@Sovietic: Thanks for the love. Glad you're liking it.

@Trout27: Unfortunately the bug with random spawning locations has been present since game release and is not fixable by me or any other moder. Either the map is randomly generated (with random spawns) or it preselects spawns based on x and y cords (always selecting the spawn closest to the bottom right of the map). Since I cannot randomly generate the map and have it even remotely resemble my creation in any playable fasion we are stuck as is. Load as a scenario or put up with austrailia. You can always edit the scenario in the map editor packaged with the game, to change what nations you are fighting and the default city states.

INCREDIBLE! a map of geito I wanted because it is a earth map who valorise sea's

Why do i only ever start in Australia? I did the scenario and that's all good, i start in a different position but then i can't change how many civs and cities states are playing.

My computer will implode if i have 24 civs in 1 game.

Make it so you can randomly start anywhere and can change advanced settings please. I love the map by the way

so is it possible to get a non australia start while using say the geth mass effect civ ?

Can you change it so you always dont start in Australia?

Always had a problem with balance on TSL maps - but I can't wait to try this one!
Have you thought about doing similar designs just for Europe or Asia?

It looks beautiful. Almost like a worldwide Superquake caused it... Beautiful.

why cant play as: russia etc????

I started playing it but as I was scouting around I found it was more likely for a tile to have a resource on it then it was to just be bare (not talking about forest) and it felt really pointless. Was this a glitch?

lol....which earth is THIS? looks nothing like the one I live on...lol

You have to load the game as a mod, and then as a scenario, as with all custom maps, in order to get starting positions correct. This is something that has been going on since launch of Civ5. Basically launch the game, click mods, even if you dont have any mods to load (or if you do I recommend 4 hex cities), and continue to single player. Then setup game. Then select the map. Then check the scenario box. Your choice of civilizations will be limited to those put in the scenario, but all will be in their proper locations.

Yeah I don't understand how to start a game with it.

leedle leedle leedle leeeeee

Great map. One question, though: do you always start in Australia?

"Tawn, if it bothers you so much. download the sdk, redo this map"
Just giving my comments.. not hugely bothered (in fact still continuing my game with the map), but you seem to be very bothered by the slightest negativity. There was nothing rude about my comment and it is useful information and a fair warning to people who don't like games where every single square has a special resource. If this doesnt bother you, the map is great.

Not bad. Just finished a game on a Perfect World 3 map. A virtual cornucopia of resources, except one - almost NO deciduous forests. No ships (except Workboats) until you discover Steam and develop coal mines. Finished the game with Oil and Uranium resources I never used.

Looking forward to playing on Earthica. Jusr wished it had more mountains.

@Tawn "Whilst the layout of the land seems quite good, this map is FILLED with special resources. Not good."

Tawn, if it bothers you so much. download the sdk, redo this map with less resources by editing it, and quit benig a negative nelly. Mortaegus just put up he/she felt was a good map. and by all means it looks like it to me as well. i would just treat this map as a more resource filled map as it is and just go all out and have fun. not every game needs to be a crawl.

I have yet to try it, but the naysaying about lots of resources doesn't deter me from doing so. Earth's pretty abundant for such things ... it's the people who grow stingy and make for shortages for others.

I've also played maps with a lot of resources, and it doesn't make for impossibility of trading as some have said. Civ AI doesn't always take advantage of what's around them.

I'd try it!

how do you apply this?

Whilst the layout of the land seems quite good, this map is FILLED with special resources. Not good.

hmmm this map seems to be confusing to the AI. I like it!!!!

It's a freakin' remake, it's not supposed to be identical

can you adapt to breave new world as soon as it come out?

Why do I always spawn in Australia?

The resource amount is...... a bit over the top but a OUTSTANDING map none the less.

Sounds cool

An interesting map but I don't find so many resources appealing. For one thing it nearly rules out trades. It is also an eyesore. But most important, it challenges even my suspension of disbelief. Civ may be only a game, but it has to have at least a thread of credibility for me to enjoy it and this many resources is just a bit over the top. A nice map, however and I'd love to try a version with a standard distribution of resources, perhaps with some allowance for "abundant" but only to about a quarter what presently appears on the map.

Just played for the first time today; why were there two Krakatoas?

ok i concede what i meant was that it was closest to the same landmass and shape as south america and africa have way more land in this map than they do in real life. i only mentioned the maps because yoshi878 said i hadnt ever seen australia on a map. i am not a geography expert

I* dammit!

is misspelled entire. oops

Darkness, as an Australian, i can tell you that Australia looks in now way 'normal' on this map. The enire cape york peninsula is missing, and western australia's coastline doesn't have a massive concave section. Also, tasmania is missing, but we australians overlook them anyway

I like the idea, I like the map, but I don't like that you put a resource on every single tile. Or did you just do that in australia? Anyway, that spoils the game for me. tbh.

@Darkness, wow 2 maps? Well doesn't that make you a Geography expert.

should be especially interesting with Brave New World coming out soon

i was talking about the basic shape of australia and the indonesian islands. fyi, i have 2 maps of the world in my house

ok thanks

@dpassehl1 That is the camera box, as the screenshot is from the minimap in the editor.

huge map, thats awesome, more land to fight over

looks cool though the only part that still looks COMPLETELY normal is australia and the indonesian islands

too imba, you can barelt find spots without ressources. it's like a cornucopia...

interesting concept, spawned as egypt... mass resources.

its lost Atlantida !!!!
ahhahahahaha

What size is it.

what is the area that have snow in the middle of the atlantic

Seeing as I can't stand islands in my games, I'll pass. Great work on the map though.

Looks a bit like an earth map drawn at 2pm by 3 totally drunk guys. Still pretty fun to play, though

Very well thought out map, interesting theme, and good balance. All around good map.