So I found myself back here looking for forgotten information and decided to stop and say Hi...

Hi.

So who around even knows who I am now? I figure you're still around Gag.

While it's cute that the trepors greet me, they are getting pretty spammy while I'm harvesting. It would be better if the trepors could keep a list of who they have already greeted and have a lockout on greeting them again for like 15 mins or so. What I am thinking is that names are only temporarily stored during the lockout time then dumped once the lockout expires. This should keep the trepors from starting dossiers on the players they meet. 

So I know I'm probably late to this, but I like the changes to the itty bitty inventory window. I like the slots for the hands and mind. Much more convenient.

Whenever I use http://hydlaaplaza.com/PlaneShift/smf/ I keep getting different pages all of them not the forum. The latest is a page connected to "Hover"(the host?) that says, "hydlaaplaza.com is a totally awesome idea still being worked on. Check back later."

I have to use http://207.244.96.64/PlaneShift/smf to get here instead.

Does anyone know how shaders work in a 3D game? I know that they are used to do all sorts of wonderful things in game but each time I try to look it up my eyes glaze over. The programming aspect doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me since I have little idea of what is being talked about.

The reason I ask is because shaders are often used to swap colors on textures. A prime example is changing skin, hair, and eye color in character creators. Being able to swap texture colors would get a lot more use out of the art assets already in game; they would just need the right shaders and to have their textures colors converted to better base colors.

Recent talk of PS promotion reminded me that mmorpg.com had a space for PS that devs used to update. Their Planeshift page could use some updating and correction. *cough*PS has never had player housing for individual players or the ability to build. 9 races...*cough* It's been several years since it was updated with game changes as well.

If the page gets updated they may do a new official review on the game. Might be a good idea to update the page after there are some more updates to the game though.

Could some kind of a visual indicator be added to characters that have not moved, posted to chat, or interacted with a tool or container for a long time, maybe and hour or so?

Could mines get a few items placed around them to indicate that they are mines? While exploration is a hallmark of MMOs, the days of people wanting to spend all day pursuing a single task are waning. Fewer players will want to have to /dig across a whole map to find a mine. Also, many people like to be autonomous early on in the game then ease into social interaction. A lot of people may be too shy to ask for locations in game, at first. I think a little accommodation might help to retain these kinds of players.

Something like pickaxes; a tiny (individual person sized) mining camp; or maybe a miner corpse or two, around the more dangerous mines, could help players to find where the mines are faster without putting out a blazing "Gold Mine Here" sign.

I think Planeshift should work towards making itself more friendly for new players coming from commercial MMOs where more of these kinds things are done. I don't think PS should do exactly like commercial MMOs, but I think some nods to what those players are accustomed to should be made.