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Messing with measures
So, the length property has been added for tying equipment, and I've been working on to update item conversions and crafting requirements to accept this brand new addition. Adding measure of length is a perfect example of seemingly simple, yet fundamental addition which extends all around the code and has brought up numerous related features. Here's where we are at now with tying equipment additions, and now I hope to be able to catch up with more NPC stuff - where I was before getting entwined by ropes and cords. - added: measure of length for tying equipment Appropriate items, such as ropes, now have a length property. The unit of length we use is foot (ft), and should an item have a length property it is displayed both in inventory menu and when looking at items on the ground. This addition foremostly affects to crafting material requirements which can now be length based. - added: new crafting category under [M]ake menu: "Tying quipment" This category contains the usual ropes and cords, which are now removed from their previous location in "Utility articles". - added: Join and shorten options to manipulate tying equipment lengths Under "Tying equipment" category within [M]ake menu there are options for joining and shorterning ropes and cords as sometimes specific length is desired. You may not want to spend full length rope on something that requires only a short piece, or you may need to join cords together to come up with long enough string for a specific craft. - changed: tying equipment requirements in crafting are now length based Instead of requiring certain number of cords and ropes all the tying equipment requirements are now length based. - reasoned: required tying equipment types in some crafting recipes For example: When making arrows, previously you could use any "tying equipment" in the process - including ropes. Now arrow making requires "cord", a little finer and more specific tying equipment. - added: tying equipment used in cookery do not disappear in the process anymore You can pick your ropes and cords back after the smoking and drying processes are done. These are future additions, not yet functional in current version 3.52. July 10, 2019, 01:40:01 PM |
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Summery summary in the midst of upcoming version hype
Yes, yes. Yet another version is cooking up. That's not news. That's how it goes with UnReal World. But what it will be about, and when to expect a release? That would be more like news. And that's what this post is about. Summer is always a busy season. There's so much happening that it's hard to even summarize what's happening. Many of the warm days and nightless nights get spent on recreational activities, but working hours in the development chambers have been also been busy and sweaty. Now lets take a look at what has happened, and to where all this is taking us. Some of this stuff may have been announced already, but it doesn't hurt to drool once again. The main focus of upcoming version is laid on NPCs. This applies to both companions you can hire for yourself, and wandering woodsmen you may meet in the wild. But that's not all. I'll cover some of the upcoming new features in the chunks of text below. I won't add screenshots this time, but a few selected historical image sources from Finnish museums and archives. Some of these may not be era-accurate, but mood and theme suitable nevertheless. Wandering NPCs will actively hunt animals, based on their cultural preferences, and also utilize the kills the best they can. This opens up possibilities for numerous exciting incidents to take place as the woods with hunters and their game now becomes far more alive and complex than before. The very act of NPCs hunting is propably rarely witnessed by the player character but traces and remains found in the woods can tell a story of another human hunter at the area. Wandering woodsmen and adventurers may now also occasionally have dog companions with them. And just like the dogs owned by player characters these will also protect their masters.  "Hunter with his gear" Photographer: Sirelius U.T. 1898 National Board of Antiquities / Suomalais-ugrilainen kuvakokoelma / SUK36:263 License: CC BY 4.0 Companion usefulness gets boosted with several new tasks they can do on demand New companion commands are: * butcher and skin carcasses * roast meat or fish * make logs and boards Companions skills naturally affect to outcome of the tasks so their expertise can be sometimes used to obtain higher quality goods than what the player characters could produce by themselves. That's cool, you might think. And you also might think of few other tasks companions could do. Indeed. Same here. We actually do have a few more things regarding companions still under construction. Currently we're working on mechanisms to allow unoccupied companions automatically to help you with laborous tasks (eg. building) thus shortening the working time. Well, we haven't concentrated solely on living things. Here's a few of probably the most interesting additions and features regarding item galore; Harvesting and utilizing birch-bark It will be possible to harvest and utitilize birch-bark in crafting. Birch-bark is peeled and removed from a tree in long strips which are then wound to a ball for storage. (As a trivia, this kind of balls are called 'Sommelo' in Finnish.) It will be possible for player character now to craft birch-bark shoes, caps, boxes, baskets - and also birch-bark ropes.  