Uadjet says: Hello and welcome to the Developer's Q&A! This is an out-of-character meeting where you can hear about the development of the game and ask the Dev and GM teams any questions you might have. If you do have any questions, please line up at the lecterns in front of the stage.
Damola says: No dev here since quite a while… but I bet they are busy developing as usual.
Uadjet says: Talad sure is.
Damola says: Yeah.
Uadjet says: I know a few others are still hard at work too. Eonwind and Zunna.
Damola says: I wonder the total time he did on live streams. I would not be surprised in case it would be 500 hours or more.
Damola says: And then all the work he does when not on livestream.
Kifunstus says: 650 streams averaged at 4 hours or so a stream
Damola says: Oh, then make that 2000-3000 hours.
Relef says: talad has always worked hard on the game, im just hoping he doesnt burn himself out
Kifunstus says: thats only what he has streamed
Anysu says: May there be no server crashes for Dev met today.
Uadjet says: And ther are prospects working on art as well, though as that's not been posted in #general I can't say much other than that it exists.
Gonger says: Some streams were close to 10 hours even.
Kifunstus says: Talad collabourates with us on stream
Kifunstus says: and if your around while hes working on your bug listings, he works with you
Relef says: to be honest i dont know much about the state of everything right now since i just came back to the game
Uadjet nods. "He's good at that. Dives right in and fixes bugs and actually listens when you tell him something isn't working right."
Kifunstus says: Talad is still constructing the Full Dome, and working on UI friendliness before public release
Kifunstus says: the Dome is soo big
Uadjet says: Not that I'm trashing other games where Devs don't listen to and interact with players. No, not at all.
Relef says: hmm ok, how long is the estimate till the beta release? or is it the beta release now, if so how long till the actual
Gonger says: What do you mean? There are other games???
Gonger looks confused.
Relef says: you know
Relef says: chess
Relef says: tic tac toe, other games
Damola chuckles
Kifunstus says: I would describe the unreal enginge at alpa 2.5 , close to 3, after bug tested 3, i would assume beta equivalent
Anysu grins at Gonger
Relef says: cause i have to know when i can force my dad to come back to play planeshift
Kifunstus says: they been working hard on the Random Events Generator, that others can put together small random events to pop up around the world
Relef says: like building an actual bridge across bd instead of carpets?
Kifunstus says: that is player made bridge no ?
Relef says: ye stalfos made a carpet bridge
Uadjet says: Or is PSU it's version 0.7.17, I think.
Relef says: would be a nice event to make an actual bridge of it
Relef says:
Uadjet says: I don't have a timetable. PSU is ready when it's ready.
Migg says: 0.7.18
Kifunstus says: PSU 1.0 would be first release
Relef says: hmm alright
Kifunstus says: got your diet in check Korko ?
Korko says: Yup!
>Kifunstus Zyziferous smiles at Korko Piatronulet
Uadjet says: So, if there are no immediate questions I'll give a quick summary of what's been worked on in the last two weeks. If you do have a question, run up to the lecterns in front of the stage.
Korko says: I do slip up sometimes but I not as often
Damola says: Yeah, Uadjet, go ahead.
Damola says: Looking forward to a 0.7.19
Damola grins
Uadjet says: If you've been following the streams, you'll know that Ojaveda is expanding rather rapidly.
Damola says: Nice.
Uadjet says: Talad has been working on new buildings, so it's not going to be the same structures as the exisitng city copied over.
Korko says: ooh
Kifunstus says: the windmill's spin and the cloth sails wave
Uadjet says: I don't think he's posted the picture to #general, but I think he nailed the granaries.
Uadjet says: Each section is dominated by one tribe, so they're slightly different. Made of sandstone, of course, but they'll have different 'feels' about them.
Anysu says: Sound interesting.
Thosor says: furniture covered in rope and rugs to scratch on.
Kifunstus says: more civilized than that Thosor
Uadjet says: A bit, but at least some sections have hammocks.
Uadjet says: Talad has been working on banners as well. He had some in today's stream, as there will be different ones for each tribe of Enkidukai.
Anysu says: Nice!
>Migg Ellorean nods in agreement with Anysu Atani.
Uadjet says: That will add some extra decoration for the city walls, for one thing.
Uadjet says: Sandstone is nice, but the color gets a bit monotonous.
Kifunstus says: he needs more sandstone textures i guess
Uadjet says: The city walls have decorations on them already, so changing the texture isn't simple.
Damola says: They could be a bit more varied in color. Consider houses of different age. The effect of the crystal's light during the years. And of rain and so on.
Migg says: what? it rains in Oja?
Relef says: well sandstone walls are pretty monotonous, they usually just get interesting with gravings or banners irl to
Thosor says: Snowed on me there.
Kifunstus says: oja supplies much grains and rice
Uadjet says: Weather is currently random everywhere, but in PSU it will be possible to set weather to happen or not happen in some areas.
Uadjet nods to Relef. "We could find different sandstone textures to add some variety though. No reason it all needs to be the same color."
Damola says: Still even in Oja it rains at times. At least when Damola or that alchemist she worked with summons a rain there.
Damola grins
Relef says: ye the northside of sandstone walls is usually darker cause more shade so less dry
Relef says: is it still gonna be possible to get on top of all the walls?
Kifunstus says: there is a new mantle system for climbing in PSU
Anysu says: Ohhh yes like to climb the walls.
Korko says: It's gonna be back :0?
Uadjet says: Quite possibly. Talad did one cluster of houses built atop one another, and they get pretty close to the top of the walls.
Uadjet says: Might require a mount to make the jump.
Relef says: ok, fun parkours
Kifunstus says: currently in PSU mounts no longer jump further than you
Relef says: isnt that kinda weird
Damola says: eh.
Damola says: We need far jumping mounts.
Kifunstus says: well my drifter hovers , not bouncing
Damola says: For mischief of all kinds.
Kifunstus says: rivnek is in next update
Anysu nods at Damola
>Anysu Atani grins impishly.
Thosor says: my rivnek never worked, drifter does.
Relef says: i have a summon drifter that summons my rivnak
Relef says: xd
Relef says: gotta love shortcuts
Korko says: Is the team doing ok? I hope there isn't too much pressure with developing PSU
Kifunstus says: The team is understaffed with skilled people
Kifunstus says: but they seem to be doing ok , they also seem to push themselves a bit
Korko says: ouh
Uadjet says: And Talad is commissioning people to help with art.
Kifunstus says: Talad needs a good sound person
Gonger says: We had some discussions about advertising, because new players will also mean new developpers.
Korko says: like sound effect person?
Kifunstus says: yes sound effects person
Relef says: im horrible with textures and sound effects hmm
Gonger says: But right it is difficult - how to advertise PSU when people cannot try it?
Gonger says: *right now
Relef says: how is amdeneir in unreal?
Kifunstus says: there is a massive host of NPC's to fabricate for the new towns and the rest of Oja
Damola says: Relef, wonderful.
Uadjet says: Bigger, and better!
Damola says: It is much bigger. Has a complete new area.
Korko says: Maybe they could enjoy the current version and when they hear the migration to unreal they might give a hand. I doubt that the core rp-heavy mmo is going to change and I haven't heard of many so far.
Relef says: thats nice to hear, then the university might get more visitors
Damola says: And fish ponds. And… a special mine and and and
Relef says: nice
Korko says: but I hope you guys won't promise too much either
Kifunstus says: I suggested they hold off getting people in until the Dome is shaped. not fun for a new player to have the world your learning to navigate just change on you
Korko says: I've heard that it's a common mistake games fall into
Uadjet says: We currently have maybe 30% of Amdeneir. In PSU there's the lower section, containing the pterosaur towers, market, warehouses, and so forth, plus the nicer section with the university and vigesimi tower.
Uadjet says: Oh, and the elevated section, with the magic shop.
Relef says: nice nice
Relef says: did anything new release in this version since i went away?
Relef says: i think like 6months ago or 7
Kifunstus says: yes there was 1 release, i cannto remember what thou
Kifunstus says: the next release coming is big
Uadjet says: So I just checked megascans, and there are sandstone materials on there. Also found a few ways to make sandstone using procedural nodes in Blender. So that's easy to do.
Kifunstus says: the next update has UI updates, Bug fixes, character creation Fixes, Tree City , Oja Expansion, Irifon River and lots of landscaping, that I am aware of
Kifunstus says: the Dryken plane was released in the last update
Relef says: oh ye
Uadjet says: For new release notes, the News and Rules section of the forum has those.
Kifunstus says: a starting places for new characters arriving in Yliakum , but there was plenty of bugs that I think will be addressed in the update
Relef says: uadjet
Relef says: blackroot is still bugged, since his release xd
Relef says: i moved him again 2 days ago
Kifunstus says: did you post it on Flyspray ?
Relef says: i dont know flyspray
Kifunstus says: you can get there from planeshift.it
Relef says: hmm, once i wanna beat blackroot properly without bugging him out
Migg says: I never managed to create an account in flyspray
Kifunstus says: i had to make a second flyspry account, dunno what happened to my first, couldnt get email support
Uadjet says: auto-generated emails are an issue, that's true.
Uadjet says: I'll see what I can figure out with Blackroot.
Uadjet says: The only bug I see regarding it is about the player getting teleported to an invalid position.
Relef says: oh some spells still let him move (terror)
Relef says: and i dont know if its intentional but there is 0 way of getting away from him
Relef says: appart from ofcourse casting terror
Uadjet says: Hmm. I doubt it's meant to be inescapable.
Uadjet says: I'll test it out with a character that doesn't have 5k in each skill and see what I can find out.
Relef says:
Uadjet says: So, Talad also recreated a shrine, and he's working on placing those around the map.
