Anysu says: Hope Migg and Anysu's and other players books made in ps make it to the new game.
>Lurielle Volanxis salutes Talad Dev with respect.
Talad says: There is a conversion guide on the Wiki
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.
Talad says: for books
>Migg Ellorean claps for Talad Dev.
>Holesod Sacerey bows to Uadjet.
>Holesod Sacerey bows to Talad Dev.
>Damola Etedi bows to Gonger Xaraha.
Fliks says: :O Holesod thats my spot
Damola says: So are we starting?
Holesod says: ohh sorry Fliks
Migg says: can I ask?
>Anysu Atani nods at Talad Dev.
Fliks says: heh its fine
Talad says: sure Migg, helllo
Migg says: Are there public and normal books in PSU, like here?
Zarre says: Nice turnout for todays meeting
Damola says: Ah, interesting question.
Talad says: yes, the books should work similarly.
Damola says: Nice.
Anysu cheer
Talad says: what we miss in Unreal at the moment are maps (drawings)
>Holesod Sacerey cheers happily at Talad Dev!
Migg says: One issue here is that, once renamed, you can't tell if a book is public or not
Damola says: Will all our old books still work?
Talad says: all the books which contain only "text" will be migrated with no problems
Migg says: can there be something in the description that says which kind they are in PSU?
Talad says: the books which contain special characters, will require you to copy from text file, and paste into PSU
Talad says: consider that copy/paste works in PSU in all fields by default
Damola nods "I see. So better save all important self written books as text files before the switch."
Migg says: The syntax that exists for inserting images works the same?
Anysu says: ah the books by Migg and Anysu have pictures.
Talad says: the books with images will require some editing on your side to put them in, and there is a small guide on that in pswiki
Damola says: Cut & paste in all fields is really great to have.
Talad says: you can test that right now btw, by cuying ablank book as usual in PSUnreal
Migg says: Ah, I need to try that and see how it works
Fliks says: how do you pictures to the books
Migg says: I haven't got a link to try PSU
Talad says: the books with drawings at the moment are not supported, but hopefully will be in the future
Damola says: You should be entitled to, Migg, you are certainly playing PS for longer than 200 hours.
Talad says: maybe take a screenshot of those books just in case
Migg says: what about the distinction between public and normal books?
Gonger says: Copy / Paste will be a GREAT addition!!!
Migg says: giving away a public book allows everyone to make copies
Damola nods to Gonger
Migg says: but the description does not say which is which
Talad says: the logic of public/private is unchanged in PSU
Talad says: need to be tested though
Migg says: can we change the description of public books to say they are public?
Damola grins "If copy and paste works across all fields in PSU then you can basically copy private books as well"
Talad says: copy paste works when its an Edit box
Damola says: Ah.
Talad says: if you are only viewing a book, I think you cant
Migg says: What I am saying is that I have two books that are titled "My First Number Book"
Migg says: One is public, the other is not
Damola says: Yeah, and you want to tell them apart.
Migg says: the only way to tell is to give it to someone else
Holesod says: hmm
Talad says: we will have to add that then.
Migg says: Thanks!
Uadjet says: I think we're all really looking forward to copy/paste. It'll mean I don't have to manually edit shortcut files and reload them to get in long bits of text.
Damola says: Yeah.
Thosor says: On a similar note, when you put a crafted item into storage here, you lose the crafter's name when retreiving.
Damola says: Yes.
Talad says: consider PSU is in a pretty good state at the moment
Uadjet says: I don't recall: Do private books have an edit button for someone else?
Damola says: Would be nice to have crafter preserved in PS
Migg says: Yes they do
Talad says: what I need is more people testing it, and pointing out what is missing compared to Legacy
Talad says: and then we can take a decision to move
Damola says: I do have crash issues under Linux.
>Holesod Sacerey nods in agreement with Talad Dev.
