desert, tundra, forest, grassland, hill, mountain, etc...
This kinda sucked. It created a number of conditions in other code, which would then need to be edited if the tile type list changed [which I'd like to do eventually with expansions]. It also made forests far less common than they need to be, since wood source is a primary resource, rather than games like civilization or MoM that just give "production" from everywhere.
So for this iteration, I was considering splitting up the tile types into a terrain/elevation part, and a 'forest' part. While doodling on it today, I settled actually on three parts, since a number of parts are really independant, and I'd rather code around tile traits.
public enum TerrainType { // // Flatland - Flat or slightly rolling solid land. // // Wetland - Flat land partially or fully submerged, largely unsuitable // for building. // // Hills - Highly rolling land, without sharp changes in elevation. // // Mountains - High elevation with sharp elevation changes and features. // // FreshwaterLake - A large inland body of water which is fresh. // // Shallows - Ocean nearby land with depths that support fish. // // Sea - Deep ocean. // Flatland, Wetland, Hills, Mountains, FreshwaterLake, Shallows, Sea } public enum FaunaType { // // Desert - No fauna supported, either a sand desert [in heat] or an icy // tundra. // // Grasses - Plain grasses, with a few spotty trees but not enough to even // build minor structures. // // SparseForest - Minor patches of trees. Not enough to impede movement, // but enough to hide in, and provide wood for a few // structures. // // DenseForest - Major forest. Trees impede movement, farming, and expansive // building. They do provide wood for large building projects. // Desert, Grasses, SparseForest, DenseForest } public enum TemperatureRange { // // Polar - Area of Permafrost and/or perpetual snows. // // Cold - Shortened growing season, limited winter travel. // // Temperate - Cold winters, warm summers, full growing season. // // Warm - Mild winters, full growing season, no cold weather limitations. // // Tropic - warm winters, hot most of the year. // Polar, Cold, Temperate, Warm, Tropic }Tiles can then be combinations of these traits. Not a few will likely have identical effects [and textures], and I might just use this as traits for map generation and creation of a monolithic type enum; I'm not quite sure yet.
In other news, I got a callback on yesterday's interview already. The place and people seem very cool even if their finances and business are superficially suspect. The position itself would be a nice resume addition, so as long as the checks keep coming and their business practices don't drive me mad it seems nice. We'll see; these things are always a bit hit or miss until the offer letter shows.
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Oh, and yay, NHL playoffs! Plus actual hockey playing for me tonight, usually a nice end to the week.
