Changes between Version 27 and Version 28 of Rmgen_Library

Timestamp:

Jun 12, 2012, 9:03:08 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

FeXoR

Comment:

Added "Random map design conventions"

Rmgen_Library

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 '''TODO:''' Later it should be possible to provide custom JS terrain objects as well.
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+== Random map design conventions ==
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+* Terrain: Place terrain on an area rather than a tile. Most times placing tiles only looks unnatural. In addition remember terrain from the same biome fits better to each other than tiles from different biomes.
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+* Start locations: Insight a circle with radius 20 not many obstructions should be build so the player has space to build a base there. Especially avoid placing very uneven terrain and water there. Remember that Iberians get walls as a civilization bonus which are placed by default with their starting entities and have roughly a radius of 20.
 
 == Accessing Map Data Directly ==
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  * `getTerrainTexture(x, y)`: Returns terrain texture of tile (x,z).
 
-Note: By default the height map refers to the corners of the terrain grid, so is one unit larger in both directions.  Setting TILE_CENTERED_HEIGHT_MAP = true; makes the height map define the height of the centres of each terrain grid square (interpolated to the corners at the export stage).
+Note: By default the height map refers to the corners of the terrain grid, so is one unit larger in both directions.  Setting TILE_CENTERED_HEIGHT_MAP = true; makes the height map define the height of the centers of each terrain grid square (interpolated to the corners at the export stage).
 
 == Placing Terrain: Areas ==