patch (fantasy realm, for ex).
mrwhite89
Bad Lieutenant
Gherald said:
So what exactly is a fractal/old continents map?
DrewBledsoe
Veteran QB
Just experimented with fantasy type map, and apart from it looking silly, I like the idea of stuff like wheat in hills, and marble in flood plains..very much like the ancient earth scenario...anyone know of a mod that allows this possibility (but changes nothing else)?
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