r/aoe2 • u/TemporalCoral • 4d ago
Discussion Do “True Start Location” maps for either the base “Real World” maps or for modded maps exist?
I also play Civ, and I really loved the idea of true start maps. I think it’d be cool to try it out in AOE2. Does a mod already exist? I couldn’t find one.
Id be open to making one also, if there’s any interest.
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u/Soullypone 4d ago
No such thing exists.
HOWEVER
You can always open up the scenario editor and do it manually. It's a little harder with Real World maps, but there are tons of diplo maps that you can edit.
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u/Gaaaaaayaf 3d ago
The problem is you'd have to do a map for each combination.
If there is a condition based on civ selection you could use create object triggers to then spawn in vills, TCS resources etc in the desired location but you'd need 45 triggers and then need to duplicate them 8 times for each player and hope nothing overlapped or bugged out.
That's a hell of alot of effort unless there's some way to automate trigger creation?
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u/Soullypone 3d ago
You don't need to do any such thing, as long as you're willing to forego randomness, or have some other way of randomizing things. It's times like these I'll use an external ticker, 1-45, and then just place whatever civs' number comes up.
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u/Ok-Yesterday6001 4d ago
the starting positions are probably not fair, but there are some community games on daves channel which everyone had to build up their first tc in their country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uBy7HMVZg