If you'd like to keep up to date on the current progress and plans, check out the Trello page for MLBS HERE. If you look under the planned updates, you'll see that Update 0.0.9 is planned for having better AI interaction with the player (might include multiple customers at once or customers asking for multiple items), and Update 0.1.1 is title "Weapons Galore" (that one seems self explanatory). Happy Smitihing!
Hi MrBubbles71!
I know exactly how you feel! I've always been an inverted Y gamer, and this game forced me to get used to the other way. I was pretty clumsy for a long time. There have also been requests for being able to customize the controls, so getting an invert Y-axis button will probably come with that update. Check out the Trello page HERE to keep up to date on the game's progress. You'll find "Input Mapping" under the Issues list, but the work on it is currently suspended.
Thanks for the suggestion and Happy Smithing!
@Faultedcat: Good idea! This could resolve some of the problems players are having such as changing the resolution to an unsupported one. You've got my vote! Happy Smithing!
If you'd like to keep up to date on the latest developments and patches (and even vote for features you'd like to see included in MLBS), check out the Trello page HERE. Happy Smithing!
Hey Blazing Shiny,
There is plans for a multiplayer.
Glad you are enjoying the game.
You can check out my Trello page and leave your suggestions there as well. :)
just thinking if you add multiplayer maybe customize player options could be a thing!
Some Ideas
1. a new type of knife blade design based off a sword breaker
2. to implement higher tier grips and guards
3. if there are higher tier grips and guards, give items a bonus to selling price if they are near the same tier but give a disadvantage to the price if the tiers are far apart
Hi WhiteNoise! If you'd like to add your voice to the Mac request (or check out some players' workarounds) check out this sticky thread: Mac and Linux
Also, you can sign in (or sign up) to the My Little Blacksmith Shop Trello page and vote for a Mac version HERE.
Thanks!
I don't want to go off on you here but it's very easy to say you'd be good at something when you don't know anything about it. A bright and shiny idea takes so much to put down in a game because you have to break it down to literally every single aspect. Every blade and design of that blade needs to be hand crafted; the size and shape, color, any extra bits that look a little different need to aligned and rendered and tweaked. The hit box and physics need to be programmed (if contact with floor = true then pull x and y axis of coordinate X=741, Y=0, Z=18 to floating point of floor coordinate X=float minus X of the blade, Y=.... etc...
But anyways, aside from "Hey, it's easy! You just have to know how to do it!" I'd like to look at your ideas for the game. I'm not affiliated with the developer, just a guy who likes what he's done with the game so far who also has some time on his hands.
1. This is probably a design choice. This is a game about being a blacksmith and running a shop so I could see "go out and kill slimes" being completely off track for what he invisioned for this game. Maybe it's not and he might end up doing something with that but for all of us who like the idea of running a blacksmith shop and making cool weapons might not like the direction of a questing game to go out and slay 15 dragons to get a cool new blueprint.
2. This comes back to how much work is involved with actually making each and every blade, hammer, hilt, guard, etc... I'm sure he's working on something for this already or he has plans to do so. Actually I believe I saw on his Trello page that there are quite a few things that he's currently working on such as shields and more designs.
3. It used to be so much less that you blew through each and every ingot in just a couple in-game days and the game was just done, over, too boring to continue. I'm sure this isn't the final product by any means but it does give new guys something to strive for and is much better than a 15 minute "Okay I made everything, I'm done" kind of experience.
4. These are multiple jumbled ideas crammed in to one selection. It's very hard to take anything from what you even put here other than "Make the game better!". He's working on a lot of these things and others might make for good ideas/suggestions by themselves. The bigger house is going to be worked on at least. Who knows what he's going to end up doing in the long run.
5. I really like this one. I do know that wood working is a possible thing in the future that will be coming up and if you checked out the 0.72 sandbox bode you'd see that mining is already being tested. I do really like the idea of each item being staged in terms of upgrades to make each one easier though. Great idea.
6. This has been brought up a few times and continues to be brought up on the Trello page. There has been talk about having other shops and buying things from those shops in person, hiring a goon to go pick stuff up for you... There's a lot of talk already on that front, hopefully we see something soon on that after most of the bug fixes are completed.
Again, not trying to attack you here... Just the way you came across "I'm amazing at this even though I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about" just really rubbed me the wrong way... Maybe I'm just in a bad mood and I'm sorry for that. Either way, I suggest maybe checking out the Trello page and seeing what's going on there too. Get an idea for what's being worked on, what's being talked about and refine some of those ideas a little bit. If you have more like your #5 then I'll personally be looking out for your next suggestions, they could be brilliant.
