Test of Isis Bounty - Revision history

InambaGuum: /* Test Mechanics - Ship Debris */

2011-11-29T23:53:15Z

Test Mechanics - Ship Debris

InambaGuum: /* Test Mechanics - Ship Debris */

2011-11-29T23:51:24Z

Test Mechanics - Ship Debris

InambaGuum: /* New Mechanics and Content - Winches and Treasure Caches */

2011-11-29T18:16:43Z

New Mechanics and Content - Winches and Treasure Caches

InambaGuum: /* New Mechanics and Content - Winches and Treasure Caches */

2011-11-29T18:13:27Z

New Mechanics and Content - Winches and Treasure Caches

InambaGuum: /* New Mechanics and Content - Small Sailboats */

2011-11-29T17:59:35Z

New Mechanics and Content - Small Sailboats

InambaGuum: /* New Mechanics and Content - Winches and Treasure Caches */

2011-11-29T17:52:44Z

New Mechanics and Content - Winches and Treasure Caches

InambaGuum at 17:46, 29 November 2011

2011-11-29T17:46:14Z

InambaGuum: /* New Mechanics and Content - Winches and Treasure Caches */

2011-11-29T16:48:40Z

New Mechanics and Content - Winches and Treasure Caches

InambaGuum: /* New Mechanics and Content - The Master's Schooner and Advanced Shipbuilding */

2011-11-29T16:41:21Z

New Mechanics and Content - The Master's Schooner and Advanced Shipbuilding

InambaGuum: /* New Mechanics and Content - Small Sailboats */

2011-11-29T16:27:12Z

New Mechanics and Content - Small Sailboats

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 The use of pieces of Isis' Bounty is detailed below. Pieces of Ordinary Ship Debris have two uses:
-*777 pieces of Ordinary Ship Debris are needed to unlock Basic Shipbuilding at UBody. Once the tech has been unlocked, any player can learn Basic Shipbuilding 1.  (This is a change from the earlier draft -- my calculations indicated that the previous number 7777 would require approximately 2000 man-hours of fishing to acquire;  this means basic shipbuilding might never have become unlocked.)
+*777 pieces of Ordinary Ship Debris are needed to unlock Basic Shipbuilding at UBody. Once the tech has been unlocked, any player can learn Basic Shipbuilding 1.  (This is a change from the earlier draft -- my calculations indicated that the previous number (7777) would require approximately 2000 man-hours of fishing to acquire;  this means basic shipbuilding might never have become unlocked,  particularly if the test isn't released early in the telling.)
 *Once a player has learned Basic Shipbuilding 1, pieces of Ordinary Ship Debris can be turned in at the UBody where the tech is opened in exchange for knowledge. The scientists will examine the piece of ship debris and offer to instruct the player further on building simple ships -- each time the player does so, his/her Basic Shipbuilding skill will raise by 1, up to a maximum of 49.

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 The use of pieces of Isis' Bounty is detailed below. Pieces of Ordinary Ship Debris have two uses:
-*7777 pieces of Ordinary Ship Debris are needed to unlock Basic Shipbuilding at UBody. Once the tech has been unlocked, any player can learn Basic Shipbuilding 1.
+*777 pieces of Ordinary Ship Debris are needed to unlock Basic Shipbuilding at UBody. Once the tech has been unlocked, any player can learn Basic Shipbuilding 1.  (This is a change from the earlier draft -- my calculations indicated that the previous number 7777 would require approximately 2000 man-hours of fishing to acquire;  this means basic shipbuilding might never have become unlocked.)
 *Once a player has learned Basic Shipbuilding 1, pieces of Ordinary Ship Debris can be turned in at the UBody where the tech is opened in exchange for knowledge. The scientists will examine the piece of ship debris and offer to instruct the player further on building simple ships -- each time the player does so, his/her Basic Shipbuilding skill will raise by 1, up to a maximum of 49.

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 *1 3-output Gearbox, determined by the Schooner
-Winches allow the recovery of Treasure Caches. Treasure caches are spotted while at sea and appear as a shimmering surrounding a dark spot; other visual representations are fine, but they should be easy to discern against the water at any time of day. Treasure caches should spawn in any reasonably large bodies of water;  they should not spawn in puddles, but at minimum, should spawn in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Nile, the long river in the Southeast part of the map that joins the Nile, and the long river that runs through what used to be the Desert of Shades.  They should have a relatively short visible range of around 10 coords. There are a couple of methods of finding Treasure Caches; the most straightforward is just to happen upon one. It is also possible, however, to narrow down the location of a Treasure Cache using an already-found Fragment of Isis' Bounty.
+Winches allow the recovery of Treasure Caches. Treasure caches are spotted while at sea and appear as a shimmering surrounding a dark spot; other visual representations are fine, but they should be easy to discern against the water at any time of day.  They should have a relatively short visible range of around 10 coords. There are a couple of methods of finding Treasure Caches; the most straightforward is just to happen upon one. It is also possible, however, to narrow down the location of a Treasure Cache using an already-found Fragment of Isis' Bounty.
 A player with a fragment of Isis' Bounty in their possession may examine it at any time. It will display one of three messages:

