Posts by red51

A new update is now available, introducing seasons and more!
Latest hotfix: 0.8.0.2 (2024-12-30)

    Here is a new update, it's the first part of several changes we're currently working on (see announcement).


    Since this update contains many smaller changes and a lot of bugfixes, there is no real feature to focus on. The changelog should be more meaningful ;)


    ---------------------------------------------------------------


    Full changelog:

    • [New] Ingame filebrowser for selecting images (no longer causes alt-tabbing to desktop)
    • [New] New vegetations: Flowers and ferns
    • [New] Triplanar textureblending for LOD chunks (avoid stretched textures on cliffs)
    • [New] Admincommand to query information from multiplayerserver (e.g. memory consumption etc.)
    • [Change] Worldgeneration updated to create bigger cave entrances
    • [Change] Flames of torches are now visible over greater distances
    • [Change] When cutting grass, a larger area is affected
    • [Change] Adjusted transitions between normal chunks and LOD chunks, almost no more gaps
    • [Change] Adjusted lightintensity of torches
    • [Change] Reduced the amount of trees outside of forests
    • [Change] Updated startscreen, no longer "black screen" for the first seconds
    • [Change] Checkbox in settings menu for triplanar blending for LOD chunks
    • [Change] Changed appearance of tooltips
    • [Bugfix] Grass cutting has been reworked, works much better now
    • [Bugfix] Fixed missing parts of grass
    • [Bugfix] Fixed the startscript of the linux version (game installs to correct folder now)
    • [Bugfix] Reduced "flying plants" near cave entrances to a minimum (or did they vanish completely?)
    • [Bugfix] Fixed sometimes missing flames of torches
    • [Bugfix] Fixed sometimes wrong doorcollision
    • [Bugfix] Fixed error when remapping controls during runtime
    • [Bugfix] World entries in singleplayermenu are now always clickable
    • [Bugfix] Fixed itemcount for crafting menu
    • [Bugfix] Fixed wrong collision of some objects
    • [Bugfix] Custom images correctly use alphavalue of imagefile (e.g. .png) now

    I think the best way is some kind of repository for free available scripts. So players can create and publish scripts. If you have enough player there will be scripts for almost everthing.


    I think that's a good idea! We should definitely offer such a thing :thumbup:

    Alright :)
    No, there will be no loading time, the full world can be explored without the need of any loadingscreen ^^


    The biome size has nothing to do with the view distance, it's just because we want to avoid too small biomes. Currently every chunk has to be an individual mesh, since there would be nearly no identical chunks that could be reused, so there are no tricks about texturemanagement ;) The only "trick" is the usage of texture arrays instead of atlases.

    1. This size per biome is currently 2x2 worldparts, that is 128x128 chunks, that is 2048x2048 "blocks". Perhaps we will double it's size. But it's possible that two biomes of the same type will be directly next to each other. And yes, it's a "fixed form", but you probably won't notice ingame, since they have frayed transitions.
    2. Yes, each biome has an individual set of plants, with individual density.
    3. Yes, they will. There will be animals for dry regions (desert, savanna, steppe), for "normal" regions (grasslands, forests), and for cold regions (tundra, taiga, polar) ;)
    4. Currently it's planned that the biome will stay and can't be changed that easily. If you cut all trees and grass, they'll regrow.
    5. All chunks that are already stored (only thoses that were already modified) on your disk won't change. But around those chunks there will be new biomes of course.


    But remember that you won't see too much of the biomes in the next update (only the new grasslands), most of them will be implemented afterwards ;)

    I personally don't need that feature. if you really implement it, please give us the ability to disable it :saint: I like the feeling of "being alone in the world", some kind of "stranded" there :whistling: Mp is something completely different of course, I like the idea of spawning NPC that can fill all sorts of roles


    That sounds fair to me. I know what you're talking about, this "feeling of being alone in the world" ;) But as mentioned, it's not even sure if we add the travelling trader for singleplayer at all...


    [...]@devs: can't you provide such a script out of the box?


