Raycoms
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7 years ago 2016-11-28 9:32 GMT-02:00 xenoflot notifications@github.com:
Hi,
I'm experimenting with 0.4.1784 today and I've a few suggestions relating to construction.
Firstly, overall, I think it's really cool! I really enjoy the building system, providing materials, some custom NPCs, nicely designed buildings and so forth. Thank you very much for your hard work and generosity in sharing it with us. I think it will be a valuable and loved addition to our modpack.
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The ghost images for decorations and huts (fountains, fields, etc.) are full opacity which makes it hard to see where things are going to be. I suggest dropping the opacity to 40% or so, to make it easier to see the terrain through the planned build.
-> We might see if that is possible without creating problems (lag etc)
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I built 3 fields and then placed a farm block and told it to build. Apparently I placed the block too close to my farm because my builder proceeded to demolish parts of the fields she just worked so hard to make! Again, a transparent ghost image of the planned build, and a confirmation button, would've helped avoid this. Perhaps as a result of this, my builder is currently just walking back and forth between the site and the workshop with no forward progress.
We have farm decorations which should help you to avoid this.
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Builder is ignoring construction materials that have been placed in the farm block inventory. I can see that the farm block is intended to hold seeds, but it would be helpful if it could also help the builder, and the builder check that one before she returns to the workshop.
Yeah that's what we will add the deliveryman for in the future.
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If possible, have a Bill of Materials visible in the workshop and/or the current project box to indicate what the builder will need to complete the project. Ideally floating text in the way that RFTools machines display info. That way the player can get busy, rather than loitering around waiting to be told what to fetch next.
Actually the newest version on curse (the mod not the modpack) contains this kind of information in the builders GUI.
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"Field" should be renamed to "Scarecrow". Farmer dialog is "Please select a type of seed to grow in the scarecrow. Looks like these two have had their names switched!
Field is the whole structure. (Blocks around it etc) the scarecrow is just the block you place and you set the seeds.
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Builder with her hat is taller than a 2 block doorway!
Yeah there is a price if you want nice models with hats =D
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Builder's dialog is very depressing :( Doesn't she know that it's her own livelihood that she's contributing to?
We're going to add new sounds for all the workers.
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Fence gates on fields are north facing. Gap in fence of the farm is facing south. Perhaps check and reorient these depending on where they are in relation to each other?
- You actually should be able to rotate the field.
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Builder stands about 12 blocks away from the project she's building. Would be better if she stood closer. Perhaps 4 or 5 blocks.
We had that earlier, builder killed himself in the walls -> builder stands away in max(length, width) of the building.
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It would be nice if we could rename our citizens.
You can change that in the config options.
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My builder just completed farmer3. The last things she did was to place some buttons and then remove the row of planks they were sitting on. Now I have a couple of buttons floating in mid-air!
Never saw that, that's strange.
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My farmer has planted pumpkin in the same way you'd plant wheat. i.e. on every available piece of farmland, leaving no room for the pumpkins to grow. Also, she's breaking existing pumpkin plants and planting new pumpkin seeds on the same patch.
Pumpkins and watermelons etc cannot be planted yet.
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I feel the farmer should do her best to put any items she doesn't need for this project in the workshop. That would save her a lot of running back and forth, I suspect!
Farmer is work in progress atm.
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Farm building has some oddly-placed orange wool blocks. They're not connected to anything.
Scan failure will correct that soon.
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Possible duping bug. I gave my builder just one cauldron for the farm building yet so far I've removed one from the workshop, one from the farm chest and one from her inventory.
Very strange will have to investigate that
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When the builder calls for a particular item, it would be helpful if she'd specify the desired quantity.
Will be added in the future.
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At the moment, I see the builder wand places the structure at the same rotation every time. The expectation set by many other mods is that the orientation is based on the direction the player is facing. I suggest for "intuitive" control, that you make it work in this way.
The builder wand has a "rotation" functionality.
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What are "birch blocks with tennis rackets" under a proposed build? Is that where the existing terrain goes? If so, I suggest you just leave those out as it's misleading. I was expecting the builder to place some blocks there. Players should be able to notice if they've positioned it such that they're floating.
It's called waypoint and it's made out of substitution blocks. If you place that workers will use it as an orientation to pass by that if possible. The substitution blocks are never placed, they will adapt to the block which is already at that place.
