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06-15-06, 04:18 AM
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#1 | | Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chicago-ish
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|  Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
All,
I know many of you have been eagerly awaiting the inclusion of the farming system into the game, and I understand your enthusiasm. We want to get it released just as badly. However, at the moment it is still in a testing phase within the Project Team and the GM team. As such, some things are set to parameters that facilitate testing but which could easily be exploited.
When farming is ready for general use, we will be sure to make a very public announcement of the fact along with some form of documentation on how one goes about being a farmer or farm hand. Until then, please do not enter the Hlint farmlands, and if you do, please do not attempt to purchase or utilize a farm. What this does is takes away from the resources available to our testers, consumes the time of GMs who need to reset the farms that are bought people other than our testers and makes for the potential of a series of bug reports on a system that is not yet complete.
The entry way to the South Hlint Farms is near the entrance to the Hlint Undercity (sewers). If you see those doors open or unlocked, just ignore them.
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06-17-06, 05:37 AM
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#2 | | Lich Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: On the moon with the rest of the space kitties
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| Re: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
Any plans for a Jack Russel Terrier freeranging system yet? You can't keep a pup in his pasture if he burrows...
A milkable goat that ate EVERYTHING would be sweet too, can just imaging the disputes page the 1st times somebody drops an axe or diamond! | | | | |
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| RE: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
Sorry..
Didn't see this. Nex stumbled in and planted some corn.
I'll come and remove asap. | | | | |
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| RE: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
Sorry..
Didn't see this. Nex stumbled in and planted some corn.
I'll come and remove asap. | | | | |
08-23-06, 12:55 PM
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#5 | | Adamantium Golem Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Void
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| RE: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
farming would make briliant RP (especiallly for followers of Prunilla).
any general date for its unveiling? (december, 2012, when Mr.Disney is unfrozen?)
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08-23-06, 01:30 PM
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#6 | | Lich Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Germany, CEST
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| Re: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
Well, balancing, coding, etc. is hard work for the team and it has to be well tested and bug free before it will be open to public. So just lean back and look forward to it. It will be released some day.
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08-23-06, 09:47 PM
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| Re: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
The farming system is a large custom system, that intertwines with the CNR and other systems on Layo.
It is I believe largest completely unique system to layo that we have and it alas has some minor bugs. The project team is working to resolve them, but you need to consider the following:
1.) Debugging in this case involves both the nwn scripting and the database
2.) Crops take time to grow and therefore when a bug appears once per season, it takes a while to debug
3.) There are cereal crops (whear, barley corn etc), fruit crops (apples pears berries) and animal crops that all need testing and looking at.
So please have some patience as we try to to resolve these issues. It is for you that we are doing this | | | | |
08-24-06, 11:22 PM
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#8 | | Adamantium Golem Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Void
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| RE: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
allright, i'm sitting back and looking foward to this remarkable system.
(though a rough, repeat Rough, date would be nice)
P.S. it would be funny to see it without any bugs fixed "i've planted my barley, and then..........WHERE DID THAT COW COME FROM?!!??!?!?!?!?!"
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08-25-06, 03:10 AM
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| RE: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
We can't give a date. The best we'll say is "when it's ready". That said, I think we're on our last few bugs, but as Nibor21 said, progress is slow because of how long it takes to get yield from crops. Also, I do hope that we're on our last round of fixes, but we'll still need to test it out a bit in-game before releasing it for general use.
And... *chuckles*...the bugs aren't that funny...but that would be neat.  | | | | |
08-25-06, 05:01 AM
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#10 | | Gamemaster Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Durham .. England
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| Re: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
I volunteer Farmer Sallaron Tempest.....growing whole crops of Corn. *grins*
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#11 | | Adamantium Golem Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Void
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| RE: Attention: Farming is NOT yet available to the general public
could there be a temple of Prunilla in the farming area?
not a big one, more of a "cosy chapel", it makes sense.
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