Anysu smiles about the number books mentioned by Migg
Gonger says: I will ceratainly do more testing in the next days. I am finally on Holiday (TM)!
Damola says: Others have has well. Mostly in Hydlaa.
Talad says: yes Linux crashes are known by Epic, and they are trying to fix. its not something we can do
Thosor says: I get .16FPS there on linux
Damola says: I see.
Migg says: Not on Discord, so haven't gotten a chance to ask for a download link
Talad says: time to upgrade the PC boys
Talad says: there are some second hand good deals
Holesod says: my desktop is about 2 years old, but I built it myself
Thosor says: same box on winders 10 runs OK
Talad says: or ask a friend
Holesod says: on win10 my video card driver times out so I have been living in linux
Holesod says: amd has mucked up their drivers
Thosor says: w10 uses both graphics cards, can't tell on linux.
Anysu says: My machine is way older than 2 years.
Migg says: Have a GTX 660M, need to see how it fares
Holesod says: I can tell which gfx card I use on linux with both Mint and Ubuntu
Damola says: ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 with AMD Ryzen 4750 Pro with integrated graphics is doing between 15 and 60 fps.
Migg says: not sure it is supported
Thosor says: built mine 4 yrs agp.
Damola says: On Linux. AMD developers are still optimizing gfx drivers for Linux.
Holesod says: uh oh
Thosor says: new gcards are hundreds now, stupid bitcoin mining craze.
Holesod says: hope that the AMD devs don't muck it up like they did on windows
Migg says: pandemic has also messed up supply for all chips
>Holesod Sacerey nods in agreement with Migg Ellorean.
Holesod says: yeah I have been reading up on that
Damola says: At least here there is still more than enough supply with used PCs and laptops.
Damola says: Even this T14 I bought has been used.
Holesod says: it impacts everything serviced by semiconductors
Thosor says: I should look for a recent tpad on craigtslist, though I prefer desktop. I have enough laptops kicking around.
Damola says: I made a bargain on it. I would have paid almost double the price if buying new.
Talad says: buying new is still an issue I think
>Holesod Sacerey nods in agreement with Talad Dev.
Talad says: due to shortage of compoonents
Damola says: Ryzen based AMD ThinkPads are really nice.
Damola says: I made very good experienced buying used, but of course mileage may vary.
Damola says: delivery of a new ThinkPad might have taken me three months or more.
Damola says: Any other questions?
Damola says: Any news on PSUnreal?
Thosor says: I think a lot won't easily be able to go to PSU.
Damola says: Hmmm, on Linux you need Vulkan drivers, but I am not sure whether PSUnreal would be much slower when probably lowering gfx settings a bit.
Talad says: Im continuing to make good progress on PSUnreal
Talad says: I did one pass on all the characters to improve a bit the geometry
Holesod smiles
Talad says: so all of you have some more polygons in PSU
Talad says: mostly in the shoulders, to make those more round
Damola says: Crystalspace based PS and PSUnreal have similar speed here. CS PS seems to be CPU bound, PSUnreal seems to be gfx chip bound. Unreal does unfortunately not utilize more than maybe one and a half CPU core.
Thosor says: Yes, I ran across a Ylian woman, very nice.
Talad says: but also elbows and in the back
Damola says: Nice.
Talad says: its not a remake, but I think its a nice upgrade
Damola says: Are there more postures like lieing down instead of just setting?
Damola says: *sitting I mean
Talad says: yes, you can lie down, and sit on chairs
Damola says: Nice.
Thosor says: That way you can tell if someone is napping.
Holesod says: hehe
Talad says: you can basically sit on any flat surface which is about the height of a chair
Fliks says: Enkis could curl up when they sleep
Fliks says: for when you do /sleep
Thosor says: Biting their tail...
Damola says: By the way female Nolthrir have a very interesting way to walk. It looks kinda bossy like in "what do you want, you little …?" kind of attitude.
Holesod says: oh wow...
Damola says: In PSUnreal. Running is fine, but walking is kind of amusing.
