Overview

By combining Maps4FS with the Giants Editor Procedural Generator tools we can regenerate textures/foliage/trees/other i3d objects in our map based on publicly available info maps of the area.

The Maps4FS project is available at iwatkot/maps4fs

Installation

  1. Make sure the PG Scripts are installed.
  2. Run Maps4FS as usual. Maps4FS includes a PG ruleset based on the PG Scripts by default.
  3. Open Window/Procedural Placement... in the Giant Editor and go to the Rule tab.
  4. Before proceding, click back on your main window and make sure your map is saved.
  5. Press “Place Objects”

When running bigger rulesets this can take several minutes. The editor will completly “hang” during this generation. Don’t worry, just let it do it’s thing.

Advanced Options

For configuring Maps4FS to generate different mask base files see Configuring Maps4FS Options.

For reconfiguring Maps4FS see Loading custom data files.

Use cases:

  • Generate a different base-ruleset.
  • Generate different textures/foliage/i3d references to be able to use in a ruleset.