There are different ways in which you can do this, based on what your requirements are. In the right column of the editor you will see the Map Editor Tools, and these are designed for you to paint the map with features, resources, rivers, and landscape types. You should also be able to zoom in using your mouse roller, and the arrows on your keyboard enable you to scroll around the map. The World View checkbox will also do this, but if you have a large map on a small display the tiles will be difficult to distinguish. With your map created, you will then be able to view it in the main map editor for larger maps, you might choose the Fullscreen button in the top right corner, and use the Mini Map toggle checkbox to create a smaller version of the world that you can use to navigate around the main view if it is larger than your display area.

As the maps are created at random based on the settings you have specified you can generate as many as you like once you’re done, select Accept Map to proceed. To create the map, you will also need to specify what type of world should be created you might have a preference for a land-filled mass with little water (the Inland Sea option) or an Archipelago world there are 18 options available here, and these can be applied with the Generate with… button. If you don’t really care too much about these, each has a Random setting. These are World Age, Temperature, Rainfall, Sea Level and Resources, and each can be adjusted to allow a particular type of world to be created. With a map size selected, you will need to select a map type, using the drop-down menu options. The largest map you can have is 128 x 80 tiles, while the smallest is 20 x 20. If the values in the two sliders – representing the X and Y axes – are the same, then the resulting map will be square. On the left-hand side you have a selection of Map Options, the most important being the size of the map which you can adjust by using the sliders and clicking Generate Blank Map. You will then be presented with a screen like the one on the right, which appears to be just sea. Once you have done this, and followed the instructions to open the utility, select New Map. To get started with WorldBuilder, you will first need to install the Civilization V SDK, following the guide in the earlier article in this series. Whichever path you take, the WorldBuilder tool, available as part of the Civilization V SDK, is great fun to use.

Using a tile-based brush system you can create entire worlds of archipelagos, single continents, and insane worlds where even the smallest and weakest tribes can eventually reign supreme thanks to your specific placement of various resources and landscape types that you will be able to take advantage of during the game.įor the best results, of course, you will probably choose to fairly distribute these resources, just as you might choose to randomize start positions and other aspects that might affect how the game is played. If you’re particularly fussy about the position your tribe starts off from or you want to develop your own Civilization V scenarios, taking advantage of the WorldBuilder tool and creating a map from scratch is a great way to do both of these things and more. Create Civilization V Maps with WorldBuilder

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