    Well... this is a very "specific" thing you're talking about. We will think about it, but in principle, we want to offer more general scripts. Those scripts can be extended easily then.
    Just wait until the wiki arrives, it gives an overview about all functions with descriptions and examples. That makes scripting quite an easy task :)

    I'm afraid that won't accelerate the process at all, since we already focus on mainly 1 main feature per update, but most new features require some preconditions fulfilled. In the same vein, we also fix some bugs etc., so that's the typical way it goes ;)


    Sometimes it's also not easy to predict what feature we'll implement next.


    I think when the most important features (e.g. working survial mode, creative mode, animals, monsters) are done, something like "public votes" will be possible.

    Jein. Man kann Zelte craften, sie frei in der Welt platzieren, und in ihnen auch die Nacht verbringen (gleiche Funktion wie Betten).
    Erst mit dem nächsten Update passt sich beim Übernachten (sowohl in Zelten als auch Betten) der Spawnpunkt an. Außerdem soll es in Zukunft möglich sein, Items in Zelten zu lagern (das wird im gleichen Zuge kommen wie Kisten/Truhen).


    Und zum Thema "Camping" werden auch noch mehr Möglichkeiten im Laufe der Zeit kommen, wie schon am Anfang des Threads angesprochen: Andere Zelte, Lagerfeuer, Kochstellen etc. :)


    Mhh, you are thinking in long time terms. I hope that we all looking back to the first of many self-developed games in 10 years.
    If you keep that in mind, I think you have 2 years to integrate it into concept. After that the next game should be in the pipline :D


    If everything goes well, that's the plan. We have quite some ideas for future games. But we'll focus on Concept at least until it reaches its final state (respectively a kind of final state). And after that, we first have some further plans to extend Concept, and I'm talking about really big things. But we will be coming back to that when the time is ripe ;)



    [...] For me concept is a high potential (as long as the developer stay focused and keep the good speed of delivering features). It just has to take the critical mass of players. This is the most important part!


    Thanks! :) Of course we do our best to bring new updates as quick as possible. Currently some updates may take a little bit longer, since there are still some critical features on our todo list, and we're only 2 developers. Apart from the game development, there are still some other tasks: implement new payment methods, work on the wiki, website etc.
    I'm sure development could be even faster in the future ;) Currently we do our best to bring new updates at intervals of 1-3 weeks.

    Are those flowers usefull for something (medicine, tea, ..?) or just nice looking? (also agree to the awesome look)


    Yes, flowers can be picked up and used as an ingredient for different things, for example to create potions, cook meals (probably you'd use herbs instead of flowers ;) ), or perhaps to colour textiles.


    I am really looking forward to new biomes, especially about the transition from on to another.
    From forest to grassland looks ok, but it could be better (no offense :D ).
    You should have a look at some forest. At the "edge" of a forest are mostly shrubs and you can not really look into the forest. Behind these "first row" of shrubs are not so many of them. The point is if you are at the grassland and someone is in the forest you should not see him so easy. I know this is a small detail but you have to take care about all transitions between the biomes to make sure that the world look smooth.


    Yes, that's true, but I think it'll work in this case. In the first step it's important to avoid something like in Mc, where you find a desert next to a polar region sometimes :D
    Anyway we'll have "simple" transitions: Between grasslands and desert you find a steppe, but that's it. Or between grasslands and polar regions you find a tundra and so on ;)

    [...] Probably it is better to concentrate on high level suggestions [...]


    That's true, but we'll do that anyway :) This is what I also wanted to say with my previous post, that we have to implement animals first, and after that, we first have to complete the survival gameplay etc.


    [...] but as my mother use to say: "If you want to do something, do it right". I made the experience that it is sometimes harder to change stuff afterwards. And why not give an input that might be relative usefull? [...]


    Your mother is right ;) When we implement something like breeding, we'll most likely do it the way you suggested. But it's uncertain when it will happen; since there is so many stuff we have to do first that is really important for the gameplay (and taming, breeding and herding is rather "fine-tuning"), it may take several months or even a year or so until the time has come =O
    Btw., it depends if something is hard to change afterwards. If we talk about a really big thing like a multiplayer mode, it's of course very hard to implement afterwards (at least in our case, where the whole world has to be in sync, and where we have to deal with a huge amount of data).
    But the more specific the change is, the easier it is to implement afterwards.