Uadjet says: And he's also done more work on the random encounters.
Uadjet says: He did work on NPC bards most recently.
Uadjet says: So one of those might show up in a tavern while you're in there.
Damola says: And play a song?
Damola says: THat is nice.
Gonger says: Interesting.
Uadjet nods.
Uadjet says: Precisely!
Uadjet says: And you can interact with them.
Thosor says: a hat to throw tria in?
Damola says: And can you interact with the bard? Give a tip? Or something like that?
Gonger says: Can players submit songs to the bards' playlists?
Uadjet says: I didnt' see a hat, though it's a good idea.
Damola says: Ah, you wrote already.
Kifunstus says: the event generator is still in the construction phase, lots of tools to add for the creators of events to use yet
Uadjet says: Submitting songs would be nice, and I'm sure it's possible. I don't think you can give a bard a music score and have them play it, though.
Kifunstus says: the NPC bards get to cheat and use .wav files
Anysu says: Can one choose not to have random event happen to them?
Korko says: that would be so funny
Uadjet says: You don't have to interact with the randomly generated characters if you don't want to.
Uadjet says: Although a randomly generated maulberlord might have something to say about that.
Kifunstus says: random events includes a treasure chest and puzzles/monsters to fight to find it
Uadjet says: Hopefully those won't appear in taverns alongside the bards, though.
Kifunstus says: we already have vilenaughts in the tavern lol
Uadjet says: Yeah, Kifunstus has it right. It's a wide variety of things that can happen.
Damola says: As I played Morrowind with OpenMW I always liked it that the guards are actually doing something. When you did something that is not allowed there, they ran after you and put you in jail unless you were able to pay.
Relef says: vilenauts, bards, soon zac comes taking a drink
Kifunstus says: im sure Zak gets everything they need bought to their diamond sanctum
Relef says: in skyrim if you ran to fast against a chicken guards will attack you
Relef says: i think this game has few bugs compared to skyrim
Damola says: Random events are really a nice addition, of course it needs a balance.
Uadjet says: Here guards just yell at you if you have a weapon equipped.
Kifunstus says: there are tools for present skill totals, and individual skill totals, to balance what spawns where
Relef says: yes, we dont want an npc we need for a quest to be off 24/7 just cause he randomly got into random events for a week
Kifunstus says: ohh the random events create new NPC's for it
Uadjet says: Oh, these are new NPCs.
Uadjet says: What Kif said.
Relef says: the new npcs dont have quests?
Relef says: or are they temporary npcs
Kifunstus says: the new NPCs are new randomly generated event processes or mini quests
Uadjet says: Although if it got rid of the shouting ladies in Amdeneir's theatre I wouldn't mind. I get an earful every time I wander by.
Kifunstus says: and then they despawn
Damola says: Oh, so it is always a completely new bard?
Damola says: For example.
Relef says: do they despawn while you are doing the quest
Kifunstus says: When PSU gets published on Mega games, there is going to be a tremendous amount of population traffic
Relef says: or how does that happen
Kifunstus says: Relef, when it times out or complete
Relef says: okay
Relef says: are there a lot of new questlines with the new part of ojaveda?
Kifunstus says: its only city construction currently , many NPCs to create
Relef says: hmm okay
Uadjet says: I'm still working on adding NPCs to Amdeneir. I'll start with Ojaveda when I'm done with that.
Kifunstus says: one could say Talad is working on getting the backbone of PSU setup, so many creators and artists can then populate the formed Dome
Relef says: i know im asking a lot since you are only just working on city construction, but i would love more quests that explain more characteristics of races
Kifunstus says: You could add to Jayose's library
Relef says: like at the moment quests are mostly errands, but nothing that actually gives knowledge about some races behaviour
Kifunstus says: maybe the basic quests, the more advanced quests hint at characteristics and behaviours of groups
Relef says: i know what klyros do but i dont know anything of other races, even things that are probably considered basic knowledge
Kifunstus says: dwarves want beer in basic quests
Uadjet says: That's fair. I add things like that to events, but it's a bit harder to add it to quests. I'll try adding some quests that explore the lore more thoroughly if I can. Currently the Quests section of the new towns/cities is fairly vague.
Damola says: I am really looking forward to 0.7.19 or maybe it will be 0.8 considering all the changes you wrote about before.
Kifunstus says: 19 Damola
Korko says: things will be added when time comes
Kifunstus says: me and some freinds looking forward to testing some PVP and magics
Relef says: i actually love the planeshift lore, just asking cause i wanna get to know it more ingame
Relef says: well pvp is really unfair at the moment
Damola says: There is a point in what Relef says. I did not really learn much about Nolthrir for example during questing. That written, I did not yet complete all questions in PS CS.
Kifunstus says: the combat and casting system is different in PSU
Relef says: im talking about the spells, i know a spell that prevents people from casting spells
Damola says: Will be interesting to see how PSUnreal takes into account what questions you already did in PS CS. I bet there have been quite some changes and some quests or quest lines might have to be redone?
Relef says: and another one that prevents attacking
Damola says: *what quests I mean
Kifunstus says: Quests were changed since I played CS and returned a few months ago
Relef says: i know i still have almost all quests done that dont require more skills off me
Kifunstus says: stats unlock skills in PSU
Kifunstus says: combat is free form
Kifunstus says: powered spells are charged
Gova says: I'm stuck on 398 quests on the moment, so more would be nice!
Relef says: you know what i would also love as new content
Relef says: things like magic and music combined
Kifunstus says: you mean like blessed litany ? where you hear a chorus while the spell is cast
Uadjet says: In PSU it should be easier to give out books as rewards. There's a bug in Legacy that makes it... unwise, to give out auto-generated books. That's why I copy things into blank books before giving them out to players.
Relef says: that you need to hold a glyph in the other hand or something while playing certain songs to cast a stronger version of that spell
Kifunstus says: there is a mini game like a golf swing in other games to casts spells above 0 power
Kifunstus says: and you can over charge and fail cast
Thosor says: how do you play a lute with one hand?
Relef says: was just an example, theres other ways to include magic glyphs with music
Kifunstus says: there is an #ideas Channel on discord Relef
Kifunstus says: Uadjet is just here to let us know about current progress on PSU
Damola says: Any further Q or update? Otherwise… I'd likely call it a day.
Relef says: yes im just saying
Uadjet says: Yeah, adding that is beyond my skills.
Uadjet says: But as Damola said, we're past teh hour. Any more questions?
Kifunstus says: we understand the enthuziasm Relef
Damola concludes "Even GM has limited power."
Relef says: hmm
Kifunstus says: nice to see you all
Anysu nods at Kifunstus
Korko says: that sure was a meeting
Migg says: Thank you!
Damola says: Take care.
Migg says: Bye all!
Korko says: bye bye :-)
Uadjet says: Then we'll see you all again at the next meeting in two weeks!
Anysu Atani bows to Anysu's Small Table.
Anysu laughs
Anysu says: Bye

Uadjet says: Hello and welcome to the Developer's Q&A! This is an out-of-character meeting where you can hear about the development of the game and ask the Dev and GM teams any questions you might have. If you do have any questions, please line up at the lecterns in front of the stage.
Uadjet says: So, if there are no immediate questions, I'll give a bit of an update on what's been going on behind the scenes.
Uadjet says: Migg?
Migg says: Not really questions
Migg says: the forum had an issue with its credentials but it was still accessible through HTTPS
Migg says: Now it seems some assets will not load when you use https
Migg says: it will load correctly if you use http though
Migg says: that was the first
Migg says: the second is that, since I have no access to flyspray, I have reported some bugs as petitions in PSU
Migg says: idk if someone sees them,, does the petition system work?
Migg says: so this is a question
Uadjet says: Ah, I'll check those next time I'm logged in.
Migg says: OK, so yes
Uadjet says: I think petitions work, but I haven't been checking them. I have /managepetitions in my autoexec, so I'm not used to opening that manually.
Uadjet says: Okay, so last we chatted Talad was working on Raurim, correct?
Uadjet says: The Dermorian village.
Migg says: with the treehouses!
Uadjet says: That's the one.
Uadjet says: Talad did a lot of work on what I previously called the Wonky Tree, and it's looking much better. Far more tree-like, if you will.
Damola says: So the Dermorians can hope for a stable village that does not break down under their feet?
Uadjet says: A beta version of the village may be ready for the next release.
Damola says: Nice!
Migg says: cool!
Uadjet says: See, this is what Talad does when he needs a break from coding and bugfixing: He builds us a new village!
Damola says: I have been toying around with swimming in lake in Delver (or was it Delving). It basically works, but needs some refinements.
Damola says:
Uadjet says: The town is Delver. The Stonehammer city is Delving. And yes, it's unnecessarily confusing.
Hulla says: but good for the map seller
Damola says: Quite confusing the names. Delver and Delving. I do my best to tell them apart.
Migg says: Remember that the stonehammers keep delving deeper and deeper
Damola says:
Uadjet says: So Talad working on the tree itself, and the landscape around the tree.
Damola says: I love to explore in PSUnreal. Nature just looks so much more beautiful than in PS CS.
Uadjet says: I prefer the name Araloth kel'Maren, but maybe that's a bit long for casual use.
Uadjet says: So, once Talad was done with that (and some bugfixing) he switched to working on hair.
Uadjet says: Not in real life.
Uadjet says: He's not taken up hairstyling.
Uadjet says: In game.
Uadjet says: This game.
Uadjet says: He's also not trying to convince Minsc to grow his hair out and try a nice bouffant.
Uadjet says: The Ylian female model now has more than once hair option, with multiple colours.
Uadjet says: Now that he's done that, it'll be easier to add other hair styles to the other races.
