//Generate a chunk at the given location, it populates all chunk columns in the chunk with
//block type height maps
public Chunk generateChunk(ChunkLocation chunkLocation, Direction direction)
{
//get the biome and the world the terrain is being generated for
Biome biome = getBiome();
World world = chunkLocation.getWorld();
//Instantiate the GameObject in the gme that represents a chunk from file
GameObject chunkGameObject = MonoBehaviour.Instantiate(Resources.Load("Chunk", typeof(GameObject))) as GameObject;
//Get the chunk script attached to this GameObject
Chunk chunk = chunkGameObject.GetComponent("Chunk") as Chunk;
//Set up the values in the chunk script
chunk.initialise(chunkLocation);
//Get the x and y coordinates of the chunk
int chunkX = chunk.getLocation().getBlockX();
int chunkZ = chunk.getLocation().getBlockZ();
//Iterate over all columns in the chunk
for (int x = 0; x < Chunk.chunkSize; x++)
{
for (int z = 0; z < Chunk.chunkSize; z++)
{
//Get the coordinate of the column as the chunk's location in the world and the column's position in the
//chunk, it's z-coord (height) can be 0
Location columnBaseLocation = new Location(world, chunkX + x, 0, chunkZ + z);
//Instantieate a ChunkColumn GameObject from file aswell
GameObject columnGameObject = MonoBehaviour.Instantiate(Resources.Load("Chunk Column", typeof(GameObject))) as GameObject;
//Set the chunk column to be a child of the chunk in the heirarchy
columnGameObject.transform.SetParent(chunkGameObject.transform);
//Get the ChunkColumn script attached to this GameObject
ChunkColumn chunkColumn = columnGameObject.GetComponent("ChunkColumn") as ChunkColumn;
//initialise the variables in the chunkcolumn
chunkColumn.initialise(chunk, biome, columnBaseLocation, direction);
//Fill the column with blocks based off of the biome
gameManager.StartCoroutine("populateColumn", chunkColumn);
//Generate caves in the column (air spaces)
gameManager.StartCoroutine("generateCaves", chunkColumn);
//Set the chunk column in the parent chunk to be this chunk column
chunk.setColumn(columnBaseLocation, chunkColumn);
}
}
//Return the newly generated chunk
return(chunk);
}
//Generate a chunk at the given location, it populates all chunk columns in the chunk with
//block type height maps
public Chunk regenerateChunk(Chunk chunk, ChunkLocation chunkLocation, Direction direction)
{
//get the biome and the world the terrain is being generated for
Biome biome = getBiome();
World world = chunkLocation.getWorld();
//Get the GameObject of the chunk
GameObject chunkGameObject = chunk.gameObject;
chunkGameObject.SetActive(true);
//Set up the values in the chunk script
chunk.initialise(chunkLocation);
//Get the x and y coordinates of the chunk
int chunkX = chunk.getLocation().getBlockX();
int chunkZ = chunk.getLocation().getBlockZ();
int i = 0;
//Iterate over all columns in the chunk
for (int x = 0; x < Chunk.chunkSize; x++)
{
for (int z = 0; z < Chunk.chunkSize; z++)
{
//Get the coordinate of the column as the chunk's location in the world and the column's position in the
//chunk, it's z-coord (height) can be 0
Location columnBaseLocation = new Location(world, chunkX + x, 0, chunkZ + z);
//Debug.Log(i);
ChunkColumn chunkColumn = chunk.getColumns()[i];
i++;
chunkColumn.gameObject.SetActive(true);
chunkColumn.initialise(chunk, biome, columnBaseLocation, direction);
//Fill the column with blocks based off of the biome
gameManager.StartCoroutine("populateColumn", chunkColumn);
//Generate caves in the column (air spaces)
gameManager.StartCoroutine("generateCaves", chunkColumn);
//Set the chunk column in the parent chunk to be this chunk column
chunk.setColumn(columnBaseLocation, chunkColumn);
}
}
//Return the newly generated chunk
return(chunk);
}