I think it would be interesting to have time based objects.  What i mean by this is trees that lose their leaves in the fall, grass that browns, then when winter, all the tiles get "snow" and then in the spring a vibrant green tint.

Also to go with this, time based objects, like trees, which grow every year, or plants that flower and die.  This all goes with self modifying maps, as discussed in the last topic i posted in suggestions, but i figure these might be easy tasts to acheive.

Baby steps =)

also, if this is already possible, or easy to impliment (by adding a "time_elapsed" to arch files with alternate images for different states, and "applied_by_{action}") then i would be most willing to do all the teadious stuff (like modifying all the arch files, and graphics to suit).

Anyways, just a thought.

I mentioned something similar a while ago: Ambient, atmospheric, dramatic music, sounds, seasonal gfx.

The main problem is the 2d bitmap graphics. Each 'frame' has to be drawn/modified beforehand, like any other animation. In client3d this sort of thing will be 'easy' -- red/polyveg, tell us how easy it is. :wink:

These things are *possible*, but code extensive (not even including arches).  And server crashes/reboots could wipe out all the changes (not often, and more on crash than reboot).  Adding in economic effects as well, such as fluctuating prices for torches or whatever will make it even more so.  It will probably come, just don't expect it tomorrow.  It would add an interesting flavor.  Also, should temperature effects be felt too?  It's -30c with 50km winds and snow 1m deep.  You'll have frostbite, hypothermia, reduced speed trudging through the snow, poor to no visibility.  These kind of things also need to be considered as well as the extensive code for them.

hmm well, i already said i'd foot the graphics part, as i find it pretty easy to modify tiles an such to look like they have snow, or are bare, or whatever...

It actually takes about 10-15 minutes to migrate one tile to the next, and i think arches micht take another 3 or so minutes to modify per graphic... so 20 minutes per tile/object roughly.

That being said it COULD be done (as discussed with Geck0 this morning) currently using a few functions readily available, but it would probably turn out to be resource abusive on the server.  So unless a specific code was generated for this, it will either be a hack-cut-paste job (which i would like to do anyways to demonstrate the possibilities with the current system) or the coding team would have to produce a specific function for it.

Thats about it (as far as i can tell)

40 years, i thought it was two weeks!

Im not planning on dying before v1.0, even if it takes 100 years

How about this for example: Daimonin makes an item called grapes. You plant the grapes in summer. It is Fall and now you have a grape vine garden to make wine.

another example:you have food in fall. It is winter and your food has spoiled.

You know like real life based objects grow, die, and do other unique things. Maybe there is a lake in daimonin. In spring, summer, and fall, the lake is running. In winter, the lake freezes. that would be cool.
 say there is a sword you have. Over the seasons the sword will rust and you will have to get it repaired. If you could get this idea on Daimonin that would be great.