nov 11 dev blog

[Endoric]

Nov 11  "Refactored the minification/installation system. Instead of the installed building containing the minified source item, the minified item contains the building.'

Is this like doctor who stuff?  its bigger on the inside?  (That's what i tell all the girls)

[Matthiasagreen]

I think it is more a behind the scenes change, though I could be wrong. When you build a sculpture, is it a regular sculpture with the capability of becoming a min version that can be moved around and transported, or do you build a mini version of the item that has the capability of becoming a larger version when it is installed?

[Shinzy]

Nov 11  "Refactored the minification/installation system. Instead of the installed building containing the minified source item, the minified item contains the building.'

Is this like doctor who stuff?  its bigger on the inside?  (That's what i tell all the girls)

I'm assuming that's related to the installing/uninstalling process of the statues

Edit: Or exactly what mr green said above me =P I should have read that one first

[Matthiasagreen]

Edit: Or exactly what mr green said above me =P I should have read that one first

That's why the forum warns you when someone posts something while you are writing.

[Shinzy]

Edit: Or exactly what mr green said above me =P I should have read that one first

That's why the forum warns you when someone posts something while you are writing.

I didn't get the warning so I guess you posted it exactly or just second before the moment I clicked 'Quote' =P

[Matthiasagreen]

Wow, i have never seen that happen. We are mentally in sync, you and I shinzy _{even though you are a few mental levels above me, o wise Shinzy}

[Shinzy]

_{o wise Shinzy}

That's a string of words you never hear! *beams with pride like the sun*

oh.. wait what exactly do you mean by mental? *very suspicious*

[Tynan]

It's just code refactoring.

I realized that it makes more sense for the minified Thing to contain the building, rather than the other way around. This is because the building has more complex interfaces and outer behavior than the minified item, which is really just a dumb object that can be carried around and installed. In addition, it opens up the possibility of very easily minifying existing buildings like beds, tables, etc, without changing their code at all. All the complexities involved in minification can be concentrated in the MinifiedThing class, leaving the actual building code to just do what the actual building does.

There are actually theoretically other ways to do this overall, but I'm still choosing to model the minified object as a dumb common item with a the building data stored inside. It them has label/graphics/etc functions overridden to grab data from the inner building.

[StorymasterQ]

Awesome, so now we can move objects without having to destroy it first?

Woo, flat pack Rimworld, here we come!

[Endoric]

cant wait to move beds!

[Tynan]

Awesome, so now we can move objects without having to destroy it first?

Woo, flat pack Rimworld, here we come!

Not necessarily for all items.

[Haplo]

Will it also hold relative positions?
Then we can make transportable tents:
You carry a small builder, install it and voila:
four walls, a door, a bed, a spaceship reactor

[StorymasterQ]

Will it also hold relative positions?
Then we can make transportable tents:
You carry a small builder, install it and voila:
four walls, a door, a bed, a spaceship reactor

o.O that sounds like a tent from Harry Potter.

"I love magic."

[Thorin]

I want a Tardis (or two  ) can't never have enough storage space around.

[NoImageAvailable]

Tents, beds, pff. What is really significant about this technology is now we can have movable tripod-mounted heavy machine guns.