How to make the map bigger, while the game runs?

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Jul 2 2005, 1:15 am
I want to add some randomness to my game, and for that I need more zs for my map. How do I add a block of atoms to somewhere, where isn't anything?
Jul 2 2005, 6:29 am
Don't be surprised if this doesn't work, but try setting world.maxz to a higher value.
Jul 2 2005, 6:39 am
As Dark Weasel said you can add more z levels by simply adding to world.maxz. The turfs and area on the new levels will default to world.turf (defaults to /turf) and world.area (defaults to /area) respectively. From here you can use block() to get a list of turfs on that z level and loop through them with for().

proc/Add_new_z()
  world.maxz++
  for(var/turf/T in block(locate(1,1,world.maxz), locate(world.maxx,world.maxy,world.maxz))
    if(prob(50))
      new /obj/tree(src)


In this example, a tree would be added to approximately fifty percent of the turfs on that z level.
Jul 2 2005, 8:45 am
In response to Dark Weasel
Thanks, that works.