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[Theodolus]

Probably "A"lcohol... They do require it to get through the working day so it wouldn't really be out of place, right?

In seriousness though, a pile of farmer's tools would be cool. Also, haven't posted up in a while but have to say that the tileset is going great! And the new graphics improvements that Baughn is talking about, are going to be amazing! Hadn't checked the thread in a few days and came back and had my head blown off by the amount of win present.

Any chance of an interim tileset from you Wormy? I'd love a chance to play with the new stuff you've been talking about.

[HeliumFreak]

Id imagine its something to tie the animals to while u milk them

[Harmonica]

It's an exciting time for DF graphics

As part of last nights overhaul, I also remade every tree so they look less crappy when marked for felling

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Niiice (designated) trees! And I take back what I said about not liking the outlining effect - that shot with the mushrooms and whatnot has won me over

This graphics advancement talk is very cool, I just hope my several-years-old laptop can still run it. The new DF is silky smooth but previous versions have tended to suddenly start eating CPU like crazy, and I'm not sure if the opengl requirements will do that.

[Baughn]

Which print_mode do you currently use?

Most of these advancements will only be available in shader mode. I'm not going to do anything to 2D mode; you may not be able to get the updated graphics, but you should still be able to get the current ones without issue.

[Harmonica]

I use whatever Ironhand has set the print_mode to in his init It is currently 2D.

I mean, my laptop has a pretty solid Radeon card and it's a dual core, it can do the graphics, it just tends to overheat when things get very busy.

[WormSlayer]

Speaking of new stuff: New plant, tweaked ground tiles and a new boulder.


Here is the test version I'm working on right now. Be warned - This is designed for release after we can use fonts for text!

I mean, my laptop has a pretty solid Radeon card and it's a dual core, it can do the graphics, it just tends to overheat when things get very busy.

I still get FPS death on an i7 if I do silly things :F

[Maldevious]

Really like that boulder. Very bouldery.

[dennislp3]

Really like that boulder. Very bouldery.

heck yeah it freakin rocks! >.>

[cganya]

posting to watch thread, looks great ^.^

[WormSlayer]

Farm Workshop:

The thing in the bottom left is one of *those* tiles that I'm not sure what do do with...

"Trade depot post, glass portal, Tile in Farm Workshop"

[Ounce]

I always thought the A tile was representing a sawhorse seen head-on.
I'm not really sure what use a sawhorse would have in processing plants or milking cows, but there you go. :v

[Solifuge]

A great many old games make tiles that tile very well between different textures, with very few unique art assets:

Spoiler: Example (click to show/hide)

Believe it or not, these tiles are made up of approximately 2 tile models per material (grass, dead grass, cobblestone, solid stone, water, and boulder) The grass is interspersed with stones that both resemble the cobblestone, and the solid stone, and can be used to mesh with them. With some crafty design, you can drastically limit the "transitional tiles" you need to make the tiles look good, and as though they blend well.

[Harmonica]

Farm Workshop:

The thing in the bottom left is one of *those* tiles that I'm not sure what do do with...

"Trade depot post, glass portal, Tile in Farm Workshop"

Make it into a wheel from a cart. That would look okay as a glass portal as well and also for the trade depot.

[Thundrim]

Farm Workshop:

The thing in the bottom left is one of *those* tiles that I'm not sure what do do with...

"Trade depot post, glass portal, Tile in Farm Workshop"

Make it into a wheel from a cart. That would look okay as a glass portal as well and also for the trade depot.

That thing grabs the prize for the most curious looking implementation seen in DF at any rate.

It is nice to see that the future arrives soon, tomorrow will feel like yesterday with all these new and exciting features coming up!

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[pugi]

Don't trust the wiki page for the tile usage that much, the O is also used for single pieces of constructed/smoothed walls and the ends of those. I guess there are a few more things missing.

Best would be if someone would build every workshop/building/construction and write down what tile is really used for which building and then update the wiki.