new map generator

[paradoxharbinger]

check out the details here

[paradoxharbinger]

there is an alpha release of the mapgen available in the maps/mods forums here

[lch]

Nice project, I wanted to program a map generator myself because the one integrated into the game takes way too long for the actual map generation, I think. But unfortunately, unless the images that your generator produces become as good as the ones that the ingame generator makes or better, no one is going to care about yours and use it...

[paradoxharbinger]

i'm getting there, sprites are going to put in soon, possibly next week while im on spring break.

my mapgen is faster than the prepacked one and has lots of customization options, namely sprites will be modable

[paradoxharbinger]

and it has one important feature which the prepacked one does not: it makes wrapping maps.

[Gandalf Parker]

This is a great map project. It offers features that arent in the Dom3 one, and hopefully will continue to offer more.

The generator in Dom3 can be scripted to generate a batch of maps. That way you can mess with options that are available in the command-string options but not part of the map making menu'd thing. Make an icon on your desktop and hit it when you go to bed. Or schedule it for a middle of the night run, then pick the good ones in the morning.

And the Dom2 map generator still works (DomMap.exe). It is written in C and has source code available if anyone wants to tackle updating it.