Uadjet says: Some are badly in need of update.
Hulla says: can the player change their hair in game in the futur ?
Uadjet says: You can now, and I assume that will continue to be true.
Uadjet says: Just visit the hairstylist and you can choose a new cut and colour.
Hulla says: and chating ?
Hulla says: nice
Uadjet says: Talad moved on from that to work on character creation for a bit, and then on to Factions.
Uadjet says: Factions will be different in PSU. Some will just be the current factions with new names, but some will be new.
Uadjet says: Some old ones will be retired too, because they don't make sense. Like Ulbernaut faction.
Anysu says: or rat faction
Uadjet says: Talad also worked on treasure chests, and made a script that will make it much easier to add random chest contents in the future.
Damola demands Pterosaur faction.
Gova says: I'm -40 rat and proud of it!
Haviland says: I don't think that ulbernaut faction is a bad idea
Migg says: I don't mind rat faction, they hate me anyway
Haviland says: or rat faction
Hulla says: and high level faction can give some reward to players
Gova says: But ulbernauts attack everything, so everyone is at -100 faction with them.
Haviland says: if faction is high they should attack more aggressiv (from a greater distance and more often)
Migg says: I am 20 with Ulbernauts
Migg says: but then that's probably bbecause of Ulbie
Uadjet says: Oh, yes. There will be rewards for having high faction. It sounds complex to me, but there are ranks and titles for organizations, which don't necessarily match up to a skill. So the cooking faction might love you even if your skill is only 17, if you do enough nice stuff for them.
Migg says: Why would rats be able to remember you?
Uadjet says: Precisely, Migg. The creature factions have been defunct for some time now, as no quests give them. Those only appear on older characters.
Uadjet says: And after Talad did all of that, he moved on to working on Ojaveda. The parts that don't exist in Legacy.
Damola says: Damola has only -5 with rats. And also 20 with Ulbernauts.
Hulla says: are you already in the proces of making ( tons ) of new quest ?
Migg says: he is speechless!
Uadjet says: Heh, not quite speechless.
Uadjet says: I'm working on quests for Delver and Homestead right now, along with rewriting the lockpicking quests I did a few years ago to take advantage of the new chests script.
Hulla says: look like some farmer need help for the disepear cow in a near futur
Migg says: Would be nice to have some bard or musician somewhere
Uadjet says: I also wasted some time working on an iridescence shader for PSU. Not sure if there will ever be a use for it, but it's fun to do.
Migg says: How about the radiant river and lake?
Migg says: or not a good use for these?
Uadjet says: Those are a sector over on the far side of Ojaveda, and I think the plan is to fill the currect sectors then work on a sector or two on the next level down.
>Migg Ellorean picked up a Closed Dark Wood Barrel
Migg says: well, whenever
Hulla says: perhaps my old dream to finaly USE the winch can be real
Uadjet says: I think we're all looking forward to actually riding that thing.
Anysu says: To ride the Winch be great.
>Anysu Atani cheers happily!
Migg says: Young people these days!! noone wants to walk!
Damola wants to fly there by Pterosaur
Uadjet says: But for Ojaveda, the full city can be seen in PSU or the streams. Talad is working on making actual buildings, instead of the rectangles and cones which exist now.
Anysu says: Flying be cool as well
Gova says: Heck yeah!
Uadjet says: That's 5 km down, so walking down ramps and tunnels would take a long time. How steep a decline could the ramps be?
Glorgal says: i have an rpg adventure module where the math has already been done. i'll try to find it.
Glorgal says: also, perhaps there could be hidden/secret factions that the players cannot see, which determines some reactions.
Uadjet says: I think Delving is 50m deep, and the road from top to bottom was something like 370 meters. That's just over 7m of road for every 1m down. If the ramp on the edge is the same steepness then it'll be at least 40km or so of ramps and tunnels. Not a fun walk.
Uadjet says: I can think of at least one faction whose membership will be completely secret, and a few more whose membership might be surprising.
Migg says: dark *cough cough* flame *cough*
Glorgal says: i found it: in the game, a pit is 15,000 feet deep. 550 feet diameter. a spiral descends 150 feet, with the distance walked being 1730 feet so to travel the full depth of the pit is a 33 mile walk
Migg says: Oh, just noticed! The staff shimmers in my inventory, but not here!
An arm reaches out and grabs Migg, pulling him into the shadows.
Uadjet says: Some things should not be mentioned.
Anysu says: Thought it was black flame not dark
Glorgal says: :-D first rule of _____ _____
Migg says: It's dark in here!
Damola protests "I say Dark Flame and whatever other name whenever I like."
Glorgal bursts into song. *we don't talk about _____ _____ no no no no no...*
Damola says: Black flame! Lord Voldemort. I do not fear you.
Damola grins
Migg says: Spam spam spam, bbeautifull spam!
Damola says: Anything else on topic left?
Migg says: Couldn't help it, comes to me whenever dwarfs sing
Uadjet says: Or when doves cry. And now I have to listen to Prince. Not that doing so is a bad thing.
Uadjet says: So, any questions about all that?
Migg says: Well, dwarves here wear horned helms
Gova says: They make them look taller.
Glorgal says: i am a little confused about this crying dove thing. is that being actively worked on?
Gonger says: Which Prince song? Never really connected to him.
Migg says: so does everyone else you'll say, but I bet they brought them into fashion
Uadjet says: When Doves Cry.
Gonger says: Gova, may you understand one day that true size is nothing physical.
Anysu says: Clamavi De Profundis is a group that has sort of a medievil flare to it's music. Even dwarf songs/
Gonger says: I call from the Depths? Sounds like Dwarves, allright.
Anysu says: My D&D DM uses thier songs a bit.
Migg says: and an antiviral trait?
Gonger says: No... clamavi...is that imperfect?
Migg says: clamav
Gonger scratches his head, trying hard to remember his Latin lessons.
Anysu says: Yup Gonger. So is song loss of the Negakerdak... dwarves there in that song. Sorry got off topic.
Migg says: dwarves are never off topic
Glorgal says: dwarfs are a hot topic
Uadjet says: Since we're more interested in music, I think we can bring the meeting to a close.
Uadjet says: Thank you all for coming, and I'll see you at the next meeting in two weeks!

Uadjet says: Hello and welcome to the Developer's Q&A! This is an out-of-character meeting where you can hear about the development of the game and ask the Dev and GM teams any questions you might have. If you do have any questions, please line up at the lecterns in front of the stage.
Uadjet says: So, any questions off the bat? if so, step up in line behind Gonger.
Uadjet says: Gonger?
Gonger says: Greetings, not really a question, but a reminder. During one of the last meetings I mentioned that the Download part of the website can easily understood as obligatory payments for the game.
Gonger says: This did not change yet.
Uadjet nods. "You're right. I'll poke Talad about it right after sending in my latest infrvision/nightvision/watervision package so that he's in a good mood. "
Gonger says: Thanks.
Fliks says: sorry im late
Fliks says: and thanks
Fliks says: psu look great
Uadjet says: Okay, I'll give a little rundown of what Talad's been streaming about.
Fliks says: but the plate mail armor for enkies is untextured
Uadjet says: Oh, that was three weeks of streaming to summarize this time. Yikes!
Uadjet says: So he's pretty well done on achievements. He's got the triggers working, so players will be able to get the new ones in PSU.
Uadjet says: Some achivements will have to be redone, like the 'fish 7 types of fish" achievment.
Gonger says: We can live with that
Uadjet says: Ported players won't start with that type of thing because they only way would be to see what types of fish you have in storage, and you could just as easily have gained those in another way.
Uadjet says: The same goes for looted items. There will be some that look for a certain enchantment (like Masterwork), and others for items with a certain rarity.
Uadjet says: There are well over a hundred achievements now, so that'll keep people busy for a while!
Uadjet says: So after that he went on to Action locations. Those are pieces of the map that you can right-click on to get options. Like teleports, puzzles, and guild entraces.
Gonger says: If Talad is working on something like this - fun, but not crucial to the game - the official release must be getting closer?
Uadjet says: Oh, it is.
Uadjet says: And I think working on the non-critical stuff helps Talad keep his motivation up and looks good to potential players and even potential developers.
Uadjet says: That brings us to guildhouses. The lack of instances in Unreal causes a bit of an issue. Obviously guildhouses were being ported, but it was thought that items within them might need to be picked up by guildmembers and then placed in the new guildhouse in PSU.
Damola says: Yeah, the porting took a long time, completely understandably, but for some players it might be an disappointment, if it would just be an 1:1 port without anything new. But there already is a lot, really a lot of new stuff in PSU.
Uadjet says: Oh, the guildhouses will be on one level, but placed far enough apart that you can't get from one to another. Invisible collision barriers would make that certain, though I just realized that I don't know what happens if someone falls off the map. I'll ask Talad about that.
Damola says: I think it is important to recognize that for any kind of marketing we do.
Anysu says: Whoa myguildhouse has loads of things.. and to pick them all up!!
Damola says: I have been in The Family guild guild house and it looked quite okayish, rotation of some items was not right, but that was mentioned in the release notes.
Uadjet says: Talad found a solution to that. He's worked out a system where the items will be placed in the new guildhouses.
Anysu says: whew
Uadjet says: He spent quite some time on it, and other than some rotation issues it's working pretty well.
Gonger says: Great!
Damola says: Ah, that is nice, yeah, it seemed everything is there, I did not look into containers yet.
Uadjet says: Yeah, I deliberately didn't mention that he found a solution in the same post as mentioning the problem. Building up a little dramatic tension, you see.
