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Version 3.72 (beta) for Linux released
Version 3.72 (beta) for Linux is now available at Steam, Itch.Io and for lifetimers. OS X version is still pending to be finished and built, but shouldn't take all too long anymore. You'll find the full changelog later in this post, but let's highlight some new features first. Random character names  Upon character creation you can now randomize culturally relevant names for them at will. Here a Kuikka-tribe female is being created with a random name of her culture. Harvest and pick agriculture option  The good old harvest option only cut down the crops, but now there's an option cut and pick the crops to character's inventory at one go. Watercraft marker icons on zoomed-out wilderness map  When leaving punt or raft on the zoomed-in map the corresponding marker icon is now shown on the zoomed-out wilderness map. Version 3.72 (beta) changelog - added: random character name option Upon creating characters and choosing their name you can now randomize a culturally relevant names for them. Pressing tab or asterisk (*) will bring up random names which you can then confirm with enter, or modify at will. - changed: name/sex/culture character creation selections order -> culture/sex/name As the random character name option needs to know the culture and sex to pick up a relevant names these selections now come before choosing the name. - changed: "quick and easy" character creation mode now randomly chooses also the culture and sex Previously there was no randomization in that regard, but Kaumolais male was always chosen. Otherwise this character creation mode mode remains the same assigning rest of the options automatically and starting nearby a village. - added: "Harvest and pick" agriculture option The good old harvest option only cut down the crops, but this newly added option also automatically picks up the harvested plants to character's inventory. For clarification the existing "Harvest" option is now renamed as "Harvest down" in the Agriculture menu. - added: domestic animals in the villages will withdraw from player character's way Moving towards a domestic animal will now make it to withdraw from your way. This is to prevent the character from getting jammed eg. in small buildings with village dogs. - modding: increased maximum number of character portraits in each category up to 250. - added: watercraft marker icons on zoomed-out wilderness map When leaving punt or raft on the zoomed-in map the corresponding marker icon is now shown on the zoomed-out wilderness map. - enhanced: message about the markers at wilderness location Instead of given information about each marker with their own message now a summary of all the markers is given in one sentence. For example: "There is a shelter, set traps and a punt at this location." - added: confirmation to start a fire on some occasions You will be asked a confirmation to start a fire in the following conditions: 1. There are valuable items to be burned down where you are about to build a fire. 2. You are building a fire indoors at other than fireplace location. These confirmations will prevent the unfortunate cases of accidentally setting your house or valuable belongings on fire. - adjusted: party members fire making safety checks From now on your companions won't ever start a fire at a location with items on the ground. Previously they might accidentally set a pile of items on fire. - enhanced: rendering of the portraits Character portraits are now rendered directly to the screen using the available resolution. This makes the portraits appear more crisp and clear. This enhancement affects to various game screen where portraits are being used; quest info display, list of ancestors, character profile, chat screen, etc. - SDL update: updated to newest SDL 2.24.0 Updated SDL release includes a good deal of bugfixes which may have hampered some systems. - fixed: sacrificing food in a container mistakenly removed the container too - fixed: auto-cut yarn weights calculated wrong This bug manifested itself eg. in smoking and drying cookery recipes. After retrieving the auto-cut yarn you found it heavier than expected. - fixed: extracting fibre from retted but not dried nettles was possible - fixed: carried weight statistics not updating immediately after cancelled crafting - fixed: character's height in metric units displayed wrong This was a conversion issue within character profile screen. - fixed/adjusted: squirrels won't climb to safety in saplings Previously they were mistakenly considered being high up in a tree even if it was a mere sapling. That's all, dear adventurers. November 12, 2022, 08:05:16 PM |
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NPC archery AI tuning
As you may know, NPC archers in the game have been quite careless about accidentally shooting to their own party members. This has been especially problematic, sometimes even frightening, when having eager archers as companions. Now NPC archery checks to avoid hitting unintended friendly targets has been adjusted as follows. Before shooting an arrow NPCs can now consider the risk and possibilities of hitting an unintended friendly target, ie. members of their own party. Depending on their risk assesment the shooting NPCs may then choose to take or not to take a shot. The higher the risk, the less often you'll see the NPCs using their bows. These improvements will change NPCs archery behaviour to quite an extent, especially if there are several NPCs being engaged in a fight or hunt, and moving within the risky zone. In general you will see NPCs being more careful with archery than before. Now you can also feel more relieved about your own archer companion's behaviour. They won't be taking seriously foolhardy shots which might put you, your dogs or anyone else in your party at risk of being wounded by an unintended arrow hit. This will also sometimes make hunting with companions to proceed differently than before. See, if there's is a pack of dogs, or melee armed companions, running in front of capable archers it might be that they have difficulties to find a spot to make a safe shots to the target. Many new scenarios may arise, and occasionally you may need to build new tactics based on the new NPC behaviour. Lastly, in the heat of the archery combat accidents can still happen. That possibility hasn't been excluded, but now these things should happen way, way more rarely than before. These are future features - not yet functional yet in the current stable 3.71 or beta 3.72 November 20, 2022, 07:14:33 PM |
