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 ===== The Traveller Galaxy ===== ===== The Traveller Galaxy =====
  
 +The following show images of the main sectors of the Imperium. The dark region is the Great Rift, and the second shot is looking straight across it.
  
- +{{:traveller:snapshots:allworlds1.png?direct&300|}} 
-The following show images of the main sectors of +{{:traveller:snapshots:allworlds2.png?direct&300|}} 
-the Imperium. The dark region is the Great Rift, +{{:traveller:snapshots:allworlds3.png?direct&300|}}
-and the second shot is looking straight across it. +
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-[[snapshots/allworlds1.png|]] -  +
-[[snapshots/allworlds2.png|]] -  +
-[[snapshots/allworlds3.png|]] -  +
  
 ===== The Etre system ===== ===== The Etre system =====
  
 +Close to a star, looking straight across the galactic plane. Because Traveller uses a 2D map, I've added a small random element to the Z coordinate of each system, so that it doesn't look quite so flat.
  
- +{{:traveller:snapshots:allworlds4.png?direct&200|}}
-Close to a star, looking straight across the galactic +
-plane. Because Traveller uses a 2D map, I've added a +
-small random element to the Z coordinate of each +
-system, so that it doesn't look quite so flat. +
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-[[snapshots/allworlds4.png|]] -  +
  
 ===== World Generation ===== ===== World Generation =====
  
 +The following shots show initial attempts at writing something that can randomly generate world maps. Since I was using
  
 +[[http://mapcraft.sourceforge.net|Mapcraft]] - we use hex tiles for the map, which show up at low resolution. These first images are lower resolution to speed up testing. They include a couple of barren worlds, a Pelagic world and an early attempt at a Gaian world.
  
-The following shots show initial attempts at writing +{{:traveller:snapshots:first-world.png?direct&200|}} 
-something that can randomly generate world maps. +{{:traveller:snapshots:first-world2.png?direct&200|}} 
-Since I was using +{{:traveller:snapshots:pelagic1.png?direct&200|}} 
- +{{:traveller:snapshots:pelagic2.png?direct&200|}} 
-[[http://mapcraft.sourceforge.net|Mapcraft]] -  +{{:traveller:snapshots:gaian1.png?direct&200|}} 
-we use hex tiles for the map, which show up at low +{{:traveller:snapshots:gaian2.png?direct&200|}}
-resolution. These first images are lower resolution +
-to speed up testing. They include a couple of barren +
-worlds, a Pelagic world and an early attempt at a Gaian +
-world. +
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- +
-[[snapshots/first-world.png|]] -  +
-[[snapshots/first-world2.png|]] -  +
-[[snapshots/pelagic1.png|]] -  +
-[[snapshots/pelagic2.png|]] -  +
-[[snapshots/gaian1.png|]] -  +
-[[snapshots/gaian2.png|]] -  +
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- +
-Since the above screenshots were taken, I've totally +
-rewritten the rendering engine (it now uses a +
-diamond-square algorithm for generating a fractal +
-landscape with square tiles) so that it is much faster, +
-and produces potentially better results. +
- +
  
-It's currently limited to Gaian type worldsand +Since the above screenshots were takenI've totally rewritten the rendering engine (it now uses diamond-square algorithm for generating fractal landscape with square tiles) so that it is much faster, and produces potentially better results.
-doesn't yet handle the poles properly. The following +
-images show warm EoGaian world with large surface +
-ocean.+
  
 +It's currently limited to Gaian type worlds, and doesn't yet handle the poles properly. The following images show a warm EoGaian world with a large surface ocean.
  
 +{{:traveller:snapshots:pamraeltan:north.jpg?direct&150|}}
 +{{:traveller:snapshots:pamraeltan:south.jpg?direct&150|}}
 +{{:traveller:snapshots:pamraeltan:east.jpg?direct&150|}}
 +{{:traveller:snapshots:pamraeltan:west.jpg?direct&150|}}
  
-[[snapshots/pamraeltan/north.jpg|]] -  
-[[snapshots/pamraeltan/south.jpg|]] -  
-[[snapshots/pamraeltan/east.jpg|]] -  
-[[snapshots/pamraeltan/west.jpg|]] -  
  
  
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