Wizardry: The Five Ordeals News

Thank you for supporting "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals".
We will report the overall progress as of Aplil 18, 2024.

[h2]Overall[/h2]
Currently, the development team is working on the game itself, editor, and some ports in parallel. We would like to inform you of the current status of each of them.

[h2]Game[/h2]
There have been no major developments since the beta update. We do not plan to update the game until development of the version for other devices.

[h2]Editors[/h2]
The English version will be released in June or later. Until then, we will continue to polish the functionality in Japanese only.

[h2]Ports[/h2]
We are slowly making progress, but we need to work with outside partners on some development, so we will continue to take our time. We hope to be able to announce more details by the end of the summer.

[h2]Recent schedules[/h2]
May：Development Situation updates
Aplil～May：Polish the Editor (Japanese only)
June or later：English Support for Editor
*If there are any changes to the schedule, we will notify you in the next report.

We are afraid that we have not made much progress, but we plan to inform you of the editor's updates and other information in the next issue on Wednesday, May 8.

Thank you for supporting "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals".
We will report the overall progress as of Aplil 4, 2024.

[h2]Overall[/h2]
Currently, the development team is working on the game itself, editor, and some ports in parallel. We would like to inform you of the current status of each of them.

[h2]Game[/h2]
There have been no major developments since the beta update. We do not plan to update the game until development of the version for other devices.

[h3]Update beta on 3/21 (Done)[/h3]

• Revised some of the names of enchantments
  
• Change of the minimum ease of learning magic on the scenario side settings
  
• Fixed an issue where some grids were not designated as random teleport destinations
  
• Other bug fixes and adjustments
  

[h2]Editors[/h2]
The English version will be released in June or later. Until then, we will continue to polish the functionality in Japanese only.

[h2]Ports[/h2]
We are slowly making progress, but we need to work with outside partners on some development, so we will continue to take our time. We hope to be able to announce more details by the end of the summer.

[h2]Recent schedules[/h2]
Aplil：Development Situation updates
Aplil～May：Polish the Editor (Japanese only)
June or later：English Support for Editor
*If there are any changes to the schedule, we will notify you in the next report.

We are afraid that we have not made much progress, but we plan to inform you of the editor's updates and other information in the next issue on Wednesday, April 17.

This is Beta version, we cannot guarantee compatibility of save data, etc.

before playing the beta version,
Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\59Studio\WizardryFoV2\savedata
You can back up your saved data from above location.

If you agree to the above, right click on "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals" in the Steam library, select properties, and enter the password "IReadAnnounce" in the beta tab. The "publicbeta" version can be selected. This will automatically update the system, and you can also return to the current normal version by selecting no beta from the Beta tab. However, we will not be able to provide support for data corruption caused by version inconsistencies due to the use of this switch.

Fixes
- In SD/3:2UI, trap names were not displayed after treasure chest investigation.

This is Beta version, we cannot guarantee compatibility of save data, etc.

before playing the beta version,
Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\59Studio\WizardryFoV2\savedata
You can back up your saved data from above location.

If you agree to the above, right click on "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals" in the Steam library, select properties, and enter the password "IReadAnnounce" in the beta tab. The "publicbeta" version can be selected. This will automatically update the system, and you can also return to the current normal version by selecting no beta from the Beta tab. However, we will not be able to provide support for data corruption caused by version inconsistencies due to the use of this switch.

Fixes
- Spell "Maelstrom" attribute sorting scenario settings for the "Wizard Spell" and "Monk Spell" was not functioning properly.

This is Beta version, we cannot guarantee compatibility of save data, etc.

before playing the beta version,
Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\59Studio\WizardryFoV2\savedata
You can back up your saved data from above location.

If you agree to the above, right click on "Wizardry: The Five Ordeals" in the Steam library, select properties, and enter the password "IReadAnnounce" in the beta tab. The "publicbeta" version can be selected. This will automatically update the system, and you can also return to the current normal version by selecting no beta from the Beta tab. However, we will not be able to provide support for data corruption caused by version inconsistencies due to the use of this switch.

Updates
- Check the free space when user scenarios installed.
- Revised some names of enchantments

Not be lost -> Protect from lost
All Dark Zone -> Always Dark Zone
Detailed Map by MAPPING -> Enhance Automap
Remains Protection -> Inventory protect
EXP is Obtained by Walk -> EXP on walk
GOLD is Obtained by Walk -> GOLD on walk
Find Dark Door -> Show Dark door
Find Secret Door -> Secret door finding
Rate of Encountering -> Encounter
Max Damage -> Damage Lv
Double Damage to -> 2x Damage to
Triple Damage to -> 3x Damage to
* Damage -> * Damage Lv
magic x2 Damage -> x2 Spell Damage
Attack Option ?x2 -> Attacks make special
There are plans to do so in the future.

- Decrease the minimum learning magic difficulty in scenario settings to 17.

There are no plans at this time to make it lower than this.

- When a character making, if a cancellation making in the scene after the character's name is fixed, the previous name will be automatically entered in the input field when the next character is created.

There are no plans to enable direct BP rerolls. We also do not plan to introduce features such as BP auto-rollers.

- The items SP "Party HP Full Recovery", "Condition Cure & Full Recovery" and ID53 "Condition Cure" are now able to cure poisoning, and the name of ID53 "Condition Cure" has been changed to "Condition Cure+".
- Adjusted the descriptions of the spells "Terror" "Total Terror" and "Levitate" in certain scenario settings.
- Adjusted the names of some items in the options screen to make them easier to understand.
- Removed unnecessary items for scenario testing in the scenario selector.
- Strictly enforce the range of monster graphics available in user scenarios.

Fixes
- Random teleportation during combat did not allow the jump to the top and rightmost grids of the floor.
- During combat, if you fell asleep on the turn you tried to use a stacked item, the amount of the item consumed was incorrect.
- Regarding the event "Battle after search" battle occurred even if the search was performed in a direction that did not generate a message.
- When selling stackable items in an item box, the price was incorrectly displayed.
- When stackable items from an item box were appraised, the amount was not correctly displayed.
- In some cases, the auto-map display was incorrect in grids where teleportation was prohibited.
- When trying to deposit an item in an item box in the SD/3:2 UI, the item's base name was not displayed.
- In the scenario selector, the contents of the "Current Scenario" field were sometimes displayed incorrectly.
- In test mode scenarios, the contents of "Credit" were not displayed correctly.
- When the scenario setting was "Characteristic value limit 18", some spells were not learned at INT/PIE 18.
- Depending on the scenario setting, some spells that were set to be forgotten were not forgotten correctly.