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[Dutchling]

Eh, what about terraforming in general?

Like, draining a lake and then filling it with dirt and gravel to make a field for houses/crops/tree-farm/the-hell-of-it? :3

Than create a lake at the hole you dug for the dirt and gravel!
Genius!

[Jopax]

As far as water physics go?

Couldn't you do something like having everyone do their own processing of the stuff? Not sure how viable that is, but basically every client does their own stuff (with the same rules of course). Since water changes should happen mostly gradually (barring freak occurences ivolving the occult or the high explosive) there shouldn't be much deviation in what happens in all the clients. And if that is a possibility having the game occasionally check on everyones water status or something to see if it syncs up with the host and make changes accordingly.

And about the terraforming. I'd be mostly fine with being able to carve out hillsides and mountainsides and have stuff built there. Giant gold mining contraptions, housing and whatever else is needed.

Also giant struts to hold that crap up (and because struts sounds awesome to pronounce and they look awesome).

[Gaslamp-Daniel]

Unless we have the ability to replace population workers with say, steam-driven robotics or cult-controlled golemns? Mwhahahaha.

Likely.

[lordcooper]

wat

 

[Teneb]

Unless we have the ability to replace population workers with say, steam-driven robotics or cult-controlled golemns? Mwhahahaha.

Likely.

My money is yours.

[Viken]

Mwhahahaha! Awesome!

[Sirus]

Unless we have the ability to replace population workers with say, steam-driven robotics or cult-controlled golemns? Mwhahahaha.

Likely.

Cease your auditory output and accept my units of currency!

[Gaslamp-Daniel]

Oh hey, new post up with some more technical bits, and another in-engine screenshot.  (Water is still unchanged due to infighting, biomes are lurching along.)

Edit: I should probably add a link, huh?

http://www.gaslampgames.com/2013/01/30/hooray-for-scripting-and-other-things-we-did-in-the-past-two-weeks/

[cerapa]

Looking damn good. Shame bout modding support though, but I suppose it is for the best if you only have to worry about your own bugs at the start.

Also,

the overseer will oversee if he wants to retain the polygons for his eyeballs

I think I can honestly state that the tags are the best part of these blog posts.

[Djohaal]

I really like the previews and the mechanics we are seeing so far, but if I may input some of my thoughts on the art style (which I assume is largely placeholder in the potemkin screenshots), the colours of most objects need more contrast and vibrance. They feel a bit "bland". The modelling style has a good slightly cartoony feel to it, and the base textures are pretty, but the final effect with the lighting is a bit lackluster. I assume that the lighting engine at the moment is still placeholder, and a good sun/sky system can do wonders for a model, but if that is anything closer to final than that, in my opinion you guys should consider revising the overall constrast and the color vibrance to get the desired feel.

Keep up the awesome work! 

[Viken]

Djohaal, the devs have already said that while they are rendering the current graphics with what is already in place, it is not how the final release is going to be.  They are still working on large aprts of the rendering software; so visual effects, particles, antialiasing, gamma correction and the rest are still being added.   They're just trying to get all the assets in so they can then work on making it look 'pretty'. 

[Djohaal]

Djohaal, the devs have already said that while they are rendering the current graphics with what is already in place, it is not how the final release is going to be.  They are still working on large aprts of the rendering software; so visual effects, particles, antialiasing, gamma correction and the rest are still being added.   They're just trying to get all the assets in so they can then work on making it look 'pretty'. 

And that is exactly the considerations I put in my post...

[ScriptWolf]

So long as it has the features who cares about graphics I would take civ 3 graphics for deeper gameplay any day

[Techhead]

So long as it has the features who cares about graphics I would take civ 3 graphics for deeper gameplay any day

Civilization Three? You must be spoiled by these fancy new games.

[ScriptWolf]

So long as it has the features who cares about graphics I would take civ 3 graphics for deeper gameplay any day

Civilization Three? You must be spoiled by these fancy new games.

I was picking a old game none focused on graphic but I'm interested how am I spoiled by these new fancy games ?