Gulf of Thailand - Bangkok Region

A Colossal 1:2 map (20 × 41 km) of central Thailand, centred on Bangkok. It runs from Lopburi in the north down past Pattaya and Rayong to Hua Hin on the western shore.

⚠ Requirement: experimental map features

Colossal maps need the game's experimental map features switched on, or the map won't load:

1. Close Transport Fever 3. The game rewrites its settings file when it exits, so any edit made while it's running is lost.
2. Open settings.lua in Steam\userdata\<your Steam ID>\3493540\local\
3. Find experimentalMapFeatures = false and change it to experimentalMapFeatures = true
4. Save the file and start the game.

Terrain

The terrain is built from real satellite elevation data and then polished by hand. The Chao Phraya basin is very flat, just like in real life: open rice-plain country that's easy to build across. Hills rise in the northeast toward Khao Yai and along the eastern seaboard around Si Racha, Pattaya and Sattahip. There are islands just offshore.

Rivers

The Chao Phraya, Tha Chin, Pa Sak and Bang Pakong, along with their tributaries, follow their real routes. They're smoothed for gameplay and are wide and deep enough for ships, all the way to the gulf.

Towns (28)

• North: Lopburi, Khok Samrong, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Suphan Buri, Saraburi, Pak Chong, Muak Lek and Ayutthaya.
• Centre: Bangkok, with plenty of open space around it so it can grow into the giant hub it should be. Around it are Nakhon Pathom, Wang Noi, Bang Len, Nong Chok, Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi and Phanom Sarakham.
• South and coast: Chachoengsao, Bang Pakong, Samut Songkhram, Si Racha, Pattaya, Sattahip, Rayong, Ban Bueng, Nong Yai, Pluak Daeng and Hua Hin.

Towns start small, at least 3 km apart, each with its own cargo demands, leaving room to grow.

Industries (63)

Hand-placed where they make sense, including farms on the plains, quarries in the hills and industry along the eastern seaboard. Out at sea there are fishing grounds and oil platforms for shipping routes.

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