Also on #3, I know that Dasius is working on balancing the pricing system. The problem at hand is that some players want a casual, quick playthrough with minimal stress or effort, so the pricing would have to be very forgiving. But then other players want a challenge, something that will take a longer time and give them a sense of accomplishment. I don't know which update it would be scheduled for, but Dasius is currently toying with the idea of allowing players to select a difficulty level that will change either ingot pricing or profit margins so that all players can tune the game to their own personal preference. Game balancing (for any game, even board games) can be a very long and tedious process with many missteps, so I'm sure he appreciates any feedback that will help fine tune the system. Thanks for listening, and Happy Smithing!
Hey Heromaster,
I do hope to implement an interesting way of gathering Ores future builds. Same for grips and guards.
Thank you for your suggestion!!
With the current parts that you have, there are a lot of combinations that look like perfectly reasonable, or even better weapons compared to the weapons currently in the game. Could you add some of them?
The Titanium tools, from left to right, would be called: Great Hammer, Great Sledgehammer, Pole-Arm (Or Sledgehammer), Hammer, Small Hammer, Dagger, Spear, Short Sword, Long Sword, Lance, Great Lance, Great Sword. (Not sure on Long Sword).
As an extra note, could you have customers be less picky on some occasions, asking for weapons with attributes such as 'light, heavy, big, small, sharp, blunt, long', with multiple weapons fitting each category. For instance, a "sharp, long" weapon would be either of the lances, the spear, or maybe even the great sword.
Would it be possible to turn a customer into one of the other random npcs after they leave the shop? This would essentially despawn them sooner, without having to bring the exit portal right next to the shop. Getting them to have the same appearance and weapon might be hard, but it avoids the issue nicely.
In any case, it's great to hear that you've got plans for this.
Hey Xenrutcon,
Inverted mouse controlls will be available in the next patch as well as mouse sensitivity.
For discussion of a Mac version (and some workaround options), please check out this thread: Mac and Linux
Hey CryoDaggerPlayzOffical
Love your suggestions, unfortunately, I don't intend on implementing combat for the blacksmith. Although, I can't make a promise that i'll implement it but neither will I say it's completely off the table. Rather, I do feel strongly in the blacksmith playing a supportive role. I'll reveal more when the time comes. For now, hopefully you are still enjoying the game.
Thank you for your suggestions!!
Hi Lollerlance! Invert mouse options are coming in the next patch, along with many other bug fixes. Happy Smithing!
Well this actually is the first version that theoretically HAS the equip function, it just needs a bit more love :D
Armor I THINK I have seen suggested somewhere and it will come :)
And yeah events and attacks are planned, check some of the later updates on trello, either 0.0.8 or 0.0.9
Hi Thor30056! I understand your frustration, but currently the developer does not have a Mac on which to build, so don't expect a Mac version to be released anytime soon. There's a discussion HERE about some possible workarounds in the meantime from other users with Macs. You can also add your vote for a Mac version on the MLBS Trello page HERE. Thanks!
Hi BOBTHEKILLER! Items snap together on the workbench in the orientation of the part you're holding. So if you're holding a grip and it's pointed down toward the table, the blade will be wedged in the table when they snap together. When an item gets stuck in the workbench, follow these steps to unstick it:
Hope this helps, and Happy Smithing!
Be aware that there is a bug where sometimes you dont get paid for the ingot used in an item. Check the price of every sale... and for the time being do what i do, save after every good sale and alt+F4 if you get a bad sale and reload the game.
This could be the reason you dont seem to be making profit to advance. It only takes 1 or 2 bad sales per day to kill all profit.
Hi imperialfish! The ingot pricing is much steeper in the latest version. The profit you make on items you sell is a relatively small percentage markup from the cost, but as you get into the higher tiers, you will make more money. The developer knows that everyone has a different pace they'd like the game to play at. Some people thought the previous version was too easy (you'd usually be done by day 10-15 with no reason to keep making more money other than having a big number). Don't expect this pricing scheme to be set in stone, though, we're still in Alpha. Also, Dasius has been working on the idea of having the pricing tied to a difficulty setting so that players can enjoy the game at their own pace, but that's not implemented yet. Hope you're still enjoying the game even with the increased difficulty and Happy Smithing!
Hey Adie123,
1. Like the idea, will consider it for sure.
3/4. I do want to add the ability for players to place miscellaneous objects in their environment like what you mentioned. Ill look into it as I believe it would add to the game.
Thanx!
Or one person frantically keeping the store stocked (and reasonably neat) while their friend clumsily makes stuff for the customer.
