Transfering Created maps into standard maps?

[KingRio]

Isn there anyway to make maps such as the earth ones created into maps which can be used to start new games i.e through the play now option?

Thanks for the help

 

[Junuxx]

Yes, there is a way.
You would need to make a map script that creates exactly that map.
That way you could also include options like randomize start locations/bonuses, like you had in Civ 2.

 

[KingRio]

How would go about creating the map script then?

 

[KingRio]

does anyone know?

 

[Angus Khan]

Junuxx, could the beginning of this script read the WBS file into the appropriate data structures, strip the resource info, and re-generate new resource info using the standard routines from the firaxis map scripts?

 

[Junuxx]

@King Rio:

You would have to read in the map from either a wbs file or another kind of storage, and then loop through it and explicitly set every tile to the value in the data. Not that difficult to do, I'm sure many people here could do it. Unfortunately I'm too busy, but I might give it a try next week.

@Angus Khan:
Yep, that wouldn't be a problem. However, you could also consider using the default console command to regenerate resources.

 

[Angus Khan]

However, you could also consider using the default console command to regenerate resources.

Yeah, I've got to check into those console commands...

 

[MiJO]

has anyone come up with anything on this yet? I've been wanting to play on an earth map without playing a scenerio ever since civ4 came out. Has anyone made an earth map that you don't have to play on in a scenerio? All the ones that I have dl'ed are for scenerios and not custom games.

 

[RogerBacon]

@Angus Khan:
Yep, that wouldn't be a problem. However, you could also consider using the default console command to regenerate resources.

Every time I've tried that it locks my computer and I have to reboot. Naturally, I stopped using it because of that. I'm surprised to hear it actually works for some people. I just assumed it was bugged.

Roger Bacon