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RTWG

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The Real-Time World Generation projekt aims to provide a tool for world/terrain generation based on prozedural algorithmes and cellular automata simulation.

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# RTWG
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The Real-Time World Generation project aims to provide a tool for world/terrain generation based on procedural algorithms and cellular automata simulation.
This is the result of my Masterthesis on the University of Applied Sciences in Rosenheim, which can be

**The thesis is available [here](https://github.com/tarTG/RTWG/blob/master/Thesis.pdf)**

## Demo Video

[![screenshots/3DMap.png](http://img.youtube.com/vi/lntbdItSFtg/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lntbdItSFtg)

## Features

- Start world is generated thought prozedural algorithmen or imported heightmap
- Realtime simulation and manipulation of water, wind, soil, moist, ice, plate-tectonic, temperature and the resulting climate zones
- 2D and 3D representation
- PNG Export of all data

## Requirements

- OpenGL 4.+
- a C++14 compiler
- currently only tested under Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux

## Installation

- go to the RTWG folder
- sudo sh install.sh
- start the program with run.sh

If you start the program, you have to wait for a short time, until the  heightmap is generated.

## Controls

**Key** | **Description**
-----|------
Tab | toogle between 3D / 2D
w/s/a/d | camera movement in 3D
Shift + Mouse | camera movement in 3D

Simulation view can be changed on top "General" Bar (Current Display)

A detailed description of all parameters can be found in the [wiki](https://github.com/tarTG/RTWG/wiki).

## Example images

Here is an example that is generated throught this tool.

### Heigthmap

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tarTG/RTWG/master/screenshots/heightmap.png)

### Climate zones

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tarTG/RTWG/master/screenshots/Climat.png)

### 3D representation

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tarTG/RTWG/master/screenshots/3DMap.png)

## Further plans

- More simulations (like water temperature or global water movements)
- Direct manipulation (like adding water on a specific place)
- Faster Plate tectonic(via Shaders, faster but less accurate)
- More manipulation options
- a config file for startup parameters

## Credits
- Maxis SimEarth where i got the original idea
- original platec developer Lauri Viitanen ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/platec/ )
- water errosion is heavily inspired by https://github.com/pyalot/craftscape
- some ideas are taken from https://github.com/Mindwerks/worldengine
- a lot of world generation tools out there, where i got a lot of interessting ideas

RTWG

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