This is the difference between creating two tightly packed cities in Britain, or four, well-spaced cities with room to sprawl and grow. The south coast of England is only three tiles wide in the built-in map, compared to eight tiles on Greatest Earth Map. A spokesperson for Civ developer Firaxis says the company only offers this one size because it “provides the best experience balancing size and gameplay,” adding that other official maps might be released in the future.įor example, playing in True Start Location mode (TSL), which places a civilization in its geographically and historically correct location, is a problem if you want to play as England or Japan, as those islands are tiny. I find that its standard map is far too small to give a real feeling of history’s wide span. Greatest Earth Map is a highly satisfying alternative to Civilization 6’s built-in Earth map, which is only playable at a much smaller size. Next is to draw territories and that is our new task: territory sets the climate, so we need to find balance beetween gameplay-wise boundaries and climate conditions.ġ) Unpack the ".Geographically and historically correct locations The map is still on work-in-progress stage, but we keep improving it.Īt this point, we’ve completed the topographical relief of land. Next big thing to do is the topographical relief, and we’ve mastered the 16 levels of height, and managed to fit them perfectly into our formulae to accurately reflect the highest peaks and the lowest depths. Gameplay-wise, these vast territories of the poles can be explained by harshness of the terrain. So, our biggest problem was to find balance between land and water. Then we faced our biggest challenge: the closer we were to the poles, the harder it was to scale properly. Thus, we used it to craft the entire landmass referring to Google Maps distance measurement. We have calculated the size of a tile based on the equator’s length, and used it as a baseline measure. Of course, it doesn’t come without a challenge. We wanted to recreate Earth while keeping all the scales.
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