new map generator

[DrPraetorious]

I get the application configuration error again when I try to run the newest version

I don't think my machine supports the debugging options (I run into that a lot when I try to cross-compile.)

[paradoxharbinger]

oh crap, i may have sent out a debug build rather than releases build, try this

[paradoxharbinger]

the debugging options that i put in have no functionality in them that are not in the other script commands or elsewhere in mapgen. they just do things that will help me identify problem areas, like labeling the provinces with their province number in the image and outputting a little extra text to the .map file.

drP i am sorry, you will need this .tga for the provnum command. the above attachment now has it included

[DrPraetorious]

The latest version freezes during the "generating terrain-map" step, at least with the script file I was using before.

Debug output is attached.

[paradoxharbinger]

it could conceivably take a very long time to generate the terrain for the settings you have. here's a run down of how terrain generation works. mapgen starts by scattering 'seeds' on the map, which must be a certain distance apart, this is the first parameter of the tsize command. it keeps placing seeds until it determines that no more can be placed, which is determined by counting how many times it tries to put a seed on the map, when it has tried and failed enough times, it stops trying. it could take a very long time if every time it tries to place a seed, it gets to the point where it is just about to quit, and then it finds a good spot for a seed, so it starts trying to place another one, which almost doesnt get placed, but just manages to, etc. this is bound to happen with very large maps with relatively small tsize parameters, so i would advise increasing them. i will take a look at the code as well, but i think that if you increase the tsize parameters, you will be fine.

[DrPraetorious]

Ah, okay, I'll just let it run then. Suffice to say that it's taking a lot longer than the previous version (which went really fast after the topography was done.)

Does setting the number of provinces low also work, or do I need to specifically set tsize?

[paradoxharbinger]

number of provinces have no affect on terrain generation, but terrain does affect province generation.

are you using the same settings you were before? i cant think of any reason it should take much longer on the whole, unless you got really unlucky.