darknessfallsmod

A19 progress

So, taking a small break from DF to work on a side project. Which is good, because it allows me to experiment with code and such and not worry about breaking DF.

One of the ideas I had is now going to be an extra mod for DF, so i'm pretty happy about that. :) Got a couple of really odd NRE's I need to track down, and found a bug with GotoPOISDX that i've reported to sphereii, so need to wait on a fix for that.

It's slow progress, but there's progress.

New Menu!

I know it's not much, but I can share this safely. I figured it was time to replace the menu image. :)

Why am I so quiet...

So... I posted this in the discord, but heads up for everyone here as well.

Things are quiet with me and the mod atm, and I realised that might worry some of you. Am I still alive? Am I still working on the mod? Things like that.

Short answer. Yes, i'm alive and working on the mod.

Longer answer. I was accepted into TFP's A19 testing program. I can't say what we're testing or answer questions about what's going on, I can just tell people that I am part of it.

So, r...

Monthly reminder!

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up. It's Wednesday morning here in the UK, May starts on Friday.

With everything currently going on in the world, people losing their jobs, having limited income and such, I wanted to warn you all BEFORE the 1st in-case you need to lower or delete pledges.

Always, always, always look after yourself and your families first, not some random english asshole on the internet.

And that's not to say i'm not thankful for your support. I absolu...

2.51-DEV-B3 Available for patreons and testers!

Surprise folks. ;)

2.51 DEV B3

- Included updated worlds and compopack by Myth.

- Added a 1 day option for bloodmoon.

- Increased the chance for lockpicks to NOT break in the lockpicking skill

- Added the option for the player to "dump out water" from jars of water to get empty jars back (right-click, does not create water blocks)

- Roast dinner now has the correct unlockedby.

- Fixed Mineral Water giving the wrong wellness.

- Remove...

Progress update

Things are progressing, but slowly.

Basically, the lockdown had the effects I expected. The wife isn't doing too well mentally, so I'm spending a lot of time to keep her entertained and as happy as I possibly can. As such, I'm basically working on the mod when she's asleep.

At the moment, I'm considering dropping fishing, because the update to the trader skill system is taking a lot more time than I thought, and there's rumours we're gonna get A19 soonish.

I'm also workin...

The Real Life Monster

So, my country is now in Lockdown as of about 2 hours ago.

I'm fine. We have plenty of food in and going out to do shopping is considered acceptable. I can also go out to get my wifes meds, so that's all good. Mentally, she is not doing well.

My actual job is being her carer, so that does mean mod development is going to slow down for a little while. It won't stop, because I enjoy tinkering too much, but it will slow down.

Now for the next important part.

Next week...

Later than promised... but DEV B2 is out!

So I meant to do this a week or two ago, but the brain didn't want to co-operate on coding and I had RL stuff to do. However, here's the patch notes and a download link for non-discord users. :)

2.51 DEV B2

- Fixed a bug with the hunter ability still working if the player gets onto a vehicle and then off it again, and not crouched.

- Added requirement of player level 15 to forge ahead 1.

- Added requirement of player level 30 to forge ahead 2.

- Changed iron too...

Trader Overhaul

I know I put this in the discord, but thought i'd better post it in here too.

This is a WIP of the trader overhaul. The idea is that each trader will have specific skills and recipes they can teach to the player. I've also re-done their inventories a little, so they'll stock items specific to them. For example, all traders will have some basic medical items, Jen stocks the good stuff. Joel (treehouse guy) will have the good guns, but all others will have more basic guns, etc.

The 10 Slot Toolbelt Bug

You know how in DF, slots 9 and 10 of the toolbelt don't "remember" items properly?

Fixed it. ;)

Potential V2.51 DEV B2 soon!

There's 2 things left I want to do before I push out a test build. I'm hoping to get that done this weekend.

The first one is fishing. it's more complicated than I expected, so it's taking a while.

The second is a trader quest overhaul. I've got a way to do it that should not nuke player saves, but the reason i'm doing it is because I found out that the update of SphereII-Core allows me to have NPC's teach you SKILLS.

So the idea is, the more quests you do for a specific ...

Planning

So now i'm starting to feel a little better, myself and the testers have been talking. Right now, these are the things we're planning for 2.51 or whatever it's going to be called.

1) Slow down player progression a bit to get DF back to how it was in A16.

