Day of Dragons News

Hello everyone!

We hope you are enjoying the New Year and our latest content update featuring the Bulbous Spined Scrab. Thank you all for the feedback! We will be working on some bug fixes and changes based on what you have all said. While we work on the next patch, please enjoy this blog filled with what our different teams have been working on!


[h2]Animations[/h2]

The Flame Stalker and Inferno Ravager are currently in their animation stage of development. This is the longest stage and takes some time to complete. We appreciate your patience while we work hard on bringing these awesome dragons to life. Please keep in mind, all of the animations you see in these blogs are a work-in-progress and not yet finalized. The animations (new and currently in-game) will be perfect in a polishing stage further down the development line.

Anywho, take a look at what our awesome animation team has been working on!

[h3]Flame Stalker[/h3]

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Flame Stalker Roar

Karly is back from her holiday and working once again to bring the Flame Stalker to life. With all the locomotion (aka flying and walking) animations completed, we are now focusing on his last action animations, including the calls! Check out some of the awesome animations Karly has created so far.

Flame Stalker Eating

Flame Stalker Drinking

Flame Stalker Swimming

[h3]Inferno Ravager[/h3]

The newest addition to our team, Anton, is now working on the animations of his first dragon, the Inferno Ravager. As with every dragon, we start with the land locomotion (walk, trot, etc) animations first and then move to the flight locomotion. Since our last dev blog, Anton has completed all the locomotion (excluding swimming) and is moving onto the actions. Check out what he has created so far!

Inferno Ravager Walk animation

Inferno Ravager Trot animation

Inferno Ravager Run animation

Inferno Ravager Hover animation

[h3]New Emotes[/h3]

As some of you know, for Anton's trial period we had him working on future emotes for the Acid Spitter and Shadow Scale. These emotes will be for a future DLC emote pack and include a Love, Taunt, Rage, and Mourn emote. There will also be a Rage emote which will be included in the Patreon Lifetime 100 rewards pack. Please note, the remaining animations and the emote pack are on hold while our animators focus on the two fire dragons.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]Acid Spitter and Shadow Scale Taunt

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]Acid Spitter Rage

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]Acid Spitter Love

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]Acid Spitter Laughter




[h2]Models[/h2]

Our model team consists of Jia Hao, our creature modeler, and DragonBrigade, our environmental asset modeler. Each are hard at work creating content for future updates. Here are some of the interesting things they have been working on...

[h3]Feathered Zygovo Model[/h3]

Feather Crest at resting position (top) and aggressive (bottom)

Arguably the best dragon (I'm not biased), the Feathered Zygovo model is currently getting ready for game-play. It's had a complete wing makeover along with some some edits since its concept art. Being feathered, its model is very complicated and will take some time to finish. We hope to show you further progress on it next month!

Feathered Zygovo wings and body

[h3]Dune Weaver[/h3]

Jia Hao has also finished the in-game model for another AI critter. This one is the Dune Weaver. This little slug like creature will be endemic to the Dangerous Dunes Biome and come later in development. Since his concept art, he has gotten cute little eyes and a mouth on his underside. What a good like slug bug.

Dune Weaver AI Model

[h3]Updated Thornback Nest[/h3]

We are changing the Thornbacked Crawler nests and how they work. With this new model, hatchlings will be able to discover a new yummy food source; Thornbacked Crawler eggs. Dragons will be able to dig out the mounds and uncover the eggs in the center. This new food source will help hatchlings to survive now that the bugs have gotten smarter and will likely be added to the game in one of the next updates.

Thornbacked Crawler Nest

Nest Morph Targets



[h2]VFX[/h2]

Over in our Visual Effects department, Flicker is working on some effects for further in development. She has been developing an amazing smoke plume for the upcoming Lava Lands' Volcano and some effects for the Blitz Striker.

Volcano Smoke Plume

The Blitz Striker will be a lightning based dragon and will be able to perform a stun attack as its special ability. We have been experimenting with different looks to the electrical attacks and this is what we have come up with so far.

Blitz Striker Bile Attack

Blitz Striker Stun Attack





[h2]Dev Q&A Livestream[/h2]


Our next Q&A livestream has not yet scheduled. Stay tuned and watch for updates to find out when the next one will be!



