Fill out noise.make_2d, but it's untested

Next, we need to do the make_3d version, followed by the plumbing to 
worldeditadditions.noise(), followed by the chat command

....there's a lot to do.

worldeditadditions/lib/noise/engines/perlin.lua

@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ wea.noise.perlin.randMax = 256
 
 --- Creates a new perlin instance.
 -- @return	perlin	A new perlin instance.
-function wea.noice.perlin.new()
+function wea.noise.perlin.new()
 	local instance = {}
 	setmetatable(instance, wea.noise.perlin)
+	instance:load()
 	return instance
 end
 

worldeditadditions/lib/noise/make_2d.lua

@@ -4,6 +4,33 @@
 -- ██ ████ ██ ███████ █████   █████            █████  ██   ██
 -- ██  ██  ██ ██   ██ ██  ██  ██              ██      ██   ██
 -- ██      ██ ██   ██ ██   ██ ███████ ███████ ███████ ██████
-function worldeditadditions.noise.make_2d(size, noise_func)
+
-	-- TODO: Follow https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise/
+
+-- Generate a flat array of 2D noise.
+-- Written with help from https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/terrain-from-noise/
+-- @param	size	Vector	An x/y vector representing the size of the noise area to generate.
+-- @param	params	table|table<table>	A table of noise params to use to generate the noise. Values that aren't specified are filled in automatically. If a table of tables is specified, it is interpreted as multiple octaves of noise to apply in sequence.
+function worldeditadditions.noise.make_2d(size, params)
+	params = worldeditadditions.noise.params_apply_default(params)
+	
+	local result = {}
+	
+	local generator;
+	if params.algorithm == "perlin" then
+		generator = worldeditadditions.noise.perlin.new()
+	else -- We don't have any other generators just yet
+		return false, "Error: Unknown noise algorithm '"..params.."'."
+	end
+	
+	for x=params.offset.x, params.offset.x+size.x do
+		for y=params.offset.y, params.offset.y+size.y do
+			local result = 0
+			for i,params_octave in ipairs(params) do
+				result = result + (generator:noise(x * scale.x, y * scale.y, 0) ^ params.exponent) * params.multiply + params.add
+			end
+			result[y*size.x + x] = result
+		end
+	end
+	
+	return result
 end

worldeditadditions/lib/noise/noise.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 worldeditadditions.noise = {}
 
-dofile(worldeditadditions.modpath.."/lib/noise/alg_perlin.lua")
+dofile(worldeditadditions.modpath.."/lib/noise/noise_params.lua")
+dofile(worldeditadditions.modpath.."/lib/noise/make_2d.lua")
+dofile(worldeditadditions.modpath.."/lib/noise/engines/perlin.lua")

worldeditadditions/lib/noise/noise_params.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- Makes sure that the default settings are all present in the given params table.
+-- This way not all params have to be specified by the user.
+-- @param	params	table	The params table generated from the user's input.
+-- @return	table	A NEW table with all the missing properties filled in with the default values.
+function worldeditadditions.noise.params_apply_default(params)
+	local params_default = {
+		algorithm = "perlin",
+		-- Zooms in and out
+		scale = vector.new(1, 1, 1),
+		-- Offset the generated noise by this vector.
+		offset = vector.new(0, 0, 0),
+		-- Apply this exponent to the resulting noise value
+		exponent = 1,
+		-- Multiply the resulting noise value by this number. Changes the "strength" of the noise
+		multiply = 1,
+		-- Add this number to the resulting noise value
+		add = 0
+		-- The seed to generate the noise with. nil = randomly chosen
+		-- The perlin generator isn't currently seedable :-/
+		-- seed = nil
+	}
+	
+	if not params[1] then params = { params } end
+	
+	-- If params[1] is thing, this is a list of params
+	-- This might be a thing if we're dealingw ith multiple octaves
+	for i,params_el in ipairs(params) do
+		local default_copy = worldeditadditions.shallowcopy(params_default)
+		worldeditadditions.table_apply(
+			params_el,
+			default_copy
+		)
+		params[i] = default_copy
+	end
+	
+	return params
+end