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@KaiserTom123

I'm back again, with good news!

I went to work on that ResourceGenBase#SetRawBlockIdAndData() method I found earlier (which is used, but only for Grass(…)), and was able to enable setting optional block data for ore and plants.

For the screenshots above, using RedPower 2.0pr4b:

Ore(X165,7,3,100,60,80,AIR,DIRT,GRASS) Ore(X165.1,7,3,100,60,80,AIR,DIRT,GRASS)

I'm also able to spawn custom flowers and such from mods like Pam's. Simply stick that block data value on the end of the block ID, just like in BO2s.

If you'd like to mess around with it, feel free to grab a snapshot: https://github.com/downloads/raws/TerrainControll/TerrainControl_1.2.11_raws_resource-block-data_939b6f9.jar

It's sort of a naïve implementation, since I'm not super familiar with Khoorn's source yet, but it seems to work for me! YMMV :)

@Khoorn: here's the diff if you're interested!

@Dayshade90926

Absolutely, on both counts! In WorldConfig.ini, you're free to specify exactly which biomes you'd like used in your world using the NormalBiomes, IceBiomes, IsleBiomes, BorderBiomes and CustomBiomes directives.

As for making hilly plains and such, all you'll need to do is duplicate one of the flat biomes' configs and fiddle around with the height and volatility settings—you could look at the Extreme Hills config for starter values.

Hi, is it possible to disable some biomes? I would like to get rid of the Extreme Hills biome, but before I get this plug-in I'd like to make sure that can happen. Even better: Could you also make a hilly version of each "flat" biome, with the custom biome feature?

The plug-in looks great so far. Nice job!

Hey, I need to make nether mobs spawn instead of overworld mobs, I'm making a nether world. Where is the setting for this?

@KaiserTom123

Hmm, interestingly, in addition to ResourceGenBase#SetRawBlockId(), there's a ResourceGenBase#SetRawBlockIdAndData() in the source, which appears to write metadata. It looks like it might just need to be used :O

I wonder if it would be possible to add a feature to ore generation, similar to the layers of terrain generation.

Basically there would be "frequency1, frequency2, size1, size2"

Frequency1 and size1 would be the frequency and size of the area that the specified ore is ALLOWED to spawn in, and then frequency2 and size2 would dictate when they actually spawn.

In other words, frequency1 and size1 are just "vein frequency and size", and then frequency2 and size2 are "node frequency and size PER vein."

Any hope of such a feature?

Basically I want to say "Oh look, I found a diamond! I better mine out the ENTIRE area to find all the diamonds! Because I won't find another for quite some time"

Video Tutorial please D:. Great Plugin but i don't know how to use it!

@Piginabag

Are you opped on your server?

Terrain Control's configuration files show up in plugins/TerrainControl/worlds/ after you've edited bukkit.yml as described in the guide above these comments. There certainly shouldn't be any .class files, only .ini, which are simply plain text. Did you open up the JAR by accident?

I've read everything I can and tried everything I could think of to get the program to work, but I guess I just don't understand it. I'm running a mac. I've set the plugin up on my own server, im running bukkit, and in game and try to use /tc (anything) it says I don't have permission.

On top of that, it seems that I'm supposed to edit the actual .class and .ini files in the plugins folders. I can't open class files, and when I open .ini files they come out with severely garbled text suggesting a compatibility error.

Are there any tutorials for this configuring/using this plugin, either for mac or windows? If I could see even a windows tutorial I would be able to figure some of this out.

@wessexstock

I think it's /tc spawn name, where name is the file name of an object, sans the .bo2 extension.

@KaiserTom123

I just came here to mention this, for the exact same reason! Khoorn just got custom blocks working a little while ago, so as far as I know, there's no facility for specifying data values yet.

As more and more mods consolidate blocks under single IDs, being able to specify a data value will become more and more important. Khoorn, any chance of slipping this in there? :) Doing it like BO2s would be great: Ore(133.2, …)

Love the plugin, and I was wondering, is it possible to spawn ores with data values? I am having a hell of a time trying to get custom Redpower ores to spawn because they are currently under one base id of 229 and the ores are defined under data values under that. If anyone can help that would be great, because my only solution so far is to spawn random stalagmites/tites with the ore I want.

@ledhead900

Actually ledhead the default settings do not give anything like the default 1.0.0/1.0.1 world.

I tried this on a known seed whose terrains, biomes, and stronghold/village locations are all known for 1.0.0. The default values for the main .ini file (not the individual biomes files) appear to introduce a lot more water/ocean into known land areas.

• Strongholds do not generate properly. I am seeing the error "Failed to place stronghold in invalid biome (-32, 44, -8)" repeated three times, one for each stronghold that fails to generate properly. Oddly enough, this is the same error bukkit gives when you load a 1.7.3 world into full release server. It tries to place strongholds in and around spawn, fails, and generates nothing.

• NPC Villages do not seem to generate, perhaps because the low-elevation biomes they favour are now underwater or converted to ocean.

• Dungeons and abandoned mineshafts generate as normal.

I've asked Khoorn to clarify which values should give the user a world that's very close to the default world in all respects. But the set of values you get when you first install and check TC are unfortunately different.

I remember finding a command to spawn a Bob object by hand... anyone know it?

@Shirou7000

It won't do anything on its own you need to manually edit every setting until the world appears how u want it to, by default it will generate something almost the same as default 1.0.

Look in the plugins folder for a folder containing the world name you tested this with if there is no folder in TerrainControl named after a world you choose to run this on then you have not even setup your bukkit server or world manager to use this generator on a world. Those screenshots are examples of work done using this, this is not a magic install and forget plugin you need to do the work to make the terrain look like those images or something of your own creativity this plugin just provides the means and the tools to make it come to life.

Does this program work for macs? I can get the worldconfig.ini open, but the text is severely misspaced and garbled with strange characters, as if I were opening a windows only file. I'm wondering if I could copy the config file from a windows user and get the program to function?

@Favorlock

Set land rarity to 100 in the world config

@bootscreen88

So it's the same for Rain/snow ?

On my world, in Ice Biomes, it rain but the snow fall on the floor...

@mysource :

Thank you very mutch for your previous help, I start to understand something... slowly... But I've made 2 pretty worlds.. On the good way !

Can you take a look at http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/terrain-control/forum/30265-nether-config-file/#p1 please ?

The best way for me is to have a nether-like world without the red sky :D

@Hollow36rus

Yes but thats using the OLD Generation method you can enable it in TC as well then u can use biome color via the temp controls. But enable this and u lose custom biome.