Maps rather small

[Xamurai]

Even iceberg maps are quite small. are there any plans to make them bigger atleast 4 times compared to iceberg.

[power man]

nope, any bigger will increase the strain on systems

[Kryzzan]

Originally posted by power man:

nope, any bigger will increase the strain on systems

True but it would still be a nice addition for people who have PC's that can handle bigger maps, wouldn't hurt if they just added a few more options that are bigger than Iceberg and not change the current map sizes.

[Omnipotent]

Originally posted by Kryzzan:

Originally posted by power man:

nope, any bigger will increase the strain on systems

True but it would still be a nice addition for people who have PC's that can handle bigger maps, wouldn't hurt if they just added a few more options that are bigger than Iceberg and not change the current map sizes.

Honestly right now I'd prefer more work to diversify how the game could be played, but maybe two more map sizes would be nice.

[power man]

Originally posted by Kryzzan:

Originally posted by power man:

nope, any bigger will increase the strain on systems

True but it would still be a nice addition for people who have PC's that can handle bigger maps, wouldn't hurt if they just added a few more options that are bigger than Iceberg and not change the current map sizes.

well.........im sure they'll be able to do it somehow with the pixel art graphics

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by power man:

nope, any bigger will increase the strain on systems

what strain? it uses 5% of my system resources.

Also a strange to have this for PC argument. So everyone experience should be less becaus 5% of users(or whatever the amount of players) have a bad PC?

Just as a example back in the old days i played Age of Empire II. Playing with 8 players/AI on a ludicrous/huge map size with a population of 200 my PC struggle. naturally i would play with turned down graphics, play with less population, or played with less AI.
Why should other not enoy everything on max. becaus i could not.

[הזי]

wow i was just went to make this exact post i agree there needs to be a map about 4 times as big as iceberg so multiple empires can get big without one species steamrolling everyone else

[Lil,Doosher]

Ya I miss the old big maps they were like 2 times bigger it was titanic I think

[The Hat]

https://gamebanana.com/mods/389853

That mod still works. You will find if you go too big it'll start causing obvious slowdowns. The scale of resources used seems on an exponential curve, if I had to guess it would be pathing and numbers of individuals to track.

[Sgt. Sarge]

Originally posted by power man:

nope, any bigger will increase the strain on systems

clown award this guy

[power man]

yeah......sure.......clowning ppl that speak the truth will help things

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by power man:

yeah......sure.......clowning ppl that speak the truth will help things

can you clarify whats true. The game runs on any potato pc. On a iceberg map both GPU and CPU use no more than 5%, usually even less.

Whats the issue anyway to have maps bigger than "iceberg" If you still use a high end system from 1967 you still can choose any of the map sizes we have now.

[power man]

because the computer has to process what's going on, the amount of moving ai or scenary etc.

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by power man:

because the computer has to process what's going on, the amount of moving ai or scenary etc.

Even if the map is 20x the size a low end PC can run it. There is almost nothing to process...
and like i said you still can pick a tiny map.

[Sgt. Sarge]

Originally posted by power man:

because the computer has to process what's going on, the amount of moving ai or scenary etc.

That is a horrible reason to not add larger maps, you didn't even read the Xamurai's comment. As he said it uses no more than 5% on both the GPU and CPU, and likely even less on stronger PC's

[power man]

you do realize your blocked for trolling right? XD