Fliks says:
Anysu says: Yup that was heart stopping
Uadjet says: So it looks like the guildhouses in PSU will be just like they are in Legacy the first time you enter them. If there are any lingering rotation issues, I'll be able to help with those. I quite like helping people furnish their guildhouses, so don't hesitate to ask!
Gonger says: I almost fainted...
Anysu nods at Gonger
Migg says: I am missing some context here
Uadjet says: My initial plan was to take screenshots and then try to drag everything into place manually. Fortunately Talad figured out something better.
Uadjet says: Ah, for Migg I'll repost:
Uadjet says: That brings us to guildhouses. The lack of instances in Unreal causes a bit of an issue. Obviously guildhouses were being ported, but it was thought that items within them might need to be picked up by guildmembers and then placed in the new guildhouse in PSU.
Migg says: thank you
Uadjet says: Oh, the guildhouses will be on one level, but placed far enough apart that you can't get from one to another. Invisible collision barriers would make that certain, though I just realized that I don't know what happens if someone falls off the map. I'll ask Talad about that.
Uadjet says: Talad found a solution to that. He's worked out a system where the items will be placed in the new guildhouses.
Uadjet says: He spent quite some time on it, and other than some rotation issues it's working pretty well
Uadjet says: Yeah, I deliberately didn't mention that he found a solution in the same post as mentioning the problem. Building up a little dramatic tension, you see.
Uadjet says: That should cover it.
Migg says: So what was it that gave Gonger a heart attack?
Uadjet says: The possibility of having to redecorate the guildhouse from scratch, I think.
Migg says: Ah, OK
Gonger says: First, to carry all these items over...
Migg says: but given the amount of rotated objects in my guildhouse, rotation issues may be heartwrenching as well
Uadjet says: That was the likely scenario, then it was all items in a pile in the center of the guildhouse after I took screenshots of where everything was in every guildhouse, then it was Talad doing the math and figuring out a way to do it all himself.
Anysu says: Same with me.. having to gather all items in gh myself
Migg says: I mean, Jensa's craddle should be made from more than 50 items
Anysu says: EL is an older guild and has gathered many many items. And not many of us active to help move items.. never could get them all in my inventory
Migg says: not to mention all the rotation that went into creating walls, plumbing, decorations...
Uadjet says: Yeah, a lot of work went into those guildhouses.
Anysu says: Praise Talad for sorting it out!
Migg says: I can move a bit in the new PSU after upgrading my system
Migg says: I have more luck in the plane where things aren't loaded
Migg says: but Hydlaa crashes my game consistently
Uadjet says: So there's also the new Amdeneir guildhouse, which will be available day 1 in PSU. Some guilds might request having their guildhouse changed to that, especially those located in Amdeneir. That will be possible, though you will have to decorate from scratch. There's no way around that.
Fliks says: yeah hydlaa is corrput
Fliks says: corrupt*
Fliks says: yay guildhouses
Fliks says: me and my guild can no longer be homeless
Migg says: I get some GPU memory error, so wonder if there is a minimum amount of GPU memory required to play? Anyone know?
Migg says: And sorry for constantly changing the subject
Uadjet says: And on the topic of houses - not guildhouses - Nevarim has built a nice little Dermorian house. It's open to the world, so people can go in. Stream 636 is about that house.
Migg says: Go in as you go in the tavern?
Uadjet says: On linux? There's been a bug that causes crashes in Hydlaa for ages, though a fix may have been found.
Migg says: Yes, Linux
Migg says: but before the update I also crashed during character creation, so IDK
Migg says: I updated to latest Mesa and Vulkan I could find
Migg says: made things better but still can't run in Hydlaa
Uadjet says: Yes, Migg. Just like that. It's similar in size, I think, to the (not yurts, have to look it up on the wiki apologize for the delay) Ultics in Ojaveda.
Fliks says: when i did the "fix" it didnt do anything for me i till crash in hydlaa
Migg says: NPCs can now go inside such houses for the night instead of just waiting at the door
Migg says: And switching threads, what *is* the fix?
Uadjet nods. "It's a nice looking hut, so I think Dermorians will enjoy seeing a little bit of their architectural style in game."
Migg says: it's a hut for the wilderness, not a city house?
Uadjet says: And there is a place for a Dermorian town in PSU, in between Hydlaa and Oja but away from the edge. Maybe... 35% of the way towards the outer edge? 40%?
Uadjet says: Watch vid 636 and you'll get a much better idea of what it looks like than I could ever give here.
Damola says: Had no crash in Hydlaa with 0.7.18 so far, but crashes with upto I think 0.7.16
Migg says: If I move to another city here, will it carry over to PSU?
Uadjet says: So after Talad did all of that, he started working on Talents again. Specificall combat maneuvers. I have yet to watch the last three streams myself, due to having to do a full reinstall on my pc, the event, and taking a nap. I'll catch up shortly.
Uadjet says: @Migg: Only after the database is migrated over again.
Uadjet says: I can move you in PSU. You still count as online while you're crashing, and if I move you then it will actually change your location.
Thosor says: Do the maneuvers involve changing keys, such as the tab key functions?
Migg says: Thanks Uadjet, then I need to find you online?
Thosor says: To keep the mouse pointer from bottoming (or siding) out pressing tab gives you constant mouselook, but then does combat mode things.
Uadjet says: I can do it immediately after the meeting ends, if you like.
Migg says: Thanks!
Uadjet says: After the reinstall my PC is loading PSU much faster than before.
Jeranenie says: Windows ?
Uadjet says: I think Tab just toggles combat mode.
Uadjet says: Yeah
Jeranenie says: 10 or 11 ?
Damola says: GMs sleep? Awesome.
Damola grins
Damola says: I don't like the mouse look at all.
Damola says: CS PS does not look mouse to window.
Damola says: *lock I mean.
Uadjet says: @Damola We sleep on occasion. Often during Dev Q&As, when there are Devs around to talk.
Fliks says: i liked it when you can turn wich way your facing useing the keys
Fliks says: its much nicer then the mouse look
>Thosor Riereri nods at Fliks Clawrer.
Fliks says: fgor me it stops me form doing so much as i do alot of thing will runnung somwhere
Uadjet says: I think that fuction could be added in. It is nice to have keys just to turn which way you're facing.
Damola says: long time no dev around to talk though
Thosor says: Maneuverability while fighting a beast is very difficult.
Uadjet says: They are around, just not at meetings.
Uadjet says: Oh! Eonwind and Zunna are currently working on the faction system.
Damola says: Yeah, I think player preferences are different, but I found PS Unreal more difficult to navigate than CS PS. Part of it may be habit. But I really dislike locking the mouse to the window.
Uadjet says: It'll be a bit different, and more meaningful to play.
Damola says: Nice.
Damola says: ^ faction system
Uadjet says: And one of the tasks that Talad is hoping someone will take on is coming up with NPCs for the towns of Delver and Homestead. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
Uadjet says: I've been trying to populate Amdeneir myself.
Uadjet says: Not like that! Don't make it dirty!
Thosor says: just no more tax collectors
Mylenae says: Delver is a mining town?
Uadjet says: But I've been coming up with a list of roles for people in the city, and it wasn't too hard. If you want to create an NPC or two for a small farming town you can say so now or put the information in a petition.
Thosor says: A small drinking town with a fishing problem.
Migg says: a town's character can be helpful to set the tone
Uadjet nods.
Uadjet says: It's a farming town, I think. But it has both a windmill and a waterwheel.
Mylenae says: Delver, or Homestead?
Uadjet says: One could be for grain, but the other could be a water pump, or a sawmill, or for hammering metal, or weaving.
Migg says: A windmill and a watermill both need millers
Uadjet says: That was Delver. Homestead is atop a hill, which is a bit different.
Uadjet says: Good point, Migg.
Migg says: and if Delver is near a forest, a sawmill would be quite appropriate
Migg says: so throw in a lumberjack or two
Migg says: just not in high heels please
Mylenae says: A charcoal burner
Uadjet says: I've been looking at sawmills. There are some models out there that look pretty nice, and of course Skyrim had them.
Migg says: Ah, charcoal burner makes charcoal from wood?
Migg says: but they do it out in the open, near the wood source and away from towns
Mylenae says: yes. it's an occupation and a type of structure
Anysu says: A rat catcher. A drunk.
Uadjet says: Amdeneir has a drunk already, amusingly enough.
Migg says: conveniently tucked away though
Uadjet says: I'm also rebuilding a lock I made a year or more ago, to be used in the lockpicking minigame.
Anysu says: lockpicking,, yeah!!!
Uadjet says: It's a pin and tumbler lock that's been sawed in half. A lot like the elder scrolls online one, I think. Except mine isn't upside down.
Thosor says: Up and down sawmills were early versions of water powered ones.
Uadjet says: Okay, that's what the last three weeks have been about, development side. Any questions on that?
Uadjet says: No? In that case I think we can bring the meeting to a close. Thank you all for coming, and I'll see you at the next meeting in two weeks!
Gonger says: Thank you all.
Migg says: Thank you!
Uadjet says: Migg, I can log into PSU now, to rescue you from Hydlaa.
>Gova Liernan cheers happily!
Anysu says: Thank you for update and all you do Uadjet.
Migg says: Thanks, will log out here to open it
Migg says: Bye all!
>Anysu Atani salutes Uadjet with respect.
>Anysu Atani grins at Anysu's Small Table impishly.
>Anysu Atani bows to Anysu's Small Table.
Anysu says: lol
Damola says: Thank you.
Anysu says: Bye all
>Anysu Atani lets out a hearty laugh!

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If it's just decals it might work. There are more complicated versions that make actual footprints by deforming the ground, but that's likely too big a drain on resources to use.