    [...] But if the dev wants animals to be something valuable, he can say animals will have, later or now, specific atributes or benefits, but progged the game like in minecraft, it might be hard to balance that later on. you know? I dont claim my ideas are mass compatible or the only way. its just a piece of colour to give the game a touch which pushes it in another direction than mc.


    The Minecraft system is good, but it's also very basic. So we always welcome any suggestions to make our game more individual ;)


    I don't want to say that you have to keep your ideas in your mind. What I am trying to say is that you should try take make a top -> down (or the other way) discussion.
    Start at a high level and go into detail (or start at a low level and go to high level).


    For example:
    [...]


    So you see there are a lot of thing to think about and one of them is your point. I am more the development guy and so I have to think about the whole concept of something [...]


    Of course this would be more helpful, but we can't claim that. Every suggestion is welcome, it doesn't matter how detailed it's described, or how important it is. Undetailed descriptions or "fine-tuning"-features may take a long time until they're implemented, and detailled descriptions are more helpful for sure, as long as that's kept in mind, and nobody expects that his suggestion will be in the game shortly, everything is going to be alright :)


    [...] Maybe adding a kind of script that tells: [...]


    That will definitely be possible :)


    I am also getting your point and I am with you. Sadly I made the experience that thinking small (all the time) could be extremly bad for the whole game. I am also a friend of details and I love talking about crazy new ideas no other game will ever have. But keep in mind that even this game will never have it


    This "all the time" is a very important part in your sentence ;) Thinking small all the time is extremely bad for the game, that's a bitter reality, but thinking sometimes small won't hurt ^^
    And bringing a lot of cool features in the game is not impossible, but a very very very time consumpting task. You see that when taking a look at Minecraft: Even today they're adding cool new stuff, but they're working on the game since a very long time. They can afford it, they earned so much money (and still sell plenty copies of that game) that there is no real need to make new games as fast as possible to avoid declaring insolvency.
    As long as a game is not such a huge success, you have to concentrate on the most important "cool features" ;)


    [...] ( red51: challenge for you to disprove me :D )


    Challenge accepted. What's the time frame? 10 years? :D


    [...] But to be honest, i dont know much about scripting etc. Just hope the lua stuff is as easy as i hope so i can do the stuff i like to see^^ for example the optionalbe marketstand without an admin needed^^


    Don't worry, it's not that hard ;) Lua is also easy to learn. This scripting system is comparable to SA:MP, MTA or IV:MP (yes, mods for a completely different game, but the basic idea of writing a gamemode is the same).
    But currently it's nearly impossible to write gamemodes without any documentation. You should wait until our wiki is available ;)


    In my personal opinion should be a herd and its basic behavior part of the main game and not from a lua script. But to decide this is part of the developer.


    That's the way it's currently intended :) Of course there is a basic behavior, spawning, AI etc. You only write a Lua script if you want to change this behavior, for example if animals should not spawn during evening, or if a monster should be spawned instead every time an animal should have spawned, or simply to completely prevent wild animal spawning.

    [...] oh, btw, a meltingsystem would be nice ;) instead of repairing stuff to the unlimited you could "recycle" stuff [...]


    Yes, something like a "recycle system" is planned, that tools or weapons can be melted to get some of the basic materials back.


    [...] If I hear coins (or money) it reminds me to the question about "in game sales". Are you planning to do this? [...]


    By no means! We will never implement something like ingame sales or something like that, at least nothing that can be exchanged with "real" money ;)


    Trading on the other hand is a planned feature. You'll be able to trade with other players at all time, simply by right-clicking them. This will open a trading menu where you can simply exchange items. So you may trade your iron sword for 32 apples for example ;) Or you may also give away your sword for free as a gift.


    Apart from that it'll also be possible for serveradmins to spawn NPC's, and you can give them different task and you can define how they should interact with other players: For example, you can say that they should simply attack hostile mobs when they're close enough (so the NPC will become something like a guard), or you can create a conversation (so the NPC may tell you the serverrules or -news). Of course you can also say that the NPC should be a trader, and you're able to define what items he has in stock, and what they'll cost.
    All these things can be done in creative mode. You should know that the creative mode will be more likely an "ingame-editor". There you place the NPCs and you'll get different tools (e.g. a conversation editor) to define the interactions. Advanced users can combine this with Lua scripting of course ;)


    Perhaps we will also implement something like a "travelling trader" for the singleplayer: A trader will spawn something near you with his cart for a certain amount of time where you can buy or sell items. But this feature is still uncertain...