Dev hasnt been active for two weeks. no idea whats happening. The workflow on Trello was suspended and the dev's gone awol it seems. :( ... Lets hope hes gone on vacation for two weeks and comes back to continue... Wouldve been nice to have had some info though prior.
Yeah, Dasius worked really hard for over a month crushing the game breaking bugs everyone was reporting (he's really dedicated to this project). Can't blame him for taking a short break and enjoying time with his family for a bit. After all, he's a one man team on this one. Don't worry, he'll be back at it soon enough :)
Hey gunjamed,
I am working on adding more features to make the game more interesting including end game content. It will take awhile as im trying to release more polished versions of the game.
Hey Recon John,
Glad you are enjoying the game. Ill try to answer your questions.
1. There is no public timeline on when I'll release things. It's difficult to develop a whole game solo and meet deadlines too only fall short. I'll try to be reasonable and release things as fast as possible without sacrificing quality as i've done in the past. So for the moment, I can't say when but I can say it is planned for the next update. Sorry if that was a bit convaluted.
2. Crystals, atm, still have no purpose but they will near end game when they are fully implemented.
3. Every update or so, I try to add more content and destination for the player to visit to break them out of the grind/monotony if they so choose. The next update will have a larger map with more to do.
4. I want to add a element of risk and loss. I think what I am implementing currently will be a good alternative to robberies. But I might still add it at one point. No shop is complete without someone trying to steal your stuff :p.
5. I am working on armor possiblities but I can't make a promise it will be in the next update.
6. Weather is on my todo list. Very close to the top. I'm all about that immersion.
7. I've received this request several times now and I might just have to do it.
8. Unfortunately, bows and arrows don't make sense for a blacksmith game, same with leather armor. Would like to remain in the realm of metal working. This also has been requested alot so i might, far in the future, add specializations like weaponsmithing or armorsmithing.
9.Mining is partially implemented but i'm pushing for full implementation either in this update or the next.
10. Yes! Unreal Engine 4 is the engine I am developping this game on. :)
Hope that answers your questions.
Cheers!
I like the 2nd one. That would be pretty cool... Maybe you could even buy your own land and build on it?
Hey Majgamer,
Thanx for the suggestions.
I believe the customers do say thank you but it does seem more of a "shy thank you". They turn around and leave while saying it so it's possible to miss it. I'll look into making it more obvious.
I do plan on adding a tax/rent system in the game.
I like the idea of adding a hunger system.
Hey Fido,
Thanx for your suggestions.
I am working on adding more depth to the creation process.
the hunting could allow you to acquire leather which could be used in a new system which allows you to tan it and turn it into grips for weapons which could be a late game feature or just a money bonus
Hey Shadowblade4444,
I like the idea of giving out quest to such as fetching materials from the "Players" and then give them a reward. I believe there were a few other suggestions that were loosely similar. I will consider it. Thank you!
Ya I can definately add Pickaxes for mining.
Increase the spawn frequency of the customers is something I am working on. I had it in one of the updates to the game but it almost completly broke the AI, so i had to roll back the changes but I am still looking into it.
Glad you are enjoying the game.
Hey Shadowblade4444,
Glad you are enjoying the game.
I'm hoping to release difficulties for the next update. Thanx for the suggestion!
I'd rather have a finished update than a half-baked one! No one likes half baked cake, I should know, I didn't get paid D:
Hey Tripster124567,
Thanx again for your suggestions.
I wanted to avoid (if possible) using traditional inventory/hotbar systems. I feel it really pulls the player out of the game. I also wanted to keep your screen clean and simple a.m.a.p . This system definitely is not the best nor perfect but I would like to one-day optimize it so it works better. If it does require an alternate method, then I will consider something like a hotbar or inventory.
Cheers!!
You can visit my Trello page and leave any suggestions there as well.
Yeah I understand, it does make the game unique and I do like the idea. The game is still very new aswell so it is expected to be optimized yet, no worries, so far so good!
Also, I'm a bit lost and new to Trello, how can I write a suggestion or bugs I find there? It seems like all I can do is subscribe to each category of cards.
Hey MrPineapple41,
Thanx for your suggestions. Some of your ideas are already being worked on.
Glad you are enjoying the game :)
Cheers!
OH! Maybe something where once you hit a certain threshold of money they begin requesting certain materials. Like once you have 500 in your chest, regardless of what you spend it on, they start asking for tin sometimes. The more you create tin weapons the more they ask for it and so on. Also I think it would be cool if they asked for specific handles and grips in addition to materials, just to keep us on our toes.
