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: Here you can learn about what's going on in the development of the game, and you get a chance to ask questions, make suggestions, and give feedback.
Uadjet: Talad has started a vacation, so he hasn't streamed for a few days.
Gonger:: Everybody needs a break from time to time.
Uadjet: So, as those who were at the end of yesterday's event will have noticed, we now have new containers.
Uadjet: Yeah, I opened the /item window, and leaving that when in a guildhouse always results in falling through the floor.
Uadjet: The backpack you've seen, and there are more available.
>Uadjet dropped a Purse.
Uadjet: These would fit well on the hip, I'd imagine.
Anysu: Available in game?
Uadjet: No, only via GM for now.
>Uadjet dropped a Large Purse.
>Uadjet dropped a Backpack.
Uadjet: Apparently there are also new bracers, but I cannot find them in the database.
Anysu: Yeah! New bracers!
Uadjet: Also, the compass quest is in!
Uadjet: That's an Esential Trail quest, and not too far into the quest line.
Uadjet: Check the resource gatherer NPCs and you should find it.
Uadjet: There is a new /roll functionality.
>Player Uadjet rolls on Agility. Roll is 9 (+3 bonus) for a total of 12.
>Player Uadjet rolls on Agility. Roll is 2 (+3 bonus) for a total of 5.
>Player Uadjet rolls on Agility. Roll is 19 (+3 bonus) for a total of 22.
>Player Uadjet rolls on Agility. Roll is 20 (+3 bonus) for a total of 23.
>Player Uadjet rolls on Agility. Roll is 1 (+3 bonus) for a total of 4.
>Player Uadjet rolls on Agility. Roll is 12 (+3 bonus) for a total of 15.
>Player Uadjet rolls on Agility. Roll is 18 (+3 bonus) for a total of 21.
Uadjet: Can you all see those rolls?
Anysu: Yes.
Anysu: But how do you use them?
>Player Gonger: Xaraha rolls on Agility. Roll is 6 (+8 bonus) for a total of 14.
Gonger:: Syntax: /roll agility
Uadjet: Correct.
Uadjet: It's /roll agility, or /roll agi. You can use the full skill name, the first word, or the first three letters.
>Player Anysu Atani rolls on Strength. Roll is 3 (+8 bonus) for a total of 11.
Uadjet: It rolls a 20-sided die, and your stat adds between 1 and 7.
Uadjet: Luck plays the bigger role, which is by design. This way new players still have a chance compared to veteran players with maxed everything.
>Player Gova Liernan rolls on Empathy. Roll is 10 (+8 bonus) for a total of 18.
>Player Gova Liernan rolls on Empathy. Roll is 18 (+8 bonus) for a total of 26.
Gova: I'm getting a +8.
Uadjet: That skill is above 200?
Gova: Yeah.
Uadjet: I'll mention it to Talad.
Uadjet: I'm sure he can add an upper limit pretty easily.
>Player Anysu Atani rolls on Will. Roll is 13 (+8 bonus) for a total of 21.
Anysu: I get a +8 to everything
>Player Anysu Atani rolls on Endurance. Roll is 11 (+8 bonus) for a total of 19.
Uadjet: Quests can be written to define a skill range as, for example, 50-99, or as being outside a range. I'm sure that upper limit can be defined as something like 'require no skill doodling 0-150' or whatever.
>Player Anysu Atani rolls on Charisma. Roll is 6 (+8 bonus) for a total of 14.
Uadjet: Try a skill that isn't over 200.
>Player Uadjet rolls on Endurance. Roll is 16 (+4 bonus) for a total of 20.
Anysu: But all of mine are over 400
Uadjet: Okay, stats are different than skills. 210 Endurance gets a +4. So I'm guessing the stat is halved for determining the bonus.
Uadjet: Try a skill like heavy armor.
>Player Gonger: Xaraha rolls on Heavy Armor. Roll is 17 (+8 bonus) for a total of 25.
>Player Anysu Atani rolls on Melee. Roll is 10 (+3 bonus) for a total of 13.
Anysu: Oh okay. I was just rolling with stat numbers not othe skills
>Player Gonger: Xaraha rolls on Crystal Way. Roll is 4 (+9 bonus) for a total of 13.
