Core/Scripts/ConfigManager.cs

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ namespace IslaApocalypse.Core // Change this if your namespace is different
 	public static class ConfigManager
 	{
 		// Default Fallbacks
-		// public static int WorldSeed = 1063685222;
+		public static int WorldSeed = 1063685222;
-		public static int WorldSeed = (int)GD.Randi(); // if 0 also randomizes
+		// public static int WorldSeed = (int)GD.Randi(); if 0 also randomizes
 		public static int MapSize = 8192;
 		public static float CraterRadius = 400f;
 		public static float DensityMultiplier = 1.0f; // <-- Replaces TownCount

Tools/Scripts/MapGenerator.cs

@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 		public bool IsHighwayNode; 
 	}
 
-	// When generation began, in engine milliseconds. Every progress print is stamped with
-	// the time since this, so the cost of each stage is readable straight off the console.
-	private ulong _pipelineStartMs;
-
 	private FastNoiseLite _noise;          // The one and only original detailed noise!
 	private Vector2 _impactCenter;
 	private float _impactRadius;
@@ -39,8 +35,6 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 
 	public override async void _Ready()
 	{
-		_pipelineStartMs = Time.GetTicksMsec();
-
 		// 1. LOAD CONFIGURATION
 		ConfigManager.LoadConfig();
 		MapSize = ConfigManager.MapSize;
@@ -72,71 +66,27 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 		float randomY = (float)GD.RandRange(0.05f, 0.12f); 
 		_impactCenter = new Vector2(MapSize * randomX, MapSize * randomY);
 
-		// --- THE GENERATION PIPELINE ---
-		// Each stage prints its elapsed time and drops a snapshot, so you can watch the
-		// world appear in layers instead of waiting for the whole run to judge any of it.
-		// A future water stage slots in as another CaptureStage call at its own boundary.
-
 		GenerateTopography();
-		GD.Print($"{T()} Topography done (height + temperature).");
-
 		CalculateTrueOcean();
 		CalculateMainland(); 
-		GD.Print($"{T()} Ocean and mainland masks done.");
-
 		AssignBiomesAndDraw();
-		GD.Print($"{T()} Biomes done.");
-		await CaptureStage("1_biomes");
-
 		GenerateTowns();
-		GD.Print($"{T()} Towns placed: {_towns.Count}.");
-		await CaptureStage("2_towns");
 
 		// NEW: We await the roads so the engine doesn't freeze!
 		await GenerateRoadsAsync();
 
 		ExportMapData();
-		GD.Print($"{T()} Blueprint exported.");
+		SaveMapSnapshot();
-
-		await CaptureStage("3_roads");
-		GD.Print($"{T()} GENERATION COMPLETE.");
 	}
 
-	/// <summary>
+	private async void SaveMapSnapshot()
-	/// Elapsed time since generation started, e.g. "[+12.4s]". Prefixed onto the progress
-	/// prints so the cost of each stage can be read straight off the console — no stopwatch.
-	/// </summary>
-	private string T()
 	{
-		double seconds = (Time.GetTicksMsec() - _pipelineStartMs) / 1000.0;
+		// 1. THE FIX: Wait exactly one frame to let Godot finish _Ready() and unlock the Scene Tree!
-		return $"[+{seconds,6:F1}s]";
-	}
-
-	/// <summary>
-	/// Saves a PNG of the map AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, tagged with a stage label.
-	///
-	/// Call this at any pipeline boundary. It draws whatever exists at that moment — after
-	/// biomes you get bare terrain, after towns the town markers appear, after roads the
-	/// road network does. Nothing needs to be passed in or turned on; the draw proxy just
-	/// renders the lists as they currently are, so a future stage (water, for instance)
-	/// shows up automatically once it populates its data.
-	///
-	/// ⚠ DO NOT "SIMPLIFY" THE WAITS BELOW. They look like superstition and are not — each
-	/// one is there because removing it produced blank or half-drawn images. The design
-	/// vault records why (01_Design/tooling_notes.md). Symptoms of getting this wrong are
-	/// postage-stamp, black, or road-less captures.
-	/// </summary>
-	private async Task CaptureStage(string label)
-	{
-		// 1. Yield one frame. Godot locks the scene tree while it is processing, and we are
-		//    about to add nodes to it. Without this, the AddChild below is unsafe.
 		await ToSignal(GetTree(), "process_frame");
 
-		GD.Print($"{T()} Capturing snapshot: {label}...");
+		GD.Print("Starting offscreen map capture...");
 
-		// 2. Build an invisible, offscreen "monitor" at the map's real size. It must be a
+		// 2. Build the invisible, offscreen 4096 monitor
-		//    SubViewport we size ourselves — rendering through the scene's UI layout makes
-		//    Godot shrink the image to fit the physical screen.
 		var offscreenVP = new SubViewport();
 		offscreenVP.Size = new Vector2I(MapSize, MapSize);
 		offscreenVP.RenderTargetUpdateMode = SubViewport.UpdateMode.Always;
@@ -149,29 +99,27 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 		bgRect.CustomMinimumSize = new Vector2(MapSize, MapSize);
 		offscreenVP.AddChild(bgRect);
 
-		// 4. Attach the proxy to draw the roads and towns on top. Reading the viewport's
+		// 4. Attach the proxy to draw the roads and towns on top
-		//    texture alone would miss them — _Draw() output is not part of the base texture.
 		var drawProxy = new MapDrawProxy();
 		drawProxy.Source = this;
 		drawProxy.CustomMinimumSize = new Vector2(MapSize, MapSize);
 		offscreenVP.AddChild(drawProxy);
 
