random map generator

Age of Fable · January 20, 2008, 01:37:04 AM

Hopefully people will find this useful and/or fun:

//www.apolitical.info/webgame/map

I'm still working on it, so please let me know what improvements you'd like.

Saladman · January 20, 2008, 02:12:59 AM

Nice.

Two things I can think of are the ability to set the size of the map (although I could just crop it myself), and the ability to adjust the farmland value directly. Is it whatever is left over after water/hills/forest, or a function of settlements, or both?

But really, beggars can't be choosers. Thanks for making this available.

Age of Fable · January 20, 2008, 04:36:17 AM

Quote from: SaladmanNice.

Two things I can think of are the ability to set the size of the map (although I could just crop it myself), and the ability to adjust the farmland value directly. Is it whatever is left over after water/hills/forest, or a function of settlements, or both?

But really, beggars can't be choosers. Thanks for making this available.

Thanks!

Each settlement looks at random number of hexes around it - of those, it turns forest and marsh into grassland, swamp into forest, and plains into farmland.

Sean · January 20, 2008, 05:00:48 AM

Thanks again AOF, this is great - I've just generated all the maps for my FtA! campaign.

Age of Fable · January 20, 2008, 06:24:45 AM

Quote from: SeanThanks again AOF, this is great - I've just generated all the maps for my FtA! campaign.

Cool!

The next thing I'll change with it will probably be making the map and key fit evenly on a single piece of paper for easier printing.

One Horse Town · January 20, 2008, 07:54:17 AM

Cool! What do the funny squiggles denote? They don't appear on the key. I presume it's blank stuff to fill in yourself?

Age of Fable · January 20, 2008, 08:04:44 AM

Quote from: One Horse TownCool! What do the funny squiggles denote? They don't appear on the key. I presume it's blank stuff to fill in yourself?

Do you mean this one -

If so, this is water : it should appear at the very top of the key :confused:

Premier · January 20, 2008, 08:24:06 AM

This is cool. One thing I'd suggest as an improvement would be coloured tiles, at least optionally. Right now, if I look at the map, all I see is a sea of black symbols on white. If there was a colour code - like, water is blue, forests are dark green, mountains grey, etc. -, I could immediately see the general layout of the land at first glance.

Koltar · January 20, 2008, 08:50:09 AM

Could you change the symbol for water?

Somehow those squiggles just don't read as "water" when I look at it.

Do you have a similiar sized symbol that looks more like waves?

- Ed C.

One Horse Town · January 20, 2008, 08:51:10 AM

Quote from: Age of FableDo you mean this one -

If so, this is water : it should appear at the very top of the key :confused:

Nope. It's sort of like a double row like this ^^^^^

The last map i did was almost entirely made up of hexes like that.

jeff37923 · January 20, 2008, 09:04:45 AM

A suggestion is to have water hexes or plain hexes be blank hexes. While its nice to have every hex filled with a symbol, it makes the map look too "busy" and a little hard to differentiate between terrain types.

Also, if you can choose the percentage of water on the map, then why have a selection on the bottom for islands or mountain ranges?

Otherwise, I'm putting it into my "favorites" category so I can get at it quickly.

One Horse Town · January 20, 2008, 09:13:50 AM

http://www.apolitical.info/webgame/map/map?maxslope=10&water=10&treeperc=40&ftype=Temperate&settled=20&rough=20&island=random

Age of Fable · January 20, 2008, 09:55:25 AM

Quote from: One Horse Townhttp://www.apolitical.info/webgame/map/map?maxslope=10&water=10&treeperc=40&ftype=Temperate&settled=20&rough=20&island=random

oops - sorry, you were right. Those are 'wasteland', and they now should appear in the key (at the very bottom).

Age of Fable · January 20, 2008, 09:58:03 AM

Quote from: jeff37923Also, if you can choose the percentage of water on the map, then why have a selection on the bottom for islands or mountain ranges?

Choosing 'islands' means that you won't have any islands that go off the map (the edge hexes will all be water). Choosing 'mountain range' does the same for a mountain range (usually...).

Age of Fable · January 20, 2008, 09:59:06 AM

Quote from: jeff37923A suggestion is to have water hexes or plain hexes be blank hexes. While its nice to have every hex filled with a symbol, it makes the map look too "busy" and a little hard to differentiate between terrain types.

good idea, thanks!