Maybe something like a reputation rating for the shop based on how accurately, quickly, and how often you completed requests. Or maybe a system where when the day starts, or week, or month, you recieve commisions based on your reputation. Like 300 swords by the end of the month for his majestys royal army! Then you would have to decide to keep the shop open or focus solely on the comission. Of course small comissions could also happen, like a tin greatsword with a fancy handle by 6 pm.(IDK if there is going to be a clock eventually).
What if once your rep gets high enough you could begin outfitting the army and sometimes wars could start up and based on how well you outfit them the tide of the war updates daily. Then it wouldn't be a game about crafting to make money(because you'd be funded by the king) but instead a battle of how fast you can make weapons.
I have no idea where you're going with this game but I'm gonna enjoy it no matter what lol. Once I get some money I'm going to support you,
Also a bug, there is an odd mirror reflection effect going on with the chimney of the forge. When ever you move ingots around the forge you can see their reflection on the stone wall of the chimney, now I'm no rocket scientist but I don't think rock is supposed to reflect things haha.
I just noticed it now though and I've been playing for 4 hours in just the past few days so It doesn't stick out very much if it was to be pushed of to patch later.
Also, if you continuously hold shift to sprint and make something at the anvil the sprint will be canceled for no reason.
And I think disassembling parts should be added. If you accidently make the wrong tool or if a part combines on accident there isn't a way to salvage the unwanted tool so you have to just throw it away currently.
Also i think maybe some of the metals like titanium, adamantine, etc... are way too expensive and very hard to earn enough money to buy them. Maybe you could make them cheaper and/or make the "players" give you more money for the weapons. I really love this game so far and just finished playing it for about 6-7 hours. I got to day 23 and it gets almost too fast for me. A couple "players" left because i couldn't go fast enough, but still a very good game for a work in progress.
You say that titanium and adamantite are too expensive, but they're actually much quicker to upgrade to then the second metal, tin.
With copper at 10$ and tin at $500, you need to sell 500 ingots worth of copper to reach tin. (not including grips/guards) After that, you only need to sell 20 ingots of tin for iron (at $1000), 50 ingot ofs iron for adelite (at $5000) and that cycle repeats. (Unless it's changed since I last looked.)
I understand your issue, I have it aswell. You need to sell an insane amount of copper tools to reach tin and it isn't purely based off the price of the ingot because you need to factor in the grips and guards, if used, in a part. And ontop of that the prices aren't as exact as they claim to be. The player card that indicates skill points, activated by pressing "P", shows that the base state of charisma gives you a 10% boost of sale prices for a total of 110% money gained from what you spent on making the part. However, if you look at the board on the left wall, inbetween the doors to your bedroom and the forge, it shows all of the prices customers paid for the parts and they almost NEVER match what the skill card indicates. Its still random, you can even LOSE money sometimes for no reason, the customers simply don't pay the right amount. I've had a customer pay $56 for a copper great sword, which used 3 copper ingots, a fancy 2 handed grip, and a 2 handed guard for a total of about $40 give or take, and I've also had the same sword sell for only $24.
It may be possible that the prices depend on how fast you give the items to the customers but I know for sure this system is properly coded yet. Which, in my opinion, is perfectly fine for now because it is still very early in development but it does slow down the progress tremendously and leaves money gain to chance.
Check that board for sale prices you get and monitor to see if time is directly related to the price of a weapon or not and let me know, I'll be doing the same. All I know is that I think the charisma state increases the MAX profit rather then the ACTUAL profit, for now.
You know of all 4?
SPOILERS! DO NOT GO BEYOND
IF YOU WANT TO FIND THEM ON YOUR OWN!
*One is in a river out of your front door and right a little
*One is under the shield by the log out the back of your house, around the Golem.
*One is in the torch directly to the right of your door when going to the anvil.
*One is in the house almost directly out your front door and slightly to the right.
-Bringing all 4 back into that house and holding the Fear crystal has an easter egg :P
No worries Tripster,
I didnt make the feature obvious so most people might not have even noticed it. Good on you and anyone else for finding it.
Hey CaptainLemming,
Thanx for your suggestions. Armor is on my todo list and I already have some made but not ready for mass production. Once I finish fixing all the bugs with making and selling weapons, i'll transition the system with shields and armor which will use the same system.
Instead of closing the entire game, you can enter sandbox mode, then enter shop mode again.
Thanks for the reply Dasius.
Because I'm stubborn I tried to figure it out myself and it turns out you can bind the cursor keys, but they are somehow also pre-bound to menu navigation so attempting to input them as bindings is difficult as the often the key presses navigate away from selection field before it registers the Key change. I noticed this as while attempting to bind the cursors I noticed a faint highlight box would appear around the sandbox mode button.
