JohnMFSteel

A logic to place inside of a water volume to split it into multiple, removing any beneath to more easily make subterranean spaces without having to carefully place water volumes.

I am looking for examples or help with some script. Specifically, I am wanting to learn how to properly spawn other game logics with defined properties. Maybe with their own predefined scripts or maybe linking to the origin script from one origin game logic. The goal being to make a dynamic system that evolves as the player progresses and maybe removes logics that are currently out of use while logging a coordinate reminder incase the player's coordinates come back in proximity then the necessary logics can be respawned. Some additional info: I am seeing that the various logics have a spawn method that uses YLogicTemplate, and I am seeing that YLogicTemplate has a constructor, but I'm not understanding how to properly use the constructor. I think I understand that I use the name of the class as the name of the YLogicTemplate, but the proper syntax for defining the properties of the template is unclear. Getting the material Ids with .material is proving confusing, when I try to get the material Id from an existing terrain volume logic its returning none. Which I assume isn't true so I'm thinking I must need to convert the YVoxel to the Id, but the how of this is something I'm also unclear on. Also I must admit I have my fingers crossed here that the lack of a YWaterVolume class is simply due to the water volume logic being specialized usage of YTerrainVolume Additional explanation of what I am wanting to do: I am wanting to create a game I can play on mobile and PC. I want to dynamically spawn or move around terrain volume logics based on rules to shape my world layer by layer. Then I want to store its details in an array for a moment to populate the region with entities and logics. I'm thinking that aspect should be from dynamic templates created based on rules so I can try to create an evolving story by capturing some details about what has been spawned as a code and creating a sort of flow chart for what to do next in the presence of existing codes. I plan to mostly stick with base game themes and features as I quite enjoy the game, but I want to tell my own story with factions and maybe some companions. I also want to arrange resources throughout the world in a way that feels a bit more natural to me. I'm also hoping that if I can gain understanding of how to dynamically spawn logics as needed I can create a sort of global map and track the players position to determine when to move them to a new region or creating a sort of transit system between settled regions. Update: I figured out how to do what I want to do and I now understand I don't need any logic templates or anything like that I just need the global game storage. Now working on a background simulation to inform the world generation. That's going to take awhile so I've also been putting together a universal game, I'm nearing the memory limit so it might take some tweaking to get just right but I hope it turns out enjoyable. collaborative note: All collaborators are welcome on my projects. However, I have no plans for microtransactions ever, and I plan to share anything I learn with the community openly.

mentioned this noise awhile back but its still there so here's a clip of it to make it clear what the problem sound is. not sure why it sounds like a goose honks when you take the helm but it greatly detracts from play in my opinion. Ylands_2022-02-28_00-27-21.rar

I died With my pack in the inventory. When it dropped it lost the colors I had dyed it. However the icon and preview kept the color Edit: Just a small clarification, I am referring to the propeller housing not the steam tank

Game crashed to desktop while I was moving some items to a chest on my boat output_log.txt output_log_clean.txt

equipping the X Crossbow causes damage edit: right after I posted this it stopped doing it edit edit: it is when actively sailing

the tooltip for eating says hold to eat but the accepted input is on click

If you have an item equipped in your hotbar you can move it to a chest and it will remain usable in your hotbar

just came across an NPC named Hernest who offered to trade but had no trade action available

Unique paper is able to stack with blank paper and other unique papers in some cases blocking them from being unstacked

quick fix for minimum blueprint prices being too high, consider removing basic building blocks from block count. best I can tell all the fancy builds use unique blocks. I was going to post empty buildings for cheap and furnished for a premium, but the empty buildings are currently already as expensive as a furnished one would be.

OK considering how the game is a persistent(ish) world. Perhaps a encountered player list is necessary. You could apply an icon to appear above players heads out of a selection of icons, to represent their relation to you in a personal way. This could serve as a medium for keeping notes about players you encounter. Be they trader, raider, hero, friend, adventurer, explorer, ect... and if they are a trader for example maybe what resources they offer. It could allow for controlling players "ranks" across your various shared maps from one menu and of course the thing people sadly have to care about most, a convenient means of blocking/reporting players without adding them to friends or rushing to do so. you shouldn't be able to message anyone on this list, just a means of keeping track of your encounters. I think players should need to be in LOS to get added to your list, popping into a multiplayer map adding everyone to your encountered list and moving on seems bad somehow. Or if they post a message in game chat after you are loaded in. but maybe if the list logs in details about them it still shouldn't do that till in LOS Also it would be could if it displayed what they looked like last time you saw them. Edit: It could theoretically allow players to revisit multiplayer ylands quickly by visiting the map owner's encountered player page

It might be nice if ctrl+F, G or H gave you random rotation on that axis

So, one of the other games I play is Sea of Thieves. Now the system for piloting ships in that game is obviously far too complex for Ylands. The way SoT's helm controls work however, would be a big improvement for Ylands I think. Currently (as you know) when turning the ship you have to hold the button, looping the wheel turning noise, and potentially stressing your fingers. Just encase none of the devs have played SoT, the way helm control works is. You can turn the wheel to a fixed amount clockwise or counter. It also makes a knocking noise when you align the wheel to center, and at each maximum turn position. Also with the potential that sailing could be possible on mobile, I have a suggestion for the control UI rather than the tap and hold to steer. A vertical slider for controlling speed with a percentage readout. And a half circle slider for controlling turn direction with a degrees readout.

