How To Edit Biomes - 7 Days To Die - Alpha 21

[@kronopolis7]

This is exactly what I needed to know! Thank you so much for making this video!

[@Phys1csGamez]

I got there in the end. I am glad it does what need. Thanks for the comment!

[@TBFGaming]

Great video will share this out in my discord! I know we have had some issues doing this!

[@Phys1csGamez]

Good stuff. Get me some subs too 😜 I think the biggest issue is that players think they can change their current game and don't realise how maps are generated.

[@gordonarkeketa7245]

I finally found you😂 some one who explains and shows map editing in a way I get it and I couldn’t be happier! You’ve definitely got a Sub from me! I now can work on making the perfect map for me and my wife to play, just wish there was a way to reroll poi locations without having to make whole new maps.

[@Phys1csGamez]

Glad I could help! Yes it would be nice if we could do that. Unfortunately we can't just try for different POIs. That would be a lovely feature.

[@andrewcampbell3337]

Great video as always!

[@Phys1csGamez]

I appreciate that

[@darklinart716]

Is there any way to edit bodies of water?

[@Phys1csGamez]

Yes. Yet of course it is much more complicated. If you want specific places for water it is worth learning to use Teragon to make your maps.

[@darklinart716]

@@Phys1csGamez I have, I downloaded made a 10k map played and my computer glitch out and shut down, turned it back on the computer got stuck in a reboot loop, and now my windows isn't installed on my computer, so I have to figure out how to make a boot USB to put windows back on to my computer so I can maybe get my shit back

[@EL34XYZ]

LOL, I am still using PSP 7 also! It still does everything I need. Thanks for the video

[@Wanderinpaladin]

Have they fixed the "No Trader" quest? I remember either A19 or A20 when you wanted a solid biome (before the new RWG) when you painted it, it broke your starter quest. It's one reason I'm hesitant to add desert to the megacity maps so I can have somewhere to mine Oil.

[@Phys1csGamez]

The no trader problem in A20 was not too do with the biomes being edited. That happened in normal gameplay. I think it was too do with being a long distance from a trader. Happened to me several times on standard in game generated maps. I have not had it in A21

[@yourbrokoli7480]

can you also place down mountains, lakes and rivers with this??

[@SaiceShoop]

the fact it does not update the map after you start a game could be interesting if you say want all the normal biomes for reasons but want to set the world to say wasteland for the ascetics

[@Phys1csGamez]

Yes I have done that myself a long while ago. I have had many questions from people with issues when they change the biomes and then go back into their game to find the ores have not changed. I hoped to get this point across in this video.

[@joaomelo1203]

Can you edit the 12k maps as well? I tried with windows paint but it reduces file size when downloading the edited map. Will try with paint shop pro, hope it works. Great video btw, really what I was looking for with even more detail!

[@Phys1csGamez]

You can edit any size maps. Just get the colours correct.

[@NTJedi]

@@Phys1csGamez Any plans for new videos coming ?

[@anyamarie42]

please show the full string to where this file is starting with APPDATA is not cutting it.

[@ustaa4021]

Hello, good luck, I want to make a map but I don't know how. How to create land and water surfaces on the map? I don't think we can do this by adding blocks one by one. Can you show me?

[@Wukepedia]

Have you ever messed with making a map longer? I don’t want a map that is square I would like a rectangle instead of a 10 x 10 maybe a 2 x 50 is something like that possible? thanks.

[@Phys1csGamez]

Funny enough somebody asked me this question for the first time the other day. The answer is... no. Maps must be square.

[@Wukepedia]

@@Phys1csGamez thanks! yeah I have an idea for a mod/playstyle of oregon trail meets 7 days to die. not really workable without a weird map. thanks though!

[@Phys1csGamez]

@@Wukepedia You could take a 16k map and use only one side of it. To stop people going around it you could make the terrain all the way to the game ceiling in the areas they should not enter.

[@reaper0466]

Do you have any other programs to run paint that isnt paid for?

