Game Development: Duckwall

[linkfanpc]

this is a metaphor, the ducks are the player base and the coop is the game

[jorb]

I see the ducks are wearing hats - are tamed ducks able to be kept in a safe fence in the way of sheep, cattle, etc? Or would they fly away like doves, or despawn like chickens?

Believe they would despawn rn. Should perhaps look at that. It'd arguably nice for all coop kritters if they could walk around outside the coop, at least visually or w/e.

[fatfunnyvalentine]

I see the ducks are wearing hats - are tamed ducks able to be kept in a safe fence in the way of sheep, cattle, etc? Or would they fly away like doves, or despawn like chickens?

Believe they would despawn rn. Should perhaps look at that. It'd arguably nice for all coop kritters if they could walk around outside the coop, at least visually or w/e.

It's good to know they despawn until further notice, would hate to start the duck farm and have them all disappear.

[jorb]

Shouldn't ducks require a duck pond?

That is the eternal debate, isn't it? I made the point on stream once that if "The Farm" were a HoMM3 city, one would certainly recruit Ducks from the Duck Pond, which I think is a pretty strong argument for it.

... muh realism argues for the coop, I guess?

[Gigapower]

Cant login, every time I try it crashes with the same Java error mentioned previously.

[jorb]

Cant login, every time I try it crashes with the same Java error mentioned previously.

I believe this should be fixed now?

[NineWorlds]

normal client crashing with this error after update.

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java.lang.RuntimeException: Deferred error in loader task
   at haven.Loader$Future.get(Loader.java:165)
   at haven.MiniMap$MarkerIcon.ckload(MiniMap.java:213)
   at haven.MiniMap$MarkerIcon.icon(MiniMap.java:248)
   at haven.MiniMap$DisplayMarker.icon(MiniMap.java:557)
   at haven.MiniMap.markerat(MiniMap.java:936)
   at haven.MiniMap.tooltip(MiniMap.java:1171)
   at haven.Widget.tooltip(Widget.java:1893)
   at haven.Widget$TooltipQuery.shandle(Widget.java:1270)
   at haven.Widget.handle(Widget.java:888)
   at haven.Widget$Event.dispatch(Widget.java:840)
   at haven.Widget$PointerEvent.propagation(Widget.java:971)
   at haven.Widget$Event.propagate(Widget.java:824)
   at haven.Widget.tooltip(Widget.java:1888)
   at haven.Widget$TooltipQuery.shandle(Widget.java:1270)
   at haven.Widget.handle(Widget.java:888)
   at haven.Widget$Event.dispatch(Widget.java:840)
   at haven.Widget$PointerEvent.propagation(Widget.java:971)
   at haven.Widget$Event.propagate(Widget.java:824)
   at haven.Widget.tooltip(Widget.java:1888)
   at haven.Widget$TooltipQuery.shandle(Widget.java:1270)
   at haven.Widget.handle(Widget.java:888)
   at haven.Window.handle(Window.java:465)
   at haven.Widget$Event.dispatch(Widget.java:840)
   at haven.Widget$PointerEvent.propagation(Widget.java:971)
   at haven.Widget$Event.propagate(Widget.java:824)
   at haven.Widget.tooltip(Widget.java:1888)
   at haven.Widget$TooltipQuery.shandle(Widget.java:1270)
   at haven.Widget.handle(Widget.java:888)
   at haven.Widget$Event.dispatch(Widget.java:840)
   at haven.Widget$PointerEvent.propagation(Widget.java:971)
   at haven.Widget$Event.propagate(Widget.java:824)
   at haven.Widget.tooltip(Widget.java:1888)
   at haven.Widget$TooltipQuery.shandle(Widget.java:1270)
   at haven.Widget.handle(Widget.java:888)
   at haven.Widget$Event.dispatch(Widget.java:840)
   at haven.UI.dispatch(UI.java:608)
   at haven.UI.dispatchq(UI.java:613)
   at haven.UI.tooltip(UI.java:886)
   at haven.GLPanel$Loop.drawtooltip(GLPanel.java:157)
   at haven.GLPanel$Loop.display(GLPanel.java:300)
   at haven.GLPanel$Loop.run(GLPanel.java:388)
   at haven.JOGLPanel.run(JOGLPanel.java:246)
   at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: haven.Resource$BadVersionException: Obsolete version 1 of ui/provinces requested, loaded version is 2, from cache source backed by HashDirCache(http://game.havenandhearth.com/render/)
   at haven.Resource$Pool.load(Resource.java:650)
   at haven.Resource$Spec.get(Resource.java:105)
   at haven.Resource$Spec.get(Resource.java:109)
   at haven.Resource$Spec.get(Resource.java:92)
   at haven.PType.lambda$null$1(PType.java:43)
   at haven.Resource$CodeEntry.loader(Resource.java:1708)
   at haven.Resource$CodeEntry.getentry(Resource.java:1735)
   at haven.Resource$CodeEntry.get(Resource.java:1768)
   at haven.Resource.getcode(Resource.java:1819)
   at haven.GobIcon.getfac(GobIcon.java:191)
   at haven.MiniMap$MarkerIcon.create(MiniMap.java:206)
   at haven.Loader$Future.run(Loader.java:71)
   at haven.Loader$Future.access$400(Loader.java:42)
   at haven.Loader.loop(Loader.java:202)
   ... 1 more


[Frogg]

He's in

[Zephroze]

We gonna do anything about the ability to cause so much injury in one hit that it bypasses death protection and kills people? It's the reason I cannot recommend the game to less hardcore players.

Losing your gear, not fun but recoverable.

Losing your character because the opt-in permadeath mechanics malfunction? Can't sell that to anybody.

[serVar161]

Duck feathers are probably healthier than chicken feathers? Variety is good.
Perhaps add a small pond or at least a pelvis for the ducklings to swim in? So they can be admired... before they're eaten!