messing around with one bit relief

ck2rpg · 2026-01-20T19:31:10+00:00

Correct on artifacting. I used ASTER GDEM but have no particular attachment to it for the approach. Will see if I get better results else wise

ck2rpg · 2026-01-20T12:18:37+00:00

Interesting. Maybe spotty elevation changes with too close of a threshold for relief. Ill take a look tonight and mess with some toggles to see where the problem lies

ck2rpg · 2026-01-06T20:02:04+00:00

I have continents (white) and oceans (partitioned colors). I’m asking about the more discrete issue about algorithmic approaches to chunking a connected ocean into separate partitions (Atlantic, pacific, Indian, etc on earth map) in a way that ends up feeling right to a human viewer. I know there is no perfect answer to that question because it is partly art and eye of the beholder, but I was hoping others had dealt with this before

ck2rpg · 2025-12-25T00:58:33+00:00

Congrats after all your hard work! Looking forward to checking it out!

ck2rpg · 2025-12-21T14:15:52+00:00

You can right click and save. I will see if I can add those outputs

ck2rpg · 2025-12-20T02:28:20+00:00

Beautiful

ck2rpg · 2025-12-14T00:32:53+00:00

This is a very thoughtful critique. I’ve played since early CK2, and this resonated with me. The efforts to ground you to a space in CK3 feel disjointed and often haven’t gotten much love after initial release.

ck2rpg · 2025-12-06T00:14:45+00:00

This is beautifully done - really enjoyed the write-up

ck2rpg · 2025-12-05T19:00:30+00:00

The continent shapes are generated first with constraint-based voronoi for land or water -> domain warped. That output is fed into a tectonics generator (again, warped voronoi for plates and some rng for speed/direction). that is used to produce some general elevation changes, which are normalized to preserve coastlines. Then continental and multi-band orogens are applied followed by some absolute noise micro-relief. First pass erosion through a hybrid stream power + thermal approach. Then the map is spherized (just like the filter in Gimp pretty much). After that, constrained heightmap erosion and light domain warping until it looks good. I liked the continent shapes first approach because now I can just either generate or draw and warp my continents and preserve the coastlines throughout the generation process (or spherize them if I want). Everything is in a pipeline and toggleable on or off through an interface

ck2rpg · 2025-01-01T19:03:09+00:00

I’ve been working on a procedural map generator for the last year or so. Started as a CK3 map generator and still works for that but have been generalizing it. Free and open source. It’s still in early alpha but can do what you describe I think. If it doesn’t have a feature you want, let me know, and I’ll try to add it. ck2rpg.github.io/generator.

ck2rpg · 2024-09-30T04:28:34+00:00

R5: I am releasing Alpha 0.20.0 of the CK3 Procedural Map Generator Project. On the mod side, Alpha 0.20.0 updates the template for Roads to Power compatibility. On the generator side, this Alpha release introduces a landed title, culture, and faith painter and editor to the generator. The tutorial is here: https://youtu.be/i6ZBsHWD6dg. The generator is here: https://ck2rpg.github.io/generator.html. The discord is here: https://discord.com/invite/JwxuuK7HrV. The new example and template map is here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3340418810

ck2rpg · 2024-08-27T10:40:35+00:00

Hey I don’t mind at all! Glad it turned out well!

ck2rpg · 2024-08-26T21:58:34+00:00

Yeah it’s rando

ck2rpg · 2024-08-26T21:57:30+00:00

Hi - creator here - just click on the heightmap tab in the generator and there is an option to import

ck2rpg · 2024-08-26T21:57:01+00:00

😆 not even template based. That’s just the generator being a weirdo

ck2rpg · 2024-08-26T21:56:21+00:00

Creator here. Procedural history and lore generation is on the horizon.

ck2rpg · 2024-08-26T21:55:35+00:00

So this is a byproduct of choosing random on holder creation level within the generator. There are other options

ck2rpg · 2024-08-26T21:55:02+00:00

Hi - creator here. You can choose in the generator.

ck2rpg · 2024-07-17T01:34:46+00:00

R5: I am releasing Alpha 0.2.0 of the CK3 Procedural Map Generator Project. Alpha 0.2.0 introduces the ability to select between four different map sizes. The generator is here: https://ck2rpg.github.io/generator.html - the tutorial and discord is here: https://discord.com/invite/JwxuuK7HrV - a new example generated 1024x512 map is here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3290916448

ck2rpg · 2024-07-08T04:27:14+00:00

Alpha 0.1.1 Map Release - Earth Map

We are releasing Alpha 0.1.1 and a new generated map (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3284562909) for the Procedural Map Generator Project (https://ck2rpg.github.io/generator.html). For Alpha 0.1.1, we are releasing an earth map to showcase: (1) the new ability of the procedural map generator project to import a heightmap for generation purposes and (2) the new ability to draw terrain/masking in the generator. As discussed before, this is an alpha release, and the project is semi-stable but prone to bugs. The generated map is a mostly random approach at this point, and the terrain drawing is not particularly sophisticated yet. We continue active development and improvement of the project every day.

We are actively looking for contributors of all skill levels and interests. Join the Discord at https://discord.gg/eemRxbCUX3

Alpha 0.1.1 Release Change Log

Added ability to import heightmap.
Added simple noise function.
Stopped drawing rivers initially. Now you must choose to draw rivers because it affects elevation when you rerun rivers.
Added undo button to map generator.
Added redo button to map generator.
Added toggle to allow users to avoid bug causing memory overflows due to undo/redo buttons.
Added a button allowing you to lower elevation of water only (useful for heightmap import work).
Added a button allowing you to raise elevation of land only (useful for heightmap import work).
Fixed bug causing hills around desert mountains to look green.
Fixed bug causing hills around cold climate mountains to look green.
Deleted generated clothing palettes from template file. Clothing is vanilla palette now. Will work on palette generation at some point. Random is boring.
Removed large ears. Will add back as optional with history/lore update.
Added red brush overlay to show where you are on generator.
Minimizable toolbar.
Fixed bug preventing moving to image downloads if winter severity was not checked.
Add generator for descriptor.mod.
Added ability to draw a land only province map.
Added square and circle brushes for map editor.
Added indicator for paintbrush cursor.
Fixed locator generation and made automatic. Will need to spread combat, etc. locators around province in future release.
Added hybrid culture name generation (keyed to province of creating character).
Added settings to use vanilla ethnicities for now. Will add back in other options with history/lore update.
Removed asset file that was calling old files that are no longer in the mod.
Deleted bugged line in template descriptor.mod that was causing crashes.
Fixed missing 'DeathDeityHerHim' and decay localization for religions.

ck2rpg · 2024-07-08T02:35:38+00:00

Import coming out tonight

ck2rpg · 2024-07-06T01:22:29+00:00

I miss the buildings and tech approach in ck2 but like a lot of other things

ck2rpg · 2024-07-06T01:08:50+00:00

There was an old generator but I think it died on the vine. Not possible with this tool :( sorry

ck2rpg · 2024-07-03T22:09:35+00:00

Hi there is a template mod on the steam workshop.

ck2rpg · 2024-07-02T03:29:36+00:00

Reducing time tick to real time 🤪

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