[Development]: Thirst Mechanics

[northwesttreesgaming]

Discussed in #76

^{Originally posted by northwesttreesgaming January 21, 2024}

Overview

Eating food is important but drinking is way more important as it can cause death over time.

Dimensions

• Eldenmoor
• Config Support ???

Consumable Fluids

Fluids offer custom saturation for hydronation for the player and in some cases status effects.

Juice Ideas

• Juice (Apple)
• Juice (Cherry)
• Juice (Lemon)
• Juice (Orange)
• Juice (Peach)
• Juice (Pear)
• Juice (Plum)

Water Ideas

• Water (Clean)
• Water (Raw)

Wine Ideas

• Wine (Apple)
• Wine (Cherry)
• Wine (Lemon)
• Wine (Orange)
• Wine (Peach)
• Wine (Pear)
• Wine (Plum)

Other Ideas

• Beer (Hops)
• Cedar (Apple)
• Mead (Honey)
• Rum (Sugar)

Player Fluid Saturation

Saturation acts as the general time until the fluid bar starts to decrease in its main level.

Decreasing Ideas

• Drinking fluids with bad effects.
• Placing/breaking blocks
• Player control motion ( > 0.25 )
• Player damage
• Temperature ( < 10 OR > 20 )
• Using items

Increasing Ideas

• Clean drinks
• Status effects
• Some foods such as soups.

Player Fluid

Player Fluid controls the HUD icons which range from zero to twenty (0-20).
When the bar reaches zero the player will start to take some dehydrated damage.

Tasks

• Custom Damage
• Overlay HUD for thirst

Config

Config should be made to control some settings as mentioned below.

Settings

• Damage Taken
• Damage Time
• Enabled Dimensions
• Max Safe Temperature
• Min Safe Temperature
• Min Player Control Speed
• Max Saturation
• Saturation Time