GSOC 2011- Mason Game System

This is a wiki page made to create to keep track of my work done for GSOC 2011 in Mason Game System .

Introduction

I am Jekin Trivedi and i am going to work on the Mason Game System.

Completed Tasks

• Make new Task called Trenches so user's can work on digging trenches or canals , rivers. see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-cfsoORtHQ&feature=player_profilepage to see the working demo .

• Make new task Earthwall to create a crude earth wall, a basic form of fortification. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR1LaMie0I4&feature=player_profilepage for more details

• Make the task bisect work (It cuts the lumber along the breadth in half). See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUZOFmiLeFs&feature=player_profilepage for more details .

• Make the slice task work at a better rate : See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuf-avx6h8k for more details .

• Make trailblaze work better.

• Working UI for crafting system. (Thanks to erik)

Planned Timeline

Before May 24 (before the coding period)

• Getting familiar with the worldforge cyphesis environment
• Understanding the coding standards.
• Learning Basics of Git

May 24 - June 5 (coding period starts)

• Working on Trailblaze : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG2yOplQGsw
• Creating new task Trenches : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-cfsoORtHQ&feature=player_profilepage
• Making Slice task work at better rate : Slice Task : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuf-avx6h8k

June 5 - June 12

• Added new task Earthwall : Earth wall : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR1LaMie0I4&feature=player_profilepage
• Added new task Bisect : Bisect : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUZOFmiLeFs&feature=player_profilepage
• Make Reaping work : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8_CwKy9kZk

June 12 - June 19

• Learn Basics of Blender
• Add models for fibre , rope, tool .
• Add rope making task, Twirling : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctp1xFH6E_I
• Add a fibre making task, Drying : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8xZST29_iE
• Add a tool for rope making .
• Add a tool for fibre making

June 19 - June 26

• Did some research as to how to implement crafting
• Decided to add Crafting UI

June 26 - July 3

• Revised Lua
• Learning CE GUI

July 3 - July 10

• Add new UI for crafting system
• Added basic logic of Crafting UI
• Got some problems during run time in Crafting UI.
• Tried to make the protocols for passing entity to task from the client side.
• Made changes suggested by Martin Preisler to the crafting UI.

July 10 - July 17

• Now getting new error !
• Solver the compilation error now back to getting the same run time error as before ?
• Made the changes suggested by erik .
• Still getting same error .
• Exams going on

July 17 - July 23

• In a state of depression and confusion ! .
• Exams going on

July 24 - July 30

• Alistor finally get's some sense kicked into me
• Stopped working on Crafting UI and started working on cyphesis tasks.
• Added basic task for pioneering i.e Wooden wall making using wood and rope

July 31 - Aug 6

• Renamed old stone wall as stone barrier task
• Added task for making stone walls
• Did some major changes to Bisect task : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ZWYBYlXnA
• Solved a problem in Trenching

Aug 7 - Aug 14

• Added dragging task : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN4iIDIl0aU
• Added Puling task : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC490PPfwmE
• More changes to Bisect
• Made changes to earthwall and woodenwall
• Wooden wall task : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HQiZaQ3w0s

Aug 15 - Aug 22

• Added support for various recipe
• Testing all tasks
• Testing from main repository
• Documentation work
• Added Pioneering Task
• Added Baking Task
• Added Repairing Task
• Added Destroying Task

More Information

• For more information see my GSoC project guide : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OBKZCIrDRBbLz61RNNsOeBvYrX2VRALnS2Zv60jti3Y/edit?authkey=CJP8h_UI&hl=en_US

• To follow or test my code see : https://github.com/jekin-worldforge/cyphesis

• Contact me at : jekintrivedi@gmail.com for any queries , suggestion .

• Final Result Video showing the construction of a basic Hill Castle : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0qQuIWCyDo

Detailed Description of the task done by me

http://wiki.worldforge.org/wiki/User_Oriented_Description_of_Tasks