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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: gonger on October 27, 2024, 07:40:34 pm

Title: Dev Q&A September 22th 2024
Post by: gonger on October 27, 2024, 07:40:34 pm
Talad (Leader / Founder)
Eonwind (Rules)
Tuathanach (Rules)
Zunna (Rules / Settings)
Mordaan (Settings)
Venalan (Settings Lead)
Uadjet (GM Lead)
Emaline (GM Team)
Zweitholou (Art)
Gonger (PR)

Uadjet:  Hello, and welcome to the Developer's Q&A!
Uadjet:  So, if you have any questions please step up to the lecterns in front of the stage.
Uadjet:  If nobody has any, I'll start giving an update.
Uadjet:  So, most recently Talad has been working on the Compendium.
Uadjet:  If you haven't taken a good look at the compendium, please do so.
Uadjet:  There's room for a lot of information there.
Uadjet:  Creatures, plants, minerals, factions, locations, etc.
Uadjet:  The map is, I believe, fully working.
Lytoza:  I tried to add a 2nd note on the map but couldn't. Is only one allowed?
Resildren:  i've added a bunch? if you mean the pins?
Uadjet:  The pins? You can add more than one, I'm sure of it.
Resildren:  i have over a dozen pinned
Lytoza:  Yes.. a 2nd pin
Resildren:  on the main map?
Thosor:  the plant, minerals does nothing
Lytoza:  yes.. the main map
Damola:  Not sure I ever visited Kormia.
Damola:  Yeah, nothing happens when clicking Ojaveda or Amdeneir or so.
Resildren:  hum just tested on another amadier and can only have 2 pins, odd
Damola:  Will there be a map editor? There is "Add a map" and custom.
Lytoza:  I was able to add another pin just now though. >.>
Resildren:  let me stand corrected i just added a 3rd to that map
Uadjet:  It's the indented items that have (or will have) their own maps.
Damola:  Ah, now I understand what "Add a location means".
Resildren:  it's just a general pin not the exact placement
Uadjet:  Yeah.
Uadjet:  We've discussed having things like fixed resources adding themselves to the map.
Lytoza:  Wonder if we'll ever see a marker where our character is on the map. Would be idea for marking herbs etc.
Uadjet:  For example, mining at a specific location might add a pin to the map with the icon and text of that mineral. We'd probably want to have a toggle to show or not show things like that, or the map will get really cluttered.
Thosor:  "you are here"
Anysu:  Fixed resources added to map would be good.
Uadjet:  Yeah, Talad  does not want the map to function like a GPS. We have to bear that in mind when it comes to automatically-generated pins.
Uadjet:  Doing the compendium entries means getting images for every entry, which has led Talad to do some more textured upgrades. Just today he redid the ore/ingot/stock textures. They're shiny, now.
Resildren:  looked good on the stream
Uadjet:  Oh, before I go any further, I should mention that I did alter the Lock-200 crate, if anyone wants to test it.
Uadjet:  So, Talad has also done more work on dungeons, and we can now have multiple running at the same time.
Uadjet:  This will allow us to have dungeons of different difficulty levels, so new players can have one that doesn't kill them immediately.
Uadjet:  Talad also added a new special room for dungeons, as well as secret passageways that players can detect and open.
Damola:  Multiple dungeons running at the same time? so when entering the same dungeon for each char a new dungeon is spawned? But then they do not see each other and can not cooperate? I do not yet understand how that is supposed to work
Uadjet:  No, each portal has a dungeon assigned to it.
Uadjet:  Multiple players can then be in the same dungeon.
Damola:  Ah, so there would be more than one dungeon to choose from, okay.
Thosor:  Can only open up to 100 with my teeth.
Uadjet:  Okay, I changed lock 50 as well.
Damola:  Just came to my mind: Yesterday Damola could have asked Thosor for one of his towels in order to dry up Gul.
Damola:  Any other news?
Uadjet:  Talad has also been working on the economy, and part of that is repeatable quests to assist different factions.
Uadjet:  Resildren?
Anysu cheers about quests
Resildren:  ok  during the stream Talad mentioned that he had considered the new update for this weekend, but may choose to do it sometime this week, is this true?
Uadjet:  The repeatable quests could be about providing tria, but I think it's more likely you'll be needing to gather resources, like metal, or plants, or stone.
Uadjet:  Ah yeah, the masonry skill was mentioned.
Uadjet:  Oh, a new release will be coming soon.
Uadjet:  Talad wanted to get it released Saturday morning, but it wasn't quite ready yet.
Resildren:  yes the unreal update
Damola:  Nice. I am looking forward to all the chat related fixes.
Uadjet:  It shouldn't take long, unless he finds something else he just really wants to get into the update.
Thosor:  scrolling, etc?
