Shorelines...

[obsolete]

Three different types of shorelines, and to be honest I hardly see anyone talking about them, which leads me to think either almost no one knows the difference, or that it really makes no difference.

I always leave things on Normal, but I'm curious what others have to say... benefits, disadvantages, etc.

 

[cripp7]

Three different types of shorelines, and to be honest I hardly see anyone talking about them, which leads me to think either almost no one knows the difference, or that it really makes no difference.

I always leave things on Normal, but I'm curious what others have to say... benefits, disadvantages, etc.

Playing never really noticed or paid attention to it, although I've always selected 'pressed'

 

[dirtyparrot]

Can anyone explain what the different options mean?

 

[Gooblah]

ummm...IIRC:

Pressed is a 'compact' shoreline - no random peninsulas or inlets, just one straight shoreline (not literally straight, but you get the idea). Normal has both straight shores and peninsulas and inlets, and I would assume the third (whose name I cannot remember) is the opposite of Pressed.

 

[Groogaroo]

A Natural Shoreline will create irregular continents and tiny islands in certain regions

A Pressed Shoreline will create more compact continents and likely also a few tiny islands in

A Solid Shoreline will create very compact continents without islands, save rarely one or two larger ones.

Taken from the complete guide to map creation.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=246788

 

[Silu]

I've used natural in order to get more possible chokepoints and more interesting terrain in general. Never actually knew the specifics of what they do either, was just guessing.

 

[0range]

Never knew what these meant...

 

[naterator]

I also like natural. more likely to have tiny peninsulas for production in coastal cities, just nicer all around in my book. I use planet generator from BUG now and it's even more unpredictable than natural.