
In Age of Empires maps are displayed as a diamond, so you will need to rotate -45° to make north face upward in-game. A positive rotation moves counter-clockwise, and a negative rotation moves clockwise. Stretching these projections by a factor of 2.00 will make the proportions more natural.

The stretch slider stretches and shrinks the map horizontally.īy default, Equirectangular, Mercator, Cylindrical, and Eckert IV projections are shrunk to fit the whole world inside the square. I haven't yet figured out how to generate maps between Giant and LudiKRIS (512x512).) Stretch (Developer notes: Maps smaller than 120x120 work on the original game, but cause an AI error in HD. You can create any maps of any size from 120x120 (Tiny, best with 2 players) to 255x255 (Giant, best with 8 players). Here are the map projections currently supported by this tool: There are many different ways of representing a sphere on a two-dimensional surface, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

This is an online tool to create Age of Empires scenarios based on real-world geography.Ĭlick and drag the map to pan, and use the mouse wheel to scroll in and out.
