New Map Generator Options

From experience i can say that the mex slider was way more accurate than the terrain sliders. I would set the mountain slider to max and half my maps wouldnt generate a single mountain.

@blackyps said in New Map Generator Options:

Isn't the small islands style not more or less an archipelago?

Not quite sure since i almost always used the sliders to create maps (will check it tonight) but generally speaking mapgen was quite bad at creating good water maps

Do play around with the different terrain styles. If you find that there is a kind of water map that is lacking we can maybe add it as a new terrain style.

A new alpha was just released that adds reclaim and resource density options for custom styles

Excellent idea with the bounded sliders.

Using random Biome & Terrain options, it seems I'm getting a much more diverse (and playable) set of maps than I was before. So a nice improvement.

1. "Biome" only has the option "RANDOM" - why have a drop down menu then?
2. Some of the options are unclear. What does "resource generator" mean (basic, low_mex, water_mex)?
   --> many of the terrain generator options are unclear ("flooded, valley, little_mountain, mountain_range)
3. What is prop generator (high_reclaim vs large_battle, what is "basic"?)

It feels like there is very limited information/no examples/images gives, so players have to painstakingly try out all the options to make sense of them. Frustrating.

Easiest to understand elements are the sliders. Helpful. Option to use map names is great too.

4. I don't understand why no water slider will be added back in (how can I ensure I get random maps without water?).
5. If there is a list of terrain options could we just click those we want to be included when going random (to exclude others)?

1. If biome as only has the option random then likely something is going wrong when the client is trying to get the options from the generator.
2. The names try to be descriptive of what they are but full descriptions are just lacking at the moment.
3. Prop generator is effectively reclaim
4. The water slider was removed because it was incredibly unreliable. And it is easier to pick terrain styles that are low on water
5. That is a good idea and will have to see if it can be done without cluttering the UI too much.

Thanks. Maybe it also could be added what kind of map one gets (gras/green, snow/white, alien etc.).
I find some colors harsh on the eyes.

That is what the biome controls

We should indeed add tooltips that describe the options. They are not hard to add, but someone has to write them. It's much appreciated if someone wants to contribute descriptions

I've been looking into making the dropdowns multi-select as my first PR. There's no existing control in JavaFX so we'd have to write our own. I'm still trying to get the hang of Java so it might be a little beyond me right now. Idk how yall use this language

We are using multiselect in other areas of the client, so you could copy the code from there

Was not aware of that, I will check it out!

Yeah you can look at one of the vaults they have it for I think the replay leaderboards.

That is exactly what I was looking to implement. Sweet