    [...] If the player now has the ability to "transform" rare stuff into coins it would make the game more lorefriendly [...]


    Yes, that's why it'll be possible to craft coins (e.g. copper, silver and gold coins, but without "mixing" different ores, since this would be a little bit too complicated, and that also implies that "mixing" ores should also be possible for weapons or tools, and that goes beyond the scope of the game =O ). Combined with the ability of the serverowner to exclude some items from crafting, coins become a "real" currency that cannot be forged by someone else.


    [...] Instead player could "rent" a specific "marketstandsize" and offer their goods there [...]


    That's something the serverowner is responsible for. "Renting" something is - of course - not intended by the game, so it's necessary to do this either by virtue of agreement (e.g. you have a hotel with serveral rooms, every door is locked, and when the player gives you whatever you want for one night, you give him the key for a door), or by creating a custom Lua script (remember that this is really a special thing we're talking about, so Lua is the only real solution for implementing something that individual) ;)

    Don't worry, you're definitely not spamming the forum, you can write as much as you want, we welcome any posts :thumbup:


    First of all: Yes, we're planning to bring a form of payment into the game. It will simply be an item (perhaps coins, maybe they will be threated differently from regular items). Since server-admins (yes, once again, payment is a multiplayer-only feature) will get the ability in the future to restrict items (so that they can't be crafted), they're the only ones who can control how much money is in circulation ;)


    About the silver- and goldmines, allocated among different kingdoms: This is difficult to implement due to the randomness of the world; if the world would not be random, this would be much easier. In addition, ores will also occur randomly, comparable to Minecraft. The occurrence is only influenced by the depth and the current biome (e.g. diamonds are more common in deserts etc.).

    That's your decision, if you want to write in english, write in english, if you want to write in german, write in german (preferably in the german section of the forum) :D


    Once again, I like your suggestion! How should players find out the quality of the animals products? By trial and error?


    But this feature will also take a long time until it's fully implemented, since we currently don't have any animals at all, and we're working on bringing them into the game ;) Once they're ingame, we have to implement all other things that are necessary for survival gameplay first, then we can do this kind of "fine-tuning" :)

    German:
    Wir haben die Angelegenheit innerhalb des Teams besprochen, und wir denken, dass wir am Lua scripting System festhalten sollten, da dieses Feature ja auch nur im Multiplayer wirklich Sinn macht. Momentan ist nichts dergleichen geplant wie ein Bürgermeister, Städte oder Königreiche (natürlich abgesehen von durch Spieler geschaffene Städte oder Königreiche), aber all dies kann problemlos mithilfe von Lua umgesetzt werden.
    Aber wie gesagt, wir werden definitiv ein paar grundlegende Scripts erstellen, auch sowas wie du dir gewünscht hast, welche auch völlig ohne Programmierkenntnisse verwendet werden können :) Ingame wird man ohnehin keinen Unterschied feststellen ^^


    English:
    We discussed the matter in the team, and we think, that we should stick with the Lua scripting system, since this feature only makes sense in multiplayer. Currently there is nothing planned like a mayor, cities or kingdoms (of course apart from player-made cities or kingdoms), but everything can be easily done with Lua.
    But as mentioned, we will definitely create some basic scripts, also something like what you've requested, which can be used without any programming knowledge :) You won't see a difference ingame anyway ^^

    Hi Marxell,


    thanks for your suggestions! :)


    1. Yeah, that would be a nice feature, but brings a few difficulities concerning the way we have to store those information (which block is damaged, what amount of damage etc.). We're planning to add this feature for objects, with different "damage stages": For example when hitting a door, it will break up more and more.
    We'll have a look if we can also implement this feature for blocks ;)


    2. This is already possible with custom lua scripts. You can control who is allowed to build or destroy something within defined areas. You can also create something like factions or groups, and define which group may place a block, or pick up an item etc. depending on the current location of the player. It's even possible to add new elements to the GUI, e.g. a small label in the bottom of your screen showing the name of the area or it's owner or something like that.
    We will offer more scripts "out of the box" in the future, so that they can be used without any programming knowledge. Futhermore, we are working on a wiki and more tutorials, to bring light into the darkness ;)
    Or do you think that "claiming lands" should be a "core feature" of the game?


