Fantasy Realm NOTE: This map type is not shipping with the initial release of Civ4. It will be available later. Fantastical Map: World Wrap at all map seams (top edge wraps to bottom, left edge to right) Land-Heavy Map: 52 plots wide, 32 plots tall, at "Standard" map size Sea Level: "Sea Level" setting will slightly increase or decrease the lake sizes Oddball Climate: Hot and cold terrain types mix all over the place, defying common sense RESOURCE APPEARANCE - Choose where and how bonus resources will appear. Logical - Places resources in the normal way (Bananas in the jungle, etc). Irrational - DEFAULT - Places resources anywhere except where they normally appear. Crazy - Eliminates eight resources, chosen randomly, and causes four resources to appear in crazy amounts all over the entire map.

Great Plains Regional Map: No world wrap Cramped Map: 44 plots wide, 32 plots tall, at "Standard" map size Natural Climate: Simulates the real-world climate of the depicted region (more or less).

Highlands Regional Map: No world wrap Large Land-Heavy Map: 64 plots wide, 40 plots tall, at "Standard" map size Regional Climate: Ranging from Snowy to Tropical. Can be north or south of equator! MOUNTAIN PATTERN - Choose how the mountains will be distributed across the map Random - Randomly picks one of the options. Scattered - Mountains will be spread widely, sprinkled all over the place. Ridgelines - DEFAULT - Mountains will tend to run in small lines or narrow groups. Clustered - Mountains will tend to cluster more, leaving wider valleys. MOUNTAIN DENSITY - Choose how many peaks and hills will appear. Random - Randomly picks one of the options. Dense Peaks - More mountains than normal (tons and tons of them!) Normal Peaks - DEFAULT Thin Peaks - Fewer peaks (and hills) than normal. WATER SETTING - Choose the size and amount of bodies of water. Random - Randomly picks one of the options. Small Lakes - DEFAULT - Only 5% of the terrain will be water, all tiny lakes. Large Lakes - 10% of the map will be water, mostly lakes. Seas - 15% of the map will be water, mostly salt-water seas.

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