I guess this should be in bug reports then...
Hey Legion3000,
Interesting ideas. I'll think about it.
I agree with customers saying please goes a long way but you do get the occasional rude customer. If you don't like them, you can always just cancel the order and shoo them out the door :)
YES PLEASE!! I haven't gotten far enough but I was hoping this would be in the game. The Tin metals tier needs to be replaced with Bronze (copper+tin). Tin is not actually suitable for weapons or armor. You could also add in zinc for Brass (Copper+zinc) which is actually a very useful metal.
Hey LEGION3000,
That's a really cool suggestion. It is on my todo list. The grips were all originaly made in seperate parts with the intent of allowing players to combine them. I'm hoping to have that feature in a future release.
Thanx you!!
Seconding this motion as well, in my higher now gone save, I was only ever buying rare grips at the point I was at, but they really weren't at all "worth fretting about" I could've just as easily attached a 1$ handle instead of a 12$ one, and still gotten 99.99% of what I got with the 12$ one.
the way I could see it panning out a bit more, not sure if that's necessarily what you meant.
Plain common untextured - purchasable and craftable - 1-3wood (1h 2h pole)
+ 1 copper ingot -> Looks similar to uncommon uncommon wood grip
1-3 rare wood (1h 2h pole) +1 tin/bronze ingot -> Rare/fancy wood grip
Iron tier/unlock
hand guards -> purchaseable/craftable
Selection (non head/tool parts/whatver (since it highly defines "Heads" when in it currently))
1 Iron ingot -> common Iron grip
1 iron ingot -> common 1h guard - until this point you have to purchase guards (like you have to anyway, They're cruder (iron?) metal than what you'll make (heck, maybe v1 = crude iron and v2/3 = iron and pricing will reflect in future)
That said I want to say common 1h guard + some other non iron metal = v2 guard (since it looks like a mix, where as v3 looks just one type)
Common Iron grip + bronze - uncommon Iron grip
CIG + Iron (maybe?) -> Socketable? Uncommon iron grip - Maybe the Crystals can be used as reusable gems (not actually being used up) or those glowing crystals in the cave can be gem deposits (low chance)
Either uncommon iron grip + brass -> Fancy/rare Iron grip
Basically this would mean that A copper head could be affixed to any handle you can get your hands on, tin/bronze, iron/steel etc pre-steel - would allow for all of them, too.
But then at Mithril - You'd /have/ to stop using wood-based grips - and by this point, You'd have Iron, Steel, and maybe Mithril, grips to work with - And Iron should be easily attainable for you. - MAYBE you could still use Crude-iron grips - But I'd probably say not so much and say you'd have to upgrade to basic iron at minimum. (Perhaps Brass could serve also as a Guard upgrade from crude/basic guards Maybe Brass would be required guard at mithril stage - brass guards and iron grips (or better)
Adamantine Guard v2 + Mithril (red?) grip, mixed with a mithril ignot (socket) (uncommon) mixed with Steel (instead of brass)= Legendary Grip + guard (Socket with light crystal/light based gem) (Yellow or red, mixed results, most common seems to be yellow/golden yellow)
So Red Handle, Steel accents, Yellow/light socket, purple guard (adamantine is purple, I think?) and a Iron, steel, or Titanium (undecided) Blade - (there's one that kinda looks like it has grooves in it (not hole) that I feel fits the bill of "master sword"
Legendary Master sword recipe ^ - Obviously I feel titanium would be wisest, but that's pretty dark - additionally, the master sword can actually somehow rust, apparently, Thx BotW - so realistically, It seems like its "Iron" - Suppose that maybe since it can be "reforged" in various versions to lv 2 and lv 3- that it kinda makes sense the blade itself is not the best it can be...(maybe we'll skip all that drama and just make it Mithril too - Since one of the upgrades is red. (plot twist best Master sword is actually Brass/Copper/Gold LOGIC BE DAMNED)
Blade must be quality upgraded at least once.
Then You can stick it in the Pedestal and the Pedestal will act like the anvil does with ingots, snapping it into position.
Audio cue - Music near pedestal will forever be different at this point - more Tranquil/holy sounding.
