Swords 'n Magic and Stuff News

Hey there. Just a very small patch to fix the missing crab cave and introduce a new mechanic we've mostly finalized.

Patch notes:

New:

• Shield bash mechanic - Hold the shield up and use the alternate hand to perform a shield bash
  

Improved:

• Did a small optimization pass around Azura to help loading times
  

Fixed:

• Crabs have returned and their teleportation technology has been confiscated
  

Witch's Eve is all wrapped up! We're excited to start preparations for our next holiday event, Frostfall. Like earlier this year, we're working on another quality of life update to clean up some mechanics, fix a handful of bugs, wrangle some performance issues and more.

You can expect this update later this month.

Now on to the patch notes:


Improved:

• Multiplayer healthbars now show up when near for healers to heal their party
  
• Multiplayer healthbars now animates like a heartbeat if someone is under 20% health
  
• Toggle HUD now properly toggles other player’s healthbars
  
• Melee attacks not working well on Windless Woods boss now improved
  
• Slightly increased staff's tap/hold distinction time for casting spells/performing basic attack
  
• Controller issue with build mode rotating
  
• Hide property marker now saves between sessions
  
• Kristin has properly lost her glasses again
  
• Chef’s Cellar now properly displays as Windless Woods for the quest zone
  
• When taking ingredients out of a cauldron, taking the ingredient on the right will now actually take that ingredient and not the other one
  
• Another performance pass through Sleepy Haven
  

Fixed:

• Various backpack descriptions that incorrectly said how many items it holds
  
• Druid Chair furniture item now displays a chair as the icon
  
• Various floating items where the new Sawmills were placed
  
• Luck potions are craftable again - Instead of two of the same item, it now takes two different items
  
• If you do not have enough money, you can now look at housing blueprint plans
  
• Sawmill no longer displays “bellows” when you look at the crank
  
• Can now pickup Sawmills that you placed on your plot
  
• Purified Wand now heals other players
  
• Bandit Betrayal quest now works as intended
  
• Abandoning Pesky Ghost will restart correctly
  

Witch’s Eve - Patch 1.5.5

Happy Witch's Eve! We hope everyone's been enjoying the festivities so far. It seems we let a few bugs slip through the cracks so here's a patch to squash them, finally.

And I couldn't let a patch go out without adding SOMETHING new, so I whipped up the new sawmill we've been meaning to get in since launch. Don't worry, your existing crafting recipes for planks are still intact for the time being, but when Witch's Eve ends they'll be removed.



New:

• Sawmill - allows you to turn logs into planks from any level
  
• Sawmill placeable item - learn at level 10 carpentry
  
• New placeable chest sold in the Eyre furniture shop
  

Improved:

• Witch’s Eve music is now playing in town
  
• Storm Cloud now has a sound effect
  
• Output rate of using the bellows on all processors
  
• Hexed Mask shows in Collections now (may need to drop item on ground and pick back up to register)
  
• Smashable pots in the graveyard are now giving Farmlands loot and not Azura loot
  
• More controller and input settings improvements
  
• Healing Burst Tome now properly heals
  
• Shop items can no longer be interacted with at the same time as other players
  
• Staves and wands sheathing
  
• More controller improvements
  
• Necrotic Prism trinket improvements
  
• Added more Anchor Shrines in Farmlands
  

Fixed:

• Candy disappearing between sessions from your inventory
  
• Ladders! If you have any ladder issues going forward, please specify which ladder and where
  
• NPC’s holding their shields correctly - maybe they’ll remember how to hold it this time
  
• Alchemy cauldron now shows proper amounts to be brewed
  
• Raloro not able to Trick or Treat with if you hadn’t done the quest involving him
  
• A sold out sign sunk into the ground
  
• The Witch’s Eve fortune teller now makes sure you have enough gold to get her wisdom
  
• Archer Tomb graves now open properly
  
• Can no longer plant everywhere you’d like
  
• Honeysmith sign in the Shrubrian Village is not floating anymore
  
• Lantern on mount available in the Shrubrian Village no longer glitches the camera
  
• Tinkerer tent in Sleepy Haven no longer has an invisible wall around it
  
• Taylor’s Boar Farming Quest - should be 100% fixed through and through now
  
• Grimwick’s chest not resetting for clients in multiplayer - can now loot as needed
  
• Fireball Tome now has sound when it hits something
  
• Tomek’s dialog to reflect the village status
  
• A multiplayer issue where shop items were able to be purchased infinitely
  
• An issue with the Gatekeeper allowing you to skip part of the quest upon defeating him, then being stuck in the quest
  
• Gatekeeper no longer gets stuck on raised crystals
  
• Basic staff attack now shows damage numbers
  
• Gatekeeper’s eye should stay attached to its body now
  
• Gatekeeper can be damaged by all players in multiplayer
  
• Gatekeeper and Shades no longer aggro ghosts in the area
  
• Gatekeeper can now be damaged by all weapons, not just ranged
  
• Bardic Inspiration quest marks the correct spot now
  
• Can no longer swap tomes to cast the new tome with the last tome’s magic and cast speed
  
• Missing word in Pesky Ghost quest
  
• Purified staff not healing
  
• Boss battle music is now attached to the Music sound slider to be able to be adjusted
  
• Torches in Ramshackle now the correct lights
  
• Mask stall in Sleepy Haven now has collisions
  

Our annual Witch's Eve Festival has arrived in Tirawyn!

