[experimental 6.24 - strategy] Map randomization issue

[Skitso]

I had the same desert map for the first abduction and the first cleaner mission (soldier rescue) only few game days apart.

• Firstly, shouldn't the game make sure that these kinds of spawned maps weren't in the same biome back to back? (as they could easily be anywhere on the globe)
• Secondly, shouldn't the game make sure that the same map wasn't used until all the other available maps were used first?

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Edited November 22, 2025 by Skitso

[Skitso]

Map randomization is bugged as it seems I get the same Cleaner HQ mission every time. Shouldn't it alter the 2 maps available so I should never get the same map two times in a row?

[Skitso]

Yeah, I've gotten the same terror map and alien base too. There's no randomization -  at least between different playthroughs.

[Kouki]

On 11/22/2025 at 3:19 PM, Skitso said:

I had the same desert map for the first abduction and the first cleaner mission (soldier rescue) only few game days apart.

• Firstly, shouldn't the game make sure that these kinds of spawned maps weren't in the same biome back to back? (as they could easily be anywhere on the globe)
• Secondly, shouldn't the game make sure that the same map wasn't used until all the other available maps were used first?

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I think most of the first few cleaner missions have a specific map set to it(rescue soldier set in a polar map, abduction in desert, etc). For the cleaner hq mission I'll have to check, but this might be the same case for your first terror and alien base map too.

[Skitso]

2 hours ago, Kouki said:

I think most of the first few cleaner missions have a specific map set to it(rescue soldier set in a polar map, abduction in desert, etc). For the cleaner hq mission I'll have to check, but this might be the same case for your first terror and alien base map too.

Not sure if I understood you correctly, but my soldier rescue was a desert map. (not polar). At least in earlier versions each cleaner mission had map pool ranging all different biomes. (Excluding intel gather and VIP assassination)

Same with terror missions. There were at least 3 different variations (for the first weastern town terror), but now I've had the same map every time.

Cleaner HQ has 2 different maps (as far as I know) and I've had the same map at least 3 times in a row on my last playthroughs.

Edited November 25, 2025 by Skitso

[Chris]

On 11/25/2025 at 12:45 PM, Skitso said:

Not sure if I understood you correctly, but my soldier rescue was a desert map. (not polar). At least in earlier versions each cleaner mission had map pool ranging all different biomes. (Excluding intel gather and VIP assassination)

Same with terror missions. There were at least 3 different variations (for the first weastern town terror), but now I've had the same map every time.

Cleaner HQ has 2 different maps (as far as I know) and I've had the same map at least 3 times in a row on my last playthroughs.

Thanks. There is a randomisation system but it turns out something has got pretty fundamentally broken in it, so we'll fix that up shortly.