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Allow dogs to fetch prey floating on water
I was gathering herbs and hunting on a remote lake, shot down a few birds over water, and as I waded in to pick them up and eventually started getting cold, I started thinking it would be useful to have a command for dogs to fetch prey floating on water. The dog would pick up the bird, come back and then drop it near the owner. Of course, if the dog was hungry, it would eat the bird instead. That might be expandable to other small prey as well - for example, you set your dogs on a hare, they hunt it down, kill it and then bring the carcass to you. The latter would be a bonus, but the former would be really useful especially in early spring/late autumn, when the waters are too cold to wade in yourself just to fetch a bird for a couple of cuts of meat, and you don't have a boat or raft handy.
December 29, 2018, 11:54:40 AM |
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2019, here we come, slowly but steadily.
The time has come for me to start reaching back into the development chambers after the sick leave. My fractured shoulder is still far from fully healed, but computer work seems doable, so here we come development year 2019. Slowly but steadily that is, as the priority remains in exercising the injured arm a lot to increase mobility - rather than to get it stiff from the office work. Oh boy, little did I know how slowly fractured shoulders heal. In the original injury topic somebody made a remark that this might be my hardcore first hand research on injuries and recovery.  Well, yes, going through this actually got me thinking of going through game's recovery rules in case of fractured joints. I've been of the arm sling for five weeks now but it will still take months before I can shoot a bow again, and raising the injured arm above the shoulder level is a feat I have been doing reliably only for a week or two. And there's no way I can do it with carrying load of more than few pounds, so any hard work that requires both arms is out of the question. It also takes time to learn to move the arm 'normally' again, as the early pain didn't allow all the proper muscles to be used with some arm trajectories. It is easy to understand how easily deformed body postures are born.But here I am, dedicated to work on the arm and the game as much as possible during the 2019. I've gone through the swamp of e-mails lately and hopefully answered to everything urgent - but if you miss a reply, please do re-send your e-mail. Getting back on the track with the forums will take a bit longer, but soon enough you can expect replies to pop up here and there. Luckily my physiotherapist has also given me permission to ski, just guaranteed that I do not fall on the injured arm in any circumstances. 2019, here we come.  January 28, 2019, 06:49:56 PM |
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Re: Kaumolaiset to drik Board makeing GET RICH FAST
Is the board method dead? 
March 09, 2019, 07:32:09 AM |
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[Diary entry] Talks with PhD about folk beliefs in UnReal World
The folklore, mythology and folk beliefs displayed in UnReal World have also arised academic interest. Last weekend fresh Doctor of Philosophy, mr. Kyyrö, from Univerity of Turku School of History, Culture and Arts Studies paid a visit and came to talk about these themes for a project he is planning regarding computer games and religion. Should there be some related publications or articles in the future, I'll keep you updated, but you gotta be patient as ambitious academic studies are proceeded slowly and carefully. It's the same with ambitious iron-age inspired computer games too...  March 14, 2019, 11:11:53 AM |
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Who let the dogs out...
Let's try to make a return with development news then. It's taken some browsing of the code and decoding hazy written notes to find the path which I was following prior to fracturing my arm, and the sick leave that followed. But now also my to-do memory has recovered to great extent and there are snippets of upcoming features to present. Dogs... NPC dogs... Village dogs... Dogs to better protect the NPCs... that's what I had started to code, and that's what is now to be continued. Village dogs are now released out of their pens, and they roam freely at the village area. This allows village dogs to truly protect the village from possible threats and intruders. Village dogs are also improved in their watch dog behavior, and unfamiliar visitors are now greeted with alarm barks and by coming close by to sniff and check them. Village dogs may seem intimidating for strangers but this behavior is gradually toned down when you become more familiar with the village. ...to be continued -- there are a few more dog things coming up.. March 21, 2019, 02:53:06 PM |
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Who let the dogs into the wild...
Dog related additions now continue with dog companions for wandering NPCs. Wandering woodsmen and adventurers you may encounter in the wild can now occasionally have dog companions with them. And just like the dogs owned by player characters these will also protect their masters. These are future features, not yet functional in current version 3.52. March 30, 2019, 05:57:50 PM |
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Re: Who let the dogs into the wild...
Nice. What happens when you hire those characters? Do you get the dog's abilities as a bonus, and, if so, to what extent (ordering it around, getting it to carry items, etc.)? In my tests none of the dog owners met in the wild agreed to be hired. This could be because they don't want get into trouble with their precious pets, or because they don't want to lend their pets to anybody to any extent, or because it's prevented due to resulting spin-off features being far too costly to implement in the midst of other priorities.  March 31, 2019, 02:44:55 PM |
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Re: regular crash to desktop
After a marathon of 14 hours playing I got another ctd. Looking at the debug logs there was not anything standout as an error in urw, apart from the odd mix of Norwegian and English in most entries. If there's Norwegian something is terribly wrong..  See, it should be mix of Finnish and English.Quote The logs were by this time several hundred Mb, not practical for me to post with my 3rd world internet. I does however seem to be a system fault with my Linux, I will carry on testing after investigating my sdl setup. Okay, even though this kind of repeating text stuff gets compressed with amazing ratio. Good luck with your investigations. SDL site also hosts bugzilla, where you may also find Arch reports, and possible solutions also: https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/ April 09, 2019, 01:50:32 PM |
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Re: Time for some new paint on these walls...
It's touched now. April 10, 2019, 11:47:42 AM |
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Colorful domestic animal summary
A little summary of the latest future additions with screenshots. We'll be seeing wandering NPC woodsmen and adventurers occasionally having dog companions with them in the wild. And we'll be seeing village dogs released out of their pens, to roam freely at the village area - in this fashion:  You may ask, is it just me or are the two dogs of different color? Nothing wrong with your eyes, they are different color, and so are the cows in the pen also - if you look closely. See, as another new addition all the domestic animals may have subtle varieties in their coat colors now. This adds some flavour to the game world, but also makes it easier to distinguish different colored pets from each others just by their looks. Lets end the briefing with some pigs showing off their new varying coat colors.  These are future features, not yet functional in current version 3.52. April 10, 2019, 03:22:55 PM |
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