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Devblog 3

Fisher — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 22:50:15 +0000

What's new this week in SupremeObsidian.

This week we worked an absolute ton on professions, as well as worked on biomes and how they work within our terrain generation system.

Fisher

This week I did some minimal work on spells, getting different specific subclasses working. Each player class type will have a different set of spells that they can use. Inside of those sets will be other different types, like specializations.

Again, very primitive, early work on this, but still laying the groundwork for that.

This week I mostly contributed to the resourcepack building script that I talked about in detail in this post. This makes it very easy for us to host our resourcepacks in a Github repository, so we can all make changes and update it automatically through Github Actions.

I also started updating our Discord bot with new code, and prepared a new branch for Fyrlex, one of our new Developers, and I to start working on the bot rewrite.

This is an image of the new rank specific separators that I implemented just last night.

pssst we are gonna have a towny server soon
did anyone hear something? not I.

Async

This week I made the world more realistic by making it use more octaves for noise, and also added in Frational Brownian Motion, and made the oceans slightly steeper.

This is an example of a height map that uses random noise!

Fyrlex

Disclaimer, this is Fisher speaking for Fyrlex
This week, we got a new Developer by the name of Fyrlex. He's gonna be working on our discord bot, as well as his own. I hear he's got a lot of experience in this area and can't wait to collaborate with him rewriting the current iteration of our bot.

violetskyzz

Still Fisher speaking
This week, violet spent a lot of time working on the textures and models for the Professions. Here's a good amount of textures that have been made now.

Different Grindstone Speeds are shown here

Here we see the Bucket with nothing, with water, the bellows for the blacksmith furnace, and all of the different new types of ingots.

Here we see the new bellow animation for the blacksmith furnace.

Kennedy

New Items and Blocks

Each new item and block that Kennedy has added this week is accessible with the command "/ci"

Blacksmith Grindstone (Block)

The Blacksmith Grindstone will be used by the blacksmith profession to sharpen swords and axes- possibly tools as well! The sharpness of an item increases the temporary lifespan of that item by increasing the item's instantaneous durability. However, every time an item is sharpened, the max durability of that item is decreased by half of what the item gained back in durability. Therefore, items are doomed to break... eventually, but it can be delayed with sharpening.

Example: A sword with 100/500 durability is sharpened. The sword now has 200/450 durability.

This Grindstone is also animated using custom model data when it is being used. There will also be an animation for the item being sharpened in the next update to the grindstone.

Blacksmith Furnace (Block)

The Blacksmith Furnace will be used by the blacksmith profession to smelt ores into Metal Ingots. Only Metal Ores can be placed into the crafting slot of the furnace. Metal Ores must each reach a specific Melting Point in the furnace to turn into ingots. The furnace's heat can be initially set using different tiers of burnable fuel. (Not implemented yet) Each Fuel will have a different base burning temperature. The furnace's temperature can then be increased from its base temperature using a Blacksmith Bellow.

There will also be an animation for the ore being smelted, and placed into the furnace in the next update to the furnaces.

Blacksmith Cauldron (Block)

The Blacksmith Cauldron will be used by the blacksmith profession to cool down hot items that were just crafted on the Blacksmith Anvil. Hot items cannot be equipped or used until cooled. Also, the attributes of that item/weapon will become visible once that item/weapon is cooled. A Blacksmith Cauldron must be filled with water using a Water Pail (See unimplemented items) before it can be used. When used, a "cooling" animation plays.

Blacksmith Anvil (Block)

The Blacksmith Anvil will be used by the blacksmith profession to choose and craft hot armor and weapons from Metal Ingots. A Blacksmith Hammer is necessary to craft items on the anvil. When crafting, a "hammer" animation will play with the blacksmith hammer. The item crafted on the anvil will be a "Hot" variant of its selected parent item, which is either a piece of Armor or a weapon. This "Hot" item cannot be used or equipped, until cooled in the Blacksmith Cauldron.

Each item has a recipe cost of 1-5 ingots of any Metal Ingot. This means you can use any combination of metal alloys to craft armor, and the attribute boosts will stack.

Metal Ingots and Ores (Items)

Metal Ingots will be used by the blacksmith profession to craft items. They are obtained by smelting ores in a Blacksmith Furnace. You can use any combination of metal alloys to craft Armor, and the attribute boosts will stack. The melting point is the temperature at which the furnace needs to be to melt the metal's ore into Metal Ingots.

