Z-Levels

[thefinn]

You know you want to!

[Timber]

You know you want to!

This has been asked time and time again... Tynan should just make a sticky thread about this :/
Here's what he said to me when I asked:

As giant mega-difficult features go, this isn't my favorite. I'd do multiplayer before this, if I were to do either one of them.

Original post:
http://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=2169.msg20002#msg20002

[BetaSpectre]

The problem is the huge amount of resources it'd take to run a game with Z levels and graphics.

Dwarf Fortress tracks everything and needs basically a super computer to run.

I do like the idea, but its not practical and its not nice gameplay wise either.

[thefinn]

Damn

[christhekiller]

The problem is the huge amount of resources it'd take to run a game with Z levels and graphics.

Dwarf Fortress tracks everything and needs basically a super computer to run.

I do like the idea, but its not practical and its not nice gameplay wise either.

Perhaps an on/ off feature so those uncomfortable with z-levels or whose computers can't otherwise handle it would be a good idea. Although I understand why Tynan doesn't want to do it, and there's a lot of stuff I'd rather see.

[Timber]

Perhaps an on/ off feature so those uncomfortable with z-levels or whose computers can't otherwise handle it would be a good idea. Although I understand why Tynan doesn't want to do it, and there's a lot of stuff I'd rather see.

A colossal amount of work to let selected few to try Z-Index... Not very likely.

I wish we had it, I really do but at the end of the day Tynan is a one man developer army. It would make sense for him to prioritize more manageable tasks.