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Academic interest towards UnReal World - in Finnish and in French
Every now and then the many unique elements of UnReal World do arise academic interest. Folklore, mythology, historical ambition, recreation of traditions, long history or the mere depth of it all. Now we're highlighting a fresh book in Finnish and shortly upcoming conference in Paris for you to have a closer look at will. Both can be witnessed also online. The Finnish connection ... Back in 2019 mr. Kyyrö, PhD from University of Turku School of History, Culture and Arts Studies first interviewed me, and then Erkka separately, for his studies and projects regarding computer games and religion. There's a forum post (with a picture) about it here. Now mr. Kyyrö has written a chapter about UnReal World and its approach and relation to the field of new spiritualities in recently published compilation work titled "Uushenkisyys" (in Finnish). The title of the book translates as "New spiritualities" in english, and quoting the english abstract: "The book shows the multiple ways in which new spiritualities intertwine with different sectors of the society and blur spirituality’s boundary with religion, health care, art, and popular culture, for example. The book is the first book-length presentation in Finnish of the field of new spiritualities."  In his research mr. Kyyrö analyzes both the game and the interviews of me and Erkka. The chapter is titled "Dare to hear your voice, dare to follow your spirit" - which is a line you may have spotted from the game end screen. For me, quoting this very line means a lot. I don't exactly remember if it appeared into the game 20, or even 25 years ago - but it's been there for a long time and the underlying attitude behind it still stands strong even though it was first made up by a far less experienced coder and a human being. The book is freely available online, in finnish. So take a look, you finnish speaking players. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93482  The French connection... Earlier this month I had a pleasure of receiving contact and talking online with monsieur Efrati, a doctorate student at EHESS (School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) in France, where he works on the representations of Prehistory in video games. We had a great and interesting talks which may lead into further research or co-operation, but he already gathered some UnReal Worldish background material to be utilized at the following event. Tomorrow, 28th of november, he's organizing a conference at the French national library dedicated to a 1986 survival/proto-open-world game called Sapiens. The subject may be interesting to many of you on its own, but now also the UnReal World is going to be mentioned in the context as well. To what extent, I don't really know, so you have to witness it by yourself. Luckily the conference can be watched online too: Monday, 28th of nov., 18:00 - 20:00. Unfortunately, it will be in French only but our french speaking player base is not a small at all - so go check it out. Here's the conference web page, and at the bottom you'll find a link to watch it live (and afterwards) on YouTube.  Screenshot from Sapiens game November 27, 2022, 01:50:16 PM |
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Re: Academic interest towards UnReal World - in Finnish and in French
A man in his 40s; who can look back on something he said in his 20s without cringing, is a blessed man indeed 
November 28, 2022, 02:38:22 AM |
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Version 3.72 stable released and available on Steam, Itch and for Lifetimers
Version 3.72 has been released and is now live and available on Steam, Itch.Io and for Lifetimers at the designated forum section. Here's the changelog. --------------------------- Version: 3.72 (stable) ** Saved characters from version 3.60-> are compatible with this version. ** - improved: NPC archery checks to avoid hitting unintended friendly targets Before shooting an arrow NPCs can now consider the risk and possibilities of hitting an unintended friendly target, ie. members of their own party. Depending on their risk assesment the shooting NPCs may then choose to take or not to take a shot. The higher the risk, the less often you'll see the NPCs using their bows. These improvements will change NPCs archery behaviour to quite an extent, especially if there are several NPCs being engaged in a fight or hunt, and moving within the risky zone. In general you will see NPCs being more careful with archery than before. Now you can also feel more relieved about your own archer companion's behaviour. They won't be taking seriously foolhardy shots which might put you, your dogs or anyone else in your party at risk of being wounded by an unintended arrow hit. This will also sometimes make hunting with companions to proceed differently than before. See, if there's is a pack of dogs, or melee armed companions, running in front of capable archers it might be that they have difficulties to find a spot to make a safe shots to the target. Many new scenarios may arise, and occasionally you may need to build new tactics based on the new NPC