Generated Maps

Getting Started

The modding community embraces your desire to learn how to create generated maps for Age of Empires IV!

First step resources

Before getting started with generated maps, these resources are highly recommended as first steps:

• Official Introduction to Generated Maps
• Debug generated maps in your browser (source: https://github.com/Drumsin/aoe4-generated-map-debugger)
• Join the Unofficial AoE4 Modding Discord for assistance

Reference

Code

• Global Variables and Functions
• Library Functions

Other systems

• Erosion
• Global Distributions

Community Guides

Guides written by the modding community.

• Manually Placing Player Starts
• Study Existing Code and Settings

Community Functions

Helpful map gen functions made by the community to set you on your way!

• Circle fill
• Circle outline
• Determine closest or furthest edge from a tile
• Diagonal cross
• Draw box
• Draw number of tiles in a ring that are positioned randomly
• Quadratic Bezier Curve