[@Phys1csGamez]

Gimp :P

[@weldabar]

Great info. But what about the Ocean? It doesn't appear in biomes.png, but I've got large ocean areas on my map and I would like more control over where the ocean is. Does anyone know where the ocean data is?

[@Phys1csGamez]

splat4 is the water. You have to edit the blue layer. It has an alpha channel that is transparent.

[@weldabar]

@@Phys1csGamez Thank you. I couldn't find this answer anywhere. Now I just need to learn how to work with layers & channels; then I'll be all set, ha ha.

[@Phys1csGamez]

Hmmm maybe I could make that in a future video. Certainly will be doing more with the map generation Teragon soon enough.

[@MagiconIce]

Can someone paint rivers in? Or Biomes they removed from RWG like the burnt forest? Maybe good'ol' plains? PS: I'm asking because I looked at random generated world previews and despite me having selected "many" rivers it painted small inlets in that stop after few meters and are better called snake-like lakes, not rivers.

[@Phys1csGamez]

Yes you can do whatever you want with rivers if you generate a map with Teragon. Funny enough this is part of the video I am making this weekend. Teragon also allows you to have the burnt forest biome. I have my own method of painting any shaped city and any shaped river which I will be sharing.

[@level50unlocked]

Comment for the algorithm....lol...thanks Boss 😂

[@Phys1csGamez]

Reply of the comment....lol...thanks Boss 😎

[@siliconpenguin]

I'm waiting for the Height map video now!

[@Phys1csGamez]

I know.... I know. Still juggling the post flu cough, time with my kids etc. It will happen soon enough :)

[@oNobodyo]

How long until you take a look at modifying the biomes themselves rather than just moving them around? It's a rabbit hole that I'd gladly push you into. 😉

[@Phys1csGamez]

What do you mean? Making entirely new biomes or modifying them? That would require Unity skills.

[@oNobodyo]

@@Phys1csGamez Modifying...biomes.xml Also, you may want to take a look at the stamps and bluffs folders for figuring out how to mess with the terrain height maps without you know...Unity.

[@sektorace]

Missing acid Rain o 7 days to die

[@Phys1csGamez]

Sounds like that would be fun. Yet you would spend a lot of time indoors trying to find a POI that did not glitch out. Most POIs let the rain through.

[@betipisek]

Funny to play. Iam happy with your 16k megacity. Just find coal is MORE then hard. I fight at bedrock to find any. rly hard.

[@Phys1csGamez]

Yes some people have moaned about ores on the mega city maps. Yet that is the whole point. It is a challenge. And the thousands of cars give you the fuel too. I am glad you are enjoying it.

[@shutupidiot1337]

WHAT DOES THE CHICK IN THE THUMB HAVE TO DO WITH MAPS?

[@Phys1csGamez]

She is standing in front of a map. The map is cunningly blurred to hint at the diffuse proposition of editing that of your in game map. The "chick" you so poetically phrase is an alternative generation of the in game character "Trader Jen", again hinting at the changes that you will be able to make with the information contained within the video. The words "HOW TO EDIT MAP BIOMES" is a clash in intensity to promote clear facts for those who are confused.... by the "chick" in the image.

[@shutupidiot1337]

@@Phys1csGamez Looks more like click bait or chick bait to me lol

[@Phys1csGamez]

I like it. I might have have to use that phrase from now on. For sure you have to bait on YT in some fashion. I make content only as a hobby. Yet for hours of work you want to try and get more that a couple of hundred clicks. So thanks to the fun of AI image generation I can get more views because my viewer analytics are 90% male 25 to 45 years old with chick bait and they click on it. Maybe I should learn how to make a good video instead?

[@shutupidiot1337]

@@Phys1csGamez I was just giving you crap, not really serious. Everyone knows that hot chicks in the thumb get more clicks and almost everyone uses this at a tool to help the vids. Your videos are helpful and creative, I would watch them even without the hottie in the pic! Thanks