Ylands News

[h2]Ahoy Ylanders![/h2]

We are back today with a really sentimental diary entry. We've known this for a long time, but today we are in a bit of a "touchy feely" mood, so we wanted to stop and appreciate the fact that our players form if not the greatest then definitely the friendliest gaming community ever!

There are no cry messages like: (read in broken English) "WHY YOU DIDIN'T RUSH B AS I SAID YOU #$.@&^!%* YOU @#$%^&!!!" ever to be encountered. Just never. That is something beautiful and quite uncommon among gaming communities.

Since you are all so classy, we want to express from the bottom of our hears the biggest THANK YOU!
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This was one of the most epic parties ever. You can find more screenshots and also videos from the party in #cag_stories room on our server.

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[h3]1. You can get in-game stuff for free - #announcements[/h3]

Here and there, there are some competitions and C.A.G. call to arms that helps us spread the word of the Guild and our beloved game. Right now, we are collecting beautiful screenshots, mainly from newborn adventurers and their Ylands adventures, which can earn them a Puffer Captain pet. So go and get yours! ❤️

[h3]2. Show off your screenshots - #screenshots_ylands[/h3]

Whether it is something you built or great natural views you have encountered on your journey, share it!

[h3]3. Find new friends to play with - #looking_for_group[/h3]

Join someone who is looking for a party or feel free to reach out to others. Really, you have nothing to be nervous about, we are all super friendly here.

[h3]4. Let other knows you are streaming - #streamers_or_videos[/h3]

The game should be Ylands ofc, and this is the room to do it!

[h3]5. Solve your issues with game - #troubleshooting[/h3]

Need to ask something? Think you discovered a bug or weird glitch? Have a game suggestion of any kind? Choose one of the # rooms in the TROUBLESHOOTING section and get in touch with us and the community.

[h3]6. Meet the legends and become one of them[/h3]

There are few hardcore celebrity-Ylanders who are super active and have stayed with us for a while now. Helping everyone new on board, sharing epic ships and detailed interiors that only the most experienced of our artists could create. Seriously we are often astonished with your creations, and again, thank you for that.

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Honorable mention:
Handofthesly is working on our wiki since 8th May 2017!!! We couldn't be more grateful as they are doing great job. Yet it is a lot of work for only one person, so get in touch with them in case you want to join on the wiki-duty, their Discord nick: "handofthesly #1492". Thank you so much for everything you do for the game Handofthesly!

Anyway, we could go on like this for a while so, you better check the server on your own.

[h2]How do I get to the Ylands Discord?[/h2]

Right here! Just click the link below and start meeting people and let's grow the Ylanders community together. ❤️

https://discord.gg/ylands

Ahoy Ylanders!

Today we want to ask you a BIG question. What is REALLY important in Ylands?

"Crafting?"
Nah. Not important.

"Exploration?"
Maybe. Let's say, nice to have.

"Fighting?"
Uh, of course NOT!

"Ships! This must be it. For sure, what can be more important than ships?"
Yes! Ships are cool. BUT! Surprisingly enough, we believe that the answer is stories. Memories that we experienced together with our friends and close ones. Just as in real life!

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"One time, when we were testing the game, one of our devs got lost at the sea at night, so others have made her a fire on an yland so she could find the rest of the team. It was scary but then our heroine finally saw a small light. Until the last moment she thought it's other devs, but it turned out it was a random player from Turkey who joined our testing session."

- Aleš, story from our developer's Friday feedback playtime

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"I loved that one time when we were streaming with Spectrumnist and encountered even more mutated bears in an ice cave while chatting about Sims 4 challenges and Spec shot me in the head. By accident ofc... That was so funny."

- Anna, and her "ouch" moment also on a video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1685649285?collection=cNBNiA9s1hb4Mw&t=02h26m19s

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"Remember that time, when we ran into a terrorbird for the first time and you were so excited to tame it and name it Alyssa, but we couldn't find any bananas anywhere, so we sailed to another yland and got lost in the storm for like 2 hours? You went bananas! XD But you did befriend that terrorbird and now you have bunch of new stories with Alyssa!"

- Patrik, and his could-be-true-if-my-wife-played-Ylands-with-me story as he did look for bananas to tame terrorbird and got lost in the storm just the other day all by himself.

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And this is just the tip of an iceberg. See for example the adventures of FluffDaSheep Gaming, there are so many stories in this single video:

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That is why we presented the handbook and lore in 2.0 update, and why we want to continue to improve and expand those aspects of Ylands.
What about you and your stories? Share them with us right here in the comments! We can't wait to read them all and experience some more together.

