Animal skins discussion

[Vanth]

If you'd like to ask questions or comment on the changes to animal hides, skins, and pelts as described in this announcement: http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,39126.0.html

...please do so here.

Also, from the Weekly Update:

07/06/2010: Updated sdesc of hides so that all tanned hides look different from untanned -- Vanth

[BlackMagic0]

All I gotta say is. Vanth is pretty awesome.  

No questions. Sorry. 

[Cutthroat]

I don't know if this part of 'help tanning' applies anymore with these changes, so you might consider changing or removing it:


Note:
   Some hides are substantially more difficult and time-consuming to
tan than others.  In some cases, only close examination will distinguish
a tanned hide from its untanned version.


Interesting change though. Thanks.

[deviant storm]

I'm in favor of it. I'll be interested in seeing how the 'new' versions of different hides weigh up when Vanth is done.

....while you're at it, Vanth, can you pack a little more meat in a mek? Really, for the size of the creatures there should be more meats coming from them. But that's a different discussion, I suppose.

[a strange shadow]

Not to mention bahamet meat.

I'm in favor of this. I remember playing a merchant way back and having to sort hides... brrr. That was a pain.

[BlackMagic0]

I am sure she will be doing meat items next.

She seems to be going down the list of awesome things to fix.

Though most animals I found are pretty good on the whole getting shit from them departing via skinning. Minus bahamet, mekillots, or the other huge animals.
They should have more meat coming form them.

[WagonsHo]

How should we point out anything we think is in error?  Here?  Via the request tool?

For instance, one hide jumps from 10 to 30 stone when tanned.    : )

[Vanth]

I haven't finished yet, took a break for lunch.  So, after I'm done, I don't think there'll be any weirdnesses like that, but if there are, typoing in game is good.

[WagonsHo]

I haven't finished yet, took a break for lunch.  So, after I'm done, I don't think there'll be any weirdnesses like that, but if there are, typoing in game is good.

Yay!  Thanks for doing this.  So far so awesome.

[netflix]

<3

[Malifaxis]

I haven't finished yet, took a break for lunch.  So, after I'm done, I don't think there'll be any weirdnesses like that, but if there are, typoing in game is good.

In-N-Out Burger, really?

Is that right next to the Kum-N-Go Gas Station?

http://www.kumandgo.com/

[Vanth]

Ok, these should all be done.  If you weren't logged in this afternoon when I did the fixes, and you had a hide on your PC somewhere while logged off at that time, you may have a hide that needs changing.  Submit a reimbursement request in that case.  But all hides in rooms, etc. should be fixed, and any newly-skinned or tanned hides should come up with the new versions.

[netflix]

So you said only a few raw hides would be getting just a bit bigger? Cause noticing some major differences. A container that had plenty of room in it yesterday I had to take 10 hides out of to make it so there was room in it again.

[BlackMagic0]

So you said only a few raw hides would be getting just a bit bigger? Cause noticing some major differences. A container that had plenty of room in it yesterday I had to take 10 hides out of to make it so there was room in it again.

I believe some raw hides only gain a small amount, but some raw hides gained a large amount of weight.

Tanned hides seemed to dropped more in weight. And its nice that they are not the same damn sdescs anymore and noticeable.

[Zargen]

I haven't finished yet, took a break for lunch.  So, after I'm done, I don't think there'll be any weirdnesses like that, but if there are, typoing in game is good.

In-N-Out Burger, really?

Is that right next to the Kum-N-Go Gas Station?

http://www.kumandgo.com/

You must not be aware...of how DELICIOUS In-N-Out is.

[Vanth]

Yes, in the announcement I said nothing would be gaining more than 1-2 stones, and that ended up being untrue.  A few hides did gain more than that, maybe as much as 5 or 6 stones.  But there were other hides that are now 10-25 stones lighter than before.  Generally speaking, small and very large hides both got lighter, while some medium-sized hides got heavier.  You should find that there is more consistency, where two animals of about the same size now have hides of about the same weight.