Uadjet says: Hello and welcome to the Developer's Q&A! This is an out-of-character meeting where you can hear about the development of the game and ask the Dev and GM teams any questions you might have. If you do have any questions, please line up at the lecterns in front of the stage.
Uadjet says: Question, Migg?
Migg says: well it's about flyspray
Migg says: I have tried to create an account there but failed multiple times
Migg says: I do get a note saying I have been sent an activation e-mail
Migg says: but I never receive anything
Migg says: is it something I am doing wrong?
Uadjet says: I seem to recall a post on the forum recently saying the same thing. I'll poke Talad about the activation emails.
Migg says: Yes, that was me but never got a reply
Migg says: I can't seem to manage to get PSU to run for more than 5 minutes before coredumping
Uadjet says: Ah, okay. I'll see if Talad knows anything about it.
Migg says: wanted to open a bug about it
Migg says: Thanks!
Constrabus says: If its Linux, message me on Discord, might be able to help
Uadjet says: There have been issues with confirmation emails before, and I think it's the same server.
Migg says: It is Linux, but I'm not on Discord
Constrabus says: Lets chat some other way
Constrabus says: Ill message you
Uadjet says: Ferral?
Ferral says: i have a question
Ferral says: how do i identify something
Ferral says: i have a round shield that is ancient, magical, or has special characteristics, but it says it must be identified
Uadjet says: There are two spells that can do that, with the weaker spell only working on some items.
Migg says: Ah
Migg says: You can ask Gonger to do it for you, should be others ccan help you as well
Gonger says: Yeah.
Gonger says: No problem
Gonger says: For this kind of question, you can use "channels" chat also.
Ferral says: I will ask when this is over . thank you
Uadjet says: You're learning the right Way for those spells, at least.
Uadjet says: So I'll give you a brief update. Talad has been working on the Dungeon for the last few weeks, as I mentioned in the last meeting.
Thosor says: looks nice, in a bad way
Migg says: There was a post with a suggestions for that
Migg says: hope Talad doesn't make the dungeon that hard
Uadjet says: He's using a package from the Unreal Store with a lot of different modular pieces that you can assemble to make dungeons. He had to adapt some thing to make them work, but I think he's finished that part.
Gonger says: I think everybody has 100 ideas for a new dungeon...
Thosor says: Of course...
Uadjet says: Those who have been keeping up on the streams know he's been adding things like secret passages and traps.
Uadjet says: And the ability to spot them!
Thosor says: The scary female klyros
Uadjet says: So Find Traps will be an actual thing in PSU!
Uadjet says: She's no scarier than the male Klyros. Less spiky wings.
Thosor says: Just in the ambience of the dungeon, and her expression.
Migg doesn't think Gova is scary
Gova says: How about if I spread my wings and cast a bat-like shadow over people?
Uadjet says: So for new and even existing dungeons there will be little 'extras' for you to keep an eye out for.
Migg says: You could also paint your rivnak black, with a yellow bat painted on its side
Gonger says: So finally what Talad is doing is not a pure port to Unreal Engine, but more a new version that is running on Unreal Engine.
Migg says: so apart from the usual monsters you will have to keep an eye for traps as well?
Thosor says: unreal just crashed my system'
Uadjet says: Well, it's a port plus extras.
Gonger says: Yes, Uadjet.
Uadjet says: Because of the vastly larger map size there are a lot of areas that can only aspire to have something in them.
Uadjet says: So to avoid the emptiness being disappointing to players, little towns or dungeons or whatnot get added in.
Uadjet says: Plus adding new things is typically more fun to do and watch than bugfixing, I think. That generates more interest and keeps Talad from burning out.
Uadjet says: When he's doing 99% of the work, it's very reassuring to hear him laughing while working on the game.
Gonger says: Are there tools that would help with creating, say a small village?
Gonger says: Or would it become a major project that you cannot do alone?
Uadjet says: Talad's done it alone a couple times now.
Gonger says: What I mean is, if I decide to build a small village, or a farm to fill some space, can I do it more or less alone?
Uadjet says: Basically, there are both existing assets from Legacy and new assets either from the Unreal store or things that have been built by the Devs.
Uadjet says: You can absolutely do it alone!
Gonger says: Great. I think this information needs to be spread.
Uadjet says: Heck, there are tutorials online for making things like farms, and you can reuse the assets Talad used to make the farms he's already added.
Gonger says: So if someone is on holiday, they can spend x days to build something.
>Anysu just joined PlaneShift
>Gonger Xaraha waves at Anysu Atani
Anysu says: Thank you!!!
Uadjet says: And we do need more farmland. At some point you have to wonder where all of the food is coming from.
Anysu says: lol.. Right onto the table!!
Anysu says: Awesome!!!
Gonger says: I can give you the answer from Stonehammer point of view.
Uadjet says: I mean, in Skyrim the farms didn't grow enough food to support the people living on them, let alone the nearby cities!
Migg says: Would be nice if players could plant and grow things
Migg says: Planeshiftfille
Uadjet says: Quick recap: Talad's doing a massive dungeon with traps and secret doors that players can detect and bypass, so Find Traps will be an active skill. Also, players can make farms and towns if they want to.
Migg says: *Planeshiftville
Uadjet says: I've been looking at sod roofs for Dermorians. I think they'd like those.
Uadjet says: But that's easy.
Uadjet says: Just apply the grass to the rooftop.
Migg says: Aren't dermorians supposed to live in treehouses?
Uadjet says: And there are a few sample images - concept art, actually - for different racial styles in buildings.
Uadjet says: Mostly, but some buildings are on the ground iirc.
Migg says: so could be leaves covering the houses, but grass should do as well
Migg says: there are actual houses built that way
Uadjet says: I was picturing a leaves growing down from an upper branch forming the roofs of the buildings in the trees. If they can make the Water Tree then that should be simple.
Migg says: Is the tree of Xiosia transferable to PSU?
Uadjet says: And the main appeal of sod roofs is the fact that going into a town and seeing kormi on the roofs would be very cute and amusing.
Uadjet says: The one in the secret garden? Sure. It's a mesh like any other.
Migg says: Ah, so such assets transfer cleanly
Uadjet says: Yeah. Effects don't, but meshes and textures transfer just fine.
Uadjet says: Talad did mention recently sorting architecture by race instead of location, to make it easier to go with certain sytles. Like the houses in Hydlaa wouldn't be under Hydlaa, but under Ylian.
Uadjet says: That means we need more art for the different species!
Migg says: Stonehammer houses will be mines?
Uadjet says: Just found a lot of youtube tutorials on setting up working farms in unreal.
Migg says: I wonder if farms will be harvestable?
Migg says: like you go there at night and harvest some carrots ?
Thosor says: oh sure, come home from mining all day to a home in a mine.
Uadjet says: Well, Stonehammers do have towers too. Araloth kel'Maren is mostly underground, but the Pillars of Felim are carved into the wall of the stalactive. And Redstone is, I think, built in a large natural cave, so you see a lot of towers and bridges there.
Uadjet says: Hey, don't knock it! Just because it's underground doesn't mean it has to be cramped or dirty!
Anysu says: Kormi on roofs,,, cute.
Gonger says: "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit." And in the movies we see how lovely those hobbit holes are.
>Uadjet raises an arm and points towards Gonger Xaraha.
Anysu nods at Gonger
Uadjet says: See?!?!
Anysu says: I agree!
Migg says: they dug underground in their home planet to make their homes, should feel natural I would think
Anysu nods at Migg
Ferral says: as a nolthir, my home would be just as cosy under water as on land.
Thosor says: Hobbit homes are just built into an embankment, as I recall. The books, I can't remember my brain images.
Migg says: there are some images for these houses in the wiki that look stunning
Thosor says: embankment in movie, i mean
Ferral says: hobbits homes are listed as in mounds or within tree roots
Migg says: we don't have hobits in PSU
Migg says: or do we?
Thosor stops looking at pointy ears and looks for furry feet.
Anysu sits on her feet
Migg says: lol
Ferral says: i wwould say not. the stonehammers would be living in large citadels possibly
Anysu nods at Migg. lol
Thosor says: yes, those in stone housed don't throw glass
Thosor says: good way to break a beer mug
Uadjet says: The Stonehammer city concept art on their Race page is quite impressive.
Ferral says: i would like to see anything related to the nolthir homes. with possible water based farms
Anysu says: Water based farms, good idea for Nolthrir.
Uadjet says: There probably isn't much in the Unreal Marketplace for that, given that it's fairly unique, but there is plenty of underwater things to start with.
Thosor says: sea anenema plants
Uadjet says: I just found myself wondering what an underwater fence would be made of before realizing that a short fence is completely useless underwater.
Migg says: will it still be possible to wander underwater?
Uadjet says: There are underwater plants for unreal. And fish. We just have to be careful not to use anything that would put too much stress on peoples' computers.
Uadjet says: Ah, that leads me to what I've started working on.
Uadjet says: I wanted to do something in the Unreal Editor, so I found a few tutorials. Not basic "How to use Unreal" tutorials, because that would make too much sense.
Anysu nods at stress on computers with graphics
Uadjet says: I've got a decent infravision process working, so that races with infravision will see the heat of things around them. It's not done, as the Unreal Editor goes at a snail's pace on my PC, but it is working. I just have to make sure it's set up properly for use in PSU.
Uadjet says: It's actually much the same process as nightvision, which I will tackle next if the first turns out usable.
Uadjet says: Then there is underwater vision/effects, and heat distorion. So I may be able to add something to Unreal in the next few weeks.
Migg says: cool!
Uadjet says: Looking at it, I seem to recall that most races have some sort of enhanced vision. Except Stonehammers and Lemurs, who actually live underground.
Uadjet says: I'm assuming that will change.
