World map?

[KonstantinDK]

Yesterday I played on world map in multiplayer. 6 ppl.
But I don't see it in options to create game with World map. How s that possible?

 

[DeathBringer360]

Multiplayer has different maps than the standerd single player mode has. For example, World map and islands.

 

[KonstantinDK]

Yes, the problem is when I create a game, I don't see World/Earth option.

 

[DRJ]

I'd like to push this tread, cause same thing happened to me: I played Earth map by chance no idea how to reproduce it. It seems there is a earth map, thats hidden in multiplayer and sometimes gets "generated" by chance. Anyone knows anything about this secret "feature"?

 

[MasterMishi]

If i host a continents map in mp tiny or small size it makes 50% spawn as earth map.

It is possible to save the turn 0 and load it from autosaves, then cancel load in the setup screen and host new game, the set up will be the earth map retained but it shows up as archipelago in the map type. You can keep the turn 0 save until it gets overwritten with other games in my experience.

Had many good games on the earth map, the resources are very sparse always even if i set otherwise, this makes for a harder challenge for happiness and growth.

I started in north east china/ russian border and had only 1 wheat tile in view, no other resources. Also the good city sites are limited. Some say the map is imbalanced and that is true to an extent, but it is immersive.

 

[Raethwyn]

Try this:

Search in your My Documents forlder for the My Games/Sid Meier's Civilization 5 folder. Inside that folder there should be a file named config. Open that file in any text editor (notepad works fine) and scroll to the bottom. Look for this line:

; Map Script file name
Map = Assets/Maps/Continents.lua

Change it to look like this:

; Map Script file name
Map = Assets/Maps/Earth.lua

Then, save and close config

Host a MP game in future era and start it to see if the map took (making it private and starting without other players should work). It shouldn't matter which map you choose as that line should force an Earth map. You may have to change that file line back to get maps other than Earth though. I hope that helps.

 

[DRJ]

Hey, thx for the idea but didn't work for me.
I think it's something with how you set up the continents. The "generated" earth map has maybe certain earth-like parameters like "5 billion years, hot, arid, high sea lvl", etc. which, if rightfully chosen produce the earth map "by chance" - can't explain it otherwise. Does anyone know somebody i could ask about solving these questions?

 

[MasterMishi]

i set conts default settings and it generated earth 2 times in a row. I reloaded the turn 0 autosave in mp and it even said earth on the map type, but this bugged when people joined i couldnt ready up. So i made conts after reboot and it generated earth.
Oddly my laptop genertes earth almost 100% but my desktop is almost 0% earth generation. I cant explain. Just keep making conts mp games until you generate it and then keep the save.

 

[DRJ]

Hey Master Mishi could you send me that save maybe? I really would like to try it... thx for your post!