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A19e Nitrogen - UNSTABLE
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The first value is the POI's orientation ("face north"), meaning you can put in values ranging from 0-3 at your leisure. The POI will or should spawn with its "front" in that direction (north, east, south, west). At this point, I can't tell you which number is for which direction, though, as I can't recall it at the moment. I read somewhere in this thread that Damocles made some changes to that mechanism, though. I don't know if that matters.
"y-offset" means the POI's height. You could, theoretically, also insert values at your leisure here, ranging from negative values to positive ones, but each POI should look / looks best when at its set default height. This means a POI was created (by an FP employee / a modder) with a certain default height in mind. And boy, finding out that correct default height can be a pain in the lower back.
When I create my lists or update them (https://github.com/NickPhaedra/7-Days-to-Die-NitroGen-Prefab-Lists/tree/Prefablists), I always cross-check each and every POI in the editor against its correct height or what seems to be the correct height to me (together with other values). The height value itself is in theory given in the POI's respective XML file, but this can be totally wrong when spawning it in NitroGen (although lately, most of the time the values actually check out to be alright when I cross-check them).
The x, y and z values describe the POI's dimensions in space (how "big" it will be when it spawns). I'd use the default values here (meaning the ones given in the POI's respective XML file; you can also check the default dimensions by loading the POI into the editor -> x,y,z values).
Hope this answered your question. Merry Christmas, and Cheers
Is there a trick to get nitrogen to re-create a dtm.raw based on a previous heightmap via import_hm.png but without creating new poi positions?
I got a map layout I like in terms of poi's, roads etc, it's a custom map with a mask, one large island with small islands but for some reason it decided to "try" and make roads out to each island even though there is a large ocean with a mask not permitting it to place anything in the water. The result is a series of spaced out tiny perfectly round dots going out over the water to the islands, no roads, just little land bumps / dots.
I converted the dtm.raw to a png to edit them out but of course now I can't get the same one re-made. Nitrogen will not make a new dtm.raw unless it is allowed to create a new poi layout which is not what I want. If you turn off POI's then nitrogen just creates an example heightmap, no dtm.raw.
http://prntscr.com/qfeu35
I got a map layout I like in terms of poi's, roads etc, it's a custom map with a mask, one large island with small islands but for some reason it decided to "try" and make roads out to each island even though there is a large ocean with a mask not permitting it to place anything in the water. The result is a series of spaced out tiny perfectly round dots going out over the water to the islands, no roads, just little land bumps / dots.
I converted the dtm.raw to a png to edit them out but of course now I can't get the same one re-made. Nitrogen will not make a new dtm.raw unless it is allowed to create a new poi layout which is not what I want. If you turn off POI's then nitrogen just creates an example heightmap, no dtm.raw.
http://prntscr.com/qfeu35
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Just thought I'd share a bit more about the map above, this is our new map for our Ravenhearst play through, this is maybe iteration number 35 or so, lol.. It is a combination of random terrain gen in a 3d program, merging multiple land masses together, blending, filters, manual heightmap manipulation in paint.net, extra random noise filters, rain erosion application, another 3d program for direct manipulation of terrain via brushes...
The depressions in the land will be filled with water afterwards, they are higher elevation lakes that are not auto-colored.
I usually then also create our map biomes based on elevation and then apply random noise and other filters to blend biomes together so you don't get hard lines. I might seperate them out more this time since RH seems to have a lot of biome specific content.
For POI's I create a custom mask for the map, then use Nitrogen to place most POI's, usually takes about 20+ generations to find a decent seed, several POI's then still need to be hand placed or removed.
The depressions in the land will be filled with water afterwards, they are higher elevation lakes that are not auto-colored.
I usually then also create our map biomes based on elevation and then apply random noise and other filters to blend biomes together so you don't get hard lines. I might seperate them out more this time since RH seems to have a lot of biome specific content.
For POI's I create a custom mask for the map, then use Nitrogen to place most POI's, usually takes about 20+ generations to find a decent seed, several POI's then still need to be hand placed or removed.
I'm not 100% sure but just copy the prefabs.xml from your current one and replace it with the new generated one coz the prefabs.xml has all the POIs + their Positions in them.
Btw any chance your sharing the map when its done wanted to do a few SP runs for ravenharst since its out for A18 now and I really like your map
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Also after you generate a new one maybe you should also take your old splat3.png and manually remove the roads or whatever you have in the water connecting the islands coz if you have the same POIs you want the same roads except the ones in the water right? Dont forget to run it through your Splatfixer tool aswell.
