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[MrWiggles]

This seems to actually be a step towards having the Combat system start

Where every move has an effect on your reaction time and sense of balance.

Toady will you be combining movement and attacks into one for specific attacks like charges, tackles, and moving stabs in this release? Will that actually be a thing?

Yep. Momentum from being mounted is in planned, and already in, in some respects.

[Neonivek]

Well in concept it is bit more then momentum on its own it is about moves that are only done on the run. A lot of attacks I can think of can only be done in a sprint (one quite vicious one in kick boxing involves dashing up someone's leg) or in a single bound.

A few also can only be done on a moving opponent

[DwarfMeister]

New players may be unaware that the tracks need rollers to work properly (Wait... Do they? This might be a bug...).

I have never used rollers and have never had a problem. I just have them guide on the way up and push on the way down (Only one minecart-related accident so far!).

No, the main problem is that you need to put track stops on top of tracks; both being constructions, this is pretty counter-intuitive.

Good point.

I am aware of that (the part about the track stops). What I wasn't aware of, is the fact that there was an "N" track and an "NS" track. Shouldn't ALL the tracks just move in multiple directions? What I mean is, instead of having a N,E,S,W,NS,NE,NW, etc, just have a NS,NE,NW, etc. track instead. It would lead to less confusion among the players. And with the multiple direction tracks, we can still choose to only use ONE direction anyway, so it seems pointless to have so many track types. Know what I mean?

[Areyar]

I haven't yet tried my hand at tracks yet, but intuitively I'd guessed that tracks were like walls, conforming to the connections around them. rollers logically would have only one direction, which should be determined at construction. stops can be as complex or as simple as ToadyOne desires, allowing for all kinds of jobs and choices. .  . should check it out soonish.

[Greiger]

Designating tracks is actually a bit closer to building roads in the old sim city games.  You would designate a line of track and it would connect up to any track that are also in the designation area.

The big primary diffrence is that existing track(or previously designated track) has to be part of the designated space in order to be linked up to it.  Adjacent tracks don't automatically link up, to allow for more compact complicated track systems.

And yea in practice just setting your carts to guide seems 1000 times better.  Not like you have a shortage of dwarfpower.  Push and ride cart systems are cooler and more efficient in the long run, but they are so much harder to set up.  A fully functional relatively safe automated cart system of more than a short length is like a small megaproject in itself with all the power infrastructure required. Even downward trips will stall on long runs if they are any less than 90% downward ramp.

[Walter Sullivan]

New development log:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I got my first reaction moment today. I was in a fistfight with a goblin thug that was harassing the town, and due to my fighting/situational awareness/wrestling skills, I was able to choose the option of catching a goblin's incoming punch with my left hand, a move which was then turned into a wrist lock. We'll probably make it harder to initiate wrestling from scratch, so that just jumping in and grabbing people will be hard to do without inviting a reaction against you. All in all, the rewrite is going a little slower than I'd like, but I'm continuing along with it.

Oh man, the more I read those development logs the more I want this update. It's gonna be freakin' awesome.

[MaximumZero]

My next adventurer will be Jun Fan.

[Putnam]

Mine will be either Goku or Kenshiro.

Should I punch people till they explode, or give everyone a second chance if my first punch to their chest didn't play billiards with their ribs already?

[Rose]

My first adventurer will be MZ's daughter

[MaximumZero]

My first adventurer will be MZ's daughter

Curse you, Japa! I nearly choked on my candy!

[Chronas]

These new combat reactions sound awesome.
I wonder how many years it will be before there will be procedurally generated combat disciplines -stuff like how karate focuses on blocking and striking, judo with grappling and throws and krav maga which would likely be be a favorite of adventurers in its focus on disabling an opponent as fast as possible using a large range of incredibly violent moves.

[MrWiggles]

These new combat reactions sound awesome.
I wonder how many years it will be before there will be procedurally generated combat disciplines -stuff like how karate focuses on blocking and striking, judo with grappling and throws and krav maga which would likely be be a favorite of adventurers in its focus on disabling an opponent as fast as possible using a large range of incredibly violent moves.

I wouldnt be shocked if something like this happen with the Combat Style stuff. Very excited, but not shocked.

[blue sam3]

New players may be unaware that the tracks need rollers to work properly (Wait... Do they? This might be a bug...).

I have never used rollers and have never had a problem. I just have them guide on the way up and push on the way down (Only one minecart-related accident so far!).

No, the main problem is that you need to put track stops on top of tracks; both being constructions, this is pretty counter-intuitive.

Good point.

I am aware of that (the part about the track stops). What I wasn't aware of, is the fact that there was an "N" track and an "NS" track. Shouldn't ALL the tracks just move in multiple directions? What I mean is, instead of having a N,E,S,W,NS,NE,NW, etc, just have a NS,NE,NW, etc. track instead. It would lead to less confusion among the players. And with the multiple direction tracks, we can still choose to only use ONE direction anyway, so it seems pointless to have so many track types. Know what I mean?

A North track is the track that forms the extreme southern end of a line, a track from which it is only possible to travel North (as it forms an end of a track and does derail-y things if relevant).

[miauw62]

Okay, i cant be bothered to search the first few pages to see if this was already asked but...


Will the "living world" update re-introduce dwarven/goblin sites?


If so, it would be very awesome.
Finally getting around to killing that over-5000-kills-law-giver-clown would be nice.

[MrWiggles]

Okay, i cant be bothered to search the first few pages to see if this was already asked but...


Will the "living world" update re-introduce dwarven/goblin sites?


If so, it would be very awesome.
Finally getting around to killing that over-5000-kills-law-giver-clown would be nice.

Yep.

And Toady has recently spoken about Gobbo, Elven, and Dorf Sites being barren or plain missing is becoming more and more of an eye sore.

But like most of ToadyOne and ThreeToes machinations, there is no time table.