MapGEN
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| Developer: | Plutonic |
| Latest version: | v0.6.3 / 17 October 2015 |
| Supported games: | W:A |
| Language: | C++ |
| License: | Closed source |
| Website: | wormscc.co.uk |
| Download: | MapGen063-Full.rar |
MapGEN is a program written by Plutonic designed to generate random maps for particular schemes. It was first released on 11th July 2006. It now comes with a wormkit module so maps can be generated in game using settings saved in the main program. A folder called MapGEN will appear in the saved levels list containing PNG's for each scheme available.
With the release of wkIndiMask, MapGEN was updated (v0.4.0) to have an editor for changing which colours were indestructable on the map.
Contents
Downloads
Due to the inherent size of packing up all the required images / themes etc. There are multiple options for downloading. Depending on what has changed in a given release, different options may be added or removed.
v0.6.3 - BnG Update
Themes were changed in 0.6.2, if you have an older version you will need the full package.
Features
MapGEN currently supports these schemes:
- Bazooka and Grenades
- Random maps for BnG are in the form of an usland with vertical sides, the top of the island is covered with small bumps with terrain objects on top of them. Both sides of the map are kept similar, though not identical in order to give some balance without it being boring. There are two sliders available, complexity controls the "wavyness" of the top of the island, at its lowest the land will be completely flat (apart from the bumps), otherwise each bump will be offset vertically from each other my an amount based on the sliders position.
- Number of objects variues the number of terrain objects that will be placed, objects will always favour being placed on bumps and will turn up even when set to 0.
- There are also 3 tick boxes (tri-state, for on, off and random) that add extra features:
- Floaters are small round islands that are in the air above tha map, providing some cover.
- Canyon adds a small gap between the left and right sides of the map.
- Cavern adds a mini-cavern map under the ground, adding darkside tactivs to the game, or some risk when placing on thin land areas.
- It is also possible to re-seed only the objects using the modify button and clicking the "objects" option before re-generating.
- Bows and arrows
- MapGEN can create random maps for the BnA scheme, with a control that varies the density of objects. MapGEN also supports big maps for the BnA scheme, and provides sliders for the width and the height. The graphics for the specks that make up the map can be chosen from 6 defaults or added manually by creating a new folder in the program's bna subdirectory. Due to changes in the way Bow and Arrow is played today because of big maps there is now a toggle to have a density gradient. With this turned on more objects will be placed at the bottom of the map leaving the top empty.
- Fort
- Random forts are generated from sets of tiles. Each fort is created with 8 random tiles from an extensive collection, and then textured to one of three themes (brick, granite or white stone). Additional tiles or textures can be manually added in the program's data directory.
- Roper
- MapGEN can create random ropers, but provides no controls for how they are generated.
- Walk for weapons
- Random Walk for Weapons maps can be generated with a control that adjusts the number of "pads".
- Rope race
- RopeRace maps can be generated to any size up to 8000x8000, the width of the path can be scaled between 82 and 250 pixels. The mazes are always "Perfect" in that they always fill the full space, however they will always place the start and finish adjacent to each other.
- Super Sheep Race
- Supersheep race maps can be generated to any size up to 8000x8000. The width of the path and the number of corners can be adjusted. There are also a few options for smoothing the path. "Smooth" removes all corners, "Edges" makes no attempt at smoothing and "Mixed" will randomly pick areas of the map to smooth. Players always start in the top left of the map.
- Supersheeper
- Supersheeper maps in the form of cavern mazes can be generated to any size up to 8000x8000. The width of the tiles/path can be adjusted. Because of the nature of this game and the likelihood of water deaths, padding can be tweaked from 1 to 5 tiles thick.
- Shopper
- Basic city shopper maps can now be produced (1920x696 only currently). Other varieties of normal shopper are planned.
- Generic Island
- Island maps can be generated in any size up to 8000x8000. The look of the map can be changed using the complexity slider as well as two tick boxes: Complexity Gradient and SuperComplex. Turning on the Complexity Gradient produces islands that have larger and smoother areas towards the bottom-middle of the map and get more fiddly at the edges.
- Generic Cavern
- Cavern maps can be generated in any size up to 8000x8000. Currently share the same settings as Islands, though they dont realy fit and are likely to change.
Future plans
MapGEN is still under development and will support more schemes in the future. These may include:
