paradise-lost Thursday 23 June 2022
Replying toDuplexi cannot figure out this worldgen bullshit
Aye, don't give up now that you've made it this far- Hello ! I downloaded Paradise Lost yesterday, and... I've never had so much fun playing in the Aether. The first version was cool, and the second one (in 1.7) was amazing, but the "Highlands" updates of Aether II (in 1.12) disappointed me terribly. Playing Aether again with its original spirit, and with a LOT of good new ideas, frankly, was a great pleasure. Being able to enjoy it on a recent version is great - and the mod is only in beta! I'm looking forward to future updates, and I wish you all the best for the future and your other projects! Take all the time you need. However, I do have a few comments - of course, the mod is only in beta, so I won't mention the most obvious problems that you already know about. I hope I'm not saying anything too obvious though... - First of all, I noticed that the Gravitite tools allow you to levitate blocks with a right click, as in Aether 1. But, nowadays, the right click is used to use the left hand - therefore, it is not possible to place a torch while having a Gravitite pickaxe in the right hand, since the pickaxe will try to levitate the block. In the days of Aether 1 and 2, this click was useless with tools, so it was supposed to use the right click. But nowadays, it's mostly a handicap. And, let's be honest, while this feature is cool, it's more fun than useful. You don't dig by levitating blocks, same with trees. At the most, it's useful for dirt, but it's not faster than digging, and it wears out the shovel a lot.But without this feature, Gravitite is not that special anymore. I then remembered Netherite: this metal is mostly tough, rather than more efficient. A netherite armor allows to be better protected, but especially to have a long lasting armor. A netherite pickaxe will last a long time, but will not necessarily dig faster. Therefore, is it useful to have Gravitite, which is Zanite a bit more efficient, more resistant, and which has a bit useless functionality? Netherite would easily replace it. One solution would be to do the opposite of Netherite: Gravitite would be fragile! But it would be very effective. A Gravitite pickaxe would dig very fast, but it wouldn't have much durability. The armor would allow for less fall damage, or even gliding - after all, armor doesn't have the same problem as tools. This would change from "finding a new rare material that is stronger", and also, in a sense, Gravitite would "make the blocks lighter" by breaking them easily. This more "free" aspect of Gravitite fits well with the idea of a stone that flies away, in my opinion. This is just a suggestion after all, maybe it's a bad idea. Maybe also Gravitite is not rare enough for my idea? I don't know. Note, there may be many other possible uses for Gravitite (a stone that defies gravity, there are many possible creations in the game!).(edited)- Second point, shorter this time: it rains in the Aether? I mean, the Aether is located above the clouds (or in the clouds), it is a bit illogical that it rains. - Third point: the basic game now allows us to have FULL variation of wooden blocks or tools. Boats, hatches, pressure plates, buttons, boats, etc. BUT, not chests. But in Paradise Lost, there are several styles of chests. You removed the Skyroot and Holystone tools (since it's just wood and stone, and besides, blackstone and deepslate allow you to do the same thing for stone), why keep the chests in different woods? It's a simple question, I'm curious! - What does the Gravitite Levitator do? I've tried a lot of things, but I don't know what it does! Maybe its functionality has not been integrated yet? I follow up with another question: will there be the Altar and the Freezer? The first one allowed to "refine" Gravitite, but since it's now a simple mineral, I guess you don't have that idea in mind anymore. But I thought it was a nice addition: it's like Netherite, you can't just use it as is, you need a lot of fragments and gold for a simple ingot. The Ambrosium had a very nice additional use, too. For Freezer, it's much less useful, it's true (however, Aether II Highlands introduced "irradiated items", which can be "cured" with Freezer, but that's off-topic here). That being said, it gave the Icestone a real use. That's it! I'd like to take this opportunity to say that, apart from the problems due to the beta, everything is perfect in your mod. The retextures are superb and well thought out, the scenery is magnificent (I really fell in love with the biome with the water, the lichen and the dead wood), the generation of the terrain is really good and fun, in short, I'll stop complimenting you for today! Thanks for everything and good luck for the next!
Replying toGhabbyBut without this feature, Gravitite is not that special anymore. I then remembered…
"low durability "more efficient" heard of gold?gold is faster than any material in the game+ middleclick could be a solution to the right click problem