On this map script, they are an option, and can vary from 1 in 10 tiles having a random pre-placed improvement, to 1 per 20, per 30, per 40 tiles, or none at all. The majority of games that have been played on RB have not used pre-placed improvements, either by the map maker, or scripts that generate them, or have been chosen to not have them. This game has them simply to add variety to the game, as everyone player in this game has played a vast number of games and IMO wants a new experience, which this setting provides.
There are about 1 per every ten tiles. It's at torusland map script setting. Edit: Uh, not only ninja'd by Krill, but he answers the question better.
Merovech's Mapmaking Guidelines:
0. Player Requests: The player's requests take precedence, even if they contradict the following guidelines.
1. Balance: The map must be balanced, both in regards to land quality and availability and in regards to special civilization features. A map may be wonderfully unique and surprising, but, if it is unbalanced, the game will suffer and the player's enjoyment will not be as high as it could be.
2. Identity and Enjoyment: The map should be interesting to play at all levels, from city placement and management to the border-created interactions between civilizations, and should include varied terrain. Flavor should enhance the inherent pleasure resulting from the underlying tile arrangements. The map should not be exceedingly lush, but it is better to err on the lush side than on the poor side when placing terrain.
3. Feel (Avoiding Gimmicks): The map should not be overwhelmed or dominated by the mapmaker's flavor. Embellishment of the map through the use of special improvements, barbarian units, and abnormal terrain can enhance the identity and enjoyment of the map, but should take a backseat to the more normal aspects of the map. The game should usually not revolve around the flavor, but merely be accented by it.
4. Realism: Where possible, the terrain of the map should be realistic. Jungles on desert tiles, or even next to desert tiles, should therefore have a very specific reason for existing. Rivers should run downhill or across level ground into bodies of water. Irrigated terrain should have a higher grassland to plains ratio than dry terrain. Mountain chains should cast rain shadows. Islands, mountains, and peninsulas should follow logical plate tectonics.
(August 30th, 2013, 19:16)Krill Wrote: So, I think I'm actually going to go with a Dignitas city theme in this game. So I'm going to rename the city "Got the Reset".
