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Brian  <brian...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hi, I know games like Minecraft that use procedural generation to
>generate the game worlds use a seed to determine the layout of the game
>world, but what determines how many areas are in each game world that
>gets generated?

In Minecraft, as I understand it, new areas (chunks) are automatically
added to the world as the player moves near them.

					Ross Ridge



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In article <mq3auj$l4p$1...@rumours.uwaterloo.ca>, 
rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca says...
> Brian  <brian...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Hi, I know games like Minecraft that use procedural generation to
> >generate the game worlds use a seed to determine the layout of the game
> >world, but what determines how many areas are in each game world that
> >gets generated?
> 
> In Minecraft, as I understand it, new areas (chunks) are automatically
> added to the world as the player moves near them.

Yes, that's what you do if you want an infinite world.  There will 
generally be a formula that generates a 'sub-seed' for every possible 
area, but these might not actually be generated until someone comes 
near.

Of course you can also decide the size of the world from the start (and 
that might or might not depend on the seed).  For example if you were 
doing a roguelike, you might say there will be randomly 12-14 levels, 
with the boss always on the bottom one.

- Gerry Quinn

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