Biome And Species Examples

This section contains examples of the contents of the [species].xml and [biome].xml files that are used to define the types of vegetation and their distribution within the simulation.

Species Example#

The following is an example of the contents of the file used to create one or more species to be used within biomes, including extra comments to explain certain features:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<SpeciesList>
    <Species name="big_cactus">
        
        <Variations>
            
            <Variation spawnRatio="0.75">
                <Size min="5" max="7"/>
                <Imposter stiffness="0.9" frames="8" textureIndex="0"/>
            </Variation>
            <Variation>
                <Size min="15" max="30"/>
                <Imposter stiffness="0.9" frames="8" textureIndex="1"/>
            </Variation>
        </Variations>
        
        <Material name="VEGETATION_CACTUS"/>
    </Species>
    <Species name="conifercool_example">
        <Variations>
            <Variation spawnRatio="1">
                <Size min="15" max="25"/>
                <Imposter stiffness="0.0" frames="10" textureIndex="0" relativeOffsetY="-0.075"/>
                <MaskColor r="0.30" g="0.00" b="0.30" maxDistSquared=".1"/>
            </Variation>
            <Variation spawnRatio="1">
                <Size min="20" max="25"/>
                <Imposter stiffness="0.0" frames="10" textureIndex="1" relativeOffsetY="-0.075"/>
                <MaskColor r="0.30" g="0.00" b="0.30" maxDistSquared=".1"/>
            </Variation>
            <Variation spawnRatio="0.5">
                <Size min="30" max="40"/>
                <Imposter stiffness="0.0" frames="10" textureIndex="2" relativeOffsetY="-0.1"/>
                <MaskColor r="0.30" g="0.00" b="0.30" maxDistSquared=".1"/>
            </Variation>
            <Variation spawnRatio="0.5">
                <Size min="40" max="50"/>
                <Imposter stiffness="0.0" frames="10" textureIndex="3" relativeOffsetY="-0.1"/>
                <MaskColor r="0.30" g="0.00" b="0.30" maxDistSquared=".1"/>
            </Variation>
        </Variations>
        <Material name="VEGETATION_CONIFERCOOL"/>
    </Species>
</SpeciesList>

Biome Example#

The following is an example of the contents of the file used to create one or more biome rules using pre-defined species and including extra comments to explain certain features:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<BiomeRules>
    <BiomeRule name="LFLJ_cactus_artificial" speciesInstancesPerHectar="200" onlyArtificialAreas="true">
        
        <SpeciesList>
            
            <Species name="big_cactus" spawnRatio="1">
                
                <Color r="15" g="0.5" b="0.5"/>
            </Species>
        </SpeciesList>
        
        <EcoRegionList>
            <EcoRegion name="Alps conifer and Mixed Forests"/>
        </EcoRegionList>
        
        <PotentialNaturalVegetationList>
            <PotentialNaturalVegetation name="Cold Evergreen Needleleaf Forest"/>
            <PotentialNaturalVegetation name="Cool Evergreen Needleleaf Forest"/>
        </PotentialNaturalVegetationList>
        
    </BiomeRule>
    <BiomeRule name="LFLJ_cactus" speciesInstancesPerHectar="200">
        <SpeciesList>
            <Species name="big_cactus" spawnRatio="1">
                <Color r="0.3" g="15" b=".2"/>
            </Species>
        </SpeciesList>
        <EcoRegionList>
            <EcoRegion name="Alps conifer and Mixed Forests"/>
        </EcoRegionList>
    </BiomeRule>
    <BiomeRule name="LFLJ_cactus_cold" speciesInstancesPerHectar="200">
        <SpeciesList>
            <Species name="big_cactus" spawnRatio="1"/>
        </SpeciesList>
        <EcoRegionList>
            <EcoRegion name="Alps conifer and Mixed Forests"/>
        </EcoRegionList>
        <PotentialNaturalVegetationList>
            <PotentialNaturalVegetation name="Cold Evergreen Needleleaf Forest"/>
        </PotentialNaturalVegetationList>
    </BiomeRule>
</BiomeRules>