Posts by ArcticuKitsu

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  • ArcticuKitsu's Wishlist/Suggestion

    To what Tryst said the TVs in Tower Unite are still the best with how you can just copy & paste links with ease. VRchat does it stupidly that Tower Unite is the best that if Red51 wants to hang out in Tower Unite one day that we should so he can see how TVs should function in Rising World. Red51, if you ever get to the point of monitors & TVs, please do poke me so we can play Tower Unite so I can show you a few things as inspiration :D


    Also, agree that TVs & monitors/computers should show videos stored in "video" folders in the directory.


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    - Dragon's Dogma - Pawns (NPC Companions):


    We honestly need NPC companions badly that I'm bringing it up because of how important they are. I still admire how adaptive the ai 'Black & White'' Familiar AI with how helpful it was that I wish more game developers had that sort of AI to help with things. That AI would learn that something similar was done in Dragon's Dogma that I need to bring it up again with how I'm playing it again, admused by their behaviour. Sure, Dragon Dogma's AI ain't the best, but it contains something other AI doesn't have that they learn from their environment while even guiding the players that something like this should be looked into for Rising World. DD's AI learns from both you & other players that they can guide players through the game by moving levers, and etc. They become more proficient in what they do by exploiting the weakness of creatures that they can then pass this knowledge onto you, onto other players who hire your Pawn, and etc. You can even set when they can gather loot, how they attack, and how they should behave. The Pawns in Dragon's Dogma even break crates so they can get loot that they're basically smart children, as they're portrayed as being living "dolls" serving their "Masters". They need Players or else they'd be lost wandering souls with no drive......


    For Rising World we still have yet gain NPCs, let alone NPC companions. For "if" & "when" we do, Dragon's Dogma (Black & White) would be a good place to seek actual inspiration from that your main humanoid companion should ask you how they should behave around you that you should be able to set their perimeters of what they should do. You could specialize them to be resources gatherers, body-guards, or whichever..... Tell them when to loot, how to loot, how to mine (spiral, grid, & etc), while even guiding players on certain things.


    If Red51 is able, he should give us the option to spawn into worlds with our first companion by rescuing them nearby so they can then guide us as we aid them. They would tell us to build shelter, help us with chopping wood, cooking food, telling you to look at your journal, help you find water to fish from, and etc. Basically similar things to Dragon's Dogma that it would be an interesting experience. They should learn from you on how to do things that if you're a fighter they should ask if you want them to be a fighter that they'll fight your style. If you're a farmer & etc they should learn how you plant crops, and etc. Maybe even offer up some tips? For other players this could be used in a similar manner of teaching one NPC companion how to react to specific environments, NPCs, and such that they may behave differently the next time around in a more 'Rising World' manner. They would probably shoot bandits from a far, or something like that.


    I know I"m being greedy here first wishing for NPC Companions just that I'm admiring how adaptive Dragon's Dogma AI behaves that I would love something similar attempted for Rising World for immersion sake, not just my own. As much as I say it's for me this is more for RIsing World's benefit as well. Red51 attempting an "adaptive AI" would be an interesting task, if it can be done.


  • YouTuber calls RisingWorld a Minecraft rip off

    The "dramatic teen" was a few months early for the various plugins & the player model update. That video was posted on February 18, 2017 when we had the new player models in mid-to-late December. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I'm seeing. Also, I see that just about anybody can be a Youtuber, yet thankfully people are migrating to Twitch thanks to how vile Youtube itself is being by preferring bigger youtubers over smaller ones. Finding content is becoming harder that you simply get "teen drama", such as this video that you just found. Yes, "teen drama".


    What a goof... What a brainless goof...... People in his comment section also getting triggered at him for cursing that even his community is unstable. I hope Youtube algorithms also nukes his views as it has done with other youtubers favouring bigger Youtubers over small ones. I hope it's actually nuking him right now that people are flocking/migrating over to Twitch instead.