Uadjet says: Kran have infravision, and Stonehammers and Lemurs probably should as well. Most of the rest would have nightvision, or some kind of enhanced vision in water.
Ferral says: erm . stonehammers and lemur will most likely have night vision/infravision
Thosor says: ylians are just mundane.
Ferral says: nolthir will have enhanced underwater vision at least
Thosor says: see polarized light like some shrimp?
Uadjet says: I thought about polarized light, but have no idea how to implement it.
Ferral says: that is a very difficult thing to grasp the concept of even. but a kind of enhanced aura around objects and colour changes for movement is how i would envision it
Ferral says: there is also a possible ultra sound detection ability
Thosor says: bats do it
Uadjet says: There is a vid I saw explaining how to set up underwater effects that may be compatibly with PSU.
Uadjet says: For ultrasound, I'm not sure anyone's ears are quite large enough for that to work.
Thosor says: chemical tracing and emitting like ant and other insects.
Thosor says: scents, maybe.
Ferral says: dolphins and whales have little to no ears. they still use it
Thosor says: If I can smell beyond my own...
Thosor says: whales are sonic
Thosor says: elephants hear subsonic.
Migg says: these seem hard to implement
Ferral says: lemur would be more adept at smells than most
Migg says: does the server keep track of player's paths to ensure there is a scent trail behind them?
Thosor says: droppings?
Ferral says: the more this is discussed the more complicated it appears to be
Thosor says: imagine consumer droppings, ewww!
Uadjet says: The game doesnt' keep track of player paths, though I have seen a few packages that could. Footprints in snow or sand, for example.
Thosor says: ok, too much overthinking.
Anysu says: Sounds complicated.
Migg says: we managed all these years without all these things
Migg says: and seems to me this is going to make PSSU even more demanding than it is
Ferral says: running on land and then through a river is not the same, we still do that in game. the complicated is simply removed and we travel at the same speed
Uadjet mods. "We have, but I think at least a few versions of enhanced vision would be nice to have."
Uadjet says: These would be done via toggle, so they wouldn't be a problem for anyone not choosing to use them.
Thosor says: On another note, I can't imagine a new player making it through the Unreal intro without going elsewhere.
Anysu nods at Migg
Uadjet says: So, we're well past the hour. Any questions?
Thosor says: What is the meaning of life?
Ferral says: 42
Thosor says: hehe
>You spawned 65 Greater Potion of Healings to your inventory.
>Uadjet dropped 65 Greater Potion of Healings.
Thosor says: you dropped your medication, uadjet
>Name changed successfully
>Uadjet picked up 65 Indigestion Cure-Alls
Thosor says: hehe need it after yesterday.
Anysu says: lol.. 42.
Ferral says: this was an interesting meeting. i will try to be at more of them and may have questions then
>Constrabus Gegami thanks Uadjet!
Thosor says: Ah, just in time, was still sluggish.
Anysu says: Thanks for the potions.
Uadjet says: There you go. After yesterday's meal, it seems appropriate.
Anysu nods
Ferral says: thank you
Gonger says: I did not overeat, but thank you.
>Anysu Atani salutes Uadjet with respect.
Migg says: Thank you
Thosor says: thanks.
Anysu says: Thank you for the PSU updates and the spot on teleport, Uadjet.
Uadjet says: So, if there are no more questions I think we can bring the meeting to a close. Thank you all for coming, and I'll see you at the next meeting in two weeks!
Ferral says: i need to afk so thanks for this.
Migg says: Thanks for the updates!
Migg says: and all the events!
Thosor says: happy new cycle
Thosor says: oh, new year
Thosor says: ooc here.
Migg says: I should say it has been an eventful year
Migg says: standing at 186 events, though some in here will beat that nuumber easily
Anysu says: Yes great events!
Uadjet says: Gonger's got the record for event, I'm pretty sure.
Migg says: Yep, I believe so too
Migg says: Well, so long everyone, see you!

At today's event I provided some snow globe sketches for people to use as a base to create their own snow globes. I'll post the link here so that people can download the basic snow globe to make more:

Snow Globe XML

Just download that and place it in your sketches folder, which is in the Planeshift folder located here:

Windows XP   %appdata%\PlaneShift Windows 7   C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\PlaneShift Mac OS X   ~/Library/Application Support/PlaneShift                 the "~"-sign is the path to "/Users/UserName" Linux   ~/.PlaneShift                  the "~"-sign is the path to "/home/UserName"

If the sketches folder doesn't exist, you can create it. It should be in the same folder as your logs and screenshots folders.

Also, post your sketches! You can take a screenshot (/screenshot nogui lossless) and post it in this thread!

Ossifus says: Hello and welcome to the Developer's Q&A!
>Anysu Atani salutes Ossifus Nallifer with respect.
Thosor says: hello!
>Anysu Atani grins at Anysu's Small Table impishly.
Ossifus says: This is Uadjet, currently inhabiting the character of the Engraver. No need to change characters, I think.
Ossifus says: If you have any questions, please step up to the lecterns in front of the stage.
Ossifus says: If not, I'll give you a brief update on what people are working on.
Damola says: No Q at the moment.
Gonger says: There was a post by Talad that the migration is far advanced.
Ossifus says: If you've been keeping up with the streams that Talad is doing, you'll know that he's been doing a lot of fixes.
Ossifus says: Oh, it is!
Ossifus says: He's done a lot of... SEE?!?! I mention him and he appears!
Talad says: hello!
>Lurielle Volanxis salutes Talad Dev with respect.
Damola says: Hi Talad.
>Anysu Atani salutes Talad Dev with respect.
Anysu says: greetings, Talad.
Ossifus says: Everyone welcome Talad to the meeting! He's the Founder and Project Lead, and the person doing the most work by far.
Ossifus says: I was just doing to give them a little recap of what you've been working on for the last three weeks.
Talad says: sure
Talad says: do it and I can integrate as needed
Talad says: yes or no?
Gonger says: He is speechless. A rare thing.
Damola nods "Remarkable."
Gonger says: I had just mentioned your post that the migration is far advanced.
Damola smiles "And we have a permanently running PSUnreal server now."
Damola says: It will eventually take over the role of the legacy PS server some time in the future.
Ossifus says: Okay, so Talad has finished (I think) the new character creation system in PSU.
Ossifus says: Not all of the character creation options we currently have would make sense for all races/homeworlds, so they needed an update.
Ossifus says: The latest alpha has the dryken plane up and running, so you can (and should!) test out the character creation system if you have the chance.
Damola still has to figure out the riddle there.
Talad says: Yes the character creation in the previous Alpha was not really working. But now it is. The main part was to add all options you can choose for life events
Damola says: But did not have much time to dig into it yet.
Talad says: those are now in with enough variance and topics to be interesting. A major difference in the new char creation is that you get see the effect of every choice you make immediately, there is a panel to show that
Talad says: so you can better construct your char if you care about the rules. If you dont care about the rules, you can just hide that panel and choose based on pure RP history of the char
Talad says: on the char creation , we still miss the voiceovers and many of the history illustrations
Talad says: but those will be coming soon I hope
Talad says: Other things I've been working on is to simplify the Dryken PLane level
Talad says: as it was a bit hard to complete
Damola says: Did the old game have voiceovers there? The only voiceover I remember was with Levrus.
Talad says: I did that today fixing all places in the floor where you culd fall, and simplifying access to the magic elevator
Talad says: when we will have the voice over there it will be more understandable
Talad says: Another development is the minigame with dice
Talad says: I think will be fun to see as will bring in PS something new and different from the past
Ossifus says: Yeah, that's looking like a lot of fun!
Talad says: The dice game can be played alone, or with 2 players
Talad says: maybe in the future also against an NPC
Talad says: can become a gamble game
Talad says: but that will require more work and at the moment is not planned
Ossifus says: There's already an NPC you can gamble with (Darphen?), and he's be perfect for that.
Talad says: thanks to the donations and support on Patreon I've commissioned more pieces
Talad says: including the animations for the 3 missing monsters , you saw the news on web site
Talad says: gobble, velnishi and tloke
Talad says: those are now working again
Talad says: plus we got the new server thanks to Proact sponsor
Talad says: and its working well atm
Talad says: its pretty much always up
Talad says: today I fixed the red/green indicator on login for that server, was a problem with system date
Talad says: so now you should see it green when its up
Talad says: overall good progress, still need more devs to speed up.
Damola says: Oh, I think I did not yet install ntp onto the server. Will do.
Damola says: Ok. done.
Damola says: Server time will be calibrated with NTP from now on.
Ossifus says: So that's been a very busy three weeks for Talad. Any questions about that?
Talad says: If you have some bugs open on bugtracker, please check if those are fixed and request closure
Talad says: and in general its good if you can test PSUnreal as we need to find more bugs if present
Damola says: I mentioned that crash in Hydlaa for PSUnreal under Linux is gone with 0.7.14. You can close this bug.
Thosor says: Yes, I haven't yet crashed in hydlaa
Damola says: #7273
Thosor says: But I've always been the only player.
Damola says: Oh, how about gossip chat in PSUnreal? How can we do this?
Thosor says: screenshots?
Damola says: I have been online in PSUnreal briefly and saw you Thosor. I think it would be good to have a gossip chat channel again
Talad says: ok, closed it
Thosor says: not important, other ways to do it.
Ossifus says: Last I checked, /shout was worldwide.
Damola says: I see.
Ossifus says: So for testing purposes, you can use that.
Thosor says: yorlak and I could shout from anywhere.
Damola says: Might not be too realistic, that one can shout world wide. But might be a nice idea for a new spell. You can shout normally and reach farer than with regular talk. And then you can use Sound glyph and maybe another sound glyph to Magically Shout and reach farer?
