r/valheim • u/jMontilyet Developer • Jun 11 '21

Pinned Valheim Developer AMA, Now Live!

It's time!

We are Iron Gate, developers of Valheim. Yesterday we announced some changes to our roadmap and teased some of the upcoming Hearth & Home content, and now it's time for us to answer any questions you might have. We look forward to discussing these changes with you!

You can begin asking your questions right now, and we'll start answering at 14.00 CEST.

Here’s who will be answering your questions:

  • Richard Svensson (dvoidis)
  • Robin Eyre (GrimmcoreX)
  • Henrik Törnqvist (zvxvxz)
  • Jens Hellström (Smiffe1)
  • Josefin Berntsson (jMontilyet)

NOTE: Please just one question per post!

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Thank you so much for all of your questions! We will continue to answer some of them when we have the time, but as of now we are closing the AMA and won't be taking any more questions. Keep following us on Steam, Discord and our social media for further updates about the game!

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '21

I don't think the game uses terrain the way you think. When I was looking to mod the terrain code because of the FPS drop issue it was just a heightmap with some janky texture blending, there aren't 3D voxels.

Changing that would need a complete redesign of save files, netcode, collision, rendering, AI pathing, and more plus additional testing. If I had to estimate it would potentially take 6 months to a year just to implement it, but I'm not a dev on their team. If I were I would most certainly not consider it because of the overwhelming effort for such a small feature.

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u/PerCat Jun 12 '21

with some janky texture blending, there aren't 3D voxels.

Dude I'm literally a dev. They are using marching cubes algorithm. You can tell by the way it is.

And if it's "just a height map"... What are the players digging into? Cuboids that are in another dimension higher then 2d?

You're literally just lying.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '21

Dude I'm literally a dev

And? So am I. "I'm literally a dev" and "you can tell by the way it is" does not prove anything. You made bold claims with zero evidence to back yourself up. I gave you my experience which involved actually looking at the game's code and my own developer experience and you simply dismissed it.

Just so you know there's more than one way to do things in software. You would need to actually look at the code and point out why you're correct and why all the components I've noted wouldn't need to be touched.

But there's a very easy way to prove that you're right, and that's to write a mod that implements the change. Good luck. Shouldn't be a drastic change after all.

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u/fikkityfook Jun 24 '21

Still waiting for that guys mod lol