So I heard you guys like 4x Cube Terrain...

[ZSNO]

dear forget.

could you take a pic large enough to be my wallpaper? (1600x900)

Click picture in OP, save the next image and then resize.

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[the blocker]

You must have the best god damn computer ever

10^128630397234 / 10

[Klocko]

RELEASE THE loving SCRIPT AND SAVE I ACTUALLY PISSED MY loving PANTS

[Klocko]

I improved the picture a little bit

[Kaiiu]

Daaaaannng. That's awesome dude.

[Blocki]

How

[Kaffu]

I'm gonna be crapping bricks for months just by looking at this (Beautiful) thing.

[ZSNO]

Okie so I'm releasing the script and instructions on to use this thing.
First you can grab the add-on formatted version here.
Stick that in your Blockland Add-ons folder and enable it when making a server.

To make it do a terrain, open your console and type:

Code: [Select]

parsePGM(file location here);
ex. parsePGM("add-ons/script_pgmparser/output.pgm");This will start to create a new file (that is easier for me to script for) that is the old file name plus _format
The script will read this file and read each height value and place a brick accordingly until it is done.
You can poke at it and make improvements blah blah

Now to the part on how to create PGM files.
Basically I used a program called World Machine 2.
You make your terrain and then for exporting select the PGM (ASCII) option.
Export that and you have a file that is ready to be put into Blockland.

[rlcbm]

vid plz its confusing

[Block1zilla]

vid plz its confusing

No, Rlcbm, read it carefully and follow what he's doing in the text.
Dont say stupid things.

[Blocki]

What's that billion of random numbers in the pgm file mean???

[Treynolds416]

His is more useful than mine for 2 reasons, and less useful for 1 reason

More useful:
- You can make custom heightmaps
- You don't have to downgrade to v19 to make copies of existing terrains

Less useful:
- His script doesn't fill the holes like mine, you have to use a custom extended cube brick

@ZSNO, I'd be more than willing to help you implement the hole-filling logic from my script into yours

[Blocki]

Hey what's more efficient?
A stack of bricks under it or a taller brick?

[pwnfulz]

My computer would blow up in a second if it was in this...especially with shaders on.

[Treynolds416]

Hey what's more efficient?
A stack of bricks under it or a taller brick?

Before you start asking dumb questions, why don't you consider the various problems that occur when using a quick fix instead of a proper scripted solution
- All terrains run the risk of having low enough points in their heightmaps that would overlap with the ground
- (but what if we offset the map to a higher height?) That's always a guess to how high it needs to be, and if it's too high it presents a nuisance to the player
- All terrains run the risk of having slopes at certain points that would leave holes anyway
- The average player now is forced to use a useless custom brick