started working on temperature range corrections

ReadMe.md

@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ Using the heightmap generator from here: https://github.com/TangentFoxy/heightma
 - [ ] Remove heightmap library
   - [ ] Update ReadMe
   - [ ] ReadMe should also point out where the simplex implementation comes from
-- [ ] Update the `simplex` library to the latest version with FBM
+- [x] Update the `simplex` library to the latest version with FBM
-- [ ] Round the new map generator to a planet shape
+- [x] Round the new map generator to a planet shape
 - [ ] Move `tile_size` out of the map generator (this is a render feature, not a map feature)
-- [ ] Turn the new map gen into a wrapper kind of like my heightmap wrapper? (This is sorta already done in a sloppy way.)
+- [x] Turn the new map gen into a wrapper kind of like my heightmap wrapper? (This is sorta already done in a sloppy way.)
 - [ ] Rebuild the multi-noise map system.
   - [ ] Renormalize to Earth extremes. :D (This will probably give bad initial results and need extensive changes.)
-  - [ ] Use a spreadsheet to map -0.9 to 0.9 to find a mapping function to modify initial values to realistic height ranges!
+  - [x] Use a spreadsheet to map -0.9 to 0.9 to find a mapping function to modify initial values to realistic height ranges!
-  - [ ] Rename `humidity` to `rainfall`.
+    (This was done with -1 to 1)
+  - [x] Rename `humidity` to `rainfall`.
 - [ ] make documentation of how this is all working so I can remember when I forget to work on it for a while
 
+### Long-Term
+- [ ] Do all terrain generation within a radius check so unnecessary work isn't done and discarded.
+  - [ ] Terrain generation steps should happen within a single loop wherever possible?
+
 (Tasks/Issues are stored in the ReadMe instead of using a webUI issue tracker due to how using such a tracker negatively influences portability of the project.)

disorganized biome notes.txt

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dry forest and woodland savanna,
 tropical rainforest (evergreen?),
 alpine tundra,
 montane forests and grasslands,
+- what variables control whether it develops a forest or grassland?
 
 alts:
 deciduous forest (not evergreen - can be cold or dry to cause leaves to fall; trees, shrubs, perennials),
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ high plateaus (flat raised plains),
 savanna seems to just mean grassland with some shrubs and trees? (dry)
 steppe is grasslands with NO trees (dry, often cold)
 meadow is wet grasslands
-hypoxic / anoxic waters FROM dead zones (nutrient concentration -> bloom, low water movement, high temperature; deepest waters?), gyre centers (ocean currents)
+hypoxic / anoxic waters FORM dead zones (nutrient concentration -> bloom, low water movement, high temperature; deepest waters?), gyre centers (ocean currents)
+- use of absolute deepest water as a shortcut should be fine,
+- use of highest temperature in water would also be a decent shortcut
 
 ("continentalness" may be useful)
 
@@ -44,3 +47,16 @@ tropical just means low latitude - these are small
 montane just means mountain
 
 (one mm of rainfall == 1 L/m^3)
+
+---
+
+coastal forest? (tropical moist broadleaf)
+montanes are often forested?
+what's the difference between a swamp and marsh? and bog?
+I should sprinkle volcanoes in (but that would work better with some kind of fault sim)
+- these form jungle/forest easier? more nutrients in soil
+what's a moorland?
+jungle vs rainforest?
+
+rifts and rivers?
+temperature should decrease by 0.0065 per meter (but this only holds above water?)

src/main.lua

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ local map
 
 love.load = function()
   map = map_generator.generate()
+  print("Temperature Range", map.temperature.min, map.temperature.max)
 
   -- if true then return end
 
@@ -67,20 +68,17 @@ love.draw = function()
   love.graphics.translate(window_width / 2 - (map.size * map.tile_size) / 2 - camera.x, window_height / 2 - (map.size * map.tile_size) / 2 - camera.y)
 
   for x = 1, map.size do
-    if map.biome[x] then
     for y = 1, map.size do
-        -- print(x, y) -- TEMP why am I getting an out of bounds?
       -- local value = map.biome[x][y]
       local value = map.temperature[x][y]
       if value then
         -- love.graphics.setColor(value)
-          love.graphics.setColor(value, 0, 0, 1)
+        love.graphics.setColor( (value + 89.2) / (89.2 + 56.7) , 0, 0, 1)
         love.graphics.rectangle("fill", x * map.tile_size, y * map.tile_size, map.tile_size, map.tile_size)
       end
     end
   end
 end
-end
 
 love.keypressed = function(key)
   if key == "escape" then

src/map_nextgen.lua

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ local generate = function()
     octaves = 7, lacunarity = 2, gain = 0.5,
   }
   map.temperature = simplex_map.generate{   -- in celsius
-    size = map.size, scale = 0.005, min = 0, max = 1, -- min = -89.2, max = 56.7,
+    size = map.size, scale = 0.005, min = -89.2, max = 56.7,
     octaves = 1, lacunarity = 2, gain = 0.5,
   }
   map.rainfall = simplex_map.generate{   -- in millimeters of rainfall
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ local generate = function()
             end
           end
         end
+      else
+        -- clear non-planet zones
+        map.altitude[x][y] = nil
+        map.temperature[x][y] = nil
+        map.rainfall[x][y] = nil
       end
     end
   end