Village Generator

Huge fan of the generator! Love the idea of adding trees and the like (although I understand your resistance); would it be possible to add fields/farms the way the city generator does (with some association to population if possible)?

Your JSON isn't proper GeoJSON. Here's a PHP script to translate to GeoJSON:

<?php

/*
    when importing into QGIS, you want to simplify the linestring with a tolerance of about 0,00001 degrees
*/

if ($argc < 4 ) {
    exit( "Usage: place_village lat lon scale - with scale in s, m, l\n" );
}

$fp = fopen("php://stdin", "r") or die("cannot open stdin");
$lat = floatval($argv[1]);
$lon = floatval($argv[2]);

    // conversion:
    //   latitude = distance * 360 / (2*PI * 6400000)
    //   longitude = distance *360 * / (2*PI* cos(latitude) )
    switch ($argv[3]) {
        case 's':
        case 'm':
            $scale_lon = 0.5 * 360 / (2 * M_PI * 6400000); // for projection correction: ... 6400000 * cos($lat));
            $scale_lat = 0.5 * 360 / (2 * M_PI * 6400000);
            break;
        case 'l':
        default:
            exit("scale must be one of s, m, l - instead of '".$argv[3]."'\n");
    }

$input_data = file_get_contents("php://stdin");
$json = json_decode($input_data);

foreach ($json->features as &$feature) {
    if (isset($feature->coordinates)) foreach ($feature->coordinates as &$coordinate) {
        move_this($coordinate);
    }
    if (isset($feature->geometries)) foreach ($feature->geometries as &$geom) {
        if (isset($geom->coordinates)) foreach ($geom->coordinates as &$coordinate) {
            move_this($coordinate);
        }
    }
}

function move_this(&$coordinate) {
    if (is_array($coordinate[0])) {
        foreach ($coordinate as &$c) {
            move_this($c);
        }
    } else {
        global $lat, $lon, $scale_lat, $scale_lon;
        $coordinate[0] = floatval($coordinate[0]) * $scale_lon + $lon;
//        $coordinate[1] = -1 * floatval($coordinate[1]) + $y; // old pre-json-export files needed Y flipped
        $coordinate[1] = floatval($coordinate[1]) * $scale_lat + $lat;
    }
}

// now convert to GeoJSON
$new_features = array();
foreach ($json->features as &$feature) {

    if (isset($feature->coordinates) && $feature->id != "earth") {
        // buildings
        $coords = close_rings($feature->coordinates);
        $new_features[] = array("type"=>"Feature", "properties"=>array("id"=>$feature->id), "geometry"=>array("type"=>$feature->type, "coordinates"=>$coords));
    }

    if (isset($feature->geometries)) {
        // roads
        $coords = [];
        foreach ($feature->geometries as $geom) {
            $coords[] = $geom->coordinates;
        }
        // "type" is the GQIS road type string - here "local" for local roads
        $new_features[] = array("type"=>"Feature", "properties"=>array("id"=>$feature->id, "type"=>"local"), "geometry"=>array("type"=>"MultiLineString", "coordinates"=>$coords));
    }
}
$new_json = array("type"=>"FeatureCollection", "features"=>$new_features);

function close_rings($coordinates) {
    if (is_array($coordinates[0][0])) {
        $all = [];
        foreach ($coordinates as $c) {
            $all[] = close_rings($c);
        }
        return $all;
    } else {
        $coordinates[] = $coordinates[0];
    }
    return $coordinates;
}

echo json_encode($new_json, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);

?>

Also: Possible to get a PNG export with transparent background (without the ground) ?

Is there a way to get a link with seed out of this, to replicate a village?

Or set parameters like population?

man i don’t know how to contact you other way but i just wanting to say this things you make for medieval is so amazing programs thank you so much to take so much time and effort to bring us these things... i will donate to you patreon i promise just i waiting to have some spare money :( i promise i will donate you because you work hard on this by obvious and u really love it a lot thank you please keep making more things like this!!

This is such a great app, I think I might like it almost as much as MFCG.  Thank you for all you do!  If you're taking suggestions for additions I would really love to be able to ask for a specific number of buildings.  I realise it may be an emerging property but it would be SO useful when trying to build fantasy settlements to suit population sizes.  Then I just need to add the right number of the right kind of businesses. :-)

Is it possible to download this? That would be incredible!

I love the contours, river and coast - much more realistic then in MFCG. Any chance of doing the same for MCFG? (my favourite generator)

Another suggestion looking at these vs the excellent "Village Book 1" maps: add round and polygon buildings to the generator.

Fantastic! I think it is even better than MFCG!

The compass and scale feature from MFCG would be useful.

You could think to add a small watermark in the corner with you signature or seal as an optional feature.

This is awesome, have you thought about making a unity plugin?

is there an option to export it to svg?

Do you have plans to release the source? Would be cool to use this in a game

Would you be able to make the Main road able to be switched to a Railroad? It'd make the maps look a lot more "Wild Western" with the hand-drawn style.

Does the terrain restrict the population range? I saw a terrain I wanted but the village was too small so I hit Shift-Enter (repeatedly) ... and the population stayed too small.

Is there a chance for the village to be located at the intersection of two or three main roads .. seems all the ones I see are plonked on an existing main road only. Intersections are important places.

Could you add generator options such as population and booleans for river and coast?  That way I can quickly generate to meet a specific need (e.g. village of 320 pop, has a river, does not have a coast).

There should sometimes be a place where the river meets the sea.

Will you add more styles like with the medival city generator?

How about regen town, with the water present?  so you can get a more populated town with the same river or less populated..

I really like it! If future updates are planned, it would be cool to be able to choose the village's population ourselves, I like how the population is proportionate to the number of houses, which is a problem I ran into with the Fantasy City Generator's integration with Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator. It would also be cool if some features from the city generator were included in this one, like walls and markets and larger population sizes.

So... I cannot save the image with "Save Image As...", probably due to a bug like this. Please add a hot key to download the image.

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maybe some labels for unique buildings--?? like temples, town halls, etc? could help .. make it optional ofc

This is so good! I'm curious how the population is calculated though - it seems generally high for the number of buildings. 

This is absolutely brilliant. Any chance to get an export as SVG or transparent PNG or even as GeoJSON shapes? (you knew I'd ask that, right?)

Really appreciate the inclusion of the population count in the legend. I often need a map for a village of a known size, and this is helpful.

Seems like there should be a check to ensure villages with an actual population, lol.

The generate villages don't look real. They are way too "planned".

1. It looks like the roads are built first, the buildings next. This is never the case for small villages like the ones generated. The roads should be built to fit in the buildings.
2. Small villages (<30 buildings) should not have roads through them.
3. The buildings are too sparsely distributed. For a village of population around 500, I would expect them to walk inside the village on foot. They tend to cluster like a circle, even on both sides of the river.

Phenomenal. I support you already but might even give a little more because of this. I'd love to see: 1) SVG export 2) Show "Fields" 3) Options for water (stream, shore, etc.)

That is some great work! Do you plan on expanding it to the same level of fidelity as the City gen?