Stevey Queen
The Queen of Mimosas
Bottom left corner map is like perfect. I want it
Starting Island Layouts from Official AC Twitter Accounts
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Definitely more, but a lot will be similar to these. Some things, like the three outlet placements seem to be fixed. There's a dock on a bottom acre on the opposite side you start in. There is always one little islet of land that overhangs the water, the north/back beach always seems to be blocked by a cliff or linked to the second/third tier, starting area has no cliffs ect.
Things like the river paths, placement of ponds and cliffs will keep them different, but there's gonna be lots of similarities. Islands on layouts and isolated cliff sections will probably be rarer but still show up every so often.
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|sf>As others have said, thank you for compiling this. It reduces the experimentation time of island re-rolling and it gives us a chance to examine the possibilities and spot what is unique about a layout.
The first thing I appreciate from the maps is the variety of river shapes. The Gamecube game was capable of generating some fun and amazingly winding rivers. Some of these maps with their mini-islands remind me of some fantastic Gamecube-type layouts. At my household, we used to reroll for mini-islands a lot. I'm glad to see their return.
One unique thing for this game, however, is that some of the maps have Oxbow lakes. They're a real thing that occurs in nature where the course of a river changes over time, leaving a former river loop behind. I appreciate that Nintendo put that possible 'roll' into this game, because it expands the realism. With the terraforming tools, we would have been able to create them anyway, but it's nice to see them as part of the optional starting mix.
The first thing I appreciate from the maps is the variety of river shapes. The Gamecube game was capable of generating some fun and amazingly winding rivers. Some of these maps with their mini-islands remind me of some fantastic Gamecube-type layouts. At my household, we used to reroll for mini-islands a lot. I'm glad to see their return.
One unique thing for this game, however, is that some of the maps have Oxbow lakes. They're a real thing that occurs in nature where the course of a river changes over time, leaving a former river loop behind. I appreciate that Nintendo put that possible 'roll' into this game, because it expands the realism. With the terraforming tools, we would have been able to create them anyway, but it's nice to see them as part of the optional starting mix.
Mayor-of-Bliss
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YES thank you so much!
I've gone through them all several times, and can't find what I'm looking for, so I settle on one that might be ok but will still not be great, and then I see resident services in the middle of the land I want to work with. 
Do we know if RS can be moved because I don't want to terraform much, or be stuck for who knows how long until it is unlocked.
Do we know if RS can be moved because I don't want to terraform much, or be stuck for who knows how long until it is unlocked.
I've gone through them all several times, and can't find what I'm looking for, so I settle on one that might be ok but will still not be great, and then I see resident services in the middle of the land I want to work with.
Do we know if RS can be moved because I don't want to terraform much, or be stuck for who knows how long until it is unlocked.
There are likely many more island maps we've yet to see, probably in the hundreds. Resident Services is unlikely to be relocatable.
Ok. Cool.
I still want a single river that splits the island in half, so I can colonize it the way I want.
- - - Post Merge - - -
And not have RS or ponds in the middle.
I'm not sure if I want mine in the center, or closer to the bottom left or right corner myself.
In the center of large areas of land puts a dent in my landscaping plans.
I'd like RS to be far right, bottom or top, out of TEH way.
twinkletoes
Senior Member
Wow, so cool! The one at the bottom of the east outlet column stood out to me most!
HoennMaster
Senior Member
Thank you so much for compiling this. Seeing this literally makes me beyond excited for this game. The map second down in the far left column and the top right corner are gorgeous.
I'm glad to see this because it looks we will be stuck with resident services in the southern half of town. Overall though, really great.
I'm glad to see this because it looks we will be stuck with resident services in the southern half of town. Overall though, really great.
oath2order
#Porygon2024
I'm glad we get to change the layout
Because the rivers seem a little much
Because the rivers seem a little much
Patterns I’ve noticed for maps that have a river mouth off to the east or west:
• the little dock is on the side opposite the river mouth
• resident services and the airport are either centered or toward the river mouth side
• the little dock is on the side opposite the river mouth
• resident services and the airport are either centered or toward the river mouth side
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Ah, that's my fault. I used 'Outlet' for the River mouth because it was early in the morning and couldn't think of the word at the time, ahaha....
Basically, layouts where the mouth is on the west has a dock on the east, and vice versa.
Basically, layouts where the mouth is on the west has a dock on the east, and vice versa.
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