-		// 5. WAIT FOR THE GPU! Issuing draw calls is not the same as having drawn.
+		// 5. WAIT FOR THE GPU! (Wait 2 render frames to guarantee the framebuffer is painted)
-		//    Two frames — one proved insufficient in practice.
 		await ToSignal(RenderingServer.Singleton, RenderingServer.SignalName.FramePostDraw);
 		await ToSignal(RenderingServer.Singleton, RenderingServer.SignalName.FramePostDraw);
 
 		// 6. Pull the image from the invisible monitor and save it!
 		Image capture = offscreenVP.GetTexture().GetImage();
 		string seedStr = _noise.Seed.ToString();
-		string fileName = $"user://Map_Seed_{seedStr}_{label}.png";
+		string fileName = $"user://Map_Seed_{seedStr}.png";
 		
 		Error saveResult = capture.SavePng(fileName);
 
 		if (saveResult == Error.Ok)
-			GD.Print($"{T()} Map saved: {ProjectSettings.GlobalizePath(fileName)}");
+			GD.Print($"Map saved successfully to: {ProjectSettings.GlobalizePath(fileName)}");
 		else
-			GD.PrintErr($"{T()} Failed to save map. Godot Error code: {saveResult}");
+			GD.PrintErr($"Failed to save map. Godot Error code: {saveResult}");
 
 		// 7. Delete the invisible monitor to free up RAM
 		offscreenVP.QueueFree();
@@ -674,7 +622,7 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 	// --- LOGISTICS & ROAD GENERATION ---
 	private async Task GenerateRoadsAsync()
 	{
-		GD.Print($"{T()} [A*] Starting Logistics Pathfinding for {MapSize}x{MapSize} world...");
+		GD.Print($"[A*] Starting Logistics Pathfinding for {MapSize}x{MapSize} world...");
 		_highwayPaths.Clear(); _branchPaths.Clear(); _ruggedPaths.Clear(); _trailPaths.Clear();
 
 		AStarGrid2D astar = new AStarGrid2D();
@@ -697,7 +645,7 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 			return angleA.CompareTo(angleB);
 		});
 
-		GD.Print($"{T()} [A*] 1/4: Plotting the {highwayNodes.Count}-Node Continental Loop...");
+		GD.Print($"[A*] 1/4: Plotting the {highwayNodes.Count}-Node Continental Loop...");
 		await ToSignal(GetTree(), SceneTree.SignalName.ProcessFrame); // BREATHE
 
 		if (highwayNodes.Count >= 3) {
@@ -720,7 +668,7 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 		}
 
 		// --- 2. THE MOUNTAIN BOSS BRANCH ---
-		GD.Print($"{T()} [A*] 2/4: Connecting the Snow Boss...");
+		GD.Print("[A*] 2/4: Connecting the Snow Boss...");
 		await ToSignal(GetTree(), SceneTree.SignalName.ProcessFrame); // BREATHE
 
 		List<TownData> connectedTowns = new List<TownData>(highwayNodes);
@@ -752,7 +700,7 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 		}
 
 		// --- 3 & 4. COUNTY ROADS (The Daisy-Chain Protocol) ---
-		GD.Print($"{T()} [A*] 3/4 & 4/4: Weaving County Roads (Daisy-Chaining)...");
+		GD.Print("[A*] 3/4 & 4/4: Weaving County Roads (Daisy-Chaining)...");
 		await ToSignal(GetTree(), SceneTree.SignalName.ProcessFrame); // BREATHE
 		
 		List<TownData> unconnectedTowns = _towns.FindAll(t => !connectedTowns.Contains(t) && t.Tier != TownTier.IslandLoot);
@@ -783,7 +731,7 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 			float actualDist = Mathf.Sqrt(shortestDist);
 			
 			// NEW: Live Diagnostics! Print the exact town we are testing BEFORE we calculate.
-			GD.Print($"{T()} -> ({count}/{totalToConnect}) Pathing {bestUnconnected.Tier} to grid. Dist: {actualDist:F1}px");
+			GD.Print($"   -> ({count}/{totalToConnect}) Pathing {bestUnconnected.Tier} to grid. Dist: {actualDist:F1}px");
 			await ToSignal(GetTree(), SceneTree.SignalName.ProcessFrame); // BREATHE!
 
 			Vector2[] countyPath = new Vector2[0];
@@ -791,7 +739,7 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 			// THE ABANDON PROTOCOL: If it's more than 8% of the map away, it's a hermit camp. Leave it!
 			if (actualDist > (MapSize * 0.08f)) 
 			{
-				GD.Print($"{T()}      [!] Too isolated. Abandoning road.");
+				GD.Print($"      [!] Too isolated. Abandoning road.");
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -811,14 +759,14 @@ public partial class MapGenerator : TextureRect
 			} 
 			else if (actualDist <= (MapSize * 0.08f)) 
 			{
-				GD.Print($"{T()}      [!] Path impossible (Trapped by terrain). Abandoning road.");
+				GD.Print($"      [!] Path impossible (Trapped by terrain). Abandoning road.");
 			}
 
 			unconnectedTowns.Remove(bestUnconnected);
 			connectedTowns.Add(bestUnconnected);
 		}
 
-		GD.Print($"{T()} [A*] Logistics Network Complete!");
+		GD.Print("[A*] Logistics Network Complete!");
 	}
 
 	/// <summary>