Continent names

[lean tulip]

Hi everyone! Since we got the map almost traced out, it is time we abandon calling the continents "the north one" and come up with some cool names!!

Suggestions?

[icy creek]

CopyPaste:
West Continent: Westeros
East Continent: Easteros
South Continent (with the desert): Southeros
North Continent: Northeros

[lean tulip]

There are several legal issues with using Westeros, but I like your train of thoughts

[primal comet]

Current map for science. Give me a list of X/Y coords and the names you want written.

How you get that list is up to you lot 🙂

[icy creek]

Hey, in west eastopia born and raised..
On the breezy plains was where I spent most of my days.

[solar raven]

need to add a version with the x/y coordinates and grid on the top and side of the map

😄

[primal comet]

yeah can do that tonight

[solar raven]

curious though if the map was procedurally generated before publishing to the server or if they made it manually.

[icy creek]

Mix of both, probably.

[worldly flicker]

I think they said they want to procedualy do it and then adjust the output to be more to their liking

[kind vale]

They said it was both in the bitcraft stream

[solar raven]

so likely there will be a new map on release you think?

[worldly flicker]

not sure if thats the case for alpha tho, but thats the general plan

[worldly flicker]

absolutely, for multiple reasons that would make a ton of sense

[molten frost]

iirc the one we have its not even the full map, its a quadrant made to have most things but not spread up the amount of ppl too much

[lean tulip]

I really hope they make a whole new one for the actual release :D

Ive been calling the mainland Spawn Continent but thats kinda eeeeh

[worldly flicker]

I'll come up with a name for that one, I uncovered the shape and climbed some of it (likely first of all players)
guess it makes sense to post here again

[icy creek]

Spawntinent

[worldly flicker]

yeah, main island worked for us crows but isnt great either lol

[primal comet]

Eww

[worldly flicker]

@spark creek , I'll allow to crosspost this here since it makes sense

[solar raven]

i like it actually. lol

[pale lark]

can we call the desert island greenland?

[primal comet]

slightly better (grid hidden on rendered tiles)

[lean tulip]

Nubi Goatia

[worldly flicker]

keep doing all 3 pls, they all have their uses imo

[molten frost]

does it look like a mage / herald to anyone else?

[solar raven]

man that plot to the east is PRIME. 4 biomes in reach very short distance.

[primal comet]

thats a battleaxe

[lean tulip]

What about Initia for the mainland?

[molten frost]

PSA the right island sucks

[lean tulip]

Im naming this one Mouse Lake even tho it is not technically correct, but half the physics dont make sense in this game any ways

[primal comet]

Ocean has a fixed height. rivers and lakes do not

[lean tulip]

And this is the "Naked foot stepping on LEGO" penninsula

[molten frost]

water level or actual floor? or both?

[lean tulip]

Buuuut thats naming specific things. COntinents first!

Any ideas for the mainland?

[primal comet]

I belive the floor height for rivers and lakes can change and ocean is static. Id have to check that later.

I have all the height data

I have the following info for each tile

BiomeType 0->4 biomes that are in that tile.
OriginalHeight - the orginal unmodified height before players got to it.
CurrentHeight - the current height of the tile
Zoning type - Unknown. Presumed to be the purple hexes around ruins. need to check>
Water Level - The current water height at that tile. tile is liquid if water height > CurrentHeight.
BiomeDensity - I have no idea. increases around water?!

Names are taken from the client itself.

What I can tell you. Is they made pretty art when rendered as text..

[opal ravine]

All I know is that I tried to make a port in the Pine forest since it was so edgy and therefore annoying to load/unload for trade routes, and when I go and start digging "Can't terraform near water" 😭

[primal comet]

That may be what ZoningType is

ill know once i render it on the map

itll either be hexes all over

or follow the rivers.

ok I have no idea what the hell it is.,

Purple is ZoningType != 0

[icy creek]

Oh, I think the purple areas are spawn zones

[worldly flicker]

that would make sense, yeah

[opal ravine]

I do indeed remember spawning near one of such zones 🤔 can't be exactly sure by now since I wasn't paying attention, but looks like it

[worldly flicker]

are they protected in some way?

[primal comet]

Next question. do we leave them in the map?

I built exactly where i spawned

so seems unlikely

however i didnt try and claim there

[worldly flicker]

hmm, not in the main one I think?

[icy creek]

I can pretty safely say no since at least one of the purple areas near where I spawned had claims all over it

Unless there's something subtle going on

[worldly flicker]

Then its not really needed I suppose

Nice to know but clutter in 99% of cases

[primal comet]

Ill check what the client does with the zoning types later

it clearly wants them for something

[icy creek]

Yeah. If this was in a googlemaps-like webapp, we could have it as a toggle-able filter but until we know for certain what they're for, I don't think it's needed

[primal comet]

ugg wanna finish work so im not doing this via rmeote desktop >.>

[primal comet]

I may or may not build exactly that tonight

[flat tartan]

That woulld be super helpful since im colorblind x.x

[primal comet]

Yeah about that. If you can suggest replacement colours for things that are more friendly. I gotcha. Ill build out two versions

If your technical. just edit this and send it over.

otherwise. err. Pick colours and give me a way to see it and the name of the biome.