Ball of birch-bark, 'Sommelo'. The National Museum of Finland / Yleisetnografiset kokoelmat / VK5354:11 License: CC BY 4.0 Measure of length for tying equipment Tying equipment such as ropes and cords now have a length property, and tying equipment requirements in crafting are now length based. There will be also options for joining and shorterning ropes and cords as sometimes specific length is desired. Armour and cloth quality having impact on their protective values High quality armours and clothes now provide more protection, and the low quality ones provide less. In most cases this covers more than one coverage aspect, but always at least the most important aspect for the item in question. Footwear wearing out in use Shoes and boots now wear out in use ie. when walking or otherwise moving around by foot. Footwear material determines their durability.  Reindeer fur boots, 'Nutukkaat'. The National Museum of Finland / Suomalais-ugrilaiset kokoelmat / SU4724:35 License: CC BY 4.0 Let this be enough for summery summary about what to expect. Now then there's that other question... When we're done with those "few more things" still pending to be added it is time to start wrapping things up for a beta release. I'm quite reluctant to set or mention any deadlines as they usually don't keep, but if we think it out loud then... It shouldn't take more than few weeks to finish the most urgent pending to-do's. Then a week of extensive testing and adjusting the latest additions, and then if everything goes fine it's time to start final packaging. So... ...we could be seeing first beta of the brave new version in early september. And from there on, what has been laid in there will still be evolving and growing, stabilizing and multiplying. It should be noted that the beta version will be released on Steam, and for lifetimers, and standalone (donation-based, free-of-charge) installers will follow after significantly longer time than what we have used to in the past. This is because the donation-based distribution has been receiving very marginal and insufficient support for years already, and I have to reason things out how to balance with the current distribution models. I'll be happy to answer possibly puzzled questions of relatively recent of near-future intending donors but that will have to await until next week - but don't hesitate to even e-mail if you feel like it. August 05, 2019, 11:53:54 AM |
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Re: Desire for more
Back in the day, when we wanted to mod a game from its very core - which of course wasn't the term used - or we did create that game by ourselves, more or less from the scratch.  Changing the essence is not modding anymore, in my books at least. Our primary mission is to develop this unique iron-age game, and not all-purpose modding script language - so what you'll be able to do with UrW modding is foremostly expanding and tuning the existing. September 01, 2019, 05:56:01 PM |
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Re: Tufted duck?
Tufted ducks have been checked out now, and indeed there was a tufted bug - or a little something to tweak regarding their commonness. Even though tufted ducks could be found their commonness value was mistakenly initialized to minimum default and not to their species specific value. So, they were super rare. It's fixed now and in the next patch tufted ducks will be more common. September 03, 2019, 04:02:21 PM |
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With a little help from companions. And the approaching release.
It's september. It's release month. We're making final touches, tests and preparations to allow first beta of upcoming version 3.60 to go live in few weeks - on Steam and for lifetimers, that is. It is also likely that the first beta will be released for Windows only, and other platforms will follow later on. This is because our OSX and Linux maintainer is super busy this month, and aiming for synchronized release would delay things far onto October. When the rumble starts we'll be seeing several beta versions on our way towards stable tag as there's still stuff on 3.60 to-do list. As mentioned, the main focus of upcoming version is laid on NPCs and companions. Several new NPC/companion features have been mentioned in previous posts, and we'll hereby highlight one more big addition. - added: companions can help you with laborous tasks thus shortening the working time Unoccupied companions now spontaneously help you with many different tasks. Their labor input helps to finish the physical work in shorter time, but doesn't otherwise affect to result or quality of the task outcome. The help companions provide is imagined to be something they can do without specific tools, but the kind which makes it easier and faster to finish the work together. For example: When building a log wall it helps to have extra hands around for moving and setting the logs in place even if the player character would be the one who does the necessary carving. When softening the skin with beater as a final stage of tanning process it helps to have somebody around to check, adjust or tighten the skin if necessary. When setting and retrieving nets it helps to have somebody to row the watercraft. The tasks where companions can currently help you are as follows: * all the building tasks * building trap constructions * setting and retrieving nets * harvestring bark * tanning stages of cleaning, applying tanning material and final softening * crafting rafts * crafting leather ropes * crafting birch-bark containers and ropes The tasks are 10-20% faster to perform with a companion and in many cases having multiple helping pairs of hands shortens the time 5-10% more per companion. However, the benefits of helpers is gapped at three (3) companions, so having more than three helpers doesn't shorten the the working time any further. It depends on the task how many helpers is the optimal number, and this varies from one to three companions. Companions do help you with these tasks completely spontaneously, without any commands, if they are free from other chores and can reach the player character. You will be notified about companions helping you with specific messages displayed right after starting the task. These messages also tell if you are being assisted with the optimal maximum number of companions for the task in question. If you receive help from some companion(s), but the task would be even easier with more helping hands the message is, for example, as follows: "You get some help with this task from Ahti." And if you have the optimal maximum number of helpers the message is, for example, as follows: "Tapio, Korjus and Visa help you with this task."  