Example: An item created with 4 aluminum ingots (1% boost each) will have a total of +4% attribute boost applied to the final item.

Blacksmith Bellow (Handheld Item)

The bellow is an animated hand-held tool that can be used by the blacksmith profession to increase the instantaneous temperature of a Blacksmith Furnace. The rate at which it increases temperature is still undetermined. It will likely be dependent on the level of the blacksmith themselves.
All professions can use it by clicking or holding down their right mouse button to blow air particles.

Bellow

Hot Items (Items)

Hot Items are crafted on a Blacksmith Anvil, and cannot be worn or used until cooled in a Blacksmith Cauldron. Attributes are inherited on that item, but not visible to the player. The attributes will become visible once that item is cooled. They can be differentiated from their cooled counterparts by a red texture overlay on their icon, and "Hot" in their ItemMeta displayname.

Armor (Wearable Items)

Armor is a wearable item that is used by different character classes to defend against attacks from monsters or other players in PVP. Each piece of armor has a level, attributes, initial durability, and a specific player class by whom which the armor can only be used by. Armor can either be crafted on a Blacksmith Anvil, purchased from other players, or found in loot.

Armor Craft/Drop Rates

Drop rates for Armor is increased by crafting it on a Blacksmith Anvil:

Item Level	Natural Drop Rate	Anvil Drop Rate
1	1.80%	1.6%
2	1.78	1.59%
3 - 99	...	...
100	0.19%	0.39%

Natural Drop Rate = (5-((Level-1)0.045))/2.7725
**Anvil Drop Rate* = -0.0254585*(Level)+(5.045/1.5)

The Armor's attributes, materials, and required class are all included in the armor's lore.

The Armor's star-rating is determined by calculating the total "score" accumulated by armor level, positive attributes, initial durability, and material used compared to a piece of armor with "perfect" armor level, attributes, initial durability, and material.

The Armor's current durability is shown in green on the durability bar in the item's lore. Durability that can be regained by repair or sharpening (weapons only) is indicated by grey on the durability bar. Durability that cannot be regained due to sharpening (weapons only) or [OTHER REASONS REDACTED] is indicated by red on the durability bar.

The length of the divider line between item information and its attributes is equal to the length of the longest line of lore applied to the item.

Blacksmith Items not yet implemented

Blacksmith Hammer

The Blacksmith Hammer is a tool used by the blacksmith profession to craft items with the Blacksmith Anvil. It can be found in natural drops around the world. There are 5 tiers of Blacksmith Hammers that can be acquired, each with different attributes.
The attributes of each tier of Blacksmith Hammer can be seen below:

Name	Crafting Time Reduction	Durability
Broken Hammer	-50%	200
Old Hammer	-25%	300
Firm Hammer	0%	400
Sturdy Hammer	+25%	500
Shiny Hammer	+50%	600

Water Pail

A Water Pail is a handheld item that can be used to transport water and fill Blacksmith Cauldrons.
There will be an animation when filling a Water Pail at a water source block, or another full cauldron.

Profession Crafting Mechanics

SupremeItems and CraftBlocks

Kennedy and Fisher have both been working on implementing into the core an item builder called "SupremeItem" for creating and managing custom items with specified tags, persistent data, and other cool features. The items currently implemented with this class can be accessed with the command "/ci"

Each custom item is initialized and can be referenced as an enum, as seen here:
Custom Item Enum


BLACKSMITH_BELLOW(                                                                      // CUSTOM ITEM ENUM IDENTIFIER
            "Bellow",                                                                   // CUSTOM ITEM NAME
            ItemStackBuilder.of(Material.IRON_AXE)                                      // CUSTOM ITEM MATERIAL
                    .name("Bellow")                                                     // CUSTOM ITEM            
                    .lore("Left-Click on blast furnace to increase its heat.")          // CUSTOM ITEM LORE/DESCRIPTION
                    .build(),                                                           // RETURNS ITEMSTACK
            new HashMap<ItemFlags, Object>() {                                          
                {
                put(ItemFlags.CRAFTABLE_AT, ItemCraftLocations.BLACKSMITH);             // ITEM TAGS
                }
            },
            new HashMap<String, String>() {                                             // PERSISTENT DATA
                {
                    put("custom-item", "true");                                         
                    put("custom-model", "4");                                           
                }
            }
    )

