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Roads - 1/21/2008 5:25:57 PM

BruceAZ

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I am not sure if this thread belongs here or in the �Wish List� as it has to do with maps and roads. Gil, please move if I have erred.

Is there an option or button to have the AI load more realistic maps during detailed combat that shows more roads? The current selection gives so few and if you are a student of ACW, you will note most battles occurred near towns/cites/junctions and roads where the primary source to move troops. In the game, we usually start out in the middle of no-where. Does this exist or should this be sent to the Wish List?

Just out of curiosity, was there a reason for the way the AI manages the selection of maps? BTW, excellent game!

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RE: Roads - 1/21/2008 8:09:31 PM

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ORIGINAL: BruceAZ

I am not sure if this thread belongs here or in the �Wish List� as it has to do with maps and roads. Gil, please move if I have erred.

Is there an option or button to have the AI load more realistic maps during detailed combat that shows more roads? The current selection gives so few and if you are a student of ACW, you will note most battles occurred near towns/cites/junctions and roads where the primary source to move troops. In the game, we usually start out in the middle of no-where. Does this exist or should this be sent to the Wish List?

Just out of curiosity, was there a reason for the way the AI manages the selection of maps? BTW, excellent game!

Semper Fi
Recon

No, there's no button to press that will get you more roads and towns. You can mod a specific file, AcwProvinces.txt (in the "Data" sub-folder), to increase the likelihood, though. This file assigns the terrain types possible in each province, but repeats some types to increase their chances of appearing. Thus Fredericksburg has "Wilderness" appearing multiple times, Florida tends to have lots of "Swampy" and "Very Swampy," etc. Terrain#9 is "Populous" and Terrain#12 is "Roads," so if you wanted you could go through the file and add more of these. (I should say, as the one who chose the terrain types for each province, that I did put these terrains in the parts of the country that were more heavily populated, and think I got it about right. I'd welcome any suggestions for changes.)

Your questions about AI choosing the map perplex me a bit. Do you mean that it the AI makes a pre-battle check it gets to choose the type of terrain? Or are you thinking that the AI is what designs battlefields, and determines where roads and towns go? If it's the latter, I should say that has nothing to do with the AI, but rather is done through some very complex logarithms. Either way, Eric would be the one to answer that, but you'll need to clarify your question first.

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RE: Roads - 1/21/2008 11:03:02 PM

BruceAZ

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The terrain is fine - just not enough roads, in my humble opinion. I was just asking if I could get the program to offer more roads in the detailed combat. Since it can't, end of thread, but maybe that is something that can be considered for an improvement at a later date.

Thanks for the quick reply.

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RE: Roads - 3/16/2008 9:18:38 PM

BruceAZ

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Following your advice below, if I wanted to add a chance for more roads say to File 13 Atlanta, GA, I would change the Terrain value from 5 to 12?

Is this correct?

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No, there's no button to press that will get you more roads and towns. You can mod a specific file, AcwProvinces.txt (in the "Data" sub-folder), to increase the likelihood, though. This file assigns the terrain types possible in each province, but repeats some types to increase their chances of appearing. Thus Fredericksburg has "Wilderness" appearing multiple times, Florida tends to have lots of "Swampy" and "Very Swampy," etc. Terrain#9 is "Populous" and Terrain#12 is "Roads," so if you wanted you could go through the file and add more of these. (I should say, as the one who chose the terrain types for each province, that I did put these terrains in the parts of the country that were more heavily populated, and think I got it about right. I'd welcome any suggestions for changes.)

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