I personally find it hard to just start on a sandbox with no terrain. It's overwhelming. I like it much more when there is just a blank map with terrain. It gives me ideas! This would be an awesome feature to see in a future update, or even a mod!
Terrain Generator for Sandbox!!
- Thread starter Thenickphantom
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I guess what he means is that the general Area is very flat. You have to put all the Terrain Details in every time you start a Sandbox map. But on the flipside i can see it also being annoying to remove those randomized Terrain Details every time. But yes, it is quicker to remove a Mountain than to sculpt and detail one.
HeatherG
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i don’t get it either. We definitely have terrain forming which is always available. Its always blank as you mentioned
I think he's asking for a button that you click to create a randomly generated map complete with mountains, hills, lakes, rivers, trees, etc. You won't have to create a map yourself or use whats already pre-built. You just click a button, and poof, a map gets randomly created. They'll be dropdown boxes where you can choose what parameters you want.
Example:
[Click to Generate]
Map Theme: Tropical/Desert/Grassland/Alpine/Deciduous/Arctic/etc
Mountains: Yes/No
Lakes: Yes/No
Rivers: Yes/No
Trees: Yes/No
Flowers/Bushes/Rocks: Yes/No
Example:
[Click to Generate]
Map Theme: Tropical/Desert/Grassland/Alpine/Deciduous/Arctic/etc
Mountains: Yes/No
Lakes: Yes/No
Rivers: Yes/No
Trees: Yes/No
Flowers/Bushes/Rocks: Yes/No
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In older games where the landscape was flatter and not this voxel (is it called voxel?) type terrain, we would be able to adjust percentages.... Mountains: 30%, lake: 20% river 25% etc.
But it is easier to code for simpler type maps. Easiest is the old isometric games.
I remember the old game Tiberian Sun (which I still play sometimes!) you can generate like this.
But I guess, nothing is impossible. However, the question is if the end result is pretty enough to be used as is or needs A LOT of polishing afterward.
But it is easier to code for simpler type maps. Easiest is the old isometric games.
I remember the old game Tiberian Sun (which I still play sometimes!) you can generate like this.But I guess, nothing is impossible. However, the question is if the end result is pretty enough to be used as is or needs A LOT of polishing afterward.
Rather than random, I would love to see the game access a data source such as this:
U.S. National Map
Enter latitude and longitude coordinates and have the game translate topographic data to the landscape. That would be awesome, and make recreating real areas way easier.
U.S. National Map
Enter latitude and longitude coordinates and have the game translate topographic data to the landscape. That would be awesome, and make recreating real areas way easier.