/// <summary>
/// Generates the preliminary world data based on perlin noise.
/// </summary>
private void GeneratePreliminaryWorld()
{
for (int x = 0; x < Blocks.GetLength(0); x++)
{
for (int z = 0; z < Blocks.GetLength(2); z++)
{
/**
* These numbers have been fine-tuned and tweaked through trial and error.
* Altering these numbers may produce weird looking worlds.
**/
int stoneCeiling = SimplexNoise.GetPerlinNoise(x, 0, z, 10, 3, 1.2) +
SimplexNoise.GetPerlinNoise(x, 300, z, 20, 4, 0) +
10;
int grassHeight = SimplexNoise.GetPerlinNoise(x, 100, z, 30, 10, 0);
int foodHeight = SimplexNoise.GetPerlinNoise(x, 200, z, 20, 5, 1.5);
Topography[x, z] = stoneCeiling + grassHeight + foodHeight;
for (int y = 0; y < Blocks.GetLength(1); y++)
{
if (y <= stoneCeiling)
{
Blocks[x, y, z] = new StoneBlock();
}
else if (y <= stoneCeiling + grassHeight)
{
Blocks[x, y, z] = new GrassBlock();
}
else if (y <= stoneCeiling + grassHeight + foodHeight)
{
Blocks[x, y, z] = new MulchBlock();
}
else
{
Blocks[x, y, z] = new AirBlock();
}
if
(
x == 0 ||
x >= Blocks.GetLength(0) - 1 ||
z == 0 ||
z >= Blocks.GetLength(2) - 1 ||
y == 0
)
{
Blocks[x, y, z] = new ContainerBlock();
}
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This method performs a deep copy of the initial world state to a backup array for later restoration.
/// </summary>
private void CopyBlocks()
{
for (int x = 0; x < Blocks.GetLength(0); x++)
{
for (int y = 0; y < Blocks.GetLength(1); y++)
{
for (int z = 0; z < Blocks.GetLength(2); z++)
{
if (Blocks[x, y, z] is AirBlock)
{
InitialBlocks[x, y, z] = new AirBlock();
}
else if (Blocks[x, y, z] is MulchBlock)
{
InitialBlocks[x, y, z] = new MulchBlock();
}
else if (Blocks[x, y, z] is ContainerBlock)
{
InitialBlocks[x, y, z] = new ContainerBlock();
}
else if (Blocks[x, y, z] is GrassBlock)
{
InitialBlocks[x, y, z] = new GrassBlock();
}
else if (Blocks[x, y, z] is StoneBlock)
{
InitialBlocks[x, y, z] = new StoneBlock();
}
else if (Blocks[x, y, z] is AcidicBlock)
{
InitialBlocks[x, y, z] = new AcidicBlock();
}
else if (Blocks[x, y, z] is NestBlock)
{
InitialBlocks[x, y, z] = new NestBlock();
}
InitialBlocks[x, y, z].worldXCoordinate = x;
InitialBlocks[x, y, z].worldYCoordinate = y;
InitialBlocks[x, y, z].worldZCoordinate = z;
}
}
}
}