I'd like an option to tweak starting parameters

[Grarg]

I like playing the highest difficulties on TAB, so starting conditions are super important. I recently finally beat desolate wasteland on brutal/brutal but each try took so many rerolls to generate the appropriate map that I wasted so much time just rolling for maps.

I know the game uses a set of parameters to randomly generate the map, guaranteeing a certain number of available resources near the starting position. My suggestion is to let us tweak those parameters. This lets us set easier conditions when we want and much harder conditions if we so chose.

So things we could manipulate would be something along the lines of:

1. Amount of wood, farmland tiles, and "free space" (not rocks and cracks)

2. Minimum distance of nearest village of doom

3. Zombie sensitivity (how violently they react to noise)

Etc.

Obviously, disable achievements for tweaked maps. And have the parameters you set be attached to your victory at the end.

[Andrewbh2003]

correct me if im wrong since i never messed with it before and legit dont know but cant you tweak these variables with custom maps?

[amordron]

Originally posted by andrewbh2003:

correct me if im wrong since i never messed with it before and legit dont know but cant you tweak these variables with custom maps?

If making your own map yes but if using the random map function of custom map no. for some of them. For example zombie sensitivity can be changed as a event if I remeber right so this could be done on a "random" map. But how much trees or farmland couldn't be as the map is loaded before events and the random map function jsut using that map theme from the base game. Same goes for distance to VoDs.

But if you want something added to the game should be posting in the suggestion fourms where the devs can find it when looking for ideas and have easy access to them when they got free time.

[Andrewbh2003]

Originally posted by amordron:

Originally posted by andrewbh2003:

correct me if im wrong since i never messed with it before and legit dont know but cant you tweak these variables with custom maps?

If making your own map yes but if using the random map function of custom map no. for some of them. For example zombie sensitivity can be changed as a event if I remeber right so this could be done on a "random" map. But how much trees or farmland couldn't be as the map is loaded before events and the random map function jsut using that map theme from the base game. Same goes for distance to VoDs.

But if you want something added to the game should be posting in the suggestion fourms where the devs can find it when looking for ideas and have easy access to them when they got free time.

eh i dont really care since i dont play custom maps "In any game period" so just askin

[amordron]

Originally posted by andrewbh2003:

Originally posted by amordron:

If making your own map yes but if using the random map function of custom map no. for some of them. For example zombie sensitivity can be changed as a event if I remeber right so this could be done on a "random" map. But how much trees or farmland couldn't be as the map is loaded before events and the random map function jsut using that map theme from the base game. Same goes for distance to VoDs.

But if you want something added to the game should be posting in the suggestion fourms where the devs can find it when looking for ideas and have easy access to them when they got free time.

eh i dont really care since i dont play custom maps "In any game period" so just askin

I more meant the op should go post it there as he’s the one asking

[Gold♥Shield]

I actually like the idea of tweaking the starting parameters similar to the older RTS games. I miss being able to tailor my random map generation to be slightly less random in terms of resources because I'd always get a great map with horrible resource layout.