Dwarf Equipment Progress
Greetings all,
Progress continues on the next major feature, and I felt it was a good time to drop an update on it. So the goal is to give dwarves equipment, and I'm starting with tools - you probably noticed them in the most recent updates. At the moment they serve no purpose, but picks can be crafted out of different materials. Eventually, different types of tools will have different properties, and tools will wear down and break.
In implementing wear and tear, I discovered that the existing resource system just couldn't handle it. Which led me to rewriting the resource system almost entirely. That set me back almost two full months, but it is finally done.
Now that I'm past that - I finally have some picks that wear out and break. Well, iron picks at least.
Part of this goal was getting these different tools to appear in dwarve's hands when equipped. I really think I under estimated just how much art would be required to make that happen, so I don't really know how long that's going to take yet. The first release with this feature is likely to include only picks.
Progress continues on the next major feature, and I felt it was a good time to drop an update on it. So the goal is to give dwarves equipment, and I'm starting with tools - you probably noticed them in the most recent updates. At the moment they serve no purpose, but picks can be crafted out of different materials. Eventually, different types of tools will have different properties, and tools will wear down and break.
In implementing wear and tear, I discovered that the existing resource system just couldn't handle it. Which led me to rewriting the resource system almost entirely. That set me back almost two full months, but it is finally done.
Now that I'm past that - I finally have some picks that wear out and break. Well, iron picks at least.
Part of this goal was getting these different tools to appear in dwarve's hands when equipped. I really think I under estimated just how much art would be required to make that happen, so I don't really know how long that's going to take yet. The first release with this feature is likely to include only picks.