Dev Meeting 2014-06-22
Talad says: welcome to the meet the devs!
Talad says: where you can meet and speak with PlaneShift developers! 🙂
Mordaan says: hmm, only 27 online…I think everyone is here. 🙂
Solarus says: Thanks
Talad says: -who
Gonger says: Hu? I see 63 online.
Gonger says: -who
Mordaan says: oh, I read that wrong
Gonger says: Ups, sorry.
Talad says: let me present who we have on stage
Mordaan says: it says showing 27 of 63. :s
Talad says: mordaan, Taya and Venalan from the setting team
Talad says: they are working on lore, history, NPC dialogues, quests, ….
Talad says: Tuatanach from rules department
Talad says: he worls on crafting, game mechanics, balancing, …
Talad says: Jilare from engine department
Talad says: working on client and server code
Talad says: making it more stable and adding new features
Sanrai moves a bit out of the way
Talad says: myself as project leader, doing a bit of everything
Talad says: if you have a question just walk to the stand
Talad says: hi esanor
Menille says: Elino is stuck
Esanor says: Hello. A question mainly to Venalan, I suppose…
Esanor says: We tried to clean the book shelves today with sone Wind; it was not that easy, but it worked.
Esanor says: But now I am afraid…
Lumi says: lol
Esanor says: Did I blow out Lumi’s books?
Sanrai says: hehe
Esanor says: Or were they not yet sorted in?
Elino says: [Thank You]
Leshan says: thank you
Venalan says: I’m in the process of finishing her books at the moment
Esanor says: Phew, good, they are not lost in the breeze.
Lumi says: lol
Venalan says: there are 6 ot 7 books awaiting talads approval now, those will be added to that pile once done
Lumi says: thank you and thank you
Gonger removes his helmet, and bows deeply.
Gonger says: Greetings! I did not use the forums for some weeks, and wanted to start again today. The forum web site had forgotten my password, the one my browser seemed to remember did not work, and I tried several times the Reminder link, but never received a mail. Do others have similar problems, and can this be improved?
Talad says: mmm
Talad says: I did a quick check now
Talad says: seems ok
Talad says: but I will check more in details
Talad says: did you check your spam folder?
Gonger says: Thanks. Right now, I cannot use the forums. Yes, I did check the spam folder.
Talad says: ok, I will check it later
Gonger says: It is not the first time the web site forgot my password, and on other occasions I did receive a mail.
Gonger says: Thank you.
Tarala says: A question about lockpicking. I always stumble over those chests and never can open them
Venalan says: lock picking is awaiting a server update to be functional
Lumi says: omg! so cool xD
Tarala says: hrm oky thx
Venalan says: that and some level 0 locks will be added so you can actually practice the skill from 0
Mordaan says: and the server update is tied to a client update? Did I understand that correctly?
Talad says: I didn’t speak with eonwind recently
Talad says: Venalan do you need if it just needs a server update or if it also requires more work?
Venalan says: the inventory mirror for the merchant selling the level 0 locked item, and a server update
Jilare says: I added code to allow practice points for failures like mining does. The problem was a chicken and egg – no experience == no chance of success and no practice.
Sanrai’s ear twitches a bit.
Waesed says: I have a 6 year old great-grandson tha loves to play the game but a couple of people have complained. Is he too young?
Talad says: up to you
Mordaan says: wow, great-grandson…awesome! 🙂
Talad says: he may meet people who are more adult
Lumi says: because of RP Waesed ?
Talad says: we try to keep everything PG-13
Waesed says: thanks, he is learning to read much better.
Talad says: so be careful of that
Senita raises hand
Mordaan says: we had someone we know having his young kids playing PS, too. So there are some who play.
Waesed says: We try to keep him from following people but his grandma is a demorian
Mordaan says: 🙂
Solarus says: Yes but I think that sort of regulations are some self relient ones? And I think it’s nice to enhance the player pool.
Smirick says: lol
Waesed says: thanks
Gonger says: Waesed, make him put his RL age into his OOC description. Most people will have no idea of his age.
Kiaerulf says: If i may add: we have had a very young member of our guild a long time a go. It didn’t go very well. TBH. Most in the guild considered him a menace
Jawir says: When scaled model swill be ready he could play as a child even ICly so everyone can behave accordingly 🙂
Waesed says: I have it there, Gonger
Tarala says: was hunting with my bow again. when can i craft my own one and get new arrows?
Tarala says: my old one gets out of shape and might break anytime
Smirick says: col
Mordaan says: it’s on the horizon. The first 3 bow making books are ready. They just need quests to award them.
Smirick says: cool
Tuathanach says: the quests are being worked on
Mordaan says: The first is done, the 2nd is about half done, and there is the 3rd to go.
Tarala says: so i might need to buy a new one till then
Tarala says: but thanks for the work on it
Jilare says: Or loot one.
Mordaan says: Yes, it may be some months yet.
Jemima says: Hi…
Mordaan says: They still have to be finished, added to the test server, and tested.
