Moda’s Huge Earth Map Pack
REQUIRES GATHERING STORM EXPANSION
Maps included are:
- Earth
- Eurasia
- Europe
- Americas
- Middle East
Resources are placed manually, corresponding to real-world deposits and for game balance
All Civs are playable on each map. Civs whose capitals aren’t on a particular map instead have their spawn point randomly selected from a pool of pre-set locations.
Feel free to edit and use these maps as you please, including with your own mods. All I ask is to be credited if you re-upload my work!
Direct Download: https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/modas-huge-earth-map-pack.27711/
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Why are some maps inaccurate?
A: Some landmasses have been scaled up to allow for game balance. I’ve tried my best to maintain accurate landmass shapes to make these changes less obvious, but some sacrifices must be made when converting real world geography to game tiles.Q: Do city names correspond with their real-world location like in YnAMP?
A: No. This is simply because I don’t know how to do that. If I ever learn how I might give it a try, but for now I want to keep my mod as simple as possible to increase compatibility with other mods.Q: Where does Frederick Barbarossa, Peter the Great, Saladin, etc… spawn?
A: All leaders spawn where their capital city is. This means Frederick spawns in Aachen, Peter in St. Petersburg, Saladin in Cairo, etc… However modded leaders for those civs will spawn at the country’s modern-day capital (eg. a new German leader will spawn in Berlin). Feel free to edit the map files if you want to change this.Q: Will there be a Base Game or Rise and Fall compatible version?
A: I’m currently working on making these, however I’m waiting for the Gathering Storm version to be satisfactory first. This ensures that the Base and R&F versions will be better quality when they do come out.Q: Will you make more maps?
A: Yes! My plan is to release themed map packs containing 5 high-quality maps each. However, these take time to make. Expect at least a couple months between each release.Q: How do I keep the camera rotated for the Americas map?
A: This is the solution I used: https://steamcommunity.com/app/289070/discussions/0/340412122410046153/Q: Help! I’ve encountered a bug!
A: Let me know in the comment section on the mod’s Steam Workshop page and I’ll try my best to fix it.Q: Which mods work well with these maps?
A: I recommend Gedemon’s YnAMP – Closer Cities, totalslacker’s Loyal Capitals, and either p0kiehl’s Larger Map Sizes OR Gedemon’s Yet (not) Another Maps Pack for an increased max number of civs.
Known Bugs and Issues:
- Currently maps made with the in-game world builder don’t have river flooding, polar ice melting, or the ability to create dams. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do to fix that right now.
- Unfortunately having random spawns for city-states bugs the game when starting later than the ancient era. As a compromise, I have chosen pre-set spawns for all city-states on all maps, even those without true spawn locations (eg. Hong Kong in the Europe Map). I’ll revert city-states back to semi-random spawns as soon as a solution is found.
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
