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Civilization II offers a number of options to keep the worlds you civilize
fresh. Undoubtedly, the most powerful of these is the MAP EDITOR. With this
tool, you can create your own worlds, determine the size and shape of the
continents, the type and extent of the terrain, and the starting locations of all
the civilizations in the game.
You can literally create any world you like. However, it is possible for a
custom-drawn map to violate the map conventions that Civilization II needs
to run a successful game. Therefore, it is important that you, as map designer,
include a sufficient combination of Plains and Grassland squares for every
civilization to have at least one potential city site. The world also must have at
least one ocean and preferably more than one continent. An “illegal” map will
lower the quality of your game by forcing your computer opponents to play at a
significant disadvantage — and hence pose a much less interesting challenge.
To begin using the MAP EDITOR, double-click the MAP EDITOR icon in the Windows program
group to which you assigned Civilization II. Once you’re in the program, you have a
couple of screens, a tool box, and a few menus that let you create your own worlds. Each
of these components is described below.
Creating your
own worlds
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