Maritimes Development Thread

[stiles]

now you tell him we have cannons AFTER he built his own.

[ShockPuppet]

Attached Cannon: Lets call it Open source


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[Necora]

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So going over the final pass of the additions to the Maritimes Mod. I've cleaned up all of the models, and squashed some bugs in the code. Some of the buildings, I must have accidentally hit a short cut and extruded every face on the object. That is why the textures were funky on the roofs in earlier shots. If you hit the 'e' key in blender it extrudes a face, but if you right click to snap back to the original, it keeps the newly created faces. Kinda annoying, so when you accidentally hit it with every face selected, even for a brief instant, you get an extra 4 faces for each original, all piled together like layers of puff pastry. I think I removed 2000 vertices from one small house when removing duplicates! Flour and bread had no names, and for the longest time I couldn't get wheat to show up in the UI for the grist mill. It does now. It should now all run pretty smoothly in game, I had it going for a good few years earlier in vanilla with no hiccups. Adding some last minute storage options, and a small wood chopper, otherwise it will be uploaded as soon as I get some reliable internet!




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[ShockPuppet]

oh yeah, it looks awesome well done [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />



 

[Necora]

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I added one last wafer thin building, a storage cellar for edibles. IT will fit nicely in between buildings, and has a dark wall back so you can either put it up against something or use it between to continue the outer wall unbroken. I also added new doors to the warehouse and loft storage, and gave the deck of the loft storage some more decorations in the form of a winch thing.




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So it seems, I am pretty much done for this update. I'll do more testing this evening, and either upload it over night or tomorrow from work. Cheers all!

[stiles]

<<<claps, yeah that does look super.when you add this to the download section can you list each building? might be handy for new players as well as those who don't read all the posts.

[Necora]

Mod updated in The Forge. Currently only available through the alternative download link (google drive) because my internet is not happy today and times out when uploading straight to the forge.




 




Enjoy!

[Necora]

So, with the release of the new update, I might be taking a bit of a break from building things. Not because I'm done with it, or finished, or bored, but because I realised today that I really need to start planning. I have the skeleton of the mod now, I know roughly where I want to take it, and now I have to figure out the way to get there. For example, I whipped this together today in a bit of spare time...




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I like it, it is simple, but has some nice details. It is also the biggest building so far. I initially put it together just getting some inspiration, thought perhaps a warehouse for the next level of dock buildings. But then I thought it could be turned into a neat boat house, or rigger. That got me thinking, I really need to decide what buildings I want to build next, and what production chains I need for them.




I am thinking to base the mod around not only fishing but a boat building industry too. So there will be three levels of production, each accumulating in a new item, which will be used for the next set of buildings. For example...




Level 1.... Wood = Lumber. Flax = Rope. Iron Ore  = Iron. Lumber + Rope + Iron = Dory. Dory is used to build the next set of fisheries.




Level 2... Linen + Rope = Sails. Lumber + Iron = Spars. Lumber + Copper = Hulls. Sails + Spars + Hulls = Ship. Ship is used to build the next set of fisheries.




I was also thinking of throwing rigging in somewhere with rope and iron. 




Level 3???? This would be ultimate trade value and not used for anything in game haha. Perhaps the ship in Level two can be more of a sloop or schooner, and Level 3 can result in a Frigate or ship of the line... with cannons and all sorts.




 




Firstly, I want your opinions on this, or anything else you would want to see in a maritime/ocean going/ship building themed mod, if you even want to see these sort of thing!!! (is it a good idea? do people want this kinda content? Or is it just me??)




Secondly, it means I need to build up my on shore industry to support this, more blacksmiths and forges, tailors and linen makers etc. I want, again, three levels. 




Level 1 - Basic industry, slow to produce, produces limited basic tools, cloths etc. or is just slow at producing more advanced things. Buildings are small (2x2, 2x3, 3x3 max) and just shacks or coverings.




Level 2 - Medium industry, fitting to a small town setting. Building sizes around 4x5 or so, and buildings are proper buildings, perhaps even 2 levels high. Can have a rural and town version.




Level 3 - Advanced industry, ultimate speed and resource production, large building sizes, a sprawling rural version and a tall (three story) town version.




So for this I again want some input, ideas, inspiration. I have some, a lot actually, but thought I'd see what you guys come up with. This should be particularly aimed <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/3372-the-pilgrim/&do=hovercard" data-mentionid="3372" href="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/3372-the-pilgrim/">@the Pilgrim</a>as we have spoken about this before... if you have ideas for the basic industry now is the time to get them sorted.




 




 

[The Pilgrim]

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[stiles]

that building looks great. NECORA, how long ago did you start modding? i thought you said you was new to this?? sure been doing super. yesyou can take a break iff you come back!!!




  as to the ideas and expanding your ideas,go for it. it's like you are building your own game even.that is an advantage to banished. build whatever you want and play any way you want. there are no rules per say. i'll admit i haven't yet loaded your mod.  don't feel bad about that please. i actually am working on something and don't want to add a mod yet.plus i like to wait and let the mod get some time to be tested by others.




i live inland and play along the hills of PA. but i do know others live elsewhere and play their own way ALSO. i would like to see boats that can be used not just decorations,that you can fish on lakes,etc with. bass boat,troller,maybe a rowboat that catches catfish. the animation of such a thing will be a problem. i do have salmon and trout in my mad now. actually,i may not have "fish" as i changed the mod order the other day.if you ever do try to make a fishing mod with a variety with different boats,etc i do wish you would make it work separate of <abbr title="Colonial Charter">CC</abbr>. then we can add it above <abbr title="Colonial Charter">CC</abbr> and it would work good.