[1.8] Need help with Custom World Generation

[Jacky2611]

Hi!

 

I am currently trying to create a new world type, based on the old idea of an flat earth. Basically I want to have 3-4 huge continents in the center, then a large ocean (1k from continents) and finally huge waterfalls that end in the void.

(Sort of like http://www.daysleeper.co.uk/work/flat_earth.jpg, just bigger and with more continents)

 

Too achieve this I created my own WorldType, ChunkProvider and WorldChunkManager. Easy.

Then I quickly got a basic noise generator running, that generates the heightmap for me. I am still not quite sure how I am going to remove the remaining continents that are to close to the end of the world (I like that, it sounds dramatic ), but thats not so important right now.

 

Inspired by what some other mods are doing, I tried to add it to my ChunkProvider.

(cause thats should be the last place where everything is done, using stuff that was generated by the GenLayer)

In provideChunk() I have:

 

 

 

        for(int j=0;j<16;j++){
            for(int k=0;k<16;k++){
            	int posX=cx*16+j;
            	int posZ=cz*16+k;
            	
            	double d =3;
			try {
				d = (OpenSimplexNoiseTest.getHeight(this.worldObj.getSeed(), posX, posZ)*100);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
            	Long L = Math.round(d);
            	int height = Integer.valueOf(L.intValue())-9;
            	
            	for(int posY=0; posY<256;posY++){
            		if(posY<height){		//There is no block
            			
            			if(height<63){		//ocean
                       		chunkPrimer.setBlockState(posX, posY, posZ, Blocks.water.getDefaultState());
            			} else {
                       		chunkPrimer.setBlockState(posX, posY, posZ, Blocks.air.getDefaultState());
            			}
            		} else {
                   		chunkPrimer.setBlockState(posX, posY, posZ, Blocks.stone.getDefaultState());
            		}
            		
            	}
            }
        }

 

 

based on the vanilla code.

 

But I am not sure if this is working, because the initializeAllBiomeGenerators() function in the GenLayer class looks like its generating terrain too, and not only biomes.

Islands are created --> zoom in (islands are now continents) -->more islands -->...--> rivers --> smooth --> done

As far as I understand everything my code should pretty much disable everything in GenLayer, but yeah, I still have the normal vanilla generation.

 

And even if that's not the problem, it looks like at least the biomes are overriding my terrain height (e.g.: mountains). Is there any way to avoid this, or to combine the biome height with mine, while keeping everything as compatible with other mods as just possible?

 

 

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me to understand things a little bit better. It has been quite some time until I used this stuff the last time.

Anways, thx for taking the time and reading all this.

Have a nice day!

 

Jacky