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Quote from WhichOnesPink»

I'd be interested to hear what the COG team has to say about it... from what I understand, it should be possible. And if it turns out that RTG needs to do anything to make it easier for COG to do its thing, I'm more than happy to do it.

Not sure whether it would be of use or not, but one potential would be implementing the same API that ATG uses to report on ground level. But, I don't know if you can or not -- if you first generate a biome map, and then generate a stonemap from that (like vanilla does), it probably won't work -- ATG can do what it does because it first generates a heightmap, and then assigns biomes from that. So even for distant chunks, there's height data before actually generating the details of the chunk.

Another good thing if you don't use COG is to use the Thermal Foundation oregen system and create special values for the high altitudes for example:

    "copper": {
        "template": "uniform",
        "block": "ThermalFoundation:Ore",
        "clusterSize": 8,
        "numClusters": 10,
        "minHeight": 40,
        "maxHeight": 75,
        "retrogen": "true",
        "biomeRestriction": "none",
        "biomes": [
            "all"
        ],
        "dimensionRestriction": "blacklist",
        "dimensions": [
            -1,
            1
        ]
    },
    "copperHigh": {
        "template": "uniform",
        "block": "ThermalFoundation:Ore",
        "clusterSize": 9,
        "numClusters": 14,
        "minHeight": 75,
        "maxHeight": 255,
        "retrogen": "true",
        "biomeRestriction": "none",
        "biomes": [
            "all"
        ],
        "dimensionRestriction": "blacklist",
        "dimensions": [
            -1,
            1
        ]
    },

In other news, here's a world in dynmap using RTG, Highlands, and BOP.

http://terrafiedmc.com:8123/?worldname=Apophis&mapname=surface

It does, you just need to change the id of the ore.

Here's an example using metadata (Metallurgy Astral Silver)

    "astralSilver": {
        "template": "uniform",
        "block": {"name": "Metallurgy:fantasy.ore", "metadata": 5},
        "clusterSize": 8,
        "numClusters": 10,
        "minHeight": 20,
        "maxHeight": 55,
        "retrogen": "true",
        "biomeRestriction": "none",
        "biomes": [
            "all"
        ],
        "dimensionRestriction": "blacklist",
        "dimensions": [
            -1,
            1
        ]
    },

an example with no metadata (IC2 Uranium)

    "uranium": {
        "template": "uniform",
        "block": "IC2:blockOreUran",
        "clusterSize": 8,
        "numClusters": 10,
        "minHeight": 40,
        "maxHeight": 75,
        "retrogen": "true",
        "biomeRestriction": "none",
        "biomes": [
            "all"
        ],
        "dimensionRestriction": "blacklist",
        "dimensions": [
            -1,
            1
        ]
    },

for obvious reasons, it doesn't work with Gregtech, but you really don't need this if you use GT

IF you use gregtech, in the GT worldgen config, just change the values for the ores to appear higher and maybe increase the chance of generation.

            cassiterite {
                I:Density_5=8
                I:MaxHeight_120=200
                B:MiddleEarth_true=true
                I:MinHeight_40=40
                B:Nether_false=false
                I:OrePrimaryLayer_57=57
                I:OreSecondaryLayer_57=57
                I:OreSporadiclyInbetween_824=824
                I:OreSporaticlyAround_57=57
                B:Overworld_true=true
                I:RandomWeight_50=50
                I:Size_24=24
                B:TheEnd_true=true
            }

            tetrahedrite {
                I:Density_4=8
                I:MaxHeight_120=200
                B:MiddleEarth_true=true
                I:MinHeight_80=80
                B:Nether_true=true
                I:OrePrimaryLayer_840=840
                I:OreSecondaryLayer_840=840
                I:OreSporadiclyInbetween_35=35
                I:OreSporaticlyAround_945=945
                B:Overworld_true=true
                I:RandomWeight_70=70
                I:Size_24=24
                B:TheEnd_false=false
            }

remember these are just examples, configurations are limitless

COFH/Thermal Foundation got you covered as well when it comes to vanilla. Want iron to be more common on high mountains?

    "iron": {
        "template": "uniform",
        "block": "iron_ore",
		"material": "minecraft:stone",
        "clusterSize": 14,
        "numClusters": 22,
        "minHeight": 80,
        "maxHeight": 230,
        "retrogen": "true",
        "biomeRestriction": "none",
        "biomes": [],
        "dimensionRestriction": "blacklist",
        "dimensions": [
            -1,
            1
        ]
    },

Quote from ratstrangler»

What sorcery is this?

By the way, if you haven't already then you really should try out this man's work with the maids; really, you should.

Nice specs...

Mine is an i7-4790 as well but only 16GB of RAM and a GTX 960 4Gb

and I STILL use fastcraft

Hey,

loving the mod and just wanted to let you know that i will be including it in the next update for my SeriousPack (http://forum.feed-the-beast.com/threads/1-7-10-seriouspack-magic-tech-and-adventure.53572/)!

It's really awesome to have a different type of terrain gen in a modded pack

-SC

Desert and Snow next to each other isn't impossible in real life. Not common, but it does happen.

Hot-cold isn't *always* a problem for desert, but it is for savannas. The way it works out in vanilla is pretty good IMO; hot-cold does happen but it's extremely rare. There's also the problem with wet-dry transitions. Vanilla partially finesses that by putting its obviously dry zones into the Hot climate and excluding any obviously wet biomes, but if you have modded biomes it can crop up. Vanilla still can have a problem with wet-dry adjacencies at Hot/Warm transitions.