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Dwarf Fortress => DF Modding => Utilities and 3rd Party Applications => Topic started by: jaked122 on October 03, 2015, 06:17:54 pm
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It's been a bit since I was active in the modding community. And While this is not a mod(not in this forum). I made an interesting utility (https://github.com/jaked122/dftools#introduction) to produce fractal fortresses in .csv format.
You know, because that's the format preferred by the community, also dfhack/quickfort.
This is where it is (https://github.com/jaked122/dftools#introduction)
So, LSystems (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system). LSystems are cool. They are like fractals, but context-free-grammars, sort of. They are easier to specify with predictable results(sometimes) than the sort of equation that fractals like mandelbrots tend to produce. They are very quick, and they use turtle graphics to control the evolution of the curve.
They also have the advantage of working more easily on the sort of discrete plain that df works on. Always a plus.
So let me give you an example
(http://i.imgur.com/KhUoPxo.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/4KJmIVq.png)
There are more ways to customize it. And as of now(due to everything I wanted it to output not working) it can vectorize the designs into svg.
Really really awful svg.
But anyway, there are a whole suite of other utilities in that repository that I couldn't think of a better place for, as well as one or two that are meant to handle raw manipulation. Not well as of now, but that will improve as I work on it more.
What do you think? Should I work on anything in particular for this? Any features? Thoughts? Criticism? Invective? Praise?
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That's a neat idea actually, could make some really interesting designs, would three dimensional stuff be possible like that?
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That's a neat idea actually, could make some really interesting designs, would three dimensional stuff be possible like that?
Not as of now, csv files are 2d, but I could try to make it do things with layers, however this will result in a great number of files that you might not want.
Also, I was hoping to make fractals that would serve purposes like optimal bedroom layouts etc.
It does have documentation on the first link.
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Oh yeah, forgot the csv bit, still neat, and screw optimal, those are neat looking!
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Thanks. The svg is as bad as I believe it is possible to make it.