[h2]From the Community[/h2]


Each blog post, we pick some of our favorite screenshots and artwork posted by the community to showcase here. Want a chance for your submission to be showcased on our next blog? Post it in the appropriate channels on our discord!

[h3]Some of our favorite recent screenshots...[/h3]

by Adam ^-^#0997

by MemoryMaze7#0210

by Feral#3855



[h3]Some of our favorite artwork from the community...[/h3]

by Prenser#3321

by Astalaga™️#6699

by AtaR3xia#3922


Thanks again for reading!

~The Day of Dragons Development Team



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[h2]BETA PATCH 1.L.2.0[/h2]
Server/Client Patch

This patch fixes some bugs introduced in 1.L.1

• Added a game option to turn on translucent targeting (dragon transparent when aiming down while flying)
  
• Fixed floating foliage
  
• Egg shells no longer glow
  
• Blood screen should be removed from eggs
  
• Fixed a nesting bug where players could not invite
  
• Fixed a nesting bug where used eggs would not poof
  
• Fixed world ambience SFX not playing in the world
  
• Fixed an issue where bugs would not move
  

[h2]BETA PATCH 1.L.1.0[/h2]
Server/Client Patch

This patch fixes some bugs, addresses some recent update issues, and improves server performance

• Added server config option to disable AI, bDisableAI=true
  
• Added Spined Scrab's missing Sound FX
  
• Thornback Crawlers are no longer poisonous and no longer apply poison when eaten
  
• Red Mushrooms no longer apply thirst but now apply poison when eaten
  
• Nerfed the Agile/Fast attack speed cooldown bonus by 80%
  
• Acid Spitters are now immune to Decay debuffs
  
• 3rd Person Camera no longer auto-adjusts when looking up while flying
  
• 3rd Person Camera now allows you to see through yourself while aiming when looking down while flying
  
• Adjusted AI spawns and reduced total number of AI for server performance
  
• Fixed an issue where AI would sometimes stand around and not do anything
  
• Fixed an issue where nest eggs would show two eggs when a player hatches in
  
• Fixed an issue where blood screen would show when accepting a nest egg
  

[h2]Day of Dragons Update 1.L.0.0[/h2]
Server/Client Update

In this content update, we are introducing the Spined Scrab AI along with new and updated AI behaviors, Shadow Scale charge shot, dragon carcasses, critical hits, combat balance changes, new skins recipes, projectile improvements, quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and more!

[h3]AI[/h3]
There's a new creature roaming about the Forgotten Forests and it is pretty feisty for its small size. The Spined Scrab is a class 1 AI creature that makes its home in the forests. It is slow and easy to catch, but is not afraid to stand its ground and fight, though it may also try to hide from larger predators. The addition of the Scrab provides hatchlings with a sure meal, if they manage to survive. With this new creature inhabitant, the Thornback Crawlers have begun acting differently, if injured, the Thornbacks will now flee to their nests where they may find refuge.

• Added Spined Scrab class 1 creature
  
• Changed Thornback Crawler behavior
  
• Updated AI spawners and spawn locations
  
• Fixed various AI bugs (no pun intended) ːsteamhappyː
  

[h3]ABILITIES[/h3]
Shadow Scales now have their charge shot. While aiming, hold your attack button until you see the bile meter go up. The higher the charge, the more damage and higher bile cost. A fully charged shot (meter will be glowing) will deal 300% damage and use all your bile putting you in bile exhaustion. In addition, we have also greatly improved projectile hit detection and syncing when targeting fliers and moving targets. We've also added critical hits for melee attacks only. If suffering a critical, your RPG hud will flash red. You can increase your base critical chance, evasion, damage, and protection with various mutations.