Thosor:  oh, and the petero!
Anysu:  hmmm if it's next Sat I may miss event. I work that day so I'd be late anyway. Getting downloaded new version that same day will probably delay me.
Resildren:  he did a nice touch up on the ptero today,
Resildren:  the other question has to do with harvesting
Damola:  We get old nice Ptero back?
Damola:  Cute large nice cuddly Ptero that Damola loves so much?
Thosor:  Big wings
Thosor:  tall ones
Anysu cheers for ptero
Uadjet:  Yes, we're going to be getting the old wings back, more or less.
Thosor:  Resildren?
Resildren:  yes?
Thosor:  didn't you have loss of mouse/gui in combat yesterday?
Damola:  Nice.
Damola:  Uadjet, you know what that means, do you? You know what that means.
Uadjet:  Oh, with a bow?
Uadjet:  I tried to replicate that and couldn't.
Damola:  "Nice " was referring to Ptero.
Resildren:  ahh yes but from what i understand it's a known, when i use the bow and target all works fine till i try to untargeet and I'm stuck in the pre tatget sequence? just this make sense?
Thosor:  It is hard to reproduce, but with any weapon, I believe.
Damola:  Uadjet, once we have nicely winged Pterosaur's back, you absolutely need to do another Ptero related event, Uadjet.
Damola begs Uadjet.
Thosor:  Happened during an event too, with Anysu and I
Damola:  Pretty please!
Damola grins
Uadjet:  Once we can get pteros that players can ride, I will!
Thosor:  Yes it was fun to hijack a ptero or two during that event.
Damola:  Oh, we currently have not, Uadjet? I think you explained something about that.
Thosor:  Hide them till later.
Uadjet:  Let's see...
Anysu:  ptero event!
>Anysu grins impishly.
Uadjet:  Okay, now how is it you're trying to untarget the ulbernaut?
Damola:  Ah, there he is.
Resildren glance to the ceiling and smirks
Damola:  Ulbernaut in the house.
Resildren:  ok let me load up
Ulbernaut:  ROAARR!
Resildren:  iwell now it works
>Ulbernaut yells for Resildren to flee!
Ulbernaut:  I failed to move, will teleport in 5 sec.
Damola:  Anyway, thanks for all the updates? And Anysu? as far as I understood, maybe Talad would do the update somewhen during the week.
Anysu:  Did it poof
>Uadjet has left PlaneShift
Thosor:  Yes is getting late
Damola:  Then you could update already and have newest client on Saturday.
>Uadjet just joined PlaneShift
Anysu:  That would help Damola.
Damola:  Just keep an eye out for it, Anysu.
Anysu:  Doing it on event days seems off.
Damola:  Welcome back Uadjet.
>Anysu nods at Damola.
Uadjet:  Well, it happened to me that time. Combat mode would not disengate, and I couldn't interact with the GUi.
Uadjet:  I had to relog.
Thosor:  Yes, to those sighning on just before event
Damola:  Well maybe someone on Discord could ask Talad to release during week already, if possible
Damola:  Okay? have a nice time.
Damola:  Thanks for all the updates Uadjet.
>Damola waves.
>Anysu waves at Damola
Resildren:  so it's good that you saw the issue
Resildren:  i do have one last question
Resildren:  is the purple Orchid in the game or was it renamed?
Resildren:  i think it used to be black berries or something?
Resildren:  but it seems very alusive?
Anysu:  Much that use to be harvested in Legacy seems elusive here..
Resildren nods
Uadjet:  Yeah, I'm having trouble finding harvesting spots too.
Resildren:  going crazy running the maps looking
Uadjet:  I've tried teleporting to the right coordinates, but couldn't find anything.
Lytoza:  Purple Orchid is the new name for Blackbush.
Uadjet:  Purple Orchids used to be blackbush.
Resildren:  perhaps they are under the ground?
Uadjet:  I tried turning off gravity and sliding underground. I'm seeing nothing.
Resildren:  well if anyone finds them i'l give them some gobo salve, but i need it to make it
Anysu:  Thanks for updates.
Anysu:  I'm going to do some lockpicking practice here
Resildren:  yes thanks uadjet
Anysu:  50  more to rank up
Thosor:  thanks, Uajet
Uadjet:  I'll see what I can find, but there's something wrong with the plants.
Uadjet:  And note to self: Don't set trap strength to 200. That's what caused the crash earlier. My client went down the instant I hit save, too.
Uadjet:  Any other questions?
Anysu:  None from me.
Lytoza:  None from me and thanks!
Uadjet:  Ahh, exploding players. Always fun.
Uadjet:  Okay, have fun playing and I'll see you again in three weeks at the next Q&A!
Gonger:  Good night! Remember to leave the room before quitting.