Storm Landscape Generator (ALPHA)

[weerwolf]

Hi all,

Although i have no programming knowledge at all, i managed to get into Maniascript enough to make a nice plugin for Shootmania Storm, a lanscape generator. It will allow to generate lansdscapes with mountains, hills, trees and some basic decoration with fires and signs. (all options switchable)

http://youtu.be/XFPdWqB8pW4

In this video you can have a peek at its alpha state and me showing / explaining some of the options.
The alpha state of this script is not just release-ready, because it needs some safety checks first on the setting to prevent it overloading the computer

[TMarc]

Awesome
Looks little bit squared or edgy, but if you add some fractal algorithms it could look even more interesting.

Do you plan to provide a symmetry option: Point symmetry at the center, or symmetry at one horizontal axis at the center ? Perhaps even 4 quarters symmetric?

[Florenzius]

Wow! Thats amazing! Everybody can use it to make beautiul landscapes!

[Rots]

Looks nice, has potential and reminds me of an AK script (outdated, deprecated) viewtopic.php?f=279&t=3381&hilit=ak+script for trackmania

I would suggest a small manialink GUI with info tooltips describing functions instead of editing plugin code (I know, it's a loss of time but it is more userfriendly and fancy)

Another suggestion, add the possibility to generate custom block. Add a textbox in which the user would fill in the block ID he'd like to randomly generate (ie some castleblock, graplins, jumpers) (check an array of blockIDs, determine if exists to prevent crash)

btw offtopic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENTq3YyY1eY

[Nerpson]

A - MA- ZING.

Keep up this impressive work!

You should also add a parameter to prevent platform trees.

BTW Where do you find documentation on plugins?

[weerwolf]

@TMARC: I'm sure what your suggestion is possible, but it both goes beyond my cunning and also my goal. That would become a real map generator, where i focus on landscape generation - only to give ones a nice start of for map creation.

@Rots: I did not come to the GUI point yet. I have plans to do it of course (find it pretty vital for a release), but i do not now how hard it is. The other suggestion has the same answer as above to TMarc - its meant to be a landscape generator, not map generator.

@Nerpson: I actually had a hard time coding getting them there :XD - but it is a possible and considerable option yes. Documentation is.... as like many mp related stuff scattered or missing. The most use i had from http://konte.org/trackmania/maniascript ... ml#General and the maniascript struct reference.

Thanks for the compliments all, i hope to get back soon with some kind of GUI and a release.

[Dommy]

Another Minecraft world generator mod... 2/10...

But really, awesome tool
Perfect for creating Hunger Games arenas bases.

[meuh21]

Nice

Remind me the labyrinth script by SurferIX : http://www.meuhmania.com/meuhbox/?p=249

Article in french, but you can watch the video

[weerwolf]

hmmm,

writing a script, seems afterwards the 'easy' part

writing the manialink and let it interact with the script ...pppffewwwww