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Re: Moon and sun in the sky at the same time?
Yesterday I was driving a car and noticed the moon in the sky, at 4 pm, in full daylight. But I didn't have time to stop to take a picture. Today, back at home, around 4 pm I tried to scan the sky but couldn't spot the moon. Then I went to help some of my neighbours, and took a small forest path to get from one neighbour to another. The path wound up next to a small forest clearing where my horses are having their peaceful eternal rest. I stopped there for a while, with all the good memories of the life with the horses. And then I noticed that above the treetops there is the moon; Today the sunset will be at 22:45, and this image was taken at 18:35. Thinking of it, I'd guess our long summer days allow more hours to see the sun and the sky together in the sky. Speaking of UrW, the sun and the moon positions are calculated based on scientific formulas, although we have omitted some minor fine-tuning and corrections, making it so that there might be 1% - 2% inaccuracy. Also, as already mentioned in this thread, it would be more realistic if the moon position wouldn't be drawn on the UrW UI sky box if the moon is too close to the sun. That will probably be adjusted at some point. With a few lines of more code it would be possible to simulate also the lunar and solar eclipses, but at the moment that is not simulated. Those events would be atmospheric, so it remains to be seen if in some future version we happen to feel like adding eclipses 
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Re: Meteor strike?
That reminded me of this ancient meteor crater in Estonia and an old Finnish story that possibly concerns it (probably doesn't, but who knows?). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaali_crater July 22, 2021, 07:33:19 PM |
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Wrapping it up for a stable release
Seems like all the most critical bugs have been fixed by now and 3.70 beta has been around for such a good while that we don't expect any nasty surprises anymore. So wrapping things up for 3.70 stable starts now, and the release is expected early this month. The few latest additions to 3.70 that were finally accomplished are craftable cords and ropes from yarn, and whole lotta new character portraits. Just a little more work and patience is needed and then it's out. October 01, 2021, 01:53:25 PM |
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The 30th jubileum, 47th birthday, and sort of a year off
This year, in 2022, we are celebrating the 30th Jubileum of UnReal World. The game was first released in the summer of 1992, so the 30-year milestone will be reached this summer. Now what will this special year of celebration bring upon us, and the game? When it comes to coding and development, I will be taking it real easy. It is likely that we'll see some updates to the game, but mostly I'll be devoting my time for variety of other things. So I'll kind of celebrate the 30 years of development by taking a year off from the usual coding flurry. This also allows me to better contemplate on the future of the game as there some challenging overhauls in our sight. One is moving to higher resolution and modern aspect ratio. The year is early, and these thoughts are scattered, so more news on this front will follow later on. But yes, it is truly so that I will take a year off from the usual, practical, hands-on development. Planning, brainstorming and a little something easy paced remains, though. Nevertheless, during this year of celebration we will be bringing you some recreational content from the North, out and away from the development chambers. What it will be exactly remains to be seen, but I'm sure this year off will bring along many occasions, incidents, experiments or artistic projects to share or publish. There are some ideas bubbling under already. On this thursday, 27th of January, it will be my 47th birthday. I started working on UnReal World at the age of 15 and two years later, at the age of 17, the first version was released to the public. Now the 30th Jubileum, or 47th birthday, may feel like an occasion to offer me a drink or something, and for that purpose I quickly created "buy me a coffee" page. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SamiMaaranen It's a simple support channel I've been asked to allow even earlier. Now it's up and will remain so at least for this year. I'll reserve the right to decide the drink to buy with your support  , but big cheers anyway! (And surely the regular donations page also works for gifting some squirrel hides.) So these are the news to start this year with. Feel free to comment or ask if something comes to your mind. Yours, Sami (UnReal World creator)  The developer is currently out the office ...  He's skiing in the woods following two elks...  He will be back occasionally and eventually. January 24, 2022, 03:01:22 PM |
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Be ready
