Testing 224: Farming! (continued)

[C0ND1T10NR3D]

And then Rowing Boats and Fishing Rods! But especially the rowing boats.

Must. Have. Rowing. Boats!

[LyndaFromHR]

This is an excellent update. Very much looking forward to the changes and the challenges coming forward.

Thank you for listening and communicating @james. It is appreciated.

[GrayFrequency]

Late to the thread, but wow I like the changes I am seeing!
Thank you @james and team

[blinvir]

@C0ND1T10NR3D

And then Rowing Boats and Fishing Rods! But especially the rowing boats.

Must. Have. Rowing. Boats!

This would be an amazing addition. However I’m a sucker for boats and rafts you can build a mobile base on lol.

Could run on combustion fuel.
I know wishful thinking but hey one can dream lol

[GrayFrequency]

Yes I agree! We need all sorts of marine life. Maybe some more underwater flora/reefs/seaweed, all different shapes/sizes/colors of fish, and seashells, crabs, eels, dolphins, etc.

( Also some ideas I had about aquarium building stuff, and fishing )

@GrayFrequency

Fish Furniture Etc.
+Ability to craft fish bowl block
+Players could build Aquariums or similar
+(Fish could be random different colors, so you could have a plethora of beautiful fish for your aquarium)

Ideas about Fishing

Fishing would be done in any world. It would be another activity you could choose to skill(?), or you could just simply just fish. Fish Drops: Eye - future potion (maybe helps with crafting a potion for breathing under water for certain amounts of time?) Fish Meat - If eaten raw it doesn’t make you sick, but it doesn’t give you a lot of energy Scales - Used to make armor (could be full purpose cosmetic and combat or just cosmetic) Shards - Higher Tier Drop if fish is elemental Where to …

[dbobick]

Y’all never disappoint. Can’t wait for this update to drop!

Thank you for reconsidering resources still dropping from blocks

[bregma]

@RatofTime

all I ask is for water creatures

Unleash… THE KRAKEN!!!

[lucadeltodecso]

a little analysis of goo plant colour morphing!

There is an extra randomisation in the color morphing that mutates the colour randomnly to a neighbour in the color graph as well, but ignoring any randomisation, this is the distribution of how many steps it takes to reach the 8 target colours goo will morph towards based on the world type, for each of the 255 colors in the game palette. So 8 steps is the “average” of how many steps there are towards the world-color

[Xaldafax]

@anon34275467

I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that on live, the light provided by gleam would be more intense.
For some reason, it seems… a little darker than what I’m used to on live.
The gleam texture does seem less emissive. Like it doesn’t have that same usual punch.

On my last call with James I pitched the ability to adjust the lights we create using a tool so we could have lighter and darker light emission. I didn’t focus on gleam but instead Lanterns. Unfortunately it was just the first in a long discussion on if this is possible and something that would be of value or not.

Are you getting at the light levels begin too bright or what?

[RedY3]

The oooh aaahs got me

[Kal-El]

I got an update to test. . wonder what is in it???

[james]

@Kal-El

I got an update to test. . wonder what is in it???

I’ll got release notes in the next couple of hours.

[Kal-El]

I was kidding. . I do see you hovering above me on test. .

[CorVeritas]

Honestly, thank you Dev’s so much. I think these changes are a great step in making this game great. Giving more options while bringing in some more balance.

[anon34275467]

@Xaldafax

Are you getting at the light levels begin too bright or what?

Uh? No no, I think the refined gleam lights up really well on live. I’d even say that the natural gleam should have more of an emissive texture to go with the refined gleam.

I was actually concerned on testing that my gold room lite with refined gleam looked a little darker than what I’m used to. If it goes live as it is, I would probably have to re-do the entire lighting of my build.

[james]

Updated OP with details of Testing 224.2.

@james

Testing 224.2:

Art + Animation + Assets:

• Reworked the crop colours to make them a little more natural on the Earth-like spawn worlds.

Crafting + Resources + Equipment:

• Wild Rice and Wheat have a small chance of appearing on starter worlds.
• Increased the max seed yield for all crops (apart from Goo, which can be targeted higher) up to 75% chance of a seed. Effectively a single seed can lead to 4 planted crops (up from 3).
• Kindling Mass Kernel now prefers to be near Bitumen instead of Ancient Corruption to differentiate it a bit more from Combustion Fraction.
• Experimental change to rice growing behaviour:
  • Rice will now grow really slowly out of water, however harvesting it out of water will increase the crop and seed yield.
  • We think this encourages a bit more fun when growing rice fields, having Citizens flood their rice fields to grow the rice, then draining the water when it is ready to harvest. Let us know your thought about this gameplay mechanic!
  • Can you find some interesting fluid patterns maybe controlled by door switches that make this interesting. Have an experiment and see what you can find.

Sanctum + Tutorial + Objectives + Progression:

• Added XP awards for placing liquids within your beacon and breaking liquids (via a tool forged with Liquid Breaker) in wild areas.

GUI + HUD:

• Added colour coding to the “Requires crop sowing:” field in crop information, showing if you have the necessary skills to plant the crop.

[Conkuur]

Bitumen is asphalt but what is it in game? excuse my ignorance.

[NerArth]

@james

Experimental change to rice growing behaviour:

• Rice will now grow really slowly out of water, however harvesting it out of water will increase the crop and seed yield.
• We think this encourages a bit more fun when growing rice fields, having Citizens flood their rice fields to grow the rice, then draining the water when it is ready to harvest. Let us know your thought about this gameplay mechanic!
• Can you find some interesting fluid patterns maybe controlled by door switches that make this interesting. Have an experiment and see what you can find.

This should be interesting. Will probably check this out when I am next on testing.

[NerArth]

Just checked, it’s solidified Petrolim:

By the way @James, not very important, but seems you can’t give yourself Bitumen or Amber in the cheat menu.

[Conkuur]

Ty you my Friend!