[Flags]
public enum Biome
{
Dev,
CalmForest, // 1
PineWoods, // 2
SnowyPeaks, // 3
BreezyPlains, //4
AutumnForest, //5
Tundra,//6
Desert,//7
Swamp,//8
Canyon,//9
Ocean//10
}

public static Dictionary<uint, Color> BiomeMap = new Dictionary<uint, Color>() {
{ 1, new Color(new Rgba32(180, 203, 147)) },
{ 2, new Color(new Rgba32(124, 133, 114)) },
{ 3, Color.White },
{ 4, new Color(new Rgba32(218, 236, 189)) },
{ 5, new Color(new Rgba32(188, 151, 96)) },
{ 6, new Color(new Rgba32(255, 183, 255)) },
{ 7, new Color(new Rgba32(255,255,255)) },
{ 8, Color.DarkSeaGreen },
{ 9, Color.SlateGrey },
{ 10, new Color(new Rgba32(2,164,245)) },
};

just scribble on the map in paint if you have to

[icy creek]

 Dev,
 CalmForest, // 1
 PineWoods, // 2
 SnowyPeaks, // 3
 BreezyPlains, //4
 AutumnForest, //5
 Tundra,//6
 Desert,//7
 Swamp,//8
 Canyon,//9
 Ocean//10

I know those are pulled from the game files, but those enums make me feel like the devs gave up half way when naming. They did "Autumn Forest" and then when it came time to name Tundra they went "Naahhhh, I'm late for lunch as is" and just did basic for the rest.

[primal comet]

yup but tbh. I dont think they expose the names publically anyway

[icy creek]

Hmm. Can you see it in the F5 debug information? I can't remember and I havent' tried it in a while (even discounting server being down) because it makes my client super laggy

[worldly flicker]

they did lots of teasers with bioms, but those names dont fit with these ones

[primal comet]

This is just what the client calls them internally.

[worldly flicker]

as an example

so they are still renaming stuff as it seems

[primal comet]

yeah, these are just fancy code names for things internally. like if the client wants to check the biome type its something like if (currentBiome == Biome.CalmForest) { // do thing} ect. It doesnt have to match anything user visible.

[icy creek]

Yeah. And unless they're doing something silly like using using ToString on the enum flags, players aren't going to see them

[primal comet]

^

[lean tulip]

Soooo, since you all had such a fun convo about coding and colors... any name ideas?

[worldly flicker]

lol, yeah, this thread got kinda lost lol

lemme see if I can compile all the ideas that were dropped in here earlier

[pale lark]

I heard no objections,
all in favour of calling the desert island greenland?

[lean tulip]

Tealand

[thorny palm]

My suggestion for the large continent since many people (if not all) started there: Archon (or Archosia, for flavour), for which the etymology cites noun use of present participle of arkhein "be the first," thence "to begin, begin from or with, make preparation for;"

[molten frost]

it kinda looks like a sea turtle to me, but I suspect that name is already taken

[lean tulip]

The world is a turtle!

[worldly flicker]

bruh, I copied links to the messages and now cant send it lmao

[lean tulip]

What language is this, greek?

[thorny palm]

Yup

[lean tulip]

I had similar thought process with Initia, only went for Latin :D

[worldly flicker]

Steel:
West Continent: Westeros
East Continent: Easteros
South Continent (with the desert): Southeros
North Continent: Northeros

Spawntinent

[TEG] Tim Argos:
Tiamir or Tendala (main continent)

Ronarr:
desert island greenland

Alis chases Fin Darters myth:
Nubi Goatia
Initia

Tealand (desert)

Auriferous:
Archon (or Archosia, for flavour)

some were jokes I think but whatever
hope I didnt miss sth

should be all now

[spark creek]

OOOO thanks you !

[worldly flicker]

See the turtle of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth.

(I hope anyone gets that lol)

[lean tulip]

SHowed the map to my partner, immediatelly went "THATS A TURTLE" Youve been validated

[molten frost]

ppl that have gone on the right one, is there lavender in that plain or is different? cuz that could be inspiration for the name

[worldly flicker]

"Maturin" or "Skoldpadda" are my suggestions for the turtle

[molten frost]

yeah but naming it turtle when it has 8 tortuga claims on it seems a bit much

[lean tulip]

Cant name the Spawntinent A'Tuin, but we can call it sometihng similar

Lavendria for the mainland!

[molten frost]

thats like 99% there to be the italian for laundromat

[pale lark]

why i don't see the turtle?

brains be weird sometimes.

[lean tulip]

Its really a turtle in a pajamas

[molten frost]

black peninsula top center is the head, flippers are a bit of a mess

[worldly flicker]

If I understand correctly lol

[molten frost]

TIL do not mispell the first part of that phrase or the bot will be very mad at you

[lean tulip]

Google translate says Latin for turtle is Turtur and I love that

Turturia

[pale lark]

alright, I'm convinced.

