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[Yokunama]

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A war beetle squeezes out a fist-sized ball of dung.

XD

[Vanth]

I'm really not clear on how or why something like this needs to be coded.
What does it add to the game, that can't currently be done virtually?

Making the dung craftable in some manner would satisfy that concern.

Dung buyers, had things to buy. Grebbers had another way to make a few coins...

I told you guys Olgaris had something steamy for you.

[Synthesis]

So this is live?

P.S. If so, it's time to see what kind of profits I can squeeze out of it.

[Yokunama]

Dung-ball fights? Anyone?

[Olgaris]

I'm really not clear on how or why something like this needs to be coded.
What does it add to the game, that can't currently be done virtually?

Making the dung craftable in some manner would satisfy that concern.

This is something that people can do in Allanak for coin without leaving the city, as requested, many times.

[Malken]

I'm curious to see how much can be made if you stand next to your beetle all day long. Might be worth testing it out.

[Olgaris]

I'm curious to see how much can be made if you stand next to your beetle all day long. Might be worth testing it out.

That was taken into account, and it's not really worth it.

[Semper]

I'm still trying to decide if this is a joke or something...

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>hunt
You search for tracks...

Less than an hour ago, a small, four-legged creature moved to the south.
*a fresh pile of dung lies in the path.
A few hours ago a small, four-legged creature moved to the south.
*a dried pile of dung lies in the path.

Or something like that if they pooped in the room. If it's a coded pile of dung...never mind.

[staggerlee]

I'm really not clear on how or why something like this needs to be coded.
What does it add to the game, that can't currently be done virtually?

Making the dung craftable in some manner would satisfy that concern.

This is something that people can do in Allanak for coin without leaving the city, as requested, many times.

Ha. We complain too much.
Thanks for the work.  

[Olgaris]

What I'm really looking for here is feedback as to whether you think your mounts are pooping too often, or not often enough.

[JustAnotherGuy]

Just a question... is this for reasons to keep the streets clean or for some other strange use for the poo?  Kinda curious about IC reasoning is all.

[jcljules]

I just visited a busy clan stable. No shit yet. Will wagons generate shit too? What about codedly empty but icly busy stables? Is there a poop command coming soon?

[Dakurus]

What I'm really looking for here is feedback as to whether you think your mounts are pooping too often, or not often enough.

I think they shit a lot, considering how much I feed them.

Question:
Now that I'm providing a means of living for stablehands, shouldn't they pay me to stable my mount?

[Clearsighted]

What I'm really looking for here is feedback as to whether you think your mounts are pooping too often, or not often enough.

Two questions, if you don't mind.

1) Will the dung work for kindling?

2) Can dung be found in places like the Byn latrines, or say, certain places in the game world that are specially designated as filled with feces? Such as certain black holes.

[Jingo]

They seem to poop every few minutes. Maybe one or two times an ig hour.

Don't know if that is too often.

My concern is that you can easily estimate how much poo there is and how long a particular mount is been in an area without any required skill. I think this should somehow be a function of the hunt command.

em wraps his hand in a plastic bag as he bends over to pick up his unpleasantly warm clump of poo.

[Olgaris]

Beetles are meant to poop once an IC hour-ish. It is random.

Yes, hunters will now be able to know if certain prey has been in an area. Yes, anyone will be able to tell if mounts have been hanging out in a certain area for a long period of time. Why should they not? Anybody can identify horse poop, and if there is a lot of it, looks like there was either a lot of horses or a horse there that pooped a bunch because it was there for a long time. Finding out how many animals, would require the hunt skill.

[Olgaris]

What I'm really looking for here is feedback as to whether you think your mounts are pooping too often, or not often enough.

Two questions, if you don't mind.

1) Will the dung work for kindling?

2) Can dung be found in places like the Byn latrines, or say, certain places in the game world that are specially designated as filled with feces? Such as certain black holes.

1) not yet
2) Yes, very soon.

[Olgaris]

I just visited a busy clan stable. No shit yet. Will wagons generate shit too? What about codedly empty but icly busy stables? Is there a poop command coming soon?

Mounts that stand around in a room won't start pooping until a reboot, unless they are stabled and unstabled.

[jcljules]

Do all mounts poop?  What about wild animals?

[staggerlee]

I just visited a busy clan stable. No shit yet. Will wagons generate shit too? What about codedly empty but icly busy stables? Is there a poop command coming soon?

Mounts that stand around in a room won't start pooping until a reboot, unless they are stabled and unstabled.

-If they leave it frequently enough that they can be tracked by it I'd say it's too much. You should be able to stroll through the wilderness at a leisurely rate without leaving a pile every room.

-Maybe a cap on how much they drop per room would be a good idea, in the interest of clan stables not overfilling. That or have it decompose quickly. (Though either might defeat the purpose of the code I guess)

-I look forward to having the time to actually play and test some of the changes going on. *counts down the days*

[Olgaris]

Do all mounts poop?  What about wild animals?

Most mounts poop. Some wild animals poop. Different animals will poop with different frequency.

[Fathi]

http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,34473.0.html

Discuss.

Poop happening too frequently? Not often enough? Let's hear about it.

Not since I started taking Metamucil, bro.

[Jingo]

I think desert elves should have to squeeze out a turd or two as they run.  

[Olgaris]

I just visited a busy clan stable. No shit yet. Will wagons generate shit too? What about codedly empty but icly busy stables? Is there a poop command coming soon?

Mounts that stand around in a room won't start pooping until a reboot, unless they are stabled and unstabled.

-If they leave it frequently enough that they can be tracked by it I'd say it's too much. You should be able to stroll through the wilderness at a leisurely rate without leaving a pile every room.

-Maybe a cap on how much they drop per room would be a good idea, in the interest of clan stables not overfilling. That or have it decompose quickly. (Though either might defeat the purpose of the code I guess)

-I look forward to having the time to actually play and test some of the changes going on. *counts down the days*

You will not leave a pile in every room while strolling at a leisurely rate.

The script will handle the accumulation of poop in a room.

[BlackMagic0]

Do all mounts poop?  What about wild animals?

Most mounts poop. Some wild animals poop. Different animals will poop with different frequency.

I bet tregils shit a lot, silly little fat things that they are.