Persian Highlands with 8 Players?

[casualPlayer]

Hi all!

I used to play 0ad a long time ago and really enjoyed playing "Persian Highlands" with 8 players (7 of them being AI controlled). Downloaded the most recent AppImage (0.27.1) and found out that the map "Persian Highlands" is now only playable with 4 players.

How can I play this map with 8 players again? I found files named persian_highlands_4p.* in the AppImage, but could not find persian_highlands_8p.* on the web. How would I best go about making Persian Highlands playable with 8 players again?

[Gurken Khan]

In Random Maps you can select up to eight players on Persian Highlands:

[casualPlayer]

30 minutes ago, Gurken Khan said:

In Random Maps you can select up to eight players on Persian Highlands:

 

Fantastic, thank you very much!

[LienRag]

On 08/11/2025 at 10:26 AM, Gurken Khan said:

In Random Maps you can select up to eight players on Persian Highlands:

 

Is there an explanation somewhere on what the different map types are and the consequences of each ?

I figured out recently that it's possible to play Skirmish maps as random maps as you mention, and that they get stretched in vaguely predictable ways when one changes their size, but I still have trouble with Scenario maps - I've never been able to play them correctly.