• Added Shadow Scale Charge Shot
  
• Mutation Survival line now provides Critical Chance, Critical Evasion, Critical Damage, & Critical Protection
  
• Mutation Movement line now grants Attack Cooldown Reduction, Critical Chance, & Critical Evasion
  
• Mutation Breeding line now grants Critical Damage & Critical Protection
  
• Projectile hit detection has been greatly improved
  
• Plasma Shot now does small AOE damage allowing players to kill small creatures if the impact of the blast was very close to them but missed their hitbox
  
• Class Level Differential Damage Bonus has been nerfed reducing the bonus damage incurred from fighting classes above or below your own class
  
• Reduced Shadow Scale and Acid Spitter swim speeds
  
• Reduced Shadow Scale Lightning mitigation 70% -> 60%
  
• Increased Shadow Scale Plasma mitigation 70% -> 80%
  
• Reduced Shadow Scale base Plasma damage
  
• Increased Acid Spitter base Health
  
• Set Shadow Scale Base Crit Chance to +5%
  
• Set Shadow Scale Base Crit Evasion to +3%
  
• Set Shadow Scale Base Crit Damage to +50%
  
• Set Shadow Scale Base Crit Protection to 0%
  
• Set Acid Spitter Base Crit Chance to +8%
  
• Set Acid Spitter Base Crit Evasion to 0%
  
• Set Acid Spitter Base Crit Damage to +60%
  
• Set Acid Spitter Base Crit Protection to +15%
  
• Added Crit bonuses to some Genetics
  

[h3]ENVIRONMENT[/h3]
We've added a unique dragon carcass in this update. No longer will dead dragon gore piles look like dead drake gore piles.

• Added unique Dragon Carcasses
  
• Greatly improved shadows on Very Low and Low video settings
  
• Relocated Thornback Crawler mounds
  
• Added swamp to "4 ponds" area of map
  
• Relocated some player spawns
  
• Tweaked certain areas of the map
  

[h3]UI[/h3]
You asked for it, and we did it. Players can now keep the compass on their screen without their character panel. We also reduced the distance players see admin tags so as to prevent people from using the tags as a locator and changed the way the reticle works.

• Added Static Compass game option, players can now have a static compass on their HUD at all times
  
• Added a Static Compass opacity option, to adjust how visible the new compass is on your HUD
  
• Admin tags no longer show up on spectator's dragon body when server config has persistent admin tags disabled
  
• Admin/Dev tags now only render when under 50 meters
  
• Reticle now turns red on valid targets that are within projectile range and black when in bite mode
  
• Critical Hits now flash red on the RPG hud
  
• Added a bile charge bar to the bile meter that glows when charge is full
  
• Added tooltip on growth bar which will show % grown to next stage on mouse hover
  

[h3]MISCELLANEOUS[/h3]

• Added new skin crafting recipes
  
• Camera no longer sinks into the body mesh while looking up allowing players to look up in the sky in third person
  
• Added /steamid chat command for players allowing players to see their steam id in game and automatically copying it to the Windows clipboard making it easy to share it with friends or admins
  
• Players who logout now go to sleep
  
• Adjusted food values of corpses
  

[h3]SERVER ADMINISTRATION[/h3]

• Admins now see a unique 4 digit steam ID on player names in chat to prevent users impersonating one another
  
• Admin Panel "Copy" button now automatically copies the user's steam id to Windows clipboard
  
• Players with very high ping will now be kicked from servers unless DD config option is disabled
  
• Removed Reset AI admin command and replaced with Spawn AI command allowing admins to spawn food in front of starving player anywhere on the map
  

[h3]BUG FIXES[/h3]

• Fixed bug where eggs would timeout and not hatch a player if player waited too long to hatch
  
• Fixed Shadow Cloak not showing as cloaked for a few seconds when another player renders them into view
  
• Fixed missing projectile hit detection on certain parts of the body
  
• Fixed a movement desync when carrying a hatchling long distances
  
• Fixed an issue where dying while flying caused the eaten carcass to spawn in the air
  
• Fixed an issue where players could safelog while swimming
  
• Fixed an issue where the underwater audio loop would play forever for the player after dying underwater
  
• Fixed an issue where players who logout while in motion or flying would continue moving, they should now stop moving and go to sleep
  
• Fixed issue where Elder dragons would jitter
  
• Nametags should be less choppy when player is moving
  

[h2]BETA PATCH 1.K.L.0[/h2]
Server/Client Patch

This patch fixes a long-time critical combat logging exploit

• Fixed an exploit allowing players to sometimes leave the game immediately by using task manager
  
• Fixed missing collision on world bounds background mountains