Random new world almost always vast, empty ocean

[wingzero890]

Am I the only one getting this? I have rolled a random new world at least 20 times and keep having just vast expanses of *nothing* in the lobby, with a few islands and a small continent shoved to the far south or north. What gives?

 

[Nnorm]

The best i have got so far, were two big continents. That's why i almost never play with RNW - most of the time random generated new world is as you said - few small islands scattered on the ocean.

 

[A Landy]

Am I the only one getting this? I have rolled a random new world at least 20 times and keep having just vast expanses of *nothing* in the lobby, with a few islands and a small continent shoved to the far south or north. What gives?

There should be filters we can set so that we could at least get larger new worlds

 

[wingzero890]

There should be filters we can set so that we could at least get larger new worlds

There should be more options, like when generating a map in the Civilization series you can pick certain biases (archipelago, continents, etc)

There are a few amazing looking tiles. The problem is that they almost never show up. There should always be at least one large tile with a few of the island tiles surrounding it in some way.

There are also some great looking tiles locked behind the 'fantasy' option (I think). I want bones of the leviathan without having a chance to see 'Burning Empire' spawn.

 

[Zephyrum]

Yeah, RNW generation is a massive buggy mess with absolutely no flavor whatsoever

I mean, last patch, they even removed the RNW fantasy from the options for some reason... good thing it's fixed now.

 

[AnssiA]

Since I guess those RNW must be handmade, there is limit how much choice you can give to the player. I nonetheless do want to see more large continents and especially few RNWs that are larger than current Americas.

 

[A Landy]

Since I guess those RNW must be handmade, there is limit how much choice you can give to the player. I nonetheless do want to see more large continents and especially few RNWs that are larger than current Americas.

I hope there's a way to scan a map (based on a real location) and only deal with the provinces someday

 

[magni_]

well atm it is not generated fully random, but thats a good thing since a random new world thats generated fully random would look realy realy uggly and has a high chance to be a huge archipello/islands mess where u have to use transports to get around

 

[wingzero890]

well atm it is not generated fully random, but thats a good thing since a random new world thats generated fully random would look realy realy uggly and has a high chance to be a huge archipello/islands mess where u have to use transports to get around

The tiles aren't random, it's their placement which is and is the issue for many people.

 

[braunschweig1]

I would recommend trying the mod "Random New World Improvements", aside from generating better tiles, it makes the tiles themselves better, with more realistic biome spread and more limited wasteland.

 

[rs2excelsior]

^Seconded RWN Improvements mod. I think it also guarantees at least a mid-sized continent when you generate a random new world.

I think the larger continents are rarer because, if I'm not mistaken, all continents have to be on one tile, and a tile the size of North and South America would be basically the only tile that would fit.