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Add overworld cave-density controls (issue #111) - #115
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The overworld delegates to vanilla generation, whose 1.18+ noise caves can make a cave world "nothing but passageways" (issue #111). Vanilla exposes no density knob for noise caves, so add a post-generation fill pass plus a coarse carver toggle: - Settings: new world.overworld-cave-fill (0.0-1.0, default 0.0) and world.overworld-carvers (boolean, default true). getOverworldCaveFill() clamps to [0,1]. - NoiseCaveGenerator: new fillField() - a low-frequency, seed-deterministic [0,1] field so caves close in broad connected patches, not a random speckle. - ChunkGeneratorWorld: after capColumn seals the sky, fillCaves() re-solidifies AIR and CAVE_AIR below the cap where the field falls under the ratio. Both air types matter: noise caves are placed as AIR, carvers as CAVE_AIR - matching only CAVE_AIR (the first attempt) missed the noise caves entirely. The carver toggle gates shouldGenerateCaves(). Underground biomes, ores, decorations and structures are preserved at any fill value. - config.yml: documents both keys. Adds fill-field and generateSurface fill tests. All 74 tests pass. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KwMG7jJxLPXGqNfb95nP1W
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Fixes#111.
The overworld delegates to vanilla generation, whose 1.18+ noise caves can make a cave world feel like "nothing but passageways" (issue #111). Vanilla exposes no density knob for noise caves, so this adds a post-generation fill pass plus a coarse carver toggle.
New config options (
world:)overworld-cave-fill(0.0–1.0, default0.0) — re-solidifies a fraction of the vanilla caves after generation, using a low-frequency noise field so caves close in broad connected patches (leaving separate chambers) rather than a random speckle.0.0keeps the current dense caves;0.3–0.8thins them out. Underground biomes, ores, decorations and structures are preserved at any value.overworld-carvers(defaulttrue) — setfalseto remove the big ravines/tunnels while keeping the noise caves.Both only affect newly generated chunks.
Implementation
Settings: two new fields with getters/setters;getOverworldCaveFill()clamps to[0,1].NoiseCaveGenerator: newfillField()— a low-frequency, seed-deterministic[0,1]field.ChunkGeneratorWorld: aftercapColumnseals the sky,fillCaves()re-solidifiesAIRandCAVE_AIRbelow the cap where the field falls under the ratio. Both air types matter — vanilla noise caves are placed asAIR, carvers asCAVE_AIR; matching onlyCAVE_AIRmisses the dense noise caves entirely. The carver toggle gatesshouldGenerateCaves().config.yml: documents both keys.Tests
Adds
fillFieldtests (range, monotonicity, determinism) and behaviouralgenerateSurfacefill tests over an in-memoryChunkData(fill 0.0 keeps every cave and still seals sky; 1.0 closes ~all; 0.5 thins), plus a carver-toggle test. All 74 tests pass.Notes
FILL_FREQUENCY(0.02) and can be tuned if patches read too coarse/fine.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.ai/code/session_01KwMG7jJxLPXGqNfb95nP1W