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Hey, so I've been wondering- is it possible to make a weapon that will reliably cut straight through an enemy (or at least an average human enemy) with each blow? I've been messing with the raws fairly extensively, but can never seem to get it quite right, which is making me wonder if it's doable at all. For reference, I'm talking about something akin to the monomolecular wire used by the Yakuza Assassin in the William Gibson short story Johnny Mnemonic:

"Playback on full recall shows Ralfi stepping forward as the little tech sidles out of nowhere, smiling. Just a suggestion of a bow, and his left thumb falls of. It'a a conjuring trick. The thumb hangs suspended. Mirrors? Wires? And Ralfi stops, his back to us, dark crescents of sweat under the armpits of his pale summer suit. He knows. He must have known. And then the joke-shop thumbtip, heavy as lead, arcs out in a lighting yo-yo trick, and the invisible thread connecting it to the killer's hand passes laterally through Ralfi's skull, just above his eyebrows, whips up, and descends, slicing the pearshaped torso diagonally from shoulder to rib cage. Cuts so fine that no blood flows until synapses misfire and the first tremors surrender the body to gravity.

Ralfi tumbled apart in a pink cloud of fluids, the three mismatched section rolling forward on the tiled pavement. In total silence."

I've tried everything- varying contact areas, extremely high penetration values, all sorts of velocity modifiers, a variety of materials... Nothing seems to get the desired effect. Any advice would be much appreciated.

This is just a small idea that I hope could be added into later versions, to give some variety to gameplay and maybe introduce a new layer of complexity to criminal groups. To put it simply, the idea is this- have certain substances with randomly generated effects, be they positive or negative, created in worldgen. They could be anything, from the blood of a rare beast, to a certain plant extract- anything. These substances would be in circulation, and if taken, there is a chance that the character could become addicted (perhaps depending on their disease resistance or willpower?)

The substances, as previously mentioned, could have a range of effects. They could keep a character "focused", increase their strength, give them pleasant hallucinations, make them feel positive... Or, as drawbacks to their benefits, they could sap strength, reduce general happiness, or give the character a "bad trip"- something like bogeymen hallucinations appearing onscreen and chasing you down. Thus, it'd be a gamble to take these drugs, and withdrawal symptoms could be severe.

Depending on a civ's stance on drugs, they could be sold in taverns/apothecaries, or outlawed, only to be attained from criminal organizations or bandit groups- for a higher price, naturally.

What do you guys think? Could this add something fun to the game?

Everything, to put it succinctly, has gone to hell. A seemingly endless series of brutal wars have caused society to collapse into itself- concepts like law and order fading into distant memory as all civilization turns on itself in brutal conflicts for resources, land, and survival. Warmachines, their human overseers and pilots long dead, have developed malevolent intelligence and begun rampages across the already ravaged earth, raining down fire and ruination upon any unlucky enough to cross their path. Pollution and failed genetic testing have released mutated freaks and human-animal hybrids onto the world, while in caverns deep below the earth, monstrosities skitter in the dark and light-scorning mutants form savage tribes. Wasters struggle to rebuild the old cities, while dangerous psychopaths squat in the bombed-out ruins, whipping themselves into hedonistic battle-frenzies. Meanwhile, the advanced and pureblooded arcologites mine ever deeper into the mountains, expanding their high-tech complexes further in all directions, tunneling away from the clamor and pollution of the wartorn world above. Among the trash heaps gather albinos spurned from all societies, forming together into vicious and effective mobs- and from beneath the ground there rises ominous black spires, peopled by beings that, though far exceeding any human in size, strength and intelligence, are held in sway to some even greater power. In this harsh land, whether you're building a subterranean outpost to keep your citizens safe or roughing it as an adventuring wastelander, only one thing is certain- death is coming, and it's probably gonna get here sooner than you think.

This is Trashworld.

THE RACES:

ARCOLOGITES: Humans deemed genetically "pure" enough to live in the sheltered arcologies, massive complexes built deep into the mountains that are (somewhat) safe from the outside world. Though they look down on the wasters, they are not opposed to trading with them. The arcologites are the fort mode playable race, and have access to high tech equipment like exosuits, incredibly sharp swords with blades a molecule thick, and fully functional firearms.

