rocky plains biome

assets/Data/game/biomes.json

@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@
             ],
             "surfaceGenerationParams": {
                 "surfaceGenTag": "plains",
-                "heightOffset": 10
+                "heightOffset": 10,
+                "floorVariants": [
+                    {
+                        "voxelId": 2,
+                        "frequency": 1.0,
+                        "dispersion": 1.0,
+                        "priority": 1.0
+                    }
+                ]
             }
         },
         {
@@ -53,6 +61,12 @@
                 "surfaceGenTag": "hills",
                 "heightOffset": 10,
                 "floorVariants": [
+                    {
+                        "voxelId": 2,
+                        "frequency": 1.0,
+                        "dispersion": 1.0,
+                        "priority": 1.0
+                    }
                 ],
                 "foliageDescriptions": [
                 ]
@@ -116,6 +130,53 @@
                 "surfaceGenTag": "empty",
                 "heightOffset": 0
             }
+        },
+        {
+            "id": "plains_rock",
+            "displayName": "Plains (rock)",
+            "isAerial": false,
+            "isSurface": true,
+            "isSubterranean": false,
+            "regions": [
+                {
+                    "frequency": 1.0,
+                    "baseFloorVoxel": 1,
+                    "floorVariants": [
+                        {
+                            "voxelId": 7,
+                            "frequency": 0.5,
+                            "dispersion": 0.5,
+                            "priority": 1.0
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "voxelId": 8,
+                            "frequency": 0.5,
+                            "dispersion": 0.5,
+                            "priority": 1.0
+                        }
+                    ],
+                    "foliageDescription": [
+                    ]
+                }
+            ],
+            "surfaceGenerationParams": {
+                "surfaceGenTag": "plains",
+                "heightOffset": 10,
+                "floorVariants": [
+                    {
+                        "voxelId": 7,
+                        "frequency": 0.5,
+                        "dispersion": 0.5,
+                        "priority": 1.0
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "voxelId": 8,
+                        "frequency": 0.5,
+                        "dispersion": 0.5,
+                        "priority": 1.0
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
         }
     ],
     "files": [

assets/Shaders/entities/terrain2/terrain2.vs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ out vec3 samplerIndexVec; //the indices in the atlas of textures to sample
 out vec3 samplerRatioVec; //the vector of HOW MUCH to pull from each texture in the atlas
 
 
-
+float map(float value, float min1, float max1, float min2, float max2);
 
 void main() {
     //normalize posiiton and normal
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ void main() {
     ViewFragPos = vec3(view * model * FinalVertex);
     Normal = mat3(transpose(inverse(model))) * aNormal;
     
+    // //clamp the aPos vector to just shy of its surrounding values
+    // //this prevents sampling across into the next texture
+    // vec3 clampedPos = vec3(map(aPos.x,0,1,0.02,0.98), map(aPos.y,0,1,0.02,0.98), map(aPos.z,0,1,0.02,0.98));
     //reference https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/advanced-rendering/triplanar-mapping/
     texPlane1 = aPos.zy * TEXTURE_MAP_SCALE;
     texPlane2 = aPos.xz * TEXTURE_MAP_SCALE;
@@ -71,3 +74,9 @@ void main() {
     //set final position with opengl space
     gl_Position = projection * view * model * FinalVertex;
 }
+
+
+
+float map(float value, float min1, float max1, float min2, float max2) {
+  return min2 + (value - min1) * (max2 - min2) / (max1 - min1);
+}

buildNumber.properties

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #maven.buildNumber.plugin properties file
-#Tue Apr 01 15:25:00 EDT 2025
+#Wed Apr 02 13:31:25 EDT 2025
-buildNumber=616
+buildNumber=617

docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md

@@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@ World creation options work
 (04/02/2025)
 Homogenous worlds actually generate-able
 Two EXCELLENT rock textures
+Fix rock2 texture
+biome floor elements controlling noise generator's voxel selection
+Plains (rock) biome
+
 
 
 

src/main/java/electrosphere/game/data/biome/BiomeData.java

@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@ public class BiomeData {
     public BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams getSurfaceGenerationParams(){
         return surfaceGenerationParams;
     }
-    
+
 }

src/main/java/electrosphere/game/data/biome/BiomeFloorElement.java

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package electrosphere.game.data.biome;
 
+import electrosphere.util.noise.NoiseMapperElement;
+
 /**
  * Describes how a given voxel type may be used to populate the floor of the biome
  */
-public class BiomeFloorElement {
+public class BiomeFloorElement implements NoiseMapperElement {
     
     /**
      * The id of the voxel type for this element in particular
@@ -25,4 +27,17 @@ public class BiomeFloorElement {
      */
     Double priority;
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the voxel id of this floor element
+     * @return The voxel id
+     */
+    public int getVoxelId(){
+        return voxelId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public float getFrequency() {
+        return (float)(double)this.frequency;
+    }
+
 }

src/main/java/electrosphere/game/data/biome/BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams.java

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.graalvm.polyglot.HostAccess.Export;
 
