Map Updates and Previews

[Ilsamir Lord]

I saw awhile ago that you were discussing turning off the HGT converter or something, to get R:TW to bypass its own map generating process. I seem to remember that the R:TW map makes all areas somewhat bumpy, just to make battlefields more interesting.

Is there any news on this? Or am I completely forgetting what I saw?

Also, and I probably need to read up a bit more, why are you not including any parts of Europe? Do the crusaders start with lands in Asia Minor?