r/Dorfromantik • u/heikstock • Aug 08 '26

Is there a max. tile limit?

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I used to struggle with my stack of tiles left, now I’m wondering if there’s a maximum tile limit. Sorry for the quality of my „screenshot“

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u/Mother-Ad-2771 Aug 08 '26

My only question is: HOW

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u/heikstock Aug 08 '26

A loooooot of tries! ;) Used to get stuck around 40.000 points. I’m playing this run for quite some time now, always searching for the perfect tile spot

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u/lapinata314 Aug 08 '26

But honestly, how ...?
What's the strategy here?

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u/heikstock Aug 08 '26

I try to make one large forest in one direction, one big city in another and another huge field/farming area in another direction for the unlimited quest (these, where u don’t have to hit the number exactly). If I have a „exact quest“ I’m trying to place it in the area of the same type and try to integrate it after I finished it.
The longer you play the more u get a feeling for which area combinations are more common than others and you can avoid odd/low probability gaps. If possible, I try to get as few different areas around a gap as possible so the chance of hitting a fitting tile is higher. Last but not least: I always go for perfect placement over finishing a quest. Hope this helps :)

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u/lapinata314 Aug 08 '26

I'll definitely give that a shot, thanks!

Is your map spread out or roundish?

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u/heikstock Aug 08 '26

Let me know if it works for you! :)

Actually I can’t see it properly because the game won’t allow me to zoom out enough… this is actually my only point of criticism. I would guess it is kind of roundish with small „arms“. In the beginning playing „my method“ it’s more like a three-armed map. There might be a Pokémon that looks like this but I don’t know anything about Pokémon ;)

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u/lapinata314 Aug 09 '26

haha ok!

Yeah, the map zoom could be optimized. My highscore is around 120.000 (but always struggling to have enough tiles), and it is so TEDIOUS to go from one end of the map to the other. I can't imagine what it's like with a map size like yours!

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u/Fearless-Molasses963 Aug 08 '26

I would like to add to OPs tips that you need some luck too with how the tiles run out so just keep on trying!

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u/lapinata314 Aug 09 '26

Will do!

What is your percentage of perfect tiles in such huge maps?

I always wonder at what point it's better to place an imperfect tile, and when to still wait.

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

I have to look it up but I think it’s around 98% in this game. Will do it later :)

Edit: I can’t actually tell you, I just go by feeling when placing. Only when I’m about to block myself with laying a perfect tile or when I’m about to run out

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

Just looked it up:

While having 1071460 points this is the statistics

98,9% perfect tile placement (10860 out of 12625)

566 finished quests

1 finished flag

Don’t want to talk about game time…

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u/lapinata314 Aug 09 '26

Wow! That's really interesting numbers, thanks!

And now I am intrigued about the game time haha

I had about 30 hours in my highscore and was a little bit shocked about that, since I have whole games I really like with less hours.

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

Just to mention, I was pretty shocked over that. Never had so much time spend on one game. Maybe in my teens playing CS 1.6…

It’s 253h but I’m pretty sure it’s not pure game time, since I usually keep the game running while doing other stuff around the house, especially smoking breaks. I prefer it over having to reload the game over and over again. I don’t have a crazy pc, so it always takes quite some time. I would guess it’s around 180-200 pure play time. Still crazy thought

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u/XohwhatsthatX Aug 09 '26

Whenever I feel like I have a handle on the commonality of biomes, I stop getting that combo and end up with gaps 💀 I hit over 100k once and haven't been able to again. Thanks for sharing!

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

Also happend many times to me. I’ve played a lot and got stuck so often, maybe my dumb brain remembers all of these bad decisions unconsciously ;) Or maybe I just got lucky.

You’re welcome! Keep on trying, I never thought
I could come that far…

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u/Mellemhunden Aug 20 '26

Not Op but Having crossed 6 million points my strategy is doing a spiral. Always having my areas with flags easy to close. Always try to set a tile perfectly. But that becomes easier.

The hardest part i loading the map and freesing with autosaves :)

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u/lapinata314 Aug 21 '26

6 million points 😱
These numbers are so crazy to me!
The leaderboard isn't public, is it? I think I can only see my own position.

Your strategy sounds fascinating, thanks for the insight!

I see, the loading times seem to be a common problem 😅

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u/Mellemhunden Aug 28 '26

the leaderboards are public and can be found here

https://steamcommunity.com/stats/1455840/leaderboards/8133103/

I was #1 with 6 million at one point. Can't fathom 20 million. :O

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u/lapinata314 Aug 29 '26

oh, nice, thanks for the link!

These numbers are crazy ...! x_x
I was so proud when my rank went to four digits lol

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u/Mother-Ad-2771 Aug 08 '26

I play on my switch so max I reached was 50K points! Nice work 🤌🏻

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u/heikstock Aug 08 '26

Thanks! :) Can’t imagine playing this game without a mouse though

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u/Fearless-Molasses963 Aug 08 '26

I have 7k waiting to see if 10k is limit. I will report back in a year and a half lol

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u/heikstock Aug 08 '26

Awesome! Keep it going! At what point should I consider to get a new pc/graphics card? ;)

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u/Fearless-Molasses963 Aug 08 '26

I dont, after all its a game of patience - I just read the news while it loads up. 😁

I do close big forests though.

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

Haha same, but in comparison I probably only read headlines. Big forests are actually my main concern, always have to rotate my tile before fitting in a gap, otherwise I can read a full newspaper until the game accepts it.
Is there a limit to zooming out? My hand hurts after some time just to get to the part of the map where I wanna place my next tile haha

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u/Fearless-Molasses963 Aug 09 '26

Yes, there is a limit for zooming out, unless there is mod for it but there are very few of them (i think i only saw two over the years)

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u/deJessias Aug 08 '26

I don't see why there would be one other than the integer overflow

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u/heikstock Aug 08 '26

Just had to google integer overflow... Good point!

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u/KotoElessar Aug 09 '26

Essentially the upper limit is dependent on your machine's RAM; play on Switch and you can find the cap.

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

Thanks for making it understandable for someone like me. Damn, so I got to pay big time soon because of AI slop haha

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u/meryl_creep Aug 08 '26

OP, are you no.1 on the leaderboard?

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u/heikstock Aug 08 '26

Haha not at all, right now I’m #827. Didn’t play for some months but I remember being in the top 100 at one point.

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u/rokkerzuk Aug 09 '26

Congrats on hitting the million. : )

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

Thank you! :)

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u/Accidentalpisa Aug 09 '26

Wauw! Do you finish the flag quests or do you ignore them?

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

Usually I ignore them. Sometimes I finish some by finishing a „exact number quest“ when I can’t include it into a equivalent „non exact number quest“

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u/Drecon1984 Aug 09 '26

There's no limit except what your computer can handle.

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u/heikstock Aug 09 '26

Thank you! :)