Screenshot of upcoming version 3.60. Companion helps the character with setting the net. It should be noted that the beta version will be released on Steam, and for lifetimers, and standalone (donation-based, free-of-charge) installers will follow after significantly longer time than what we have used to in the past. This is because the donation-based distribution has been receiving very marginal and insufficient support for years already, and I have to reason things out how to balance with the current distribution models. I'll be happy to answer possibly puzzled questions of relatively recent of near-future intending donors but that will have to await until next week - but don't hesitate to even e-mail if you feel like it. September 04, 2019, 12:51:53 PM |
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Re: Board Inflation
Village resource usage (eg. boards) in crafting without seemingly any reaction from villagers is indeed confusing. We probably should add that to be clearly announced mischief behaviour. When it comes to gaining wealth with monotonous trading of single item it's now quite easy to add restrictions similar to boards. Paw-boards will end up on that list in the next patch, as it's been the next hot exploit after boards. So, just throw in the list of items which you find exploitish due to grind trading for wealth and we'll add a reasonable wanted maximum for them in a flash. September 12, 2019, 07:20:06 PM |
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Re: Version 3.60 beta [for Windows] released on Steam, and for Lifetime members
UPDATE: Sep-17-2019 | 14:00 UTC+2. 3.60 (beta) hotfix 1 released. If you're on beta-branch on Steam your game will auto-update. For lifetimers the hotfix is also available. Following issues were fixed: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - added: peeling bark from village trees is considered a breach and not allowed - added: building at the village area is considered a breach and not allowed - fixed: villagers didn't mind using their lumber for building something - fixed: villagers didn't mind utilizing their logs with timbercraft options - fixed: wrong properties of player crafted clothes made of other materials than leather and fur Mixed corrupted values, from coverage aspects to weight, could end up in eg. player crafted birch-bark clothes, possibly affecting modded clothes to appear wonky as well. This also resulted in clothes wearing out too soon if the weight property was one of the corrupted values. - fixed: player crafted fur and leather cloth weights calculated wrong Finished cloth weights were based on actual material usage, which didn't follow the intended addition of material requirements always slightly exceeding the finished cloth weight. - fixed: birch-bark ropes occasionally losing their rope status, and not working as one - fixed: birch-bark worked as cloth material, allowing making of bandages for example ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 17, 2019, 02:21:19 PM |
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Re: Thin skinned elk calf
It's been quite a hunt, but this is fixed now. Weights and everything was set okay when the young animals were born/created, but the bug was lurking in the young animal growth maintenance where they sometimes might gain adult meat weight in couple of days. That's why the bug manifested itself only when young animals had gone through couple of maintenances, and at first every young animal seemed just fine with meat yields in order. Fixed - persists in 3.60beta-hotfix3. October 16, 2019, 09:40:06 AM |
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Re: More Tracking info
This is coming up. Both limping and animal size info will be added to tracking description.
November 25, 2019, 10:36:04 AM |
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A few selection related additions
The last update of year 2019 is coming up. Here's sneak peek of selection related additions to make your journeys in the far north a little more comfortable: - added: target selection if multiple creatures occupy the same location where an action is to be done If there are multiple creatures at the location where you proceed to execute certain actions you will be asked to select the target creature. This applies to following actions: - melee attack - packing and unpacking animals - looking at the location - added: when [C]ommanding animals the animal name is displayed in the menu title For example, if you would command a dog called Rekku the menu title appear as: "ANIMAL COMMANDS: REKKU" This helps owners of multiple animals to be sure they chose to command the desired one. - added: tree in front of the character automatically selected when cutting branches You don't have to specify a direction for cutting and peeling actions if there's a tree in front the character you. That tree is always automatically selected for these actions. - changed: need for heated room, fireplace or fire are checked first in cookery recipes It's more convenient that way as you aren't bothered with meaningless ingredient selections if these requirements aren't met. These are future additions, not yet functional in the current version 3.60. The update featuring these additions - and more - is to be released still in 2019. December 04, 2019, 05:04:13 PM |
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