Interesting Map Seed Thread

[NeonHaggis]

Figured I'd start a thread for anyone to post some good seeds for free map play.
I'm looking for some with good looking areas with a couple of lakes etc

A good large map I found is:

USA

has a nice big lake, with useful river structures.

Cheers

[Leigh]

Just found quite an interesting one.

 Sand Patch Grade	

Megalomaniac 1:5 All USA settings Hilly.

Probably due to the corridor nature of the 1:5 ratio, but having run this seed in 1:1 it is consideribly different! This version of the seed has a nice open flat area to the north of the map, great for a starting area, getting progressively more hilly the more south you go.

Unlike its 1:1 counterpart, no rivers at all on this one, Towns seem to have a nice spread, and breaking south would be quite a challenge for the early game.

[Ozgamer]

land flat
1:1
large map.

european terrain

letstrythis

[Zarken]

Why did the devs change the way the seeds work?! Before the last major patch you could play along series like C.F. But now that the patch has come out it took that option away! You can't get the same maps as the youtubers anymore, kinda of a bad decision. They took away from game mechanics, some ppl enjoyed follow along series. I've done both..this is just my opinion. Surely I'm not a lone voice in the dark!?

[SBGaming]

Originally posted by zl Nexus:

Why did the devs change the way the seeds work?! Before the last major patch you could play along series like C.F. But now that the patch has come out it took that option away! You can't get the same maps as the youtubers anymore, kinda of a bad decision. They took away from game mechanics, some ppl enjoyed follow along series. I've done both..this is just my opinion. Surely I'm not a lone voice in the dark!?

Even if you had the exact same seed before the change, you would not get the exact same setup as someone else. Even if you used their exact same seed, your towns, roads and industries would be in different locations. There was going to be no way you would generate an identical map as someone like Colonel Failure, unless you otherwise had the exact same computer as he has, since the game also utilizes your hardware in the process. I tested this out with another Youtuber. Used identical map settings as he did, but got different placements of towns, roads and industries.

I just generated a map I used back in December. Exact same terrain and locations (and names) of towns, but I get different industries being generated in different locations than previously, so something obviously has been changed, but you'll still get the same mountains, lakes and rivers after the change as before, as long as you haven't actually changed any of the actual settings.

I solve that issue by offering a link to download a save game of a map I use to ensure that viewers can play along if they so desire.

[WarriorOne1]

if i editor lua and change to (1:5 map) and play free gamer with no mods,will i still get Achievements or its close?

[SBGaming]

Originally posted by WarriorOne1:

if i editor lua and change to (1:5 map) and play free gamer with no mods,will i still get Achievements or its close?

Editing any of the lua or mdl files won't affect the ability to get achievements. There is even a setting that you can I believe set to True (default setting of False) that allows Achievements even when mods are active.

[Scottydosntknow]

Size large, Hilly, 1:2 seed Pinkbits

Has 2 river systems a lot of valleys and a big lake in the middle. I like to start in 1850 and use steam boats to take the wood up the river to the lumber mill.

Best looking map around

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[Altejago]

Not sure if anyone still follows, but;

Whatislove? - Semi-mountainous with river and lake seperating land mass in the middle.

[Magoobleheimer]

Originally posted by Deviant Dragon:

Game needs a map editor.

Indeed

[matt.kirk]

Originally posted by Altejago:

Not sure if anyone still follows, but;

Whatislove? - Semi-mountainous with river and lake seperating land mass in the middle.

i do atleast :)

[mecklenberg]

Try 147. Many other small primes also produce laky landscapes

[GrenoZee]

I know this is not exactly on topic but it is possible to modify the map generation parameters in the Config file. I played with it a bit and now I'm getting great maps on medium terrain size huge 1:3. Just any random seed worked so far for me.

Check this thread out: http://steamcommunity.com/app/446800/discussions/0/1471966894863892470/

[Prolog]

Originally posted by Professor:

Try "Ajinomoto"

It is a nice seed for 1:1,1:2 and 1:3 maps.

Confirmed, very nice seed! Especially wtih 1:2 medium or large.

[Roars]

I was playing around with seeds tonight and found my companies name is actually not bad: Quite a few close industries to towns that need the resources.

Seed: RMCVideographers
Settings: Medium 1:1 Very High, Very High