Questions tagged [maps]
A visual representation of a geographic region, showing physical features.
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Is there any way to convert .unr file?
I'd like to examine a Harry Potter game for study purposes.
All of resources are fine except map file.
The maps are in a .unr file format. I know it is unreal map ...
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How to seamlessly handle multiple procedural 2D levels in Unity3D?
I have a dungeon generating algorithm, but I would like to generate X levels, which are all connected somehow.
I have a few approaches, but all of them has problems and questions, and I wonder how i....
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How to create a over world map with multiple sub maps
my game's idea is to use a open world map consisting of say 4096x4096 size, and multiple grids of 64x64 size. When I click on any grid, the map zooms in to show that grid(either creating in from ...
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How do I create a spherical world to explore?
So to preface this question, I have done a lot of research on this, but most of it has proven unhelpful, possibly because I'm not sure the proper way to phrase what it is that I'm trying to ask, so I ...
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How to make a world map from image like in paradox games? (Java, LibGDX)
I'm working on a grand strategy game similar to those made by Paradox Game Studios with their Clausewitz engine. I'm trying to create the world map from an image. On that you can see the areas, and ...
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Developing Cartography for Simulated Land Navigation or Orienteering [closed]
Request to know what the best approach for developing a simulated Large 1:75,000 or 1:50,000 scaled map using GODOT or another game engine. My goal would be to create a 3D world that allows the player ...
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OpenGL render your own world using tiles from google maps
Goal:
I would like to create a UI/GUI that has a Google Earth Panel. In this Google Earth Panel I would like to zoom in a 3D world and out and label additional objects like sattellites etc.
To ...
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How can I draw an animated vector field on a map?
I want to render an animated vector field map similar to this wind speed visualization. How can I do this?
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How to create landscape image from 2D map?
I created a 2D map using Perlin Noise. Based on the value on x,y, I determine an altitude and so a color to apply to my map (8 levels map).
Now, I don't want my player to see the map but I would like ...
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How should a 3D map be stored?
I have an array of 3d vertices, Vertex3D[][] ground;
so for each element in the array, I have an array of three 3D vertices, a triangle.
But this means I cannot ...
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Efficient Algorithm for the boundary of a set of tiles
I have a grid of tiles of a known finite size that forms a map. Some of the tiles inside the map are put into a set known as a territory. This territory is connected, but nothing is known about its ...
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Describe a 'seam' of material within Voronoi map
This is my first foray into game programming. I am using Monogame (XNA replacement).
I have begun playing around with a 2d map generator (Think Terraria) and have started off with generating the ...
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How can bays and straits be determined in a procedurally generated map?
I've got a procedurally generated map using Voronoi cells, with a defined sea level and a believable height map.
So far, I've been successful in labelling certain geographic features: land, ocean, ...
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Calculating offset for translation between layer and world
When translating offsets between two coordinate systems, I'm using
xOffset = Math.Abs(System2.StartPosition.X) - Math.Abs(System1.StartPosition.X)
yOffset = Math.Abs(System2.StartPosition.X) - Math....
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Center of World Map not the same as the center of my Bullet Physics World
As you could see in the image, the center of my map should be located at the intersection of the diagonal lines.
When I import 3D buildings within the area into my Bullet physics world, I want to set ...
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3d game terrain creation approach
I want to create a terrain/world map for my 3d game.
I want a huge map. For example, ill make it in Blender or generate from a heightmap. Then I plan to divide it in chunks so I can load/unload and ...
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2D walled map generation
I want to make a 2D walled map. the walls must be L,T,+,-,| shaped. (made from vertical and horizontal lines) There must not be a complete closed block (i.e. all parts of the map must be connected). ...
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How can you tell if you are a large player on a large map or a small player on a small map?
If everything is scaled by a constant factor, can you tell that the world is smaller or larger?
I think you could look down at the ground and see that it's "closer".
But how do you know what ...
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Unity3D - How to create flat map render based on endless noise data
The Project
I'm working actually on a Endless Map Generator (with chunks, height-map noise, threading system, etc..)
This is actually what "dev data display" look like:
The Goal
Now I want to ...
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How to geographically locate the position of character on a map?
Beyond the different coordinates systems (x/y, ...), imagine you draw the map of your world on a bitmap, png, gif or whatever image.
Then you got your world and you'd like your players/character (PC) ...
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Level design / lore writing - how to compel player to go through all locations in a star-shaped level
I am trying to design a map for souls-like game and stumbled upon such problem:
According to the lore i have a self-contained city that is supposed to be built with convenience in mind.
I am ...
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Why are spherical worlds so rare?
I remember back in the 90s when X-Com came out, being really impressed by the way its world map was an actual world: a map of Earth drawn on a spherical surface. That was pretty cool, because I had ...
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storing map data as file in 3d roguelike games
I'm currently designing 3d roguelike game. I need to come up with a map storing system but I'm quite new to game programming so I don't really know how to design.
The map will be relatively small, it'...
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Generating nav meshes from tile based map (2D)
I'm working on a pathfinder for a MMORPG game, it's not mine; I'm RE it, now I need to create a pathfinder for monsters. But I figured that the client uses tiles for it's pathfinder (for players). ...
