Added screenshot in README

At chunkgen init, build a list of the polygons instead of calculating them for every node.

.gitignore

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 __pycache__/
 dem
 lakes
+links
+rivers
 size
 offset_x
 offset_y
-bounds_x
-bounds_y
 unused/

init.lua

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ copy_if_needed('dem')
 local dem = load_map(worldpath..'dem', 2, true)
 copy_if_needed('lakes')
 local lakes = load_map(worldpath..'lakes', 2, true)
-copy_if_needed('bounds_x')
-local bounds_x = load_map(worldpath..'bounds_x', 4, false)
-copy_if_needed('bounds_y')
-local bounds_z = load_map(worldpath..'bounds_y', 4, false)
+copy_if_needed('links')
+local links = load_map(worldpath..'links', 1, false)
+copy_if_needed('rivers')
+local rivers = load_map(worldpath..'rivers', 4, false)
 
 copy_if_needed('offset_x')
 local offset_x = load_map(worldpath..'offset_x', 1, true)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ local function get_point_location(x, z)
 	return x+offset_x[i], z+offset_z[i]
 end
 
-local function interp(v00, v01, v11, v10, xf, zf)
+local function interp(v00, v01, v10, v11, xf, zf)
 	local v0 = v01*xf + v00*(1-xf)
 	local v1 = v11*xf + v10*(1-xf)
 	return v1*zf + v0*(1-zf)
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ local data = {}
 local blocksize = 12
 local sea_level = 1
 local min_catchment = 25
-local max_catchment = 40000
 
 local storage = minetest.get_mod_storage()
 if storage:contains("blocksize") then
@@ -83,25 +82,6 @@ if storage:contains("min_catchment") then
 else
 	storage:set_float("min_catchment", min_catchment)
 end
-if storage:contains("max_catchment") then
-	max_catchment = storage:get_float("max_catchment")
-else
-	storage:set_float("max_catchment", max_catchment)
-end
-
--- Width coefficients: coefficients solving
---   wfactor * min_catchment ^ wpower = 1/(2*blocksize)
---   wfactor * max_catchment ^ wpower = 1
-local wpower = math.log(2*blocksize)/math.log(max_catchment/min_catchment)
-local wfactor = 1 / max_catchment ^ wpower
-local function river_width(flow)
-	flow = math.abs(flow)
-	if flow < min_catchment then
-		return 0
-	end
-
-	return math.min(wfactor * flow ^ wpower, 1)
-end
 
 local function generate(minp, maxp, seed)
 	local c_stone = minetest.get_content_id("default:stone")
@@ -118,10 +98,12 @@ local function generate(minp, maxp, seed)
 	local ystride = a.ystride -- Tip : the ystride of a VoxelArea is the number to add to the array index to get the index of the position above. It's faster because it avoids to completely recalculate the index.
 	local chulens = maxp.z - minp.z + 1
 
+	local polygon_number = {}
 	local polygons = {}
 	local xpmin, xpmax = math.max(math.floor(minp.x/blocksize - 0.5), 0), math.min(math.ceil(maxp.x/blocksize), X-2)
 	local zpmin, zpmax = math.max(math.floor(minp.z/blocksize - 0.5), 0), math.min(math.ceil(maxp.z/blocksize), Z-2)
-
+	local n = 1
+	local n_filled = 0
 	for xp = xpmin, xpmax do
 		for zp=zpmin, zpmax do
 			local iA = index(xp, zp)
@@ -130,7 +112,6 @@ local function generate(minp, maxp, seed)
 			local iD = index(xp, zp+1)
 			local poly_x = {offset_x[iA]+xp, offset_x[iB]+xp+1, offset_x[iC]+xp+1, offset_x[iD]+xp}
 			local poly_z = {offset_z[iA]+zp, offset_z[iB]+zp, offset_z[iC]+zp+1, offset_z[iD]+zp+1}
-			local polygon = {x=poly_x, z=poly_z, i={iA, iB, iC, iD}}
 
 			local bounds = {}
 			local xmin = math.max(math.floor(blocksize*math.min(unpack(poly_x)))+1, minp.x)
@@ -163,75 +144,63 @@ local function generate(minp, maxp, seed)
 					local zmax = math.min(math.floor(xlist[l*2]), maxp.z)
 					local i = (x-minp.x) * chulens + (zmin-minp.z) + 1
 					for z=zmin, zmax do
-						polygons[i] = polygon
+						polygon_number[i] = n
 						i = i + 1
+						n_filled = n_filled + 1
 					end
 				end
 			end
 
