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[TomiTapio]

Dwarf mode: what if k-look function would display a description of plant/tree/mineral when cursor is over such. This way player could inspect what the plant is good for, what is known to occur in this mineral.

Examples: Learn that nether-cap is COLD, by reading the description text while inspecting the tree in-game. Learn that tree X is the densest tree in the game world. Learn from Gabbro's description that 'this is the only mineral that contain garnierite, an ore of nickel.

[Uristocrat]

There are some comments in the raws that could help with some of this, but I'm not sure some of that data exists yet unless you have the game compare to max/min density, or tell you about materials that are magically hot or cold.

Speaking of dense woods, ironwood should be added someday.  I don't think any wood in game is denser than water, though I haven't researched raws recently either.  Most of the trees are in a pretty narrow range of densities, actually, something like 300-600 kg/m^3 with a few outliers that are out of that range (like balsa and ironwood).

[Dirst]

There are some comments in the raws that could help with some of this, but I'm not sure some of that data exists yet unless you have the game compare to max/min density, or tell you about materials that are magically hot or cold.

I read the suggestion as adding a [DESCRIPTION] tag to the raws, in addition to the [PREFSTRING] that we have now.  The decision would be how far down the hole do we go with this: We want a description of the banana tree, but do we want a separate description of the banana leaves, banana seeds and banana fruit?

[GavJ]

There are some comments in the raws that could help with some of this, but I'm not sure some of that data exists yet unless you have the game compare to max/min density, or tell you about materials that are magically hot or cold.

I read the suggestion as adding a [DESCRIPTION] tag to the raws, in addition to the [PREFSTRING] that we have now.  The decision would be how far down the hole do we go with this: We want a description of the banana tree, but do we want a separate description of the banana leaves, banana seeds and banana fruit?

Yes, if this is done there's no reason not to make it a generic superclass method sort of thing for pretty much any object down the tree. Still optional, though (might add lag or just clutter if you don't care)

[TomiTapio]

I read the suggestion as adding a [DESCRIPTION] tag to the raws, in addition to the [PREFSTRING] that we have now.  The decision would be how far down the hole do we go with this: We want a description of the banana tree, but do we want a separate description of the banana leaves, banana seeds and banana fruit?

Also the logs that the banana tree outputs "These are banana tree wood logs. They make bad, low-quality furniture."

Current system it is just a mystery to novice players which minerals do what, what can occur in sedimentary stone...

[Dirst]

Current system it is just a mystery to novice players which minerals do what, what can occur in sedimentary stone...

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