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When the blocks of a proposed build are going to require existing blocks be removed, I suggest a red wireframe around those blocks, to indicate a conflict. At the moment it just shows the new block in its proper position and it's not clear that destruction will happen.
We reworked the whole build tool, but it's now harder to add this kind of stuff.
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That's all I have for the moment. I hope you like this kind of feedback. If you'd prefer to go your own way, or to have separate issues for each idea, please let me know. I can shut up or post multiple issues as you desire :)
Cheers!
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marvin-bitterlich
Hi,
I'm experimenting with 0.4.1784 today and I've a few suggestions relating to construction.
Firstly, overall, I think it's really cool! I really enjoy the building system, providing materials, some custom NPCs, nicely designed buildings and so forth. Thank you very much for your hard work and generosity in sharing it with us. I think it will be a valuable and loved addition to our modpack.
The ghost images for decorations and huts (fountains, fields, etc.) are full opacity which makes it hard to see where things are going to be. I suggest dropping the opacity to 40% or so, to make it easier to see the terrain through the planned build.
I built 3 fields and then placed a farm block and told it to build. Apparently I placed the block too close to my farm because my builder proceeded to demolish parts of the fields she just worked so hard to make! Again, a transparent ghost image of the planned build, and a confirmation button, would've helped avoid this. Perhaps as a result of this, my builder is currently just walking back and forth between the site and the workshop with no forward progress.
Builder is ignoring construction materials that have been placed in the farm block inventory. I can see that the farm block is intended to hold seeds, but it would be helpful if it could also help the builder, and the builder check that one before she returns to the workshop.
If possible, have a Bill of Materials visible in the workshop and/or the current project box to indicate what the builder will need to complete the project. Ideally floating text in the way that RFTools machines display info. That way the player can get busy, rather than loitering around waiting to be told what to fetch next.
"Field" should be renamed to "Scarecrow". Farmer dialog is "Please select a type of seed to grow in the scarecrow. Looks like these two have had their names switched!
Builder with her hat is taller than a 2 block doorway!
Builder's dialog is very depressing :( Doesn't she know that it's her own livelihood that she's contributing to?
Fence gates on fields are north facing. Gap in fence of the farm is facing south. Perhaps check and reorient these depending on where they are in relation to each other?
Builder stands about 12 blocks away from the project she's building. Would be better if she stood closer. Perhaps 4 or 5 blocks.
It would be nice if we could rename our citizens.
My builder just completed farmer3. The last things she did was to place some buttons and then remove the row of planks they were sitting on. Now I have a couple of buttons floating in mid-air! (edit: floating buttons were no longer an issue by the time I'd upgraded to level 5, but definitely existed at the completion of level 3.)
My farmer has planted pumpkin in the same way you'd plant wheat. i.e. on every available piece of farmland, leaving no room for the pumpkins to grow. Also, she's breaking existing pumpkin plants and planting new pumpkin seeds on the same patch.
I feel the farmer should do her best to put any items she doesn't need for this project in the workshop. That would save her a lot of running back and forth, I suspect!
Farm building has some oddly-placed orange wool blocks. They're not connected to anything. (edit: Orange wool blocks: http://i.imgur.com/hfUMTlX.png )
Possible duping bug. I gave my builder just one cauldron for the farm building yet so far I've removed one from the workshop, one from the farm chest and one from her inventory. (edit: definite dupe bug. I gave my farmer one diamond hoe. She still has that one (with some damage) but the farm chest now has two unused ones in it.)
When the builder calls for a particular item, it would be helpful if she'd specify the desired quantity.
At the moment, I see the builder wand places the structure at the same rotation every time. The expectation set by many other mods is that the orientation is based on the direction the player is facing. I suggest for "intuitive" control, that you make it work in this way.
What are "birch blocks with tennis rackets" under a proposed build? Is that where the existing terrain goes? If so, I suggest you just leave those out as it's misleading. I was expecting the builder to place some blocks there. Players should be able to notice if they've positioned it such that they're floating.
When the blocks of a proposed build are going to require existing blocks be removed, I suggest a red wireframe around those blocks, to indicate a conflict. At the moment it just shows the new block in its proper position and it's not clear that destruction will happen.
That's all I have for the moment. I hope you like this kind of feedback. If you'd prefer to go your own way, or to have separate issues for each idea, please let me know. I can shut up or post multiple issues as you desire :)
Cheers!