Okay, this took longer than I expected. It’s almost 3 weeks since last LP report. I was busy with many different things and not all of them are done yet. But, here’s something self-contained:
Grain life cycle
On this week fields aging was refactored and reworked. Since terrain now uses overlays, terrain type is no longer tied with a field placed on top of it. That required some code updates.
Grain fields on mixed terrain
Along with some sketches for grain objects, here’s how it looks now in game and in map editor:
Grain field
Grain as set in MapEd
Since old growth approach has been refactored, here are some highlights:
- Grain can grow on any terrain type (if allowed);
- Grain age can be set to any specific stage from within map editor;
- Grain age is now stored in mission script;
- Reworked and simplified growth stages within code
- Bonus: added wind to the game, so that the grain and trees are wave a little bit.
What’s left – field borders.
