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TheOddler / FactorioWorld

A mod for factorio that changes the map into a real-world map.
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Suggestion: Image based resource generation #1

Open DegenerateGroundState opened 7 years ago

DegenerateGroundState commented 7 years ago

How about an additional component that can take images and generate maps of where resources should spawn, alongside the current image to terrain feature? This way with a suitable map of the world's ores we could have Earth with its proper resource distribution.

TheOddler commented 7 years ago

This would indeed by very cool. If you have a good map that could be used, and is alligned with a good map for terrain, I might take another look at it. Though don't get your hopes up too much.

DegenerateGroundState commented 7 years ago

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mineral-resources/major-deposits.html https://mrdata.usgs.gov/major-deposits/ There are many datasets for mineral resources and energy resources, probably every single one is in a different format.

TheOddler commented 7 years ago

That's pretty cool :D Worth looking into at some point. Though probably not something I'll work on in the near future, but who knows, maybe.