Field and town orientation

[cav58d]

I should know this by now, but how is field and town orientation determined?  On some maps it seems like fields are always "north up" and towns NE-SW, and on others it's random.

How does that work?

Thanks!

[JimmyC]

Bustr threw a little spin on tings...

[ImADot]

When a terrain is created, the person making it decides not only where the bases are but also their orientation to the terrain.

[cav58d]

Roger that.

I like the randomness of town/airfield orientation.  Bomber pilots shouldn't be able to line up on hangar 0 and 3 from 10 sectors out.  Visually identify the target, or get some squaddies to recon and tell you orientation, but randomness and challenge is a good thing.

thanks.

[Volron]

If only the field orientation was random every time a map came up.   But that would require a rewrite of the entire system.