Random Terrain Generator

[Rhutos]

A simple question.
I searched a long time. But is there a Tool what create a new map with random terrain (and doodads)?

I dont want a jass code to create a random map at startup.
I want a tool to create a new, random map to save and edit it after.

 

[Dr Super Good]

No such tool exists as far as I am aware. You will probably have to program one yourself.

 

[Foronisus]

No such tool exists as far as I am aware. You will probably have to program one yourself.

I think there isnt... so i agree with Super Good

 

[Adiktuz]

It would be good if someone could make it... though I'm not sure if its really useful...

alternatively, you can let your little brother or sister (if you have any) play with the editor for a while...

 

[Rhutos]

Hmm thx for reply...
Too bad.

I'm not sure if its really useful...

I really think its useful. It doesnt have to be "really" random. In many Editors there is a function to generate a terrain paramters.

alternatively, you can let your little brother or sister (if you have any) play with the editor for a while...

My little halfbrother is 11 - and i have not much contact to him and my other family

 

[Adiktuz]

oh, so its much more of an automator... well, that would certainly be useful if done nicely...

 

[Dr Super Good]

I did make a java 1.6 complient .w3e manipulator. The idea is you basically need to load the 3 terrain files (the .w3e being the actual terrain, the other 2 are war3map.shd (shadow map) and war3map.wpm (pathing map)) and bundle them into a system that allows coherent manipulation.

You then need to write a set of useful random terrain utilities which interect with that system.

Finally you have your actual random terrain generators which use the utilities.

This would just be terrain but it would be a start. Later you could add support for doodads (also part of the terrain but not required to be coherent for WC3 to load a map).

The biggest problem is the actual random terrain generators. Each different map style would need one. Each actual generator would probably take longer than a map project to make.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

I thought there were a few maps with a system like that in, but they're not particularly advanced, effective or reliable =/

 

[baassee]

I thought there were a few maps with a system like that in, but they're not particularly advanced, effective or reliable =/

But they're in JASS.