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I've also decided that RTG will not be adding ore generation in mountains (sorry MokahTGS ). I originally thought this was a cool idea (and still do), but I need to be careful about adding too much stuff to RTG just because it would be a cool feature, so if anyone wants this feature, you will have to find another mod to use alongside RTG. I will, however, do everything I can to make sure that RTG is compatible with those mods.
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I just tested WTFOres-1.65 with RTG-0.0.13, works great!

Was there any settings you had to fiddle with? I'm trying it in RTG and having no luck with mountain ore gen. (Or even in vanilla maps)

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I think you need to modify 'maxHeightPercent' in the WTFOresConfig.cfg file to a high value. I set mine to 200 for everything, and I had ores generating as high as Y=230 - only problem for me is that I couldn't figure out how to make it use vanilla ores - not even sure it's possible.

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Still interested in what others think about oceans going to bedrock, although I suppose I could always just make it a config option and let users decide if they want it or not.
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If I may offer my opinion:

I like the concept of Deep Oceans going to near bedrock, as in Y=3-6, because I use the Coral Reef mod and it relies on ocean floor cover to place its blocks (specifically it looks for dirt, sand & gravel to replace in blobs). If you make the Deep Oceans have large swaths of bedrock at best it'll be barren and at worst I fear crashes. Additionally, something I always noticed with CoFHCore (which also has flat bedrock options) is that though it works as intended, the bottom 4 or so world layers end up being vanilla stone and generally not much in the way of ores or even dirt. Though I am no coder, this always made sense to me as some sort of workaround to replace what would have been bedrock blocks with something natural to keep there from being gaping holes everywhere in those layers (aesthetics, performance issues from flowing lava or entities, etc). If the deep ocean floor is generated in this vicinity and this was a design choice you also made, could you place a layer of dirt/sand/gravel down to ensure mods like the one mentioned above can function properly please?

Speaking of deep oceans, I saw this picture posted in the ATG thread some months back and have been in love with it ever since.. and have never found a deep ocean that had scalloped sides like this:

If ever you want to tweak the look of that biome, I'd like to cast my vote for the above.

Finally, I found a Chunky render of a killer-looking plateau/valley area that I thought wouldn't look completely out of place in a mod like this:

In case you want ideas for how a lower terrain could transition into a higher one. I think once the biome temperature transition issues are fixed I'll be replacing ATG with this..

.. which also got me thinking. ATG adds some biomes as well - would adding support for those be a possibility down the road? It'd be interesting to see your folks' interpretation of a volcano, especially.

Great work! Appreciate that you guys release new updates fairly regularly, which is a great way to get feedback.

I'm having lots of fun just creating worlds and test flying over them (while I try to get other mods to work together).

Question: Wondering if any of the Water Lakes might generate at y != 64? Future plan?

And yes, I realize that's non-trivial to do well (find local minima in a chunk generated random landscape). Although perhaps this is more a thing for the Streams mod to do? Possibly a mountain lake would be a blended feature - ie. the lake region overwrites existing terrain, and the edges are blended in (like Applied Energetic meteor sites?)

Cheers!

Also I'd suggest connecting lakes with rivers where possible

Hey, could you make this compatible with the Ridiculous World mod? Link here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/wip-mods/2152723-ridiculous-world-for-those-who-like-their-biomes

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Hey, could you make this compatible with the Ridiculous World mod? Link here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/wip-mods/2152723-ridiculous-world-for-those-who-like-their-biomes

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I've been working on resolving the various crashes that RTG is experiencing, and part of that process has been to improve the way ores are being generated. Whilst I was working on that, I decided to add config options to enable/disable all of the vanilla ores (coal, iron, gold, redstone, diamond, lapis, and emerald). I have no plans to add config options for modded ores, so if anyone wants that ability, you will need to use another mod, like COG mentioned above.

Perfect! COG is actually the reason I was asking about disabling ore gen. It's a lot easier on the server if COG is the only one generating ores; the substitution step can be turned off entirely. Otherwise, COG has to undo all the work of other generators... and to do that it has to scan every non-air block in the chunk and replace it with stone (by default) before it starts its own generation. As you might imagine, it's a little bit computationally intensive.

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Yeah, the TC biomes are still using the 'small' approach that RWG used, so that hasn't changed. As for the taint spreading, I haven't tested TC properly yet, but since RTG uses vanilla biomes, I'm pretty sure it's working. Maybe someone else can confirm this? Either way, I need to do some TC testing today anyway to make sure it's not crashing anymore with the latest version, and while I'm in there I'll check on other TC-related mechanics to make sure they're working as well.

Do you think TC biomes should just spawn as regular-sized biomes then? I think it'd be kinda cool to see a realistic Magical Forest, but not sure if a massive Tainted Land biome is a good idea. Would love to hear others' thoughts on this.

I'm against the idea of a large Tainted Land biome. A large Magical Forest would be pretty cool but a large Tainted Land would be difficult to control. Early-game in Thaumcraft, the only real option for dealing with Tainted Land is to ensure that its chunks don't get loaded. Otherwise, it spreads. Controlling/cleaning even small areas can be quite an endeavor, and things can get out of hand pretty quickly.

(Whoops.)

May they be bugs?

P.S.:

How to disable non-vanilla (without individual seedlings) trees?

He said that he will add them as at add-on in the future. However, I must disagree. The islands that his mod generate are too good to be added as mere add-ons

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