    So many cheap shots, but as Mino said thankfully we have better player models & plugins to protect ourselves form such a brainless buffoon as him seeking cheap views.

  • VR (Virtual Reality)

    Another batch of VR games to note because of 'October Rush', or whichever it was. A few good ones in there :) It's short because I'm tracking the likes of 'Castaway VR', among others. More would have found their way onto the list.


    - Innocent Forest: The Bird of Light: https://store.steampowered.com…Forest_The_Bird_of_Light/ (Short and sweet)
    - H3VR: https://store.steampowered.com…orseshoes__Hand_Grenades/ (Gun simulator)
    - Code 51: Mecha: https://store.steampowered.com/app/640760/Code51Mecha_Arena/ (Low care & attention; PVE game & poor spelling)
    - Conjure Strike: https://store.steampowered.com/app/924960/Conjure_Strike/ (50/50 PVE game)
    - Accounting+: https://store.steampowered.com/app/927270/Accounting/ (Horror comedy)
    - Star Shelter: https://store.steampowered.com/app/698260/Star_Shelter/ (Survival space sim)
    - Final Approach: https://store.steampowered.com/app/380670/Final_Approach/
    - Run of Mydan: https://store.steampowered.com/app/640300/Run_Of_Mydan/
    - Witching Tower VR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/800200/Witching_Tower_VR/
    - Ground Runner Trials: https://store.steampowered.com…060/Ground_Runner_Trials/
    - Beat Champion: https://store.steampowered.com/app/922190/Beat_Champion/
    - SCP: Blackout: https://store.steampowered.com/app/963400/SCP_Blackout/
    - Bladeline VR: https://store.steampowered.com/app/778110/Bladeline_VR/


    Stupid Code 51 game being a PVP oriented game..... We need competent game developers to release a PVE orientated co-op mecha game..... Or Bandai-Namco to get off their lazy greedy rear ends to make a PSVR version of a Gundam game that should also be a PC Steam Version. If they do make a VR game of Gundam then it would be a PSVR exclusive.... Stupid Bandai-Namco....


    I'm still bitter about waiting on 'Steel & Soul'. Give me one god damn mecha PVE game.... One GOOD one..... *rant rand; Vent vent* :cursing: When it does release in December 31st, 2018. (IF it does) I'll finally be happy that another void has been filled in. VR market severely needs a good PVE mecha game.... It's all PVP garbage with maybe one good PVP game.


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    I'm also bitter about how desktop mode developers keep saying "we have no plans for VR" that it basically bites them in the ass. Yeah, no **** VR market is lacking when you don't add to it. The developers for Bus Sim 18 left themselves open, yet the UBOAT one being more "tense" that it's bugging me.


    Quote from gen100mek

    There are no plans for VS support. Not in this kind of game.


    Well, that's your fault. I know I'm being harsh and whiny but honestly that's your fault. I tested the game that it has free-roaming elements that this game needs to support it. It has two modes with one being "tactical" with the other being "free-roamy" exploration for 'Silent Hunter 3' tributes. The Uboat is nicely detailed that it would be perfect as eye candy as well. It was neat in desktop mode; Should be better in VR. The game feels like a 80% polished and modernized SH3 game that it can actually support VR, if the developers cared. But now that they closed the door you guys basically shot yourself in the foot with what could be considered a shotgun, or even a rocket launcher. Not a pistol, as the saying may imply.


    That's a nice middle finger there for the VR market. RIP. Yeah, I'm salty... I"m angry..... Why? As a consumer I'm seeing voids with skilled developers making excuses. They may be correct making their decisions that I'm just a whiny customer, just that there's a thing called "supply and demand". It needs to be respected. That's why I'm furious. People have the skill, yet won't use it. But now that I said this I'm expecting to be counter-called on this one for how emotionally charged my posting is.

