I cheated a bit to discover the recipes for making the concretes, one seemed a bit more obvious by look than the other, but I should have realized sooner. As far as I tested, it seemed to work about the same as the other concretes and I would believe all forms were available.
I wonder about some effects which differ from the vanilla forms, particularly the purple cement. Without giving out any spoilers here, lets just say that the wandering result left something different than what a similar vanilla recipe caused which I would have expected. There may be some logic or reasoning behind this but it is not what I had expected since it is unique to the mod. I do agree with how this same form of concrete requires something else to create it, that makes sense to me (and I like it). I also tested for washout result which for one was expected and again the other not so much.
I did not test how panels work (I assume they exist) so I do not know if there is a difference such as exists among the other brick panels.
I cheated a bit to discover the recipes for making the concretes, one seemed a bit more obvious by look than the other, but I should have realized sooner. As far as I tested, it seemed to work about the same as the other concretes and I would believe all forms were available.
I wonder about some effects which differ from the vanilla forms, particularly the purple cement. Without giving out any spoilers here, lets just say that the wandering result left something different than what a similar vanilla recipe caused which I would have expected. There may be some logic or reasoning behind this but it is not what I had expected since it is unique to the mod. I do agree with how this same form of concrete requires something else to create it, that makes sense to me (and I like it). I also tested for washout result which for one was expected and again the other not so much.
did not test how panels work (I assume they exist) so I do not know if there is a difference such as exists among the other brick panels.
Thank you for adding to the NodeCore environment.
Hello, thank you for making my 1st ever review! If by 'purple cement' you mean the new dark 3rd concrete, the way of getting it is actually very similar to making another concrete, which is a default in the game (black concrete). To get the default black concrete, it is also required to add the ingredient to a specific mix. Here is a spoiler on what I mean.
As for brick panels, they shouldn't have changed compared to default ones, as they're made using 1 API function call for registering bricks just like every other one.
Do you have any suggestions on improving the concretes/textures or adding new ones? Look in the 'concretesolution' file in the git repo to see what I was thinking about adding more concretes (note I can change my opinion about some items in there).
I have some challenges with color, so maybe pink then? I meant the crude sort of cousin. :) Still trying to avoid obvious/direct spoilery. I hadn't attempted the third one you mention but speaking of the tar I should be able to make it. Textures seem fine but I was not being super critical, mostly trying to test things to see how they worked. Regarding what I was hinting about brick panels, a bit of investigation and comparison with all the vanilla ones, activate each in turn and see. This effect is what I wondered whether your new ones would have any similar difference, maybe only one of all possible ought to be unique.
Much of this is easier to avoid spoils direct on discord.
If you want to talk without making this review a spot for spoilers, I wouldn't trust discord. It is propietary/nonfree software, which doesn't allow you to control it so it can insert its anti-features. I recommend you try matrix or IRC (e.g. libera.chat, where the #nodecore irc server is hosted) instead.
However, I don't use matrix right now; I recommend you submit a bug on the bug tracker instead, either anonymously or with an account (you can also inform here you did and it's you). Note that I generally want to know how can I implement the concrete instead, and make sure the recipe at the end makes sense (e.g. you wouldn't normally be able to mix a lode block with ash, except if you find a reason it makes sense), because I could accept almost any new color. You can look again at the concretesolution file, as I just updated it.
I cheated a bit to discover the recipes for making the concretes, one seemed a bit more obvious by look than the other, but I should have realized sooner. As far as I tested, it seemed to work about the same as the other concretes and I would believe all forms were available.
I wonder about some effects which differ from the vanilla forms, particularly the purple cement. Without giving out any spoilers here, lets just say that the wandering result left something different than what a similar vanilla recipe caused which I would have expected. There may be some logic or reasoning behind this but it is not what I had expected since it is unique to the mod. I do agree with how this same form of concrete requires something else to create it, that makes sense to me (and I like it). I also tested for washout result which for one was expected and again the other not so much.
I did not test how panels work (I assume they exist) so I do not know if there is a difference such as exists among the other brick panels.
Thank you for adding to the NodeCore environment.
Hello, thank you for making my 1st ever review! If by 'purple cement' you mean the new dark 3rd concrete, the way of getting it is actually very similar to making another concrete, which is a default in the game (black concrete). To get the default black concrete, it is also required to add the ingredient to a specific mix. Here is a spoiler on what I mean.
As for brick panels, they shouldn't have changed compared to default ones, as they're made using 1 API function call for registering bricks just like every other one.
Do you have any suggestions on improving the concretes/textures or adding new ones? Look in the 'concretesolution' file in the git repo to see what I was thinking about adding more concretes (note I can change my opinion about some items in there).
I have some challenges with color, so maybe pink then? I meant the crude sort of cousin. :) Still trying to avoid obvious/direct spoilery. I hadn't attempted the third one you mention but speaking of the tar I should be able to make it. Textures seem fine but I was not being super critical, mostly trying to test things to see how they worked. Regarding what I was hinting about brick panels, a bit of investigation and comparison with all the vanilla ones, activate each in turn and see. This effect is what I wondered whether your new ones would have any similar difference, maybe only one of all possible ought to be unique.
Much of this is easier to avoid spoils direct on discord.
If you want to talk without making this review a spot for spoilers, I wouldn't trust discord. It is propietary/nonfree software, which doesn't allow you to control it so it can insert its anti-features. I recommend you try matrix or IRC (e.g. libera.chat, where the #nodecore irc server is hosted) instead.
However, I don't use matrix right now; I recommend you submit a bug on the bug tracker instead, either anonymously or with an account (you can also inform here you did and it's you). Note that I generally want to know how can I implement the concrete instead, and make sure the recipe at the end makes sense (e.g. you wouldn't normally be able to mix a lode block with ash, except if you find a reason it makes sense), because I could accept almost any new color. You can look again at the concretesolution file, as I just updated it.
Thank you!