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 *1 3-output Gearbox, determined by the Schooner
-Winches allow the recovery of Treasure Caches. Treasure caches are spotted while at sea and appear as a shimmering surrounding a dark spot; other visual representations are fine, but they should be easy to discern against the water at any time of day. They should have a relatively short visible range of around 10 coords. There are a couple of methods of finding Treasure Caches; the most straightforward is just to happen upon one. It is also possible, however, to narrow down the location of a Treasure Cache using an already-found Fragment of Isis' Bounty.
+Winches allow the recovery of Treasure Caches. Treasure caches are spotted while at sea and appear as a shimmering surrounding a dark spot; other visual representations are fine, but they should be easy to discern against the water at any time of day. Treasure caches should spawn in any reasonably large bodies of water;  they should not spawn in puddles, but at minimum, should spawn in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Nile, the long river in the Southeast part of the map that joins the Nile, and the long river that runs through what used to be the Desert of Shades.  They should have a relatively short visible range of around 10 coords. There are a couple of methods of finding Treasure Caches; the most straightforward is just to happen upon one. It is also possible, however, to narrow down the location of a Treasure Cache using an already-found Fragment of Isis' Bounty.
 A player with a fragment of Isis' Bounty in their possession may examine it at any time. It will display one of three messages:

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 *Sailboats should be able to be boarded from a few coords away from shore by clicking upon them -- otherwise, lining a ship precisely up along a straight bit of shoreline could become tedious.
 *Waypointing/Expedition Travel/Spousewarping should not be allowed to/from ships.
-*Fishing should be allowed from ships.  Ideally, ships should *not* stop moving for a cast -- it should be possible to trawl from a moving boat.
+*Fishing should be allowed from ships.  Ideally, ships should not stop moving for a cast -- it should be possible to trawl from a moving boat.
 Small Sailboats are somewhat flimsily constructed. This means that there is a chance that a small sailboat may come apart at sea. If this happens, the ship, and winch (if installed, see Winches and Treasure Caches section below) are lost, and the player is deposited on a random shore. Additionally, to prevent Egypt becoming cluttered with thousands of derelict boats, small sailboats automatically decay after a period of time (see below).

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 *5 Pulleys
 *5 Steel Cable
 *10 steel (for the hook)
 *1 3-output Gearbox, determined by the Schooner

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 *Sailboats cannot go in reverse.
 *Steerage is precise -- unlike airships, direction is easily specified, but like airships, sailboats' speed is influenced by the airstream. This means that the speed of the boat is highly dependent upon wind direction (the wind compass should pop up when the player is at sea). If it is possible to do so, it would be excellent to be able to adjust the sails at sea for optimum wind use by an experienced sailor.
 *Sailboats can be anchored, and should automatically anchor when a player exits one or logs off aboard one.

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 *1 Piece of Ship Debris (either Isis' Bounty or regular; see above for probabilities)
-*An assortment of any of: Mirrors, Silk Cloth, Medium, Large or Huge Gems, Gold/silver/alloys (either raw, bars, foil, sheeting, or wire), very old wine (10+ vintages, rare flavors possible), spirits (rare types possible), paints, high-quality blacksmithed/glassblown items (8k hatchets, 6k distillation coils, etc), raeli tiles (rare types possible), incense (higher qualities possible).
+*An assortment of any of: Mirrors, Silk Cloth, Gems of any size, Cuttable/Cut Gems, Gold/silver/alloys (either raw, bars, foil, sheeting, or wire), very old wine (10+ vintages, rare flavors possible), spirits (rare types possible), paints, high-quality blacksmithed/glassblown items (8k hatchets, 6k distillation coils, etc), raeli tiles (rare types possible), incense (higher qualities possible).
 The other type of Treasure Cache is the Ancient Treasure Cache. These should be substantially rarer and are only salvageable using a Sturdy Winch. If a player tries to recover an Ancient Treasure Cache using a Light Winch, they will receive a message that the cache is just too heavy to haul up using their winch. Ancient Treasure Caches consist of the following:
 *1 Piece of Ship Debris (guaranteed to be from Isis' Bounty)
-*Any of the treasure types found above, in greater quantities and slanted toward the rarer types (older vintages and rarer flavors of wine, more likely to have huge gems, rarer raeli tiles, etc).
+*Any of the treasure types found above, in greater quantities and slanted toward the rarer types (older vintages and rarer flavors of wine, more likely to have huge gems, rarer raeli tiles, rarer gem cuts, etc).
 *1 Rare Item

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 *Master's Schooners may be fitted with Sturdy Winches (see Winches and Treasure Caches section).
 *Master's Schooners have cargo holds.
 The base capacity of a Master's Schooner's cargo hold is 25000 deben. This can be upgraded by a player with a high level of Advanced Shipbuilding. Advanced Shipbuilding 7 is required to upgrade the Schooner's cargo hold to 50000 deben, and Advanced Shipbuilding 49 is required to upgrade the Schooner's cargo hold to 100000 deben capacity. A nominal material cost may be associated with the first upgrade (to be determined). The final cargo hold upgrade should have a substantial material cost (also to be determined).