Edit2: Not 100% sure it will work though coz during the generation nitogen plays with the terrain to place the pois and that might become an issue you have to test it out
Btw any chance your sharing the map when its done wanted to do a few SP runs for ravenharst since its out for A18 now and I really like your map
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Also after you generate a new one maybe you should also take your old splat3.png and manually remove the roads or whatever you have in the water connecting the islands coz if you have the same POIs you want the same roads except the ones in the water right? Dont forget to run it through your Splatfixer tool aswell.
Edit2: Not 100% sure it will work though coz during the generation nitogen plays with the terrain to place the pois and that might become an issue you have to test it out
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Hi there, the issue is that the dtm.raw contains the elevation changes to the land that were made to support the dotted roads out to the islands.I'm not 100% sure but just copy the prefabs.xml from your current one and replace it with the new generated one coz the prefabs.xml has all the POIs + their Positions in them.
Btw any chance your sharing the map when its done wanted to do a few SP runs for ravenharst since its out for A18 now and I really like your map
Edit:
Also after you generate a new one maybe you should also take your old splat3.png and manually remove the roads or whatever you have in the water connecting the islands coz if you have the same POIs you want the same roads except the ones in the water right? Dont forget to run it through your Splatfixer tool aswell.
Edit2: Not 100% sure it will work though coz during the generation nitogen plays with the terrain to place the pois and that might become an issue you have to test it out
I need to figure out how to edit the raw file directly or get Nitrogen to simply re-create one without the need to add anything to it, basically just take the import_hm.png and turn it into a dtm.raw, no other changes.
The splat3.png just contains road info, not the terrain changes to support the roads underneath.
I could probably offer the map, will just need to package it up and share it somehow, I haven't done that until now because my internet is, well, slow would be an understatement.
P.S. I think you were editing your text as I was writing this, lol, I'll just post what i wrote anyway.
Here is the last complete custom one we played on, was a lot of work but everyone really enjoyed the totally different landscape with a large city in the center of the crater in a charred forest biome.
Mixed biomes made it really interesting and never boring with nice smooth biome transitions.
I did however take several (not all) of the HDHQ biome modlets and modified them quite a lot to taste to get a truly unique look (unfortunately the pic doesn't do it justice)
Mixed biomes made it really interesting and never boring with nice smooth biome transitions.
I did however take several (not all) of the HDHQ biome modlets and modified them quite a lot to taste to get a truly unique look (unfortunately the pic doesn't do it justice)
I tried online ones, they didn't work, and I don't have photoshop, meh, will just work around it, the little island dots aren't that large and there are only a few, just wish that Nitrogen respected the mask completely.
As you can see from the mask, nothing should be put in the water.
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Looks indeed amazing!
And yeah i noticed that Nitrogen doesnt take the mask too seriously sometimes
Custom Biome that im working on how do you think it looks so far?
https://prnt.sc/qfmfmc
I'm tempted to make a handmade map but I have no clue about doing custom heightmaps and stuff ...
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Biome looks good! I am changing the one from RH back to more vanilla-ish, the million static trees look too fake and lifeless. Ok for the charred and wasteland region but not the pine forest.
Heightmaps are not hard, it's just a greyscale image, aim to work within RGB 10,10,10 - 250,250,250, just mess around, soon you will be creating cool things! I started trying to make continents like North America and Australia and I did, just that the elevation changes didn't translate well to actual gameplay so I ended up starting from scratch instead.
Heightmaps are not hard, it's just a greyscale image, aim to work within RGB 10,10,10 - 250,250,250, just mess around, soon you will be creating cool things! I started trying to make continents like North America and Australia and I did, just that the elevation changes didn't translate well to actual gameplay so I ended up starting from scratch instead.
Hello everyone i have a problem when i try to GENERATE WORLD im getting this error (null). Pls help if u can.
https://prnt.sc/qg9mq3
https://prnt.sc/qg9mq3
Gouki
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Hi GneX,download the prefablist generator by Xylvier,with this you will know the right position and it's easy to use.
Here: Prefablist-Generator by Xylvier
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wfp...hFInbvTuC/view
Happy Holidays to all.
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Even with everything off , and low as it can be its the same error on compo pack 42 and vanilla ...
https://prnt.sc/qgwrd2
https://prnt.sc/qgwrqr
stallionsden
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Are you 10000000000000% positive you have 64 bit java lol. The auto dl of java always dl 32bit
gpcstargate
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USE ,, Import from (( Resources )) .. Not the " Existing Output Folder" … (nothing is in output folder Until you generate a map, unless you have put game info in that folder.)
In other words you are building a world with no info and that is causing the error.
AND make sure you are using 64 java .. that is a manual download.
ALSO .. Make sure you have Compo 42 files are in the Vanilla prefab list folder ( IN the Steam Game folder )or it will not create compo42 .. you will have a lot of empty spaces. (a map with only vanilla prefab's on it)
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I did everything whats on this video
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