Damola grins
Thosor says: instant groffels
Damola says: Of course first porting over what is still missing is more important.
Damola says: Well even with Magical shout I wouldn't make it world wide.
Talad says: the chat in PSunreal is not supporting custom channels yet
Talad says: not very high priority, but I will add that back in the future
Damola says: well for event we can have already group chat. Would be nice to have an event in PSUnreal again, now that we have permanent server.
Damola says: Event is good for testing PSUnreal.
Talad says: yes, I can also do another testing weekend event
Thosor says: and fun.
Talad says: Linux is still weak , crashing often with VK_DEVICE_LOST error
Damola says: I think till 0.7.15 is still some time in?
Damola says: I do have a regular crash at quiting PSUnreal Client or Launcher.
Thosor says: I haven't crashed with that error yet, on Linux
Ossifus nods. "Can do. I just have to think of where to take you all."
Damola says: I could report this as well.
Damola says: During playing I did not have a crash with 0.7.14 yet.
Talad says: need more content and fixes for 0.7.15
Damola says: Yeah.
Thosor says: It may be my problem, possibly other windows clashing, but I get flashing and different parts of graphics wink out of existance for a fraction of a second.
Thosor says: I'll run it by itself to check.
Thosor says: right now this room is perfect, but the unreal window is doing the flashing next to it.
Ossifus says: I can add that the commissioned art is quite nice!
Talad says: I have to go, nice talking to you guys
Talad says: see you!
Ossifus says: The artist is doing faction symbols at the moment? I saw a Talent symbol too, I think.
Damola says: See you.
Ossifus says: Bye!
>Thosor Riereri bows to Talad Dev.
Gonger says: Thanks for the great work!
Ossifus says: Oh, and one thing he didn't mention is his work on Talents, which will be new to PS>
Ossifus says: Well, mostly new.
Ossifus says: If you log into PSU and look at your skills, you may notice things along the path from 0 to 200.
Ossifus says: Evety so often you'll get a Talent, which could either be a passive bonus/ability, or maybe an active ability.
Ossifus says: Just pulling examples from the aether, it could be something like a high skill in Shields would allow a shield bash. Or a high skill in Blacksmithing could reduce the time it takes to do things.
Gonger says: Interesting
Ossifus says: I don't have info on what the Talents will be, but they're something to look forward to.
Gonger says: And how would these talents be granted?
Gonger says: Randomly, or at a certain skill lever, or...?
Thosor says: grinding
Ossifus says: Talad's done a couple streams on them recently, and they'll be on the youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/PlaneShiftOfficial/videos
Ossifus says: At certain skill levels.
Gonger says: So what does this mean for someone who has a veryhigh skill level already?
Gonger says: We all receive dozens of talents for our high skills?
Anysu says: Good question, Gonger.
Ossifus says: Oh, it's possible. If you look at stream 571, at around 1:57:00 you'll see a partial list for combat skills.
Ossifus says: And yes, you'll get the Talents your skills deserve. I'm not sure if players are supposed to get a popup or something to explain new Talents, as that would be more complicated with established characters.
>Anysu Atani nods at Ossifus Nallifer.
>Anysu Atani cheers happily!
Gonger says: Ok, in any case, it sounds very interesting.
Ossifus says: The reason I don't call it totally new is that the combat maneuvers we already have are Talents, and I THINK they'll be done as a combination of skill and quest to unlock.
Damola says: We have one hour.
Damola says: I think there are no questions anymore. Or are there?
Gonger says: Thanks for the information.
Ossifus says: I don't think so. Anyone?
Thosor says: no more questions, your Honor.
>Anysu Atani salutes Ossifus Nallifer with respect.
>Damola Etedi waves.
Damola says: See you!
Ossifus says: So Talents are streams 571 and 572, if you want to check them out.
Ossifus says: Thank you all for coming, and we'll see you again in two weeks!

Uadjet says: Hello and welcome to the Developer's Q&A! This is an out-of-character meeting where you can hear about the development of the game and ask the Dev and GM teams any questions you might have. If you do have any questions, please line up at the lecterns in front of the stage.
Fayrene says: .... ack.... i forgot again what i wanted to ask....
Uadjet says: I've forgotten what I was going to tell you all about before, so I know how that feels.
Damola wonders why she has a Mother of Pearl Purify Glyph "What event was that?"
>Damola Etedi dropped a Gas Glyph.
Anysu says: lol I see Anysu's table!
Uadjet says: For the past few weeks Talad's been primarily working on character creation in PSU.
Uadjet grins.
Uadjet says: You noticed that quickly!
>Damola Etedi picked up a Gas Glyph
Fayrene says: oh that is nice!
Anysu says: Yeah. I was afk a bit ago. Saw it now. Great! Continue!
Fayrene says: but that one guy on the video today needs his breast raised up...
>Teleported Eroton Elesey to meetingore in instance 345
Anysu says: Thanks Dam
Uadjet says: I missed it. Was it a Ynnwn or Diaboli? They do look like they need a 'bro'.
Anysu says: Damola
Anysu says: Thank you
Uadjet says: That reference was for Seinfeld fans.
Gonger says: Please welcome Eroton to his first Meet the Dev!
Damola whispers to Anysu "You are welcome. But careful when researching this one. It tends to explode randomly."
Fayrene says: i take a look which one it was
Uadjet says: Welcome, Eroton!
Anysu nods at Damola
Fayrene says: Fholen Medraa was it, Uadjet
Uadjet says: If you have any questions, you can line up at the lecterns in front of the stage.
Uadjet says: Yeah, Ynnwn.
Fayrene says: maybe he is a she *chuckles*
Uadjet says: The textture mapping just needs an adjustment.
Fayrene says: hmmm... i think you only need to work a little bit on the mesh
Uadjet says: So as I was saying Talad's been working on (and completing) the character creation process in PSU.
Uadjet says: Some of the choices have been altered to match the lore better, as the newly created characters are coming from their homeworld in all cases except Kran and Lemurs.
Uadjet says: He also altered some that he thought were too grim, I think. For a big rock, he's a bit of a softie.
Fayrene laughs
Fayrene says: i hope he altered the background music too so that it doesnt overwhelm the speaker (talad)
Gonger says: Yeah, he was collecting background ideas on Discord.
Uadjet says: I did mean to ask him about leftover points in character creation. As the point costs of all options are determined by a specific formula, it seems like it wouldn't be too hard to allow players to use the same to spend whatever points aren't used up by their choices.
Damola says: That would be nice to be able to use the left over points
Fayrene says: are all the choices there now? i had problems with them by some of the races
>Anysu Atani nods at Damola Etedi.
Uadjet says: I'll have to test it out as soon as the new alpha is ready. I don't think that'll be long, as Talad will want people to test character creation out.
Fayrene says: ah good!
Uadjet says: There is no better way to find bugs than to let a horde of monkeys go jump on things!
Damola looks to Anysu "He called us monkeys, did you hear that?"
Fayrene says: ehehehhehehehehehe (loves to be a monkey)
Anysu says: He did Damola!!!
Uadjet says: And I'm counting myself as a monkey, so don't take offense.
Anysu says: I am shocked...
>Anysu Atani grins impishly.
Damola chuckles happily
Fayrene laughs
Uadjet says: I think there should be OOC achievements tied to the account, not the character. One category should be bug-hunting, and the icon for the top tier is a character jumping up and down on a server.
Fayrene says: then tell that cute tiger that he should lower the background music in the chara creation because i cant understand what he is saying XD
Damola wonders whether Gonger feels comfortable wearing this crazy helmet even at a court meeting.
Damola says: Not a character of PS; but a monkey jumping up and down on a server.
Damola grins
Uadjet says: I've dropped so many players on his head at events he really does need the protection of a helmet.
Fayrene chuckles
Uadjet says: Anyways, Talad took a bit of a break from character creation to work on minigames.
Gonger says: Always be prepared...
Fayrene says: oh, minigames?
Uadjet says: He purchased a dice-rolling module for Unreal, which we can then use to create games. Players will be able to dice against each other, or against the server.
Fayrene says: ah, was it the one in the video?
Uadjet says: A card game would be fun too, though we'd need to come up with PS-specific cards. At least the suits should be unique.
Uadjet says: It was, Fayrene.
Fayrene says: fine!
Fayrene says: but card game? maybe a tarot-like one?
Uadjet says: That's entirely possible.
Anysu says: Oh a dice roller then we do not have to type rolls out when do games at events
Fayrene says: with dakkru as death *chuckles*
Anysu nods at Fayrene idea
Gonger says: I may have mentioned it before. I used to play on my good old C64 a RPG, Legacy of the Ancients, where you also did minigames to gain stat points
Uadjet says: Using the Gods as cards could work. Our only government ranks are Vigesimi and Octarch, so that's a bit... stunted.
Gonger says: Like, dodging fireballs, or shooting at targets.
Fayrene says: hmmm... we could use the laanx temple as the tower-card
Damola says: Interesting, Gonger. I am not aware of this game. But we had a C64 as well.
Uadjet says: For suits... The Gods might work. Just because there are four of them. I thought of the Bronze Doors, but there are seven of them and that's a lot of suits.
Fayrene says: and the winch maybe?
Fayrene says: the eagle fortress would work well too i think
Fayrene says: oh, and that crazy plant and the giant stalg would fit as cards too
Gonger says: Suits for the Cities?
Anysu says: Or the windowless tower as tower card
Fayrene says: yes, and the stone head.... what could that one be?
Fayrene says: i think here are enough interesting things which could be used as cards
Uadjet says: I think we could build a couple decks quite easily.
