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Empire earth AoC "world map"
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:40 pm
by majskolv
Hello! i just thought about something. Think if there existed a Empire earth World map. That looks like the real earth, it would be awesome. i noticed that when i installed the lobby and the patches there where some new maps. and i thought that someone could make a "earth map".
I acctuly tried to create "the earth" but i just suck at making maps, and i dont really know how to do it to a multy player map.
Do you think someone could create a "earth" map? and post it here and we all can download it and play with our friends
?
And screw "space" around the earth and dont make it round, make it rectangular.
Thank you guys for this awesome website!
Re: Empire earth AoC "world map"
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:44 pm
by Omega
You can't make a map like that unless it is a scenario, and not a regular random map game. The reason for this is that the random maps are well, random, and so there's no way to ensure you'll get anything that looks as specific as a world map. Even getting something as "specific" as Vicious Isthmi map, where you've got narrow paths and water surrounding them, is extremely difficult. Making sure you get what you're looking for on a consistent basis is even harder, sicne you can end up being able to generate something like what you're looking for 5% of the time... and the other 95% of the time the map is totally unplayable because it's all ocean or something...
Long story short... A world map is too specific to be a random map.
Re: Empire earth AoC "world map"
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:29 pm
by majskolv
Omega wrote:You can't make a map like that unless it is a scenario, and not a regular random map game. The reason for this is that the random maps are well, random, and so there's no way to ensure you'll get anything that looks as specific as a world map. Even getting something as "specific" as Vicious Isthmi map, where you've got narrow paths and water surrounding them, is extremely difficult. Making sure you get what you're looking for on a consistent basis is even harder, sicne you can end up being able to generate something like what you're looking for 5% of the time... and the other 95% of the time the map is totally unplayable because it's all ocean or something...
Long story short... A world map is too specific to be a random map.
http://www.techimo.com/forum/general-ga ... s-lan.html
"Well, after a while now I have figured out the way to use my own maps for multiplayer in "Empire Earth" I figured that I would post a little about how it is done incase anyone else ever wanted to know how it is done.
To use your own maps for mulitiplayer, you must create a game with the amount of players you want, and then save it. You then go into your "Empire Earth" folder, and take the saved game file and place it in the "Scenario" file, also change the file extension to ".SCN" Instead of ".EES" This way it lets you edit your saved game in the scenario editor. When you are finished editing/making your map, reverse the process, putting the file back in its place with the correct file extension, and you can now load your map from the "saved games" choice in mulitiplayer. "
Re: Empire earth AoC "world map"
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:51 pm
by Omega
Omega wrote:You can't make a map like that unless it is a scenario, and not a regular random map game. The reason for this is that the random maps are well, random, and so there's no way to ensure you'll get anything that looks as specific as a world map. Even getting something as "specific" as Vicious Isthmi map, where you've got narrow paths and water surrounding them, is extremely difficult. Making sure you get what you're looking for on a consistent basis is even harder, sicne you can end up being able to generate something like what you're looking for 5% of the time... and the other 95% of the time the map is totally unplayable because it's all ocean or something...
Long story short... A world map is too specific to be a random map.
Re: Empire earth AoC "world map"
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:45 pm
by P-51
I think he understands that lawl.
Re: Empire earth AoC "world map"
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:17 am
by lightnessking.
majskolv wrote:Omega wrote:You can't make a map like that unless it is a scenario, and not a regular random map game. The reason for this is that the random maps are well, random, and so there's no way to ensure you'll get anything that looks as specific as a world map. Even getting something as "specific" as Vicious Isthmi map, where you've got narrow paths and water surrounding them, is extremely difficult. Making sure you get what you're looking for on a consistent basis is even harder, sicne you can end up being able to generate something like what you're looking for 5% of the time... and the other 95% of the time the map is totally unplayable because it's all ocean or something...
Long story short... A world map is too specific to be a random map.
http://www.techimo.com/forum/general-ga ... s-lan.html
"Well, after a while now I have figured out the way to use my own maps for multiplayer in "Empire Earth" I figured that I would post a little about how it is done incase anyone else ever wanted to know how it is done.
To use your own maps for mulitiplayer, you must create a game with the amount of players you want, and then save it. You then go into your "Empire Earth" folder, and take the saved game file and place it in the "Scenario" file, also change the file extension to ".SCN" Instead of ".EES" This way it lets you edit your saved game in the scenario editor. When you are finished editing/making your map, reverse the process, putting the file back in its place with the correct file extension, and you can now load your map from the "saved games" choice in mulitiplayer. "
^ is generally known...
In addition: To play a created map in multiplayer you
MUST use a template.
viewtopic.php?f=94&t=2313 look at that.