What are you working on currently? [2016]

[GuestCapone]

With some help from @GregTame for explaining some things, I now have noise terrain! (using parts)

Code if anyone is interested

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
game.Workspace.Backpack:ClearAllChildren()
local NoiseSize = 20
local Seed = 0.6456
local Seed2 = 0.454567
local TileSize = 6
local X_Size = 200 -- In studs
local Y_Size = 200 -- In studs

local WaterLevel = 0
local ShoreLevel = 1
local MountainLevel = 4
local Snowcap = 12

local Step = 0
for X = 1, X_Size do -- for X = 1, X_Size/TileSize do
	for Y = 1, Y_Size do -- for Y = 1, Y_Size/TileSize do 
		local Noise =  math.noise( X/NoiseSize,         Y/NoiseSize,        Seed)
		local Noise2 = math.noise(-X/NoiseSize * 1.05, -Y/NoiseSize * 1.05, Seed)
		local Noise3 = math.noise( X/NoiseSize,         Y/NoiseSize,        Seed2)
		local Noise4 = math.noise(-X/NoiseSize * NoiseSize,    -Y/NoiseSize * NoiseSize,    Seed2)
		local Height = Noise -- (Noise * Noise2) + (Noise3 * 1.3) - (Noise4/4)
		Height = Height + (Height * NoiseSize)

		local Part = Instance.new('Part',workspace.Backpack)
		Part.Anchored = true
		
		if Height <= WaterLevel then
			Height = WaterLevel
			Part.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
			Part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Medium blue")
		elseif Height > WaterLevel and Height <= ShoreLevel then
			
			Part.Material = Enum.Material.Sand
			Part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Brick yellow")
			
		elseif Height >= MountainLevel and Height < Snowcap then
			local BaseHeight = (Height - MountainLevel) * 3
			--BaseHeight = BaseHeight^2
			Height = MountainLevel + BaseHeight
			
			Part.Material = Enum.Material.Slate
			Part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Dark stone grey")		
		elseif Height >= Snowcap then
			local BaseHeight = (Height - MountainLevel) * 3
			--BaseHeight = BaseHeight^2
			Height = MountainLevel + BaseHeight
			
			Part.Material = Enum.Material.Sand
			Part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("White")		
		else
			Part.Material = Enum.Material.Grass
			Part.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Grime")
		end
		
		Part.Size = Vector3.new(
			TileSize,
			TileSize * Height,
			TileSize
		)
		
		Part.CFrame = CFrame.new(
			-X_Size/2 + X * TileSize,
			Part.Size.Y/2,
			-Y_Size/2 + Y * TileSize
		)
		
		Step=Step+1
		if Step>=30 then
			Step = 0
			RunService.Heartbeat:wait()
		end
		print("Generated: X["..X.."] | Y["..Y.."]")
	end
	wait()
end
print("Done!")

EDIT:
Oh and here’s a player to give you an idea of the size of the map:

kinda basic but its a good start so far!

[ScriptOn (Genya)]

I think it was needed. I got a lot of DMs and questions asking me about how I improved over the previous version and how I set it up.

[EchoReaper]

You can post all of those images while still remaining courteous. Put them in a spoiler if they span the full height of a normal-sized monitor please.

[ProfBeetle]

Neat!

If you’re going to be moving over to smooth terrain my VoxelBuffer module should make things easier for you. I built it for my own large terrain generating experiments.

[GregTame]

Why not just use terrrain:fillblock with the existing parts?
It’s what I used In the first place, before cutting parts out entirely

[GuestCapone]

What GregTame said c:

[ProfBeetle]

In my experience WriteVoxels was much faster for setting large and varied areas of terrain, but there’s nothing wrong with fillblock if it fits in with what you’re already doing. As I said I wrote the VoxelBuffer to suit my particular need, your millage may vary

[litozinnamon]

low key bastion tank traveling in high speed ey

[GregTame]

ah, well…
i have no clue how to use writevoxels, so… there’s that…

[ProfBeetle]

It’s a pain, that’s why I wrote the VoxelBufferf

[Tomarty]

Sorta like this?

Edit: just reread your post. My default animation format needs a feature to make it easy to shift joints out of sync.

[Tomarty]

It would be useful if we could check if a large region contained something other than air. It’s pretty expensive checking every voxel for something in an area without any terrain.

[HolidayPwner]

No need to fear, PLUS members shall be awarded eventually with the amazing offers within the PLUS building itself! Here’s a sneak peek of the entrance.

[GregTame]

maybe something more like this?

Tiger run #tiger #tigervideo

where you don’t have two feet touching the ground at the same time

[kni0002]

This is a little bit irrelevant but this topic has been around for 1 year and its still has people actively posting on it lol.

[SolidBlocks]

I’m working on the biggest map ever made by me.

It’s for Empire of Omaegar
(You can check it out here: [EoO] Human Province 'Amberhold' - Roblox)

[GregTame]

the background goes so well with the terrain you almost had me fooled.
seriously thought, nice job. is it handmade, or generated?

[SolidBlocks]

That moment when I have to smooth the biggest map I’ve ever made by hand because I lack the scripting skills.

[SolidBlocks]

Thanks!!

I used heightmaps to generate the terrain. It works perfectly. There’s a possibility to make terrain in blender, export it as heightmap and use it in ROBLOX by use of a specific program I found on these dev forums I can get you the link if you’d like.

[GregTame]

that’d be lovely, thanks!