My take Games: I would like it if we could share scenarios, rather than just maps. I don't see the point of leaving a map unprotected if all the scripts are gone when a player tries to edit it. I'd like it if we could design our own game details page on the website, but also if possible in game. this should include some default templates and draggable/editable page aspects. I would like it if details between website and game were separate. In game I would have details about how to play, maybe some rules if necessary. On the site I would Put Patch notes, a means of giving feedback.. ect. Everyone probably has a different idea of how pictures should be displayed. Screenshots don't need to be locked to a box, they could be used as a game page's background or banner? You could potentially even allow verified creator to use custom page elements allowing them to "set the scene" for their game. Compositions: These are capable of being full featured mods essentially, even more so once we can add custom models - tags - being able to Predefine a category for your composition would help reduce the number of pages. -Searching by Author name -Composition size (block count, entity count, ect.) -Script performance impact -Composition groups would be nice for making "mod packs" -The ability to create uniquely named pages for favorited/downloaded comps so they aren't in one big list

Games: I would like it if we could share scenarios, rather than just maps. I don't see the point of leaving a map unprotected if all the scripts are gone when a player tries to edit it. I'd like it if we could design our own game details page on the website, but also if possible in game. this should include some default templates and draggable/editable page aspects. I would like it if details between website and game were separate. In game I would have details about how to play, maybe some rules if necessary. On the site I would Put Patch notes, a means of giving feedback.. ect. Everyone probably has a different idea of how pictures should be displayed. Screenshots don't need to be locked to a box, they could be used as a game page's background or banner? You could potentially even allow verified creator to use custom page elements allowing them to "set the scene" for their game. Compositions: These are capable of being full featured mods essentially, even more so once we can add custom models - tags - being able to Predefine a category for your composition would help reduce the number of pages. -Searching by Author name -Composition size (block count, entity count, ect.) -Script performance impact -Composition groups would be nice for making "mod packs" -The ability to create uniquely named pages for favorited/downloaded comps so they aren't in one big list

Yeah im not 100% sure so I guess let's ask @Nikki Severin What would be better for this sort of situation, loading up 1 topic or making multiple similar topics

Ye I know It's why I started this one, should be easier for them to sort through topics than comments

@spiritchaser28 What I am asking for here is Ctrl+Letter to give a random degree of rotation on the respective axis. I like the hold for free rotation, and the press for 90 degree snap rotation. I do wish we didn't have to hold right click to maintain height changes, I think it would be enough if swapping items reset the height. Also this is something I would like to work during standard placement and in the advanced placement where you hold right click One example would be my flower bed free rotation worked fine.... I feel however it could look way more natural if the rotations of the flowers were RNGed Another is the marble material. It can be free placed to nice effect, and it doesn't collide that I can tell so nothing weird happens when you clip lots of them. Making it look natural manually however is time consuming.

I like tiny blocks, the smaller the better. I feel you about the lag though In editor we can weld building pieces to improve collision and reduce lag. What about a welding machine tool? Could have the hammer break welds or a blowtorch to break welds. Personally Id like it if we determined our own pallet of block shapes and sizes. I can totally imagine an in-game menu for defining block shapes. The resource cost of the block could be generated dynamically based on the volume of the block you design. You should still probably start with the defaults, but you could change them out like changing favorited colors in the color picker.

Yeah, in the end everything ended up dyed. This was more about the barbute helmet requiring me to relog to update its icon. The rest updated after 5-10 min in-game.

Barbute Helmet Elven tunic(Updated to correct color after a time) Elven pants(Updated to correct color after a time) Elven boots(Updated to correct color after a time)

Such exciting news ? How big we talkin?

I dashed off my ship and activated a kayak at the same time. My character didn't sit, just stands there holding the ore. still functional but not animated. releasing controls made him sit down lol then I was able to get up like normal nothing game breaking here

The yland was huge, and like nothing I had seen in Ylands before. Very beautiful, an absolute joy to explore. I came across another really cool one right after this. The map was unavailable in it, and it was super stormy and somewhat hard to navigate, VERY COOL!