Snofru's Space Maps
- Thread starter Snofru1
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I mean they had variable amount of gold from discovering national wonders on game start.
Civs aren't random - they are set in stone.
If you want to have selectable civs in random places, then you should use something like this for each player depending on how many civs you want to have.
If you want to have selectable civs in random places, then you should use something like this for each player depending on how many civs you want to have.
Code:
BeginPlayer
Team=0
LeaderType=NONE
CivType=NONE
Color=NONE
ArtStyle=NONE
Handicap=HANDICAP_NOBLE
RandomStartLocation=true
EndPlayer
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No idea, @Thunderbrd may know.
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
I do not know the answer to this though I would suspect it doesn't DIRECTLY. There may be indirect reasons though.
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
I hope so because I'd much prefer that - or a chosen nation at game setup.
This does seem to work (starting location coming from the random earth map but with selectable civs):
Do you think this makes sense?
Code:
BeginPlayer
Team=0
LeaderType=NONE
CivType=NONE
Color=NONE
ArtStyle=NONE
Handicap=HANDICAP_NOBLE
PlayableCiv=1
MinorNationStatus=0
StartingGold=0
StartingX=68, StartingY=46
RandomStartLocation=false
EndPlayerDo you think this makes sense?
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
Good rule of thumb with any kind of modding - if it works, you got it! I don't know much about map and scenario setups so maybe Rax could comment more.
OK, I will wait for some more input on this from @raxo2222 or @KaTiON_PT and if it works and if there is no more superfluous code I will include this in all the maps tomorrow.
Yep, this works as it should.
I tested the last setup more and found out that it is still not 100% where I want to be.
With the standard map the 8 players (numbered 0 to 7) start as they should: On their assigned starting points, the player can choose his own civ and the ones for his opponents.
But then you can add more AI civs in the custom scenario interface and these starting points are random and can be anywhere on the space map (I have seen them on "earth2" of the Duel space map).
Is there a chance to limit the number of civs (e.g. to 8 in this example) but still have them freely selectable?
The code for civs 7 and 8 currently are as following:
The former code that had fixed civilizations meaning you can´t them choose at all but also the number of civs is fixed is this:
With the standard map the 8 players (numbered 0 to 7) start as they should: On their assigned starting points, the player can choose his own civ and the ones for his opponents.
But then you can add more AI civs in the custom scenario interface and these starting points are random and can be anywhere on the space map (I have seen them on "earth2" of the Duel space map).
Is there a chance to limit the number of civs (e.g. to 8 in this example) but still have them freely selectable?
The code for civs 7 and 8 currently are as following:
Code:
BeginPlayer
Team=7
LeaderType=NONE
CivType=NONE
Color=NONE
ArtStyle=NONE
Handicap=HANDICAP_NOBLE
PlayableCiv=1
MinorNationStatus=0
StartingGold=0
StartingX=118, StartingY=45
RandomStartLocation=false
EndPlayer
BeginPlayer
Team=8
LeaderType=NONE
CivType=NONE
EndPlayerThe former code that had fixed civilizations meaning you can´t them choose at all but also the number of civs is fixed is this:
Code:
BeginPlayer
Team=7
LeaderType=LEADER_KAMEHAMEHA
LeaderName=TXT_KEY_LEADER_KAMEHAMEHA
CivDesc=TXT_KEY_CIV_POLYNESIA_DESC
CivShortDesc=TXT_KEY_CIV_POLYNESIA_SHORT_DESC
CivAdjective=TXT_KEY_CIV_POLYNESIA_ADJECTIVE
FlagDecal=Modules/Custom_Civilizations/Polynesia/FlagDECAL_Polynesia.dds
WhiteFlag=0
CivType=CIVILIZATION_POLYNESIA
Color=PLAYERCOLOR_POLYNESIA
ArtStyle=ARTSTYLE_SOUTH_EAST_ASIA
PlayableCiv=1
MinorNationStatus=0
StartingGold=0
StartingX=118, StartingY=45
RandomStartLocation=false
EndPlayer
BeginPlayer
Team=8
LeaderType=NONE
CivType=NONE
EndPlayerNo idea how to do so.
I guess @Thunderbrd needs to adjust code, so both spawning barbarians and starting civ coords would ALWAYS look for tiles belonging to Earth map category.
Or at least fix it so hills, peaks and fresh water sources doesn't break it if such code already exists.
I guess @Thunderbrd needs to adjust code, so both spawning barbarians and starting civ coords would ALWAYS look for tiles belonging to Earth map category.
Or at least fix it so hills, peaks and fresh water sources doesn't break it if such code already exists.
I have put new versions of my (so far) 3 space maps into the 1st posting. You can now choose your civ as well as the AI civs. You can also reduce the number of civs but you should never increase it to more than the recommended number. Aditional civs will land somewhere in space or will be killed immediately.
I have put a warning into the 1st post and also in the description of each map. While this is not perfect I think the option to choose your civ outweighs the negatives.
I still would be highly interested if someone has an idea how to limit the number of civs but still have them freely selectable.
PS: Strangely the scenario settings for the Duel map recommend only 2 civs in total. You can safely use 3 instead, I have tested this (never use 4 though!).
I have put a warning into the 1st post and also in the description of each map. While this is not perfect I think the option to choose your civ outweighs the negatives.
I still would be highly interested if someone has an idea how to limit the number of civs but still have them freely selectable.
PS: Strangely the scenario settings for the Duel map recommend only 2 civs in total. You can safely use 3 instead, I have tested this (never use 4 though!).
Thunderbrd
C2C War Dog
Sorry guys but you can't look to me for help with this sort of thing for a long time. I've got a lot on the plate and I've never interacted with anything to do with initial spawning code. I've seen it in map scripts but that's exactly what this is not so I'm really lost as to where to even look.