behaviour. Lastly, in the heat of the archery combat accidents can still happen. That possibility hasn't been excluded, but now these things should happen way, way more rarely than before. - improved: aggressive NPCs waypointing to their enemy Agressive NPCs may now choose to use slightly winding routes to their enemy, instead going for the shorthest and straightest route. These new tactics aim to give NPC archers some free space for shooting, and to increase chances for group of NPCs to nicely encircle their enemy. - added: vastas can be found in village saunas during the appropriate season Villager made vastas will now appear in the village saunas during the season when it is possible to make them. This is mostly an atmospheric addition, but also works as an indication for the player character that the birch trees are now in good leaf for making a vasta. - added: random character name option Upon creating characters and choosing their name you can now randomize a culturally relevant names for them. Pressing tab or asterisk (*) will bring up random names which you can then confirm with enter, or modify at will. - added: water temperature affecting to spoilage rate of the fish caught in nets The colder the water the longer the fish will now keep good in the nets. The effect isn't all too drastic, but still functional. In the coldest waters during the wintertime you can expect a few days longer preservation times compared to the average. - changed: name/sex/culture character creation selections order -> culture/sex/name As the random character name option needs to know the culture and sex to pick up a relevant names these selections now come before choosing the name. - changed: "quick and easy" character creation mode now randomly chooses also the culture and sex Previously there was no randomization in that regard, but Kaumolais male was always chosen. Otherwise this character creation mode mode remains the same assigning rest of the options automatically and starting nearby a village. - added: "Harvest and pick" agriculture option The good old harvest option only cut down the crops, but this newly added option also automatically picks up the harvested plants to character's inventory. For clarification the existing "Harvest" option is now renamed as "Harvest down" in the Agriculture menu. - added: domestic animals in the villages will withdraw from player character's way Moving towards a domestic animal will now make it to withdraw from your way. This is to prevent the character from getting jammed eg. in small buildings with village dogs. - modding: increased maximum number of character portraits in each category up to 250. - added: watercraft marker icons on zoomed-out wilderness map When leaving punt or raft on the zoomed-in map the corresponding marker icon is now shown on the zoomed-out wilderness map. - enhanced: message about the markers at wilderness location Instead of given information about each marker with their own message now a summary of all the markers is given in one sentence. For example: "There is a shelter, set traps and a punt at this location." - added: confirmation to start a fire on some occasions You will be asked a confirmation to start a fire in the following conditions: 1. There are valuable items to be burned down where you are about to build a fire. 2. You are building a fire indoors at other than fireplace location. These confirmations will prevent the unfornate cases of accidentally setting your house or valuable belongings on fire. - adjusted: party members fire making safety checks From now on your companions won't ever start a fire at a location with items on the ground. Previously they might accidentally set a pile of items on fire. - enhanced: rendering of the portraits Character portraits are now rendered directly to the screen using the available resolution. This makes the portraits appear more crisp and clear. This enhancement affects to various game screen where portraits are being used; quest info display, list of ancestors, character profile, chat screen, etc. - added: two new character portraits, one western and one sage - SDL update: updated to newest SDL 2.24.0 Updated SDL release includes a good deal of bugfixes which may have hampered some systems. - reworded: "The sauna" game course task description The task description of taking a sauna bath was outdated. Now it's reworded to feature the current mechanics. - fixed: minimum number of fibre plants required to extract one bundle of fibre Previously 15 plants were always required, which was a result of failing math. Now the amount depends on the plant and its' fibre yield, and the minimums are 5 flaxes, 8 hemps or 15 nettles. - fixed: flowering plants providing also seeds when treshed The seed production code apparently has gotten broken somewhere in the earlier versions, and you got them upon treshing even if the plant was still flowering. Now it's fixed back as it was and you get seeds only after the flowering period. - fixed: sacrificing food in a container mistakenly removed the container too - fixed: auto-cut yarn weights calculated wrong This bug manifested itself eg. in smoking and drying cookery recipes. After retrieving the auto-cut yarn you found it heavier than expected. - fixed: extracting fibre from retted but not dried nettles was possible - fixed: extracting fibre from bundles of nettle fibre was possible - fixed: carried weight statistics not updating immediately after cancelled crafting - fixed: character's height in metric units displayed wrong This was a conversion issue within character profile screen. - fixed/adjusted: squirrels won't climb to safety in saplings Previously they were mistakenly considered being high up in a tree even if it was a mere sapling. - fixed: heavy missile weapons getting stuck to small animals This is a legacy issue which is hopefully fixed for good now. The bug manifested itself eg. in a situation where you threw a javelin at a bird, the weapon got stuck and the bird flies away carrying it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers! Enjoy the release. December 19, 2022, 08:24:22 PM |
