Re: [glob2-devel] New terrain

[dryad]

On 2020-02-10 09:06, Stéphane Magnenat wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The original idea for the terrain layers was not no to use dirt, but
> sand. The sand was close to water, being very humid, but not stable
> enough to build on.

Besides the buildings, I was also thinking about stones. Why shouldn't 
they be found on sand or dirt?

> Maybe we could switch sand to something like swamp (like there exists
> in Settlers 2), which might make a more consistent visual metaphor
> without requiring any code change.

It's just consistency indeed. Anyway we can prepare the tiles and 
decide. I've automated most part of the system.

> What do you think? Otherwise we can do changes like you propose, but
> given the work force available, such a change might be hard to achieve
> in a decent time.

How many people are currently involved in this project?

> On 9 February 2020 12:27:56 CET, address@hidden wrote:
>
> > Guys, sorry if I didn't reply earlier, but I had some issues to
> > solve
> > since the last message.
> > Anyway, while working on the new I realized something that honestly
> > it
> > doesn't make sense.
> > We got grass, dirt (sand) and water.
> > We got transitions from grass to dirt and dirt to water.
> > Grass is supposed to be the a resourceful terrain, while dirt is the
> > dry
> > one.
> > So, how comes that we got a forced transition from dirt to water?
> > Shouldn't be water near the resourceful terrain?
> > It also makes more sense with the fertility map.
> > The problem of just graphically swap them (costs nothing to just
> > save
> > the swapped tiles) is that we then have the trees and the food
> > growing
> > on dirt. So they should also need to be swapped code wise.
> > Another solution is to change water to some other material that is
> > closed to the concept of "non-resourceful", like lava (just an
> > example,
> > it's extreme because then you should explain how globules survive in
> >
> > it).
> >
> > I'd honestly go for something like:
> >
> > Dirt->Grass->Water (just a graphic change)
> > Buildings should be placed on dirt, consider it a clean spot. (just
> > a
> > graphic change)
> > Stones should be placed on dirt. (just a graphic change)
> > Special trees become crystals and are still on dirt. (graphic
> > change)
> > Trees are on grass. (graphic and code change)
> > Foods are on grass. (graphic and code change)
> >
> > My first question is:
> > What do you think?
> >
> > My second question is:
> > Is there anyone willing to try to implement these changes and see
> > how
> > they work?
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