Ethan Gordon Wilson

This is similar to Minecraft, where water would act like this if it didn't have a floor to "flow" onto. If you want more fluidity, ask them to add a much more complex fluid model, though don't be surprised if the game performance takes a decent hit. I think this is pretty cool, IMHO.

So breeding is done by simply having two or more of the same type mob close to one another? If that's the case, then I'll have to start experimenting.

Here's to hoping. ;2)

OR nutrition... I remember a mod in Minecraft that forced you to have to eat different foods or you couldn't fill your hunger bar. "Spice of Life" I think the mod was called. It was the most realistic eating mod simulation in any game I've seen to date. With all the different foods in Ylands, there's got to be some incentive to make different foods. Also about cultivating more than just veggies and plants there needs to be more content... like raising animals for their meat and leather. (This will be in another thread or I'll add a link to an existing thread about this here).

Oh ok. Meh.

The problem with the shovel is that there's a limit to how much flattening can be done with the tool - areas that are too high or low from the leveling plane - which force you to use other tools to flatten the area, which in turn exposes dirt or forces you to place dirt, leaving the dirt color. In my OP picture, notice the brown area to the lower left; that's where I had to add dirt to raise the ground level to meet the rest of my foundation area.

The biggest issue I have with this is in applications of landscaping. Making strip mines and clearing areas for placing a foundation isn't the issue as I'm usually not making living space in that area or am planning to cover it up anyways

What sorcery is this?? Crafting potions affect planting? I must see this!

Interesting. I wonder if the editor can assign spawn points to each player that logs in?

I like the idea of random (broken) ylandium items lying around to recycle!

Strange, I knew I posted in here this morning, but it dropped. I'll post it again: I've learned to free-place chests and cabinets into the deck of the shop hull, leaving just the top of it visible, allowing access to storage, but not taking up any precious living space on the topside. I'll post a picture of it when I get back home later.

So each player has their own designated spawn location? That is nice! My only concerns are these: 1) Some players will have better spawns depending on the biome they spawn into. 2) This shouldn't be a default, but an option at world creation time.

Yes, balance is key, though where is there balance in a map where there's one player, versus a map that hosts over a dozen, and Ylandium is scarce all around? Veins seem large, if you're playing SP, but in an MP environment that vein may barely support the demand of the player population. Some maps seem to generate a lot of Ylandium (one writer mentioned having plenty of Ylandium ore to spare after making all the ylandium items) where another mentioned a whole map and only 12 or so dust in total. Cavern generation could be worked on some, I think, though I've only played in 3 different maps to-date, so haven't seen the min/max of cavern depths just yet. I observed one massive cavern system with a few Ylandium crystals, but still a lot more depth available below that cavern system for more caves could have been generated (I used the face-in-wall-McCheaty-vision to glean this). Perhaps there could be an Ore Generation section inside the world generation options at the start of a new map. Allowing the player to select the ore concentrations for each ore, or at least one slider for overall ore richness across the whole map. Thanks for sharing. ;2)

You could use glowing mushrooms for bias lighting, tracing the walkways. You may even be able to place them underneath the piers, for lighting the water. Give it a try.

Can you elaborate? I don't understand.