dfcaverns/init.lua

dfcaverns = {}

--grab a shorthand for the filepath of the mod
local modpath = minetest.get_modpath(minetest.get_current_modname())

--load companion lua files
dofile(modpath.."/config.lua")

dofile(modpath.."/ground_cover.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/glow_worms.lua")

-- Plants
dofile(modpath.."/plants.lua") -- general functions
dofile(modpath.."/plants/cave_wheat.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/plants/dimple_cup.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/plants/pig_tail.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/plants/plump_helmet.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/plants/quarry_bush.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/plants/sweet_pod.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/plants/cooking.lua")

-- Trees
dofile(modpath.."/trees/blood_thorn.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/trees/fungiwood.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/trees/tunnel_tube.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/trees/spore_tree.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/trees/black_cap.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/trees/nether_cap.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/trees/goblin_cap.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/trees/tower_cap.lua")

-- Biomes
dofile(modpath.."/biomes.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/biomes/level1.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/biomes/level2.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/biomes/level3.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/biomes/lava_sea.lua")
dofile(modpath.."/biomes/underworld.lua")

minetest.register_alias_force("mapgen_lava_source", "air") -- veins of lava are far more realistic
minetest.register_ore({
	ore_type = "vein",
	ore = "default:lava_source",
	wherein = {
		"default:stone",
		"default:desert_stone",
		"default:sandstone",
		"default:sand",
		"default:desert_sand",
		"default:silver_sand",
		"default:gravel",
		"default:stone_with_coal",
		"default:stone_with_iron",
		"default:stone_with_copper",
		"default:stone_with_gold",
		"default:stone_with_diamond",
		"default:dirt",
		"default:dirt_with_grass",
		"default:dirt_with_dry_grass",
		"default:dirt_with_snow",
		"harderstone:weak_stone",
		},
	column_height_min = 2,
	column_height_max = 6,
	height_min = -31000,
	height_max = 512,
	noise_threshold = 0.9,
	noise_params = {
		offset = 0,
		scale = 3,
		spread = {x=400, y=800, z=400},
		seed = 25391,
		octaves = 4,
		persist = 0.5,
		flags = "eased",
	},
	random_factor = 0,
})

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-- Ameliorate lava floods on the surface world by removing lava that's poised to spill

local c_air = minetest.get_content_id("air")
local c_snowblock = minetest.get_content_id("default:snowblock")
local c_obsidian = minetest.get_content_id("default:obsidian")
local c_lava = minetest.get_content_id("default:lava_source")

local water_level = tonumber(minetest.get_mapgen_setting("water_level"))

local is_adjacent_to_air = function(area, data, pos)
	return (data[area:index(pos.x+1, pos.y, pos.z)] == c_air
		or data[area:index(pos.x-1, pos.y, pos.z)] == c_air
		or data[area:index(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z+1)] == c_air
		or data[area:index(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z-1)] == c_air
		or data[area:index(pos.x, pos.y-1, pos.z)] == c_air)
end

dfcaverns.remove_unsupported_lava = function(area, data, vi)
	if data[vi] == c_lava then
		local pos = area:position(vi)
		if is_adjacent_to_air(area, data, pos) then
			data[vi] = c_air
			dfcaverns.remove_unsupported_lava(area, data, area:index(pos.x+1, pos.y, pos.z))
			dfcaverns.remove_unsupported_lava(area, data, area:index(pos.x-1, pos.y, pos.z))
			dfcaverns.remove_unsupported_lava(area, data, area:index(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z+1))
			dfcaverns.remove_unsupported_lava(area, data, area:index(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z-1))
			dfcaverns.remove_unsupported_lava(area, data, area:index(pos.x, pos.y+1, pos.z))
		end
	end
end

local data = {}

minetest.register_on_generated(function(minp, maxp, seed)
	--if too far from water level, abort. Caverns are on their own.
	if minp.y > 512 or maxp.y < water_level then
		return
	end
		
	--easy reference to commonly used values
	local t_start = os.clock()
	local x_max = maxp.x
	local y_max = maxp.y
	local z_max = maxp.z
	local x_min = minp.x
	local y_min = minp.y
	local z_min = minp.z
		
	local vm, emin, emax = minetest.get_mapgen_object("voxelmanip")
	local area = VoxelArea:new{MinEdge=emin, MaxEdge=emax}
	vm:get_data(data)
		
	for z = z_min, z_max do -- for each xy plane progressing northwards
		--structure loop, hollows out the cavern
		for y = y_min, y_max do -- for each x row progressing upwards
			if y > water_level then
				local vi = area:index(x_min, y, z) --current node index
				for x = x_min, x_max do -- for each node do
					dfcaverns.remove_unsupported_lava(area, data, vi)
					vi = vi + 1
				end
			end
		end
	end
		
	--send data back to voxelmanip
	vm:set_data(data)
	--calc lighting
	vm:set_lighting({day = 0, night = 0})
	vm:calc_lighting()
	vm:update_liquids()
	--write it to world
	vm:write_to_map(data)
end)