New terrain: Wastelands

Disto · Post by **Disto** » November 16th, 2005, 5:01 pm

I like the new house as well or is it new? I don't know, not keeping up to much...

Post by **freim** » November 16th, 2005, 5:03 pm

Disto wrote:I like the new house as well or is it new? I don't know, not keeping up to much...

It's new, I made it to go with the new terrain.

hands · Post by **hands** » November 16th, 2005, 5:12 pm

Seeing that village right next to the wasteland makes me wonder what a wasteland village might look like (sitting on a wasteland/encrusted lava tile).

scott · Post by **scott** » November 16th, 2005, 5:36 pm

It would look destroyed. Who lives on crusty lava anyway?

hands · Post by **hands** » November 16th, 2005, 6:02 pm

With all of the different factions/races, I'm sure that one of them might find it hospitable.

Post by **Neoriceisgood** » November 16th, 2005, 6:11 pm

Drakes could probably live on it.

hands · Post by **hands** » November 16th, 2005, 6:14 pm

Now, if someone could just figure out what a drake village might look like.

I think something like a dead volcano might make sense...

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » November 16th, 2005, 9:33 pm

Woot, wastelands. Make them 1 movement for land units but low defense for every unit - we have high-defense-low-movement, high-defense-high-movement, and low-defense-high-movement, and the lack of the other is often a nuisance when making maps. It would also provide a terrain which is low defense for all units, which would be another useful utility for map-makers.

Tomsik · Post by **Tomsik** » November 16th, 2005, 9:37 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote:It would also provide a terrain which is low defense for all units, which would be another useful utility for map-makers.

We have one, snow, only yeti have 60% def, rest have low def on snow.

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » November 16th, 2005, 9:39 pm

Tomsik wrote:
Elvish Pillager wrote:It would also provide a terrain which is low defense for all units, which would be another useful utility for map-makers.
We have one, snow, only yeti have 60% def, rest have low def on snow.

oh yeah, since Dwarves did get nerfed on it...

Nevertheless, there are several reasons that using snow isn't so nice...

scott · Post by **scott** » November 16th, 2005, 10:05 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote: Nevertheless, there are several reasons that using snow isn't so nice...

Like you can't use snow next to lava.

Tomsik · Post by **Tomsik** » November 16th, 2005, 10:07 pm

You can use canyon instead of lava, can't you?

-> What i might be working on · Post by **Eleazar** » November 16th, 2005, 11:41 pm

I think we've pushing the limits of KISS with the number distinct terrain types as it is. (I.E. terrains with different movement and defense atributes)

We've got 14:

Canyon/Lava
Village
Cave
Cavewall
Shallow water
Mountains
Grassland
Deep_water
Swamp_water
Tundra
Sand
Forest
Hills
Castle

I'm not sure if the impassable mountains will need to be a new movetype or not.

By the way i think some of these names should change, "grassland" represents lots of non-grassy terrains.

Post by **Neoriceisgood** » November 16th, 2005, 11:46 pm

By the way i think some of these names should change, "grassland" represents lots of non-grassy terrains.

I suggest plains, because all the terrain types it represents are plain.

Post by **Kestenvarn** » November 17th, 2005, 12:37 am

Hey frame, could we see a screenshot of this terrain next to Cave and Cavewall?