Alegos says: im at the dev meeting across the library in the courthouse
Damola listens with interest
Shkirr grins
Jemima says: Err… I know we don’t have many devs tabei… but maby… some to think about… some day…
Jemima says: I was looking at the sites of Planeshift and Crystal Space for tools to work with 3D models.
Jemima says: What I did find… wasn’t that much… Mainly broken links to programs that did disapear some time ago…. and want I did find… well… maby it’s understandable for an experienced programmer… but certainly not for a 3D drawer… 🙂
Talad says: you mean the art modding page on wiki?
Jemima says: Maby it’s an idea to have a look at it some day..?
Talad says: that’s the place to look at
Jemima droops her ears “That and the pages of Crystal space tabei…”
Jemima says: There I did see comments like “If you can’t make the programs yourself… CP isn’t the thing for you…”
Talad says: pswiki
Mordaan says: eh, don’t let it discourage you.
Talad says: “Creating Art and mods”
Talad says: this page
Jemima nods “I did find the page tabei…”
Jemima says: Now I only need to know in models do work in Crystal space…
Mordaan says: we need some 3D art help for sure, but it’s hard, tedious work.
Senita raises hand
Mordaan says: it certainly doesn’t help if you have a hard time finding info on how to get started.
Jemima smiles “I’m just concentrating on making something tabei… afterwards… we have to find out if it works… I guess…”
Talad says: it’s the first link on the commnuity section
Talad says: main page of pswiki
Talad says: if you don’t find it let me know
Jemima says: Did find the page tabei…
Sanrai says: um … she is, Talad.
Jawir says: communication dead lock…
Jemima says: But well… I need a converter and a viewer tabei… 🙂
Talad says: ok, we can move to the next question
Jemima says: Oh well… gonna mew again… if I’m further… I guess…
Tarala says: well last question
Tarala says: i realy enjoy cooking. less kran cooking as i can’t taste it
Tarala says: but what about brewing?
Mordaan says: Jemima, if you have some questions, maybe you can seek out Tuux?
Talad says: Tuatanach, do you have an update on that?
Tuathanach says: Brewing is or at least was being worked on by a prospect
Tuathanach says: I will pick it up if no progress is made in next couple of months
Alegos says: beer is very important
Lumi says: eheh exactly
Mordaan says: 🙂
Tuathanach says: I aim to have it in game by end of year
Mordaan says: the good news is it’s being worked on. 🙂
Tarala says: well thats good. can’t sell food without something to drink
Jilare says: The “Something’s Brewing” quest is in game but requires blackush stem which aren’t in game.
Mordaan says: Then, as with many skills/crafts, will come quests to award the crafting books.
Jilare says: *blackbush
Sanrai says: Yes they are.
Esanor says: We are developing it secretly!!!
Tuux says: sorry i haven’t follo everything, but i’m aviable on IRC han anyway 🙂
Venalan says: something’s brewing quest is fine now jilare
Tarala says: ok thank you. will have to be patient as always
Jilare says: Thanks!
Solarus laughs “Sounds like we got some rogue intruders here, with that beer topic”
Damola wonders “How about a what´s new and in work round – aside from what has been mentioned – we hadn´t one yet?”
Tuathanach says: If someone wants to be a prospect to work on brewing, speak to me on irc or via tells or via ps forum
Talad says: Hi Gonger
Gonger says: What is the easiest way to get rid of unwanted items, without others picking them up? Now with the quest reset, I have twice the Ancient Sword in my inventory.
Gonger says: Could we have some trash bin, or something like that?
Damola wonders “How about storage?”
Venalan says: a furnace will distroy them if you put them in one
Gonger says: Damola, then I still have it twice.
Gonger says: Ah, thanks Venalan.
Waesed says: good to know
Mordaan says: Ah, we did talk about a trash bin kind of idea, or better yet an NPC who will take anything.
Mordaan says: But nothing has come of it yet,
Venalan says: give it a few minutes and it will turn to dust and then be deleted
Gonger says: Well, if the furnace does it, that is quite enough for me.
Talad says: furnace is the best place
Mordaan says: Though I did have a piece of furniture that was too big for the furnace.
Jawir says: burn baby burn….
Jilare lol
Sanrai laughs
Lumi says: xD
Smirick says: would be nice but what about the take all bug in oja and other places
Smirick says: expecilaaly when multiple people use at the same time
Jilare says: I have looked at it several time but I haven’t been able to reproduce it with the SVN server data.
Jilare says: Just looking at the code, it seems like it should work OK.
Venalan says: I think jilare needs a working copy of some crafting data to test it
Talad says: anything else the devs want to add?
Venalan says: jilare has looked at it loots and made a number of possible fixes, but nothing has fixed it yet 🙁
Lumi says: cursed furnace :l
Jawir says: could that be caused by long ping time?
Jawir says: Or out of order packets?
Sanrai nods at Lumi
Venalan says: if its just jilare and me on a sever it always happens
Jilare says: Not likely. It has something to do with the difference between action locations and normal containers.
Jawir says: ok
Mordaan says: it’s the problem with containers that are map items, right?
Jilare says: Right.
Jilare says: Like Trasok’s Forge
Sanrai says: Indeed.
Talad says: ok, I think we can close the meeting