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.

[Gurken Khan]

1 hour ago, LienRag said:

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

I've read some explanation here in the forums, and there's mouseovers where you select the map type in the game. Basically Random maps are generated procedurally while the others are of static design? I don't really know.

[Perzival12]

A random map is procedurally generated by a .js file calling upon a random-map-library. A scenario or skirmish map is created in the Scenario Editor, and is static, unable to be edited. I know that it is an option in the Scenario Editor to generate a random map, then save it as a Skirmish or Scenario map, and that a few people have written random map scripts to recreate scenario and skirmish maps as random maps.