    3. Sounds good! There is already a map in the game, but it's quite useless, so it can't be crafted at the workbench ^^ Your idea is a good approach I think, I like the cartography aspect :) But it will still take a bit of time until this feature is implemented.

    Hi folks!


    You've probably expected a new update, but unfortunately, it's not ready yet || This is due to the fact that the game is undergoing some bigger changes, and we're also doing a lot of bugfixes. We're not only working on the game, but are also implementing a new payment method: paysafecard, which will hopefully available in the next few weeks.


    Concerning the game, we're currently fixing a lot of annoying things, e.g. "flying plants" near cave entrances, or missing grass at some locations. We also replaced the old filebrowser (which was used for uploading custom images) by an ingame solution, since the old one caused many problems.


    Another point: With the next update, there will be a new biome type: Grassland, with only a few trees, and many smaller plants (which are also new) like flowers, ferns etc.


    This is just the first step of realizing some bigger features. Here is an overview of the new features and also a roadmap for the next time:



    Next update:

    • Changed worldgeneration to generate bigger cave entrances
    • Added a new "biometype": Grassland with only few trees
    • New ingame-filebrowser to select and upload custom images
    • New plants: Flowers, ferns, mushrooms
    • Fixed a lot of annoying "cosmetic" problems, like flying trees near cave entrances
    • Changed the look of the grass
    • Fixed a lot of problems related to cutting grass


    Following updates (in the long term):

    • New biomes, like desert, tundra, polar region, savanna etc.
    • New crafting gui with clearer navigation
    • Extended construction system
    • Animals and Monsters
    • Chests to store your items
    • Corpses when you die, allowing you to get your stuff back
    • Ability to deconstruct objects, pack tents etc.
    • Creative Mode (containing many, many tools)
    • ...


    Note: There will be of course more things we'll implement, so this list is not complete ;) And btw., this list is not sorted.
    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________


    Lastly, I want to show you a few screenshots of some of the new features:



    Meadows:




    Ingame-filebrowser:




    Flowers:



    Stay tuned! :)

    Hey folks!


    The new update is now available! The launcher downloads it automatically - as always :)


    This update introduces static lighting, i.e. you get the ability to place torches in the world. In order to place a torch in the world, you have to craft a mount for it. After placing the mount, you can attach the torch to it. Afterwards, you can pickup the torch at all time and hold it in your hands, while it still spends light.


    This update also contains some major bugfixes.


    Current restrictions, which will be fixed in the future:

    • Torchlights will not be blocked by walls
    • Sometimes light is wrong, but gets updated correctly after modifying the chunk
    • Rotation of mounts does not fit exactly to special blocktypes, like cylinders


    ---------------------------------------------------------------


    Full changelog:

    • [New] Static lighting works now again (i.e. torches can be placed in the world)
    • [New] A mount for torches can be crafted which is required to place torches on walls etc.
    • [Change] Chunks are now saved differently which should be a little bit more efficient
    • [Change] Object and Vegetations receive light with higher precision now
    • [Change] Renamed some Lua database functions
    • [Change] Adjusted specular lighting
    • [Change] Reduced direct memory consumption by sharing more buffers
    • [Bugfix] Fixed the problem that plants (trees, scrubs) were fully black sometimes
    • [Bugfix] Fixed some problems with the ingametime
    • [Bugfix] Fixed a bug that you wake up after sleeping while it was still night
    • [Bugfix] Lua Label and Panel setX() and setY() work properly now
    • [Bugfix] Lua setTimer() function no longer causes a 'ConcurrentModificationException'
    • [Bugfix] Server no longer skips night when no player is online
    • [Bugfix] Hopefully fixed the problem with missing chunks