If a node is specially tagges with the stack_as_node group, and
the stack size is exactly 1, place as a real node instead of a
stack node.
This reinstates logic from WAY back in the super-early pre-alpha
days, except only for nodes explicitly tagged this way.
This should be applied only to nodes that aren't transformed in
any non-desirable way when placed as nodes instead of stacks, and
can be dug the same ways as stacks (i.e. snappy = 1 or
crumbly = 1).
Currently applied to sticks, staves, leaves, ladders/frames,
and torches. Ladder/frame placement offers some interesting
possibilities in terms of throwing ladders to rappel down holes.
There is now a "dirt cycle" in NodeCore ecology. Trees consume
dirt, and stumps now no longer return it. Players need to compost
leaves by burying them away from light near dirt, which will then
allow them to create new dirt.
This is one step closer to viable skyblock gameplay.
- Clean up registered_* usage patterns.
- Reduce tendancy of leaves to create stack nodes.
Now they tend to stack up properly in-world more often.
- Tweak damage system to create "headroom" where minor
damage doesn't cost inv slots immediately.
- Make player hand skin color match model skin.
- Cleanup/unify grass abm logic.
- Start installing new sounds by MagikEh
Sound source:
https://github.com/MagikEh/SoundsOfWarr
- Players heal over time at variable speed, depending on subtle
environmental factors.
- This frees us up to work on the death mechanic, since it's no
longer the only way to restore health and prevent an untimely
death.
Try to standardize the way we handle tools, materials, digtimes.
- Levels start at 1 and work upwards.
- Level 1 is for "hand" or "primitive" tools.
- Levels 2+ are wood, stone, metal, etc.
- Link dig times, tool levels, and durability together.
- Material groups now define standard "base dig times" which
are the main thing that makes e.g. stone harder to dig than dirt.
The speed of digging almost everything will probably have changed,
in some cases not for the better; much testing will be needed.
- There are now 6 degrees of embers. Better fuel sources will
make better embers.
- Embers differ only in lifespan; each class lasts twice as long
as the previous. Top-grade fuels may last 15 minutes or
longer.
- Embers decay stochastically.
- Embers decay 16x as fast when smothered, but still go through
the same lifecycle.
Also:
- Plain ash now reposes.
There are no infinite fuel sources, nor are any specifically
planned at this time.
Presumably this will change in the future, but it's also not
a given that we should have a falling or rotating version of the
tree (or that it should also split to planks).
Much TODO:
- Primitive adze should not harvest trees whole; need to split into
planks from end only.
- Not entirely satisfied with crafting experience from gameplay nor
API perspective.
- Need an easier way to register these kinds of recipe checks.
- Need more gameplay actions to commmit a craft, e.g. have to pound
the tool head into place.
"Loose" versions of materials will only allow a certain maximum
angle of repose, and will shuffle around sideways and fall if
that angle is exceeded. Softer materials like sand, leaves, loose
items, will all have shallow angles, while sturdier stuff like
dirt, gravel, etc. may allow steeper ones.
