Can't wait for my shiny new computer to get back to me, so I can play again. I only had it for about a week before I realised that something was wrong. Woe is me!
Woe!
Would there be far away lands like Asia and the New World?
Yes - basically, history generation will pick an area of the globe to "start" from, and will consider that geographical area the centre of the game. By the end of history generation, any areas undiscovered by civs that start in the "starting" area will be classed as undiscovered, and will be retrospectively altered to make them less like the civs that are known about. The closer to the "start" a civ spawns, the more European-esque it'll be. I've chosen this system both because I think Europe in that era is fascinating, but also because I want to ensure a variety of civilizations exist, and that "exploration" aspect really, really appeals to me in gameplay terms.
That's all well and good but where are the horrible ugly generated ones?
We don't like to speak of them! A more serious answer: I'm going to be working this evening on making them all up to that standard. I'd say a good 70-80% of them are that good, but I'm going to add in some if/not statements to prevent or force certain combinations in a few situations, to ensure they all look sensible, coherent, and don't throw up weird shapes that you'd just never get on a flag.
I shall post so that I might easier experience updates to this particular thread via the link which presents to me a list of all topics I have posted in which have since been updated.
A wise move, sir.