See ya and stay classy!

HIGHLIGHTS
Items missing after the players' dead
Blueprints can be built and stay on the yland
Story Yland's general bug fixing
Tutorial's general bug fixing




Changelogs 2.0.3

[YLD-44889] Fixed: Players could not locate their items after death. 
[YLD-45021] Added: Mobiles: New pop-up message informing the player of low RAM on the device.
Fixed: Mystery Ylands: Ysla vulcana, Distress signal, Far reaches, Keras yland, Fortress library, Town in peril, Ember yland - various bugs fixed.

Ahoy, Ylanders!

First Dev Diary in the renewed 2.0 Ylands is finally here, and it is quite arbitrary as you will soon see.

The C.A.G. editorial team has made the executive decision to let the dice decide this diary's theme, and it's random encounters! What a coincidence, right?

Disclaimer: As you go through today's diary you will encounter several very fun and very arbitrary facts about random encounters in Ylands.
 

Random Random Encounters Fact N°1



The oldest, still accessible random encounter in Ylands is this friendly campfire. It stayed with us since Ylands 1.0. Cool, right?


What are Random Encounters?

Hmm... how to put this simply. There are encounters in Ylands and whether it's a native civilization, a shipwreck with a bunch of ghosts and loot, or some fancy monument, they are not easy to find. You kinda just have to wander around the world to randomly encounter them. Also, they are fun! Never forget to mention when something is fun, that is classy adventurer 101 stuff.


Random Random Encounters Fact N°2



With update 2.0 we added 33 RE's! (Yeah, that's random encounters for short.) Also, can you guess why 33? The answer is super obvious and will be revealed by the end of this Diary.

 

New 2.0 update RE's

There are many new RE's in update 2.0! It would take hours to write and read about those. Luckily, we can't and don't want to spoil all the randomness there, but we can definitely show you at least some of those!

Embalming Temple

It seems that skin care business is having a hard time in Ylands, so we decided to give it a bit of a boost. In Arid you can now find a fella who is embalming the deceased. So, in case you need some skin care, you know where to go.

 


Random Random Encounters Fact N°3



Did you know that there is a DayZ themed RE to be found? Well, now you do!

 

Ancient Ruins Encounters

New ancient ruins were discovered in the Tropical region with the update 2.0. They seem to be some kind of blend of eastern islands and Latin American culture. Also, it is said that when the weather is right, lucky explorers can get a glimpse of elemental spirits here!

 
 

Random Random Encounters Fact N°4



Yup. That is the number of all active Random Encounters in the world of Ylands. Can you guess why 299? The answer is still obvious, and same as the one to the question before. It's RANDOM! Tadaa.

I hope we all agree that this diary encounter got as arbitrary as it can get but feel free to let your inner randomness loose and post a totally stray comment below and as always, stay classy!

[h2]HIGHLIGHTS[/h2]
* ADVENTURE AWAITS IN YLANDS 2.0.2 * 

• Story yland devil name tag fixed
  
• Fixed button order to launch Emotes
  
• Eating from Inventory fixed
  

FIXED

Fixed: Mystery Yland: Lost Light -  Added Loot Chests, and introduced sharks to local waters.
Fixed: Mystery Yland: Jagged Jaw - Explosive kegs won't kill players from afar anymore. Added Loot Chests, rebalanced enemies and cannons for Tropical Biome. 
Fixed: Mystery Yland: Imaginarium - Freeze after reconnection. Added Loot Chests, and removed coal from the island.  
Fixed: Mystery Yland: Fortress Library - Cipher being indecipherable due to font change. Returned the Mystery Yland to the Taiga region map. Added Loot Chests.
Fixed: Mystery Yland: Ysla Vulcana - Returned the Mystery Yland to the Taiga region map. Added Loot Chests. The pirates have arrived! Be on the lookout while exploring!
Fixed: Mystery Yland: Far Reaches - Added Loot Chests. Jotunns started to encroach upon the iceberg. Who knew they could sail? Reworked parts of the script to limit cases of stuck Heart Of Frost entity.

[YLD-25449] Fixed: Eating and drinking from inventory.
[YLD-44604] Fixed: Emote picking grid in the radial menu was using a different collection for display purposes and selection.
[YLD-44722] Fixed: Naming an animal with localization key.