[Mod Release] Breakable Ice

[Kzisor]

I worked so hard on this mod and I've finally got it into a release candidate.

 

Note: This is a server only mod. Clients do not need to subscribe to this mod in order to gain benefit from a server running it.

 

Mod Notes:

Pond ice is now breakable during winter.

Ice will crystallize as the temperature gets colder and will melt as the temperature warms up.

Ice will endlessly crystallize during winter.

Fires will prevent ice from crystallizing as it keeps the temperature of the water above the crystallization point.

 

Ice can be destroyed or melted by the following methods:

Pickaxes will slowly break ice when worked.

Fires will slowly melt ice while lit.

Gunpowder will cause massive chunks of ice to break when used near ponds.

 

Estimation:

A single pond frozen for 7 days requires roughly 1 full day of a stage 4 fire in order to melt.

 

Recommendations:

I recommend using a combination of methods above to reduce the amount of effort it requires to break the ice.

 

 

Link:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=385979230&searchtext=

 

 

Please provide any and all feedback about the mod either on Steam, Klei download page or in this topic. Thank you for reading and checking out the mod hope you enjoy it!

Edited February 3, 2015 by Kzisor

[Jjmarco]

@Kzisor, Great mod, finally I'll be able to fish during winter! I'll go check it out.

[DrSmugleaf]

Sounds like my mod should check for this mod and nerf sollyz's leveling ( levels by eating fish ) if it detects it!

Great mod though, I hate not being able to fish when it's winter.

[Kzisor]

@Jjmarco, I'd recommend testing it out in a few instances. Once don't harvest ice for several days into winter. The second constantly harvest ice from a few ponds. Third test it out using a fire pit. Let me know how each one fairs.

 

@DrSmugleaf, I'd test my mod first before nerfing sollyz's leveling. If players do not constantly break the ice the ice will continue to grow endlessly. 

[Jjmarco]

@Kzisor, only 5 days into winter without breaking a pond, I had to use 10 pickaxes to break the ice!

If I constantly harvest ice from few ponds, the ice breaks within 1-3 hits.

If I put a roaring fire pit next to one, the ice eventually melts, and doesn't reform whatsoever until the fire dies out.

 

I also noticed that if you break the ice while standing on the pond, you'll just hover over it, and will get shoved aside once you move a little.

Just a bit of a cosmetic quirk.

 

It also seems that c_spawned ponds don't follow the ice growing equation, and break in one hit no matter what.

I don't think that's a major problem though, but just letting you know in case you didn't.

[Kzisor]

@Jjmarco, thank you for the amazing tests!

 

Yes ice grows endlessly meaning the longer you leave it to grow the more pickaxes/longer it takes fire to melt it. Gunpowder also works to help destroy layers of ice, that easter egg was found by star.

 

I'm not sure how exactly to handle that bug, but as it's cosmetic only I think it should be okay for now.

 

The bug about c_spawn seems strange as that is how I tested the mod for 3 weeks and they would always grow a lot of ice when left alone. I don't think it's that much of a deal breaker as only a few cases would use c_spawn to make ponds appear.

[rezecib]

I'm not sure how exactly to handle that bug, but as it's cosmetic only I think it should be okay for now.

 Hmm... The simplest way to handle it would be to give the frozen ponds collision, too. But it's probably fine as it is.

[Jjmarco]

@rezecib, @Kzisor, or maybe you could disable the Mine action when walking on the pond?

Have the character say something like "That's too risky!".

I don't know how to check for that though.

 

But yeah, not really an issue. Great mod eitherway!

[Kzisor]

I've updated the mod to only be required by the server.

[PeterA]

@Kzisor, it might be useful for some of the other modders if you roughly describe what it took to make your mod only required by the server. 

[Kzisor]

@PeterA, sure. I'll explain it a little.

 

 

How I created this mod to be server only required:

I started by creating all the items to be only used by the server. This sounds like it's difficult, but in reality it wasn't. By using the following code I was able to determine whether the instance was the server or a client.

 

if not TheWorld.ismastersim then return inst end

 

If we were a client we would simply not proceed. I made sure that I altered nothing in the files that the client would need to know about. I did this by only modifying components and using proper API in order to address code relation to the games prefabs. This is simply making sure to use "AddPrefabPostInit" to modify existing prefabs. If we were to overwrite the prefabs then clients might need to know about the changes that we've made.

 

The next phase of working with a server only mod is inside the modinfo.lua file. Simply using the following code it allows clients to connect without worrying about downloading the mod.