-			polygon.dem = {dem[iA], dem[iB], dem[iC], dem[iD]}
-			polygon.lake = math.min(lakes[iA], lakes[iB], lakes[iC], lakes[iD])
-
-			local river_west = river_width(bounds_z[iA])
-			local river_north = river_width(bounds_x[iA-zp])
-			local river_east = 1-river_width(bounds_z[iB])
-			local river_south = 1-river_width(bounds_x[iD-zp-1])
-			if river_west > river_east then
-				local mean = (river_west + river_east) / 2
-				river_west = mean
-				river_east = mean
-			end
-			if river_north > river_south then
-				local mean = (river_north + river_south) / 2
-				river_north = mean
-				river_south = mean
-			end
-			polygon.rivers = {river_west, river_north, river_east, river_south}
+			polygons[n] = {x=poly_x, z=poly_z, i={iA, iB, iC, iD}}
+			n = n + 1
 		end
 	end
 
 	local i = 1
 	for x = minp.x, maxp.x do
 		for z = minp.z, maxp.z do
-			local poly = polygons[i]
-			if poly then
+			local npoly = polygon_number[i]
+			if npoly then
+				local poly = polygons[npoly]
 				local xf, zf = geometry.transform_quadri(poly.x, poly.z, x/blocksize, z/blocksize)
+				if xf < 0 or xf > 1 or zf < 0 or zf > 1 then
+					print(xf, zf, x, z)
+				end
 				local i00, i01, i11, i10 = unpack(poly.i)
 
-				local is_river = false
-				local r_west, r_north, r_east, r_south = unpack(poly.rivers)
-				if xf >= r_east then
-					is_river = true
-					xf = 1
-				elseif xf <= r_west then
-					is_river = true
-					xf = 0
-				end
-				if zf >= r_south then
-					is_river = true
-					zf = 1
-				elseif zf <= r_north then
-					is_river = true
-					zf = 0
-				end
-
-				if not is_river then
-					xf = (xf-r_west) / (r_east-r_west)
-					zf = (zf-r_north) / (r_south-r_north)
-				end
-
-				local vdem = poly.dem
-				local terrain_height = math.floor(0.5+interp(
-					vdem[1],
-					vdem[2],
-					vdem[3],
-					vdem[4],
+				local terrain_height = math.floor(interp(
+					dem[i00],
+					dem[i01],
+					dem[i10],
+					dem[i11],
 					xf, zf
 				))
 
-				local lake_height = math.floor(poly.lake)
+				local lake_height = math.floor(math.min(
+					lakes[i00],
+					lakes[i01],
+					lakes[i10],
+					lakes[i11]
+				))
 
 				local is_lake = lake_height > terrain_height
+
+				local is_river = false
+				if xf < 1/6 then
+					if links[i00] == 1 and rivers[i00] >= min_catchment then
+						is_river = true
+					elseif links[i10] == 3 and rivers[i10] >= min_catchment then
+						is_river = true
+					end
+				end
+
+				if zf < 1/6 then
+					if links[i00] == 2 and rivers[i00] >= min_catchment then
+						is_river = true
+					elseif links[i01] == 4 and rivers[i01] >= min_catchment then
+						is_river = true
+					end
+				end
 				
 				local ivm = a:index(x, minp.y-1, z)
 

terrain_rivers.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ n = np.zeros((mapsize, mapsize))
 #micronoise_depth = 0.05
 
 params = {
-    "octaves" : int(np.log2(mapsize)),
+    "octaves" : 8,
     "persistence" : 0.5,
     "lacunarity" : 2.,
 }
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ offset_y = np.clip(np.floor(oy * 256), -128, 127)
 
 save(model.dem, 'dem', dtype='>i2')
 save(model.lakes, 'lakes', dtype='>i2')
-save(np.abs(bx), 'bounds_x', dtype='>i4')
-save(np.abs(by), 'bounds_y', dtype='>i4')
+save(model.dirs, 'links', dtype='u1')
+save(model.rivers, 'rivers', dtype='>u4')
 save(offset_x, 'offset_x', dtype='i1')
 save(offset_y, 'offset_y', dtype='i1')
 

view_map.py

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import numpy as np
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-
-shape = np.loadtxt('size', dtype='u4')
-n = shape[0] * shape[1]
-dem = np.fromfile('dem', dtype='>i2').reshape(shape)
-lakes = np.fromfile('lakes', dtype='>i2').reshape(shape)
-rivers = np.fromfile('rivers', dtype='>u4').reshape(shape)
-
-plt.subplot(1,3,1)
-plt.pcolormesh(dem, cmap='viridis')
-plt.gca().set_aspect('equal', 'box')
-#plt.colorbar(orientation='horizontal')
-plt.title('Raw elevation')
-
-plt.subplot(1,3,2)
-plt.pcolormesh(lakes, cmap='viridis')
-plt.gca().set_aspect('equal', 'box')
-#plt.colorbar(orientation='horizontal')
-plt.title('Lake surface elevation')
-
-plt.subplot(1,3,3)
-plt.pcolormesh(np.log(rivers), vmin=0, vmax=np.log(n/25), cmap='Blues')
-plt.gca().set_aspect('equal', 'box')
-#plt.colorbar(orientation='horizontal')
-plt.title('Rivers discharge')
-
-plt.show()