[1.8] Structure Generation

[MingWong]

Hello I have structures successfully generating in my world however I don't know how to make them spawn 'naturally' .

For example this is how they look:

 

How can I make them integrate into the world and look natural? I done this by getting a MC Edit schematic file and just making the structure spawn randomly, which is why it does this, but I am not sure how to fix it

[jeffryfisher]

You need site-selection and boundary matching strategies (and then lots of intelligent code) to blend rigid prefab into variable terrain. You might gain some insight by reading vanilla village generation code (and gain sympathy for writing a road-laying algorithm that almost works in hilly terrain). Also look through vanilla biomes for terrain generation, especially in transition zones.

 

Consider breaking your structure into modular units that may be placed at different heights, reducing the amount of cutting and filling for each. Alternatively, you may have your structure "perch" on top of the highest (or nearly highest) surface block it covers, and then fill from there (if you like mountain-top forts).

 

Enforce a minimum elevation to keep your ground floor above ocean water. Remember to use water rather than air as "empty space" below sea-level. Envision a transition zone around your structure/campus, and then design a method that fills in rings of blocks to smooth the height transition from structure to surrounding terrain... and you might even detect if you're impinging upon an open lava pool (so your castle doesn't immediately fill with lava and/or burn to the ground, fall over and then sink into a swamp).

 

There are quite a few structure-generation threads buried in this forum. If the site-search isn't helpful, then Google is your friend (Google does a better job of prioritizing discussion above voluminous crash logs).

[MingWong]

Thanks a lot for the reply, but I think that is probably gonna be too difficult atm for me as I am not to familiar with Java as I am with other languages and am trying to use modding minecraft to help me to transition to and learn Java