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Announcements => PlaneShift News and Rules => Topic started by: Talad on December 24, 2014, 01:02:33 pm

Title: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Talad on December 24, 2014, 01:02:33 pm
(http://www.planeshift.it/element/%7B%22width%22%3A304%2C%22height%22%3A600%7D/Picture%20of%20the%20day/planeshift_358.jpg)

It's with great pleasure we announce the release of yet another PlaneShift client! Version 0.6.3 will be ready shortly for you to download. And what better timing than during Xiosiamas (Christmas) festivities?
         
 Main highlights

Note for Mac users: we have changed the way we build the Mac client, so please give us feedback if you experience any issues.
 If you want all details, read below. Enjoy PlaneShift!
 
 Art

Effects:
User Interface (UI):
Characters:
2D:
3D:
Engine
User Interface:
Quest and NPC support:
Other:
Bugs Fixed:
Rules
The Rules department team is happy to deliver the new rules update, including new crafting, new spells, new training zone and much more!
PvP and Training Area in Ojaveda:
Crafting:
Combat:
Magic:
Natural Resources:
Tribes & Bosses:
Dungeon Rework Project
Bugs & Feature Requests
Settings
Quests

As always we have a continuing process of asking for, finding, and then fixing every little possible quest and settings bug in the whole of PS. We have recently done a manual pass of all quests looking at spelling and obvious grammar mistakes, in excess of 1,000 changes have been made. Quests however will still likely have mistakes so please let us know if you find any. In the update we have:

Books

Bug Reports and Feature Requests

Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Mordaan on December 24, 2014, 01:29:06 pm
One addendum (maybe we'll think of more):
Note there are no more Master Crafted tools (hammer & rock pick).  If you have one, it will be replaced with a regular tool of higher quality.  This was already changed in the last update with the quest rewards, but now the final step of replacing existing items has been made.
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: hulla on December 24, 2014, 01:40:24 pm
Hello
A stone labyrinth cave: a dungeon has been connected to the Bronze door map, as of now its setup is only temporary but in the future it will host more challenges.  :beta:

happy
i have looking for it so many times in the past
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Bonifarzia on December 24, 2014, 01:55:11 pm
Congratulations for this update.
I am curious how the boss enemies will turn out.
Also, nice to see the classic skin shipped with the official client!
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: steuben on December 24, 2014, 04:27:25 pm
Quote from: hulla on December 24, 2014, 01:40:24 pm

A stone labyrinth cave: a dungeon has been connected to the Bronze door map, as of now its setup is only temporary but in the future it will host more challenges.  :beta:

a new map or a use of an exsiting one?
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Eonwind on December 24, 2014, 06:18:40 pm
Quote from: steuben on December 24, 2014, 04:27:25 pm
Quote from: hulla on December 24, 2014, 01:40:24 pm
A stone labyrinth cave: a dungeon has been connected to the Bronze door map, as of now its setup is only temporary but in the future it will host more challenges.  :beta:

a new map or a use of an exsiting one?
an existing one, but actually not connected and so unaccessible by players up to now
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Zoomzoom on December 24, 2014, 06:22:47 pm
Fighting one of the new bosses. Nice to see more players grouping together to fight. :thumbup:

(http://i.imgur.com/43EVmF7.jpg)

Was fun!
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: MrGadget on December 24, 2014, 07:23:51 pm
http://www.planeshift.it/article/2014/Version%200.6.3

Numerous typos...please fix.
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Pierre on December 24, 2014, 09:08:57 pm
First attempt to download for mac, since updating via pslaunch did not work (crashes mid-update).  Link for USA mirror is broken:

http://mirrors.redlem.com/PlaneShift/PlaneShift-v0.6.3.dmg
gives error message:
"You are following a link to an old version of whatever file you were after. This file is no longer available for whatever reason."

More as I go along...

EDIT:  None of the mirror links work for the standard mac download :(
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Mordaan on December 24, 2014, 10:07:56 pm
Hmm, seems there's problems with the mirrors.  Hopefully we'll work that out tomorrow.  Of course keep in mind that'll be Christmas day.  Not sure who or for how much they will be available.

In the mean time.  Try the bittorrent route.  I'm seeding it myself, though for whatever reason, all the torrents are red.  Worth a try anyway.
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Pierre on December 24, 2014, 11:12:45 pm
Cheers, Mordaan, tried the bittorrent route, picked up some slow but not too slow seed and I'm in :)
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: helios21 on December 25, 2014, 06:29:43 am
Update is covered on Phoronix:

PlaneShift 0.6.3 Open-Sourece MMORPG Released
Published on 24 December 2014 05:39 PM EST
Written by Michael Larabel in Gaming
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTg3MjM (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTg3MjM)

But Michael IMHO has done a disservice to the open source gaming community by the last sentence in the news article. Its totally okay to note that the graphics of PlaneShift is not up to par with current commercial titles, but to say it in a way like it I personally find offensive and disrespectful of the effort developers and testers put into the game.

Thus I made a positive comment about the game. Its still in moderation, but I think Michael will allow it.
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Bonifarzia on December 25, 2014, 10:29:01 am
Quote from: helios21 on December 25, 2014, 06:29:43 am
the last sentence in the news article
Oh. That's the oldest typo in PS gaming history, and putting this in a review is pure failure  ::)
EDIT: helios21, with this I just wanted to second your statement that the last section of the linked article is counter-productive.

I just had some fun with a solo battle against capslock... erm.. xalpalock. Too bad the beastie disappeared when critically wounded. Probably it fell through the map, as it moves like a bolt of lag. EDIT: Seems the beast gets stuck and teleported often, especially when it attempts to flee. Sometimes it can be found in a different spot of the cave, sometimes it is just gone.
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: helios21 on December 25, 2014, 11:02:53 am
Quote from: Bonifarzia on December 25, 2014, 10:29:01 am
Quote from: helios21 on December 25, 2014, 06:29:43 am
the last sentence in the news article
Oh. That's the oldest typo in PS gaming history, and putting this in a review is pure failure  ::)

I don´t get what you mean, Bonifarzia. I think "the last sentence in the news article" does not contain a typo. And I didn´t write the article there either.
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: LigH on December 25, 2014, 12:49:04 pm
The reference to the pun: PlaneShift / plain shit.  ::)

Well, to vaguely quote the last GameStar issue: Graphics alone doesn't make a game fun. PlaneShift as an OpenSource leisure time project may not be able to compete with commercial games, regarding the graphics and many other details. But still, it has something unique you won't find easily in most of the other games, which makes it worth trying. And people who are proud of themselves about such a lame pun in such a brief ... "review", did you call that? ... will probably not find it, because they are not even trying to look for it, apparently.
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Tumaini on December 30, 2014, 12:25:45 pm
Quote
Possibility to give a name to a sack in your inventory. This will greatly simplify the organization of your items!
Hurrah!  \\o//
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: mysticlady6 on January 24, 2015, 04:52:54 am
Hello;

I have been out of PlaneShift for a while... How do I update? Also, I cannot login to the Laanx Server, something is wrong.

Please help.

Thank you
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: Calmus on January 24, 2015, 05:12:44 am
Laanx was migrated to another server about 2 years ago.

in the file PlaneShift/data/servers.xml there should be a line:
Code: [Select]
ip="planeshift.teamix.org" port="7777" />
after you changed servers.xml you should be able to update the client in Planeshift Launcher (pslaunch) I think.
Title: Re: PlaneShift 0.6.3 released!
Post by: LigH on January 24, 2015, 05:20:34 am
If you have been away for so long that even your server address is outdated, I would certainly recommend to download the installer.