In This post The beginnings of the textures are visible
Today I started the vegetation phase,
Because i fear days and days and weeks of tweaking the parameters without a specific goal,
I'll create a nice structured table of things I need to do.
Since the master biomes are in place it's mostly a matter of deciding the specific groundtype, plants, trees and other features.
I suspect i'll eventually have to add different soil types, but i'll worry about those when we get there.Each biome could be build up from more specific types (for example: riversides, swamps, fields, dense scrubland etc. etc.)
For each biome different textures, color choices, vegetations and other features need to be made. When such a thing is made i will add an image in the table.
OCEAN
obviously this will mostly be water. Where the ocean meets the land there are some possibilities.
floortextures : sandy, rocky, stones
shrubtype: small (dependant on biome: broadleaf, coniferous, evergreen)
planttype: small (some sea plants , like algae and seaweeds)
treetype: rare small tree (dependant on biome: broadleaf, coniferous, evergreen)
extra features: dunes, dead sea creatures.
POLAR
Snow and Ice , No vegetation
floortextures: snow, ice
extra features: glaciers
TUNDRA
No trees here.
floortextures : mossy, stones, rocky, mud
shrubtype: small (coniferous)
planttype: small (coniferous)
treetype: none
extra features: marches, great rocks, shrublands
BOREAL
also known as 'taiga'
floortextures : mossy, stones, rocky, mud, dead leaves
shrubtype: S M L (coniferous,evergreen)
planttype: S M (coniferous)
treetype: S M L(coniferous,evergreen)
extra features: marches, great rocks, mossy plains,shrublands
MIXED FOREST
a place where the taiga and the broadleaf forest meet.
floortextures : mossy, stones, rocky, mud, dead leaves
shrubtype: S M L (coniferous,evergreen,broadleaf)
planttype: S M L (coniferous,evergreen,broadleaf)
treetype: S M L(coniferous,evergreen,broadleaf)
extra features: marches, great rocks, mossy plains, shrublands
DECIDIOUS FOREST
The place where the greatest of the broadleaf trees grow.
floortextures : mossy, stones, sandy, mud, dead leaves
shrubtype: S M L (broadleaf,coniferous)
planttype: S M L XL(coniferous,broadleaf)
treetype: S M L XL(broadleaf,coniferous)
extra features: open grassfields, shrublands, rock formations
PRAIRIE
comes in its wet-form and the dry one
in the dry version there are virtually no trees,
the wet version has some more vegetation, but still no trees
floortextures : sandy, mossy, weedy
shrubtype: S M L (smallleaf,coniferous,evergreen)
planttype: S M L XL(smallleaf,coniferous,evergreen)
treetype: none
extra features: open grassfields, shrublands, rock formations,grasslands, marches, bogs
MEDITERRAN
Holiday land !
floortextures : sandy, weedy, grass
shrubtype: S M L (smallleaf,coniferous,evergreen, rare broadleaf)
planttype: S M L XL(smallleaf,coniferous,evergreen)
treetype: S M L (smallleaf,coniferous,evergreen, rare broadleaf)
extra features: open grassfields, shrublands, rock formations,grasslands
DRYLANDS
An place inbetween the desert and the grass steppe
floortextures : sandy, grass, stones
shrubtype: S M (smallleaf,evergreen)
planttype: S M L XL(smallleaf,evergreen)
treetype: S M L (smallleaf,coniferous,evergreen)
extra features: open grassfields, shrublands, rock formations,grasslands
DESERT
The dryest place
floortextures : sandy, stones
shrubtype: S M (smallleaf,evergreen)
planttype: none
treetype: none
extra features: dunes, rock formations
DESERT STEPPE
A desert with an ocassional patch of grass
The dryest place
floortextures : sandy, stones, grass
shrubtype: S M (smallleaf,evergreen)
planttype: S (smallleaf,evergreen)
treetype: a rare great (smallleaf,evergreen)
extra features: dunes, rock formations, grass fields
SAVANNA
The great plains
floortextures : sandy, stones, grass, weedy
shrubtype: S M L XL(smallleaf,evergreen)
planttype: S M (smallleaf,evergreen)
treetype: S M (smallleaf,evergreen)
extra features: dunes, rock formations, grass fields, many different types of grass.
RAINFOREST
The tallest of all trees grow here
there is the tropical rainforest and the moderate one. The unique thing about the tropical rainforest are the very tall trees >50 (or 80) meter !
floortextures : sandy, stones, dead plants, muddy,mosses
shrubtype: S M L XL(smallleaf,evergreen)
planttype: S M L XL(smallleaf,evergreen)
treetype: S M L XL XXL(smallleaf,evergreen)
extra features: riversides, rockformations, streams
RIVERS/LAKES
special grasses grow there, banks are formed, and waterplants could grow here.
The type and size depends on the biome the river is in.
floortextures : sandy, stones, dead plants, muddy,mosses
extra features: riversides, rockformations, streams