  • Fun with Musescore

    This is awesome that I love the track Joni made for it. Whatever system we get for Rising World I would love this in for Joni to use, and others who can actually read note music. NPCs should be able to read from from the current musical keys, as well as this one Joni mentioned. Whatever Red51 is able to do :)

  • VR (Virtual Reality)

    Has it really been a month? Damn. Well, at this point I'm wishing Oculus would have braided their USB cables similar to how PS3 USB cables are. Why? Because they don't tangle. I'm having to slowly untangle the damn Oculus Rift cables damn it. Also been too busy to keep up that I haven't done my weekly or bi-weekly research.


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    Steal and Soul mecha game was to release that it was postponed till December 31st, 2018 from October 15th that I'm annoyed.


    - Cyberthreat: https://store.steampowered.com/app/516590/CyberThreat/
    - No King No Kingdom VR: https://store.steampowered.com…00/No_King_No_Kingdom_VR/ - (This game needs to be supported for concept)
    - VR Curling: https://store.steampowered.com/app/959920/VR_Curling/
    - Apollo 11 VR HD: https://store.steampowered.com/app/953840/Apollo_11_VR_HD/
    - Battle of Kings VR: https://store.steampowered.com…78250/Battle_of_Kings_VR/
    - RUSH: https://store.steampowered.com/app/844040/RUSH/


    I'm also trying to nudge SCS Software to add actual VR support to both Euro Truck SIm 2 & American Truck Sim to what seems to be a bust. UBOAT developers noted there are no plans that I find that foolish with how neat their game is allowing for interesting First Person interactions with the world and submarine. Bus Simulator 18 still hasn't added VR support that it's also their loss.


    If this is about the VR market having a small fanbase, then no s**t! You're not making enough games for the VR market on the level of Beat Saber, VRchat, and etc. Trying to pass it off as magical things shall happen....... I would make VR games if I could..... I love SpicyTail's response that he's making a Spice and Wolf VR game for VR because it'll add towards the VR market. I'm upset with SCS Software especially with how they only have a pet project going on thanks to one developer that they're not going all in with the VR market..... It frustrates me. Sure, maybe making games for VR is costly & "hard", yet it's getting easier every month that it's becoming less and less believable on the "hard" part. If you want to make VR games, you can. There's experienced developers to learn from now, as well as games to study to make it happen!



    I'm however going to give 'No King No Kingdom VR' my support because of the unique concept it has that it honestly needs to be spotlighted and supported. It's a unique gem (like Deisim) needing to be supported in the VR market.

  • [0.9.4] Random Crash

    I'm sure this is the same issue, but if it isn't here's something else.


  • Custom Sounds API Confusion?

    Well, I have a lot of questions that I still don't know how to use them because someone has to show how it's done for me to tweak and change things. I do thank you for posting that, for showing what goes where, just that I'm still too much of an idiot to make proper use of it. I wouldn't know how to take that to play custom sound that I think I have to bug someone to make me a plugin that I could tweak similar to how you tweak the server files.


    So, you're saying if we hit signs to play them? Awesome. Still recommend buttons and levers, or some "interactive" objects. I can work something out, just need a simplified tutorial to work off of. I never coded something like this.

  • Changelog 2018-09-26: Fishing, boats and more!

    Quote from red51

    This can be indeed confusing: when loading a magazine into the gun, it gets "consumed", so it no longer appears in your inventory (same with musket balls, rifle clips or arrows - once they're "loaded", they won't show up in the inventory). Once the magazine for the semi-auto rifle is loaded, you have 20 rounds. I agree that we need a separate indicator on the hud for this

    Makes sense, and something I figured was happening. Well, whatever you do I'll accept that now that I know it's 20 I could estimate how many is left now. It's turning into my new favourite gun for self defense.

    Quote from red51

    Basically this is a good idea, but we need a proper way to handle this in multiplayer. It wouldn't be an issue when playing singleplayer or if there is only one player on the server, but what happens if there are several players online and player A wants to sleep for 5 hours, while player B only wants to sleep 1 hour?