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3.72 hotfix patch #1 for OS X and Linux released
Hotfix patch for OS X and Linux has been released to address the following issues. The patch is now live on Steam, Itch.Io and at Lifetimers section. On OS X there were some weird random oddities namely with map rendering and menus. We certainly hope this hotfix clears 'em all. Because nature of OS X issues seemed to be system related don't hesitate contact if you're still bothered with some weirdness. Version 3.72 (patch #1) for Linux and OS X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - [os x] fixed: walking through walls - [os x] fixed: fistful of random oddities with map view and menus - fixed: character portrait being shown in message log screen - fixed: character portrait not showing up after using encyclopedia in skills menu - fixed: arrows picked from villages not tagged as unpaid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Should you encounter any more showstoppers let us know and we'll continue the bug hunting. And hey, we also wouldn't mind hearing the good news if this patch now cleared the issues on your end, dear OS X adventurers! Cheers! January 03, 2023, 05:36:36 PM |
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Animal droppings - an indicator and a fertilizer
The past days have been about poop code and poop tiles... as the many different animal droppings, i.e. feces, will appear into the unreal world. So, what's coming up is that certain animals will start to leave visible droppings that can be found in the terrain. We're adding droppings for the commonly noticeable and relevant animals; hare, fox, lynx, wolf, reindeer, elk, bear, and so on. The droppings of different species look a bit different, and upon looking at them you will be told which animal's droppings it is - and also if it's a fresh one. Some domestic animal droppings are being considered as well, but we'll have to experiment a bit more to see how/if to implement it. What is to featured as well, and would be in favour with domestic animal droppings, is that the droppings can be also used as fertilizer on your fields. It will be possible, but not necessary, as the slash-and-burn cultivation already includes fertilization with the ash from the burned wood. However, we could see fertilizing with the animal droppings increasing the yields slightly. Here's some screenshots with different kind of droppings indicating the animal presence at these areas.    These are future additions - not yet functional in the current version 3.72.2 February 21, 2023, 06:39:58 PM |
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Blacksmith NPCs and ordering their products
In the next version we'll be featuring blacksmith NPCs, and possibility of ordering various iron goods directly from them. You order, they'll forge, and you will then pay and obtain the item when it's ready. This will be a fundamental new addition, and although there's still lots of work to do we're hoping to have the new version out this month. Not all the villages will have a blacksmith, but it will still be easier to find one to make you that knife, axe, sword or tool you need than to run through several storehouses in several villages in a search for a missing equipment. The available blacksmith products will vary a bit depending on the cultural areas, but all the blacksmiths can make at least the most basic and essential iron goods, tools and weapons.   These are future features - not yet functional in current version 3.72.2 March 03, 2023, 06:40:59 PM |
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Re: Blacksmith NPCs and ordering their products
Great addition. I feel like the blacksmith will always want firewood delivered. Perhaps he could have work available or just a frequently offered version of the "Help with chores" quest to deliver firewood. Yep, we've already cherished ideas about helping the blacksmith with collecting the forging related materials. But that's not yet gonna be in in the first blacksmith featuring version to be released. There's a lot to and great potential to spin-off with this addition. March 21, 2023, 10:02:18 AM |
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Sami, Erkka and master Lassi
Hey hey, it's a special coding (and recreational) weekend going on together with Erkka (co-designer) at my place. And it's no surprise that we've been working on a upcoming blacksmith code. This kind of sessions are always very productive, and of the earlier mentioned still remaining NPC blacksmithing to-dos these two biggies are now done: - go through the item lists and consider what items blacksmith will produce, considering their culture and expertise. - set production times, and few other variables, for the items they produce. We've done a lots of checks, tests, adjustments and minor additions too - and that continues. The days have been sunny, so catching a fresh air between the coding sessions is also essential.  Erkka (co-designer) on the left, Sami (creator) on the right - thinking and wandering in the woods. Of the newest spin-off features one to mention is that when you ask from villagers if there is a blacksmith around they will be proud to immediately mention if their blacksmith is a skilled one. Only the most skilled blacksmiths can make the most demanding items, such as a skramasaksis, kaumolais knives, swords or helmets. Upon last night's playtesting session while looking for blacksmith at Koivula a certain villager told us about master Lassi being around. His forging skills were indeed notable:  Stay tuned. The release with NPC blacksmiths is upon us this very month. April 02, 2023, 11:54:00 AM |
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