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=head1 Random Map Deployment Guide |
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=head2 Using random maps |
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Any exit with "/!" as the destination map will generate a random map. To |
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specify random map parameters, you put parameters in the message field for |
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=head2 How styles work |
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A "style" is usually a small map which contains only objects which |
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define the "style". For example, a monsterstyle "orc" might be a map |
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generated with crossedit which has six orcs, a kobold, and a troll in it. |
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When monsters are placed, the generator will randomly choose monsters from the |
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"orc" style, and for this example, on average, it will generate 6 orcs/troll |
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and 1 kobold/troll. So orcs will be very common, and there'll be occasional |
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trolls and kobolds. |
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In principle, you may put any object in any style map. However, the |
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map generator will do special things with the object depending on which |
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directory it is in. Style maps are located in maps/styles/*, you may use |
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the editor to modify the style maps, or create new ones. |
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Any style parameters that accept a map path accept both simple maps |
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(F<.map> files), meta files (F<.rmg>) and directories. |
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Maps will simply be used as-is. |
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Meta files are JSON objects with (currently) only one key: "maps" which |
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must be a hash with C<"path" : weight> pairs, of which one is randomly |
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chosen. |
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Directories are handled based on the filenames in it: if there are any |
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files with "_\d+" in their name (e.g F<map_1.map>, F<map_99.map>), |
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then the one with the value closest to the difficulty value is chosen, |
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otherwise a random entry is picked (which can in turn be a meta file, |
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=head2 Style Parameters |
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layoutstyle <style> (special!) Pick the layout style for the map. |
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Currently, "rogue", "spiral", "maze", "snake", |
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"onion", and "squarespiral" are allowed. See |
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below for more detail. |
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floorstyle <style> Load /styles/floorstyles/<style> and pick a random |
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floortype from that style map for the random map. |
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The entire map will be tiled with the floortype. |
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wallstyle <style> Load /styles/wallstyles/<style> and pick a random |
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walltype from that style for the random map. All |
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the walls in the map will be of this type. The |
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walls are modified on insertion so that players |
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cannot go through them: this is expected for |
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walls, but the random map generator makes sure of |
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it. A <style> of "none" causes no walls or doors |
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to be generated. |
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doorstyle <style> Load /styles/doorstyles/<style> and pick a random |
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doortype from that style for the random map. A |
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<style> of "none" causes no doors to generated. |
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exitstyle <style> Put one or two exits in the map, one leading back |
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to the map where we entered from (origin_map, |
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origin_x, origin_y), and, if appropriate, one |
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leading to another, harder, random map. A style of |
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"none" causes no exits to be generated. |
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decorstyle <style> Load /styles/decorstyles/<style> and pick the |
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decor objects from that style to insert in the |
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map. Decor objects are modified on insertion so |
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that they do NOT block movement, regardless of the |
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archetype. They are placed randomly. A style of |
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"none" causes no decor objects to be generated. |
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monsterstyle <style> Load /styles/monsterstyles/<style>, if it exists. |
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If it doesn't exist, then it will look for a directory |
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of that name. If it finds a directory, it will choose |
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a style based on dungeon_level. It will pick the style |
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with the name <name>_# with the # closest to the |
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dungeon_level. Monster objects are copied from the |
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style map, so you may form style maps with modified |
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monsters which are weaker or stronger than the default |
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archetype.A style of "none" causes no monsters to be |
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treasurestyle <style> (Special) If the style name chosen is contained |
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in the lib/treasures file, it will use |
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that for making treasures. If it is NOT |
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in the lib/treasures file, it will look up |
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/styles/treasurestyle/<style>, and pick random |
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treasures from there. If <style> matches neither |
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of these, it will generate treasures using the |
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"chest" treasurelist. A style of "none" causes no |
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treasures to be placed. |
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=head2 Layout Parameters |
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xsize <int> size of the map: if not set, random from 10 to 70 |
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ysize <int> size of the map: if not set, random from 10 to 70 |
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expand2x <bool> Do we double the size of the layout? This has |
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the effect of increasing the corridor widths by about |
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2x. Set it to a non-zero integer if this is desired. |
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symmetry <sym> symmetry of the layout: You can cause the map generator |
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symmetry 0 random symmetry |
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symmetry 1 no symmetry |
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symmetry 2 symmetry about the vertical centerline |
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symmetry 3 symmetry about the horizontal centerline |
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symmetry 4 both 2 and 3 symmetry |
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Layout Style: Parameter: Effect: |
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maze maze_type 0: rooms (open space with some walls) |
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1: sparse (maze with some larger open spaces) |
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2: braided (few dead ends) |
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3: closed (complete maze) |
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50% of the time a maze layout will be "doorified", meaning that doors |
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onion layoutoptions1 0 (default) Pick random options |
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onion layoutoptions2 0 (default) Pick a random number of |
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=head2 Map generation parameters |
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difficulty Set the map difficulty. Has no relation to the |
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"difficulty" defined in common/*.c. |
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If nonzero, this map and its descendants will |
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have the same difficulty. If zero, it'll be set |
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to the value of dungeon_level and incremeneted with |
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each recursive map. |
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difficulty_increase Sets how fast the difficulty increases. This value |
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is a float - the default value is 1.0. Reducing |
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This only applies to map without a default |
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difficulty set (but that could change in the |
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future). For each level of a map, the difficulty |
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is set to depth * difficulty_increase. Setting |
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this parameter to 0.5 (or other values between 0 |
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and 1) is a way to have deep dungeons that do not |
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dungeon_level Another way of setting the map difficulty. This |
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has no relation to the "difficulty" defined in |
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the common/*.c source code. The effect is to pick |
