Convert SimCity 2000 cities into Minecraft worlds

Re:Convert SimCity 2000 cities into Minecraft worlds by raydiatian on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @08:48AM (#33800684)

Is this what “reticulating splines” means, then? Almost 30 years later and I still don’t understand but the phrase is eternally trapped in my mind.

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Re:Convert SimCity 2000 cities into Minecraft worlds by mccolin on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @09:15AM (#33801027)

I looked this up once to determine if it was real or just hilarity. And the answer is great. From [Sims Fandom](https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Reticulating_splines) site:

> The words 'reticulate' and 'spline' both have dictionary definitions, which has led several people to determine a meaning for the phrase, such as "to make a network of curved elements." However, Will Wright stated in an interview that the term itself is meaningless, as SimCity 2000 does not reticulate splines when generating terrain; the phrase was included in the game because it "sounded cool."

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Re:Convert SimCity 2000 cities into Minecraft worlds by jgosar on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @09:22AM (#33801114)

It sounds cool indeed. That's why this project includes a reticulateSplines method :)

https://github.com/jgosar/mine-city-2000/blob/master/MineCit...

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Re:Convert SimCity 2000 cities into Minecraft worlds by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @10:47AM (#33802375)

It's compelling because SimCity 2000's terrain is very much a network of curved lines, so it sounds like a plausible part of the process.

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