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Switch & Steam Dragon Quest Builders 2 SaveDate Editor
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Editing block placements? #11

Closed default-kramer closed 1 year ago

default-kramer commented 1 year ago

This is not an issue. I just want to chat.

I would love to be able to programmatically edit the block placements on my home island or on a buildertopia. I am a programmer and have been considering attempting this. I'm just wondering if you've thought about this (or maybe even attempted it) and have any wisdom to share. (And I'm not even sure that save file editing would be the best way to do this. Maybe full-on modding/cracking would be better)

For context, here is my motivation: Imagine being able to programmatically construct whatever you want! I could write algorithms to generate terrain, algorithms to add plants to existing terrain, algorithms to add buildings, algorithms to add interior decoration to existing buildings... And obviously community sharing would be a natural consequence. Imagine someone asking "That's a beautiful landscape, how did you make it?" And the answer is "I used RollingHillsV3(maxSlope: 1, minPlateauSize: 12, seed: 4805), then applied FrozenLakes(minWidth: 5, maxWidth: 22, maxDepth: 5, seed: 962), and finally applied PineForest(normalDensity: 0.13, groveDensity: 0.74, groveProbability: 0.05)."

turtle-insect commented 1 year ago

Interesting attempt.

turtle-insect commented 1 year ago

My past analysis of the results

https://github.com/turtle-insect/DQB2/blob/1d384d6f94caf54c4347e7757a71e7c1b3c345fe/STGDAT/ViewModel.cs#L69

turtle-insect commented 1 year ago

If you are generating terrain, it may be helpful

https://github.com/turtle-insect/DQB2/blob/5a8a4770c52cedfff05c2d23d500a0bdc11767e6/STGDAT/ViewModel.cs#L161

default-kramer commented 1 year ago

Thank you! I'll poke around with this when I have some time.