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RustKnight

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Tileset question
« on: June 29, 2012, 01:01:28 pm »
First of all, i am pretty sure this has been asked before but i don't know how to ask the search engine on the forum since i am unsure of the terminology i should use.

Is multy layered object possible in the future for DF ? I am sure at the moment it is impossible hence it is a programer related feature that needs to be added if i'm not wrong.
So in case the upper didn't make much sens, - to make items appear on character icon, as well as other states?

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RustKnight

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2012, 03:54:56 am »
Wow, talk about intense posting, this thread got moved to page 2 in a matter of hours.
So, can anyone please answer?
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Tierre

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2012, 01:56:23 am »
No it is not possible. Tiles are everything you got. The only thing which shows above other tiles are creatures. And you can't put anything above them.
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RustKnight

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2012, 08:18:58 am »
I understand, and there is no way that in the future things could improve?
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Tierre

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2012, 08:25:32 am »
they will improve... in another 5 years or so............... we await in awe:)
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RustKnight

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2012, 08:48:03 am »
Well, that's what i was wondering. If the actual dwarf fortress version, or future versions of it, could support this tile upgrade.
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Tierre

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2012, 09:04:24 am »
Toady has that on his future features:) In a distant future:)
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RustKnight

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2012, 03:17:11 pm »
Ok, and last question from me: is it actually hard to implement this feature?
And, is it me, or is Toady not a  big fan of tilesets? Almost like anti?
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Wannabehero

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2012, 03:58:28 pm »
Quote from: RustKnight on July 12, 2012, 03:17:11 pm
And, is it me, or is Toady not a  big fan of tilesets? Almost like anti?

I think it's more that he is a big fan of the details, concepts, bug fixes, and other minutia.  As evidenced by the basic graphics and near lack of GUI.
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RustKnight

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Re: Tileset question
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2012, 06:03:43 pm »
Anyway, a little off topic here, i myself for example like LCS with it's actual graphics ! i wouldn't want tiles for that just because it's fine as it is. The representation would require a lot more details to make it worthwhile and it may shift the game towards a more comical, cynical, dark or any other mood, giving away it's neutral tone.

As an idea that came into my mind today about LCS, would be if it had a random pixel portrait generator for citizens. Would be really awesome, something more like the doom face portrait, but maybe with less details. Sliding even more into random portraits, Original War game had an EXCELLENT portrait generator for every soldier, was really awesome. Anyway i guess these kinds of generators are hard to make (heck, even a standard portrait would be hard to make, not to mention a generator.)
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