maximum map size for Mother of all Battles?

w0qj · Post by **w0qj** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:08 am

1. What is the maximum map size for Mother of all Battles?

I want it to be as big as possible, say 1000x1000.

2. BTW, anyone know what were the max map size for EMPIRE?

Post by **Sean OConnor** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:37 am

It's 80 x 80

There's no reason why I couldn't make the maps go bigger but I thought it would make the game unmanageable

rich12545 · Post by **rich12545** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:56 am

Greetings. With the new Empire Deluxe you can have huge maps. But if you play against the computer ai, getting my SoloMod is a must if you want a decent game. Personally I like smaller maps or you're spending weeks just exploring and expanding.

stedlar · Post by **stedlar** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:54 am

I would very much like bigger maps. The 80 x 80 plays out to quick. 1000 x 1000 would take forever just to explore, little lone conquer. And if you could make it with not much land, then you would have to build very large invasion fleets that have to travel a long way to actually engage the enemy.

Imagine finding a color that you had not engaged in battle because it was remote and it had spent a few hundred days just building it forces.

This would all be very neat.

Post by **Sean OConnor** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:57 am

OK, I'll do bigger maps in the next version.

sid6.7 · Post by **sid6.7** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:41 pm

cool....

sean....250 x 250 is pertty big if your map wraps i found with ED
that unless your crazy(like me) 400 x 400 is unplayable for what
most people want..it just takes too long and AI's are easy to run around..

yep ED is cool...i played a HUGE map last year it took me 10 months
to finish it...

that was like playing it 1 hour every other day or so...

Post by **Sean OConnor** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:49 pm

How many opponents did you play against at those big map sizes? I'd have thought it could take ages to even find the enemy if there were just 5 of them!

sid6.7 · Post by **sid6.7** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:57 pm

i used 10....

ChubbyJJFong · Post by **ChubbyJJFong** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:50 pm

Hi Sean (and everybody)

The cool thing about MOAB is that you can auto play. With a huge map you could concentrate on the critical areas and auto play the rest. In fact when I start to win by a centimeter on the chart, I just auto play and touch up the crunch areas when needed!

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:13 pm

I think that whit the gameplay of MOAB, 150x150 is the max we can, but by the way, have map whit more variation in can be good, some huge continent, and some little island, also, have one or two type or terrain (forest or swamp) can be very fun

Post by **Sean OConnor** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:30 pm

Yes, the map generation routine isn't very good and could do with an overhaul to make some more interesting islands.