altering continents, erosion and ridges noise

[small lodge]

so im trying to alter continents erosion, and ridges but in the json I made in noise_settings they’re simply defined as minecraft:continents, etc

which folder do i define these noise values (and then i presume i put [name]:[jsonname])

temperature and humidity work perfectly fine as they’re defined within noise_settings

[small lodge]

additionally since they’re involved in not only biome building but also terrain generating, if i change minecraft:continents to whatever json i make, are there any other areas i need to edit besides noise_settings?

[small lodge]

image for reference

i also checked the wiki, it seems that "continents" / "erosion" / "ridges" here only changes biome placement, and i can't seem to find where to edit it in final_density or initial_density_without_jaggedness

[young sundial]

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[velvet rampart]

data/minecraft/worldgen/density_function

[velvet rampart]

They also get referenced by final density and so have effects on terrain, which is how/why they're used to place biomes relative to terrain

It's a bit of a complicated relationship but they do both

[small lodge]

thanks!

so as long as i paste in the noise values i want from misodes github into data/minecraft/worldgen/density_function, everything that continentalness / erosion / ridges affects (biome placement and terrain gen) gets modified?

[velvet rampart]

Well so those aren't noise files, they're density_function files that reference noise files

But as long as you overwrite the continentalness/erosion/ridges density functions, yes that will change all of the places they're referenced appropriately

[small lodge]

yes thats what i meant, everything is resolved now

[small lodge]

i just realized i

[small lodge]

*i'm not overwriting minecraft:overworld/continents

or minecraft:erosion, i'm creating a new density function (in this case ex:continentalness)

[velvet rampart]

new density_function*?

[small lodge]

yes (i keep mixing it up)

[velvet rampart]

Okay, so?

[small lodge]

according to the wiki modifying line 27 and changing it to ex:continentalness will only affect biome placement and leave world generation alone

[velvet rampart]

That's correct

You would need to also replace any referencess to the vanilla continents density function in the final_density, or more accurately, the other density functions it references

Which of course probably requires duplicating all those density function and changing any references to them as well

I assume you're making a separate dimension rather than modifying the Overworld?

[small lodge]

is there anything that shows where references to the density functions are, i found continentalness in overworld/depth -> overworld/factor and overworld/offset so i presume i will have to make new jsons in worldgen/density_function for depth, factor, and offset

[small lodge]

yes

[velvet rampart]

Just copy all the vanilla density functions so you can search them

But yes your assessment at least so far is correct