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| Date Posted: | Jun 24, 2008 | |
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I thought I'd take a break from bubble choo choo's and try a spot of 3d. The results are the beginnings of a random urban map generator, here is a screen:
Obviously my next task will be to put little houses in most of the blank concrete parts.
Obviously my next task will be to put little houses in most of the blank concrete parts.
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Submit your own resources!| Orion Elenzil (Jun 24, 2008 at 15:57 GMT) |
| John Coyne (Jun 24, 2008 at 16:42 GMT) Resource Rating: 5 |
The most important part is a recursive method, it takes upper and lower x/y variables which it uses to manipulate the entire array or just parts of it, it goes something like this:
1. find the center of the whole map
2. add/delete a small random variable from this, so we are randomly off center
3. from this off center position, draw north, south, east and west roads, splitting the map into 4 (if you were to stop at this point, it would look a bit like an English flag). If the road intersects with another road, stop.
4. take each of the 4 map pieces, and send them back into this recursive method
At the beginning of the method I check the width and height of the sub-map and exit if its below a certain number.
Once this is done its just a matter of iterating through it and placing the relevant 3d model in the correct space.
| Brian Wilson (Jun 24, 2008 at 19:30 GMT) |
| John Coyne (Jun 24, 2008 at 21:45 GMT) Resource Rating: 5 |
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