You'll need a really high level Blacksmith to pull it back out (stats in Str, namely, but agility too, etc) so don't put it in unless you ready to part with it. - you should be happy knowing it's going to be used by good, hylian/hyrulean hands, and that you're the badasterisk that crafted it (According to ALTTP, The master sword was forged to fight Ganondorf's apparent triforce related power - Mere mortals, not the goddess, crafted that version of the master sword -) (also explains why Blacksmiths can oh so casually upgrade it. You know, Like a blacksmith do, to a supposed "goddess" crafted blade, then forged in golden goddess fires into the master sword. (cause remember, logic be damned))
Where was I again...? tldr?
Not sure why spacing got out of control, editted it out.
Hey GaminExposedYT,
I would like to add grindstones for weapon refining. I started already on weapon refinements and hope to continue doing so for future updates.
Thank you!!
Hey Popfly335.
Thats not a bad suggestion. I'll take it into consideration.
Thank you!!!
Hey SirAxart,
Glad you are enjoying the game :)
I am looking into implementing flails in the game next to your other suggestions. Some of which are on my todo list.
Thank you!
Glad to know im on the right track.
Oh Oh. Rereading some of the suggestion posts reminded me about something.
Namely this one about its bows - Reminded me that the 3rd Small-blade/dagger model - The tiny "tip" blade
Totally looks like it could be an Arrowhead.
That + wood/rare wood = arrows (simple) (And maybe it'll be a few arrows? would probably be a pain making and selling arrows 1 at a time... althought BotW does it.... urgh... arrows.. Always need more.
Anyway.
Or
blade tip + wood + leaves = Arrows (little more complex and more... proper recipe?) (Smack a tree with Mallet, get leaves, smack a tree/log with hatchet, get wood) (or just add feathers in some way
you can remove handles, just take the item with the handle that you want to remove to the anvil and hit it
there's a blueprint for a good number of items up on the top shelf.
Try sandbox mode to get a feel of how things work. Then apply to shop mode.
Could also try gut instinct. If you put something together and it doesnt say you made something... Then do it over differently...
If smithing was the roadblock.. You need hot ingots on the anvil to make selection
You'll need to also have ingots hot and ready on the anvil for that. (Which is what I was talking about for "smithing")
2) It is planned, but currently, no. - You buy grips from either shipping (window/chart near anvil and forge) or from partsmith Geofrey
when you buy from geofrey, there's a really uber cheap 1h/2h grip (1$/2$ respectively) however - Bear in mind you need to be verrrrrryy delicate shopping at his place currently
Use his shopping basket, and carefully set the grips inside, crouch, and pick it up gently, and then uncrouch and carry it out when you're ready
If you mess up, or decide one of the grips isn't affordable for you - Give up, and put the rest back too - If you have a pricing error - it'll ding you and call you a thief and mark all the grips as stolen (not entirely true, it might only mark a couple, but still), once the items are stolen, they're stolen forever.
1) you'll need to hand your weapons to NPCs who request them - you can set up some of them behind the tapestry on your counter, handle side in, and the NPCs will usually see them from the first and second shelf
If you haven't seen how to open shop yet, there's fine print on the door - you have to click the actual "Shop closed" plaque ontop of the door to change to open, just opening the door won't do it for npcs to come in.
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when You're selling just copper, it can be hard to make each day seem profitable and progressive - but I assure you, it won't always feel that way, copper is just the slowest tier (that said, I've been having trouble myself in 0.0.82 getting NPCs to desire my most expensive metal...)
The Main reason copper's so hard to progress through is because its so "cheap" and grips and guards are still required, almost as expensive.
Where a great sword gets you maybe 50 or so $, and costs about as much to make in copper
A great sword in tin is 1500 for the tin, and only 20ish for the rest - 10% of 1500 (mark up) is 150 -> easily paying for 4 more grips/guards, ontop of a replacement 3 tin
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Do not close the lid of the shopping basket, btw.
Well. You can, just don't have it lidded when you leave - it will trap the items forever - when the shopping basket crosses the threshhold of the store, It swaps the basket for a regular crate, The items inside must be free if they're to remain usable -
IF they're locked in the "Shopping basket" - That's what they'll remain because the "Shopping basket" erases itself from existence as it swaps out for a crate, leaving "Locked" until you "Unlock" the shopping basket, which doesn't exist to unlock.
I mentioned this to a youtuber worried on the same problem, with tin being "so expensive"
once you get your first tin ingot - Progression becomes loads easier.
for one - Grips and guards - These are the primary grind in copper
If you didn't have to spend a fair bit on pole grips, or on both grips and guards - copper wouldn't likely be quite as slow - at copper, you're basically paying for both parts out of pocket, and relying on both to get you results.
but at tin, You're relying solely on Tin, as you will be in every other tier
Additionally, you won't struggle with stock as much after tin either, as you'll always be able to ring out a stack of copper to fill an order in a pinch, and grips and guards are a fraction of a higher-tier's ingot price - meaning more sales, meaning more spare change for misc, and more exp for more (I'd go with charisma honestly, it'll eventually mean a whole stack of a tier down in bonus funds, and that, gets you good stock/reserves.) stats
But yeah - Coppers main detractors are that its all you can use in terms of ingots, grips and guards rival its price, and you need both with every sale, and mark up is only 10%, and some change.