+import electrosphere.util.annotation.Exclude;
+import electrosphere.util.noise.NoiseMapper;
+
 /**
  * Params for the surface generation algorithm
  */
@@ -32,6 +35,19 @@ public class BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams {
     @Export
     List<BiomeFoliageDescription> foliageDescriptions;
 
+    /**
+     * Used to map gradients into floor variants (ie to distribute the floor variants spatially)
+     */
+    @Exclude
+    NoiseMapper<BiomeFloorElement> floorVariantMapper;
+
+    /**
+     * Precomputes the surface voxel distribution
+     */
+    protected void precomputeSurfaceDistribution(){
+        this.floorVariantMapper = new NoiseMapper<BiomeFloorElement>(floorVariants);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the tag for the generation algorithm for generating the surface
      * @return The tag for the generation algorithm for generating the surface
@@ -64,6 +80,13 @@ public class BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams {
         return foliageDescriptions;
     }
 
-    
+    /**
+     * Gets a floor variant based on a gradient value
+     * @param gradientValue The gradient value
+     * @return The floor element
+     */
+    public BiomeFloorElement getFloorVariant(float gradientValue){
+        return this.floorVariantMapper.lookup(gradientValue);
+    }
 
 }

src/main/java/electrosphere/game/data/biome/BiomeTypeMap.java

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class BiomeTypeMap {
         idBiomeMap.put(id,biome);
         if(biome.isSurface()){
             this.surfaceBiomes.add(biome);
+            biome.getSurfaceGenerationParams().precomputeSurfaceDistribution();
         }
         if(biome.isAerial()){
             this.skyBiomes.add(biome);
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ public class BiomeTypeMap {
         if(biome.isSubterranean()){
             this.subterraneanBiomes.add(biome);
         }
-        indexBiomeMap.put(indexBiomeMap.size(),biome);
+        int index = indexBiomeMap.size();
-        biomeIndexMap.put(biome,indexBiomeMap.size());
+        indexBiomeMap.put(index,biome);
+        biomeIndexMap.put(biome,index);
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/electrosphere/server/terrain/generation/TestGenerationChunkGenerator.java

@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ public class TestGenerationChunkGenerator implements ChunkGenerator {
                     double surfaceHeight = heightfield[x][z];
                     double gradient = gradientField[x][z];
                     BiomeData surfaceBiome = surfaceBiomeMap[x][z];
+                    BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams surfaceParams = surfaceBiome.getSurfaceGenerationParams();
 
                     for(int y = 0; y < ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DATA_GENERATOR_SIZE; y++){
                         int finalWorldY = worldY + ((y * strideValue) / ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION);
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ public class TestGenerationChunkGenerator implements ChunkGenerator {
                             realX, realY, realZ,
                             stride,
                             surfaceHeight, gradient,
-                            surfaceBiome,
+                            surfaceBiome, surfaceParams,
                             generationContext
                         );
                         if(voxel != null){

src/main/java/electrosphere/server/terrain/generation/voxelphase/AnimeMountainsGen.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.voxelphase;
 
 import electrosphere.engine.Globals;
 import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeData;
+import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GeneratedVoxel;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GenerationContext;
 import io.github.studiorailgun.MathUtils;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ public class AnimeMountainsGen implements VoxelGenerator {
         int chunkX, int chunkY, int chunkZ,
         double realX, double realY, double realZ,
         int stride, double surfaceHeight, double surfaceGradient, 
-        BiomeData surfaceBiome, 
+        BiomeData surfaceBiome, BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams surfaceParams,
         GenerationContext generationContext
     ) {
         Globals.profiler.beginAggregateCpuSample("AnimeMountainsGen.getVoxel");

src/main/java/electrosphere/server/terrain/generation/voxelphase/HillsVoxelGen.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.voxelphase;
 
 import electrosphere.engine.Globals;
 import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeData;
+import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GeneratedVoxel;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GenerationContext;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public class HillsVoxelGen implements VoxelGenerator {
         double realX, double realY, double realZ,
         int stride,
         double surfaceHeight, double surfaceGradient,
-        BiomeData surfaceBiome,
+        BiomeData surfaceBiome, BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams surfaceParams,
         GenerationContext generationContext
     ){
         Globals.profiler.beginAggregateCpuSample("HillsVoxelGen.getVoxel");

src/main/java/electrosphere/server/terrain/generation/voxelphase/MountainVoxelGen.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.voxelphase;
 
 import electrosphere.engine.Globals;
 import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeData;
+import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GeneratedVoxel;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GenerationContext;
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class MountainVoxelGen  implements VoxelGenerator {
         double realX, double realY, double realZ,
         int stride,
         double surfaceHeight, double surfaceGradient,
-        BiomeData surfaceBiome,
+        BiomeData surfaceBiome, BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams surfaceParams,
         GenerationContext generationContext
     ){
         Globals.profiler.beginAggregateCpuSample("HillsVoxelGen.getVoxel");

src/main/java/electrosphere/server/terrain/generation/voxelphase/NoiseVoxelGen.java

