Map Concept: shifting territories

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tp8806
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Map Concept: shifting territories

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Would it be possible to create a map that would change it's configuration at regular intervals? I'm thinking an earth map (I'm envisioning World 2.1) with a rotating moon that would be oriented on the top during the first round, on the right during the second round, and so on. Each round, a different set of territories would be able to attack the moon and vice versa.

Round one: let the British Isles and Ukraine attack one or two of the territories on the moon. Round two: let China and Japan do the same.
Round three: East Australia, South Africa.
Round four: Southern USA, Argentina.

I don't care if the countries are actually capable of reaching the moon, I just think it'd be a cool idea.

Would it be feasible though? I'm no coder or anything so I wouldn't even know where to begin, but let me know what you think!
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Re: Map Concept: shifting territories

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Cool, but I don't think it's possible with XML
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It is not do-able under the current XML, though something like that has been suggested before.
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Re: Map Concept: shifting territories

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You couldn't code it to swap out map images every round and implant the existing data into the new map territories? Is there a more current XML that we could use, or is that like a global thing? Again, sorry for my lack of coding knowledge :D
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