    Awesome. Well, a voting thing could probably be placed, or even admin over-rides. If major players sleep they can over-ride other people's game sessions, or even a tally of majority that if enough people sleep it queue people up........ It's late (4 am est) that I'm sure you'll figure something out :D . Ideas are ideas that you'll gain the proper ones in proper time.

  • Custom Sounds API Confusion?

    Well, that silence isn't reassuring that I can see why it's been sitting idle for so long. Well, I'm finally back home again for 3 days of peace and quiet that I want to break ground for this Custom Sound API thing that I need "some" clarification on it. Now that I have time I did a quick forum search that it lead me to these:


    https://javadoc.rising-world.n…ils/SoundInformation.html


    https://javadoc.rising-world.n…meSound-java.lang.String-


    Sound Support


    From what I'm gathering it can only play the current sounds, yet with a bit of fiddling it 'may' even play external sounds to it. You could add your own sound-effects, and such. That's neat and all, but what I'm looking for is to push this 'Custom Sound API' feature to a more 'Jukebox' state of things similar to how it's done in VRchat. What I want to be able to do is either:


    1) Set up an area where music would play in that determined box area (in a pre-determined area),
    2) Make a jukebox type thing where when you click or hit it that it would play, stop, or go to the next track..... (May need buttons and levers for this one, or an actual jukebox to configure from an .mp3 folder?)


    I fear we may need actual buttons and leavers to make use of custom sounds similar to how StaticModel plugins are done. I'm however yawning up a storm from how exhausted I am from work that tonight may not be the best, but the three following days would be. If you know something please do tell me.


    Please do help me within the three days as I can focus on it the most then.

  • Custom Sounds API Confusion?

    Alright, been meaning to try this that I finally want to give it a whirl. Well, that is if it's easy and doesn't require a higher level of scripting. I recall Red51 released an API related thing that you could trigger custom sounds to play that I would love to be able to get some sort of "mechanism" in the game to trigger these sounds that it be neat to have custom music playing. If not physical, then I would at least designate areas in where it would trigger, or so I read you could trigger such. I lost where this was posted, more so with people not really playing around with custom sounds that it's a shame... This is why I'm asking here.


    If anybody has played with these custom sounds then please do chime in because we honestly need to break ground. If you guys won't, then I will. I want to get custom sounds playing that I also want to make someone happy by being able to play the following embedded video in Rising World... Not video wise, just music.



    I have many more things on my end that I would love to get going that I want to build a 'concert hall' in Rising World that it's been an old idea even from Minecraft era. Please tell me that that the 'Custom Sound API' is easy to use..... Also please do tell me so we can get the ball rolling that I hate something so powerful sitting idle. It's like leaving a BMW, Porsche, or similar just sitting in the parking lot all day.......


    Let's get the ball rolling.

  • Changelog 2018-09-26: Fishing, boats and more!

    With how deserts play out with the temperature can we have the option to sleep to night time? When we lay in bed it should prompt us for how long, till when, and etc. I want to sleep to night time now so I can build during the night time in Rising World in desert biomes. Ylands does this, as with Skyrim.

  • Changelog 2018-09-26: Fishing, boats and more!

    Anybody have issues with the the new Rifle-Repeater gun found in the Tier 2 Crafting bench? It is indeed awesome, behaves awesome, and appears awesome. It feels awesome.


    The issue I'm having with it is more with the magazines where it seem to stack and operate weirdly that 2 turned into 1, then 0 and still fired. Then I couldn't tell how many bullets in a clip/magazine that I would love actual proper feedback of how many bullets are in a clip. Maybe I can do a manual test on the flip-side of my night, yet would love an indicator to tell me how many clips are left in the magazine.


    Maybe there's something that I'm being blind. I'd love to know an outside of the menu way of knowing.

  • [0.9.4] Random Crash

    Thanks Red51... I should have given the contest that I was running around one of my settlements that it just randomly crashed on me. Sure, I'll give it a whirl on Thursday seeing as how I have a full day off then. Maybe even tomorrow night.... We'll see how the wind blows that I'll go with the flow.

