Territect

Territect is a Lua script for The Powder Toy which dynamically generates random terrain using user-defined presets. These can be used for building saves (as long as it is a preset save or the terrain is not the focus of the save), but the script is largely intended for personal use.

Features

Current version:

• Versatile terrain engine with multi-pass generation
• Built-in editor that allows users to design custom presets
• Embed presets into saves and then publish them to share with others
• Preset management system for storing, saving, and loading presets in folders
• Generate layers of material with random local variations in thickness
• Generate randomly-placed veins of material to simulate ores or other random formations
• Temporarily make solids affected by gravity

Future versions:

• Additional generation modes (flatten, etc.)
• Ability to control properties of generated particles (temp, deco, life, etc.) within a specified random range
• More horizontal control over terrain features (distribution of veins, cliffs, hills, etc.)
• Finer control over shape of veins (round instead of diamond, random edges, etc.)
• Solidify non-solid materials temporarily
• Remember veins/particles placed previous layer
• Modifiers based on previous layer (encase, scatter, etc.)
• Vein clusters (place new veins based on relative position of old veins)
• Control pass draw action (optionally overwrite)