Korea
A random map script for The Asian Dynasties
by RF_Gandalf
Korea is my 1st new random map script for TAD. Surprisingly this key area of Asia was ignored in TAD, perhaps to avoid controversy? The map roughly approximates the Korean peninsula with a small adjoining area of mainland Asia. The map is rectangular, and is larger than the most standard maps - but smaller than the new Honshu map. Despite the larger size of the map the players start not too far distant from each other - the increased size allows the rectangular shape, a larger surrounding sea area and adjoining mainland.
Teams start on opposite shores of the peninsula. In multiplayer team games, the teams are in lines along the shore, in a FFA the players start in a rough rectangle around the peninsula. There is full support for Free-For-All play with any player number, with the players placed randomly.
The map always has a single trade route to the north, with just 2 trade posts. The map will have 2 or 3 native villages, randomly chosen from the Zen, Shaolin or Jesuit civs. These are always placed to the north and south of the map, with an occasional central village.
Resources are pretty standard - huntables include musk deer and serow, there are some goats scattered about the map, and a number of extra clumps of berries. Mines are pretty standard except that in the north there are a few extra gold mines. Forests are standard. There is rich fishing in the surrounding seas for squid and tuna, as well as a few whales per player. Treasures on land vary between the types found on both Honshu and Yellow River maps, and there are some water treasures as well. Players start with 2 fishing boats in the sea but there is no starting dock wagon since the AI does not handle that feature well on custom random maps.
As a bonus - I have also made a Regicide version of the map, included in the same download. Note that either map can also be played using the KOTH type game - the monument is always located in the far north except in FFA when it is in the center of the map and quite close to all players.
Also at the request /suggestion of Moshe Levi I have made a second version of the Korea map with additional treasures near each player's start area. This will show up in the custom random map list as "Korea +treasures".
To play this map, the files (Korea.xs and Korea.xml and/or KoreaRegicide.xs and KoreaRegicide.xml and/or Korea2.xs and Korea2.xml) must be placed in the folder: My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\RM3. Please do not place them in the game's install folder - that will not work. When you start up a skirmish game in Single-player or Multiplayer, use the small 'Custom Map' button, which allows you to then select one the random maps in that My Games folder from the drop-down window.
I have enjoyed making these unique random map scripts. Thank you to ES for giving us the tools to do this! Hope you enjoy the map.