Re: New Map Utils For Dom2
Im thinking it could be done by reading in the #neighbor lines to an array. Choosing any province with more than 4 neighbors, and then making it and all of those neighbors into a "nation", might give good results.
Anything done in Java or C++ I guess would run on my server if it has a non-gui run mode and doesnt do anything too Windows specific. So if you want to have a util that creates a "new fresh scenario every day for download" we can set that up easily.
I was considering that a master utility could take all the time it wants to "think" about things if it runs that way. And the DomMap maps arent TOO bad with A LOT of switches so if you figure out a formula that fairly often generates a map that has patterns and colors you like. Then you could run a map, rework the .map file, add a .mod file, and zip up the whole thing. Even if it sucks you can redo it every day which makes it worth checking on. Seems to work for my site.
Gee you guys make me consider getting back into my projects. My data files would be compatable even if my code isnt (I do mine in Basic)
Gandalf Parker
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