WASTERS: Humans that must scratch out a living in the polluted overworld. They've managed to restore quite a few cities, and attempt to cling to some semblance of their past glory- but, unlike the more advanced arcologites, they are subject to the whim of the wastes, and thus are hardened and attuned to its savagery; due to this they may become somewhat "wasteish" themselves. They are the primary adventure mode race. Some are known to accept the ghastly "animal hybrid" mutants into their communities, in an attempt to make them "model citizens."

PSYCHOS: Humans that have succumbed to the twisted, seductive insanity of the wastes, and have cast off any semblance of clemency or restraint. They squat in the bombed-out ruins of old cities, and regularly raid, kidnap, and burgle in almost any settlement, including their own. Technologically they are very similar to the wasters, but what differentiates them is their almost complete lack of ethics, and a savagery that seems encoded into their DNA.

TRASHJUMPERS: Diminutive, malformed mutants that have degenerated quite severely from their original human shapes. They skirt along the outsides of what's left of civilization, living in caves and stealing what they can from their more advanced and upright peers.

SCAVVYS: Quad-eyed albino mutants that entrench themselves among the boundless swathes of trash heaps and dead trees that cover the land. They have been exiled from society for their shared deformities, and many believe that by consuming the flesh of their enemies they will gain their power and "beauty."

SHAMBHALANS: Magna-mutants, perhaps former arcologites, that have risen from some unfathomably deep subterranean realm to retake and reform the overworld from which they have hidden for so long. They are many heads taller than the average human, possess unnatural hair and skin coloration, and survey their surroundings imperiously with three eyes. Some believe their coming heralds the "True End," a period of terrible strife to surpass even the atrocities the Great Wars wrought.

There are a multitude of other additions- creatures, items, and minerals included. I'll be developing this more, and would love some feedback. Some things I already have in mind- I want to make the mineral system more complex, and incorporate a "recycling" function. I also am going to look into adventure-mode crafting, Wanderer style. Also planning on adding in more creatures, as well as horrid curses and powerful secrets. I hope you enjoy my humble project!

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Hey, so, this is a bit of a weird question, but I think I've heard some things in the past about civ/entity "uniforms" (still not entirely sure what that term entails) having a certain common colour. I'm not sure if this is actually the case, but if it is, what exactly does color mean? It's not presented in any identifiable way in-game (for example, you don't look at a cloak and see "red (insert fibre of your choice) cloak" or anything like that. Is the "color" of items defined by the materials themselves? And on that subject, is it possible to give clothing and the like randomized or organized colouring? For example, everyone in a civ wearing clothing/armor of the same colour, or people wearing randomly coloured clothes? I know weapons can have adjectives, but I'm not sure if the same applies to clothing, or if colors would work the same way.

I probably could've worded this better, but my grasp on the whole thing is shaky at best. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, clarification would be mightily appreciated!

Suppose I wanted to make a creature that was essentially a human lacking any flesh or blood- i.e, a skeleton. How would I go about doing this? Is there a preset body template for such a thing?

Tales abound on the frontier of legends both living and dead- men and women who mastered their own fate, made their way through the world by the skin of their teeth and the quickness of their hand. People who could take on a horde of cultists with just two revolvers, or save entire cities through their quick wit. Gods among men, loved, respected or feared by all.

Adi Kiwannathob is not one of those legends.



In fact, he's the exact opposite of a legend- he's an 18-year-old boy who lives out in the sticks of the Armored State, in a tiny little town called Riderblossoms.



He's not the most motivated young fellow, and is a tad jingoistic, but he definitely has some pluck. He dreams of greater things.



Every night, since he was old enough to shoot, he could be found in the backyard of his father's cottage shooting at makeshift targets with dad's old shotgun. He dreamed of becoming one of the greats- though anyone he confessed this to called him a damn fool. But shortly after his eighteenth birthday, something happened- Adi's father, who often went to the nearest city to trade his bonecarvings, never came home from one of his trips. The sheriff sent out a posse to look for him, and the body turned up about ten miles out from town- feathered with arrows and partially eaten. The work of natives.

Now, Adi's alone in an empty cottage he can no longer stand to stay in- he's got that same old shotgun, some food, and perhaps a bit of lust for revenge.



Let's see if he gets anywhere.

Do any of you remember back in the 34.XX versions, there'd often be slaves in human settlements?

What ever happened to those guys? I never see them anymore, though slavery is still acceptable in human ethics. Do they no longer exist?