Sid Meier's Civilization V

Sid Meier's Civilization V

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4 Feb, 2015 @ 8:09pm
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Moon Terraformed

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Description
What the Moon might look like after extensive terraforming, including:
-Earth-like atmosphere
-Oceans
-Introduction of a biosphere's worth of plant and animal life

The topography is based on the topographic map above and the climate is based on thoroughly researched (though not professional) climatology, especially wind and ocean current patterns and their effect on the climate.

There are no deserts because, due to its lower mass, the Moon would only have a single Hadley Cell in each hemisphere. Overall, the Moon is generally warm, wet, and rainy.

This mappack includes Standard and Large sized versions of the map with the normal number of Natural Wonders for each map size (4 and 6, respectively).

--How to Use the Map--
After enabling the mod, select "additional maps" and then "Moon Terraformed" (Standard or Large) from the list. If you prefer you can also find both maps in the mod's folder and move or copy them to your Maps folder, then you don't have to enable the mod for them to appear in your "additional maps" list and you can play it in multiplayer if the other people have the exact same version of the maps in their Maps folders too!

--Compatibiliy--
-I intentionally only used Vanilla Natural Wonders, so this mod does not require any DLCs or EXPs

--Credits--
-The terraformed Moon and topographic map images are from Google Image Searches

--Direct Download--
For direct download if Steam is acting up or you are a Mac user:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3597242/Moon Terraformed.zip
Just open the zip file and copy/paste or move the folder inside to your Civ 5 Mods folder alongside your other mods and it should appear in your mod list in game.
22 Comments
Guvenoren 8 Jul, 2022 @ 3:12pm 
Very very facinating concept
𝔎𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔶 6 Sep, 2021 @ 4:57pm 
Very nice map. I discovered 2 minor errors while playing:
1. a lake had sea water which means it gives you less food and misleads you to think it's the ocean.
2. Some mountains were not assigned mountain properties and the AI built on it and walked over it like it was flat land.
Taizu Jin 5 Sep, 2020 @ 3:31pm 
Neither steam nor the dropbox work. Could you reupload this mod and Mars Terraformed?
Venusaisha 28 Mar, 2017 @ 5:24pm 
not fan much of earth ethier, if could change it i would more tropical, green atmosphere , teal green water, temperature 70-150 . :steammocking:
Gehenna 27 Mar, 2017 @ 11:22pm 
Takes thousands of years to achieve the apollo mission
...
The astronauts just had to walk outside
Venusaisha 1 Nov, 2015 @ 5:50am 
nice but in actual history that may not be done for centuries besides being too costly and alot people would boycot n revolt. to many the moon is unique as it is, nasa and others already stated Mars is usually considered to be the most likely candidate for terraforming due to cost n preparation. thou nice for civilization to some people.
amish.gunslinger 27 Feb, 2015 @ 10:38am 
putting air on the moon would be a very bad idea because of the dust. Because there is no liquid water to smooth the dust its as sharp as broken glass so if you breath that in your lungs would be all cut up....
Archer 23 Feb, 2015 @ 12:29pm 
Yay for vanilla!
Civ5StrategyGamer 19 Feb, 2015 @ 4:47pm 
Maybe you could do a map of the planet Venus after it has been teraformed. That would be cool.
TofuSojo  [author] 15 Feb, 2015 @ 8:46am 
@Ben_of_Men The idea is that it took a long time to terraform the Moon, so there was enough time for polar ice sheets to build up. This is meant to be useless land (from a city-building perspective), just like it is on Earth. Like in all things, there must be something bad to appreciate the good.