No Man's Sky

[Silverdream]

Nice use of noise.

[Tzan]

Thanks.

I created a random number using xxhash, so its the same result per space, so things don't flicker when it changes elevation.
Then the number is an index into an array
int[] convert = new int[] { -3, -2, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 3, 4 };

That array number is then the variation in brightness * .005
So each number is a change of one half of one percent.
So 7 out of 13 don't actually change. Otherwise its too speckled looking.


This is what the first pass at it looked like.

[Overwatch_Elite]

nice minecraft clone

[Tzan]

Thanks.

I spent all day Saturday making a working pick instead of looking for a girlfriend.
I got it down to only requiring 38 clicks to collect one 3" high plate.

[Overwatch_Elite]

Do you think you could lower it? I have a family of korean refugees that I pay to play video games for me, but they operate on a "per click" payment plan. 38 clicks for one plate is a lot of money when 2 clicks is worth a penny, that amounts to a total of 19 cents per block! Give me one good reason I should have them play this now instead of minecraft. Alternatively, maybe you could change the mining button to spacebar? I've weasled in a part of the contract that the spacebar is a free action, and I don't have to pay anything for it. Food for thought.

[Tzan]

Actions in the game can be mapped to any key/button, currently half done.

I'm very sorry to hear of your frustrations with 38 clicks. Our minecraft research indicated that people had more fun by clicking more times.
The game is currently in a sifr state (zero, pre alpha) and will certainly be optimized in the future.
I feel confident that I could get one click to completely destroy an entire sub continent.
My original pick models look like this.
At higher technologies you can upgrade to a Hard-Pick.
"Gently removes food and plates."

[Overwatch_Elite]

Alright, I'm sold. I'll still have to pay them the clicks it takes to change to remap the keys, and those sly bastards will probably "accidentally" keep deleting the settings so they can remap them again, but this saves me some money for sure. No need to sell me on those tooth picks, Korea has excellent dental coverage.

[Tzan]

Thats a model of the mining pick that they will use to remove plates.
Its 4 feet long.