02-19-2021, 10:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-23-2021, 03:28 PM by Deantwo.
Edit Reason: Minor formatting fix.
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Dimensions
Dimensions were eliminated from the universe. All galaxies now occupy one single dimension.
Discontinuities were removed from the universe.
Intergalactic wormholes were added to connect the two separate groups of galaxies. This is depicted on the updated universe map in the wiki.
Mantifloss
Mantifloss was added as a new commodity. This is a plant based resource that occurs naturally on a very rare few worlds.
![[Image: c_Mantifloss.png]](https://hazeron.com/images/c_Mantifloss.png)
Mantispice
Mantispice was added as a new commodity. Mantispice is a psychoactive pharmaceutical made from mantifloss tendrils. Mantispice can only be handcrafted; no industry manufactures it.
![[Image: c_Mantispice.png]](https://hazeron.com/images/c_Mantispice.png)
Mantifries
Mantifries were added as a new commodity. Mantifries are a yummy food made from mantifloss roots. Mantifries can only be handcrafted; no industry manufactures them.
![[Image: c_Mantifries.png]](https://hazeron.com/images/c_Mantifries.png)
Wiki Uploads Broken
Uploading of pictures to the wiki was not working because the new web server was missing a software package. It has been installed. Wiki uploads work fine now.
Story Asteroid
A story function was added to trigger the asteroid. It is documented in the wiki as worldScheduleAsteroid.
Rocket Motor Patent
"Large Rocket Motor, Method for Making using Nitrate Explosive" patent doesn't require the "Small Rocket Motor" patents like the other "Large Rocket Motor" patents do. This could make people think that they have to use "Nitrate Explosive", which they don't.
Fixed.
Sailboat on Water
Sailboat floats on top of water. Probably same issue Pressure Tent had? Maybe Submarine does too.
This was caused by low tessellation of the water surface. It also caused creatures to appear to swim too high or above the water.
I increased tessellation of the water surface quite a lot. I hope this does not cause performance issues for anyone.
This caused me to work on the splashing water noise you hear when wading in the surf. It suffers from the same problem. Your altitude is determined by a calculation, not a polygon under your feet. The polygons of the water surface and land surface are an approximation of the calculated terrain so they can be incorrect between vertices. The water sound is important because that is the same calculation used to determine if you are standing in lava or not, which is deadly.
I made some adjustments so that you should never (or rarely) hear the splashing noise when you do not "appear" to be standing in visible water or lava. That means that sometimes you will be walking in shallow water or lava without hearing a splashing noise; it is much safer that way.
Extra Targoss
When the tutorial story goes to the stone age, another Targoss gets created. The new Targoss doesn't look like the old Targoss.
Fixed a bug in the code that looks for an existing character before creating a new one. The same bug was affecting your avatar's memory of a character, which prevented Targoss from being restored the way the avatar remembered him.
Targoss Won't Stop
Targoss calls to me then runs past back and forth before he finally stops.
Fixed a bug in story character behavior that was introduced during the npc object consolidation.
Captain of Atlantis
Lost Atlantis should assign capt berth.
The scenario did assign the capt berth. Fixed a bug that caused the capt berth assignment to be lost immediately after taking it.
Dark Matter Death
Conditions under which a spacecraft or vehicle are destroyed by dark matter were relaxed a bit.
Dark matter is a form of cleanup that occurs when vehicles or spacecraft transition from one solar system to another.
Vehicles are now destroyed by dark matter only if unoccupied. No occupant has to be on line.
Spacecraft are now destroyed by dark matter when they do not have an AI first officer and there is no avatar aboard. Spacecraft are not destroyed if an AI officer or an avatar are aboard. Nobody has to be on line.
Dimensions were eliminated from the universe. All galaxies now occupy one single dimension.
Discontinuities were removed from the universe.
Intergalactic wormholes were added to connect the two separate groups of galaxies. This is depicted on the updated universe map in the wiki.
Mantifloss
Mantifloss was added as a new commodity. This is a plant based resource that occurs naturally on a very rare few worlds.
Mantispice
Mantispice was added as a new commodity. Mantispice is a psychoactive pharmaceutical made from mantifloss tendrils. Mantispice can only be handcrafted; no industry manufactures it.
Mantifries
Mantifries were added as a new commodity. Mantifries are a yummy food made from mantifloss roots. Mantifries can only be handcrafted; no industry manufactures them.
Wiki Uploads Broken
Uploading of pictures to the wiki was not working because the new web server was missing a software package. It has been installed. Wiki uploads work fine now.
Story Asteroid
A story function was added to trigger the asteroid. It is documented in the wiki as worldScheduleAsteroid.
Rocket Motor Patent
"Large Rocket Motor, Method for Making using Nitrate Explosive" patent doesn't require the "Small Rocket Motor" patents like the other "Large Rocket Motor" patents do. This could make people think that they have to use "Nitrate Explosive", which they don't.
Fixed.
Sailboat on Water
Sailboat floats on top of water. Probably same issue Pressure Tent had? Maybe Submarine does too.
This was caused by low tessellation of the water surface. It also caused creatures to appear to swim too high or above the water.
I increased tessellation of the water surface quite a lot. I hope this does not cause performance issues for anyone.
This caused me to work on the splashing water noise you hear when wading in the surf. It suffers from the same problem. Your altitude is determined by a calculation, not a polygon under your feet. The polygons of the water surface and land surface are an approximation of the calculated terrain so they can be incorrect between vertices. The water sound is important because that is the same calculation used to determine if you are standing in lava or not, which is deadly.
I made some adjustments so that you should never (or rarely) hear the splashing noise when you do not "appear" to be standing in visible water or lava. That means that sometimes you will be walking in shallow water or lava without hearing a splashing noise; it is much safer that way.
Extra Targoss
When the tutorial story goes to the stone age, another Targoss gets created. The new Targoss doesn't look like the old Targoss.
Fixed a bug in the code that looks for an existing character before creating a new one. The same bug was affecting your avatar's memory of a character, which prevented Targoss from being restored the way the avatar remembered him.
Targoss Won't Stop
Targoss calls to me then runs past back and forth before he finally stops.
Fixed a bug in story character behavior that was introduced during the npc object consolidation.
Captain of Atlantis
Lost Atlantis should assign capt berth.
The scenario did assign the capt berth. Fixed a bug that caused the capt berth assignment to be lost immediately after taking it.
Dark Matter Death
Conditions under which a spacecraft or vehicle are destroyed by dark matter were relaxed a bit.
Dark matter is a form of cleanup that occurs when vehicles or spacecraft transition from one solar system to another.
Vehicles are now destroyed by dark matter only if unoccupied. No occupant has to be on line.
Spacecraft are now destroyed by dark matter when they do not have an AI first officer and there is no avatar aboard. Spacecraft are not destroyed if an AI officer or an avatar are aboard. Nobody has to be on line.