21-01-2004 02:17									#1
	freeciv with a "heightmap" Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Hi all, I'm working on a new tileset for Freeciv. It's based on a "heightmap", like in Transport Tycoon. However, it requires some changes to client rendering, and as you can see from the screenshot there are some graphic glitches currently. Am I too late to get the required rendering changes included before 1.15 is released? Feedback? Improvements? Is this project worth pursuing further?

Here's a screenshot:

	21-01-2004 02:43									#2
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This is the first time I've seen the heightmap in action. It looks pretty nifty! You should ask about this at freeciv-dev or freeciv-dev as well.

	21-01-2004 06:48									#3
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This looks pretty interesting. Have you made the heights actually mean anything, or do they just look pretty?
Whether it gets accepted depends on how intrusive it is, how many people like it, how well it works, and various other factors. I'm sure that at least FreecivAC, http://freecivac.sourceforge.net/, is interested, as SMAC has a height system too.

	21-01-2004 13:44									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Mithrandir This looks pretty interesting. Have you made the heights actually mean anything, or do they just look pretty?

The height is currently a function of the distance to water. It doesn't affect gameplay rules, since it's a client side patch. What game rules should it affect, i.e. replace or interact better with mountain/hills tiles?

quote: [SIZE=1] Whether it gets accepted depends on how intrusive it is, how many people like it, how well it works, and various other factors. I'm sure that at least FreecivAC, http://freecivac.sourceforge.net/, is interested, as SMAC has a height system too.

How does height affect FreeAC?

	21-01-2004 14:56									#5
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Heightmap is a good idea. Terrain looks more realistic. But on random places of the island should be random height (and not function of distance to water). It should also havesame various factors for example higher terrain shuld require more time to transfer it to ocean, defence bonus,...

	22-01-2004 07:32									#6
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You should probably have the area around mountains and hills be higher than other areas. This is important for FreeAC because SMAC also includes height levels (although heights actually matter for things like solar collectors, so the server would need to be modified for that).

	22-01-2004 22:20									#7
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Looks pretty good. Will be interesting to see how this turns out.