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New map: Lower Nubia
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Authored by elexis on Feb 20 2018, 6:53 PM.

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Summary

Hannibal Barca had the idea to create a map from the Sudd region. I have created the heightmap using three heightmap images, since the terrain elevation does not correspond to the water distribution.



First version of the heightmap and basic terrain painting without entities and ahistorical Lake Nasser:

Test Plan

Click on generate in atlas a lot.

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Repository
rP 0 A.D. Public Repository
Branch
/ps/trunk
Lint
Lint OK
Unit
No Unit Test Coverage
Build Status
Buildable 5072
Build 8706: Vulcan BuildJenkins
Build 8705: arc lint + arc unit

Event Timeline

elexis created this revision.Feb 20 2018, 6:53 PM
elexis edited the summary of this revision. (Show Details)Feb 20 2018, 6:56 PM
Vulcan added a subscriber: Vulcan.Feb 20 2018, 7:47 PM

Successful build - Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Linter detected issues:
Executing section Default...
Executing section Source...
Executing section JS...
|    | [NORMAL] ESLintBear (comma-spacing):
|    | A space is required after ','.
|----|    | /mnt/data/jenkins-phabricator/workspace/differential/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/random/sudd.js
|    |++++| /mnt/data/jenkins-phabricator/workspace/differential/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/random/sudd.js
|  34|  34| TILE_CENTERED_HEIGHT_MAP = true;
|  35|  35| 
|  36|  36| const tSand = ["desert_sand_dunes_50"];
|  37|    |-const tDune = ["desert_sand_dunes_100", "desert_dirt_cracks","desert_sand_smooth", "desert_dirt_rough", "desert_dirt_rough_2", "desert_sand_smooth"];
|    |  37|+const tDune = ["desert_sand_dunes_100", "desert_dirt_cracks", "desert_sand_smooth", "desert_dirt_rough", "desert_dirt_rough_2", "desert_sand_smooth"];
|  38|  38| const tShore = "desert_sand_wet";
|  39|  39| const tCliff = ["medit_cliff_italia", "medit_cliff_italia", "medit_cliff_italia_grass"];
|  40|  40| const tRoad = "temp_road_aut";

Link to build: https://jenkins.wildfiregames.com/job/differential/48/display/redirect

Importing Lake Nasser which didn't exist at ancient times was stupid.

Setting minHeight = -8 results in this:

elexis retitled this revision from New map: Sudd to New map: Lower Nubia / Sudd (not the swamp).Feb 22 2018, 12:28 AM

We should likely keep the name Sudd for the more famous and inhabited swamp Sudd.

Sundiata mentioned:

So just to clarify, I really like the map (we're still talking about this one right?), but as it is, that's Lower Nubia (the northern end of Kush), not the Sudd (the southern end of Kush)
This is the Sudd (narrow area at the centre), at the northern end of South Sudan
https://www.google.com.gh/maps/@8.6169143,30.4339055,218545m/data=!3m1!1e3

elexis retitled this revision from New map: Lower Nubia / Sudd (not the swamp) to New map: Lower Nubia.Feb 22 2018, 12:36 AM
elexis edited the summary of this revision. (Show Details)Feb 26 2018, 12:04 AM

I forgot to close it by commit, can someone accept and hand me a nice map description?

Hannibal_Barca accepted this revision.Mar 10 2018, 3:00 PM
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Mar 10 2018, 3:00 PM
elexis closed this revision.Mar 10 2018, 3:03 PM

Thanks