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So can we extract the complete map from this? Where is that defined?

• MarkMoxon 3y ago
  It is procedurally generated (of course it is, this is David Braben we’re talking about!). I’ve written a deep dive on how it works, here: https://lander.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/generating_the_landscape.html https://lander.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/generating_the_landsc... It’s basically a Fourier analysis. Very, very clever!
  • twic 3y ago
    Perhaps a Fourier synthesis rather than an analysis, since there was no original map analysed into waves, but indeed, highly ingenious. Thank you for writing that article!
    • MarkMoxon 3y ago
      That's a good point - I wondered what the correct term was, and Fourier synthesis makes a lot more sense! I will update the article accordingly; thank you for pointing that out.