Don't get the following wrong! I just described my actions and what happened.
I didn't say, that the different positions of the noise amplitudes are directly related to resources. Just described the diffences in terrain, after changing each of the 8 numbers from 0 to something higher. This was written before Madruga gave the possibility to override the heights and angles for resource spawns. The link I posted is still valid:


This is the guide i used: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1687394472

Let me start with a quote from Madruga:

"Terrain in Dawn of Man, like in most games, is generated by combining noise of different frequencies: Large mountains are low-frequency high amplitude, small bumps are high-frequency low amplitude.

<noise_amplitudes values="0.0 0.03 0.2 0.154 0.097 0.045 0.025 0.005"/>

This line allows you to modify the amplitudes of the different noise layers, the initial numbers define the amplitudes of the low-frequencies (the height of large mountains), and the later numbers define the amplitudes of the high_frequencies (the height of the small bumps)."

Sounds crazy, right? You could start using notepad or some other text editor. It will hurt your eyes and your brain very much.

Be smart! Use a reasonable syntax editor such as the free Atom editor.

Madruga environments download: http://madrugaworks.com/dawnofman/files/BuiltinEnvironments.zip

As an example you can find my map here:
..\yoursteamfolder\steamapps\workshop\content\858810\1693186543\Flatlands\

make a backup copy and put it into windowsusername\Documents\DawnOfMan\Scenarios

create the folder \Scenarios\ if it is missing.

now you have your local copy of my map for viewing and tinkering.

In the scenario file flatlands.scn.xml are the map size and spawnpoints.

map size: <size value="4"/>

spawnpoints:

<locations>
<location id="flatlands_spawn" seed="00000000" environment="flat_river" map_location="0.5,0.2" river="false" lakes="4"/>
</locations>
id is shown in the menue;
i started with seed 00000000 and 11111111 for testing
environment is set to my custom created map file ..\Flatlands\Environments\flat_river.xml
map_location only affects the marker position on the minimap test with 0.1,0.1 and 0.8,0.8
river: ="false" no river on the map river ="true" map with river
lakes: Defines the number for lakes, not the size, they also grow together to huge lakes. Have fun trying it out! :D

Now for the funny map creation part:
edit ..\Flatlands\Environments\flat_river.xml

Look for those and set em all to "0" - you got your empty flat map.
<noise_amplitudes values="0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"/>

now start pitching those numbers up, on at another or multiple, like you desire.

This is what they did as I tested:

1 0.03 trees und flint south
2 0.04 trees und flint north
3 0.001 hills and monolith
4 0.1 trees near the river
5 0.08 stones
6 0.5 mountains
7 0.1 mountains
8 metal?

But together they create completely different landscapes. Here are some configurations I tested with:

metal on the road "0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0.08 0.12"
very nice! "0.5 0 0 0.001 0 0 0 0.1"
almost "0.1 0.0 0.0 0.154 0.097 0.0 0.0 0.005"
II "0.32 0.0 0.0 0.15 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.005"
III "0.5 0.0 0.0 0.05 0.075 0.0 0.0 0.04"

<resource_factor value="3"/> can be set to "0" for less errors while testing. also animals.

Feel free to experiment and enjoy.