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Bringing it All Together (Slowly)

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by Geti, Sep 28, 2012.

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  1. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    2 Weeks since last update? Better fix that!

    This week we've worked on siege engines that you can jump into as a driver or passenger, farming grains and on getting combat feeling better and more balanced.

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    As always it hasn't come free, as a few days were spent battling and eventually rewriting some fairly fundamental code to allow scripts to sync variables over the internet more or less painlessly - Thanks to Michal for his tireless work on that.

    SirSalami's also been working on Jazzing the site up a little to make sure it's simple to use for someone who knows nothing about the game. More on that soon as it becomes ready for release or previews (I'll leave that at his discretion).

    The lighting code has been reworked to not be team-biased, less hard edged and to perform better on low-end machines, and classic lighting without shadowing has also been brought back. We've decided to make the later option mandatory on non-gold servers because they don't have lanterns, which makes caves rather un-useful for anything other than blindly tunnelling towards the enemy base. While we realise this might be fun for some, it can still happen in gold servers.

    The lighting update will likely make it out to public at some point next week, the huge update is still a few weeks off at absolute earliest though.

    Max/Geti
     
    Geti, Sep 28, 2012
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  2. kubasanus

    kubasanus Haxor
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    Now I want to hit someone while driving harvester. X3
     
    kubasanus, Sep 28, 2012
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  3. Zeigy

    Zeigy Shopkeep Stealer

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    Yay! Classic lighting returns! More tunnel skirmishes. :)
     
    Zeigy, Sep 28, 2012
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  4. LostPix

    LostPix Base Burner

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    I like the new sprites props to you Geti.
     
    LostPix, Sep 28, 2012
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  5. Worm

    Worm Derpship Commander Donator

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    Two types of trees? Grains? EPIC SIEGE MACHINES?

    WaitMode = 0
     
    Worm, Sep 28, 2012
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  6. delankski

    delankski Horde Gibber

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    Trees!
    Wait...
    I love trees now! :p
    Anyways,
    Is this game already on Greenlight ?
     
    delankski, Sep 28, 2012
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  7. Chaos-Knight

    Chaos-Knight Bison Rider

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    I don't think there are harvesters, read this again:


    </br>--- merged: Sep 28, 2012 1:38 PM ---</br>
    Okay, so it looks like grains need light - but by digging down you can apparently plant grains underground and get more total area covered with grains. That's just crying out for an "exploit"...
     
    Chaos-Knight, Sep 28, 2012
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  8. SpideY

    SpideY Hear Me Roar Staff Alumni Donator

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    Whats the purpose of grains ? :x
     
    SpideY, Sep 28, 2012
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  9. Lieber

    Lieber Is Probing Uranus Global Moderator Forum Moderator Donator Tester

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    Sounds good!
     
    Lieber, Sep 28, 2012
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  10. LostPix

    LostPix Base Burner

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    It is a better alternative to farm coins, so you have farming coins in exact meaning, on the grain field.
     
    LostPix, Sep 28, 2012
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  11. LostPix

    LostPix Base Burner

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    Few weeks at least, you should read op properly.
     
    LostPix, Sep 28, 2012
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  12. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Few weeks at least
     
    Shadlington, Sep 28, 2012
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  13. LostPix

    LostPix Base Burner

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    Woops let me fix that.
     
    LostPix, Sep 28, 2012
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  14. JacKD

    JacKD Ballista Bolt Thrower

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    So I just read "destroying enemies using farm machines and stuff", right??? :D
     
    JacKD, Sep 28, 2012
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  15. Sirpixelot

    Sirpixelot Base Burner
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    Yay!!! We get to ride on catapults like they're tanks!!! And dem trees.... so awesome! And those crops... so cool...
    Too bad you cant just make some foods with those and run around with some food in some slot and when you get hurt it automatically replenishes your health for a certian amount of time.. like 10 seconds atleast. :3
    Other than that... Awesome sause on cool beans with holy cow served hot. :B
     
    Sirpixelot, Sep 28, 2012
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  16. cleggy

    cleggy Arsonist

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    I see nice trees, I see a food system evolving..... Oranges! The sheer thought of lush, juicy Kagainian oranges is making my mouth water:p
     
    cleggy, Sep 28, 2012
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  17. Villekille707

    Villekille707 Shipwright

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    Those siege machines look SWEET. Can't wait. :)
     
    Villekille707, Sep 28, 2012
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  18. cleggy

    cleggy Arsonist

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    ah but oranges be sweeter... literally:D
     
    cleggy, Sep 28, 2012
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  19. Sirpixelot

    Sirpixelot Base Burner
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    Catapults are now Tanks :D
     
    Sirpixelot, Sep 28, 2012
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  20. Dennisaran

    Dennisaran Shopkeep Stealer

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    Awesome! Everything looks pretty great so far...

    Well that one picture looks pretty cool, and the text I read made me happy. So yeah.

    Woohoo! \o/

    I am becoming more and more excited for this coming update. Heck yeah! :D
     
    Dennisaran, Sep 28, 2012
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