Months ago I decided to always create a new map in map editor with handplaced towns, industries and roads before I start.

For the map I use either
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2016383483
or
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2832202381

plus on top
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2287243610

I turn off the automatical industry spawn/decay options.

Hey GordonDry, thanks for your input.

Yeah, I just did the same and started to tickle with hand placing industries.

A couple of nice seed I've used are DEVIL and Vietnam13884. Yeah, go figure.
Ratio is 4:1 Megalomaniac.

It gives me space and nice rivers flowing North to South.

I've added the Gloomy Autumn package too by the way.

Are you throwing any other mod into the mix ? DDR I guess ?


PS: if you are inclined to do so, I would be thrilled to try one of your map.I need some inspiration to spread my industries convincingly.

Actually I avoid "very large"and "megalomaniac" as those map sizes trigger the flickering texture bug.

I use a huge bucket full of mods, so giving you the map could be a pita.

Hey there Gordon,
if that's not too much of pain, may you share some screenshots of your hand placed industries and cities ?
I'm looking for inspiration.

Perhaps. But I need to be in the mood. As my actual playthrough is still in the 1870s and the 2nd time I use the Rail & Tracks Industry mod I consider it as not being very representative of my style.

I just place raw resource plants into the wild where it fits and processing plants at the edge of industrial areas of towns or even within.
Very early stuff like sawmills I put a little outside of a town, but not too much.

Sometimes I place all roads by hand, sometimes I let the map editor do it but erase and rebuild long stretches of it.
I always delete and rebuild road bridges as the vanilla bridge building algorithm sucks.

Nice! Thanks for these suggestions, GordonDry.
Makes feel like to get to know more about industrial history of a place and build a map o fit.

Cheers