Command line interface
Using the command line you can issue one single command and let WorldEngine generate a world for you.
worldengine [options] [world|plates|ancient_map|info]
General options
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Long |
Description |
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| -o DIR |
–output-dir=DIR |
generate files in DIR default = ‘.’ |
| -n STR |
–worldname=STR |
set world name to STR |
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–hdf5 |
save world using protocol buffer format [default: protocol buffer format ] |
| -s N |
–seed=N |
use SEED to initialize the pseudo-random generation |
| -t STR |
–step=STR |
use STEP to specify how far to proceed in the world generation process. Valid values are: plates precipitations full |
| -x N |
–width=N |
WIDTH of the world to be generated |
| -y N |
–height=N |
HEIGHT of the world to be generated |
| -q N |
–number-of-plates=N |
number of plates |
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–recursion-limit=N |
you need that just if you encounter an error while generating very large maps |
| -v |
–verbose |
Enable verbose messages |
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–version |
Display version information |
| –bw |
–black-and-white |
Draw maps in black and white (currently affects only the precipitation and temperature maps) |
Options valid only for generate
| Short |
Long |
Description |
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| -r FILE |
–rivers=FILE |
Produce a map of rivers, after the option it expects the name of the file where to generate the map |
| –gs |
–grayscale-heightmap |
Produce a grayscale heightmap |
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–ocean_level=N |
Elevation cut off for sea level [default = 1.0] |
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–temps #/#/#/#/#/# |
Specify the quantiles used to identify the temperature levels. It should contains values in [0,1]. [default = .126/.235/.406/.561/.634/.876] |
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–humidity #/#/#/#/#/#/# |
Specify the quantiles used to identify the humidity levels. It should contains values in [0,1]. [default = .059/.222/.493/.764/.927/.986/.998] |
| -gv N |
–gamma-value N |
N = Gamma value for temperature/precipitation gamma correction curve. [default = 1.25] |
| -go N |
–gamma-offset N |
N = Adjustment value for temperature/precipitation gamma correction curve. [default = .2] |
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—not-fade-borders |
Avoid fading borders |
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–scatter |
Generate temperature vs. humidity scatter plot |
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–sat |
Generate satellite map |
Options valid only for ancient map operations
| Short |
Long |
Description |
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| -w FILE |
–worldfile=FILE |
WORLD_FILE to be loaded |
| -g FILE |
–generatedfile=FILE |
name of the GENERATED_FILE |
| -f N |
–resize-factor=N |
resize factor |
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–sea_color |
help=”string for color [blue|brown], [default = brown] |
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–not-draw-biome |
Not draw biome |
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–not-draw-mountains |
Not draw mountains |
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–not-draw-rivers |
Not draw rivers |
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–draw-outer-border |
Draw outer land border |
Export options
| Short |
Long |
Description |
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–export-format=FORMAT |
Export to a specific format such as BMP or PNG. See http://www.gdal.org/formats_list.html for possible formats [default = PNG] |
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–export-datatype=TYPE |
Type of stored data, e.g. uint16, int32, float32 etc. [default = uint16] |