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1. Z level changes

• altering the floor level between rooms can be visually effective
• we will look at two ways, simple and more advanced method

2. Simple: chisel floor level changes

• currently pen2map converts a penguin tower file into a doom3 map file
  • however map floor is completely level
  • it would be good aesthetically to introduce minor floor level changes between rooms
• start up emacs and press F7 and then press F10
• in pen2map.py search forward for assignFloorLevel
• notice how it is called from generateMap
• modify assignFloorLevel so that it is 0 for an even room number and -0.25 for an odd room number
• test these changes on a two room map
  • test these changes on a three room map
  • test these changes on a four room map
• a unit of 1 in a penguin tower map represents 48 inches in the doom3 world
• can you think of a better algorithm in which to change floor levels?

3. Breadth first search algorithm for greatest height difference between rooms

• ideally we would like to have a large z differential between rooms
  • however we have a constraint of, say a single step between adjacent rooms
  • of course rooms might have multiple doors, connecting to different rooms (or the same room)

4. Breadth first search algorithm to adjust floors

• using a breadth first search algorithm we can satisfy the constraints of having a difference of a single step between neighbouring rooms
• this is left as future work and as an exercise for the reader

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