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    • SaverS
      Saver
      last edited by

      @FunkOff OK, that's true too

      auch mal fünf gerade sein lassen

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      • BlackYpsB
        BlackYps
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        Thank you for your input. What I got so far is that the contour lines on mapgen maps make it easier to gauge the steepness of the slope. While trying to get better comparison screenshots I noticed that the terrain colors definitely need to be adjusted as they go from white to pure black. If a map has no mountains this happens:
        Screenshot 2023-12-05 013101.png

        I'll try adjusting the colors while keeping the contour lines and then I'll be back with some better comparison pics

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        • nine2N
          nine2
          last edited by

          It would be nice if comparison picks were taken on same map.

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          • nine2N
            nine2
            last edited by nine2

            Check out the map of Loki here. It's so clear what is going on. https://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7573
            2686f4b6-7625-4808-a88a-78f0e576468a-image.png

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            • nine2N
              nine2
              last edited by

              The most important thing to show is unpassable cliffs. Height is just a bonus. Water is important too. If you have all that, contour lines are just noise.

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              • TheVVheelboyT
                TheVVheelboy
                last edited by

                I don't know, this loki map is utter garbage imo. Can't even look at it without having urge to vomit.
                The Mapgen minimap from the OP is imo the best. Could use some tweaking to show unpassable terrain better, but it's hand's down the best one so far.

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                • BlackYpsB
                  BlackYps
                  last edited by

                  Here is a mapgen map with the water and ground color adjusted to fit the gpg maps:
                  Screenshot 2023-12-05 150936.png

                  And here is the same map with gpg contour lines for reference:Screenshot 2023-12-05 150702.png

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                  • maudlin27M
                    maudlin27
                    last edited by

                    Mapgen looks significantly better to me based on the latest comparison; I’d suggest editing the op to link to that comparison as I was leaning towards the opposite view based just on the previous mapgen minimaps, and some people may not read the whole thread when responding

                    M27AI and M28AI developer; Devlogs and more general AI development guide:
                    https://forum.faforever.com/topic/2373/ai-development-guide-and-m27ai-v71-devlog
                    https://forum.faforever.com/topic/5331/m28ai-devlog-v150

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                    • BlackYpsB
                      BlackYps
                      last edited by

                      The change is now part of the latest mapgen release

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                      • F
                        FunkOff @BlackYps
                        last edited by

                        @blackyps This shows that the mapgen preview is far better than the GPG contour lines. At least for FAF purposes. (If I were an engineering designing a large structure, I might prefer the contour lines lol)

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                        • nine2N
                          nine2
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                          That new preview is heavenly

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