scenario/map without settlers

[krolyn]

Hi all,

I've been looking for a scenario/map for C3C where all cities already exist from the beggining. With this, settlers and building new cities would not be allowed. The idea would be to play a game where expansion can only be achieved through war.

I'm just a bit tired of, whenever I start a new game, having to build all my cities all over again from scratch.

thanks,

 

[nick0515]

Well lots of scenarios are set up like this but usually they are very different from the Epic game. Eg MEM II (Medieval Europe Mod) has all cities preplaced in the accompanying scenarios and settlers are disabled. I've never seen an Epik game like this though.

 

[Moosezilla]

I think there is a Rhye's w/cities but there are settlers.

 

[tom2050]

If you mean you want a random map with all cities already pre-placed automatically by Civ 3, that cannot be done since Civ 3 engine doesn't allow it (which is too bad, could be interesting, and would allow for post start-era games with the world developed).

So custom scenarios would have to be created, and many available scenarios are like this, as nick pointed out.

 

[krolyn]

If you mean you want a random map with all cities already pre-placed automatically by Civ 3, that cannot be done since Civ 3 engine doesn't allow it (which is too bad, could be interesting, and would allow for post start-era games with the world developed).

Do you know if Civ5 will support it?? It would definitely be nice....

So custom scenarios would have to be created, and many available scenarios are like this, as nick pointed out.

Yes, I've looked around a bit but all scenarios I found were about a particular era/episode/war/..., spawning a reduced time-frame. I was a looing for an epic game, similar to vanila, with all cities already pre-placed.

 

[nick0515]

Probably your best bet is to make one yourself. Just disable the settlers and place equal amounts of cities for all civs. Shouldn't take too long if the map is not too large. If you wanted a huge map it could take a while though.

Nick

 

[Plotinus]

One issue with this kind of thing is that the AI may raze cities when capturing them, and if new cities can't be founded, this will cause problems.

 

[nick0515]

Could play with the no raze patch.

Cheers

Nick

 

[tom2050]

The one caveat about making your own maps is that there is no surprise, since you know where everything is. Not sure if Civ 5 will do this... it would be nice if they would. Would provide much greater re-playability on top of the already high level of re-playability.

If you make your own, you would have to incorporate a map of your choice into the mod...

 

[timerover51]

I have had a lot of fun with this scenario. All 31 Civilizations, no settlers, small islands, Conquer Away!

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=97717