Map: A little artisanal map... with 1225 provinces

[Twan]

I've played 70 turns without big problem testing this map with 21 nations, the only I had was a crash to desktop or two when using one of the "gateways of the ancient" (it seems it's a problem when the program draw a very big movement arrow, once the game is reloaded the arrow is here and the movement work).

It's probably a memory or processor issue as the map is very big.

[MythicalMino]

I cannot even get it to start up, though....When setting up your game, right after you choose your map, it should load up a picture of the map. Right before that pic loads up, it locks up.

[Agrajag]

It most probably is a memory or processor issue like Twan said.
There's quite a long wait for the map after you click the name when creating a new game.

If it takes so long to load that you think the game froze, I think you should just give up , you could probably get it to load if you wait long enough, but hosting times will kill you eventually.


Thus spoke a man with 1.5 Gygabytes of DDRAM. (Only a meagre AMD Athlon 64bit 3000+ processor though )

[B0rsuk]

I sign up as Mictlan !

[PvK]

Ah, I missed the message that there was a playable version of this - I thought it was going to be months still.

So I gave it a try, and well, am still playing... got hooked again.

This is a wonderful map for those of us who can get hooked by a huge world. I know you mean to do a lot more work but the version as of now (part way through the thread) is very nice, with a good amount of custom stuff on it already (I like the Tundra terrain sites where appropriate, for instance). I think it's a good idea to play it with the random sites turned down a few notches (or even to 0% base chance) since there are hand-placed sites and the map is so enormous. The teleporters and underground areas make it more than just a huge map. I like the "this was an old huge RPG campaign" flavor too, even though I'm not a D&D fan (TFT & GURPS, yes...). Anyway, I'm having a great time with it, and will let you know if I have any specific feedback.

On the issue of the lag with the map, I have some but not too much. I am sure it is because the map image is so large, and with all the detail, I wouldn't want it smaller. The issue will I think tend to be not so much the system RAM, but the amount of video VRAM on the video card.

[Gandalf Parker]

My really large maps with specials tends to get complaints about lockups, but its really just that the game takes a LONG time to create the first turn. Especially if the map uses lots of randoms.

I find that assigning set items (instead of #randomequip), assigning province names, naming assigned commanders, etc will help with that lag.

[PvK]

BTW Gandalf, if you haven't tried playing on this map, I would recommend it. It reminds me of playing in some GM's giant RPG world. The different locations feel like they could have some background to them.

[HoneyBadger]

This looks really neat,
I'm holding out for the roomier 1500 province map though

[PvK]

Southern Hraak Forest (1186) looks like it should have Forest terrain.

[HoneyBadger]

Don't you know the legend?

The Elders speak of the time when the hemp plants in Southern Hraak grew as tall as trees and glittered with THC crystals as heavy as a thick snowfall.

Then one day the hoburgs moved in...

.................................................. .........

...but the Elders preserve the memory of that golden age.