Map Magic World Generator - a node based procedural and infinite game map tool

I have the same issue.. but I figured VSPro was a separate module or just wasn't in the beta build. Has anyone been able to use VSPro with MM2?

 

Hi Denis,

I saw the video MM2 Locks. I have a few question about it:
1. Can I lock a region at runtime through code?
2. A locked region can survive a full regeneration with new seed and everything?

Thank you!

 

Will MM2 feature a floating origin setup just as MM1 has?

And if so, could it perhaps have some controls exposed to the inspector so it can be used it in the editor as well? I'm working on a very large scale world here, and floating point accuracy is a big concern with the distances involved.

 

Could you make a video on the spline and the functions? two modules that I cant find any info on what the potential is

 

I don't get it. Gaia2 was submitted just a couple of days ago and is now live. Half price too.

 

Dont bother with Gaia I own Gaia and Gaia Pro. Wont use it. I will be using MapMagic. And am going to get MapMagic 2 as soon as it comes out

 

That's interesting, what do you not like about Gaia, it seems very popular?

 

Yes, public demo doesn't have VSPro compatibility. But the release version will have.

Lock is purely an editor tool. It works on pinned tiles only, and pinned tiles are already generated before the game starts.
Yes, locked area will remain on a global seed change or even when new graph is assigned.

Unfortunately no. I plan to make as a module (the free one) or addon included with the free package - but it won't be the part of MapMagic object anymore. It would be a separate MonoBehavior that would just subscribe to MapMagic events. Not sure if this could be made in editor. I'm not sure that changing the scene in editor is a good idea, but I'll see what I can do.

Sure. I'm currently finishing up with documentation on wiki, and going to record some videos. Have a nice scenario for functions, so I guess I'm going to start with them.

 

Well... it is geared more towards creative workflow, and I also find it slowing down unity as well as taking forever to start and stop play mode.

I know it is popular, I just dont like it. I just find the node based procedural terrain generation that MapMagic has is fare more effective and seems so much more efficient than I have been able to get Gaia.

All the hype over Gaia Pro made me buy it. It is one of my few regrets I have ever had buying anything on the assetstore. I just dont ever see myself using it again. It was slow, didnt render the tools right in the editor. Sure when it finally ran, it looked nice, but I can get somewhat same results in MapMagic and it runs much faster and I feel more in control.

My only plea to Dennis and the MapMagic team (if there are more than just Dennis) to start using Discord. If he isnt already, I just cant find a link to it anywhere Ive looked. Build the community closer. Making it easier to come together about MapMagic.

 

Yeah, the node based system suits me too and terrains made with Map Magic look more realistic. I also really like the infinite terrain feature in MM. Here is a link to the Map Magic 'discord' page.. https://discord.gg/pTZCt2 It doesn't seem to be very active though. Denis must be too busy coding etc.

 

I have at times used Gaia's splat maps as foundation for MapMagic map generations. Just need to make it read/writable and it works great as a texture import node

 

That's exactly how I use Gaia and MapMagic together. I do the initial landmark and features stamping in Gaia.. then I move over to MapMagic for the truly procedural side of things. I love Gaia but MapMagic for me is way more powerful for the final stages.

But both can easily be used together.

 

Still waiting...

I can chat from time to time in a server Daniel-Talis linked, but I don't recommend using it for support channel. I check it quite irregularly, so it's better use email, this forum or IdeaInformer instead.

 

While waiting, make videos

 

Saynomore, saynomore, I'm not that sitting patiently refreshing the publisher page

 

That path looks great.. can't see any stretching.

 

Actually there's a stone and a tree right on a path... Nearly at the center of an image. I wonder if someone else sees them. It's because there was no Avoid node at the time of making this screen.

 

Yep I can see them. A bit of grass too. Still, most paths have weeds.

 

Actually, for many asset developers it is. I can't speak to the developers you follow and whatever issues they may be experiencing, but I'm seeing evidence of several developers getting asset update approvals in 24-48 hours.

Glad to hear the add-on modules are ready, and hopefully the core gets pushed through soon.

