Mapping/List of Maps

Work in progress.

Page is being updated for version 2.3, be patient :-)

How missions work

The key to understanding how maps work in the campaign is to look to maps.ufo file. The file defines the maps which will be used in missions with given parameters such as maximum amount of aliens or ability to play the map in multiplayer. It also allows to define terrain, culture, population, ufo or dropship parameters. Those will be used to select a map during the game given the mission parameters.

There are two different types of maps, static and random. Also some maps are marked as RMA, but contain only 2 types of tiles, dropship and rest of the map.

UFO and dropships tiles

Random maps should contain as much ufo tiles as it possible, and all tiles for dropships. Current state of this work listed here: TODO/Mapping/Crafts Tiles.

Pivot table

Map	Terrain							Culture					Population					Comment
Random maps
+africa	desert			mountain	tropical	grass					african		urban	suburban	village		nopopulation
+beach	desert				tropical			any									nopopulation
+bridge	desert			mountain				any								rural	nopopulation
+cemetery				mountain		grass		any					urban	suburban	village
+country	desert			mountain				western							village	rural	nopopulation	Very old and bad-looking map, may be we should recreate it from scratch.
+desert	desert							any								rural	nopopulation	not real RMA yet
+farm						grass		any						suburban	village	rural	nopopulation
+forest				mountain		grass		any								rural	nopopulation
+frozen		arctic	cold					any						suburban	village	rural	nopopulation
+hills			cold	mountain		grass		western						suburban	village			Uses dummy texture to fit some more terrains. But currently doesn`t have enough houses and terrain-specific tiles.
+ice		arctic						any									nopopulation
+industrial	any							any					urban	suburban	village			aka oilpipes_*
+japan					tropical	grass			eastern					suburban	village
+oriental	desert									oriental			urban	suburban	village
+tropic					tropical			any						suburban	village	rural	nopopulation
+ufocrash	any							any					any					special assembly.
+village			cold		tropical	grass		any					urban	suburban
Map	Terrain							Culture					Population					Comment
Semirandom maps
+bridge	desert			mountain				any								rural	nopopulation
+construction						grass		any					urban	suburban	village
+desert	desert							any								rural	nopopulation	also known as "harvester_crash"
+druglord					tropical			any						suburban	village	rural
+eaglenest			cold	mountain		grass		western	eastern					suburban	village	rural
+gasstation	desert		cold		tropical	grass		any					urban	suburban	village
+italy			cold	mountain				any							village	rural	nopopulation
+military_convoy				mountain		grass		any							village	rural	nopopulation
+shelter				mountain				western	eastern				any
+spedition			cold			grass		any						suburban	village
Map	Terrain							Culture					Population					Comment
Static maps
bunker	desert		cold	mountain				any							village	rural	nopopulation
city_train	desert				tropical	grass		any					urban	suburban
corrupter_crash	desert							any									nopopulation	TODO: may be convert to +desert theme.
dam	any							any							village	rural	nopopulation
excavation	desert									oriental	african				village	rural	nopopulation
farm						grass		western						suburban	village	rural
ferry								western	eastern	oriental				suburban	village	rural		Terrain set as "water", is it ok?
fighter_crash	desert			mountain				any							village	rural	nopopulation
harbour					tropical	grass		any					urban	suburban	village
mine				mountain		grass		any						suburban	village	rural	nopopulation
office				mountain	tropical	grass		any						suburban	village
oriental	desert									oriental			urban	suburban	village
oriental_mosque	desert									oriental			urban	suburban	village
pipes_const	desert				tropical	grass		any					urban	suburban
resort					tropical	grass		any					urban	suburban	village
rivertown			cold			grass		western						suburban	village	rural
scout_crash			cold	mountain		grass		western						suburban	village	rural
subway	desert		cold		tropical	grass		any					urban	suburban
village			cold			grass		western	eastern					suburban	village
wilderness				mountain		grass		any									nopopulation
Map	Terrain							Culture					Population					Comment

Links

• Mapping
• UFO-Scripts/campaign.ufo