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Freakazoid

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[33g] same seed, new world. again.
« on: December 22, 2007, 08:30:00 pm »
"made world generation results independent of custom name"

I usually make a world using the same seed I always have, leaving the name random. Despite this, the name always came up "The Eternal Land".

Now I make a new world in 33g with the same seed and random name, and I get a totally different landscape, as well as taking an extra 80+ rejects to get it right. Also, the name is still "The Eternal Land".

Seeing as I never used a custom name, I figure I should be getting the same landscape as always, right?

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Re: [33g] same seed, new world. again.
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2007, 08:36:00 pm »
No, but as I understand it, now that seed will be the same with or without a randon name. Or is it that it'll be the same with any custom name?
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Re: [33g] same seed, new world. again.
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2007, 12:26:00 am »
From what I can tell with a little testing on earlier versions, it has always generated the same world with a custom name, regardless of which particular custom name was chosen.

Now, world gen handles things a little differently, and it sounds like previous seeds, custom name or not, no longer generate the same world.

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Re: [33g] same seed, new world. again.
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2007, 01:57:00 am »
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Originally posted by Nil Eyeglazed:
<STRONG>Now, world gen handles things a little differently, and it sounds like previous seeds, custom name or not, no longer generate the same world.</STRONG>

Correct due to a change in the random seed calls, you can't have a custom/non-custom name, identical world without changing the seed again after generating a name, thus old seeds don't make the same worlds as the seed is changing differently.

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