Ice Free Coasts!

[ThorHammerz]

Very simple (1 line of code) mod component that purposefully removes the (in my opinion) unnecessary ice clutter around polar landmasses. This mod prevents the generation of sea ice on any coastal tile. This means that:

- Most islands and landmasses should now be navigable by sea - fewer ice-locked islands (although smaller ones at the very edge of the map will still exist)
- North-West (or South-West... or South-East.... you get the idea) passages are open for business! Sail around entire continents without fear of running into an ice-floe!
- No more spawning on the coast of icelocked seas or bays!

Warning: This mod uses (and is essentially just a) modified FeatureGenerator.lua file.... therefore, it is incompatible with any other mods that also modifies this file, or any map-scripts that has a custom override for

function FeatureGenerator:AddIceAtPlot(plot, iX, iY, lat)

Download from steam, or from the attachment on this post.

 

[whoward69]

Doesn't

DELETE FROM Feature_TerrainBooleans
  WHERE FeatureType='FEATURE_ICE'
  AND TerrainType='TERRAIN_COAST';

have the same effect then?

 

[ThorHammerz]

I should think so...?

I just put the change at

if(plot:CanHaveFeature(self.featureIce) and terrainType == TerrainTypes.TERRAIN_OCEAN and plot:IsAdjacentToLand() == false) then

since I can modify/control other factors such as latitude in the same place.... the issue that arises is compatibility with mods that also modifies the function, or has its own FeatureGenerator.lua file.

 

[Makenshi]

Barathor has a mod [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=85683489] that reduces the overall amount of ice generated across the map. Is this mod compatible with that? Or should one choose between them due to incompatibilites?

 

[ThorHammerz]

Barathor has a mod [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=85683489] that reduces the overall amount of ice generated across the map. Is this mod compatible with that? Or should one choose between them due to incompatibilites?

Hey Makenshi;

The maps in "Less Ice on Maps" will overwrite the effects of this mod in its current state, as Barathor overrides

function FeatureGenerator:AddIceAtPlot(plot, iX, iY, lat)

in the mapscripts themselves.