10% of tin is 5 copper ingots, just off the bat (500-> 550)
Or its a replacement rare grip and guard, along side the tin spent
the one tin, pays for the entire weapon - rather than the one copper, and its grip, and its guard, barely paying for itself.
And when you get to 1 ingot of the next tier, take a moment to look at your options.
if there's no ore for that tier, focus on fulfilling customer demands for those ingots, and reap the immediate replacement of them and slowly but much more steadily, climb to two ingots, then 3, then awhole stock full
Then 1 ingot of the next tier, rapidly builds to two, eventually it'll start rapidly building to three -and once again, check for ore There's no point in upgrading your hammer or pick if there's no use to be garnered from it, but on the flip side, you'll get an immediate, drastic boost if you can get to the pick, and there's 2+ veins waiting for you to plunder.
chiming in behind Slipcor for a differing point - rotation can help some things fit better into small places, like shoving an entire log into the smelter before hacking it to pieces so you don't have to chuck each piece in individually (once it's wedged in a small bit, use another log or crate to tap it in, like a mallet hammering in a peg)
Additionally, I like to stuff my smelter fully of ore, and then turn the box 45* so that it catches the ingots while I do other things
then I carry the box full of ingots to the forge, lit er up, and heat the entire box of goodies all at once, tilting it over towards me while I'm waiting so they're easier to grab out of it. (90* side rotate, open to anvil)
I also like setting delivery boxes ontop of crates so that most of the items fall into them, and then use the crate to dump them on a smaller area that the delivery box couldn't fit.
in 0.0.82, the crates have lids so instead of a backpack you can now actually safely use crates - close them - carry and throw them around and keep your stuff :)
eh no worries, its a lot less convoluted than I made it sound, ....I think?
I have tried equip on the lantern, it is not tool number 4 - but anyway. You start with a lantern above the crafting bench
its pretty easy to just chuck it into your mining crate and close the lid - I don't think carrying the crate really slows you down, but if you feel it does, you can just lob the crate towards the cave (bonus: the lantern inside helps (potentially hurts) your throw, just have to throw it right)
Then just load up with whatever you can mine.
don't worry about "losing" space for ore
you can actually stack the ore higher now thanks to the lid, which will close through objects, locking them inside - so now the stack can be higher and you won't have to worry about it toppling over. (though maybe, some of "you" are daredevils and stacked it absurdly high anyway...)
Having the Lantern as tool 4 would be the only thing easier and better. (since you have your pick/hammer still out while carrying the crate, the light would still be out, and work far better than when its in the crate)
But, for now, having it in the crate is 100x better than just having a lantern. (which we do have "just a lantern".. its above the crafting bench) because you can only carry one thing at a time... and the way I speak of gives you both light enough to see what you're doing and where you're going, and carrying both things
if you couldn't put it in the crate, you'd have to choose between carrying the lamp, or carrying your ore out of the cave, and that would be the real tedious thing.
Thanks Dasius! I just started working on the wiki about three or four days ago, trying to make major improvements to the layout and content. Your shout-outs will help the wiki's community grow, and when more and more people know about the wiki, it will sustain itself!
I wanted to credit NerdToob for the original creation of the site - and if you're out there NerdToob, I'm interested in helping you run it as an Admin.
Thanks again for the awesome indie game, Dasius! Keep up the fantastic work.
"Battle" is something that has been shot down befoore - albeit, not multiplayer wise.
If Multiplayer were added (which usually isn't something a small team for a singleplayer-esque game does)
I'd imagine it'd be more so, co-op, 1-4 (pushing it) and the essential reasoning would be specialization and multitasking.
Example
Making it so in Co-op/multiplayer, and further down the developement road
Where friends/players/teammates/etc - would have to choose "Armorsmith" or "Weaponsmith" or "Miner" kinda things.
One would be off mining or tending the counter.
