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Zetnus's Lake Nomad

I wanted to make a water-based nomad map. Lake nomad is an RMS that features randomly placed lands and islands. Players start in the middle of a lake (or the ocean) with 3 villagers and a transport ship. Your units are standing in the water and need to be loaded onto the transport ship first before you can drop them off somewhere.
Will you start building immediately or look around for the best site to start your settlement?


To play choose the following when setting up a match:

Map style: Custom

Location: ZN@LakeNomad_v3_MP
or ZN@LakeNomad_v3_SP


The AI cannot play the multiplayer (MP) version!
This is why I have included at single player (SP) version. In this version all players except player 1 start on shallows which are connected to the mainland. This means that any land-nomad capable AI should be able to play the SP version. The HD Edition AI (“Computer”) can play this map, while the old Conquerors AI cannot.

The SP version includes the following changes:
-AIs will spawn on shallows and receive a fishing ship instead of transport ship
-Considerably more shallows overall. As a result the map can sometimes resemble salt marsh if playing with a large number of players
-Wolves are disabled
-Marlin (great fish) can spawn on shallows (to ensure adequate fish)


Manual download here[aok.heavengames.com]


v3.1
-Players spawn on a tiny patch of shallows and get the correct villager count

v3.0
-Added DE support
-Removed scout
-Improved resource generation
-Added biomes and seasons

v2.0
-Single-player version added
-Lands should be even less snaky now
-Regicide support added (king replaces scout; no extra villagers; no castle)
-Resources spread out more to make the map more balanced

v1.1
-Wolves are now dire wolves (which are weaker than normal wolves). Also, they don't spawn in groups of 2 anymore
-Added some elevation
-Redid the water mixing to be more realistic
-Lands should be slightly less snaky now
-Reduced the amount of forests to increase building space


If you want to learn about random map scripting, check out my Random Map Scripting Links and FAQ[aok.heavengames.com] and my Updated New RMS Guide [aok.heavengames.com]


As always feedback is welcome - is there the right amount of resources on this map? Is there enough building space?