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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</H1>
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<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:03:31 -0700 (PDT)</LI>
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On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, quzah [sotfhome] wrote:
> The first is this: I am developing a world generator of
> sorts, that with a few parameters will generate the entire
> mud world. It will take into account the following info:
> sizeX (width of world west to east)
> sizeY (length of world north to south)
> clustering (continents/small islands/large islands/etc)
> "hillyness" (flat/small hills/mountains/etc)
> mineral richness (frequency of mineral deposits)
> temperature (over all cold/mild/warm/hot/etc)
> on land water supplies (rivers/lakes/etc [amount of])
> wetness (over all very dry/dry/moderate/damp/very wet/etc)
Sounds like what you're interested in is terrain fractals. There's a ton
of literature on this topic, unfortunately I don't have any references
handy. Check your local science bookstore or do a web search for
fractally generated terrain (Vista Pro might be a cool package to play
with) for a start.
> at the world. I was thinking that if there is a simple way to
> output to a GIF or BMP, then I'd be able to just open up the
I'm lazy and just use libgif/libjpeg/whatever. If you don't want to use
the actually libraries, you can always go into the source and rip out the
relevant parts. Or, if you *really* want to get down and dirty, you can
get exact file formats from:
<A HREF="http://www.wotsit.org">http://www.wotsit.org</A>
Adam W.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00127" HREF="msg00127.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
quzah [sotfhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Thu 08 Oct 1998, 23:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00342" HREF="msg00342.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
quzah [sotfhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 08:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00574" HREF="msg00574.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
Dominic J. Eidson <a href="mailto:sauron#morannon,kdi.com">sauron#morannon,kdi.com</a>, Thu 29 Oct 1998, 00:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00113" HREF="msg00113.html">[MUD-Dev] Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
quzah [sotfhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Wed 07 Oct 1998, 21:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00114" HREF="msg00114.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 07 Oct 1998, 22:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00115" HREF="msg00115.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Wed 07 Oct 1998, 22:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00117" HREF="msg00117.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
Hal Black <a href="mailto:hal#moos,ml.org">hal#moos,ml.org</a>, Thu 08 Oct 1998, 03:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00118" HREF="msg00118.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Thu 08 Oct 1998, 03:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00120" HREF="msg00120.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Terrain/Landmass & GIF/BMP</A></strong>,
Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Thu 08 Oct 1998, 05:38 GMT
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