Weekly News #39 Measuring Up

Sermons at the Amish Sanctuary

Hi Wurmians!

Another week hard at work in the kitchens of Wurm, with the in-house testing nearing completion before public testing on a brand new test server! We'll be resetting the test server map for a brand new one prior to the public testing of cooking, something new to explore!

(In house testing doesn't mean the system is bug free, and we'll need your help testing it when it goes public, it just means that you're slightly less likely to die when lighting an oven... slightly)

Get decorative!
As part of our improvements raised by the fountain pan removal, I'm pleased to announce what is most likely the final change brought in to balance out the functionality lost from the removal of these pans.

***Drum roll**

With the upcoming cooking update, all decorative items on a deed with over 30 days upkeep will no longer take decay ticks!

That's right, decoration items, such as banners, chests, anvils, barrels, statues, etc will all be decay free as long as deed upkeep remains over 30 days! Under 30 days decay ticks will occur as normal, and use of items will damage them too, of course.

Hopefully this makes decorating your deed much more enjoyable, and removes the need to spend hours repairing things if you don't play often.

Measuring up

This weeks teaser covers a new utensil, the Measuring jug!

To aid with measuring precise amounts of liquids, a measuring jug tool has been added.  This allows a pre-set amount of liquid to be taken out of a larger amount.

The measuring jug is a pottery item, with the initial version being made from clay with a hand.  Creation mechanics are the same as all other pottery items.

To use the measuring jug, r-click on it and select ‘Set volume to’.  This allows setting the capacity to any of the following weights:

• 0.01 kg
• 0.02 kg
• 0.05 kg
• 0.1 kg
• 0.2 kg
• 0.5 kg
• 1kg
• 2kg
• 5kg
• 10kg

Note that Wurm uses weights for everything involving cooking; to simplify matters, it is assumed that all liquids have a density of 1 kilogram per litre.

Once the volume of the measuring jug has been set, it may be activated and filled from a source of liquid; it will then contain the selected amount (assuming the source contains at least that much).  Several iterations (using different volume settings) may be necessary to get the right amount for a particular recipe.

The measuring jug must be empty to adjust its volume.

Humpty Dump-ty
Not forgotten, we're working on setting up an automated system with regularly updated dumps! This means the setup is taking a little longer, but they should be up soon, here's a sneak peak of Xanadu!

Community Content.

Nicrolis was showing off his graphics capabilities and snapped this awesome screenshot maxed out on graphics with 4k resolution, I have to say it really does show how beautiful and serene Wurm can be! Open the spoiler to check it out.

That's it for this week though, we'll have some more news for you next week, so stay tuned!

Retrograde & the Wurm team.

I'm excited about the decorative items change! And also wishing we had a better definition of what a decorative item vs a non-decorative (perishable) item was.

2 minutes ago, Darmalus said:

I'm excited about the decorative items change! And also wishing we had a better definition of what a decorative item vs a non-decorative (perishable) item was.

Anything that doesnt form an item pile when dropped on the ground

Map dumps! Yay!

Well, this just keeps geting better.   (honestly, no irony!)

<3

Amish Sanctuary has got it's way to the news  And map dumps, been waiting for those sooo much!

Map dumps include chaos? Although I somewhat like that in a way it also hinders anyone from trying to sneak build a deed in the middle or no where. 

Yay for no decay on decoration items and such! Will make deed up keeping a ton easier! Nice to see the Sanctuary on there, sorry I missed ya!

Map dumps. Yes. Thank you. Great update.

Good stuff good stuff, some great updates in store for us it seems

I wish actuall new game contents (like this cooking update) finds it way to Wurm more often (for example, its been very quiet about that taxidermy skill, I do believe I saw it mentioned somewhere as official)

Just now, Lycanthropic said:

Good stuff good stuff, some great updates in store for us it seems

 

I wish actuall new game contents (like this cooking update) finds it way to Wurm more often (for example, its been very quiet about that taxidermy skill, I do believe I saw it mentioned somewhere as official)

I would also love to see that come in, as well as the deco to be able to be placed on top if tables and such!

Thank you for the decoration no decay on 30 days plus. 

PS: I am guessing this does not include vehicles like boats and carts? They don't form a pile but they are also not dropped.

Also hoping for no decay on carts on deed!

No decay include bsb/fsb's?

Did not see them mentioned, just wanted to make sure it is everything.

Do we assume items stored in chests/coffins/coffers/wardrobes still take decay?

All items inside the containers will decay.

Does not include vehicles, they aren't decoration items

No decoration decay on deed is great. And also the liquid measuring tool!

Fountains and wells?  Ovens and Forges etc?

Maybe a list of things that will still have decay on a deed would be good to update the OP with XD

59 minutes ago, Retrograde said:

With the upcoming cooking update, all decorative items on a deed with over 30 days upkeep will no longer take decay ticks!

That's right, decoration items, such as banners, chests, anvils, barrels, statues, etc will all be decay free as long as deed upkeep remains over 30 days!

A nice change to the game to eliminate decay on certain remaining to be fully identified "decorative" objects on deed under these circumstances. Guess time will reveal what all of them are and are not. Anyway, seems like certain player input on this issue was taken into consideration and acted upon. A nice trend which will hopefully continue when other QoL issues arise.

=Ayes=

What about animal/player corpses? Do those count as "decorations" for this purpose? That might have implications for people who like to use champ corpses as decoration, as well as for anyone who dies on someone's deed.

10 minutes ago, Lycanthropic said:

Maybe a list of things that will still have decay on a deed would be good to update the OP with XD

A list will be provided closer to the actual change going live, we decided to share the information now due to the fountain pan thread demands and the eventual locking. You'll have to wait for the exact details once we nail them down.

10 minutes ago, Ostentatio said:

What about animal/player corpses? Do those count as "decorations" for this purpose? That might have implications for people who like to use champ corpses as decoration, as well as for anyone who dies on someone's deed.

Corpses could be "produced" by player or spirit templars who kill mobs on your deed. So for example if they wouldnt decay you could come back after a break to your deed which is full of ugly corpses. 

12 minutes ago, Ostentatio said:

What about animal/player corpses? Do those count as "decorations" for this purpose? That might have implications for people who like to use champ corpses as decoration, as well as for anyone who dies on someone's deed.

Corpses won't be included, that's what gravestones are for!

47 minutes ago, Retrograde said:

All items inside the containers will decay.

 

Does not include vehicles, they aren't decoration items

Love the update Retro.  I am going to take a stab at the obvious question of why we didn't get zero decay on EVERYTHING on a paid-up >30 deed.  Is this decision to keep container content decay so that Magic Chests still remain relevant?

34 minutes ago, Ayes said:

 

A nice change to the game to eliminate decay on certain remaining to be fully identified "decorative" objects on deed under these circumstances. Guess time will reveal what all of them are and are not. Anyway, seems like certain player input on this issue was taken into consideration and acted upon. A nice trend which will hopefully continue when other QoL issues arise.

 

=Ayes=

Maybe this could be an item description of sorts on the Wiki. Making a search able to find all items considered decorative?