Fayrene says: yes
Fayrene says: one with animals, one with buildings etc
Anysu says: All good ideas. Could start a thread under ideas on our discord server to discuss such card game ideas.
Uadjet says: That works. And maybe a thread on the forum, for those who haven't joined Discord.
Anysu says: That is good idea as well Uadjet
Fayrene says: that is what i like on these game. you can discuss with all on ideas for the game
Anysu nods at Fayrene
Uadjet says: Talad's also been working on quest fixes. Those streams were mostly done while I was prepping for the event or away from home, but I did see him working on waypoints a bit.
Uadjet says: You know how some NPCs move from place to place depending on time of day? That's what I'm talking about.
Fayrene says: oh? waypoints? these one are quite nice!
Uadjet says: Those were, I think, all done with coordinates. New engine, new map, new coordinates for everything.
>Anysu Atani cheers happily!
Uadjet says: Also, he was working on Trasok's script, which has him go from counter to his private smithing equipment and back again.
Fayrene says: ah.... i have a funny idea about these ones..... kikiri left home and you have to catch it *laughs*
Uadjet says: That can be used in a lot of places, actually. Jomed, for example, could move around his kitchen.
Fayrene says: umm.... in that small kitchen....
Fayrene chuckles
Anysu says: But wouldn't it be rude for the npc to wander around as someone is talking to them of a quest?
Fayrene says: that you can stop with commands if i think correct
Uadjet says: Well, Jomed IS rude, but that's a good point. I'm just not sure if there's a way for the engine to know if someone has a dialogue window open or not. Maybe a delay of x time after someone opens a dialog?
Fayrene says: or a "if - then - else" thingy
Fayrene says: if unreal has that sort of command that means
Gonger says: If a NPC starts to walk, just talk to them, and they will stop.
Fayrene says: yeah, something like that
Uadjet says: It would help me a lot, given how many times I've had to teleport a guard back after they wandered off.
Fayrene says: yeah ...
Anysu says: How rude,,,,
Fayrene says: eheheheh
>Anysu Atani grins impishly.
Uadjet says: The number of times I threatened to staple Jefecra's fuzzy backside to the ground...
Fayrene says: not that he didnt need it sometimes *chuckles*
Uadjet says: But Talad's been getting that all sorted out, so we can create little activities to make the NPCs a bit more lively.
Fayrene says: that would be nice! i hope that there will be children too which are running around and play hide and seek
Uadjet says: That would be fun, but we'd need new/adapted meshes and textures for kids. Just shrinking the current models down gives very odd proportions.
Fayrene says: that is true
Anysu nods at Uadjet
Fayrene says: sadly im not good at that.....
Damola smiles "That would be nice, children playing hide and seek "
Fayrene says: hmmm.... arent there children-meshes for free in the unreal shop?
Fayrene says: in one of the videos i saw talad shopping in the unreal shop XD
Uadjet says: Mmmmm... I'm not sure. But they would then have to be adapted to match the races we have in game. Ylian would be the easiest, but some of the others would be much harder.
Fayrene says: hmmm... maybe not... because they are young. they shouldnt have horns etc then
Fayrene says: only the eyes and the color could be changed
Uadjet says: Those would be pretty easy, I think.
Fayrene says: and maybe a little bit thingies there where horns and wings will grow later
Fayrene says: hmmm... the dwarf could be a problem XD
Fayrene says: sorry.... stonehammer
Gonger says: Dwarves is perfectly ok
Fayrene smiles at Gonger
Uadjet says: Not likely a high priority at the moment, though. We'll need the game working for adult characters before we can work on creating child NPCs.
Fayrene says: true
Fayrene says: it was an idea for later
Gonger says: "Ideas for later - a novel in 15 volumes"
Uadjet says: Right now I'm working on trying to balance out the races/genders a bit. There aren't many of some, and it would be nice to at least decrease the disparity.
Fayrene laughs
Anysu nods at Gonger
Gonger says: Are there plans to give different stats at some point to different races?
Gonger says: Because obviously klyros are of a different built than kran
Fayrene says: hmmmm.... could be interesting
Uadjet says: Other than the starting attribute bonuses? There are plans, sure, but I think we're all going to keep the same maximum stats.
Uadjet says: Differences other than that would take a bit more work. Like low-light vision or infravision, or gliding, or water-breathing.
Fayrene says: that with the races.... some of them have no female pendant. will that be changed sometimes?
Fayrene says: i think on the white haired and white hided guy.. dermorian i think
>Overriding race for Uadjet to dermorian
Uadjet says: This guy?
Fayrene says: no
Fayrene says: hmmm.... ah... not dermorian but derghyr
Fayrene says: or what the new race is called
Uadjet says: Lemur?
>Resetting race for Uadjet
Uadjet says: I'm a derghir.
Fayrene says: ack....
Fayrene says: okay... tell me the lemur, please
Uadjet says: Ideally each model will (eventually) have an amulet that shows on the model is a character is wearing one, but I don't think that's something that will be worked on too soon.
Fayrene says: eh... i didnt mean such a thing XD
Fayrene says: wait .... i take a look if i see that one in the video
Uadjet says: Okay. As for balancing the races/genders, the biggest gaps tend to be where we've been using substitute models. Klyros female, all Lemurs, Ylian female, etc.
Uadjet says: So there will be some new NPCs added to Hydlaa, I think, and maybe some who get 'altered'. I'll try not to make any drastic changes, as I know people are used to NPCs as they are. a
Fayrene says: lemur was it
Uadjet says: Hydlaa does need more Ylian women, though. They're the most common race in the city, and it's about 90% male.
Damola says: Yeah, does not explain all to well how they procreate, I'd say.
Uadjet says: I'm also working on a list of new NPCs for Amdeneir (the new areas), Ojaveda (ditto), and the Bronze Doors. Talad never mentioned that, but the place needs more people. It's rather sparsely guarded as is, and there's that new section in PSU that has nobody in it.
Gonger says: We should add a special quest: Design a NPC
Fayrene says: oh.... hehehehehe
Gonger says: Or a meta-quest - design a quest
Uadjet says: We'll see how many NPCs Talad will let me add, 'cause I've got a list of medieval professions and a touch of OCD.
Gonger looks quite pleased with his ideas.
Fayrene says: ocd?
Uadjet says: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. For me, it mainly means I like things organized and I'm a completionist for every game I play.
Fayrene says: oh
Fayrene says: hmmm.... i have another idea for later.... an arena like the one in rome for festivities
Uadjet says: For the Eagle I'm trying to add a few more guards and support staff. Maybe a pterosaur handler on the top level, some archers, etc. I want there to be a commander for each of the six divisions of the Squadrons, and I think we only have one of them.
Gonger says: We have this in Ojaveda and Amdeneir, Fayrene.
Fayrene says: ohhh
Fayrene says: in ojaveda??
Fayrene says: i havent seen that
Anysu says: Yes there is arena in Oja
Uadjet says: There are (or were, at least) plans for a pterosaur Arena outside Hydlaa. No idea what that was about, but it's on some old maps I found.
Gonger says: Uadjet, I was only half-joking about Design a NPC / Quest. We really should encourage players more to contribute with these things.
Uadjet says: I agree.
Fayrene says: ehehehe
Fayrene says: can it be a plant too?
Uadjet says: Actually, designing an NPC would make a good achievement, if they add achievements that are attached to the account and not a characters. It's OOC, but worthy of note.
Fayrene says: hmmm... can you give an example, gonger?
Fayrene says: what it could be like?
Gonger says: What do you mean?
Gonger says: Create a NPC, or create a new quest
Uadjet says: It could be something as simple as a fetch quest. NPC needs a few of something, and tells a new player where they might be found. Bring them back, and get thanks and a small reward.
Gonger says: I think you have seen plenty of examples for both NPCs and quests.
Fayrene says: ah okay
Fayrene says: but.... *headscratch* .... how to do that? as a text-document?
Uadjet nods. "There are some examples in the forum, actually. I wrote some quests a while back based off the info Venalan had posted."
Gonger says: Not everybody has the time to contribute on a large scale, and that is perfectly ok. But then we have way too many players who are only consuming, and I believe there is plenty of space between these two extremes.
Fayrene says: mmmhhh.... i will take a look on the examples in the forum later. where can i find them, uadjet?
Uadjet says: I tend to overcomplicate things, but once you get used to the format of each block where a player says something and the npc responds it'd not too hard.
Uadjet says: And someone suggested x-mind as a good way to map out the conversations. Downloaded it, but haven't tested it out yet.
Uadjet says: Okay, the thread I'm thinking of is in the Development blod.
Uadjet says: Blog.
Fayrene says: ah fine!
Uadjet says: Err, the development blog section of the forum, I mean.
Fayrene says:
Uadjet says: Honestly, Tarzan has a better grasp on syntax than I do righ tnow, it would seem.
Uadjet says: The title of the thread is 'Quest making information and real world examples', and the last post was in 2017.
Uadjet says: Ven posted examples of how to do just about everything, so it's very useful.
Uadjet says: But if there are no questions, we're well past the hour.
Fayrene says: i have a short question
Fayrene says: when is the next event in psu?
Thosor says: no further questions, your honor.
Anysu says: Tempus fugit
Fayrene says: ??
Uadjet says: Hmm. I don't know. It'll be after the next alpha release, which should be soon. It would be good to test out the fixes Talad made.
Fayrene says: ah okay
Fayrene says: then we are finished here? ^^
Thosor says: must have bored Eroton
Fayrene says: ??
Thosor says: A newcomer to our land.
Eroton says: Sorry I'm just listening
Fayrene says: its a good thing to do so as a new player
Uadjet says: I think so. Thank you all for coming! We'll see you at the next meeting in.... three weeks!