request for MAP testing

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by PvK:
Is it possible to adjust your map generator to specify that all of the edge provinces should be water types?

Another idea might be to have the edges give way to barren/mountainous/impassible terrain.

Good ideas but the generator doesnt support it as far as I know. Im doing another Category now which uses a program to randomize all the settings on each map and save the settings it uses. That might show some interesting things the generator can do. They are playable but if anyone wants to use one as a starting point for some manual touchup that would be better.

Leif runs something pretty random then prettys it with GIMP. http://home.Online.no/~rmoldskr/Domi...nion_maps.html
He gets a varied number of maps each day since some of the randoms wont work with each other and bomb that map.

Targa runs a batch of blanks (just land and water) and I might do somthing like that.
http://www.dom2minions.com/~targa/blanks/

[Gandalf Parker]

OK this mornings automated run worked fine. There are batches of 30 each for tiny, small, medium, large, huge, and epic sized maps. Random Maps
http://www.dom2minions.com/~dominion...andomMaps.html

They are all playable and Im actually quite pleased with this mornings results. I see many different playing styles well represented. Ocean down the side, ocean splitting the map in two, multiple oceans creating multiple areas, tight starting position at bottom or bottom left, tight starting position at top or top-right of map (easier to program around).

I will be working on other variations of maps but at least now everyone has plenty of maps of whatever size they prefer playing. And lots of starting maps for anyone who might want to try editing one.

[ April 18, 2004, 13:37: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]