Setting valid start provinces...

[Ballbarian]

I have been working on a small 2-4 player map. I did not want to limit players to a specific nation, and did not want to set specific start provinces for specific nations. Thought that I would be slick and set all but 4 provinces to #nostart with the idea that the starting provinces could easily be changed by the user later by simply commenting out the nostart's to enable a province, or uncommenting others to disable them.

When creating a game, get the "Can't find valid starting province" error. I assume that it is trying to place specific nations on specific terrain types??? For example, Ermor on wasteland, or Ctis in the swamp?

Any confirmation and/or solutions would be much appreciated.

[Ballbarian]

Ugh, answered my own question. Started with the following:
#nostart 1
-- #nostart 2
#nostart 3
#nostart 4

That won't work, but the following method will:
#nostart 1
-- nostart 2
#nostart 3
#nostart 4

So as not to waste a perfectly good thread, here's a small preview of the map that I am working on. Have been working on a hex map editor for dominions2 and made this as a small test map:

[Endoperez]

Nice to see that you got that to work. Also nice to see the proof of a working tool that allows even art-challenged people to create maps!

[Nerfix]

What's the program you used?

[Endoperez]

He has been working on a hex editor. I understood that as him programming a new hex editor that can be used to make Dominions maps, instead of just working with an existing hex editor.

Isn't English fun for non-native speakers?

[Nerfix]

Jyah.

[Daynarr]

Endoperez said:
Isn't English fun for non-native speakers?

Abso-freaking-lutely.