Version 0.4.3 Structures Test

Note: This is not a final version, but only a test for the structures feature. The final version will be released under 0.5.0.

Features

• Structures: These are post-perlin objects that will get added to the world to add certain landmarks to the map.
  • Cactuses: These structures generate in the desert and can also occastionally come in the dead cactus variety.
  • Castles: These generate almost anywhere and are currently not rendered.
• Several params relating to structures:
  • generateStructures: whether structures will be generated
    *structureOffset: How far structures can be offset post-generation
    *structureWeights: an array determining how common various structures are

Tweaks

• Increased canvas resolution.

Version 0.4.2

Features

• New shortcut Ctrl+R regens the world with the same seed. This is useful if you like the seed but wanted to tweak the settings
• New Remove Water button in the advanced settings. This will reset the world.seaLevel to -Infinity.
• Params are now saved:
  • The file location for the saved params is resources/app/params.json
  • The param retainParams enables/disables this feature. If set to false, the old pre 0.4.2 behaviour is used

Bugfixes

• Fixed terrain edges being rendered outside the canvas due to pixel size being rounded up

Version 0.4.1

Features

• A new advanced settings page
• Several new params
  • waterDrawRate - how fast water is redrawn when the seaLevel is changed
  • baseElevation - baseline for elevation
  • humidityRange - amplitude for the humidity heightmap
• Params are now saved to params.json and can be further customized there
• Button to randomize settings

Tweaks

• Much faster water drawing
• Tweaks to the biome colors

Bugfixes

• Fixed terrain corruption when the humidity heightmap is missing

Version 0.4.0

Features

• Saving and loading worlds!
  • Worlds are saved with Ctrl+S and opened with Ctrl+O respectively, and use the .ws file extension
• New drawmodes:
  • Absolute drawmode replaces the heightmap mode, and shows absolute elevation
  • Elevation drawmode shows elevation, but with depth of water added in as well
• Spanish translation thanks to @kant !
• Two new params
  • granularScale: size of granular octave relative to the land and biomeScale, defaults to 0.03
  • roundFactor: to which decimal place terrain array values are rounded, defaults to 10
• POLYGONS ARE BACK

Tweaks

• Several UI changes
  • Drawmodes are now in a dropdown menu
  • The focused element now shows an outline for accessibility and power-users
• Water is now rendered separately from land, which allows water to be shown translucently, and improving performance for water rendering

Bugfixes

• Fixed crash when opening Weltenschaft from the start menu

Version 0.3.2

Improvements/Tweaks

• Vastly trimmed down generation engine, which now runs faster and is sleeker
• Params in the console are now set with param.parameterName instead of simply parameterName
• To open the console is now Ctrl+Shift+I
• When generation terrain, you can now input custom values instead of using the parameter
• Map size limit is no longer a hardcap, but instead gives a warning

Fixes

• Fixed flash of English text before translation for non-english languages (currently only German)
• Fixed overflow of terrain box when using a wide screen

Version 0.3.1

This version contains some smaller improvements and fixes

Features

• Translation engine should be ready
  • German and easter egg languages
• Sea level scroller in settings screen
• Reset button to reset back to program defaults

Improvements

• Fixes to system language detection
• Formatting/UI tweaks

Version 0.3.0

Features

• German Localization based on system language (beta)
• New perlin-noise algorithm using the
  • 2 new console settings, landScale, and biomeScale, which set the scales for the land and biomes respectively

Tweaks

• Other general optimizations for the generation algorithm
• Changing color for the abyss and trench biomes

Fixes

• Old terrain does not show up anymore
• Changing resolution and redrawing no longer causes corruption of terrain

Version 0.2.0

This version comes with some major changes and improvements!

Features

• 3 new biomes: mesa, urwald (primal forest), and savannah
• A new UI with more responsive and better-looking buttons and sliders
• Several keyboard shortcuts
  • CtrlG to generate new terrain
  • Ctrl 1, 2, and 3 to switch drawmodes between normal, heightmap, and humidity respectively

Tweaks

• Split File and View menus
• Sliders in settings menu now display at their correct positions
• Link to discord server in the info window

Alpha 0.1.2

This version includes several patches and some features as well

Features

• Settings screen so that you don't have to use the command sidebar. The settings screen can be opened in the file menu or by typing ^E.
• The polygon realm has returned. HAIL POLYGONS

Tweaks

• Sea level is now variable and can be changed
• Tweaks to the formatting of several interface items
• More back-end work on the translation engine, it is almost ready!

Alpha 0.1.1

This version includes major patches and bugfixes to the rendering and generation algorithms.

Improvements

• Elevation and humidity modes show up as green and blue respectively.
• The resolution of the rendering in canvas has been improved greatly

Bugfixes

• Rendering mode is no longer reset when generating new terrain maps
• Variance in humidity is no longer affected by the hilliness setting