IceBoxStation's Icemoon Shorelines Exit Poll
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 4:33 am
Hey there,
One of the biggest complaints I've heard about IceBoxStation is that we've been having way too many monsters (that are only made to be killed with mining weaponry) get on station and wreak complete havoc on populations nearly incapable of dealing with the situation. I toyed around with a few things, until I eventually settled on the Icemoon Shorelines. You can read more about it here: https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/67494
However, fast summary: It adds about a 4-5 tile gap between the station and the plasma rivers/chasms that should greatly reduce the number of mobs that get near to the station, while still having some level of cave generation. While the results on my local testing have been promising as well as what I've seen in my limited experience on production servers, I wanted to see if you guys have noticed anything in regards to it. Hence, a small poll. It would also be of some help if you would comment your thoughts on this as well.
One thing that I won't be writing in the poll but will be mentioning here is that I've noticed more mobs build up outside the shoreline in odd clusters. I'm not really sure why this is (weird Cellular Automata generation?), but I was wondering if you guys have plunged four-five tiles in and got immediately greeted by like 15 spawners or something. It shouldn't be too likely. If it does turn out to be an issue, I'll probably expand the "shoreline" to encompass all areas underneath the station.
Please do keep in mind this was merged less than a week ago, so the poll results are only asking for experiences in the last four days. Please do heed this.
Fauna: Animals. Think polar bears, demonic icewatchers, wolves, and anything else that typically smashes in your windows while you're trying to grow a few crops. Try not to count assistants in this.
One of the biggest complaints I've heard about IceBoxStation is that we've been having way too many monsters (that are only made to be killed with mining weaponry) get on station and wreak complete havoc on populations nearly incapable of dealing with the situation. I toyed around with a few things, until I eventually settled on the Icemoon Shorelines. You can read more about it here: https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/67494
However, fast summary: It adds about a 4-5 tile gap between the station and the plasma rivers/chasms that should greatly reduce the number of mobs that get near to the station, while still having some level of cave generation. While the results on my local testing have been promising as well as what I've seen in my limited experience on production servers, I wanted to see if you guys have noticed anything in regards to it. Hence, a small poll. It would also be of some help if you would comment your thoughts on this as well.
One thing that I won't be writing in the poll but will be mentioning here is that I've noticed more mobs build up outside the shoreline in odd clusters. I'm not really sure why this is (weird Cellular Automata generation?), but I was wondering if you guys have plunged four-five tiles in and got immediately greeted by like 15 spawners or something. It shouldn't be too likely. If it does turn out to be an issue, I'll probably expand the "shoreline" to encompass all areas underneath the station.
Please do keep in mind this was merged less than a week ago, so the poll results are only asking for experiences in the last four days. Please do heed this.
Fauna: Animals. Think polar bears, demonic icewatchers, wolves, and anything else that typically smashes in your windows while you're trying to grow a few crops. Try not to count assistants in this.