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Changes coming in the 2021-10-28 Update

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Hello all.

 

I want to give a bit of notice on some changes happening in the next update. I wish I had more notice to give, but I feel it’s important to communicate these changes regardless.

 

Firstly, the “twins” trait had a bug where it was able to be given to a male creature. This makes the trait on that particular creature useless as we do not have access to the father’s traits when the offspring is born. The intention was to force any offspring with this trait to be female, but a bug prevented this from happening. We have fixed that bug, and to correct the current uselessness of the trait, we will be updating any male creature with this trait to be female.

 

The second change has to do with fountains and specifically decorative fountains. Some feedback we had was how confusing it is to have decorative fountains that show flowing water but cannot be used for drinking.

 

With this change, decorative fountains will become wall fountains with a new model pictured below. Fountains will now show flowing water if they contain water, so to keep the same aesthetic, you can replace the wall fountains with the original fountain and put a little water in it to keep it flowing. Fountains will now also show the water animation when on a water source tile even if empty.

 

fountain.jpg

 

We do not like to force changes like this upon players, but this was mostly unavoidable. The one I’m most keenly aware of is the change to decorative fountains, but I do hope that you all find the new model pleasing and can find a place for it in your designs.

 

Thank you and happy Wurming!

 

-- Keenan

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Boo that the twin trait wasn't doing anything - I have a male bison that is very happy, but has gotten far more attention than he deserved.

 

But thanks for  switching the gender rather than kicking him to the curb.

 

 

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Lovely fountain, and as always it's refreshing to see Wurm's creative team continually crafting beautiful things in art and in code.

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Looks great.

All the small things, if given regurlarly, gonna make players happy.

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Does the water squirt up into the bears mouth or is he ralphing it down into the bowl

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I'm amazed, at the communication and the new fountain, well done. :)

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What? Communicating with users? What is this, competent and professional staff? Someone wake me up!

 

I realize that it probably wasn't Keenan alone who did all the work and as much as i love the upcoming changes, i appreciate a simple post telling us what will happen more than new artwork. Thanks Keenan!

 

More new models please?

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That fountain looks....AMAZING.

 

A worthy sacrifice, R.I.P. old decorative fountains, you won't be missed ;)

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12 hours ago, Keenan said:

fountain.jpg

 

You aint slick, I see those coffee and tea plants in the pots ;)

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7 hours ago, SmeJack said:

Does the water squirt up into the bears mouth or is he ralphing it down into the bowl

 

It looks like the bear is hoarking, but it's an artistic bear hangover. 

 

I love it though. 

 

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Just when I was pondering on how and where to put fountains in the city, wihtout too much space, you bring us this super awesome variant :)  LUV IT!

 

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Well never worse almost-ninja updates!

That fountain and the mech change is real great. Also the teaser hidden in plain sight.

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9 hours ago, Blacklotus said:

Is that a tea trellis?

 

Nope, I placed rose trellises on the wall but there are coffee and tea planters in front of them :)

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Finally, we get to answer the question of whether bears puke in the woods.

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14 minutes ago, DemonaNightshade said:

 

Nope, I placed rose trellises on the wall but there are coffee and tea planters in front of them :)

Are they coming with the update tomorrow?

Next VI thread when? I want to make a parody VI thread sometime soon

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1 minute ago, Madnath said:

Are they coming with the update tomorrow?

Next VI thread when? I want to make a parody VI thread sometime soon

 

Maaaaaaaaybe :P I do have to get to work on a VI though, it's just been weird with all the smaller posts rather than one big one. A lot of the news is coming out in those.

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Idea

 

Now that we have a bear model.

Maybe we can get other animals in the future?

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Nice changes, the bear fountain looks great!

 

Any chance we can have the other non working rare traits looked into please?

 

 

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