random map generator

[ColonelSheppard]

then do it

[Golol]

ive tried learning to code several times and i never did it. i never even got past console applications.
if i could id want to do it but i cant.
btw this is how it could work:
i dont know a lot about mapping but i know that the heightmap is stored inside a picture smoehow.
i just saw how by editing this picture the heightmap was easily adjusted so if a programm just creates a random pattern of grey colors and each pixel must have a color thats similar to an adjacent pixel (no random spikes on the map) then there should be a random map that isnt just a bunch of random spikes.
this would also leave the option for a "height difference tolerance" slider that indicates how similar a color may be to an adjacent pixels color.
but all the additional files have to be generated so its definetly not as easy. and i think to get the picture you need to do some stuff first that i dont know.

[Hawkei]

ive tried learning to code several times and i never did it. i never even got past console applications.
if i could id want to do it but i cant.
btw this is how it could work:
i dont know a lot about mapping but i know that the heightmap is stored inside a picture smoehow...

Learning new skills takes a lot of time and effort. You must understand that what you are asking for would require, even for an experienced programmer, would take a huge ammount of time to implement. It is not a simple task. People wont be motivated to devota all of that time to doing what you ask. Especially when you have not devoted the time to learning about this.

You are quite correct about the heightmap. It is edited using photoshop and exists as a 1 dimensional matrix. It should be possible to generate a heighmap of the proper design using an algorithm. Unfortunately, you underestimate the complexity of that algorithm. Because you need to consider gradients. Certain slopes are buildable terrain, and other slopes are passable, but not buildable. Then others are completely impassable.

Rolling hills will have a different overall look to mountain ridges. Etc. Making an algorithm which will generate realistic landform topography is very complicated.

[Golol]

I know that no one would spend so much time for something that i ask.
Thats why i can simply hope someone decides that having a random map generator is something worth spending time into. Until i would have the necessary coding skils for this FA would propably already have died out...

[HyperGrid]

I just wanted to comment: random map generation as an idea is not unfeasible in the least, and functions that are all about random generation of numbers / terrain / height-maps happen to be well-researched and implemented. Here are some sites that focus on random terrain generation (and some of the code):

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~am ... eneration/
http://donjon.bin.sh/world/about/
http://www.gamereplays.org/community/in ... 78306&st=0 [this is a supcom random map generator]
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=498630
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/sho ... 4be1ca2268 [newer civ map gen]
=>source: http://www.gamefront.com/files/21519878 ... source_zip
http://vterrain.org/Elevation/Artificial/
http://www.drdobbs.com/parallel/generat ... /184409269

I hope this info will supply someone with some inspiration to make this generator happen.

[Duck_42]

Ok, I gave it a try http://www.faforever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=7018&p=69079