The Future of Rising World

Quote from Fizbit

I havent been keeping up with the under the hood stuff but I recall reading RW was voxel based. Regarding Red`s comment that new block shapes were coming, Has the voxel area limitation ever been overcome?

Yes, RW is indeed voxel based. At least the terrain (and blocks) are stored in a voxel data grid. This limitation has a quite simple reason: Imagine you have a grid, and every cell represents a position in your world. Now when placing a block somewhere, the block id (every block type has a unique id) is written into the according cell in the data grid - but this cell can only hold a single value. Now if you want to place a ramp and cylinder at the same location, that wouldn't work, since the according grid cell can either hold the cylinder id, or the ramp id.

This isn't really an engine limitation. There would be a workaround for that, e.g. allowing multiple values per cell, but this means you have to be prepared for multiple values per grid cell (resulting in higher memory consumption and less performance - so most games just "live" with the limitation).

Nevertheless, we will remove this limitation with the next update, at least when it comes to blocks. It's our intention to treat blocks as construction elements (e.g. similar to planks and beams), which aren't stored in a voxel data grid (instead a list of all planks in a chunk with their according position, size and rotation is maintained), so you can basically place as many elements as you want at the same position

Quote from BB_Drifter

One other thing is water that would be fully functional but as I understand things you’d need a nasa quality computer to process the game smoothly. Can’t imagine how that would translate when trying to build and have it look or function correctly.

Dynamic water is planned, but it will have some limitations. It cannot take planks and beams into consideration, since they can be fully resized or rotated, so it will only adapt to terrain and blocks

Quote from Gillwin

will there be an increase in number of textures and colors? Or just reworking old ones?

I don't think there will be more textures, since there are already more than 200 block textures However, being able to change the color of blocks (i.e. paint the blocks) is a planned feature for the new version

Quote from ArcaneDesmond

In this new version could you please consider adding different biological genders to a naturally spawned group of bandits?

Originally female bandits were planned for the last update, but we removed them since we had trouble with their voices^^ Can't say much about female bandits in the new version unfortunately...

Quote from ArcaneDesmond

In addition to this they seem to all be wearing warm suits with hoods can this be changed somehow so if you use the command "givenpc item [id]" they would wear it or at least remove their hood?

Unfortunately the hood is part of their outfit, but you can change their clothes and remove their suit (with the hood) with the editnpcclothes command

Quote from ArcaneDesmond

Would love to see their heads with hair and maybe some tattoos?

Tattoos for bandits sound like a good idea, I will keep that in mind!

Quote from Gillwin

although this does open up a lot of possibilities it also causes a problem. Some of my builds are too large for one bp so I have had to use up to 8 bp to cover the whole build. It has been easy to reassemble the building because the blocks have been fixed to the grid. If blocks are able to be placed in any location as are beams it will be much harder to reassemble the buildings. One solution may be giving us a choice if we want to place a bp on or off the grid.

With the new version, you will get a little bit more control over the blueprint placement, so it will be possible to turn the grid on/off and change the grid size

Quote from Batta

Does this mean that once the changes happen, we will no longer find Rising World on our list of Steam games, and can no longer login from Steam?

Oh, no, of course you can still play RW in Steam It just means once the new version is ready, it replaces the current version in Steam, so if you start the game then, you will automatically start the new version. However, the old version is still accessible then (for free), it just requires a few extra clicks in Steam

Quote from Batta

One other thing I'm concerned about: we have plans to open a Rising World server in 2020 (after we all learn the game a bit better), and would have it hosted through Pingperfect. If we have a server before the changes, would we then lose it from Pingperfect? Would Pingperfect need to make changes to keep offering Rising World and/or our existing server?

Server hosters have to implement some changes once the new version is ready, but we will provide enough information about that in time. It really depends on the particular hoster in this case. There are some hosters out there who really care and make sure that their servers run properly, others don't care at all. I don't know what the future holds Basically I'd say that you can still rent a server. Once the new version is ready (which will still take up to 1 year from now on) you will see if your hoster updates his server or not. If the hoster does not update your server then, you should contact him, and if he still does not respond, just cancel the server.

Quote from ArcaneDesmond

I've been through the entire command list you provided on Steam and this is a definitely a new one.

Oh, I just realized this command is missing from the command guide on Steam Thanks for letting me know!

Quote from Galochka

Will there be an update soon? Or wait for a new version (from 6 months... )

Do you refer to the Java version, or the new version? We're currently preparing an update for the Java version, although it will mainly focus on bugfixes and smaller changes. Unfortunately I have no ETA for that yet.
We have no ETA for the new version either, but we're trying to get a first playable demo ready this year

Quote from agiser

How is it working ?

There are basically two ways of using this command. You can either use it to replace the current clothes of the npc, or use it to add new clothes to him. This command only works for dummy npcs and skeletons.
For example, if you want an npc to wear a full suit, just look at it and type editnpcclothes tux_jacket tux_pants tux_shoes. If you want to add some fancy sunglasses, just use the "add" keyword, i.e. editnpcclothes add sunglasses1. If you want the npc just to wear boxers (regardless of his current outfit), just type editnpcclothes boxershorts.

If you want to get all names of the ingame clothes, you can check out this guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sha…iledetails/?id=1711772125

Quote from Brandon_lee19

But what about proccessing power?
Will there be a MUCH bigger demand for proccesing power with the new graphics or just a small increase in demand?

It's difficult to give precise information about this, I really can't say much about that yet. Better graphics will result in higher system requirements, especially if you want to use the new effects. However, if your computer meets the current system requirements of the game and if you can play the game now, you will also be able to play the new version