Setting biome with changing landscapes

Discussion in 'Archived: Plugin Requests' started by mal2011, Mar 26, 2013.

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    mal2011

    Hello,

    From seeing the title you will probably tell me that the plugin already exists and suggest a plugin like 'WeatherMan' to me. This is not what I want.

    I am looking for more then a plugin that changes biome, I am looking for a plugin that after I change the biome the landscape the belongs to the biome will also genorate. For example if I were to set a jungle biome I would want jungle trees to appear and everything else that should be in a jungle biome to appear in the selected area.
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    So you want something to change the biome of the selected area and the re-generate that area?
     
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    mal2011

    Yeah basically instead of just changing the colour of the grass like most biome changing plugins do I want the actual landscape to look like the biome I set it to.
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    I can make this for you
     
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    mal2011

    Thanks so much. I have been looking for a plugin like this for a very long time!

    How long do you think it will take? (Sorry to sound pushy here, I'm in no rush I was just wondering when it will be done)

    EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    I will try to make it as fast as I can so probably tomorrow. But I am not making any promises.
     
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    Codisimus

    timtower I dont think you realized wut you just signed up for.
     
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    mal2011

    Wow man, that's fast.

    Are you going to set up a Bukkit DEV page for it?

    What do you mean?
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Yes I am.
    Codisimus Like mal2011 already said, what do you mean?
     
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    Codisimus

    This is no easy task.. no offence to timtower but don't get your hopes up.
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    I just do my best ;) It is a nice challenge
     
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    Codisimus

    If you change the biome i dont think the land will regenerate any different. And even if it did, it would be very rough around the edges.
     
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    mal2011

    I'm not bothered about it being rough. I need specific biomes for filming (I do Minecraft short films).

    The server I got for filming on is a flat world... which is fine till you need a shot of someone walking through a forest or something.
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Codisimus there is an function to generate chunks ;)
     
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    Codisimus

    May I suggest asking for a plugin that can searches for a specific biome and teleports you there. May be easier to program. Or even a world generater so you can set in a config which biome you want.
    These are just suggestions, take them or leave them.
     
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    mal2011

    It sounds like a good idea but I think I would prefer my original idea. If timtower has trouble doing what I originally said then maybe we could go for biome teleporting plugin. (The problem with that is I wouldn't be able to have a flat world anymore)
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Biome changing is working. Next thing : generation
     
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    mal2011

    How do you select the area you would like to change?
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    This plugin hooks into WorldEdit ;)
     
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    mal2011

    That's awesome man thanks! How is the generation going?
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    Found a way to store the biome changes, WorldEdit is not capable of doing so. But I am now working on creating an list of the chunks in the selection.
     
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    mal2011

    I have little knowledge of what you said there ;)

    What I meant to say was, have you managed to find a way of making the landscapes change when the biomes change?

     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

    The first part explains the second part XD
    When you generate an world every vertical stack of blocks get an biome assigned. I am changing that biome so the next time the chunk gets generated it will give the biome you needed.
     
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    Hoolean

    If this works, I owe you... virtual cake. Or something.
     
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    mal2011

    I think I like you... ;)

    Thanks and good luck.
     
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    timtower Administrator Administrator Moderator

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    Hoolean

    I find a little incentive always helps along the way ;)
     
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    Codisimus

    If changing the biome and then regenerating the land actually works then I already have a plugin that does this.

    EDIT: testing on my server b4 posting the plugin...
     
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    mal2011

    I used WeatherMan (a biome changing plugin) to set an area to jungle then I regenerated the area with //regen (WorldEdit) and the area just went back to the biome it was before.

    I don't know if this means anything. :p
     
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    Codisimus

    Yup that is wut I tested.

    timtower You will have to use a BiomeGrid I believe. still looking into it.
     

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