Anysu: So when are these rolls used? And must they be used?
Gonger:: +9 for Crystal Way, which is at 220 with boosts.
Uadjet: They can be used in events, for example. Or during any RP where chance is involved.
>Player Gonger: Xaraha rolls on Empathy. Roll is 14 (+9 bonus) for a total of 23.
Anysu: Seems to distract from rping things. If you end up spamming rolls in main for evrything you try.
Uadjet: Well, in an RP I think it would be one roll per person.
Gonger:: The rolls are always D20?
Uadjet: Yes.
Anysu: But at times more than one person is trying something. Like Damola and Anysu doing a healing. Seems unfair if only one get a roll when both are trying?
Uadjet: Well, both people would roll in that case, and maybe combine the rolls? Or add both bonuses to the highest roll?
Uadjet: We can figure it out.
Uadjet: It's not like the person with the lower roll gets locked in a prison cell for an hour.
Uadjet: The only limits are the limitations of the engine, and much of the time we can work around those with the Power of Imagination!
Anysu: I would take imagination over a die roll anytime.
Anysu: So is there a number those rolls must meet to work? And do you set them Uadjet?
Anysu: In D&D it's called a DC (Difficulty Class).
Uadjet: The only answer I can give to that is... maybe.
Uadjet: It could work like the Ynnwn Games rolls.
Uadjet: Really, there isn't much of a limit to the different ways we could do things.
Gonger:: Our imagination sets the limits.
Uadjet: The city management system has been updated a bit, though I don't think that the other cities are working yet. Just Hydlaa.
Thosor: We can carry things in a backpack like my precious hitchhiker's towel?
Uadjet: Yes. 10 slots, capacity of 20.
Thosor: Weight? can it give you extra weight capacity for ore and such?
Uadjet: No, the capacity is a size thing.
Uadjet: Every item has both weight and size. Containers are limited by size, not weight.
Thosor: So one can carry infinite amount of ore in it?
Uadjet: No, just up to 20 size units, however many that is.
Uadjet: You could carry 20 towels in it.
Thosor: I have a helm that gives a little extra carrying when I max out mining.
Uadjet: That's weight, not capacity.
Uadjet: Capacity only matters for containers.
Uadjet: Any other questions on this? Thoughts?
Uadjet: Yes?
Thosor: I went hunting tefus with a friend last night...
Thosor: I got that white 3 part semicircle and had to relog.
Uadjet: Stuck in aiming mode?
Thosor: In the past i was able to reaim at a target and get out of it, but I couldn't
Thosor: Yes, get red target, do business, hit tab and white circle remains, no mouse pointer.
Thosor: Had to alt tab to anothef window, crash out of ps window using X
Thosor: If no other windows open, I would have to force reboot.
Thosor: Linux, although have in the past same on Windows
Thosor: Will study bugtracker
Uadjet: Hmm. In Windows I'd suggest Alt-F4.
Uadjet: Okay, so that's something I can pass on.
Gonger:: Welcome Tela! Do you have any questions?
Thosor: New to the land, i understand.
Gonger:: Tela, this is an OOC meeting where you can learn about new things, give your opinion, make suggestions, ask questions.
Tela: Greetings elders of the land, I will listen and learn humbly
Gonger:: You may wish to join our weekly RP meetings, Saturday evening Europe time. Check the Calendar on the PS website for details.
Thosor: We meet here every other week.
Gonger:: 2nd and 4th Sundays, to be more precise.
Anysu: Any other news, Gonger: or Uadjet?
Uadjet: I think that's it. New /roll function, backpacks and purses exist and can be visually equipped, compass quest...
Uadjet: Oh, and apparently a quit confirmation, which I do not want to test at the moment. ;)
Thosor: Should we still hand out spare compasses?
Uadjet: Sure.
Thosor: Or (prefering rp) hint at the quest.
Thosor: Is the quest active in this release?
Gonger:: Yes.
Uadjet: I see it in the database, and it looks active.
Gonger:: Have fun, and let me know if you find websites with wrong or outdated information on PlaneShift!
Gonger:: Or rather, websites that should know about PlaneShift, but do not yet... :)