Wurm, on the other hand, allows PLAYERS to change the world, although slowly. You did read what I wrote, right? I said "if" WoW would try to do what Wurm does. Obviously it would need some severe code adjustments in places. WoW currently stores the height map on the player's PC, and alters it once in a while by downloading a new patch or installing an expansion. The height map itself never gets loaded from the server during play. That's the only difference, Wurm just loads changes to the height map onto the player's pc constantly. Such changes are really small, since it's just some coordinates and a height value for each change in the grid, which is just a bunch of numbers. Implementing this would not create massive lag or slowdowns for WoW, just lots of users complaining about getting stuck. Players changing the world really isn't that big of a deal coding-wise. Massive gameplay impact, sure, but other than that it's just a bit more data sent back and forth. It would be incredibly easy even to give WoW players a tool to add a tree to any place on the map they like, once they change the map to be editable. Hardly any extra server lag or bandwidth usage. WoW is meant to be a game where people chop each other up, not chop trees down. With a story to make grinding less boring. Heck, ATITD lets GMs change the height of the landscape. All editing is live, so when a GM is finishing a nifty place up in beta, you can stand there and watch as the ground moves around. Players aren't allowed to, but the tech is there and quite functional. The funny thing is that even WoW is not 3D. In fact, wurm is more 3D than WoW, since(although I never saw it myself) they probably do ALL of the 3D stuff other than the base terrain(and maybe even that) as static models. In that sense, wurm has a second 2D map that ties into the main one flawlessly, and over time bridges and 2 story houses will be added, allowing for 3D model based stuff like WoW.Īdditionally, the server sends the data on all trees and terrain as you join(or at the very least, the ones that changed), and must send out the same data to all active players withing range when something changes, as well as sending entire unexplored areas. WoW also splits the world across countless servers, while wurm only has 4, and each is HUGE compared to WoW's.Īnd even then, wurm's servers are not nearly as powerful. If Wurm were to get WoW's graphics (including the client that renders them), it'd run just as smoothly as it does now. There would be hardly any additional server strain at all, except perhaps because the map grid would have to be a bit tighter to look equally smooth. There would be a lot of new players, though, so they'd still need extra/better servers. If WoW were to get Wurm's gameplay, the additional code would strain the servers a bit more, but they would probably still work in a reasonable fashion. The amount of players quitting because they don't like the new WoW would probably make up for that. Thing is, I don't think letting the players build their own towns and terraform the world works that well in a fantasy or medieval setting. Being able to build stuff is neat, but you'd never really get actual functioning towns for long. People quit, get distracted, are offline at the wrong hours and so on. I think a tribal setting would be more suited for a game like this, where abandoned villages get devoured by the wilderness quickly and the pace of building is a lot higher. Or a system where players can design their guildhall/fortress or something, but the world itself is handcrafted.Bind "say #invis" - For turning visible/invisibleīind "say #chat " - to chat with colored text. NOTE - only displays for yourself in a PM.īind "weather" - Weather GM cheat, can set time of day, rain, fog, wind direction and strength. NOTE - only local, affects only you.īind GMTOOL - brings up the all powerful GM Tool (all praise Tich, our overlord and saviour (please don't let me go back to the web interface again. :((( )) - NOTE Recommended to bind to middle mouse button or something of the like, if you click the button while hovering over an item, you pull up that items/players/tiles data.īind MUTETOOL - Small interface that has a few handy things, quickest shortcut to summon players.īind "say #changemodel gmdark" - Spooky GM model.
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