To all my dear friends in Finland - be ready. Rabid orc is on the loose and you guys are not part of NATO. Threats are being made again and I am sure some of you are taking them seriously, but please be ready. Yes, we are bleeding rabid orc. Yes, Ukraine WILL stand, but there are quite a lot of them and they have been amassing weapons for last 30+ years. I know that its rather low possibility that the hordes will attack you at this moment, but its not impossible. Be ready. To all youngsters who might think its just a "thing" and will pass, let me leave you with this wonderful song. Have a listen and make your own conclusions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmb0SeKFrHg -- Слава Україні! Смерть ворогам! April 24, 2022, 07:23:41 PM |
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Going with the flow
Well, hi there everyone! It's been a while, and time to cheer you up with a few pictures from the real world. I visited Erkka the last weekend and we refreshed ourselves by going with the springtime flow. The flow also lead us to playing and recording a piece of primitive music. The song is well in the post-production phase in my devel... err... mixing chambers and will be released as a short music video showing more footage in the vein of these stills. After a quite long pause in this kind of recreational primitive arts it was such a good flow that we found and followed.     May 12, 2022, 10:47:06 AM |
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Greetings from a grove
Greetings! As you may know I'm spending sort of a year off from coding and concentrating more on the real world stuff. But the absence from the development chambers doesn't mean a radio silence. I'm happy to post a little news and photo feeds occasionally to stay in touch with You adventurers out there, and that's what people have wished for too. So here we go ... I recently had a minor accident with my right hand and now need to keep a cast for a month, but that's not stopping the roaming in the woods. Hehe, you know this from the game too - the many activities might be slower, but doable. So here's a photo greetings from one beautiful May day in the grove forest. These woods are half an hour walk away from UnReal World development chambers. This is a very special place since there are lot's of conifer forests to see here in Finland - as you may have noticed in the game too - but this kind of grove like leaf tree habitats are more rare.        And by the way, if peeks into these 2022 real world endeavours is your cup of coffee I'm building up a habit of more regular posts at my buymeacoffee page: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SamiMaaranen It's kind of like an alternate media channel to see and support not the game development, but the game developer's lifestyle. Or whatever. Take care everyone, -Sami (UnReal World creator, gap year adventurer) May 30, 2022, 09:03:17 PM |
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A new piece of primitive music by Enormous Elk
We're happy to present you a new piece of music and a video. "Illalla, lammella" (In the evening, by the pond) can be viewed at Enormous Elk YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdSW9Z46DhE Like mentioned earlier this was recorded and filmed while I was visiting Erkka last month. You'll also see the authentic setting of the live recording, by the pond. Post-production took a little longer than expect because my right hand is still in a cast, but even though this was mostly edited with left hand we're happy with the mood and result. Cheers! June 12, 2022, 05:30:12 PM |
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Summer Sale on Steam - and a few pics
Steam Summer Sale is going on for those you seek an opportunity to enter into Far North for a discounted price: https://store.steampowered.com/app/351700/UnReal_World/ Otherwise, I just wish everyone a good summertime, and share a few photos around the development chambers.    Cheers! June 28, 2022, 07:15:29 PM |
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Going canoeing - from Koivula to Driik, so to speak.
The year off from coding has truly brought my way something else than sitting in front of the computer. Next up is sitting in a canoe instead - and paddling some 120 kilometers through Kokemäki River all the way to reach the sea at Gulf of Bothnia. Well, luckily I get to stand and walk as well as we'll be camping outdoors. This expedition is about to start tomorrow, and I'm sure you'll be hearing more about it when I come back.  Everything's packed and I'm off to canoe - for a week or so. This is is river a route which you can paddle in UnReal World too. The world map of the game is always somewhat randomized, but you can still find some river floating from Koivula to Driik. This can be imagined as being the Kokemäki River. In reality the route is 120 kilometers long, but the game world map scale is smaller. When put on the game world map the route would be like this.   Our destination is an island in the Gulf of Bothnia about 10 kilometers from the mainland. If everything goes okay we'll reach it in a week. And who knows if this inspires me to tweak the paddling code in the game just a little bit - when it is time to sit in front of the computer again. August 12, 2022, 06:19:47 PM |
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