Vhaldir
Sorceror
This is intended to (eventually) be a complete player-terraforming system based on Praxiiz's Ultima Live Map Streaming/Editing system.
Below are three individual/stand-alone scripts that will allow players to harvest grass/dirt/water respectively and re-place them in the world to modify land tiles and/or elevation.
*NOTE* In order for players to be able to harvest land tiles (for dirt & grass), there needs to be changes made to the distro mining script.
The 'waterbucket' script however, is drag-drop (as long as you have the Ultima Live system http://www.runuo.com/community/threads/ultima-live-map-streamer-and-editor.533772/).
Dirt/Grass are pretty simplistic/basic and don't do a whole lot yet. These were the starting points/'proof of concept' scripts I started with for player terraforming implementation. I am providing them solely for the community's sake; should anyone care to take them further (Otherwise, I will get around to it,.. eventually). Right now, if the targeted tile/area meets the requirements, they simply edit a 3x3 area to dirt/grass tiles.
All the real work was done in the water bucket script, which allows players to collect/place bodies of water. This one isn't quite finished yet either, but it's close. It still needs some tweaks and additions to the borders/transitions for land and static checks. Right now it only checks/modifies grass borders (Still need to do snow, rock, sand, forest, jungle, etc).
I am probably going to be in and out for a while again, as my motivation to develop for UO wanes and waxes; which is why I am providing these scripts in an unfinished state. Anyone who wishes to carry these further, feel free. I only ask that you share with the community, so that all may enjoy. Feel free to highjack this topic or w/e.
Again, sorry for the partial submission, but I'm running out of drive atm and too busy IRL, but wanted others to be able to take advantage of this idea/work so far..
Here we go..
INSTALLATION:
REQUIRED: UltimaLive by Praxiiz : http://www.runuo.com/community/threads/ultima-live-map-streamer-and-editor.533772/
Mining.cs (Optional Distro EDITS)- My mining script is fairly heavily customized, so I am including the entire script for location reference, etc. Look for any references to Dirt/Grass, and CheckTerraform and edit them into your mining script, if you want to be able to dig/mine dirt or grass from land tiles (otherwise, leave 'em out and just add these objects some other way. NOTE: I also added a new 'terraforming' smartregion.. which you may or may not wish to include.. if not, just ignore that reference in this script.
Dirt.cs (Plug/Play - drop it in your scripts/custom folder..) : This is a VERY BASIC dirt 'item', harvested by digging/mining dirt tiles. When dropped to the world on dirt, it will raise the elevation. NOTE: Praxiiz recommended the .DoOperation()'s be moved to a MapOperationSeries so that multiple updates are not pushed to the client (better performance)
Grass.cs (Plug/Play - drop it in your scripts/custom folder..) : Same as 'dirt', but for grass...
WaterBucket.cs (Plug/Play - drop it in your scripts/custom folder..) - Procedural water generation/removal (read the comments at the top of the script). This script allows the player to use the water bucket to collect/place water. It uses targeting and then gathers information from the targeted tile, then each tile around the target; adding each tile checked to an array for re-check (procedural) until it finds a border meeting the elevation requirements. Someone might be able to better optimize this code, but it works..
Here's a quick .avi of the WaterBucket at work (procedurally placing water)
Below are three individual/stand-alone scripts that will allow players to harvest grass/dirt/water respectively and re-place them in the world to modify land tiles and/or elevation.
*NOTE* In order for players to be able to harvest land tiles (for dirt & grass), there needs to be changes made to the distro mining script.
The 'waterbucket' script however, is drag-drop (as long as you have the Ultima Live system http://www.runuo.com/community/threads/ultima-live-map-streamer-and-editor.533772/).
Dirt/Grass are pretty simplistic/basic and don't do a whole lot yet. These were the starting points/'proof of concept' scripts I started with for player terraforming implementation. I am providing them solely for the community's sake; should anyone care to take them further (Otherwise, I will get around to it,.. eventually). Right now, if the targeted tile/area meets the requirements, they simply edit a 3x3 area to dirt/grass tiles.
All the real work was done in the water bucket script, which allows players to collect/place bodies of water. This one isn't quite finished yet either, but it's close. It still needs some tweaks and additions to the borders/transitions for land and static checks. Right now it only checks/modifies grass borders (Still need to do snow, rock, sand, forest, jungle, etc).
I am probably going to be in and out for a while again, as my motivation to develop for UO wanes and waxes; which is why I am providing these scripts in an unfinished state. Anyone who wishes to carry these further, feel free. I only ask that you share with the community, so that all may enjoy. Feel free to highjack this topic or w/e.
Again, sorry for the partial submission, but I'm running out of drive atm and too busy IRL, but wanted others to be able to take advantage of this idea/work so far..
Here we go..
INSTALLATION:
REQUIRED: UltimaLive by Praxiiz : http://www.runuo.com/community/threads/ultima-live-map-streamer-and-editor.533772/
Mining.cs (Optional Distro EDITS)- My mining script is fairly heavily customized, so I am including the entire script for location reference, etc. Look for any references to Dirt/Grass, and CheckTerraform and edit them into your mining script, if you want to be able to dig/mine dirt or grass from land tiles (otherwise, leave 'em out and just add these objects some other way. NOTE: I also added a new 'terraforming' smartregion.. which you may or may not wish to include.. if not, just ignore that reference in this script.
Dirt.cs (Plug/Play - drop it in your scripts/custom folder..) : This is a VERY BASIC dirt 'item', harvested by digging/mining dirt tiles. When dropped to the world on dirt, it will raise the elevation. NOTE: Praxiiz recommended the .DoOperation()'s be moved to a MapOperationSeries so that multiple updates are not pushed to the client (better performance)
Grass.cs (Plug/Play - drop it in your scripts/custom folder..) : Same as 'dirt', but for grass...
WaterBucket.cs (Plug/Play - drop it in your scripts/custom folder..) - Procedural water generation/removal (read the comments at the top of the script). This script allows the player to use the water bucket to collect/place water. It uses targeting and then gathers information from the targeted tile, then each tile around the target; adding each tile checked to an array for re-check (procedural) until it finds a border meeting the elevation requirements. Someone might be able to better optimize this code, but it works..
Here's a quick .avi of the WaterBucket at work (procedurally placing water)
. Thanks. 