Replacing the desert mountains
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Re: Replacing the desert mountains
I suppose one could be made, I didn't feel it was lacking at the time, I guess.
Is this supposed to replace thevultraz wrote:or should we remove that variant for dry mountains?
terrain/mountains/dry*
? Or these retired things?
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Re: Replacing the desert mountains
Yes, this should serve as a replacement for terrains/mountains/dry*.
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In that case, I'd say let's forget about the "2X4" for now. I think it just requires commenting out two lines, if even that.
There will probably be suggestions/complaints when more people see the new images, we can go from there.
That's assuming this doesn't stay put until Jetrel drops by. Not sure what the plan is.
There will probably be suggestions/complaints when more people see the new images, we can go from there.
That's assuming this doesn't stay put until Jetrel drops by. Not sure what the plan is.
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Jet already gave the greenlight to commit what we have, so I'll just go ahead and do that if no one objects.
EDIT: actually, there are some transition issues with hills:
EDIT: actually, there are some transition issues with hills:
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I can't test it until the weekend, but I assume it's because of those hills being excluded from the transitions.
terrain-graphics.cfg wrote: #
# > B A S E T R A N S I T I O N S. <
#
# The order mostly controls which overlap which, some
# TRANSITION_COMPLETE_Ls and varying layer numbers are used to make some
# special transitions to layer in more complex ways.
# Default layer ist -500, so anything layering above should be higher.
{TRANSITION_COMPLETE_L (Md,Mv) (!,Md,Hhd,Mv,W*,S*) -166 mountains/dry}
# Special mountain to dry/desert terrain trans
{TRANSITION_COMPLETE_LF (Hd,Hhd,Rb,Re,Rd,D*,Gd,Ha,A*,U*,Ql*)
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I had an idea for variations; it's a rule for drawing on top of the mountains already submitted. The best way I can think to show it is this GIF, sorry for the large size. (EDIT: Removed the image, no need for me to be sorry anymore.)
It breaks up the repeating pattern better than the current mountain macros. There are some layering issues when it is used with those macros (can be seen best on the middle of three bottom-most blinking mountains), but I'm pretty sure it can be overcome with WML.
It breaks up the repeating pattern better than the current mountain macros. There are some layering issues when it is used with those macros (can be seen best on the middle of three bottom-most blinking mountains), but I'm pretty sure it can be overcome with WML.
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Re: Replacing the desert mountains
I like It certainly provides some variation. How is it implemented?
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In several places in that screenshot alone, it's very visible how the extra peaks are just fading in out of nothing. If you want to make variations of certain tiles, how are the current macros lacking? As far as I can tell, all the mountain range macros (assuming you're using those) allow you to set the probability for the rule, meaning that you can already make as many variations of each one as you want.
Re: Replacing the desert mountains
Very similar to current mountain macros, but more use of flags (not just one "set_no_flag={FLAG}" for everything). I'll give the WML when I've got something more complete.vultraz wrote:How is it implemented?
Yeah, I got a bit tired, wasn't sure it really mattered, since it might be fixable with WML.zookeeper wrote:In several places in that screenshot alone, it's very visible how the extra peaks are just fading in out of nothing.
Lack of control over base, and, more importantly, very minimal flag filtering. You can get a lot more mileage out of a number of images if you can mix & overlay them. If you have some say in how they interact with their neighbours, you can avoid bad transitions and clashes.zookeeper wrote:If you want to make variations of certain tiles, how are the current macros lacking?
EDIT3: I think this just about works correctly now. Added some castle-adjacent, chasm transition, and swamp/water/ice transition images.
Updated screen shot:
image files and example WML:
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Re: Replacing the desert mountains
I just published this on the BfW 1.13 server. If anyone notices anything, or there are any questions, you can either post here or PM me.
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Re: Replacing the desert mountains
Other than fixing that one transition issue, this is great. The business with the "extra peaks fading in out of nothing" is less than optimal, but I wouldn't consider it a showstopper. Don't let it stop this from going in.
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Re: Replacing the desert mountains
As far as I can tell, you're skipping some of the existing macros so that you can set the m2x2 and m3x1 flags where you want them, but couldn't you just use the macros with base2,m2x2 and base2,m3x1 or whatever as the flags, and only need to spell out the rules which actually place the peak/high images?
I can't really tell whether it could be done in a better way because I can't really tell what you're intending to be drawn where.
I can't really tell whether it could be done in a better way because I can't really tell what you're intending to be drawn where.
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Possibly, though I think there was some issue with sprites and the base= key when using the mountain macros, but I don't remember the details, unfortunately.zookeeper wrote:couldn't you just use the macros with base2,m2x2 and base2,m3x1 or whatever as the flags, and only need to spell out the rules which actually place the peak/high images?
What currently gets drawn is pretty much what I intended. If different WML yields something that looks similar, then no problem. The high peaks are supposed to show up north of the ranges & big peaks, if there's room and there isn't another one too close, but the 1x3 range seemed to have a layering issue, so that range can't be too close.zookeeper wrote:I can't really tell whether it could be done in a better way because I can't really tell what you're intending to be drawn where.
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Re: Replacing the desert mountains
Okay... WML aside, the main thing visually that doesn't make sense to me is that the peaks are drawn on top of the mountains, whereas in all cases I've checked it looks like they were intended to be drawn behind them, because then they mesh together pretty much perfectly and look a lot better.
For example, in the attachment: the top one is what I get with your code, and the added peak with its little boulders seems like it's just floating there, whereas in the bottom one where it's drawn behind the mountain, the plateaus actually blend together and it looks much more organic, although a lot of the image remains hidden.
For example, in the attachment: the top one is what I get with your code, and the added peak with its little boulders seems like it's just floating there, whereas in the bottom one where it's drawn behind the mountain, the plateaus actually blend together and it looks much more organic, although a lot of the image remains hidden.
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Re: Replacing the desert mountains
Well, I see what you mean, but I hardly noticed at the time and that seems like the worst one. A very quick edit just about fixes it (at least in my opinion), I could probably build on that this weekend, if it seems worth it.
Behind works, above should work, but either way is fine with me. Above covers more of the potentially repetitive patterns, but maybe behind does that well enough. The hidden part of the image might be good for some other transition. Behind might also automatically avoid the problem with the 1x3 range.
Behind works, above should work, but either way is fine with me. Above covers more of the potentially repetitive patterns, but maybe behind does that well enough. The hidden part of the image might be good for some other transition. Behind might also automatically avoid the problem with the 1x3 range.
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