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2D Grand strategy map
I'm trying to make a 2 dimensional grand strategy type of map, similar to Stronghold Kingdoms:
I've never dealt with these kinds of map before, but I assume this is a vector map (in svg format).
I ...
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How can I start the race from a checkpoint with GTA 5 Map Editor?
When I use the official Map Editor from GTA V then it seems that you are only able to test the Map from the Start Point all the time. This is very annoying when you build a hardcore difficult Map and ...
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How to implement a 2D map? [closed]
I am interested in implementing a map for my 2D action platformer. The map will be accessed when the player presses a certain button, and will show—at a very coarse grain—the sections of the world ...
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How are really big maps made? [duplicate]
I'm interested in how huge games like The Witcher 3 and Skyrim create and save the open worlds. In my own game I used a system where I stored the map data in a file seperated by commas. For example '...
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Map progression
I’m developing a 2d Metroidvania Game with a few huge (separated) Areas.
In an in-game Menu the Player will be able to view a Map of the current Area. For this Map I want to implement a Map ...
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What are good algorithms to generate borders / state areas on 2d star maps?
I'm trying to generate a fairly large two-dimensional star map that shows different factions / states, each owning one or more star systems. I'd like to automatically create borders / areas for the ...
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Game map for platformer megaman-style game
I want to make platformer game that would be sort of like megaman. I'm using SFML library for it. I have a problem with creating a map. Should I hardcode every single platform, add it colliders and so ...
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Is it bad practice to use the entire map image as a tilemap?
I made a map in photoshop which I want to use as a map in my game. The question is should I try to cut it up to pieces, or is it bad (performance wise) if I use the way I made it. The picture itself ...
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How can I handle a transition into building interiors?
I am trying some stuff on Unreal Engine to make something approching games like Commandos series.
But for now, I'm stuck with something I can't figure how it is done :
How are building interior ...
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HTML canvas how to create big game world and show only a part of it on canvas?
I originally created this question at stackoverflow but got no answers, so hopefully someone will be able to help me here.
So for the first time ever I'm making a html canvas game. So far I came up ...
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Procedurally-generated 2D curved roads on map
I've been experimenting with algorithms to automatically generate road maps for a game I am working on.
I'm using the "Kingdom Rush" games as a reference point as they have some great-looking maps.
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Map growing algorithm
I'm quite new to programming games and I'm currently working on a group project in university on creating one. In the game we've got a set of squares (cities, other entities) which are placed on the ...
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Random 2d terrain algorithm for map generator
I'm new to game development and I need some advice. I'm building a web based 2d random map generator and I wonder which algorithms there are to create such random terrains in a simple matrix as seen ...
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How To Get Current Selected Tiles and Neighbour
I've 2D array that store each planes that instantiate using code.
Tile[][] map;
Then in Update()function, I try to ...
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Unity3d: Rotating a sphere so point lines up with the camera
I'm trying to make a world map in Unity that contains a rotating globe with landing sites on the perimeter. What I want is that when a player clicks on the landing site the globe rotates so that the ...
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Dynamic Tilemap size changer
I have started coding this project using the library SFML a few months ago.
I have implemented a random map generation everytime I load the game thanks to Biome and the Perlin noise Algorithm.
I ...
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Finding all hexagonal grid coordinates inside cover arc
I got a turret that points at the corner of hexagon (point A). It can shoot in cover arc that's shown here:
I need to check if my target lies within this cover arc.
From this tutorial: Hexagonal ...
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How can I prevent a latitude/longitude based chunk system from Mercator projection stretching?
I'm working on an little mapbox based game and I'm currently working on an latitude/longitude-based chunk system. The distance between each of them should be the same. As you can see in the example ...
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Requesting World from Server
I'm creating a 2D Game in Java. The world is tile based with a multidimensional Array and i have the architecture for the Server-Client system. The Users/Connections to the Clients are multithreaded ...
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How do I project the Earth globe on a flat plane with minimal distortion?
I want to build a game where the game map is the planet Earth.
The game map needs to be on a 2d plane, with the Earth texture projected on it
If the player walks endelessly in one direction, it should ...
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How can I implement (almost) infinitely large maps in Unreal Engine 4?
I'm making a game where a helicopter travels around.
I'd like that the environment around be as realistic as possible. For instance, since the helicopter can travel at speeds up to 200 km/h, I want ...
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How to generate tile based natural looking map?
I have a tile based map which I generate using interpolation of pixels on a reference bitmap into appropriate tiles depending on the color of the pixel.
I'm trying to make the output look natural in ...
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XNA Displaying/Drawing from a text file [closed]
I wrote this code in the Load Content of XNA 4.0 for reading the star map, after actually adding it to my content, and I have no idea how to write/draw it onto my application, any suggestions?
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Calculating the latitude & longitude of a raycast hit point on a sphere
I am working on a game where you look at a sphere and get the latitude and longitude of the position.
I get the position on the globe with a raycast along the direction the user is looking. Using ...
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How do I iterate over map tiles visible within a rectangular portion of an isometric view?
I have an isometric map broken up into terrain tiles.
the area of the map on-screen is given by a rectangle rotated 45 degrees (in red below).
Given the position of the corners of the visible ...
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How to pass the correct data into a continuous world
I'm having a hard time implementing the player moving around my world of 2048x2048 tiles that is generated using a noise function. I'm in it for weeks, and I can not, I mess around with the ...