  • [0.9.4] Random Crash

    Windows 10 (x64) 10.0 Java: 1.8.0_131 amd64 0.9.4.2_39 -H:4096 -D:3072 (Steam)
    AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor, M5A78L-M LX PLUS, 16366 MB (4242 MB Heap)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 20180323000000.000000-000 23.21.13.9135
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    Uncaught exception thrown in Thread[jME3 Main,5,main]
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: This NativeObject is not registered in this NativeObjectManager
    at com.jme3.util.NativeObjectManager.deleteNativeObject(NativeObjectManager.java:136)
    at com.jme3.util.NativeObjectManager.deleteUnused(NativeObjectManager.java:188)
    at com.jme3.renderer.opengl.GLRenderer.postFrame(GLRenderer.java:939)
    at com.jme3.system.lwjgl.LwjglAbstractDisplay.runLoop(LwjglAbstractDisplay.java:189)
    at com.jme3.system.lwjgl.LwjglDisplay.runLoop(LwjglDisplay.java:198)
    at com.jme3.system.lwjgl.LwjglAbstractDisplay.run(LwjglAbstractDisplay.java:232)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

  • Changelog 2018-09-26: Fishing, boats and more!

    Quote from red51

    Oh, no, it's not related to the server. If the server has an issue, it should not have an impact on your framerate in most cases. If the game stutters (low frame rate, pauses etc), it's usually a clientside issue, but if the world takes ages to load (while you're still able to walk around), it's usually a serverside issue.
    I was actually referring to your own, clientside hard drive

    Nitrado, safe again! They must be relieved after all the times I blamed them for things. Though, that one time they left my server unprotected so they get a fail there while everything else holds up. I guess they're safe here.


    If it's client side then I guess that makes sense because Maiya did have it worse off than me that I would then have to suspect some light memory build up from having traveled quite a distance. Do the distances cache somewhere? It seemed to have gotten worse near the end that we barely made it to the ocean to fish.


    And yeah, I do blame my hard drive space that I want to buy a 1 TB Samsung SSD..... I want to finally switch to something with larger space. 300 GB isn't enough, nor is 200 GB... Everything wants to go on your SSD that it pisses me off how your hard drive slows down on the last 100 GB.... I'm constantly fighting for space on my hard drives.

  • Changelog 2018-09-26: Fishing, boats and more!

    Quote from red51

    Oh, sorry, actually there were quite a few lines missing in my previous response First of all, thanks for the videos! According to the video, these are not lags, so these framerate issues are not caused by the server (it would be a serverside issue if you could still move, but the world won't load fast enough). Huge pauses either occur if the game runs out of memory, or if there are lots of buildings or images in the world (or more precisely, in the chunk the game is currently loading). This issue can also be caused by the hard drive: there have been similar reports where people experienced a good average framerate, but huge pauses / stuttering when walking around. In these cases, it happened if the game was either installed on a slow hard drive (usb hard drive, or old 5400 RPM hdd's), or if there was a technical issue with the hard drive (bad sectors). Is your game installed on a hard drive, or on a SSD?
    Maybe you can post a report file if you experience the stuttering again. Once you run into the framerate issues, open the console and type "report", then a report file will be created in your game directory. Please upload this file here, or alternatively send it via PM or mail to me

    No worries, you're a busy guy.


    It would appear that they are (frame-rate issues), just that they're more noticable now than ever that they're really hampering the gameplay experience. Maybe it's a sign that Nitrado's hosted device is on a bad sector, or something, as you mentioned. I don't host this on my computer but on Nitrado hosting that you traveled in the world before, if in a backup from NItrado. Next time I get that I"ll try and remember to do a report because it's far more noticable and tantrumy now than it was before.


    Something is building up in the background and I'm too stupid to figure it out because I don't know how to program. ?(

  • Changelog 2018-09-26: Fishing, boats and more!

