I agree. I personally care immensely about how the map looks.

If one doesn't exist already on the workshop then I guess I could at some point, it would make an interesting project, but map making takes a long time. If you remind me after I finish what I'm working on now, I'll look into it.

Do you think you could make a map thats like the earth 100million years ago with all the continental drift

Glad you like them :)
Working hard on new map, will try to improve them. It's also going to be quite a lot larger in size than the maximum "huge" level. Hope your computers can handle it but I just felt like I needed more canvas to play with.

omg those start locations are so booooootefal

Nice :) Looking forward to see it.

Just as a heads-up for those that liked this map, I've begun designing another new earth-like map from scratch. I'm going to be putting much more time and TLC into it this round, so look forward to a very realistic planet to play with.

Have fun :)

Thanks a lot for the dropbox link. Downloaded the map from there, put in the maps folder and eureka! It works :)

In order to get this to populate on the list please add this code to the Custom Earth-like map (v 1).modinfo file.
<EntryPoints>
<EntryPoint type="Map" file="CXU1.Civ5Map">
<Name>Custom Earth</Name>
<Description>Custom Earth</Description>
</EntryPoint>
</EntryPoints>

This can be added before the last command
/mod

Also not 100% sure the file I added is the same version as this workshop one.

@LastGreyWolf
I added a dropbox link if you want to try manually installing the map. Not entirely sure if it'l work with just the map file but give it a go. Make sure you uninstall it before going into multiplayer or anything.

So, I really wanted to try this, but nope.. not working. It simply doesn't download. I checked everywhere, maps, cache, mods, tried downloading through workshop before starting the game, then with the game running.. nothing. Even ran a search for CXU in documents, steam file in program files, nothing found. Can anyone help? This is freaking ridiculous..

Normally I can't bare with anything less than the full 22 civs in a game, and the map has plenty of room for that many civs to expand as they please with adequate opportunity for conflict, but to be honest I'd reccomend whatever number you feel your computer is normally capable of handling. As for CS, I don't usually bother with the amount of them in a game as they don't mean much, unless I intend on making them all my allies when the world congress is founded.

Hi thanks for this map I will try it out. Just one question, how many players and CS do you recommend ? Thanks

If your mods folder is empty then you need to launch civ 5 and then look it in

@BakedBean

How do you not have a my games folder? It should be in Local Disk/Users/(you)/Documents
So basically my documents.

@aster ya i saw but i dont have a mods folder and i dont have a my games folder i have to go into steam in Program Files and find the game through there

@BakedBean

Swanky Sweden described how to get it working in the comments below, I don't really have any idea why steam doesn't automatically put the map in the right place.

It would be cool if steam actually made a mod folder to put this in but i cant find one any where and have no way to get this map working. anyone that could help would be appreciated

@Chrisy15

Thanks for trying it out! The indonesian luxuries were unintentional for this workshop version of the map, I put them on the map for my own playthrough, they are accessible if you settle a city on top of the resource which can save on tile improvement costs and space.
I'm sorry about that natural wonder double-upping, I should have kept record of what I was doing but it took a fair amount of time and I was just sort of paying attention to a small area at a time.

If you want I can try to update the map and mellow out those wonder problems any anything else you have in mind, just let me know.

Good map! I really liked the terrain variation, although a couple of things that I noticed:
I found some of the Indonesia luxuries scattered around the map. This may be intentional, but it should be noted that they cannot be improved, and so are relatively useless.
Also, I found it a bit of a shame that some of the natural wonders doubled up. There may be balance reasons for it, but I don't really like the idea of having 2 Sri Padas or Mt Sinais.
Otherwise, fun map!

@Chrisy15
Yeah Steam workshop and Civ 5 have been known to hickup while attempting to work alongside one another, what I do is subscribe to the mods in the workshop here in Steam, and maybe if Steam's feeling up to it it'l download a "workshop items" update for the game, other times magic invisible downloads happen while I'm looking at the mods list in-game, it can be awfully complex.

I keep a backup folder for all of my mods and just copy them back into the actual mods folder every time I launch the game, ignoring what's still there, since it isn't unusual for civ to delete some of my mods on its own every now and then.

Just managed to get it to work. It seems that it only downloads when you download it with Civ open, FYI.

@Swanky Sweden
I started off by looking in the MODS folder, but it wasn't there. I've tried redownloading it 2 or 3 times, but I might try again later.

Not really my style to try other people's custom maps, but I'll make an exception here (not sure why) and try it out, as the description sounds like something I can relate to.

@Swanky Sweden

No idea why its that complicated, I just made the map and followed a few tutorials on how to publish it. Thanks Sweden for clearing up what needs to be done, let me know if you like the map.

I found it, you have to go into your downloads/and or documents, find My Games, find Civ V, go into mods and you can find the name of this mod, inside that folder is the map and some other stuff, copy paste that folder into your maps folder (it is near the mods folder) and voila! You have the map in game. The map in game is called something like CXU1.

I can't find the map ANYWHERE. It downloads it, but it isn't in the mods folder, the maps folder, or anywhere

@Swanky Sweden @Freeasabird

I'm not sure what it's called in game, it may be something like CXU1 or something, I used that when I was testing it but give me a few moments and I'll try and find out for you

What is the name of the map in game?

U have a very very good feeling for map making :)

@aster

The map looks really Nice but i can't seem to find it in the Map menu :/ whats the map called in game?

HELL TO THE YES

*ahem*

I also play Civ primarily for the role-playing and concept of ruling a nation. It's why I mostly play on lower difficulties, despite having played the Civ games for almost five years.

Looks like an awesome map! :D

Let me know what you don't like or if there are any issues and I'll try to fix them!

ill try it and let you know wht i think!