Pangaea Global Map: World Wrap left to right Small Oceanic Map: 64 plots wide, 40 plots tall, at "Standard" map size. We got rid of some of the "useless" extra ocean for this map type. 1v1 Coastal Start: If there are only two civs in the game, both will start on the coast. Team Coastal Start: If playing a team game (at least two players per team, on average) all players belonging to all the teams will start along the coast. "Free For All" Start: In all other cases, civs may start anywhere, including deep inland! "True" Pangaea: In Civ3, Pangaea maps often ended up producing more than one major land mass. Halting this issue was one of my personal pet projects, to produce a reliable pangaea that would always deliver the real deal: one land! It may be possible for a very rare failure, but in hundreds of test games the closest it came to failure was two large areas connected by a choke point that was only one plot wide. Close call! But still a pangaea! "Natural" terrain I also made a point of allowing for more varied terrain, including some small islands off the coast every now and then. SHORELINE - This setting chooses the level of "natural" terrain effects. Random - DEFAULT - 40% chance of "Natural", 30% "Pressed", 30% "Solid". Natural - Creates a solid core, then adds four to seven "subcontinental" regions which can vary in shape and size, or even be a small island chain. These often reach out in to the sea, forming snaky peninsulas or occupying a "corner" of the main continent with a fat, unpredictable protrusion. Pressed - Creates a solid core, then adds two to four "larger" subcontinents. This setting also shifts more to the north or south, at random. Solid - Nothing but the solid core, larger and with smoother shorelines.

Ring Regional Map: No world wrap Large Land-Heavy Map: 64 plots wide, 40 plots tall, at "Standard" map size Polar Climate: Icy at the map's center, warmer in the surrounding regions. Balanced Landmasses: Each player gets their own subcontinent, roughly equal in quality. Ring: Landbridges connect each player area to adjacent regions. AREAS PER PLAYER - Choose whether there will be "extra", uninhabited buffer zones. 1 Per Player - DEFAULT - One subcontinent per player, regions may be close together! 2 (10 Players Max) - Adds extra uninhabited regions, but this can only be done for up to ten civs. If more than ten civs are included, then you get 1 per player. LAND SHAPE - Choose the roughness of the shoreline for player areas. Random - DEFAULT - Randomly picks one of the options. Natural - Player areas will have spidery peninsulas, maybe small islands too. Pressed - Player areas will have some variance, maybe a peninsula or two. Solid - Player areas will have smooth shorelines and be more densely packed. NEUTRAL TERRITORY - Choose the roughness of the shoreline for neutral/uninhabited areas. Random - DEFAULT - Randomly picks one of the options. Varied - Differs from one neutral zone to another, within the same game! Pressed - Neutral areas will have some variance, maybe a peninsula or two. Natural - Neutral areas will have spidery peninsulas, maybe small islands too. Islands - Neutral areas will contain numerous small and tiny islands. ISTHMUS WIDTH - Choose the width of the "ring" that connects all regions. Random - Randomly picks one of the options. 1 Plot Wide - Ring will be one plot wide. (Can build cities here to act as canals.) 2 Plots Wide - DEFAULT - Ring will be two plots wide. Canals are almost never possible. 3 Plots Wide - Ring will be three plots wide. Forget the canals!

Team Battleground Regional Map: No world wrap Ultra-Small Map: This map is our smallest map script, meant to give MP players an arena in which to play "deathmatch" style, for ladder play or team play! Varied Dimensions: Top vs Bottom and Four Corners settings are square maps. Left vs Right is normal/rectangular. All settings are ultra tiny and cramped! Square Maps: TvB and 4C are square: both are 32 x 32 plots at "Standard" map size Rectangular Maps: LvR is rectangular, being 40 plots wide and 24 plots tall at "Standard" Friendly Climate: To reduce dud zones, dud maps and dead regions, the polar areas have been shrunken, and the amount of desert was significantly reduced. TEAM PLACEMENT - Each of the three "Team Placements" offers a different strategic bent. Top vs Bottom - DEFAULT - All-land map akin to a "Lakes" map, with a desert at center. Left vs Right - The two halves are split by an ocean! Sometimes you can cross early. Four Corners - Each "quadrant" is guarded by water, except at the very center, where there is a single X-shaped land bridge connecting all sectors. TEAM SETTING - When playing a team game, choose where teammates will start. Start Together - DEFAULT - For two teams, if playing TvB or LvR, teammates will start in the same half. For 4C, each team gets assigned a "Quadrant" at random. You never know where the enemy may start! For three teams, each team gets a "quarter" of the map and starts there. One quarter of the map will be left empty! For four teams, each team gets a quarter of the map. For five or more teams, starts will be scattered, teammates grouped. Start Separated - For two teams, TvB or LvR, every other teammate will be put on the opposite half! For 4C, each teammate will be put in a different quad! For three or four teams, each teammate is put in a different quad. For five or more teams, starts will be scattered randomly. Start Anywhere - For all team counts, starts are scattered and anybody can be anywhere!

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