

(Subjectively) Better Cave Art
Reorganizes and changes some cave art glyphs.

Description
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">This mod is best used on a new world. While it can be used on existing worlds (and safely removed at any time), the result will be that all previously placed glyphs will change appearance.</span><br /></strong></p> <p>I enjoy playing without the map and using various tools to navigate and wayfind. One of those tools are cave art glyphs made by chalk and charcoal. Adding <em><strong>new</strong></em> glyphs is surprisingly difficult, and a couple mods tackle this in different ways. I've decided to go about it in a third way and remove the glyphs I personally use the least or couldn't interpret. In their place I've added a few, vanilla-styled glyphs I felt were lacking. Additionally, I've reorganized the glyphs in the GUI into categories that feel more sensible. I've also added a new pigment in the form of bioluminescent larvae. These can be gathered from the top-most section of glow-worm colonies when broken. Because glow-worms are finite (and also beautiful), it is possible to break a single block, replace it, and break it again to gather more larvae. This is an intentional choice to avoid the extinction of glow-worms.</p> <p><strong>Features:<br /></strong></p> <ul> <li>Reorganized glyphs.</li> <li>Removed uninterpretable glyphs.</li> <li>Added new vanilla-styled glyphs.</li> <li>New cave art pigments: <ul> <li>Cyan, made from bioluminescent larvae harvested from glow-worms.</li> <li>Blue, created by using lapis lazuli like chalk or charcoal.</li> <li>Red, created by using cinnabar like chalk or charcoal.</li> <li>Green, created by using malachite ore like hematite ore.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Full Glyph List:</strong></p> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="spoiler-toggle">v1.1.0</div> <div class="spoiler-text"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 120px;" border="1"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Up Arrow</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Down Arrow</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Left Arrow</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Right Arrow</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Ahead Arrow 1</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Ahead Arrow 2</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Exclaimation Mark</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Checkmark</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">X</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Empty/Null/No Entry</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Danger/Death</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Ladder</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Bow & Arrow/Hunting</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Pick/Mining</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Home/House/Shelter</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Camp/Tent/Shelter</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Ruin/Tower</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Boat//Port/Dock</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Person/Human</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Priest</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Warrior</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Drifter</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Handprint</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Gear</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Wings</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Birds</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Rabbit/Small Prey</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Gazelle/Large Prey</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Dog/Wolf/Predators</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Butterfly</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Sun</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Mountain/Cave/Triangle</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Water</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Fire/Brazier/Campfire</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Alchemy</td> <td style="width: 16.6667%; height: 20px; text-align: center;">Writing Square</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <p><strong>Roadmap:</strong><br /><span style="font-size: 8pt;">(that might never happen)</span></p> <div class="spoiler"> <div class="spoiler-toggle">Spoiler!</div> <div class="spoiler-text"> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Larvae processing.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Touch up the <span style="text-decoration: line-through; font-size: 8pt;">sha</span> dog/wolf glyph.</span></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Maybe remove one of the bird glyphs.</span></span></li> <li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Added malachite, cinnabar, and lapis lazuli.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Colour tweaking.</span></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p> </p>
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