 

all_clients_require_mod = false

client_only_mod = false

 

This is how I roughly made my mod a server only mod. If anyone has any questions feel free to contact me and I will answer as soon as I am able.

 

Regards,

~Kzisor/Ysovuka

[rezecib]

@Kzisor, I believe the key point of confusion about making it server-side only was that "break ice" seems like it would be a new action. But I'm guessing you just made ponds workable, which propagates the availability of actions through tags.

Edited February 3, 2015 by rezecib

[Kzisor]

@rezecib, I did indeed make use the workable component on ponds.

[Kzisor]

Update: Version 0.0.4

 

Change notes:

Ice crystal thickness will be decreased by half upon the start of summer.

 

Update: Version 0.0.3

 

Change notes:

Frogs and Mosquito's will no longer spawn while the pond is frozen.

Edited February 4, 2015 by Kzisor

[SenL]

Hi,

It was fine but then crashed when I host a lan game. The crash didn't happen right away but when it approaches dusk.

 

Log:

[00:37:37]: [string "../mods/workshop-385979230/data/prefabs/pon..."]:276: attempt to call global 'ReturnChildren' (a nil value)

LUA ERROR stack traceback:

../mods/workshop-385979230/data/prefabs/pond.lua:276 in (field) ? (Lua) <273-280>

   inst = 100238 - pond (valid:true)

   isday = false

scripts/components/worldstate.lua:31 in (upvalue) SetVariable (Lua) <23-47>

   var = isday

   val = false

   togglename = day

   watchers = table: 0E2A9B60

   k = 100238 - pond (valid:true)

   v = table: 54688180

   i = 1

   fn = table: 54688298

scripts/components/worldstate.lua:64 in (local) fn (Lua) <62-67>

   src = 100021 - forest (valid:true)

   phase = dusk

scripts/entityscript.lua:877 in (method) PushEvent (Lua) <871-894>

   self (valid:true) =

      GUID = 100021

      Transform = Transform (0D5A3C78)

      inlimbo = false

      event_listening = table: 0E2B0C58

      Pathfinder = Pathfinder (0D5A3BD8)

      actioncomponents = table: 0E2B00C8

      worldstatewatching = table: 0E2A8BE8

      net = 100025 - world_network (valid:true)

      meta = table: 514D3558

      Map = Map (0D5A3C18)

      entity = Entity (50F89C60)

      minimap = 100022 - minimap (valid:true)

      prefab = forest

      updatecomponents = table: 0E2A6460

      GroundCreep = GroundCreep (0D5A3AB8)

      PostInit = function - scripts/prefabs/world.lua:118

      name = MISSING NAME

      persists = false

      OnRemoveEntity = function - scripts/prefabs/world.lua:133

      pendingtasks = table: 0E2B2B98

      event_listeners = table: 0E2B0E88

      hideminimap = false

      state = table: 0E2B0910

      ismastersim = true

      spawntime = 0

      WaveComponent = WaveComponent (0D5A4718)

      replica = table: 0E2B0460

      topology = table: 514D88A0

      components = table: 0E2B0280

      SoundEmitter = SoundEmitter (0D5A3B78)

   event = phasechanged

   data = dusk

   listeners = table: 0E2B0AA0

   entity = 100021 - forest (valid:true)

   fns = table: 0E2B0A28

   i = 1

   fn = function - scripts/components/worldstate.lua:62

scripts/components/clock.lua:242 in (method) OnUpdate (Lua) <176-262>

   self =

      OnSave = function - scripts/components/clock.lua:270

      inst = 100025 - world_network (valid:true)

      OnLoad = function - scripts/components/clock.lua:288

      LongUpdate = function - scripts/components/clock.lua:176

      OnUpdate = function - scripts/components/clock.lua:176

      GetDebugString = function - scripts/components/clock.lua:321

   dt = 0.033333335071802

   remainingtimeinphase = 149.94435831532

scripts/update.lua:151 in () ? (Lua) <118-180>

   dt = 0.033333335071802

   tick = 5400

   k = 100025

   v = 100025 - world_network (valid:true)

   cmp = table: 0E0D5DD0

 

Not sure if it's because of lan game, or other mods installed that may conflict or what.

Thanks.

[Kzisor]

@SenL,

Thanks for the report. I'll get that fixed asap, it's not a mod conflict it's an authors lack of sleep when fixing it. 

 

Update: Version 0.0.6

 

Change Notes:

Fixed a crash that was caused by fixing a different crash.

Edited February 4, 2015 by Kzisor