That being said, the current-code is coming along. Eventually, as usual, I found a way to cheat. The only time a current should cross the ocean (at least in the initial pass) is when it's being blown by a very powerful wind, which happens around the Equator and 45$^\circ$. Outside of that, the only valid locations I'm interested in right now are those right next to the coast.
So: check to see which neighboring hexes the water can flow into. If it's valid, go there. If you hit a coast, split.
There are, of course still some issues. For one, the cellular automaton can't seem to figure out what's going on at the folds. This is a pretty common problem for me, but it's the constraint I decided to live with.
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| Ah, much better |
Once all the coastal currents have been figured out, I'll just interpolate between everything to find out what happens in open water. A gross oversimplification, of course.
Then I'll need to figure out how that affects the on-shore winds and the moisture they carry, as well as where the hot and cold currents are (right now all the colors are red but that's just for contrast).
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