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A way to make this method a bit more realistic would be to generate some basic climatic patterns/prevailing wind currents and use those to spread/direct the interpolation instead of assuming a perfectly northward current over the northern half of the map, and a similar uniform current over the...

Wow! This is utterly fantastic, I will definitely want to use this in our DF type game mode, with a few things added on. Plate age, temperature based on elevation, a lot can be done with a number of height maps overlayed on top of each other. Do you think we could simulate the effects of...

In Texas, we call this land formation "The Hill Country".

On the subject of ownership, I think that using zones in order to define property is the way to go, and most closely reflects how we do it in the physical world. I think the best reference for this is the way national borders works in the more recent civ games, but the most basic implementation...

Hmm, "Holding". Sounds good. If I may dare to go a bit of distance and suggest an Actraiser/Black and White type angle, where the player is represented in game by a god-like avatar that all the minions worship, and the central structure in the holdings would be his/her personal temple. Like...

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From this conversation we now have a rough idea of a direction we could go in concerning how to define a players territory for a fortress type game mode. The central idea is a central structure that must be built before other structures spawn. The "Estate" as we are currently referring to it as...

(10:44:20 PM) brokenshakles: Tell me Josh, how is it better? (10:44:37 PM) Cervator: yeah today alone probably built up more design thoughts on the topic ;-) (10:45:01 PM) Cervator: also: huh, zones and estates go together (10:45:02 PM) Josh_: Specifying different areas rather than it all being...

Cervator edit: Renamed to Holdings and moved to Modules. I made a tiny start to the Holdings module a while ago, maybe I'll get back to it again sometime, but anybody else is welcome to help out! Hello everyone!, This thread is the product of several conversations in the #terasology IRC room...

Hey! Sorry I missed the world dev meeting, but I have been thinking about item generation and tech trees. So far I have been exploring several different ways of doing this, but I'm leaning towards a tiered tech approach at this point, here is a rough draft: Apprentice Carpenter Shop...

Is there any way to make subdivisions octree-style (Each subdivision being 1/8 volume cube in a 2x2x2 arrangement) ? It would be nice if this was implemented in a way that allowed an arbitrary level of resolution/detail, as it would give the artists/modelers more to work with. Also, I was...

Just to throw my 2 cents in, I am thinking about a "Fortress" type mode right now, and I think DF has it right in this respect, the player does not craft, the minions do. However, I do also like the put-together style of Minecraft's craft window. So the way I would do it is to have...

Guild Wars 2, Terraria, never played these, I will have to check them out. I am a current EVE player though, and I think they have some interesting Ideas about crafting and interfaces as well. I would like to mention that I am a dedicated 64bit linux desktop user, and you would not believe the...

Hmm, Steampunk references an era that ends right before 1880, before WW1 and after the American War Between the States. During this era of war line/set piece battles were falling out of favor. Indeed, during the War Between the States, the first half was fought via colonial era type line...

May I suggest considering a different era of warfare than the Sword and Shield era? How about a DF style game with musket and cannon type combat? Such a change would be far more able to get the most out of any sort of bullet physics simulation than arrows and axes. Or maybe include both eras...