modding terra.py

[69king]

I would like to mod the Terra file so that the civs are randomly distributed rather than all being in the "Old World"

I have located these sections:

def minStartingDistanceModifier():
	return -20

def findStartingPlot(argsList):
	[playerID] = argsList

	def isValid(playerID, x, y):
		map = CyMap()
		pPlot = map.plot(x, y)
		
		if (pPlot.getArea() != map.findBiggestArea(False).getID()):
			return False

		return True
	
	return CvMapGeneratorUtil.findStartingPlot(playerID, isValid)

I believe the findStartingPlot determines the "Old World" Continent so I would remove that entire function. I haven't seen anything similar in any other map.py files anyway.

I'm thinking I could remove the startingDistanceModifier as well or increase it to maybe 40. Does anyone know what that number means in terms of grid spaces?

I would play with 8-10 civs so on the Huge Terra map I could have a fairly large starting distance.

Any ideas, comments?

 

[Jon Shafer]

Looks like this part is what actually determines which landmass the players start on:

if (pPlot.getArea() != map.findBiggestArea(False).getID()):
	return False

If you remove THOSE it should distribute players on both continents.

MinStartingDistance of -20 I'm not sure the exact effects of - I do know it determines how much space is between each player's start. You can try increasing or decreasing the number and seeing how close together or far apart it puts players.