BiomeConfigs

Here the biome config file is explained. Each biome has it's own config file. You can find the biome config files in /plugins/TerrainControl/worlds/worldname/BiomeConfigs.

The following colors are hexadecimal colors. The first two digits are the red component (from 00 to ff), the third and fourth digit are the green component and the last two digits are the blue component. Here you could find a lot of possible values, but remember that you have to replace the # with 0x (so #7ba5ff is 0x7ba5ff). Most of these values are multipliers, so that the color you choose gets multiplied with the default color.

SkyColor:0x7ba5ff

Color for the sky.

WaterColor:0xffffff

Color multiplier for the water.

GrassColor:0xffffff

Color for the grass (block and tall grass). Use GrassColorIsMultiplier to set whether this is the actual grass color, or just a multiplier.

GrassColorIsMultiplier:true

Whether the grass color is a multiplier. If you set it to true, the color will be based on this value, the BiomeTemperature and the BiomeWetness. This was the default behaviour before 2.3.2. If you set it to false, the grass color will be just this color.

FoliageColor:0xffffff

FoliageColorIsMultiplier:true

Color for the oak leaves. Works just like GrassColor and GrassColorIsMultiplier. Doesn't affect birch, jungle and pine leaves.

##Resources queue Back to top

In the resources queue you can add, modify and remove the things that populate your world (trees, ores, etc.). On this page each resource is explained.

Here is a small cheatsheet:

SmallLake(Block[.BlockData],Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude)
UnderGroundLake(MinSize,MaxSize,Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude)
Dungeon(Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude)
Ore(Block[.BlockData],Size,Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude,BlockSource[,BlockSource2,BlockSource3.....])
UnderWaterOre(Block,Size,Frequency,Rarity,BlockSource[,BlockSource2,BlockSource3.....])
CustomObject(CustomObjectName[,AnotherCustomObjectType.....])
Tree(Frequency,TreeType,TreeType_Chance[,Additional_TreeType,Additional_TreeType_Chance.....])
Plant(Block[.BlockData],Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude,BlockSource[,BlockSource2,BlockSource3.....])
Grass(Block,BlockData,Frequency,Rarity,BlockSource[,BlockSource2,BlockSource3.....])
Reed(Block,Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude,BlockSource[,BlockSource2,BlockSource3.....])
Cactus(Block,Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude,BlockSource[,BlockSource2,BlockSource3.....])
Liquid(Block,Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude,BlockSource[,BlockSource2,BlockSource3.....])
AboveWaterRes(Block,Frequency,Rarity)
Vines(Frequency,Rarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude)

As of 2.4.5-dev, Vein has been added:

Vein(Block[.Data],MinRadius,MaxRadius,Rarity,OreSize,OreFrequency,OreRarity,MinAltitude,MaxAltitude,BlockSource[,BlockSource2,..])

##Sapling settings Back to top

This is the place of the Sapling resource. Because it isn't a resource that affects the initial generation, it has been placed apart from other resources in the Resources queue (see above). However, the syntax of the Sapling resource is almost identical to the syntax of the Tree resource. Only the first argument is different: instead of being the frequency it is the SaplingType. The SaplingType can be All, Oak, Redwood, Birch, SmallJungle, BigJungle (grows when 2x2 jungle saplings are placed), RedMushroom and BrownMushroom.

Sapling(SaplingType,Tree,TreeChance[,AnotherTree,AnotherTreeChance[,...]])

Example:

Sapling(2,Forest,50,MyCustomBirch,100)

Only affects birch saplings. 50% chance to spawn a normal birch tree, 50% chance to spawn the BO2 MyCustomBirch.

##Custom objects Back to top

BiomeObjects:

New in 2.3.4-dev A list of custom object names, seperated by a comma(,). If you use the keyword UseBiome as a custom object name (for example in the Tree, CustomObject or the Sapling resource), it will spawn one of these objects.

##Structures Back to top

All structure settings are new in 2.4.4-dev

Here you can find some settings for the structures. Keep in mind that if you disable the structure in the WorldConfig, the structure won't spawn, regardless of these settings.

StronholdsEnabled:true

If you set this to false, Minecraft will try to find a good stronghold position in a nearby biome where strongholds can spawn. If that fails, it will place the stronghold anyway in this biome.

NetherFortessesEnabled:true

Whether Nether fortresses can start in this biome. Because the structure is so large, large parts of it can spawn in a neighbor biome.

VillageType:disabled

The type of the village. Set it to disabled to disable villages, set it to wood to spawn a wooden village and set it to sandstone to spawn a sandstone village. Values are case-sensitive.

MineshaftRarity:1

The Mineshaft rarity. 0 is no mineshafts, 1 is vanilla, 2 is like Minecraft Beta 1.8pre1 and 100 makes your biome a wooden chaos.

RareBuildingType:disabled

The type of the rare building in this biome. Can be desertPyramid, jungleTemple, swampHut or disabled. Values are case-sensitive.

##Mob spawning Back to top

Terrain Control has some basic mob spawning support built in.

However, these settings only work for custom biomes. That's why as of 2.2.4 these settings don't appear for non-custom biomes.

There are three different mob types: monsters, passive creatures and water creatures. Mobs always spawn in groups. You can then add a mob group to the correct list.

The syntax of a group is like this:

{"mob": "Ocelot", "weight": 10, "min": 2, "max": 6}

As you can see, a mob group consists of several key:value pairs, seperated by a comma. All text is surrounded with double quotes. Two curly brackets mark the beginning and the end of the group. The syntax used here is called JSON.

All groups are placed together in a list syntax, which looks like this:

[{group},{anothergroup},{etc.}]

A few examples:

[{"mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12, "min": 4, "max": 4}, {"mob": "Pig", "weight": 10, "min": 4, "max": 4}]

Spawn sheeps and pigs. Sheeps have a higher weight than pigs. Both always spawn in groups of 4.

[{"mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12, "min": 3, "max": 12}

Spawn just sheep in groups from 3 to 12.

spawnMonstersAddDefaults:true

Set this to true to spawn the normal monsters for this biome and the monsters listed at spawnMonsters.

Set this to false to spawn only the monsters listed at spawnMonsters.

spawnMonsters:[]

List of (additional) monsters to spawn. Vanilla values:

[{"mob": "Spider", "weight": 10, "min": 4, "max": 4}, {"mob": "Zombie", "weight": 10, "min": 4, "max": 4},
{"mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 10, "min": 4, "max": 4}, {"mob": "Creeper", "weight": 10, "min": 4, "max": 4},
{"mob": "Slime", "weight": 10, "min": 4, "max": 4}, {"mob": "Enderman", "weight": 1, "min": 1, "max": 4}]

spawnCreaturesAddDefaults:true

Set this to true to spawn the normal creatures (pigs, sheeps, cows, etc.) and the creatures listed at spawnCreatures.

Set this to false to spawn only the creatures listed at spawnCreatures.

spawnCreatures:[]

List of (additional) normal creatures to spawn. Vanilla values:

[{"mob": "Sheep", "weight": 12, "min": 4, "max": 4}, {"mob": "Pig", "weight": 10, "min": 4, "max": 4},
{"mob": "Chicken", "weight": 10, "min": 4, "max": 4}, {"mob": "Cow", "weight": 8, "min": 4, "max": 4}]

spawnWaterCreaturesAddDefaults:true

Set this to true to spawn the water creatures (by default just the squid) and the water creatures listed at spawnWaterCreatures. Set this to false to spawn only the water creatures listed at spawnWaterCreatures.

spawnWaterCreatures:[]