 

Updates are different than a new asset.

 

Yes, that's for updates... this new asset and all of its modules aren't updates. It is a totally new codebase and a totally new asset submission, which goes through an entirely different review process.

 

I can't see why it would make any difference. Either the software works and meets the requirements or it doesn't. Once someone looks at it, it should only take a few hours at the most to give it a pass.

 

Who knows. I don't know Unity's review process. All I know is that new assets are now taking longer since Covid-19 hit.

 

Yeah, people working from home may be slowing the process down. (distractions from squabbling kids etc.)

 

I'm working on a few nodes for MM2 (mostly DOTS based for my game) and wonder how the loading works. Map Magic has its own assembly defs, my node scripts, too. In my old beta the nodes are not recognized my MM2 because i can't add a assembly ref from my nodes to MM2 and from MM2 to my nodes, would be cyclic. Does the final version some advanced loading with the help of reflection or something so new nodes could be found across assembly defs? I would like to avoid putting them in MM2 folders...

 

Hi Denis, when you integrate MapMagic 2 with Voxeland could you do some form of Voxeland VS Pro Output so that we can still output to VS Pro if we use MM2 with Voxeland? Thanks

 

In the latest beta, you can do something like this in your assembly to add your generators to MM2:

Code (CSharp):

1. var types = typeof(Generator).Subtypes(); # all generators accessible from current assembly
2. foreach (var type in types)
3.   if (!MapMagic.Nodes.GUI.CreateRightClick.generatorTypes.Contains(type)) MapMagic.Nodes.GUI.CreateRightClick.generatorTypes.Add(type);

 

If you are using Unity 2019.2 or later, you can use assembly reference files. Create one in a folder with the custom nodes, and set a reference to MapMagic assembly. This way this folder will become the part of MM assembly, but not MM package.

I'm going to renew Voxeland after a while. Among other things make a voxel module for MapMagic (that will come with Voxeland) - it will bring a new object like map/objects/spline - a voxel map, and voxel map generators. Still it's just a plan and I don't know ETA for this.

 

Just watched the 'MapMagic2 Locks' video and it gave rise to a question.
Is it possible to create a locked area such as a village on a tile and have this repeated on other tiles of an infinite terrain? So, each tile has a village automatically existing at some random position.
Or simply put, is it possible to have a village on each tile of an infinite terrain at a random position?

 

Yep, but i can't add further assembly refs, can i?

 

Finally found the GUI namespace, it's in the MapMagic.Editor assembly. This wouldn't work when using runtime generation.

 

Does anyone know how to use MapMagic on a headless server? The terrain generation works fine for me on clients and the in-editor server but i'm getting null references to the terrain on the headless server for some reason.

 

why do you need the server to know the height? you could just have the server do the coordinates. It does not need to know what things look like. That is a very inefficient server setup. It should not need to render anything.

Though I am not sure what you are trying to do.

 

For server authoritative movement the server needs all the height information. Even if the server has textures a headless won't render them.

 

you could do what I have seen some authoritative servers do is only do x and z. And the client does the y on its own. Now this works for some cases and not others. Again, all depends on what you are wanting to do. In your case, it sounds like it wont work.

 

Yeah I need the height info for server side spawning and movement at the moment. I'm building a navmesh at runtime on the server too which needs the terrain data although i'm not sure if it will be viable because it's a bit slow.

 

Thanks for creating MapMagic Denis, I really like the work flow and I am excited to get Map Magic 2 when its ready. I really hope it will work on Mac. I thought Id share my game trailer, using MapMagic of course, and MicroSplat from Jason (another great dev) Please know that many of I am very grateful what you have shared with the world building community.

 

Quite remarkable.

 

It finally happened!

MapMagic 2 is finally at the Asset Store!



I welcome you at the new thread, to save the new users from reading nearly 100 pages devoted to the older asset. Here you can find the summarized information and the Asset Store links. See you here soon!

Breath of the MicroSplat and MapMagic Looks really exciting, feel free to publish it in a new thread - even if it's made with MM1

Why, you can. It's assembly reference, it's not an assembly definition. It's just the way to declare that this folder is part of the assembly X.

