Village Generator

Why did you remove the large map option? Could you put it back?

It would be great if you could generate x input of maps under the conditions set, and export in a zip. Would love a few hundred of these as my desktop, beautiful little villages transitioning. Great little app!

Love this so much! 

I think after the update though, S no longer toggles visual style, but rather relief visualization. This goes for both E and S keys. Is this just me?

Small ask, but might there be a way to 2x the contextual menu? Text is tiny...

I don't have anything particular to use this for, but I greatly enjoy playing with it!

downloaded version?

How do I get that wonderful nighttime effect in the Kilwater example? Can't seem to get it to show up with S.

Loving the palettes, trees and the island generator.  And the lights! POIs will be wonderful when they arrive too. Torn between this and perilous shores for my favourite... Thanks so much for these, they are such great places for my imagination to play.

Very nice updates recently. Could you add a few larger buildings perhaps? Or maybe add generation settings to include "landmarks"?

Quenten Walker	5:15 PM (0 minutes ago)
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My main request is to get a SVG download of the Village generator, pretty please. Love your work more and more

export to svg?

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?