    Quote from red51

    There isn't a memory leak in this version (at least I haven't seen one^^), but the first release of the update contained some unnecessary debug output which can be a huge bottleneck for servers

    Good to hear. I was booted from my server earlier today that I lost connection that I believe I may have to just blame Nitrado for that. I honestly want to know what's causing the lag spikes because it also makes mount riding across the world a pain in the rear with all the stuttering it does. During my stream on Twitch tonight I was booted when trying to place planks on my stable that I couldn't do anything for a good 5 minutes.


    A request from both me and a Twitch viewer is that we should have an orientation arrow on campfires so we can orientate them properly in builds. Anything that rotates need arrows.


    I just love this update that even other people are having fun with it haha. Now I gotta wait till Monday evening to play Rising World some more that I'm glad that I built up my stables and a fishing hut in one of my settlements. To those that are unaware fish are seperated by ocean & lakes that you can find fish only in oceans and only in lakes... It's awesome. I now need to colonize a lake area so I can fish out a nice amount of salmon from it :whistling:

  • Changelog 2018-09-26: Fishing, boats and more!

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    [New] You can now see the insulation / protection stats of clothes


    This is helpful. Awesome. I wanted to bring this up yet glad you beat me to the punch on this one.


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    [Change] Radiators are now also considered as a source of heat
    [Change] Increased damage dealt by muskets


    Didn't think of that because everything is just placeholders. It's awesome that if I'm to do a modern build in the snowy biomes (which are few and far) I'm going to have to build my builds with radiators.


    Awesome on the musket thing, even though it can 1 or 2 shot animals. We'll see how it goes now.


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    [Bugfix] Tuna can now be cooked


    Yay!~ This makes me very happy. Now let's see how this silly bugger gets cooked heh. :thumbsup:


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    Did it happen to the animation of the other player, or to your own animation while riding a horse?


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    You mean actual lags (i.e. high ping), or framerate issues / stuttering? Did you play on a dedicated multiplayer server, or via the "Play with friends" option?


    Both. Its probably connected to the whole lag stuttering that something slowed our session down. Can't tell if it's because we were Discording with a voice call.... Maybe it was Discord causing it that the longer we played the worse it got. Though, I remember someone on Steam chat (or here) mentioned that this update has a very bad memory leak that it may be similar to the Player Foundation update. I have it on my Twitch stream if you want to give it a skim.


    https://clips.twitch.tv/PowerfulDignifiedDogBloodTrail


    This video shall expire in 14 days but it does contain various evidences of our playthrough with the lag on a dedicated server on Nitrado. Can't tell if it was Discord caused but Maiya's mic did have issues & etc.


    https://www.twitch.tv/videos/315536224?t=05h24m37s


    5 hours & 25 minutes into the video you can see how bad the lag gets on mounts. 5 hrs & 50 min in you can roughly hear the mic cutting in and out. Not sure if Discord was the cause.


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    After seeing Maiya barely having her horse flee from the tiger assault I really do hope we gain some kind of health indicator for mounts. Same with feeding them apples, or something like that. If they're hurt we should be able to heal them

  • [Plugin Request] Expeditions NPC Experimental

    Just a friendly reminder that this is still "open". Still waiting that maybe probably have been a good thing we waited this long now that we have a thing called 'pouches'.


    If this plugin can be tackled by anyone, or Mino, then fishing should be a category they should be active in by bringing back fish. Pouches should also be a thing, more so if there may be a category for 'dungeon' runs. Everything still RNG, yet still focused heavily on NPC expeditions, if illusion (invisible to the player's eye; On paper) in some page you can organize them in.


    Still would love to play with NPCs you can create and send on expeditions. Pouches would be a good thing to get after "they" return from their expeditions/adventures for either a set time, or elapsed time to then return..... Think Fallout Shelter, it's free on Steam. Those kinds of expeditions.