This may be a bug in the game, in how the game reads map xml's, or in the random map generator app in the modding forum.
(Elementerra) -> https://forums.elementalgame.com/395529

However i felt i should report it anyway, using Swedish Vista 32bit OS, and swedish localization settings in windows etc etc, when attempting to load ANY maps ingame generated by this app, the game stalls upon loading the map.
Or, if loading them in the cartographer instead, they display with roads on EVERY tile, no textures, no hill textures, no mountain textures. And when attempting to paint an environment on the forests (such as arctic, grasslands) the forest remains barren, does NOT react to the environment change.

Looking at the map xml's and comparing to vanilla map xml's, there is no difference noticeable, nothing to indicate what the problem might be..
In all other maps ive loaded (created with the ingame map creator), i can change the trees with the environment paint tool, they do not load up with roads on every tile, and have proper textures.

As i said, might be a problem with the guy's random map generator app coding, but it might also be an issue with how the game reads xml's under certain unicode / non-unicode or OS language settings, since the vast majority of other users seem to be able to load those maps no problem.