Archmage Rises News

We're putting out a hotfix today to address our two largest issues.

• Fixed Weapons costing stamina. That was a bad bug we introduced last week and took a while to correct. ːsteamfacepalmː
  
• Fixed town buildings turning into Logging Camp or Animal Trader after loading a game
  
• Added the notice you need a light to explore dungeon rooms to show up more than once, this was causing confusion as people were stuck
  

Our next official build is Thu Mar 9 when I'm sure we'll introduce some new bugs. ːlaughing_yetiː

This week we've dug into the core dungeon issues and save file stability issues. Some of these fixes took 3+ days to figure out and resolve.

• Sped up the dungeon. Or said more correctly: fixed the silly slow code we introduced a week ago. ːsteamfacepalmː
  
• Fixed a large number of dungeon errors, causing people to get stuck
  
• Added a starting base spell: Push/Pull. You use this in combat to move enemies around the field. This should open up options for players to use melee combat. We have more we are working on for a future patch.
  
• Added better dungeon logging so that we can solve future errors more effectively.
  
• Fixed items in combat being unusable.
  
• Fixed various weapon effects like nets.
  
• Fixed Mud pinning monsters indefinitely, now mud behaves correctly.
  
• Fixed loading up a game and not getting character creation.
  
• Fixed following a monster patrol back to their lair crashing the game
  
• Fixed some encounter options not being clickable.
  
• Stabilized saving and quitting more, there should be less crashes when doing so as well as when reloading a save.
  
• Fixed a saving issues with character buffs
  

OK OK, I said weekly builds on Thursdays, but this is a hotfix to fix one core problem and get some better logging in before the weekend when most people play.

• Found and fixed a rare but catastrophic issue with save files
  
• Due to some mac work we were doing the pathing for autosaves got messed up. But it's fixed now and continuing from an autosave will work again.
  
• Added lots for saving/loading logging so if there are problems we have more information to work from
  
• Fixed items in combat not being usable outside of combat, added a text note on tooltips so you can see where items you own can be used
  
• Fixed Caltrops not working
  
• Made devmode key harder to press. No one will ever figure it out Muahahaha! Also made it a toggle so you can turn it off if you accidentally turned it on.
  

Enjoy your weekend!

Today's Thursday build includes these wonderful fixes:

• Fixed book studying. ːsteamfacepalmː We accidentally broke it yesterday, which broke the main demo quest. Sorry about that and thanks to those who reported it last night!
  
• Fixed several save file loading errors. One was a strange one related to saving a color. Another related to running away in combat. Sorry to say, you’ll have to start a new world and game. We really are nearing the end of these saving issues.
  
• We think we fixed “stuck on map can’t move” issue. We suspect the movement animation wasn’t completing so you weren’t able to move again. We made finishing the animation more certain.
  
• Fixed the bug reporter not allowing multi-line input, should make it easier to put in more detail. Made it look better too.
  

We have been releasing daily builds for 4 weeks straight, since Jan 25. The game has moved from a super unstable dumpster fire ːwinter2019sadyulː to just annoyingly buggy ːsteamfacepalmː. A huge achievement for us! ːwinter2019happybulbː

We are now moving to weekly Thursday builds, a cadence and discipline we expect to keep until Early Access, and during Early Access (however long that is: 1-3 years, who knows).

We will still continue to read and respond on the forums every day.

If we do something dumb, like break the main quest, we’ll hotfix it right away.

Thanks for your involvement and belief in this game!

Today we really focused on the dungeon experience.

• Fixed 13 issues with getting stuck in dungeons due to bad layouts, doors not existing, stairs not being clickable, etc.
• Fixed dungeon loot being so darn crappy. No more duplicates, better distributions.
• Fixed trap detection not working on statues and bookcases
  
• Added option to hold ALT and have it highlight all searchables in the room. It can also be mouselook. You can control what it does through two new settings.
  
• Fixed combat not starting properly.
  
• Fixed following monsters to their lair getting stuck.
  
• Fixed Inns not being 24/7