Hello

[Redrobes]

Wow yes thats brilliant. Don't worry about the lack of textures in this case, I am sure there are people here on the guild with a much better atlas and maybe they could be tempted to draw a night / clouds maps etc to make up the full set and then they would be able to unleash the power of the app.

Can I ask what was in the -config cartographersguild file ? I am guessing its a list of the textures to use.

If these results are something we can generate via cgi or command line then we could have cron generate an hourly picture for a website and then it would be dynamic at the time you look at the web page. I like that idea very much.

[MollyJ]

Hello Redrobes,

Yes, the -config file is just a list pointing to the various image files along with which set of features to toggle on/off. All of which would be accessible via command line.
Xplanet is commonly used as a backend map generator creating images dynamically as incoming data changes.

Your idea is perfectly achievable as mmps, Xplanet, and Imagemagick, can all work together in some simple shell scripts to make instantaneous updated renderings.
Night, clouds, and specular maps can all be automated so long as the ocean colour is unique and locked in. The relief map and citylights would be the only separate images.
I might play with the image myself a little next Sunday. Just to see how small a script can automate the whole process. A skilled coder would far surpass anything I bang out though.



-- Molly J.
P.s.
Would you message me. I have a question about posting bug reports on the forum.

P.p.s.
It just occurs to me now that the oceans would never change, so the spec map only needs creation once.

[MollyJ]

I'm having trouble with the message client, it shows zero sent messages.Maybe I don't have sending privs yet?
So here is my solution to Naeddyr's excellent gmic script:


Naeddiyr's G'mic plugin is a joy to work with. No more going back and forth with other applications.

The file downloads just fine. It doesnt run unless the following edits are made.

PROBLEM-1:
~/.gmic file is ignored by gimp

FIX:
In ~/.gmic, Find and Replace all (127 of them)
#@gui >> #@gimp

PROBLEM-2:
Opening an equirectangular image and applying "Rotate Equirectangular Map" in any or no axis leads to this error window message-
*******************************************
*** Error in ./rotate_equirectangular_map/*
*** Unknown filename 'keep[-1]'. *
*******************************************

FIX:
In ~/.gmic,
LINE 122 -- changed "keep[-1]" to "-keep[-1]"
LINE 197 -- changed "keep[-1]" to "-keep[-1]"

The lines look like this:

--- Keep the last (. = [-1] image index) image generated
+++ -Keep the last (. = [-1] image index) image generated

That pesky minus sign is missing from the "keep" filename

[MollyJ]

a pretty picture attached. i created a continent mask over some generic land textures and applied MMPS to create a globe of the guild map in a starfield.