CPU bottleneck in the UI fixed, resulting in better game performance. (Please try using DX12 again if you have been using DX11 for performance reasons.)
Fixes:
Charge attacks can now be released before reaching the end of the charge animation.
Fixed bug where death and resurrect sequences would not play camera animation.
Fixed issues with time sync .
Moving AI should now more correctly follow the ground instead of hovering.
Nation Standings now change correctly depending on your race.
Nation Standings min max is now correctly calculated.
Nation Standing names update to better reflect the current standing .
Fixed a rare chat crash .
Fixed rare server crash .
Fixed issue where server could desync the time and cause major issues for all AI.
Fixed issue with AI seeing dead players .
Improved AI leash when too far away from spawner.
Known issues:
Logging in when dead will display equipment on self.
Logging in while dead and resurrecting will cause sounds to not play. (Relog once again to fix.)
Some static NPC’s float slightly above the ground.
Guards and bandits do not always enter mercy mode correctly.
Ai has some pathing issues being worked on. (Not always taking the shortest straight path)
Beta Patch Notes 0.1.0.4
Added:
Added standings system.
Added cooking and alchemy.
Added tooltip support for consumable stats.
Added support for pickable objects.
Added custom animations for most crafting actions.
Added more use tooltips to all items.
Added eating and drinking.
Added so crafted items now changes the material of what you are crafting based on materials used.
Added quiver with up to 10 visible arrows when equipping a bow.
Added new emotes. (use /emote in local chat)
Added support for aiming with the tip of the arrow. Use chat command /togglebowaimstyle to enable it.
(we are working on a new settings backend, it will be added there later)
Added updated weather system, it now supports different variations of rain,snow and lightning strikes.
Added so you can now lose hunger and gain thirst.
Added pickable and gatherable resources to the world. (More to come)
Changes:
Refining now calculates time better.
You can no longer use skills in mercy mode.
Clade gift shields now change their look depending on your clade.
You now get a murder count when murdering someone and you will lose standing with the nation your victim resurrects at.
Buff and debuff icons are now larger.
Polished most UI interaction to have right clicking on items override the first slot when all slots are full.
Stars now rotates.
New player movement backend added for both optimization and better control during development.
(mostly the same as before, except a few details listed under Known Issues)
More character optimizations. (CPU cost reduced)
Springboks has received some visual polish.
Dead players no longer exist in the game world for living players.
Paperdoll now shows resource materials.
Paperdoll now shows the same effects as on the player. (blood, transitions, etc)
Adjusted bow animations in first person.
Optimized server code for sending rare animations.
Made several minor optimizations on the server code.
Archery cross-hair are now more accurate.
Bows now shows a visible arrow for other players if they have arrows equipped.
Fixes:
Fixed some issues with spawners on the server.
Weather now affect clouds again.
Fixed issue with refining not updating the hold to use button correctly.
Fixed crash with voice chat.
FOV no longer gets messed up if multiple sequences are triggered at the same time. (resurrect, teleport, etc)
Random startup and shutdown crashes reduced.
Other players no longer vibrates when looking sideways while standing still.
Other players no longer gets stuck in slow motion running when walking.
Torch embers are no longer active after un-equipping a torch.
Torch lights and particles no longer stays in the world when player disconnects.
Character in login screen now updates to reflect nudity setting after being changed by the user in the main menu.
Player no longer launches like a rocket on spawn if they try to jump multiple times during the loading screen.
Blainn fur no longer detaches randomly when dying or resurrecting.
Updated LODs on bows because they broke the string.
Fixed an issue where equip hits would slowdown the recovery of a swing.
Fixed an issue where switching from bow to unarmed would increase the stamina drain for unarmed.
Fixed an issue where arrows did not make an impact sound for other players.
Known Issues:
Initial crash on first login still present.
Character movement might hitch when jumping and landing.
There's a slight hitch when a character initially rotates. (visible on NPCs)
The game can still get stuck as a process when shutting down. Close it in the task manager if it does.
Texture issues when using DirectX 11.
Beta Patch Notes 0.1.0.0
Added:
Added LOD's to capes and banners.
Added dynamic detail scalability to characters and creatures. Body physics, cloth simulation, shadows, motion blur, fur and some animation details are now turned down or off based on distance.
Added contact shadows to characters when they are nearby.
New emotes. Type `/emote` in local chat.
