Update map-gen-settings.example.json

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Gweneph
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Update map-gen-settings.example.json

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From my testing it seems like there's at least three changes that are not documented in map-gen-settings.exmaple.json and they may be more.

1. The seed field no longer seems to apply. Setting to the seed to a number and repeatedly calling --create with the settings keeps generating different maps with different seeds. I'd prefer if this worked, but --map-gen-seed still works; so it just makes life harder by splitting settings across different parameters. In any case, the documentation doesn't match existing behavior.

2. cliff_settings>richness says it will produce solid cliffs at 10, but it seems that above 6 it disables cliffs entirely.

3. autoplace_controls>nauvis_cliffs seems to modify those cliff_settings. Frequency seems to divide cliff_elevation_interval and size seems to multiply richness such that the product seems to control how long cliffs get (but I haven't been able to get them to be totally solid).
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Re: [2.0.52] Update map-gen-settings.example.json

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I am joining the request because when generating a map I get an error, for example:

0.000 Error Util.cpp:81: Key "asteroids" not found in property tree at ROOT

It would be nice if the file was updated and included descriptions
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Re: [2.0.52] Update map-gen-settings.example.json

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Mifczu wrote: Sat Oct 18, 2025 12:50 pm I am joining the request because when generating a map I get an error, for example:

0.000 Error Util.cpp:81: Key "asteroids" not found in property tree at ROOT

It would be nice if the file was updated and included descriptions
That's in map-settings.example.json which was already updated to include that value. Maybe you're mixing up map-settings and map-gen-settings?
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