Crafting-focused Angband mod under development - Page 3

Optimality · April 12, 2009, 04:26

Quick progress report - v 0.2 is out. This version adds different "grades" to the materials - items crafted using higher grades of materials will now have better magical effects.

I wouldn't call this version "playable" yet. There's no guided crafting and the randomization isn't very good. No attempt has been made to balance the crafting at this point either - first pass at balancing comes in 0.3

, along with the ability to control the properties of the item you're crafting.

PaulBlay · April 12, 2009, 14:05

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Originally Posted by Optimality

Quick progress report - v 0.2 is out.

I added a stub page for your variant at RogueBasin.

http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopme...itle=Craftband

Fill in / correct details as you wish.

Optimality · April 12, 2009, 15:34

Cool, thanks!

Rizwan · April 12, 2009, 16:51

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Originally Posted by Optimality

Yeah, I don't like the term "refine," but I couldn't come up with anything better yet

. Easy enough to change it when I do.

How about 'render'?

Optimality · April 12, 2009, 16:54

"Render" makes me think of rendering fat, or graphics. I'm going with "extract" right now (and trying not to think about vanilla when I type it ).

Pete Mack · April 12, 2009, 17:33

You can always check the thesaurus. I kind of like sublimate and essentialize.

PaulBlay · April 12, 2009, 18:05

Reclaim is a good word for recovering material by breaking up items.

Refine is technically correct for extracting metal from ore.

Extract would be best for getting chemicals from liquids, plants, etc.

Distil for getting pure chemicals (usu. liquids) by heating.

Optimality · April 13, 2009, 02:22

I'm making my first pass at balancing things - the table of quality points assigned to each item power is up at http://code.google.com/p/craftband/wiki/ItemQPTable

I expect to tune this primarily through playtesting, but I'd appreciate it if some other people would take a quick pass through it and let me know what you think is over (or under) priced relative to other things.

Right now I'm figuring end-game crafted arts should have around 50 points or so, mid-game about 25. Those numbers are subject to balancing, of course.

Please let me know what you think, either here or in comments on the wiki. Thanks!

Pete Mack · April 13, 2009, 03:31

You might want to look at the current V code for object power. Magnate's been doing some work on this; at the very least, V randarts are no longer broken.

Optimality · April 13, 2009, 04:39

Yep; I'd looked through it previously, and the numbers on the wiki should more closely reflect them now.

I'm not sure how I want to do some of the pval stuff - probably a table lookup, although that makes it weird for the players. To_hit and to_dam also needs to be on a table.

April 12, 2009, 18:05	#27
PaulBlay Knight Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 657	Reclaim is a good word for recovering material by breaking up items. Refine is technically correct for extracting metal from ore. Extract would be best for getting chemicals from liquids, plants, etc. Distil for getting pure chemicals (usu. liquids) by heating. __________________ Currently turning (Angband) Japanese.

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April 12, 2009, 04:26	#21
Optimality Scout Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 36	Quick progress report - v 0.2 is out. This version adds different "grades" to the materials - items crafted using higher grades of materials will now have better magical effects. I wouldn't call this version "playable" yet. There's no guided crafting and the randomization isn't very good. No attempt has been made to balance the crafting at this point either - first pass at balancing comes in 0.3 , along with the ability to control the properties of the item you're crafting.

April 12, 2009, 15:34	#23
Optimality Scout Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 36	Cool, thanks!

April 12, 2009, 16:54	#25
Optimality Scout Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 36	"Render" makes me think of rendering fat, or graphics. I'm going with "extract" right now (and trying not to think about vanilla when I type it ).

April 12, 2009, 17:33	#26
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,801 Donated: $40	You can always check the thesaurus. I kind of like sublimate and essentialize.

April 13, 2009, 02:22	#28
Optimality Scout Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 36	I'm making my first pass at balancing things - the table of quality points assigned to each item power is up at http://code.google.com/p/craftband/wiki/ItemQPTable I expect to tune this primarily through playtesting, but I'd appreciate it if some other people would take a quick pass through it and let me know what you think is over (or under) priced relative to other things. Right now I'm figuring end-game crafted arts should have around 50 points or so, mid-game about 25. Those numbers are subject to balancing, of course. Please let me know what you think, either here or in comments on the wiki. Thanks!

April 13, 2009, 03:31	#29
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,801 Donated: $40	You might want to look at the current V code for object power. Magnate's been doing some work on this; at the very least, V randarts are no longer broken.

April 13, 2009, 04:39	#30
Optimality Scout Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 36	Yep; I'd looked through it previously, and the numbers on the wiki should more closely reflect them now. I'm not sure how I want to do some of the pval stuff - probably a table lookup, although that makes it weird for the players. To_hit and to_dam also needs to be on a table.

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