Kemal
30-12-2004, 21:20
Okay, the topic title can be abbreviated to KoD ;), and it does involve SP maps, but that is where the comparison ends, as beforehands I'd like to state this is not meant as any form of competition at all.
Recently, after more than a year of almost solely playing PBEM, I picked up SP games again, in the form of totally random generated epic game maps. Now, usually the rng is not very good at creating maps, a drawback that all that play SP probably suffer from, making maps either quite easy, or totally unplayable.
However, sometimes the rng actually does a good job in presenting surprising and challenging maps, and I thought it might be a nice idea to make the maps for some of my own personal best SP experiences openly available, so others who might want to start a SP game again some day can enjoy them too.
Of course, one could just as easily start a new map from scratch as well, on the other hand, since the map is totally random, playing maps I post here is actually more or less the same thing, and you might just be in for either a good laugh at what Kemal thinks is a decent SP map while it actually stinks, or perhaps face a great SP game experience instead. :)
As said, this is in no way a competition at all, like the real "KoD", just an effort to try and spread some of the imo better computer-generated challenges for others to enjoy.
First two maps in this topic (perhaps I'll add some more later) have been generated using the following input for the rng generator:
Large Map,
Sedentary Barbs,
Deity difficulty,
7 random AI opponents,
*All* other parameters random,
Standard rules, except no culturally linked starting locs. SGLs enabled, 1.22 c3c.
And here is the starting loc of the first map, played with Greece (as said randomly chosen):
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Kemal/20041229141823_start.jpg
11.86*KB
And here is the save:
Download Attachment: icon_paperclip.gif Conquests Autosave 4000 BC.SAV (http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Kemal/game1.SAV)
2077.79*KB
Kemal's rating: Tough (I haven't finished the game yet as we speak, btw).
And the 2nd, played atm by Eldakkar, as Persia:
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Kemal/20041230211253_start2.jpg
11.85*KB
Download Attachment: icon_paperclip.gif Conquests Autosave 4000 BC.SAV (http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Kemal/2004123021159_Conquests_Autosave_4000_BC.SAV)
2079.96*KB
Kemal's rating: Tough
As said, it is not a competition at all, no such things as spoilers etc are required or requested, though it would be very nice to hear whether people played the map as well, to hear what they thought of it, and best of all, how they approached the game. :)
Recently, after more than a year of almost solely playing PBEM, I picked up SP games again, in the form of totally random generated epic game maps. Now, usually the rng is not very good at creating maps, a drawback that all that play SP probably suffer from, making maps either quite easy, or totally unplayable.
However, sometimes the rng actually does a good job in presenting surprising and challenging maps, and I thought it might be a nice idea to make the maps for some of my own personal best SP experiences openly available, so others who might want to start a SP game again some day can enjoy them too.
Of course, one could just as easily start a new map from scratch as well, on the other hand, since the map is totally random, playing maps I post here is actually more or less the same thing, and you might just be in for either a good laugh at what Kemal thinks is a decent SP map while it actually stinks, or perhaps face a great SP game experience instead. :)
As said, this is in no way a competition at all, like the real "KoD", just an effort to try and spread some of the imo better computer-generated challenges for others to enjoy.
First two maps in this topic (perhaps I'll add some more later) have been generated using the following input for the rng generator:
Large Map,
Sedentary Barbs,
Deity difficulty,
7 random AI opponents,
*All* other parameters random,
Standard rules, except no culturally linked starting locs. SGLs enabled, 1.22 c3c.
And here is the starting loc of the first map, played with Greece (as said randomly chosen):
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Kemal/20041229141823_start.jpg
11.86*KB
And here is the save:
Download Attachment: icon_paperclip.gif Conquests Autosave 4000 BC.SAV (http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Kemal/game1.SAV)
2077.79*KB
Kemal's rating: Tough (I haven't finished the game yet as we speak, btw).
And the 2nd, played atm by Eldakkar, as Persia:
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Kemal/20041230211253_start2.jpg
11.85*KB
Download Attachment: icon_paperclip.gif Conquests Autosave 4000 BC.SAV (http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Kemal/2004123021159_Conquests_Autosave_4000_BC.SAV)
2079.96*KB
Kemal's rating: Tough
As said, it is not a competition at all, no such things as spoilers etc are required or requested, though it would be very nice to hear whether people played the map as well, to hear what they thought of it, and best of all, how they approached the game. :)