Thank You for listening about Cannons!

PawainPawain Posts: 10,085
edited February 2019 in General Discussions
@Kyronix @Bleak @Mesanna @artist?

THANK YOU!!!! Excellent Work!

https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/publish-notes/publish-104-rising-tide/

Ship Cannon Crafting & Firing Update

  • Harvesting saltpeter in Felucca now applies a 1000 point luck bonus where it previously did not.
  • Alchemists who sell saltpeter have been added to the Moonglow & Britain docks.
  • Match & Matchchord have been removed from alchemy crafting and are no longer needed in the cannon use process.
    • The match can still be used to fire a cannon
    • Match & match chord can be turned in for Cleanup Britannia points
  • Crafting potash no longer requires water as an ingredient, instead crafters must be near a water source which includes  the water trough, water tub, water barrel, bucket of water, fountain of life, sinks, dragon tubs, dragon turtle fountains, koi ponds, and the water wheel.
  • Potash now functions as a “make all” item and will craft as much as possible based on available ingredients.
  • The following changes have been made to existing cannon resources,
    • “light” and “heavy” powder charges are now simply “powder charge”
    • “light” and “heavy” cannonballs are now simply “cannonball”
    • “light” and “heavy” grapeshot is now simply “grapeshot”
    • “light” and “heavy” frost and flame cannonballs are now simply “frost cannonball” and “flame cannonball”
    • updated tileart for powder charge to make it more visually distinctive from cannonballs
    • updated tileart for grapeshot to make it more visually distinctive from powder charges
  • The following changes have been made to cannons & associated resources,
    • All existing cannons must be dismantled and replaced before use after Publish 104 is deployed. 
    • The “light cannon” is now known as “culverin”
    • The “heavy cannon” is now known as “carronade”
    • Polished art assets for cannons to make them more visually distinctive
    • The metallic dyetub can now be used on placed cannons to hue them
    • Cannons are now containers, resources for firing cannons can be placed inside them in what is referred to as the “magazine”
  • The following changes have been made to the cannon firing process,
    • Cleaning a cannon is no longer required and the swab has been removed from tinkering.  Existing swabs can be turned in for Cleanup Britannia points.
    • When double clicking a cannon the firing control has two options “PREP” and “FIRE”
      • A player must be within 2 tiles to execute this action
    • Place cannon firing resources inside the magazine and push the “PREP” button to begin the cannon firing process.  Resources will be taken from the magazine.
      • Only 1 player may participate in preparing the cannon for firing.
    • Cannons will automatically move through each step in the “PREP” process so long as resources are present in the magazine.
      • This process will continue so long as the player is present on the ship, if the player leaves the ship the process will pause.
    • Cannons can now be fired with a match or a torch, as such torches will no longer auto-douse when placed in the backpack.
Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.

Comments

  • SethSeth Posts: 2,926
    edited February 2019
    Thank you!

    Wow, still so much to read, lol. I thought it would be as simple as one sentence "load up" the gun aim and shoot.. lol
    If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 
    ESRB warning: Some Blood. LOTS of Alcohol. Some Violence. LOTS of Bugs
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,085
    It is.

    When double clicking a cannon the firing control has two options “PREP” and “FIRE”
    • A player must be within 2 tiles to execute this action
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • SethSeth Posts: 2,926
    Thanks Pawain.

    My comment is I play one legged captain, and I move slowly. Can we fire while standing anywhere on board the ship... and not only 2 tiles.
    If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 
    ESRB warning: Some Blood. LOTS of Alcohol. Some Violence. LOTS of Bugs
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