Landgen usage (Worms 2)

Landgen (short for Land Generator) is the command line program that generates land files for Worms 2. It's located at "%Worms_2_Install_Dir%\Binaries\Landgen.exe". Landgen is executed by frontend, which sets "Default Dir" for Landgen to "Worms 2 Install Dir". This means the paths passed to Landgen by frontend are relative to "Install Dir", not "Binaries\".

Landgen is used to create:

• Thumbnails for Terrain Editor

Command Line: Landgen.exe /thumbnail path\name_of_generated_thumbnail random_big_number random_short_number random_short_number

Example : Landgen.exe /thumbnail levels\thumbs.dat 444831613 24 54

• Previews - 1:1 terrain data file that is used in manual terrain editing.

Command Line: Landgen.exe /preview path\name_of_generated_preview random_big_number random_short_number random_short_number

Example : Landgen.exe /preview levels\preview.dat -1891240261 95 29

• Land that is used for game and land preview in Terrain Editor

Command Line: Landgen.exe /generate path\name_of_generated_land path_to_level_sprites_dir path_to_water_sprites_dir random_big_number random_medium_number water_level random_short_number random_short_number

Example : Landgen.exe /generate data\land.dat .\data\level\FARM .\data\water\Blue 1765502980 24323 50 4 40

random_big_number 

random number up to 11 digits or even more, used for land randomization, can be negative

random_short_number 

random number 1-2 digits, used for land randomization

random_medium_number 

random number up to 5 digits or more, used for level sprites randomization

Random numbers are generator seeds, which means same numbers generate same terrain. Still researching how this numbers change affects generated terrain.

water_level 

height in pixels of initial water level, by default = 50

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There can be more. Research continues.