I have uploaded version 0.0.5 of the MUD Random Map Generator to EDIBLE. The update consists of back-end changes and is backward compatible with previous versions. I want to give a thank you to dandan who located a bug and helped me test the change sin this release. Here are the list of changes: Fixed…
May sees a return to normalcy but a significant increase in my real-life workload. The focus of this late May update will be on the impact the pandemic has on things for the past few months. I will specifically be focusing on the state of the website, the status of the EDCE tournament, and some…
I have uploaded the newest version of the MUD Random Map Generator on EDIBLE. The changes are almost all behind the scenes with the biggest change being I have integrated the MUD Random Map Generator into the new MapScript API. This update will automatically generate the map file for you instead of relying on the…
I have completed an upgrade to the Random Map Generator. It’s available on EDIBLE or with the original REM link. This change replaces the previous version since the output has not changed and the maps are backward compatible. The main change was meant to improve the performance of the map generation process which was causing…
The Random Earth Map generator is posted. You can access the latest version here or find it on EDIBLE along with its supporting unit set. This is not a final version and contains several bugs, but it works which is why I’ve posted it regardless of the issues. In my last update, I commented on…
I completed the first full test run of the Earth Map generator. You may remember the beginning stages of this back in 2018 before shelving it for another project. Well, today I finished it off and successfully loaded the first full Earth map into EDCE with success. The screenshot attached to this post if the…
All last week, and especially this weekend I performed an end to end play testing of MUD. The results were “less than desirable” to put it mildly. Put more correctly, they were downright depressing and made me question the effort I put into my free time over the past month. Be warned, the rest of…
Starting in 2001 NASA began releasing public, detailed imagery allowing modelers to recreate the Earth in high resolution. The project was dubbed Blue Marble in reference to Earth’s appearance from space. This set represents an attempt to bring that imagery to Empire Deluxe through a full enhancement of the original terrain graphics. It is available…
You may have noticed many of my screenshots over the past year feature a darker tile set than the original EDCE graphics. I completed about 80% of this set early last year before I stopped working on it to focus on MUD. With the alpha release out of the way, I’m picking up right where…
It only took a couple of days to find an issue with the recently updated Modern Unit Database. I’ve posted an updated version to EDIBLE. If you downloaded v0.0.1a and already played a few games with it, this version is fully backward compatible and should not affect what you are doing. As a side note,…
