Character attributes and genetics

[lotus253]

Lol no worries. Whenever I program something that requires data look up I almost never use an rdb unless I absolutely have to. There’s just so many problems with integrating one and they’re often expensive licensing fees. If I can get away with tuples, list for vectors, that’s what I use LOL

[Elfryc]

@Uncasual

When a character dies it is transformed in something else -a corpse, then a tomb, a monument… a myth? all this still in the works or just planned- that also holds some of the character information until it disappears.

For instance, if somebody dies and a big monument is built as tomb, the related information will prevail attached to the monument lots of time, but if somebody dies and is lost in the wild the information will be lost. So the game is able to reconstruct only near generations unless something is done to preserve that information.

I really like that

@Uncasual

For instance. If there are two blonde characters but randomly their progeny are not blonde, the blonde characteristic is lost because the blonde gene doesn’t exist in the simulation, just the actual hair color. While this fails as a genetic simulator in the particular case, when simulated with many people, starting with a majority of blonde people the chances of blonde people would be high and the blonde characteristic will dominate the city anyway.
As a genetic simulator it doesn’t work, but for the game purposes we think is enough, at least for now.

So, if I understand well, this means that if our tribe is made up of Neoltihics looking a very lot like current Near-Eastern/South European inhabitants having received some influx from dark-skinned Mesolithics, then later in game some white-skinned Indo-Europeans from the Eurasian steppes, this means we may see the average skin tone slowly evolve with each passing generation whenever marriages occur between those various populations?

This would be pretty perfect for sure

[Uncasual]

@Elfryc

So, if I understand well, this means that if our tribe is made up of Neoltihics looking a very lot like current Near-Eastern/South European inhabitants having received some influx from dark-skinned Mesolithics, then later in game some white-skinned Indo-Europeans from the Eurasian steppes, this means we may see the average skin tone slowly evolve with each passing generation whenever marriages occur between those various populations?

Yes, that should happen.

[lotus253]

I think both of you (@Elfryc too) would enjoy sing the Otzi the Iceman film. I watched it last night and you don’t need to speak German to understand it. I think it was reasonably accurate and it would do a good job of helping put you in the mindset. It shows late Neolithic and early Bronze Age people. I might add, they don’t wear those silly linen tunics

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0791WTPRX/

The only inaccuracies that I saw were very minor, such as people keeping their bows strong all of the time. I would warn you that it isn’t for children… It definitely has the adult DLC LOL

[Elfryc]

I’m a bit worried to see they already released a DVD. I hoped for a French/European release, or at least in English

Hopefully this is only because they need to make the subtitles (although in France we’re used to movie being always released later because of the dubbing)…

[lotus253]

They barely speak and I think it’s a proto indo european-like language, so you would not miss anything.

I loved it, personally. Very good film!

[PaleWolf12]

YEs this would be an integral part of the game, basing it off human nature is the key.