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.voxelphase;
 
 import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeData;
+import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeFloorElement;
+import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams;
 import electrosphere.game.data.voxel.sampler.SamplerFile;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GeneratedVoxel;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GenerationContext;
@@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ public class NoiseVoxelGen implements VoxelGenerator {
         int chunkX, int chunkY, int chunkZ,
         double realX, double realY, double realZ,
         int stride, double surfaceHeight, double surfaceGradient,
-        BiomeData surfaceBiome, GenerationContext generationContext
+        BiomeData surfaceBiome, BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams surfaceParams,
+        GenerationContext generationContext
     ) {
 
         //floor handling
@@ -91,11 +94,13 @@ public class NoiseVoxelGen implements VoxelGenerator {
             voxel.weight = -1.0f;
             voxel.type = 0;
         } else if(heightDiff < -strideMultiplier){
+            BiomeFloorElement floorEl = surfaceParams.getFloorVariant((float)surfaceGradient);
             //generate full-size surface-type voxel
             double finalHeight = sample;
             voxel.weight = (float)finalHeight;
-            voxel.type = 2;
+            voxel.type = floorEl.getVoxelId();
         } else {
+            BiomeFloorElement floorEl = surfaceParams.getFloorVariant((float)surfaceGradient);
             //surface
             double surfacePercent = -heightDiff / strideMultiplier;
             if(surfacePercent > 1.0 || surfacePercent < 0){
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ public class NoiseVoxelGen implements VoxelGenerator {
             }
             double finalHeight = sample * surfacePercent * 2 - 1;
             voxel.weight = (float)(finalHeight * sample);
-            voxel.type = 2;
+            voxel.type = floorEl.getVoxelId();
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/electrosphere/server/terrain/generation/voxelphase/VoxelGenerator.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.voxelphase;
 
 import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeData;
+import electrosphere.game.data.biome.BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GeneratedVoxel;
 import electrosphere.server.terrain.generation.interfaces.GenerationContext;
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public interface VoxelGenerator {
      * @param surfaceHeight The height of the surface at x,z
      * @param surfaceGradient The rate of change in the surface at this point
      * @param surfaceBiome The surface biome of the chunk
+     * @param surfaceGenPArams Extra parameters for generating surface voxel values
      * @param generationContext The generation context
      */
     public void getVoxel(
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ public interface VoxelGenerator {
         double realX, double realY, double realZ,
         int stride,
         double surfaceHeight, double surfaceGradient,
-        BiomeData surfaceBiome,
+        BiomeData surfaceBiome, BiomeSurfaceGenerationParams surfaceGenParams,
         GenerationContext generationContext
     );
     

src/main/java/electrosphere/util/noise/NoiseMapper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package electrosphere.util.noise;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * Maps objects to a frequency, then allows normalized noise values to index into the frequency range
+ */
+public class NoiseMapper<T> {
+    
+    /**
+     * The objects in the buckets
+     */
+    List<T> objects;
+
+    /**
+     * The frequencies
+     */
+    float[] frequencies;
+
+    public NoiseMapper(List<T> objects){
+        Map<NoiseMapperElement,T> typeMap = new HashMap<NoiseMapperElement,T>();
+        //convert types
+        List<NoiseMapperElement> elements = objects.stream().map(object -> {
+            if(object instanceof NoiseMapperElement){
+                NoiseMapperElement casted = (NoiseMapperElement)object;
+                typeMap.put(casted,object);
+                return casted;
+            } else {
+                throw new Error("Supplied a class that does not extend NoiseMapper! " + object.getClass());
+            }
+        }).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        //set frequencies
+        float frequencySum = 0;
+        for(NoiseMapperElement el : elements){
+            frequencySum = frequencySum + el.getFrequency();
+        }
+        this.frequencies = new float[elements.size()];
+        this.objects = new ArrayList<T>();
+        int i = 0;
+        float accumulator = 0;
+        for(NoiseMapperElement el : elements){
+            this.frequencies[i] = el.getFrequency() / frequencySum + accumulator;
+            this.objects.add(typeMap.get(el));
+            accumulator = accumulator + this.frequencies[i];
+            i++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up a value's corresponding object
+     * @param value The value
+     * @return The object
+     */
+    public T lookup(float value){
+        if(value < 0){
+            throw new Error("Supplied value less than 0! " + value);
+        } else if(value > 1){
+            throw new Error("Supplied value greater than 1! " + value);
+        }
+        int searchIndex = 0;
+        float prevFreq = 0;
+        while(searchIndex < frequencies.length){
+            if(value >= prevFreq && value <= frequencies[searchIndex]){
+                return objects.get(searchIndex);
+            }
+            prevFreq = frequencies[searchIndex];
+            searchIndex++;
+        }
+        throw new Error("Failed to mape value " + value + " into object! " + frequencies + " " + objects);
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/electrosphere/util/noise/NoiseMapperElement.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package electrosphere.util.noise;
+
+/**
+ * An element that can be supplied to a noise mapper
+ */
+public interface NoiseMapperElement {
+    
+    /**
+     * Gets the frequency of this element
+     * @return The frequency
+     */
+    public float getFrequency();
+
+}