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Four test/sample maps are out. Check them out at http://omg.dirbaio.net

I've had some people ask me whether this will be free or not. I assure you it wil be completely free, without any "premium account" ****, and with no ads. I'll probably set up a donations button though.

Hi to everybody!

I've decided to start a Minecraft-related project: an Online map generator.
Basically, it will be a website where you specify the kind of map you want, and then it is generated, and your're given a download link which you can download to your computer or wget it into your server.

Everything online. No downloading and installing anything.

But I need suggestions to make it a successful generator.
What would you like to see in it?

Also, I need a name... A name that's not just "Online Map Generator" (BTW, the abbreviation would be OMG!)

(Sorry for my english, I'm spanish)

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To-Do list
I'll update it as I get more suggestions.

- Ground generation (height map). Including beaches, oceans, plains, mountains: DONE
- More advanced land formation generation: Cliffs, etc: PARTIALLY DONE: Needs more tweaking and a lot more customization
- Trees / flowers / cactuses / decorations: DONE.
- Caves, ores: DONE
- Floating islands: COMING VERY SOON: I've already planned inside my head how to do them :sad.gif:
- Lakes, underground lakes.
- Waterfalls, rivers (I'm not sure how to do this, but i'd be very cool if done well)
- Volcanoes
- Pregenerated buildings / cities / dungeons.

I like this idea. ^-^

I'd like to be able to generate 'hell'-ish maps, and sky islands if possible, and really deep oceans too =D

Hmm... Flying islands.
Lots of people are requesting them :smile.gif:

I'll definitely implement them.

Also, awesome mountains:


I still need a way to combine stuff in the same map... Right now I get ALL mountains, or ALL plains, or a BIG ocean :sad.gif:

My hero, if you put floating islands in.

Those mountains look awesome. Make caves built into the generator, but make them bigger and longer then default ones.

I would love to see volcanoes and a option to make a flat map made out of whichever materials specified. I would also like to see flying islands, especially since I have run out of ideas for building spots. Be sure to add pre-made buildings, like the battle towers mod only without enemies and they don't have to be towers. I would love to see a city generator! I would name it Online MineCraft Map Generator. (OMMG. Haa)

This is sick. Has so much potential :biggrin.gif: Another suggestion is to add real life like rivers. That would be so cool.

Btw, your English is good :smile.gif:

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Btw, your English is good :smile.gif:

I agree, he has exceptional english. Hell, i wouldn't even have known he was Spanish-speaking unless he said. =p

Something awesome would be if you included prebuilt structurs like "Ruins" and the like...
Brick Pyramids, anyone?

Thanks for all the suggestions! I've updated the first post :biggrin.gif:

As soon as I get it to generate "playable" maps this will go online.
More details about the online thing:

- It will be VPS hosted at http://omg.dirbaio.net
- You'll have to create an account
- When you generate a map, you'll get a direct download link to the generated map. (Probably it will be available for 24 h only, if not the HDD will get full :tongue.gif:)
- You'll be able to save your map settings on your account (Only the settings for the map generator, so if you like them you can generate more similar maps)
- Maybe share settings publicly by a link?

I'm not sure what will be the map size limitations, but probably they'll be good. Right now I'm able to generate a 30x30 chunk map in under 2 seconds.. (Only the base terrain, so I guess that when I add trees, caves, floating islands, etc, it will take much longer to generate...) As long as the server doesn't get overloaded, I'll set the max size as big as possible.

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I still need a way to combine stuff in the same map... Right now I get ALL mountains, or ALL plains, or a BIG ocean :sad.gif:

Looks cool enough ;P
You should try something like this (in example it's 5x5 chunk map):
Map is divided in 16*16 squares (or different... using chunk size just seemed natural).
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Place 1 type of terrain in every other square randomly (probabilities for each terrain should be adjustable:
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Now every icon means something (for example, means forest and means ocean)

Then fill left squares with some of adjacent squares:






Then add special things like volcanoes and such :smile.gif:

Cool idea! I'm definitely subscribing to this thread. :biggrin.gif:

make a moon like surface, whit huge craters and surface entirely made out of smoothstone and cobble, execpt for some flying islands (debris) whit trees. or something like that.
i like the idea, this could be very nice.
online map gen...
could there also be a 'flat' option, for a map entirely flat, with grass, and only smooth stone under the surface.
also add a option for ore frequency, from zero to 20, 20 is ALOT of ore, and zero is no ore.
frequency for evrything!
you could also set the height limit for diamond, if you want diamond all over the map, you set it to 128, if you want it just under sea level, set it to 64, etc. also checkbuttons like: whole map, default, sea level.
dugeon controller, you could set dungeon frequency, how much loot they have, what kind of spawner it more likely will be. (like in a 5 to 1, if there where only 5 mobs, 5 beining most likely, 1 beining less likely) you could also turn off a certrain kind of mob.

Minecraft Map Revolution


like the idea for the name?
oh yeah, mayby you could link it with the WorldRotate project, just search it.

look at the biomes mod that has nice options the most important are the rescourses options
like rarety/frequency/size and the min and max lvl the rescourses spawn , , , (0-128 or something)
You should also add a kind of a picture how the surface of the map will look with the options someone has chosen.

If you put this things into it, it will be a really nice generator and I wil always use it for my maps :smile.gif:
good luck and do you know when you will get the generator online?

But how do you will affect the furhter map generation done by minecraft, when you explore your world?!

Sounds like a idea, that hasnt been thought till the end.

Personaly, I would keep the name OMG, seems pretty simple and funny!
Keep up the awsome work- the idea is great!

You win the internet.

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But how do you will affect the furhter map generation done by minecraft, when you explore your world?!

you wont, at least not without a mod

maybe he hould let you download a sort of script that you make (and maybe a mod for special feathures) with the options you choose and put that in your minecraft folder and the mod in minecraft.jar