The others would be toiling away at the hammer, and there'd likely be a 2nd anvil - or potentially Both buildings we currently see would have to be owned, and the 3rd or 4th person (the miner) would have to help both locations, running back and forth (So instead of Str ever being a stat the Miner would use, he'd primarily be all charisma and agility - while the other two were mostly str and int, with a hint of agility)
The only way battle would fit into that, if it was strictly a "Who can get and fill the requests of the most customers in a day/week/month"
But Bosses, Monsters in the cave, "battle" with us wielding some form of weapon - Has been mentioned, and "shot down" (Paraphrase: "Simple casual blacksmith game, maybe if I make another game I'll put that in there")
http://mlbs.slipcor.net/ Reset Player model
https://itch.io/t/129731/character-sheet-fix
These correlate to using your Horse/Wagon, Also. Use them at your own risk and save before doing anything important with them.
Graphics: Turn Foliage down, or off
Foliage is the least pure in terms of "Graphics" - and the "Less pure" something is graphically, the more it has additional stress associated with it - and Foliage, is the main antagonist for performance issues.
Low is off - anything above is still partially on. - Personally I never have things like Foliage on. - And in almost any game, additional separate foliage is usually laggy, but as a result, it's also once of the easiest to look for and go "Well that's useless bs, so Off woo huge performance gain!"
as for the rest of the comment.
Most of those have been mentioned.
Alloys, for example
was at the top of this page before (and after) you added this post.
armor is acknowledged - but not currently being worked on - Shields are being worked on however, and "repairing" (I assume repair orders to fix an npcs weapon/armor/shield) has also been acknowledged
Shelving recognition/more space/storage has been acknowledged too - maybe worked on, in some ways. - The NPCs see about a 15* or so cone in front of them, starting from behind their head and ended just at the edge of the back of your counter -
items in that cone can be grabbed for if they match tier and type - Foreign Tiers however can cause an NPC to freeze though - They'll try and grab for the type - but its the wrong tier, and they'll remain staring at that specific item - until it is removed from their reach
Example - You have a customer asking for "tin" "Greatsword"
and have a copper greatsword on the counter - He'll look at "Greatsword" and lock on, only to see "copper" =/= "tin"
No matter how close to the npc you place the Tin Greatsword, he'll still be locked onto the copper one, and refuse to take the tin one, -so like I said, until copper one is removed from their sight/reach - at which point they'll immediately take the correct one.... provided more wrong ones are not closer and also in sight - They'll see the one closest first.
There used to be more area the npcs could see - but the code wasn't behaving well and was eventually disabled/removed but I saw a reply on that topic where Dasius said that he mighta actually seen what was going wrong and might know how to fix it - but the feature isn't really being worked on atm.
You can look over at Trello for what's being worked on or accepted/acknowledged features
Okay I didnt see that thanks for the dope reply man, Could not have been politer. But i still think that a game like this should run smoother, I can run games like rainbow at medium low settings with solid 50 frames, h1z1 medium settings solid 60,. on this game im hitting 20 - 50 depending where im looking. I am not sure if its me or the game, but im more confident in saying its the game.
Maybe there soemthing else i can do to increase fps, im already pre much lowest settings with low resolution windowed mode.
is the save new, old version, or aged?
If you've been playing for a while you may try clearing the orders filled board every once in a while (right when you load up and after 10 or so orders)
You /could/ try deleting the orders completed code from save file but.... I don't really know how or if that'd cause any damage. - so unless you figure out how, don't recommend.
Additionally if you've been woodcutting for a while - You might have several dozens of trees with several dozens of stacked trees spawned on them.
You can completely, including fuel which may not be desirable remove the duplication by opening Save file with notepad++ and searching for and replacing all instances of "Nature" with any other 6 letter word (For example Naturd, or Dragon)
Nature is the sub-asset category for all things Touched by you involving wood. - Tree-base (0-100%) (Tree's do not become "Tree base" until you strike them with your axe for the first time, and they start at 100% after the first hit, and then start chopping down.) (Deleting tree bases will not remove trees, they remove the duplicated trees. Trees are spawned by engine, not save game.) Log (1-100%) and "chopped wood" (firewood) (1-100%)
Whatever keeps the "0%" tree-base from properly removing itself from save file
and later restores it to "100%" is also the same bug that restores 1-100% coal and Firewood to "100%" on reload.
Additionally as I was just informing someone else - If you've been saving and reloading alot - Also Delete the Blueprint near Greatsword display.
It duplicates, and I don't exactly know whether its just, anytime you reload, or when its touched by something - and if its not moved "much" it spawns a new one into the old one almost perfectly. - you could have 13+ of them occupying the same physical area - causing a mess of engine stress - You can incinerate these once you know how to build stuff and do so every reload.
It could be Unreal Engine. Some people have complained UE4/UE just doesn't work well on their computers, no matter the game.
