Reply With QuoteThat's pretty durn cool stuff Rob!
Subterrainian Map Prettier Script
So I hoped to enter this months challenge. Working with a bunch of maps in the same style seemed an invitation to scripting so I dashed off write a gimp script to take a map template like this:
template.png
and running the script creates a map like this:
output.png
It works, but I'm still playing with the script and doubt I'll be able to make a token set for the map, unless I just crib from by clip art (which is what I would do for my self).
One thing to note is that the output has been cropped in by one grid on all sides, a step that was necessary to allow connecting tunnels and shading to work cleanly at the edges, but I'm still not happy about it...
-Rob A>
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That's pretty durn cool stuff Rob!
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Thats what I thoughtOriginally Posted by RobA
Are you doing it in a similar way - are you blurring and substituting textures for gray levels ?
Nope. Just using the B&W to act as a mask defining the "inside" and then building a map (with an optional distortion step).
Layers generated are (top down):
-Wall Style (bevel or stroke)
-Wall Fill
-Wall Shadows
-Grid Bump Overlay
-Grid Stroke
-Floor Plasma Noise Overlay
-Floor Texture
So they can all be tweaked. The floor and wall-fill textures are either procedural (the previous example), or you can specify a Gimp pattern.
In place of the bevel, the wall style can be a solid wall with a pattern (or solid colour) and optional bevel. It does end up giving you a lot of options though....
test2.png
-Rob A>
My GIMP Scripts: Rotating Brush ~ Gradient from Image ~ Mosaic Tile Helper ~ Random Density Map ~ Subterranean Map Prettier ~ Tapered Stroke Path ~ Random Rotate Floating Layer ~ Batch Image to Pattern ~ Better Seamless Tiles ~ Tile Shuffle ~ Scale Pattern ~ Grid of Guides ~ Fractalize path ~ Label Points
My Maps: Finished Maps ~ Challenge Entries ~ My Portfolio: www.cartocopia.com
Its very cool and will be very useful. I am planning on using scripts more to generate standard type maps like dungeons. I reckon where you can script its a good idea to try it. Gimp scripting is a very powerful way of making maps.
That script is a fantastic idea Rob. Any plans on making it available to the circling birds of prey?
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If I'm not mistaken, I think once this months contest is done he will make the script available to the masses.
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Another teaser is a second script I wrote to batch process. Just point the thing to a folder of templates and it will turn them all into maps having the same settings.
(I also got rid of the shadow in the doors).
-Rob A>
My GIMP Scripts: Rotating Brush ~ Gradient from Image ~ Mosaic Tile Helper ~ Random Density Map ~ Subterranean Map Prettier ~ Tapered Stroke Path ~ Random Rotate Floating Layer ~ Batch Image to Pattern ~ Better Seamless Tiles ~ Tile Shuffle ~ Scale Pattern ~ Grid of Guides ~ Fractalize path ~ Label Points
My Maps: Finished Maps ~ Challenge Entries ~ My Portfolio: www.cartocopia.com
I'll completly agree, thats a nice script for sure. Would save me a ton of work
Aaahhh, RobA. You and your teasers...
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