Terra Firma 2 : Water and oceans update in beta testing

Water and oceans update in beta testing

Greetings worldbuilders! The next major update for Terra Firma 2 is now available to test on the beta branch. This update features vastly improved water physics for large flows of water, with the ocean now fully simulated. Test out new features like:

Trigger floods that wash away everything in their path

Raise the sea level and watch the landscape slowly flood

Lower the sea level and watch the oceans drain, uncovering the sea floor

Trigger tsunamis to wreck havoc across the landscape

Lava now melts snow and ice better

Other improvements:

• General 10-20% performance improvement for main simulation
• Groundwater improvements make low lying flat areas swampy
• Groundwater improvements make plant growth in deserts much more realistic
• Added temperature visual display
• Fixed major bugs with the amount of sediment that is deposited
• Configuration options for whether water will try to avoid flowing off the map edges
• Water properly flows over the top of lava now
• Ice, lava and water render properly on map sides
• Lighting options saved to configuration
• Fixed bug with symmetrical random editing
• Added hotkeys for different camera modes
• Savefiles remember whether the game was paused or running when loading
• Numerous other bugfixes and small improvements