Seed not generating the same map?

[Spaznetz]

Been away for several months and noticed the big patch notes. Came back and wanted to try to recreate my best map, but the seed doesn't generate things in the same places. Cities are fine, but resources & industries are all wrong.

Is this just the way it is? Am I out of luck?

[gGeorg]

one of the patches improved industry placement and amount of the industry. Like same amount of forsts pairs with sawMills or make sure that every map has every industry. So, its possible that your map has been improved too :)

[Spaznetz]

Originally posted by gGeorg:

one of the patches improved industry placement and amount of the industry. Like same amount of forsts pairs with sawMills or make sure that every map has every industry. So, its possible that your map has been improved too :)

LOL, great, it "improved" an oil well/refinery and a quarry/construction materials plant out of existence.

And I guess that means that it is no longer possible to do play-alongs with old YouTuber videos, right? Since none of the seeds work the same any more.

[General Tso]

Such is the price of progress. ;)

[gGeorg]

Originally posted by spazboy357:

LOL, great, it "improved" an oil well/refinery and a quarry/construction materials plant out of existence.

Are you saying that your map do not contain Oil - Refinelry chain ? If so, write the bug in the proper section. Also add your seed. Devs made effort to avoid such maps, if the issue persists, they will fixit once more.

[Spaznetz]

Originally posted by gGeorg:

Are you saying that your map do not contain Oil - Refinelry chain ? If so, write the bug in the proper section. Also add your seed. Devs made effort to avoid such maps, if the issue persists, they will fixit once more.

No, that isn't what I'm saying.

I had a map seed that I had played several months ago prior to the big gameplay patch. I wanted to give it another run to see if the "improvements" made a big difference. But none of the recources or industries are in the same places anymore. Specifically, an oil well/refinery pair and a quarry/CM Plant pair that were located at adjacent towns are no longer present. It makes what was a pretty nice map into a difficult mess.

Harrumph, "progress".

[genemead]

Sorry, "old" seeds no longer work the same way, giving your "old" map "another run" is impossible.

However, instead of trying to use a "seed", download a Map from the Workshop. But read the discription carefully:
* Some maps have no industries at all (but the same cities in the same place).
* Some maps use the game's random industry placement (but all the cities are in the same place).
* Some maps have set cities AND industries (both will show up in the same places every time). I think this is what you're wanting- a "reproducable" map.

There's also a "DIY" industry placement mod (Industry Tycoon) AND there's a "New Industry" mod that adds all new industries and product chains to the game for an additional challenge.

I wouldn't try to "play along" with the youtuber's anymore. All of them use so many mods (and different ones) that's it's really hard to dupe what they're doing. Then there's the random production in the game itself. Maybe HE'S making lots of money from a high-production well, but YOUR'S may not.

[flipp05]

one of the first things i do is save the map before anything so if i like the map i can play over and over

[jhughes]

I am fairly sure that industries are random. As is population of cities (though they are in the same place for a given seed).

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[Spaznetz]

Holy Thread Necro, Batman!

This topic is over a year old, guys. Thanks for your input, but I've moved on to other games.

[Name Lips]

Originally posted by spazboy357:

Holy Thread Necro, Batman!

This topic is over a year old, guys. Thanks for your input, but I've moved on to other games.

Really? After we spent a whole year of our lives researching your problem, nonstop, you're just going to abandon us?

[Spaznetz]

Originally posted by Name Lips:

Originally posted by spazboy357:

Holy Thread Necro, Batman!

This topic is over a year old, guys. Thanks for your input, but I've moved on to other games.

Really? After we spent a whole year of our lives researching your problem, nonstop, you're just going to abandon us?

LOL, I'm sorry but I have GADD: Gaming Attention Deficit Dis... OOOOH, LOOK A SALE!!!!!

[Dieyoung]

I had the same issue. I was trying to follow a youtubers map and he started off with a simple 2 train food run which had one farm shuttling back and forth between a farm and a food plant, and another doing the same from the food plant to a town. Of course the food plant is now a quarry and the nearest construction materials plant is on the other side of a range of hills which I can't afford to reach.

[BGR]

Life just isn't fair.