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Chapter 13 - Generating the World

To generate the world:

randomly place the terrain features;

repeat with bot running through robots:

deploy bot;

now the x-displacement of bot is (the slowness of bot + 1) / 2;

now the y-displacement of bot is (the slowness of bot + 1) / 2;

repeat with Cosmo running through astronauts:

deploy Cosmo;

repeat with blazon running through beacons:

deploy blazon;

deploy the spaceship exterior;

deploy the wreckage of the Russ;

update the coordinates of carried items.

To deploy (item - the spaceship exterior):

now the spaceship exterior is in the Planet;

now the x-coordinate of the spaceship exterior is 1;

now the y-coordinate of the spaceship exterior is grid size / 2;

[dump the planet map.]

To deploy (item - a thing):

now item is in Planet;

now the x-coordinate of item is a random number between 1 and the grid size;

now the y-coordinate of item is a random number between 1 and the grid size.

To deploy (item - a beacon):

now the owner of the item carries the item.

To deploy (item - wreckage of the Russ):

now item is in Planet;

now the x-coordinate of item is grid size / 2;

now the y-coordinate of item is grid size / 2.