Great starting map seed

[Jinotad]

I don't know if I got lucky, or just what, but this was my first world ever created/played on. It offers a LOT of iron in the starting area in addition to a sizable amount of copper and coal. There are lakes on both sides of the starting area which offer a free defencable location as well as easy access for water pumps.

Whe I created the map, I used the default settings, just manually typed in the seed I generated from a number I had.

Starting: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=637702173
Late Game: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=637702204

>>>AAAMABkAAAADAwYAAAAEAAAAY29hbAMDAgoAAABjb3BwZXItb3Jl
AwMCCQAAAGNydWRlLW9pbAMDAgoAAABlbmVteS1iYXNlAwMCCAAAAGl
yb24tb3JlAwMCBQAAAHN0b25lAwMCNJtk0YpQAACHkgAAAAAAAAAAAA
ADAL2nEPo=<<<

[IamNic]

There is no need to repost this - I just moved it over here.

[Josman]

How do I use that big line of letters and numbers in the game??????????

[daniel0674]

Go to Play --> New Game and paste it into the Map Exchange String field.
This will generate a different map if you are playing on Factorio 0.13 (experimental).

[sebber26]

lol

[fractalgem]

I have to admit, that's one of the most pointless necros I've seen in a LONG time.

[Warlord]

Originally posted by fractalgem:

I have to admit, that's one of the most pointless necros I've seen in a LONG time.

Heh, I didn't even notice. I just thought to myself
"Aww, how quaint. There must be, what, 40/50K ore in those "a LOT" iron patches?"

[Jinotad]

Originally posted by fractalgem:

I have to admit, that's one of the most pointless necros I've seen in a LONG time.

I have to agree lol. And for its time, it WAS great. I'm acutally wondering how that seed would turn out now.

Just checked, starts with around 600K iron and copper, 450K stone, 1.5M coal, 8.5K uranium and 800% oil field. And smack dab in between two large bodies of water.

New starting for 0.15.35
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1153431722