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The structure that I have created can now be placed in the world, and it’s location is saved persistently to the server.

I am still making some minor changes to the system that allows for moving/rotating the object after placement, but this basically works too.

The interior objects also work well. Players can interact with various items, lights, furniture, etc.

I have also made some improvements to the item code. Items can now be automatically removed when the player travels a certain distance from them (good for small, unimportant items) or they can remain in the scene as part of the floating origin system (good for larger or more important items that the player might want to return to later).

I have created a new structure object that I want the player to be able to create in the world.

I am now working on setting up the interior of the structure so that the player can interact with various elements. I also want the structure to house tools, weapons, and various other items that the player can then use in the world.

Once this is done, I will work on the new crafting menus that should allow the player to create, and move/rotate, etc, this object in the world.

The next goal of this project is to improve the crafting/building elements of the project.

I want to add an in-universe build menu (Using the existing handheld computer that the player carries) to give the player the ability to construct large structures.

I then want to allow the player to customise these structures and their interior layout, etc.

For now, I will be focusing mainly on client-side only customisation options, IE, the changes the player makes will not be saved to the server and will not persistent between sessions.

In the next milestone, I will be extending this system.

Most of the sample artwork for this feature is done, and I will spend next week adding the code, and setting up the animations, etc.

I have tested the screen resolution selector, and it seems to work. I have also tested the build at 4K resolution, and it seems to be fine too.

I was concerned that there could be issues with gui scaling, or with framerate, but there doesn’t seem to be any major issues at all.

The gui’s may be slightly too big, but that’s all.

I have also been working on testing and improving the game. I have improved the “item” code, and it is now possible to move and rotate all “item” objects (Which have the “moveable” and “rotatable” properties set) and it is also possible to interact and use these items without conflicting with the movement controls.

I have been working on implementing a screen resolution selector for my project.

It seems to be going well, and when it is finished, it should allow the user to change and customise all of their graphics options and settings before entering the game.

I have also added a lot of new dialog to the AI Characters in the game to provide feedback on many of the games events, etc. This is intended to provide in-universe information to the player, as well as to increase immersion.

I have spent some more time working on the AI dialog system, and it seems reasonably solid at this point.

I intend to add more dialog options and features later, but it is about 90% complete now.

I have also been working on a “startup” gui, that will allow the user to customise their screen resolution and graphics options, create a character, login to the server, etc, in addition to bug fixes and testing.

I have also been working on fixing some long-standing bugs and console errors.

The AI dialog is progressing well.

I have added the random backstory, and I have also added various traits, skills, etc.

In addition, there are various include and exclude filters, so that each piece of information in the AI’s database is only displayed to the user as a line of dialog under certain conditions.

For example, some topics can only be discussed if the player is a “friend” to this particular AI character, or if they have a certain trait, like “trustworthy”, etc. In the same way, other traits, like “untrustworthy”, etc, would prevent certain topics from being discussed.

There are a lot of things that I still need to add to this system, but I have quite a good foundation built that I can improve on.

I have been working on a new character interaction system for NPCs in my project.

I am attempting to generate pseudo-random backstories and character details for all of the characters in the world that the player can interact with.

The player will then be able to talk to the AI about these topics. Since the backstories are created at random, this should provide some interesting and somewhat randomised interactions.

I am also adding the ability to have dynamic events and traits, skills, etc, that can be added to the AI’s database, which will then provide additional conversation options.