To see if users may be interested I thought I would introduce my Map Mod for a start.
I am only an amateur and my Mod is just what I thought may make the game a bit different.
map mod
Combined a Board Game look for the non hill terrain by having dots in middle of hexes.
For hills these dots are not present.
Best of both worlds, easy to judge hexes on Hills anyway when using Map Contours.
Wanted an European or maybe African terrain look so I changed main colour from Sand to Khaki.
Also wanted a slightly darker look for when I play of a night since the Sand Colour was too strong contrast for my eyes I felt.
Quite happy with result particularly for zoomed 2d view.
Designed for close in 2d view,5 key, My initial design (8d.bmp) I then scaled and used as an overlay since .bmp dimensions were different to achieve a result for the 6 and 7 key views -which have a slight hex outline now ,did not really want this but it is OK. No hex outline in game options is how I normally play usually at least for Mediterranean Maps in zoomed 2d only (key 5 view).For Desert maps i do use the 6 and 7 zoom levels since the maps are bigger.
https://imgur.com/u1ZCzS7
https://imgur.com/CyUUVQ9
https://imgur.com/wpMrc4Q
https://www.sendspace.com/file/x7mjhq
Note if you still want Desert Terrain normal Sand Colour but only Khaki for Mediterranean then just delete the Desert Named files.