Kennedy also created an object class called CraftingBlock for creating and managing custom profession crafting blocks that can be associated with SupremeItems. Each CraftingBlock is similarly initialized and can be referenced as an enum as well, as seen here:

CraftingBlock Enum

BLACKSMITH_FURNACE(
            "blacksmith-furnace",                                                                       //NAME
            SupremeItem.BLACKSMITH_FURNACE,                                                             //ASSOCIATED SUPREMEITEM
            new HashMap<String, Object>() {                                                             // DATA STORED IN BLOCK
                {
                    put("blacksmith-furnace", "true");
                    put("block-durability", SupremeItem.BLACKSMITH_FURNACE.getBlockDurability());
                }
            },
            new HashMap<Integer, String>() {                                                            // TUTORIAL STAGES
                {
                    put(1, "Blacksmith Furnace");
                    put(2, "Right-click to smelt ores!");
                }
            }
    )

Any type of Data can be stored in CraftingBlocks as armorstands. These are the methods that can be called from a CraftingBlock:

CraftBlock Static Methods:

Method	Use
getCraftingBlockFromSupremeItem(SupremeItem)	Returns CraftingBlock from supremeitem associated
getCraftingBlockMaterials()	Returns List of materials used by CraftingBlocks
isCraftingBlock(Block)	Returns true if block is an instance of CraftingBlock
getCraftingBlock(Block)	Returns CraftingBlock for block instance of CraftingBlock.

Inherited Methods:

Method	Use
CraftingBlock.getItem()	Returns itemstack from supremeitem for this CraftingBlock
CraftingBlock.getSupremeItem()	Returns raw supremeitem for this CraftingBlock
CraftingBlock.getTutorialStages()	Returns HashMap of tutorial stages for this CraftingBlock
CraftingBlock.getTutorialStage(Stage)	Returns String of tutorial stage for this CraftingBlock
CraftingBlock.getBlockId()	Returns specific CraftingBlock id for this CraftingBlock
CraftingBlock.getMaterial()	Returns material of SupremeItem associated with this CraftingBlock
CraftingBlock.getStandKeys()	Returns HashMap of data that this CraftingBlock should be storing in armorstands
CraftingBlock.hasKey(ArmorStand, Key)	Returns boolean if ArmorStand has Key

Crafting Bossbar

The CraftingBossBar object allows for displaying progress during crafting tasks.

There are a few methods that can be called to manage a CraftingBossBar:

Method	Use
Constructor: CraftingBossBar(EventName, Player, BarColor)	Uses parameters to initialize bossbar. Does NOT display bar.
CraftingBossBar.displayBar(Player)	Displays the bar for a specific player
CraftingBossBar.displayBar()	Displays the bar to initialized player
CraftingBossBar.removeBar()	Removes the bar
CraftingBossBar.setProgress(Progress)	Sets the bar's live progress out of 1.0
CraftingBossBar.setTitle(Title)	Sets the bar's title to format: (%title% + %progress% + "%")
CraftingBossBar.isDisplayed()	Returns true if bar is visible for player

Also...

Some features that Kalinox doesn't get to know about yet.

+ added different speeds of grindstone
+ added new grindstone handlers, blacksmith furnace handlers, cauldron animations, bellow animation.
+ new discord branch for bot rewrite.
+ fixed server listing on the discord (amount of players and if online)
+ new discord rank separators.
+ new biomes as well as new noise types, and edits to noise octaves.
+ new craftblock handlers for information on blocks and checking if a block is a certain type with armor stands and custom nbt
- removed the singular grindstone static in place for adding different speeds as well as static.
- removed herobrine

Devblog 2

Fisher — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:21:32 +0000

What's new this week in SupremeObsidian.

This week, we've made a lot of progress on World Generation, Spells, and new custom player inventories. We also started work on several professions, blacksmiths, etc.

Fisher

Spells

This week I worked on spells a good bit. We now have flags for our spells so we can give spells instant cast for example. We can add more as we go if we need some other kind of spell flag.

The Spells inventory does look rather nice now that we've gotten the new items being used along with the placeholder blank items in.

