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TLDR

"Restart" with same seed (or not)

WHAT

The current "Restart" menu option generates a new map, although with the same parameters. I'd like it with the same seed as well, i.e. it is identical in layout. I presume biters start the same place, but are like me free to "expand differently"

WHY

I interpreted the noun "Restart" as exactly that, with everything the same (like the movies "Groundhog day" or "Edge of Tomorrow"), but found out the map is generated anew.

I can achive this by three different ways, but it would be a real nice if this was easier.

• Write down the seed. The start a new game with same map parameters, and enter the same seed
• Save the game immediatly after start. Save the game again, but with a differnet name, which is used thereafter.
• Add "save replay", then instead of restart, start a replay, stop it immediatly and resume play (method breaks after a patch/update).

None of my business, but ...

Put a "restart with same seed" checkbox next to the "replay" checkbox, thus defining the "restart"-mode to be a total restart. Alternativly the menu has two buttons: "New restart" and "Same Restart".

Mskvaer wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:34 pm

TLDR

"Restart" with same seed (or not)

NewGame Plus mod can do this and more!

+1. I had also assumed that it worked that way when I first saw it.