0010223: Derive map seed from map name

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0010223	Valley 2	Suggestion - General Idea		Jan 3, 2013 7:15 pm	Jan 25, 2013 9:02 am

Reporter	jruderman	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix

Summary	0010223: Derive map seed from map name
Description	The idea is that two players who name their region "The Shambles of Doom" will see the same map. But someone playing in a region of Environ named "Julia's Nook" will get a different map. zaaq suggests limiting this feature to worlds not called "Environ". (Split from 0010136)
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Internal Weight	Feature Suggestion

zaaq Jan 3, 2013 10:18 pm reporter ~0029504	Comment from 10136: Deriving the seed from the map name shouldn't be too difficult, assuming: (1) AVWW uses a common PRNG instance in the world generation logic, and (2) The initialization logic has a deterministic (read: repeatable) implementation. The code would work something like: var worldName = GetWorldNameFromUI(); var rng = worldName == "Environ" ? new System.Random() : new System.Random(worldName.GetHashCode()); // Pass rng to world generation logic

Chris_McElligottPark Jan 25, 2013 9:02 am administrator ~0030178	Bear in mind that while initial world generation is handled from one map seed, that would just apply to the world map and nothing else; the actual regions use random seeds that are nondeterministic. Plus, as various updates to the game happen, you lose the deterministic nature of the seeds in general. Honestly I think this would lead to more frustration than anything else, as the determinism you might be looking for really wouldn't be there. Adding a single slice changes the layouts of all rooms that use that slice folder, for instance, because the total number of potential slices, and their indices, are all changed.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Jan 3, 2013 7:15 pm	jruderman	New Issue
Jan 3, 2013 8:29 pm	tigersfan	Internal Weight	=> Feature Suggestion
Jan 3, 2013 8:29 pm	tigersfan	Status	new => considering
Jan 3, 2013 10:17 pm	zaaq	Relationship added	related to 0010136
Jan 3, 2013 10:18 pm	zaaq	Note Added: 0029504
Jan 25, 2013 9:02 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0030178
Jan 25, 2013 9:02 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	considering => closed
Jan 25, 2013 9:02 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Jan 25, 2013 9:02 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => won't fix