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New setting to auto-hide mouse pointer (after n seconds)
Hi, Please add a new setting to "optionally auto-hide the mouse pointer (after n seconds)". As this is a primarily keyboard-driven game, the mouse-pointer is not a requirement - on the contrary, it is mostly a distraction. If the n value is not going to be configurable, then it could be whatever makes sense to the developers, 3/5/10 seconds perhaps. Thanks Edit: it is particularly bothersome for video production & streaming. October 17, 2021, 02:03:27 AM |
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Advanced game course - Archery
One task of the advanced game course is to increase your archery skill. Should your character have above average archery skill already, this is a massive pain in the arse - I have just gone through six bowstrings (so about 600 arrows loosed?) which has taken over two days in game and two hours in real time! T + Enter + Enter, repeat 50 times then go pick up the arrows and repeat, repeat, repeat etc. It was not fun. I am aware that the idea is that the player is encouraged to go bow-hunting, and the text for the task makes it seem that you need to be shooting live creatures for it to work. However, some time ago I learned that shooting into the ground or anything really also work; and I am always impatient to get onto the Great Man of the Forest and Kaumo Furs parts of the course, which are great fun. I think the task should be changed now that making bows is modelled better: Make a bow and some arrows, then hit something that's alive with it. This would still encourage the player to go bow-hunting and teach him how it works, and not leave the players with high archery skill crippled by repetitive strain injuries! October 24, 2021, 07:32:59 PM |
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Seasonal Steam sale and Kekri customs
Harvest festival sale is on at Steam and in the Far North we do celbrate Kekri. So let the new adventurers be respected with the discount, and the ancestral spirits with our special Kekri costumes and customs... During this festivity period you can grab the game for decent discount on Steam. It's Kekri, not halloween, in the Far North. Kekri is an ancient Finnish harvest festival celebrated in the fall when the annual agricultural activities were all accomplished and the harvest collected. Kekri meant the end of the crop year, which was a big turning point. It was the time when the souls and spirits of the dead wandered around and visited the living. The ancestors were respected and welcomed. Sauna was heated up for them, and meal prepared too. The living celebrated accordingly, and so do we. Kekri Goat Kekri time included tradition of Kekripukki (Kekri goat) figure. People would dress up as horned creatures, wearing furs or coats upside down, and went around in their disguises and were offered food and drink. So, what does a decent developer of tradition rich game do to follow the tradition? Yes. He dresses up as Kekripukki.  We wish you happy and haunting Kekri time, or Halloween - if that suits you better. Celebrate and participate!  October 30, 2021, 07:02:37 PM |
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Re: "Savegame needs a remedy" after BSOD
After several attempts I've managed to reproduce this issue by simulating a sudden power by loss switching off the extension cord the computer is connected to. Bad for your computer, good for bug hunting. So I managed to witness that character data occasionally appears blank after these shutdowns. It still makes no sense at all, looking at the file handling in use, but Windows can be surprise us sometimes. And this is only Windows issue. The good thing is that by adding additional character file backup steps along the way, I've managed to create a system where some of the character data files always stay intact and can be recovered upon loading the character again. So we can call this fixed until (hopefully not) proven otherwise in the future. I'll also make it so that upon loading corrupted character again the game automatically tries to recover the last good character data condition from the internal backups. November 13, 2021, 05:30:48 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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The best shot I'll probably never do again
 I will treasure this moment forever. January 31, 2022, 05:00:22 AM |
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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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