2) Increase required amount of quests so folks cant just power level through the tiers. 

3) Rework bloodmoon. I have an idea I want to try.

4) Get fishing working.

5) Gunpowder changes. (more needed to make...

18.4 and plans.

As i'm sure folks noticed, 18.4 experimental came out Saturday/Sunday (It was out when I woke up 3am on sunday, so god knows when it REALLY came out). Obviously that has thrown a tiny wrench in my plans, so the current idea is this.

- Get Experimental B3 into stable asap. It seems to run pretty well atm, so may look at doing that mid-week.
- Upload the current patreon-only build in the discord to the experimental branch for folks who want 18.4 compatibility (that's the only differen...

The Sound of Silence

So for anyone not in the discord, I apologise for being quiet the past few days.

A18.3b4 went into stable so I went into full "I need to get this out" mode. DF V2.5 Experimental B1 is now released to the public, so they're all happy.

Now, since the rumour is we might be getting a19 around april (and it might be a smaller build too, just bug fixes, vehicle  mods, some new items and new models), i'm planning to slow down a little on the content and focus on getting the mod in...

A18.3b4 and the mod.

So A18.3b4 came out last night.

DF got updated immedately, been testing it today, pushed a dev build to the testers and patreons in the discord.

Glad that didn't take as long as I thought. :) Everything seems to be working nicely so I don't see it causing any major issues. Right now i'm planning to basically keep working on bugs, but I may consider releasing the mod into experimental towards the end of the week.

Rest time

Ok, so being honest... i've had the flu since just after new year... and I've been pushing through it to try and ignore it.

Now i'm definitely paying for it, but i'm also starting to do better. The 18.3 version of the mod is in a pretty good place atm, I just need to do some localization and fix up attachment points on the DEagle.

So my plan is to probably take the weekend to just relax and finish off this flu properly, then get back to it. :) I may work on some of the localizat...

Hydroponics!

 It's a very basic implementation, but it works. :)

The idea is that you craft special seeds from a crop + the super corn. That gives you a seed which doesn't require light in the sense of it checking for the world's light level (so it works like a mushroom), but it does check for special "light" blocks (the construction lights in this image) and irrigation.

It also REQUIRES the use of farm plots, so they have a use now for the farmer. But this will allow players to do entir...

Irritation and Irrigation

This has seriously taken me about 8 hours of coding to get the bloody thing to work.

But DF now has a basic irrigation system. :) Plants will still check for water within 4 blocks, but they also check for irrigation pipes within 3. I will be doing a whole system with this where you need a pump block next to water, and then pipes connected to it and they WILL check to make sure there is a connection... hopefully.

And no, the plants don't eat the blocks like they do with water. :)...

Happy Holidays!

Where ever you are, and however you celebrate, I wish you a happy holidays!

It's currently in testing, but DF now works on 18.3. I even managed to fix the trader NRE issue so the band-aid fix is no longer required.

As usual, I posted a link on the discord for you patreons, so you can have early access to it if you so wish. Just be aware it IS a testing version, but I haven't found any major problems with it.

Have a good holiday, folks! :)

DF 2.4 Stable and A18.3E

I know I gave you guys early access to stable via the discord, but it's now out for everyone! I did an extra 5 fixes over the version you guys have, but it's nothing major. :)

If you want me to post links to early builds on here in the future, please do tell me but I think most folks are in the discord.

As for A18.3E, the current plan is to take a few days to relax for christmas, then get right on with converting the mod over. I think the biggest issue is going to be localizatio...

The Plan For Stable

So build 5 is out, and it fixed quite a lot. Mostly all I want to do now is add perk requirements (for the levels) to perk descriptions. That way, if folks get the "Disabled by status effect" text, they can just check the perk description to see what's missing.

Considering that, the current plan is to try and get the mod released as stable for Christmas. I'm gonna be at home anyways, and that'll be the 2 year anniversary of when I started working on it, so it seems appropriate. :)
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Progress Update

So being ill made me take a few days to just relax. Kinda annoying, because I didn't get as much done as I wanted. Now A18.2 is in stable, so what I wanted to do for Build 4 is getting delayed. Thankfully it was mostly all localization, but it's kinda irritating.

So the current plan is to try and get build 4 out within the next day or two, which will update the mod for A18.2. :) As usual, i'll see if I can sneak out a build for you folks 24-48 hours before public, but no promises!