EPICA News

[h2]Professions[/h2]
Added a game manual entry for professions.
Reworked mining, more accurate now, requires pickaxe actually hitting a node.
Mining is now also working for the ranger class.
Mining requires a mining pickaxe
Mining nodes are now highlighted on hovering
The mining pickaxe is now automatically equipped when clicking a mining node




[h2]Naerocks[/h2]
The Naerocks Mine has been setup for proper lightning.

[h2]Player[/h2]
Fixed a bug with swapping weapons, not correctly updating weapon stats.

[h2]Encyclopedia Epica[/h2]
Added entry for Artol.

[h2]Ranger[/h2]

• Fixed a bug preventing looting with the new feature, by right-clicking slayn enemies.
  

[h2]Dungeons[/h2]

• Fixed a bug preventing light switching on in the Naerocks Catacombs.
  
• Upon dungeon entering, added, switching the player light radius on, the new player item mod.
  

[h2]User interface[/h2]

• Added blurred backgrounds to game menu items.
  
• Moved the new Game Manual button to the Game Menu, from the microbar.
  

[h2]Encyclopedia Epica[/h2]

• The E marked button at the microbar, the icons at the bottom of the screen, now opens the new Encyclopedia Epica. The encyclopedia will unlock entries as the player progresses through the world, noticeable by chat notifications. However, there is only one entry so far.
  

[h2]Game Manual[/h2]

• Added a game manual, to improve the player game starting experience, and to provide an overview of functionalities.
  

[h2]Settings Menu[/h2]

• Added credits content.
  
• Updated colors, designs and the settings menu layout.
  

[h2]Ranger[/h2]

• Optimized bow handling, during combat you can now loot via right-clicking bodies.
  
• Bow hits should also succeed with targets in close proximity.
  
• Aiming follows the mouse cursor.
  

[h2]Navigation[/h2]

• The mouse cursor will now change depending on the entity it hovers over.
  
• The compass has been added as a keybinding with default key (g).
  

[h2]Player[/h2]

• Roll will no longer set movement mode to walking, instead keeps the current one.
  

[h2]News[/h2]

• Only the last three news items are displayed.
  

[h2]Inventory[/h2]

• Fixed a bug preventing the swapping of items inside the inventory.
  
• Fixed a bug with stacking of items.
  

[h2]Hotbar[/h2]

• The hotbar has been moved to the inventory. There isn’t really the need to constantly display the hotbar. Hotbar slots are accessible through hotbar keybindings.
  

[h2]Entities[/h2]

• AI will now always return to their spawn point once outside of the spawning zone, previously this only worked once.
  
• Naerocks goblins inside the ‘Goblin Cave’ have been nerfed from level five to level three.
  
• Naerocks goblins now properly wear their weapon and shield when not attacking.
  
• Naerocks skeletons in the ‘Catacombs’ have been nerfed to level four, from level five, and their damage has been reduced by 25 percent.
  

[h2]Quests[/h2]

• Quests which are part of a quest line, will no longer be displayed in the quest view when requiring a pre-quest first.
  
• Accepting or dismissing a quest will keep the main quest panel open, instead of closing.
  

[h2]Shop[/h2]

• Items can now be added to the sale window by right-clicking them.
  
• Items can now be bought by right-clicking them.
  

[h2]Ships[/h2]

• Ships are working again, a future update will make the experience more sophisticated.
  
• Ship speed has been adjusted.
  

[h2]Artol[/h2]
The lights in Artol Seaside will now properly switch on and off depending on the time of the day.

[h2]Items[/h2]
The default composite bow damage has been reduced to 3 base damage.

[h2]Honor[/h2]

• Honor faction stats are now properly displayed on the character sheet.
  
• Honor no longer tracks enemy factions.
  

[h2]Stash[/h2]

• Fixed a bug causing stash content not to be saved.
  

[h2]Weapons[/h2]

• Axe weapons are now properly aligned when equipped.
  
• Two handed swords are now properly attached to the player when equipped.
  
• Fixed a bug not updating properly weapon stats upon re-quipping.
  
• Un-equipped bows no longer remain in aim mode.
  
• Arrows are now visible when starting to aim.
  
• The bow is now properly aligned with the arrow.
  

[h2]Player[/h2]

• Player ik, inverse kinematics, the feature to align the character feet on the ground has been temporarily been disabled, investigating a potential issue.
  

[h2]Entities[/h2]

• Fixed an issue with spawning of some entities, some ai were not always spawning.
  

[h2]Quests[/h2]

• Fixed a bug resulting in loose of items upon quest completion.
  
• Fixed a bug with delivery quests not working.
  

[h2]Settings Menu[/h2]

• Fixed an issue with closing the settings panel.
  
• Set default audio settings for music to 0.7 volume.
  

[h2]Music[/h2]

• Music is now enabled per default. Music volume can be adjusted from the settings panel, under ‘Audio’. Music will be further optimized in coming patches, so that each region has it’s dedicated music theme.