This is now simple due to Simplex Noise
But I just don't know how to generate oceans...
I need a tutorial or very clear explanation
look at that project I shared. There's a second script in there - when the space key is pressed - that makes oceans and islands. it uses a threshold on the gradient to decide on the output color.
Remember this is a 2d game
ocean generation is tricky
eh? no, it's not! The beautiful thing about noise is that it's just a gradient function. Literally just set a threshold for a color, that's it!
Hmm lemme search some methods up
That's exactly what a meeting is!
Ok then
I'm not quite sure if you're understanding how to use noise? You keep saying that it's a "2d" game when you are showed 2D noise instead of 1D noise. But you can say that 1D noise is a certain line cross-section of 2D noise. And you can say 2D noise is a certain plane cross-section of 3D noise. And you can say 3D noise is a certain cube cross-section of 4D noise.
This is a function to get 2D noise: noise(x, y)
This is a function to get 1D noise: noise(x)
This does the exact same thing as the function to get 1D noise: noise(x, 0)
0 is an arbitrary number, it only matters that it's constant.
Anyway, jens and I trying to say when you get a noise value, if it's below a certain number then it's ocean, and if it's above a certain number then it isn't ocean.
I'm trying to explain this the best I can
Hmmm but simplex noise only supports 2d and above how do I get 1d noise
In simplex noise? lemme try that...
wait what i'm assuming you're trying to make it like paper minecraft by griffpatch...
but then how do you not know how to use 1D noise? what were you doing before?
Simplex noise only supports 2d 3d and 4d noise
yeah but i said you can emulate 1D noise by doing this
const num = 0;
noise(x, num);
didn't you read
what i said
Ok then
do you ever read all of a post
... maybe
Saying so doesn't make it so.
I know I once did this, too, but let's both bend over backward not to insult people