[lean tulip]

Lavender in LAtin is Casia 💙

[spark creek]

that a really great name there

[worldly flicker]

@ Steel:
West Continent: Westeros
East Continent: Easteros
South Continent (with the desert): Southeros
North Continent: Northeros

Spawntinent (main island)

@ [TEG] Tim Argos:
Tiamir or Tendala (main continent)

@ Ronarr:
greenland (desert island)

@ Alis chases Fin Darters myth:
{
Nubi Goatia
Initia
Lavendria
Turturia
Casia
} main island

Tealand (desert island)

@ Auriferous:
Archon (or Archosia, for flavour) (main island?)

@ BloodWork | David
"Maturin" or "Skoldpadda" (main island)

[lean tulip]

I really like it too, but apparently its close to italian laundromat

[worldly flicker]

feel free to keep updating this, I'll be gone for a bit

[pale lark]

this is our friendly main island.

[lean tulip]

As usual, no fish in sight 😔

[mortal gull]

Since the map we've given is for alpha. We'll call the whole map "The Continent of Awakening"

[arctic gust]

^^^

also who do I send screenshots to, I think I have map that isn't captured there

[mortal gull]

Send it here #🖼️│bitcraft-screenshots

[lean tulip]

The official mainland flag :3

[flat tartan]

@primal comet I changed the colors to work for me, Idk about anyone else lol. I had to make them a bit more vibrant and different.

{
Dev,
CalmForest, // 1
PineWoods, // 2
SnowyPeaks, // 3
BreezyPlains, //4
AutumnForest, //5
Tundra,//6
Desert,//7
Swamp,//8
Canyon,//9
Ocean//10
}

public static Dictionary<uint, Color> BiomeMap = new Dictionary<uint, Color>() {
{ 1, new Color(new Rgba32(4, 198, 6)) },
{ 2, new Color(new Rgba32(2, 107, 31)) },
{ 3, new Color(new Rgba32(225,225,225)) },
{ 4, new Color(new Rgba32(230, 177, 157)) },
{ 5, new Color(new Rgba32(203, 88, 17)) },
{ 6, new Color(new Rgba32(168, 216, 244)) },
{ 7, new Color(new Rgba32(255, 240, 101)) },
{ 8, new Color(new Rgba32(96, 48, 17)) },
{ 9, new Color(new Rgba32(82, 91, 82)) },
{ 10, new Color(new Rgba32(5, 67, 150)) },
};

[pale lark]

Chelonia 🤔

[primal comet]

Tool now spits out both versions

ty

ill include both going forward

next version will also correct the key in the top left

[lean tulip]

What are the red spots?

[primal comet]

Good question. ZoningType, Were trying to work that out.

53 in queue..

and ill go poke at one

[flat tartan]

Thank you @primal comet

[worldly flicker]

https:// docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u2T_MIP_BwIMsbJj9cbclbx9Ej2SGVSqz3Qu-3uw6gs/edit?usp=sharing

Spreadsheet with the suggestions, can't share link tho

I'll add explanations later

[worldly flicker]

If a mod sees this, feel free to share it as a link and/or pin it maybe

[primal comet]

❤️

[lean tulip]

Naisu!

[kind vale]

how can i contribute to the map?

[lean tulip]

I tagged you in the #🖼️│bitcraft-screenshots , now give us your continent names ideas 😏

[primal comet]

How are you lot doing with a consensus on names?

[primal comet]

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\ClockworkLabs\BitCraft

Send me all your prod_terrain_chunk_x_y_z files

in a zip/rar via discord pm 🙂

[kind vale]

what are the purple dots?

[primal comet]

Spawn/No Build areas

next copy will differentiate between the two

[pale lark]

I think so far everyone agrees on Greenland for the desert island.

[lean tulip]

Id like to give it a few more days for people to ad suggestions and then make a vote

At least for the main one

[worldly flicker]

I was planning to add explanations during queue today and then I just load in without one :D

Not complaining tho

But yeah, I feel like it should be made more public as well since I feel like theres only 10-20 ppl who know of this thread haha

[lean tulip]

I announced it in both bitcraft-chat and alpha-chat, people just ignored it 😭

GOtta spam it more i guess

[worldly flicker]

Yeah, either spam here or get at least the bigger guilds involved if they want to

[lean tulip]

:o Thats an idea

[slate torrent]

The Sitting Isles (we have claimed the head as "Isle of Heximer")

[mortal gull]

Ah, that was you!

[lean tulip]

Sittin isles!!! :D

[slate torrent]

"Sittin Isles" is great, fantasy enough but named for a reason

[flat tartan]

I've declared the large lake to the east as Great Lake Crovus.

[torn ermine]

These islands have all been claimed, and are called the Isles of Commerce x3
Any idea on what to name the island to the right of it?

[lean tulip]

Looks like a woman with a giant hair

[torn ermine]

That was my first thought too actually. Was thinking "Ponytail island" but that's kinda.. well an awful name.

Actually maybe "Pearl Earring", cuz the silhouette reminds me of the painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring', and pearls are associated with value / trade

Maybe just shorten the island name down to "Pearl Island"

[lean tulip]

Girl Isle :D