GRM7584
Aug 30, 2006, 10:14 AM
I'm sure if I had used a tutorial to learn python from scratch I would know what was going on, but after searching the forums and scanning through the tutorial provided in GM's thread, I'm still a bit lost.
What I am trying to do is create a random earth type mapscript in the same vein as terra, but with a lot more regions and a lot less regional randomization (eg boundary-moving). So, I used the Terra mapscript as a starting point, replacing everything under the TerraMultiLayeredFractal subclass while leaving almost everything else alone. I've tried a number of different alterations of the basic idea, but it always produces the same result, which is: no plot generation. At all. It only generates terrain, and completely ignores the MultiLayeredFractal class which should be generating plots (and is the only point of the script, at that); I even deleted the entire subclass from the 'script', and it produced the exact same kind of map (all terrain, no plots - as in, no Ocean, no Hills, No Peaks). In any case, no error messages or exceptions while generating the map.
So: I'm assuming its something painfully simple about python that I don't understand from a lack of self-tutoring, and I've spaced somewhere I should have tabbed, or deleted something vital in the subclass. I haven't altered any other file that mapscripts are dependent on.
Edit: I forgot a proper question. The proper question is: Any idea what I've done wrong and how to fix it?
What I am trying to do is create a random earth type mapscript in the same vein as terra, but with a lot more regions and a lot less regional randomization (eg boundary-moving). So, I used the Terra mapscript as a starting point, replacing everything under the TerraMultiLayeredFractal subclass while leaving almost everything else alone. I've tried a number of different alterations of the basic idea, but it always produces the same result, which is: no plot generation. At all. It only generates terrain, and completely ignores the MultiLayeredFractal class which should be generating plots (and is the only point of the script, at that); I even deleted the entire subclass from the 'script', and it produced the exact same kind of map (all terrain, no plots - as in, no Ocean, no Hills, No Peaks). In any case, no error messages or exceptions while generating the map.
So: I'm assuming its something painfully simple about python that I don't understand from a lack of self-tutoring, and I've spaced somewhere I should have tabbed, or deleted something vital in the subclass. I haven't altered any other file that mapscripts are dependent on.
Edit: I forgot a proper question. The proper question is: Any idea what I've done wrong and how to fix it?