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which monsters to use: for example, if the |
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monsterstyle |
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is "humanoid" and the dungeonlevel is 9, the style |
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map /styles/monsterstyles/humanoid/humanoid_9 will be |
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the style from which monsters are chosen. After the |
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monsters are placed, the map |
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difficulty is set according |
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dungeon_depth The map generated will have an exit to another |
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dungeon_level < dungeon_depth. The next random map |
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will have dungeon_level incremented. If dungeon_level |
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>= dungeon_depth, no exit to a more difficult map |
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orientation How the exits look: |
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0 random "orientation" |
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1 player arrives in the map at |
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a "stairs up", he goes to harder |
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levels by finding a "stairs down" |
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2 reverse of 1 |
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3-6 exits are horizontal. In the future |
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origin_x <You shouldn't need to set this> The exit which |
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leads back from this map will go to this x. |
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origin_y Like origin_x |
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random_seed Set the random seed number used. This number |
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completely determines the random numbers: a map |
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final_map When dungeon_level >= dungeon_depth, another exit |
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exit_on_final_map The default action is to place an exit on |
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the final map. When explicitly set to 'no' this will |
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=head2 Misc. Parameters |
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decoroptions <option> Currently, ignored. Possibly in the future it |
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treasureoptions <opt> Parameterizes how the treasure is placed and protected. |
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8 Put locked doors around the treasure (a key to each |
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door will be placed in a monster or somewhere reachable |
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16 Trap the treasure. A trap from /styles/trapstyles/traps |
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=head2 Map Layout styles |
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=head3 Onion Maps |
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=head3 Maze Maps |
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=head3 Spiral Maps |
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=head3 Square spirals |
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=head2 An example input file |
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layoutstyle onion |
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monsterstyle humanoid |
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dungeon_depth 3 |
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=head2 Below is the original proposal |
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Random Maps |
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The major thing still missing from Crossfire, I think, is a good facility |
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for generating random maps: |
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1. They can be used by map creators to create a basic layout for his |
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quest or whatever, so that he need not start from a blank canvas. |
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2. Buildings with nothing else in them can have a random map in them. |
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In fact, we could have the same random map generated every time someone |
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enters a particular building (pick the seed off of the parent map name |
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and the entrance location!) This would transform the world from finite |
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to infinite. |
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Styles: |
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decor should be picked from certain subsets of the total object set. An inn |
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has a very different style than a castle, and from a dungeon, in both walls, |
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decor, and monsters. |
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Ubiquity: (map configurable: unspecified==no random maps) |
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Any exit which does not have a destination specified should lead to |
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a random map, but WITH a sign saying "this is a random map". |
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Identifiability: (configurable) |
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Random maps includes a sign |
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which states that the map is random. |
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Recursion: |
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Random maps should optionally have another entrance to a random map of |
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the same style. The depth of recursion should be specifiable. |
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Difficulty: |
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Difficulty should be specifiable. Also, whether the map advances in |
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difficult with recursion should be specified. |
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Quests: |
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It would be cool if random quests could be implemented, too. I won't |
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put this in immediately. |
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Standalone operation: |
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It'd be cool if the random map generator operated standalone, so that |
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map designers could use it easily as well as the server could at exits. |
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Size: |
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Random maps should be sized. A big, multi-square exit should have a bigger |
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random map to it, while a small house should have a small interior. |
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Inheritance: |
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The type and location of the exit should imply something about its random |
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interior. A shop exit should have a shop interior, a house should have a |
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home interior, etc, a difficult map should have difficult sub-maps. |
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Directedness: |
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Buildings should have random maps with stairs up to the next random map, |
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dungeons with stairs down, etc. |
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What does everyone think? Anyone willing to help? Has anyone already |
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made so much progress on this that I should just help them instead of |
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starting one myself? |
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Algorithms: |
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Maze algorithm: start from a wall point, move forward left or right |
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or start from a new wall point, at random, recursively. If blocked, |
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pop the stack until you can walk again. If you return all the way, |
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a maze is generated. |
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Specs for a room algorithm: |
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Can you write for a function: |
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char **room_gen_corridored(int xsize, int ysize, int option); |
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which allocates and returns a char[xsize][ysize], with # being a wall |
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and a char value of 0 indicating nothing. |
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like:: |
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# # # # |
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Some suggested options: |
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option: |
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0 random choice of one of the other options below * |
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1 vertical centered corridor * |
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2 horizontal centered corridor * |
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4 vertical corridor on the right-hand wall * |
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8 vertical corridor on the left-hand wall |
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16 horizontal corridor on the bottom wall * |
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32 horizontal corridor on the top wall |
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The *'d ones are the important ones. |
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Options 4 and 16 are important so I can easily create reasonable |
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bilaterally and 4-way symmetric maps, as in a castle. |
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If you're really ambitious, you could make it so you could ADD the |
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options to get something like 10: centered vertical corridor and right-hand |
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corridor. |
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One restriction you must satisfy, however, is that every place on the map |
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be accessible from everywhere else. |
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Feel free to contact me with any questons. |
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peterm@langmuir.eecs.berkeley.edu |
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=head1 AUTHORS |
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The original document was taken from Crossfire and subsequently modified by Marc Lehmann. |