OpenFrontIO/map-generator

MapGenerator

This is a tool to generate map files for OpenFront.

Installation

1. Install go https://go.dev/doc/install
2. Install dependencies: go mod download
3. Run the generator: go run .

Creating a new map

1. Create a new folder in assets/maps/<map_name>
2. Create image.png
3. Create info.json with name and countries
4. Add the map name in main.go
5. Run the generator: go run .
6. Find the output folder at ../resources/maps/<map_name>

By default, this will process all defined maps.

Use --maps to process a single map:

go run . --maps=fourislands

To process a subset of maps, pass a comma-separated list:

go run . --maps=northamerica,world

Create image.png

1. Download world map (warning very large file)
2. Crop the file (recommend Gimp)

• We recommend roughly 2 million pixels for performance reasons
• Do not go over 4 million pixels.

Create info.json

• Look at existing info.json for structure
• Use country codes found here

Example:

{
  "name": "MySampleMap",
  "nations": [
    {
      "coordinates": [396, 364],
      "name": "United States",
      "strength": 3,
      "flag": "us"
    }
  ]
}

To Enable In-Game

• Add a translation for the map name to resources/lang/en.json
• Add the MapDescription src/client/components/Maps.ts
• Add the numPlayersConfig src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
• Add the GameMapType src/core/game/Game.ts
• To add to the map playlist, modify src/server/MapPlaylist.ts

Notes

• Islands smaller than 30 tiles (pixels) are automatically removed by the script.
• Bodies of water smaller than 200 tiles (pixels) are also removed.

🛠️ Development Tools

• Format map-generator code:

  go fmt .