Map generator, vanilla vs. conquest.

[thetrooper]

All civfanatics out there, I am curious. What do you think of the conquest map generator compared to the vanilla version? I have two points so far:

1. Conquest distributes resources in a more fair way. More even distribution
of luxuries, no huge bundles.

2. Conquest is worse considering natural layers of land (e.g. from north to
south: tundra-grassland-plains-jungle-plains-grassland-tundra).

Conquest: I had a city with both tundra and plains within its borders on a huge map! That could not have happened in the vanilla version.

 

[Turner]

The generators are certainly different. Keep in mind that with the new tundra, it's a different computation that the program makes now when generating the maps.

Do I prefer one over the other? Don't really know....I haven't played PTW since before getting C3C, as it went MIA... can't seem to run PTW from C3C, either...

 

[AngryGerbil]

Conquests got it right in the resource department IMO. There seems to be less overall resources in a random map. The chances of any particular civ getting all the strategic resources within it's original borders without having to invade your neighbors is almost 0%, which I think is great.

I also like how the luxuries aren't quite as bundled up. They still are to a certain degree, but instead of all the Spice on the map being within one city radius, it more like 3-4 cities all right next to each other, which isn't exactly perfect, but it's a step in the right direction.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I think the new resource patterns are an improvement.