Revive the project
LemmaEOF opened this issue ยท 6 comments
RailCraft just got notable for unsavory practices again, so I think I wanna finally get around to actually finishing BB. Here's what we gotta do:
- There's still a lot of issues with the scanning code; it only checks every few seconds and has been known to accidentally double-count some blocks. This got mitigated a little with #16, but I wanna make sure it's well and truly put to rest.
- Whenever a boiler is reconstructed, it can potentially lose its current inventory and tank contents. This is also very not good, so it needs to be looked into.
- The turbine is mostly done, but it needs proper textures and recipes. I need to decide on what the turbine will be made out of, then get @InsomniaKitten to make the textures.
- The documentation is currently not the best. Optimally I wanna be able to use something like Patchouli or Charset Tablet.
- My proxy blocks are still a little finnicky with visual connection stuff (#14), and I wanna see what's going on there. I might need to take a look at other mods for sample code.
Sharing my thoughts on those:
- Scanning every few seconds is fine. No need to lag the server checking thousands of blocks that most of the time won't change.
- In term of lore, I think it would make more sense to reset the boiler steam/water when its setup change (say, if scan returns different result).
number 1 is a good point, but I do feel like something absolutely needs to be done about number 2. It's causing people to lose any fuel in the machine, which is just bad game design.
- I understand the scanning is still a bit wonky, so that part still could use some love.
- I was completing your proposal, as it wasn't specific on just fuel or things like water and steam.
I've tried today and didn't notice a lost of fuel, so I guess it's intermittent?