You can now gather Rye, Water, Common Reedmace and Malus Fruit.
Changes:
AI now gets a little bit of HP when leaving mercy mode.
Optimization run on main server.
Optimization run on login server.
Optimization run on AI.
Optimized all spawners.
Reduced server cost of creating characters.
Reduced server cost of logging in.
Improved system that decides what data is important for players to get.
Overall optimization for skills and items being created on the server and the client.
You can now only have one item in each extraction tool.
Extraction and refining windows now close upon successfully starting an extraction.
Slightly better arrow sync.
Adjusted the Arrow gravity.
Changed so that the visual arrow is used to determine direction for the arrow when released.
Increased world shadow resolution on Maximum shadow setting.
Improved CPU performance in multiple systems.
Polished Springbok animations.
Fixes:
Refining UI now handles right clicks better.
Crash in skill window.
All spawners now correctly save.
Issues with players seeing nudity in the character creation even when nudity was off.
Issue with purple weapons showing up in character select.
Issue that caused Equip hits to stop swings.
Players no longer spawn before they have finished loading the world on their end. They now appear just as the loading screen fades out.
Client will no longer time out during a long loading sequence. Login happens after loading the world.
Chat command /time now displays the correct time of day. (it was off by half an hour or so)
Players now enter the game looking in the same direction as when they left.
Players now appear properly in combat mode after being loaded.
Dead players that are moving around in ether world no longer drip visible blood on the ground.
Game no longer crashes on exit. It should also not get stuck as a background process any longer.
Known Issues:
Archery is still work in progress.
Combat Alpha Patch Notes 0.0.0.97
Added:
Added two new daggers.
Added new emotes (use command `/emote` in local chat to list them)
Added a cloud of dust when arrows hit ground/objects.
Added so fired arrows spawns on other clients as well.
Added second moon.
Added Oghmirs as playable race.
Added Springboks to forest areas.
Added woodcutting.
Added mining.
Added extraction devices.
Added skinning system.
Added refining system.
Added support for fleeing AI.
Added banks to all cities.
Added Khurite forest biome.
Added the cities Vadda, Bakti and Moh-ki.
Changes:
Adjusted mouse and keyboard input. (making input more responsive and smooth on some systems)
Adjusted bow "reload" so that players can charge the next arrow as soon as it appears.
Adjusted female idle pose.
Clients now synchronize game clock once every minute.
Clients now re-attempt to synchronize game clock if response time is bad after login.
Disabled cloth physics on cape and banner in first person to avoid having the cloth enter the player view.
Made player on-death dissolve effect cheaper.
Added logout and exit transition screen fade.
Some emotes and actions have been updated / polished.
Emotes and skills now properly exit their states with an animation. (still some polish to do)
All hairstyle physics have been polished.
Changed so that arrows that hit players and other entities now has a shorter lifespan.
Update light intensity at night.
Updated dissolve effect, seam removed.
You now regain stamina when standing still in water.
Resting will now show the total time until you are fully healed.
Resting now ends if you give input.
Fixes:
Fixed issue where game clock synchronization would not interpolate properly and some players would be way off time for quite some time (resulting in invisible swings and other issues)
Fixed issue in click-drag input that would not register direction properly if user clicked without dragging far enough.
Fixed issue where players would be in a static running pose when logging in.
Fixed issue where character ears would stick out through helmet after resurrect.
Fixed issue where character proportions would change after resurrect.
Fixed issue where character would not stand on ground after resurrect.
Fixed issue where breast physics would stop after resurrect.
Fixed transition from thrust to left swing after hitting an enemy with Sword and Shield.
Fixed hitch in Axe2H idle - Fixed weather related crash.
Fixed logout and exit game crashes.
Archery combat should now drain stamina correctly while holding a charge.
Fixed an issue that would cause the arrow to gain extra damage if held longer after reaching full charge.
Fixed an issue that caused the torch fire to stay after the torch was unequipped.
Using goto priest or home button now waits until everything is loaded before fading out.
Fixed a node crash.
Fixed login issue that would leave the login server in a bad state for 30 sec.
NPC's now resurrect.
Fixed issue on the server that would limit traffic in a really bad way.
Fixed rare client crash.
Fixed a couple of collision issues when dead.
Known Issues:
Ai is still work in progress.
Not all resources can be mined or woodcut yet.
Material skill gains from extraction not fully working.