A few ideas.

[Fiction_Stick]

1. Realistic decay, and by this I mean, over time instead of things just turning red, they actually fall apart. For example over time a log cabin could slowly be taken over by vines and start to crumble. Or bricks would start to fall from brick walls. I think this would make old abandoned settlements really have there own unique feeling.

2. I know a weather system has been talked about A LOT, but there a few things I'd like to mention that I don't think have been mentioned before. First, I believe it would look really cool if clouds caste shadows across the ground, you wouldn't be able to see the clouds but the shadows would move across the landscape. Another I thought of is puddles, or to an extreme extent flooding. After a rain storm puddles would be present on the ground. And lastly, fog would be awesome. Especially at marshes and abandoned villages. Imagine walking into a foggy village, being overgrown with vegetation and crumbling to the ground. It would be a great atmosphere.

3. More village customization, like custom flags and emblems. Or maybe a village could have it's own set religion and there clothing or the statues around town could reflect upon that. Just more stuff along those lines.


Just a few ideas. I did search to see if my specific ideas were talked about a lot, but I don't think they were talked about to much.
But sorry if these have been mentioned a lot already.

Thanks

[Gotrek64]

that'd be cool but still waiting for what jorb/loftar are working on for the next update

[AnnaC]

I was gonna make a thread about your first suggestion, mainly because I've known a few people who have some colorblindness, and it can be hard to determine the decay level of something. I don't think anything big, but maybe at the last or near-last level of decay, a new sprite to show the object/structure in an obvious state of disrepair. It would add atmosphere and be more easily noticeable. Of course it's a cosmetic detail so it's nothing that requires immediate attention.

[Jackard]

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