Data Tables

I use a Data Table system to store infos about rooms/paths to spawn in a more convenient way.

The tables wich are used through the generation are linked inside the DungeonGenerator (In the Tables section) :

There are two kinds of tables : The ones for Room datas and the ones for Path datas.

Let's see how Path data tables look like :

How it works :

Paths and Rooms are generated on a grid. This grid is composed of cells. Each cell can be of a certain type (For example you'll find Door cells or Border cells inside rooms). Based on that, the system defines several "zones" on which items will be spawned.

So the ItemZone is only the type of emplacement on which certain items could be spawned. Inside the Walls zone you'll put all your wall meshes, inside the Border zone you'll put all the meshes which will be spawned on cells placed on borders (torches,...), and so on.

ItemBundle : they are just lists of items which can be spawned inside a specific emplacement. For example you can put both a wall and a torch inside a bundle to spawn both of those at each wall emplacement.

And here is the Room Data Table :

Room options :

SpawnProbability : The probability this room will be spawned
RoomName : Same as the Row Name. Used to find a specific room. Usefull to identify Begin and End rooms.
OneByDungeon : If true, the system will try to spawn only one room of this type
IsManuallyPlaced : Room marked as Manually Placed will be ignored by the default Placement algorithm. The placement system needs to manually place them. For now only the Begin and End room use this option.
DestroyIfOrphan : Should we delete this room if it hasn't been connected to any other room at the end of the generation ?
FillCellsBellow : If true, the cells bellow this room will be kept empty (no other room cell can stay bellow those cells)

Zone configuration options :

IgnoreInnerTopology : Skip the computation of inner topology. In most cases you don't need to use the Inner topology and it's better not to compute it for performance. I recomand that you let this option checked.
OverlapBordersAndCorners : If true the Corner items zones will also be Border item zones. So border items AND corner items will be spawned in corners.
SpawnTwoItemsInExternalCorners : If true, the corner will be consider as two separate walls and two items will be spawned inside it.

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