new map generator

[Edi]

Looks interesting.

The color scheme of your site sucks long and hard, though. The links are difficult to see as they vanish into the background and the random white pattern on the right side. I suggest making some modifications so that the links are more visible (e.g. in red text).

Edi

[paradoxharbinger]

heh, point taken, it looks ok on my pc, but i think i run the brightness on my monitor a little high.

[Agrajag]

And to be unpleasently honest, I can randomize maps just as good with Photoshop (and I'm guessing that Gimp can do that as well, but I haven't tried it)

[Endoperez]

If I understood it correctly, his randomized maps are actually height-maps, and he's currently working on how the different heights interact with each other: how low-lands near seas become swamps, how high land must go to be a mountain, etc. Eventually, mountains will get pictures of small mountains (over different-colored ground, I think), while forests will get little trees, and wastelands dead plants.

[Agrajag]

"Right now, I am working on the algorithms to grow forests, wastes, swamps and farmlands, which are all sensitive to where there is water and elevation. "
According to this, he is working on those algorithms, which means that currently they aren't there, which means those are pretty much just pretty pictures right now, which is what I'm commenting about.
As soon as those algorithms get implemented then my statement is automatically changed to say that only the picture can be easily randomized with photoshop. Once you add in graphical representation, then photoshop can no longer recreate those maps randomly. (Though you could still randomize a map and manually cover it with mountains, forests, swamps etc. without too much trouble.)
Besides, I'm just trying to encourage him to do more work faster (by making him try and prove me wrong)

[paradoxharbinger]

Endoperez has the right of it, I'm tryinhg to make a 'smarter' map generation algorithm. unfortunately right now i'm working and going to school which doesnt leave a hell of a lot of time for the mapgen. but i'm trying to squeeze in as much work when i can. the mapgen is meant to be a program where you can click one button and have a map generated completely, with no additional work, drop it into the map directory, and play it.

[paradoxharbinger]

quick and dirty little update:

the algorithms for making wastes/forests/farmlands/swamps are about 80% done as of now, and thanks to a dirty little cheat i learned in class runs blindingly fast. might even be finished by tonight, but that's a long shot, got a lot of homework to do. my work load is due to decrease next week thanks to the end of summer classes, so expect more frequent updates soon, and maybe even an overhaul of the website for those of you who find it rough on the eyes.

gonna throw it out there one more time in case you forgot, i'm open to suggestions for features in the mapgen.