What's the chances of adding running water to game?

[nicedreams 1,035]

What's the chances of adding running water to game?

 

Is it something the game can't handle and won't ever be seen?  I just see it as water tiles connecting and reacting to each other.  I don't have a clue at programming though.    Bridges react well to each other.

 

Rivers up and down tiles instead of all water being sea level would be such a perfect addition to Wurm Online.  Really want to see some Waterfalls.  It's the only nature thing missing.

Edited July 29, 2017 by nicedreams

[Kadore 926]

Seems most things end up on Unlimited is they are possible to be put in the game, not always but more often than not.

[Darmalus 631]

I had a suggestion for that a while back, which I think could still work.

 

 

[Etherdrifter 2,518]

I put forward something too; it was a little more artificial (though much easier to code).

 

Water could be added to wurm, however it would take a fair bit of coding to make it happen

[Klaa 4,872]

ALOT depends on how its implemented, and just how much would require rewriting the game engine.

 

Sadly a very visually indepth and immersive implementation might be far more work than its perceived worth. Bridges and Multistory in contrast have paid off quite well imho.

[Talohan 129]

What is needed is for someone to mod it in WU and make it work, then it will be known just how hard it would be to add to game and what kinds of problems it might cause.

[Tich 1,389]

One problem is lakes, as they could make whole villages underwater.

[Darmalus 631]

11 minutes ago, Tich said:

One problem is lakes, as they could make whole villages underwater.

Hence why my suggestion has it as a special resource tile, effectively a cosmetic tile you can drink or fish from. The water can't extend beyond the tiles, so no flooding.

[zigozag 918]

45 minutes ago, Tich said:

One problem is lakes, as they could make whole villages underwater.

 

As long as the bottom remains walkable...

[Tallios 307]

There could be a possible way of doing if, if there was a special wall and liner used to designate where it would "fill" with water.

[Steveleeb 1,067]

+1

[Yiraia 427]

http://massivelyop.com/2015/11/28/wurm/

 

"He also says that Code Club is continuing development on both the Unlimited and the MMO versions of Wurm, with running water, sitting, and improved client performance next on the to-do list."