Arthur's Procedural Cubemap Api - (Alpha)

Arthur's Procedural Cubemap Api - (Alpha)

Planet modification API used by Terraforming Mod

Thanks to Admiral Cheeseburger for *challenge* me into making this API

This mod does nothing noticeable by itself, it's mostly intended to be used as dependency by other mods

ClientApi on github for usage in other mods

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Update 0.0.5:

- Linux-Compat plugin now can correctly run startup checks (Thanks Viktor for Plugin-Side change)* - Embankments no longer affects unconnected terrain (as ravines or mountain sides) - Api v17 allows removing removing previously existing modification and added entry to request Ore Map

*when using Linux-Compat version >=1.0.34 (with Launcher that supports Mod Patch Rewriter)

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Update 0.0.4:

- Added Roads ??????? - Consolidate multiples overlaping brushes into visible brushes only - Deduplicate materials - Added Warning for unsupported enviroments (ex: Linux Compat Plugin) - Non-Issue on >=1.0.34

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Api Capabilites:

Planet Modification

- Create modification templates for any loaded planet

- Read and modify Heightmap, Material, Biome and Ore cubemaps

- Add, Remove or Replace voxel materials

- Modify vegetation and Environment definitions, or reuse presets from other loaded planets

Procedural Generation

- Apply seamless procedural Noise to Heightmap, Material, Biome and Ore maps

- Filter modifications by Altitude, Latitude, Material, Biome or Noise

- Apply radial/spherical brushes anywhere on the planet

- Generate deterministic Craters, Volcanoes, Ravines and Rivers (i may create a fully procedural system mod later on)

Planet Metadata

- Read generated Heightmap, Material and Biome cubemap faces without modifying the planet

- Subscribe to runtime planet changes (useful when another mod regenerates/replaces a planet, mostly because i want my Lcd Mod to be compatible with this)

Utility

- Water/Heightmap/Planet Radius conversion helpers (for usage with Water Mod)

- Environment Preset discovery from loaded planet definitions

- Procedural Noise coverage helpers

- Modification templates are Thread Safe and should be prepared on a background task

- Changes are baked/committed asynchronously with a completion callback

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Known Issues

- On "Workshop" worlds, needs a reload on first startup (Save, exit to menu, then reload) - Fixed

- Linux compat plugin breaks "absolute path" loading of planets - Fixed

- Mismatch Between Save File Name and World Name on a server causes the cubemap to fail loading on the server (clients clips thought terrain) - Fixed * Workaround: "Saving as" with a new name fix this issue on next startup

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Github Source