It is just MapMagic, not MapMagic.Editor. It's inside MapMagic/Core folder.

I might guess it's because you have no camera in this scene. You can use other objects instead, for example players with some tag. Just enable in settings Generate around -> Objects with Tag and select this tag in a list.

 

2 major errors on MM2:

GraphWindow.cs line 825 need to check null..
=>

Code (CSharp):

1. if (mm is MapMagicObject)  GraphWindow.Show(mm.graph); //else warning

and/or add a new menu Item to all Map Magic Object to selected terrain..

TileManager.cs line 127, in the case Scene View is not open..

Code (CSharp):

1.                 #if UNITY_EDITOR
2.                 if (!UnityEditor.EditorApplication.isPlaying)
3.                 {
4.                     if (UnityEditor.SceneView.lastActiveSceneView != null && UnityEditor.SceneView.lastActiveSceneView.camera != null)
5.                     {
6.                         camCoords = new Coord[0];
7.  
8.                         Vector3 sceneCamPos = UnityEditor.SceneView.lastActiveSceneView.camera.transform.position;
9.                         Coord sceneCamCoord = Coord.Floor(sceneCamPos.x / tileSize, sceneCamPos.z / tileSize);
10.  
11.                         if (camCoords == null || camCoords.Length != 1) { camCoords = new Coord[1]; coordsChanged = true; }
12.                         if (camCoords[0] != sceneCamCoord) { camCoords[0] = sceneCamCoord; coordsChanged = true; }
13.                     }
14.                 }

Then all will work as expected... Good stuffs...

 

You find out if they accepted the new mm2 packages yet? I in line waiting to get them all.Is there more details on the other packages and how they work? I would love procedure roads between Point of interests.

 

Thanks for your findings! But could you please clarify when does the first one occurs?

Yes, all of 3 additional modules are available at the asset store too. You can find their links in the new thread.

 

I installed in 2019.3.11f (latest new installation)...
- .NET 4+ or else more issues.
- 1st, It is occurs rite after download the all the package, and create new project, new .scene, 0 terrain thus "mm" is null on GraphWindow.cs,
- 2nd, during that time scene view is not open thus 0 camera in the scene view and errors will pop on TileManager.cs.
- 3nd, MM1 have to be fully deleted because if you intended to install it together also with MM2 then there will be some files conflicts.
- 4th, there are some .asmdef issues dues to too many .CS folder locations so I dump them all to ../Tools.

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Thanks for reporting those issues!

Could you please clarify what these issues are?

 

I just got MM2 and try to texture an island but cannot find any method to restrict the grass output to above water level. This also implies that when using the grass as mask for trees, trees are growing under water.
The MM2 packet is also missing the char controller that was available in MM1. As already mentioned earlier the shore generator is also missing.

 

You might be trying to follow the MM1 island tutorial with MM2. It's not relevant for MM2, despite of some basic principles will still work. Here you can find the list of MM2 videos.

 

I forgot, but trying removing them all then reinstall on a brand new setup and you will tracing it down...

Also, another bugs found...
#5, On HDRP, when add a CTS node you will get error on casting since CTS guy switch CTS.CTSProfile to ScriptableObject on the new version. Thus you need to switch your also...

on MapMagicObject.cs
from
public UnityEngine.Object ctsProfile;
=>
public UnityEngine.ScriptableObject ctsProfile;
or whatever complex if/then/else as...cast..

<Edit>
And
#6 TextureOut.cs, out of bound when add layers to CTS nodes.


from
values[channelNums[m]] += val;
=>
if(channelNums[m] < values.Length) values[channelNums[m]] += val;

Fix that 2 and CTS 2019 will work well with MM2...

 

I used the Forest node in MM2 to generate trees and get the following error:

Switching multi threading off, does not help.

 

Glad we get 50% discount for owning MM1

I wonder if this new modular structure announces plans for more modules coming up like with Microsplat for instance.

 

Try the selector generator:
https://gitlab.com/denispahunov/mapmagic/-/wikis/MatrixGenerators/Selector