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[smjjames]

a tester wouldn't throw out a prediction about release. and that was the third seal broken, of course the lamb already opened the second seal.

I wasn't really being serious and was messing around.

Isn't that how it always goes with seals?

I meant the saying that SirPenguin was a tester wasn't serious. I mean I was messing around when I said that.

[Fault]

that's getting into multi-tile creature stuff...

also, think of the lag caused by cave-ins... would you really want your fortress to be part of a MOBILE CREATURE at all times??!

[Diablous]

would you really want your fortress to be part of a MOBILE CREATURE at all times??!

Yes.

[smjjames]

that's getting into multi-tile creature stuff...

also, think of the lag caused by cave-ins... would you really want your fortress to be part of a MOBILE CREATURE at all times??!

Cave-ins of what though?

[Fault]

anytime you disconnect a group of tiles and leave them floating, DF freezes for like half a minute to calculate where they will land, the damage the fall will do, and how much dust will be generated.

Imagine these calculations running AT ALL TIMES for EVERY MOVEMENT YOU MAKE

[PsyberianHusky]

would you really want your fortress to be part of a MOBILE CREATURE at all times??!

Yes.

Imagine if you got no warning about it on the embark screen

[Diablous]

would you really want your fortress to be part of a MOBILE CREATURE at all times??!

Yes.

Imagine if you got no warning about it on the embark screen

Would be awesome.

[PsyberianHusky]

anytime you disconnect a group of tiles and leave them floating, DF freezes for like half a minute to calculate where they will land, the damage the fall will do, and how much dust will be generated.

Imagine these calculations running AT ALL TIMES for EVERY MOVEMENT YOU MAKE

But it is so cool, I have fallen in love with everygame I have played that has dared to do this. I know next to nothing about coding but perhaps the game could count stuff as being "inside" via it being its own z-level of sorts and then have something else represent it on the map, this would also be useful for boats.

[Fault]

i'm not saying it's a bad idea

it's an AWESOME idea

but you'd need a gamma-powered supercomputer from space in order to play DF with it.

[smjjames]

Yea, thats the real problem with multi-tile creatures that aren't square (like wagons), how do you keep it from breaking apart when it moves or even turns corners.

[Neruz]

but you'd need a gamma-powered supercomputer from space in order to play DF with it.

Nah, the engine code just needs optimising. I'm sure it would be entirely possible to have large moving chunks of land without much of a hit if it's done right.


Probably the worst part would be pathing; since you'd need to recalculate all the pathing every time something changed.

[PsyberianHusky]

Yea, thats the real problem with multi-tile creatures that aren't square (like wagons), how do you keep it from breaking apart when it moves or even turns corners.

How to other rougelikes  handle this? If I recall right another one about space travel exist and you get to control a space ship.

[smjjames]

Yea, thats the real problem with multi-tile creatures that aren't square (like wagons), how do you keep it from breaking apart when it moves or even turns corners.

How to other rougelikes  handle this? If I recall right another one about space travel exist and you get to control a space ship.

I don't know, haven't played any other roguelikes.

[Rafal99]

Yea, thats the real problem with multi-tile creatures that aren't square (like wagons), how do you keep it from breaking apart when it moves or even turns corners.

How to other rougelikes  handle this? If I recall right another one about space travel exist and you get to control a space ship.

You probably mean Privateer: Ascii Sector. Well it is a totally different story.
In space you don't have walls or channels or closed doors. You just move in the direction where the enemy is, no pathing involved at all.

[PsyberianHusky]

Yea, thats the real problem with multi-tile creatures that aren't square (like wagons), how do you keep it from breaking apart when it moves or even turns corners.

How to other rougelikes  handle this? If I recall right another one about space travel exist and you get to control a space ship.

You probably mean Privateer: Ascii Sector. Well it is a totally different story.
In space you don't have walls or channels or closed doors. You just move in the direction where the enemy is, no pathing involved at all.

Woa, this is different from the one I was talking about, but it looks wicked sick, Is it anygood ? I might pass the time to DF 2010 with this