New inventory system

We also implemented a custom inventory system for different types of items that the player will be able to store in the inventory to change different attributes, such as their stats, their skill in certain professions, or even change certain combat mechanics or values in combat.

It looks very nice with the slots showing what should go into those slots, and only accepting certain types of items into the slot.

Async

More biomes

This week we've implemented new biomes into KUAI, and they are looking great. There are still some more schematics to implement for roads in forests, etc, but the ocean biomes are just looking chef's kiss

Kennedy

I asked Kennedy to send me what he'd been working on this week, and I got

Closing

Stay tuned for next week's progress on Quest, by SupremeObsidian.

Devblog 1

Fisher — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:23:14 +0000

What's new this week in SupremeObsidian.

This past week we made a ton of progress in the way of team collaboration, amongst other things. We didn't push too much content per se, but we did make developing new features very streamlined, as we've put all of our changes into a new Core plugin. This allows us to easily make changes to one plugin instead of asking others to make changes to their plugins.

So far, we've got four of our plugins integrated and working with the core. Since we're updating the namespaces, and in some cases, class names, we've got to change other plugins so have the same namespaces and class names since we've updated them. Instead of changing them in standalone plugins, we've really been trying to implement everything into one plugin.

Instead of having a class that extends JavaPlugin, it will extend SubPlugin, that still has onEnable and onDisable so that we can still treat them like plugins, and they will have all of their code in the correct places, but it will only register one plugin with the server, being SupremeCore.

public class CoreManager extends SubPlugin {
    @Override
    public void onEnable(Plugin plugin {
        //Do subplugin start logic
    }

    @Override
    public void onDisable(Plugin plugin) {
        //Do subplugin stop logic
    }
}

Then in the main plugin code, make a reference to the class and do

coreManager.onEnable(this);

to enable that subplugin.

Helper

This week, I've added helper to our project by Luck, the same guy who made LuckPerms among other things. His library allows us to rapidly prototype features, among other things, and really allows us to build things fast. The feature that I've most used this week from this project is the PaginatedGui class and the Gui class, to auto paginate things for the spells menu.

See Here:

lucko / helper

A collection of utilities and extended APIs to support the rapid and easy development of Bukkit plugins.

Spells

This week I've made some way in the Spells department, making an intuitive GUI to hold the spell items and a unique way to deploy them and get stats from them. Using PaginatedGuis has made this process incredibly simple to both prototype, and see which features make the cut.

How I plan for it to work is as so: A player will select the spell from the top four rows, and then use the bottom red rows (that imitate the user's hotbar to select which slot in their hotbar the spell should go. This should make the selection process very easy for the Action-based RPG style that we're going for along with the Quick Menu that I've implemented for this.

Quick Menu

The Quick Menu is another feature that I'm very fond of. To use the quick menu, you double tap your offhand swap key in quick succession, default "F", and it will bring up the Quick Menu, so that the player won't have to interact with chat or run commands.

The goal is to have the players never interact with the chat other than typing messages. It should be straightforward to where the prompts don't get in the way, and they player can quickly do what they need to do without taking their hands off of their mouse.

Horses

For horses, we're trying to go with the concept of having your horse always available to you, with cooldowns. What this means is that, if you summon your horse, you'll have a cooldown before you can put it away again. Also, if you're attacked, there will be a damage cooldown, so that you can't put your horse away as soon as you're attacked to avoid your horse dying.

There will be certain actions that will aid your horse and up its' stats, such as feeding it, brushing it, and even riding it. Every horse has a level (starting at 1), and to gain a new level, you use the horse or brush it, or feed it. Each level has a certain amount of points you need to get to level your horse up.

For example, level one has 100 points to get to level two. Each action you do has a certain amount of points that your horse will get to level up. Also, each new level your horse gets, the faster it will be, the higher it will jump, and the more stamina it will have!

Remarks

I'm very proud of how the team has worked, myself, Async, Maxy, and kohlerpop1. Also, I'm very excited for the creative freedom that Kalinox has given me :)

Tune in next week for an update on what's been going on!

SupremeObsidian Dev Blogs

Fisher — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:09:29 +0000

New Dev Blog Platform!

Welcome to the new home of SupremeObsidian’s gamemode, codenamed “Quest”.

This will be updated every week with new changes to the gamemode. We hope you will tune in for them!

Thanks, Fisher out.