ideas for multiplayer regions
Do yall think we should have a thread for users to advertise their multiplayer regions and post ideas for the feature? I feel like we should.
Also, I noticed that you can't choose a blank map in multiplayer regions. I understand why this would be disabled, but I feel like we should be able to see what the terrain is for the map that are about to choose so we can strategize on which map to start building on. What if maps in a multiplayer region are procedurally generated so that their terrain fits together naturally just like pieces of a puzzel. Then you can see which maps in the region have the terrain features that you want. Would also be awesome to see the region map come to life with continents, oceans, and rivers. This means that not every map can have a river of it's own, but that's the fun part. There would be inland maps that have no water, ocean maps that have no land, and beach and river maps that have both. This makes it more of a challenge to build, but that's the point.
I think the easiest way to do this is to have it generate each map's terrain upon it's creation. It would take a while but the player would only need to wait once. The terrain is set and unchangeable for each map and will remain tied to a map upon deletion. This way, when a player goes to start a new map, the terrain features are already there, so it makes for less time spent creating new maps, and even if the player's map is deleted, someone else can take advantage of the same terrain features.
Overall, I think that the biggest advantage is that it would make each multiplayer regions map unique, dispite it's planet type. Even if you have only 100 earth-like planet regions to choose from, they would all take different shapes.
If you are going to go this route, I recommend including a picture of each region so that if a region is chosen from the list of advertised regions, the image will pop up along with the content warning, allowing you to look at the region and confirm your choice. Would also be nice if before creating a multiplayer region, we could choose the seed or upload a terrain file that has a custom-designed terrain map(for instance, what if you want your region to look like the map of earth?) We could also use a way to export a region's terrain to a file and share it.
This one may be far off, but I like the highlands and midlands that you made for colony wars. It would be quite the challenge if those were to be added to mc's terrain generation. And coupled with the regional terrain generation idea above, you could have mountain ranges and plateaus that span multiple colonies. This would make some maps super hard to build in, but not impossible.
Also, the option to sell your colony to another member of your region and offer to buy other people's maps would be a nice feature in my opinion
That's all I have for now, let me know what you think.
Also, I noticed that you can't choose a blank map in multiplayer regions. I understand why this would be disabled, but I feel like we should be able to see what the terrain is for the map that are about to choose so we can strategize on which map to start building on. What if maps in a multiplayer region are procedurally generated so that their terrain fits together naturally just like pieces of a puzzel. Then you can see which maps in the region have the terrain features that you want. Would also be awesome to see the region map come to life with continents, oceans, and rivers. This means that not every map can have a river of it's own, but that's the fun part. There would be inland maps that have no water, ocean maps that have no land, and beach and river maps that have both. This makes it more of a challenge to build, but that's the point.
I think the easiest way to do this is to have it generate each map's terrain upon it's creation. It would take a while but the player would only need to wait once. The terrain is set and unchangeable for each map and will remain tied to a map upon deletion. This way, when a player goes to start a new map, the terrain features are already there, so it makes for less time spent creating new maps, and even if the player's map is deleted, someone else can take advantage of the same terrain features.
Overall, I think that the biggest advantage is that it would make each multiplayer regions map unique, dispite it's planet type. Even if you have only 100 earth-like planet regions to choose from, they would all take different shapes.
If you are going to go this route, I recommend including a picture of each region so that if a region is chosen from the list of advertised regions, the image will pop up along with the content warning, allowing you to look at the region and confirm your choice. Would also be nice if before creating a multiplayer region, we could choose the seed or upload a terrain file that has a custom-designed terrain map(for instance, what if you want your region to look like the map of earth?) We could also use a way to export a region's terrain to a file and share it.
This one may be far off, but I like the highlands and midlands that you made for colony wars. It would be quite the challenge if those were to be added to mc's terrain generation. And coupled with the regional terrain generation idea above, you could have mountain ranges and plateaus that span multiple colonies. This would make some maps super hard to build in, but not impossible.
Also, the option to sell your colony to another member of your region and offer to buy other people's maps would be a nice feature in my opinion
That's all I have for now, let me know what you think.
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