Tectonics Map: Randomized Actual Map

[Bast]

Has anyone played this map?

It's actually not a bad map. I used to play with Earth maps all the time and now love playing Tectonics maps only and found this option and it's a pretty good map.

What you get is an Earth map but the resources and tiles are never in the same place so it's very replayable. Of course, once you know where you are on Earth, you can figure out the opponents' locations but that goes with an Earth map.

And I love that you have the option to have all start on the Old World or have some civilizations start on the New World.

 

[Gooblah]

Is it an exact copy of Earth or a slightly more accurate version of Terra?

 

[TheMeInTeam]

It's a much more accurate version of terra.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Yes, in fact I'm in the process of hosting a PBEM game using this map.

 

[patkingpin]

NOOB question. Where do I find this map? I have CIV IV Complete

 

[UnterDenLinden]

Make a custom game, it should be near the bottom of the drop down menu of maps I think.

 

[Scoottr]

Wow, 5,000+ posts and never played on a random map....surprising.

You should try Fractal maps. They are random maps but have less plains and hills than Tectonic.

Can't imagine playing a map that was the same each time...would seem pretty easy I think.

There is another one called Perfect World where you can really fine tune the variantions on the map. My fav is Fractal though.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Can't imagine playing a map that was the same each time...would seem pretty easy I think.

That's the thing though. It's not really the same each time. As well as the resources being different each time, the actual layout of the land changes each time. It's more like a random script has had several influencing factors placed in it to make it look similar to Earth. One only has to regenerate the map a few times to see there are similar features each time (e.g. location and existence of Himalayas) but other things change each time (the size of the Australian continent, the placement of rivers, the size of Africa and so on). You kind of get the best of both worlds - a map that will not play the same each game, and a map that is Earth-like enough that you feel like you are really playing out on Earth.

It's a great mapscript. My preference for it only developed very recently.

I also find it really neat that it scales well with mapsize - even the small mapsize is very playable.

 

[Valivator]

Hmm. i'll try that for my next game.