## Description:
Relates to #3725
Adds a new **Impassable** terrain type that enables non-rectangular maps
and creates impassable barriers on the map. Painted with pure black
(`#000`) in the map editor's `image.png`.
**Encoding:** Impassable terrain is encoded in the binary format as
`isLand=1, magnitude=31` (previously unused). The Go map generator
detects `#000` pixels and produces this encoding. The map generator's
minimap downscaling gives impassable highest priority (Impassable >
Water > Land). Thumbnails render impassable as transparent so the map
picker background shows through.
**Rendering:** Impassable tiles render as the map background colour
(`rgb(60, 60, 60)`, matching `gl.clearColor` in `Renderer.ts`), making
them visually indistinguishable from the area outside the map quad. This
enables maps to appear non-rectangular.
**Gameplay restrictions:** Impassable terrain cannot be:
- Owned (`conquer()` throws)
- Attacked (`AttackExecution` skips impassable tiles in both `tick()`
and `addNeighbors()`)
- Nuked (targeting rejected in `nukeSpawn()`, blast radius filtered in
`tilesToDestroy()`)
- Spawned on (nations, human players, and structures all reject
impassable tiles)
- Converted to water (guarded in `WaterManager` and `setWater()`)
**Nuke trajectories:** Nuke trajectories cannot cross impassable
terrain, matching the existing map-border enforcement. This is checked
at launch time in `NukeExecution.tick()`. The client-side trajectory
preview turns red with a red X where the arc crosses impassable terrain
(reusing the existing SAM-intercept visual pipeline in
`NukeTrajectory.ts`). The nuke ghost preview is completely hidden when
hovering over impassable terrain (same as hovering outside the map).
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ff131146-9749-41e0-892a-617e5cd16c54
Impassable terrain is transparent on the thumbnail:
<img width="213" height="152" alt="Screenshot 2026-06-18 211640"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ede16f8c-9239-4ab1-be5d-0ba81cce5e9e"
/>
Tested with water nukes, made sure there is no water depth gradient near
the impassable terrain, just like at the world border:
<img width="774" height="771" alt="Screenshot 2026-06-18 212348"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4429069d-911b-48e8-91e3-7307d42c9397"
/>
Models used: GLM 5.2 and MiMo 2.5 Pro 😄
## Please complete the following:
- [X] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [X] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [X] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
FloPinguin
**Add approved & assigned issue number here:**
N/A — maintainer refactor.
## Description:
Makes each map's `info.json` the single source of truth for map metadata
— adding a map is now a folder with `image.png` + `info.json`, a
`gen-maps` run, and an en.json display name.
**info.json / manifest.json carry full map metadata.** Every
`map-generator/assets/maps/<map>/info.json` declares `id` (the
`GameMapType` enum key), `name` (the enum value — wire format, unchanged
for all 94 maps), `translation_key`, `categories`, and
`multiplayer_frequency` (the public-playlist weight that used to be the
`FREQUENCY` record in MapPlaylist.ts). The generator validates
everything and mirrors it into `resources/maps/<map>/manifest.json`. 23
stale info.json `name` values were normalized to the canonical enum
value; enum values are byte-identical, so replays and stored game
configs are unaffected.
**The generator emits the TypeScript and discovers maps itself.** New
`map-generator/codegen.go` generates `src/core/game/Maps.gen.ts`
(`GameMapType`, `GameMapName`, `mapCategories`, `mapTranslationKeys`,
`multiplayerFrequency` — now a full `Record<GameMapName, number>`,
killing the old `Partial`) on every run; `Game.ts` re-exports it. The
hardcoded map registry in `main.go` is gone — maps are auto-discovered
from the `assets/maps` / `assets/test_maps` directories. MapConsistency
tests fail with a "run `npm run gen-maps`" message if info.json,
manifest.json, and Maps.gen.ts drift. The tracked
`map-generator/map-generator` binary is rebuilt to match.
**New categories: continents + world/cosmic/tournament/other,
multi-category support.** `continental`/`regional`/`fantasy`/`arcade`
are replaced by `featured`, `world`, `europe`, `asia`, `north_america`,
`africa`, `south_america`, `oceania`, `antarctica`, `cosmic`,
`tournament`, and `other`. Maps can list multiple categories, so
straddlers (Black Sea, Bosphorus, Caucasus, Between Two Seas, Bering
Sea/Strait, Mena, Strait of Gibraltar, Hawaii, Arctic) appear under both
regions. Featured is itself a category (same 7 maps as before).
MapPlaylist keeps its arcade exclusion via an explicit set.
**Map picker UI.** Two tabs: **Featured** (default — featured maps plus
a Favorites section when maps are starred) and **All** (one prominent
collapsible bar per category with a map count, collapsed by default).
The selected map is prepended to the featured grid when it lives
elsewhere. `getMapName()` resolves through the generated
`mapTranslationKeys`, which also fixes tourney maps never resolving a
valid translation key.
## Please complete the following:
- [ ] I have added screenshots for all UI updates (maintainer change —
picker described above)
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
evanpelle
🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
## Description:
This PR removes the nation strength. Reasoning:
- It is currently unused. The backstory can be found in #2498
- It forces map-makers to do balancing work, which is probably not a
good idea
- It increases map-making work
- It increases nation balancing complexity by a lot (we need to have all
the json files in mind)
- It makes humans avoid map areas completely because there is always
that one, same, strong nation
- The map lead Nikola123 wants to "not deal with the stupid nations and
their balancing"
If the goal of nation strength was to make them feel different I would
suggest a nation personality system. Nations that love to boat, love to
ally, love to nuke, love to fullsend, etc.
Link to a discord discussion about nation strength:
https://discord.com/channels/1359946986937258015/1360078040222142564/1450973197251117218
## Please complete the following:
- [X] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [X] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [X] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [X] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
FloPinguin
## Description:
Adds a map based on the Manicouagan Reservoir in Quebec and credits
OpenTopography
## Checklist:
- [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [x] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced
<img width="1017" height="1017" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-14 214706"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/030c4bbd-0325-4da4-bef5-71053dc8f183"
/>
## Discord username:
sehentsin
FloPinguin