From b37cb38298d0f8c7a74df87cf47042cd943ab474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MNG-cataclysm <58958654+MNG-cataclysm@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:57:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update the documentation for Frequently Made Suggestions (#70147) * Remove some things * More changes * Update descriptions instead of deletion * Hyperlinks to other documentation * Update FREQUENTLY_MADE_SUGGESTIONS.md --- doc/FREQUENTLY_MADE_SUGGESTIONS.md | 14 ++++---------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/FREQUENTLY_MADE_SUGGESTIONS.md b/doc/FREQUENTLY_MADE_SUGGESTIONS.md index d3aa6f27145e3..e9f0d308c8d47 100644 --- a/doc/FREQUENTLY_MADE_SUGGESTIONS.md +++ b/doc/FREQUENTLY_MADE_SUGGESTIONS.md @@ -71,12 +71,6 @@ finally there's the opportunity cost issue. for the effort of multithreading ke that's the worst thing about multithreading IMO, as soon as you have multiple threads, you have to start worrying about thread safety throughout your code -#### We should be able to turn off z-levels: No. - -Z-levels became a mandatory feature in 0.E experimental in order to support ground vehicles moving up and down ramps. Having z-levels be optional was a large maintenance burden on the developers, and turning off z-levels breaks vehicle ramps. - -There has been an extensive optimization effort in the fall of 2020 to bring back performance, and it's been mostly successful. Current experimentals should run faster with z-levels on than 0.E runs with z-levels off. - #### Bringing charges back: No. We are in the process of removing charges, that's a fact that won't be changed. We should have made this decision much earlier or never started implementing them in the first place, but it is what it is. @@ -143,12 +137,12 @@ I’m 100% fine having a game mode available where this happens. However, at le #### Psychic powers: mod only Not happening, it simply doesn’t fit the theme of the game. -However, we’d be happy to have support for it in the code so that a mod can have psychic powers. +However, Mind Over Matter is distributed with the game, and adds psychic powers. See [MAGIC.md](MAGIC.md) for more info. #### Magic powers: mod only Not happening, it simply doesn’t fit the theme of the game. -However, the Magiclysm mod is distributed with the game and is very extensible in JSON to support other systems of magic. +However, the Magiclysm mod is distributed with the game and is very extensible in JSON to support other systems of magic, such as Mind Over Matter. This infrastructure is also used with EOC's and activated mutations in the base game. See [MAGIC.md](MAGIC.md) for more info. #### Poop and related bodily functions: NO No, just no, not even in a mod. @@ -333,9 +327,9 @@ For a better outline on what we DO want to do, see https://github.com/CleverRave From a game balance perspective zombies are very abundant and should only be used under limited lore-friendly circumstances in consumables, trivial early items or with lasting risks and drawbacks. -#### Conversations with monsters and other things: yes, planned for 0.G +#### Conversations with monsters and other things: Partially implemented -There is an extensive and sophisticated system for talking with NPCs, but you can't have a conversation with your genetically modified, super-intelligent dog, nor with your intelligent sword from Magiclysm, nor with your car. +This is partially implemented already with monsters, items, furniture, as the player character can have conversations with them via NPC-style dialogue. However, support for dialogue functions is limited; you can't trade with monsters, and a significant quantity of edge cases for oddball functions remain unsupported for non-NPC talkers. Conversations with vehicles are entirely unsupported, meaning you can't talk with your car or some super-intelligent AI inside it. Work is being done to enable all these conversations. It's not hard work at this point, it's just tedious bits that need to get done.