This is a collection of mapscripts I have made for Civilization IV over the years.
The mainline version of Totestra, my most popular mapscript, is here: https://github.com/samboy/Totestra-mapscript/
TotestraRG32.py is a variant of Totestra (which is, in turn, a variant of Cephalo’s “Perfect World” maps script) using RadioGatun[32] instead of the Mersenne Twister for its random number generator.
More to the point, it’s possible to use this map script to make maps without using Civilization IV; this script now has a standalone mode for making maps on the command line. This is useful for people who want to see Perfect World generated maps without starting Civilization IV, or for people who want to automate making a large number of maps (useful for finding seeds which make for really nice worlds).
To run it stand alone, be sure to be at a command line, have Python2
installed, then type in something like: python TotestraRG32.py 5
This will generate the "T5" random map, which is the same map as the "T5" pull-down seed option. Note that, when run standalone, the map generator will generate a plot map then exit. The map is all of the default options, which can not be changed (in particular, in the stand alone mode, we only generate 144x96 huge medium patience world maps)
A tool for converting the unusual ASCII format generated by TotestraRG32
in to a PNG file is included in the directory plotmap2png/; this tool
requires Python 3 and the pypng library to run. That directory
also shows how to run TotestraRG32 as a standalone map generator in
“batch mode” using standard UNIX tools.
I felt that Legends of Ancient Arabia (LoAA), as well as the other Arabian mods like Rhye's Sword of Islam, really deserve their own map script, so I have hacked PerfectWorld/Totestra to make a suitable random map for Arabian adventures.
This map script makes things a lot, and I mean a lot more dry than stock PerfectWorld ever did; LoAA is about nomads adventuring in the desert and the map script makes sure there's a lot of desert to explore.
Having an entire planet that is a desert seems a bit extreme, so the map script makes a map that is a flat map. It's only supposed to represent a small part of earth.
Being a Tectonic map generator, the forms of land PW makes are very unpredictable. I went to a lot of effort to control this unpredictability in SandBar and force everyone to be on the same land form, while keeping the shape reasonably random. I also tweaked the map to more likely have water near the edge so players are not likely to get annoying starts at the edge of the map--this was the lion's share of the work.
The map forms are almost always a single island with a hopefully fairly interesting shape; its form is somewhat reminiscent of Tropico's random map generator.
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/sandbar-an-interesting-take-on-perfectworld.464127/
Sandypelago is a quick and dirty modification to the Archipelago map script which comes with Civ4. This script, instead of generating a bunch of islands in an ocean, generates a bunch of areas with arable land in a desert.
This is geared towards desert-themed mods (since as Legends of Ancient Arabia), but works with other mods for games where people do not want to build a navy, but want to retain a "needle in a haystack" exploration flavor.
To install, put the script in
To use, keep in mind that lowering the "sea level" increases the size of areas with arable land. I like the map with a low "sea level" and with an "arid" climate.
This script has only been tested in Warlords using the Legends of Ancient Arabia mod. Your mileage may vary.
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/sandypelago.532562/
Playing multiplayer Legends of Ancient Arabia games with my buddy made me realize I really like having a few islands out there, just enough that cruising around with Dhows (Caravels) in the midgame is worthwhile.
That in mind, I have made a new version of the SandBar.py map script that will tend to have more islands off of the mainland to explore, and the mainland will be a little smaller.
In other words, the map will still (usually) have a single big mainland, but now it will usually (but not always) have a few smaller islands to expore with Dhows (Caravels) in the midgame.
One side effect of the changes to pull this off is that it's now more likely a player will start near the edge of the map.
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/sandbar-an-interesting-take-on-perfectworld.464127/
These are forks of Totestra:
- TotestraBigCoast.py: Make the coastal area be larger, so that lanteens (ships without navigation) are more useful.
- TotestraDry.py: Totestra with more desert
- qTotestraHUGE.py: Totestra with maps four times bigger
- TotestraStandAlone.py: Totestra which can be run stand alone w/o Civ4
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/totestra-a-new-perfectworld2-fork.461262/
This is a quick and dirty modification to the Islands map script which comes with Civ4. This script, instead of generating a bunch of islands in an ocean, generates a bunch of areas with arable land in a desert.
The maximum number of players this map script supports is nine.
This is geared towards desert-themed mods (since as Legends of Ancient Arabia), but works with other mods for games where people do not want to build a navy, but want to retain a “needle in a haystack” exploration flavor.
To install, put the script in
This script has only been tested in Warlords using the Legends of Ancient Arabia mod. Your mileage may vary.