Be sure to visit Hope Harbor on Azura as well as Moonberry Farms in the Farmlands and Sleepy Haven in the Sleeping Glade. All available seasonal items from the last two years are available again along with plenty of new items to collect. Don't forget to grab your costumes and masks and head around town to trick or treat to earn candy and exchange for tickets.





Ping Perfect is our official server provider for Swords 'n Magic and Stuff. You can head to https://pingperfect.com/gameservers/swords-n-magic-and-stuff-server-hosting.php to sign up for your own always-up server for your family and friends to play on using their super simple dashboard. Later this week we'll be launching our very own official servers via Ping Perfect so you'll always have a place to meet up with friends.


[h2]Here's the patch notes for this update:[/h2]

New:

• Witch’s Eve vendors in Moonberry
  
• Witch’s Eve seasonal items being sold
  

Improved:

• Pets no longer block your projectiles when fighting
  
• Pets are faster now and can keep up with you on a mount
  
• When dismantling a pet house, the pet is now dismissed
  
• The new greenhouse no longer has a floor so you can use dirt plots in them
  
• Grimwick - after first defeat, cheaper to redo and has repeatable loot options
  
• Watering cans quality now affects the watering radius
  
• Pet houses spawn pets above the floor inside houses
  
• Input settings menu for both keyboard/mouse and controller
  
• A tome that spawns helpful creatures - they now have better aggro and attack
  
• Wasp Companion is now far more aggressive and attacks faster
  
• Smashable pots in the Farmlands and Sleeping Glade with their own loot table
  
• Switched to dynamic navigation for our AI for improved path finding
  

Fixed:

• Bellows not adhering to sound controls
  
• Beekeeper’s Lodge no longer has the door stuck through the ceiling
  
• Various spelling errors
  
• Sleeping actually restores your health and magic
  
• Mooki Feathers deciding to delete themselves after logging out
  
• Quest board typos
  
• While dead, you no longer hear sounds from all over the world
  
• Various typos in item descriptions
  
• First person view not rendering items properly
  
• Some foliage that was not visible on some graphics settings
  
• Duplicated mushrooms in a cave
  
• Vendors no longer reset their sell menu at midnight, now at 7am
  
• Magic bar not showing the correct amount of magic increase with two staves equipped
  
• Portal from Astral Plane back to Farmlands not working
  
• The corruption in Windless Woods now disappears after killing all three shade instead of just one
  
• Dedicated Server owner’s now have admin rights for plots
  
• Dreg’s dialog and requirements for his quest
  

Spooky Friday, friends!

As we get closer to Witch's Eve, we get the question over and over of "are all the previous seasonal items going to be available again this year?" The answer is YES! Any weapon, furniture item, food, recipe, outfit, etc. that has been available the past two years WILL be available again. So if you missed out on anything, you still have a chance to grab it. There will also be NEW items available this year. It's a two week event, so plan your time! (Reminder: Witch's Eve is October 19th through November 2nd)



In other news, we've been working on some quality of life bug fixes and improvements along with Witch's Eve. One improvement is with watering cans. Now when you upgrade their quality, they can water a bigger radius. So all of you that upgraded your watering can just for fun, now have a purpose!

Another improvement was made to our Grimwick battle. Not only did the requirements for redoing the fight after defeating him change (reduction in resources greatly), but we've added a lootable chest after defeating him, similar to how our Frostfall Golem works.

Louis has been working away at making controller support more friendly. He's changed up quite a bit and it's getting to a better configuration to start with. This is still being worked on, so I don't have too many details yet.

Last notable improvement for the week is looking into a better way to split stacks that is move intuitive. While we've also been adding more tutorial cards, we want to try to make systems that make sense. Splitting stacks is a quest we get asked often, so we're looking into what we can do.

[h2]We're excited to announce our new partnership with Ping Perfect.[/h2] Ping Perfect is our official server provider for Swords 'n Magic and Stuff. You can head to https://pingperfect.com/gameservers/swords-n-magic-and-stuff-server-hosting.php to sign up for your own always-up server for your family and friends to play on using their super simple dashboard. Later this month we'll be launching our very own official servers via Ping Perfect so you'll always have a place to meet up with friends.


To end today's digest, I wanted to let you all know about this month's community event! We'll be hanging out on Discord playing the Witch's Eve update on Sunday, October 23rd at 11am PST. I'm excited to get all the decor and decorate my house for Witch's Eve. See you all there!

-Janna