Stendhal Development Meeting 2009-11-22/Result Log: Difference between revisions

* /ignore currently only works for /tell but it should work for public chat, too - this is being worked on

* "Strongest player" on website should be sorted by karma as second sort criterion because of the max level limit.

* blackfinix offered to update the [[StendhalManual]] and embed the referenced images by uploading them to the Wiki.

* Enabled and minimized keyring pops up on every zone change (<del>[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1815905&group_id=1111&atid=101111 bug #1815905]</del> fixed)

* The black pearl image could be improved

* /mute should to be remembered across restarts.

* the command could be more user friendly: /mute instead of the confusing "/sound mute on" and "/sound mute off"

== Summon Scrolls ==

* Summon scrolls should become more powerful if you use them repeatedly.

* That was the original plan but there are some issues:

* Problem: Summoned Creatures had scaling issues with the old RP-fighting rules:

** Creatures are balanced to attack players who are wearing armor

** Creatures don't wear armor, so summoned creatures win against them easily.

** Need to reevaluate with the new RP-fighting rules.

* Problem: Someone could summon a very big creature right outside Semos then.

* If we make the protection more fine grained, the low protection areas could allow stronger monsters to be summoned

* Perhaps limiting the summoning to creatures who are on these maps? For example on a map which only hosts rats, you can just summon rats there.

* Are summoned creatures an advantage if limited like this?

* All in all: More powerful summoned creatures are very interesting but this needs to be approached carefully

** those weapons should be created by the adventurers

* We want a quest log that records the progress of quests. For example something like this:

* Helping Tad

== Trade System ==

* A trade system was asked about and it was confirmed that we are working on it

== Random (need summary) ==

* xkimetx: in island have one place with you can not enter

* xkimetx: you can create a new place there for lvl 400+ to lvl up

* xkimetx: for you not need players for train

* xkimetx: why if you kill one player

* xkimetx: you are marked with skull

* blackfinix: thats the gamble with training xkimetx

* blackfinix: it shouldn't be without risks

* xkimetx: or party system (/party (player)

* xkimetx: and if u kill with party you are not be a pk

* xkimetx: in this case the skull system

* xkimetx: not be if u kill only 1 players

* xkimetx: but if u kill more of 1

* xkimetx: in 1 week

* humana: no apple juice?

* humana: so I found some apple and I thought

* superkym: humana it sounds like you already know there is some

* superkym: why else are you asking about it? maybe you saw the item on a test server or on the items page? it was an idea which was started and not finished

* humana: maybe we can create apple juice for this gamve :)

* superkym: have you a particular need for a new food/drink? we have so much

* hamunu: ahh no kymi.

* hamunu: iam fine with this food what here is..

* hendrik: I like the idea of having a way to use apples.

* hamunu: hmm but maybe for another thing

* superkym: did you see the thing in practise hendrik, which used them?

* erdnuggel: maybe you can bake a apple-pie :D

* hamunu: not for apple juice

* superkym: it was a food mill

* tigertoes: i like apple pie better than apple juice

* hamunu: maybe apple cake?

* superkym: and you could make apple juice from apples using it

* blackfinix: throw them at annoying players?)

* hamunu: apple pie :)

* blackfinix: apple schnaapps?

* hamunu: ahh that's a good idea

* hamunu: it works a little bit like poison!!

* hamunu: apple schnapps

* hamunu: if you drink it

* superkym: it is already coded but i think the idea of an item processor is so useful that it is worth making it more general

* superkym: so that we can process other items too. and not hard code in that it only uses apples and only makes juice

* pepzs: can retired the aura protection ans implant skull system

* pepzs: 1kill red skull 3 kill black skull and when take black skull can sell or buy anything from npc for 2 weeks

* hamunu: it's more difficult to walk

* xkimetx: increase the def of mithril boots

* kiheru: the mithril boots could indeed be better. now nobody uses them

* blackfinix: i do, because they are pretty :)

* hamunu: just kiddng :)

* pepzs: implant one weapon make of mithril =D

* hamunu: the boots of finix looks like my white converse chucks :D

== Regions ==

=== Regions in Stendhal ===

* there are already "regions" like Semos (with the city, village and farm), Ados (city is multi zone), Nalwor Forrest, ...

* each region has a theme

** Semos is a rural region for low level players

** Ados a port city with a food issue

** Nalwor is an elvish region

* perhaps regions may be suitable for level-ranges

** as a rule we stick to keeping the Semos areas safer, not putting crazy creatures there, nalwor is indeed the elvish area, and so on

** we already have the idea that the further you go from Semos City the less safe it is

** perhaps we can make that more obvious to players

* regions vs. zone

** currently the main way to identify your position in the world is the zone name.

** something like 0_semos_city, int_semos_townhall, 0_semos_village_w.

** those names are there for technical reasons.

** I guess we still need them. But I would like to have some in-game names. Not on a per zone basis.

** a "region" is usually something that spawns multiple zones.

** Ados city is so huge that it has multiple zones.

** But from a players point of view that is Ados city.

** We probably should use the current zone names as subtitle.

* maps

** we currently don't have a map in game because it uses to much memory to display it.

** but we may be able to create multiple maps. One per region.

** those would be a lot smaller.

** like the map of ados city that Julius gives out

* those regions should be more visible

** for example with a transparent message on screen when you enter another region

** there are zone entrance messages

** a message you get every time when you go from say Orril to Nalwor.

** but without the white background so that it is not annoying.

** or the messaging area text, is less annoying because it doesn't pop up, like /me in chat

** we do have a global coordinate system for all maps, except those starting with "int_".

=== Wiki ===

* it would be cool if we had a wiki page for each "region".

* it should say something about the region, the background story, what makes it special, its history, etc.

* many NPCs in world give useful background information about the regions they are in. It would be very useful to have that on the Wiki (without spoiling the quests)

* examples

** Ados is a port-city. It suffers from not having enough food.

** Semos consists of an old village and a small city. It is a rural area.

* a good starting point is [[StendhalAtlas]], which already [[StendhalAtlas#Places|lists some regions]].

* such collected background stories will make it easier to write new quests that fit into the theme.

* suggested page content

** a small image of the map

** background story about the whole region

** points of interests

** out-of-character information for players

** photos (screenshots)

** see [[Semos]] for a first example

* blackfinix and yoriy volunteered

* more help welcomed

=== Stendhal Atlas image ===

* The [http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/421/worlddungeonsdy8.png map with dungeon entrances] is very outdated (0.62 instead of 0.79).

* Currently it is created manually by drawing the circles right into the .pnh file

* The [[StendhalAtlas]] should be a two layer image instead

** the generated map images

** the yellow circle overlay

* So the overlay can easily be applied to new versions of the map file

* Other map topics:

** jpeg was suggested as image file format

** region boarders (see region section) could be added as a layer, too

* tigertoes <del>volunteered to create the multi layer map as Gimp .xcf file</del> created [[media:WorldWithMarkedDungeons091122.xcf|WorldWithMarkedDungeons091122.xcf]].