Talad says: In PSU at the moment all the animations are the same for all characters
Thosor says: Sounds like someone I know
Damola says: Ah, I see.
Talad says: so female may look a bit too male
Talad says: but we can change that in the future
Damola says: Yeah.
Damola says: Good.
Talad says: we gained on emotes
Fliks says: ooh
Uadjet says: Quite a few emotes!
Talad says: there are about 10 animations for emotes
Damola says: I tried emotes, most were same animations. I bet it is lots of work to add animations.
Talad says: also also there are some "stances"
Damola says: Stances?
Talad says: like for example holding a torch, or walking injured
Fliks says: oh thats cool
Talad says: or having your hands handcuffed at the back
Thosor says: Injured walking? interesting.
Talad says: those "stances" you can use for roleplay if you want
Damola says: Ah… I wonder about character at rest animations? In CS PS its always the same animation. Is there some variation in PSUnreal?
Damola says: How you do use those stances?
Anysu says: Interesting about stances.
Talad says: I dont recall the command, but I think its like /stance injured
Damola says: Thanks, will try.
Thosor says: stance passed out
Holesod says: hmm
Damola says: One could add automatic switch to injured stance when health is below a certain level.
Migg says: would be nice if you automatically did the injured stance when , yes that
Talad says: yes possible
Anysu says: lol stance passed out Thosor
Thosor says: Damola, great, then wouldn't have to keep looking at chart.
Anysu says: That could be fun
Damola chuckles "Stance drunken after Gonger emptied a whole barrel of ale."
Anysu says: stance drunk
Anysu nods at Dam
Talad says: in general im trying to have more functions in the UI, and less by commands
Anysu says: Damola
Talad says: to make it more intuitive
Gonger says: Two barrels, mayhap...
Thosor passes out.
Damola says: Yeah, that is nice. I expect hotkeys will be all new and configuration of hotkeys won't be migrated.
Damola says: Heh, Thosor. Too much pork?
Thosor burps, and more...
Damola grins to Gonger "So no automatic drunk stance, cause real hammerwielders do not get drunk easily."
Talad says: shortcuts will be to be redone
Talad says: but you can copy paste the content
Talad says: of each
Damola says: Yeah, it is what I expected.
Damola says: Fair enough.
Holesod says: sounds simple enough
>Sliding Lurielle Volanxis...
Thosor zzz zzz
Thosor mmmmmm
Gova says: I'm overdue for a shortcut overhaul anyways.
Damola says: Yeah, my shortcuts are somewhat of a mess as well.
Gonger says: It is possible for us to get drunk, but not easily.
Holesod says: hmm...
Talad says: the PS Unreal event of yesterday was nice to have also for testing
Talad says: there are some bugs which happen only when multiple people are on
Holesod says: definitely
Talad says: for example we had one bug on groups
Talad says: and you can test only with multiple people
Holesod says: I was reminded about that one with the lights causing a crash
Thosor back no longer sore
Talad says: I think at the moment the two biggest things missing are musical scores and drawings
Talad says: for the rest PSUnreal should be equal or better than Legacy
Talad says: but testing is very important to speed up things
>Holesod Sacerey nods in agreement with Talad Dev.
Holesod says: there's only so much that can be tested by one person
Gonger says: Well, we can make our own music on youtube... Things like Bo Hansson, Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings.
Talad says: yes, also I tend to avoid doing it by purpose, as I think can be distributed to others easily
Talad says: for music I was looking at playing midi files directly
Talad says: but I didnt decide yet
Holesod says: doesn't that require midi fonts?
Gonger says: I mean: It is nice to have the in-game music, of course. But until then there are nice things we can play ourselves on youtube.
Holesod says: or are you synthesizing the music from the midi
Talad says: there are free programs to edit midi, with full score and editing capabilities, redoing all that in PSU is not easy
Talad says: there are a lot of people fond of playing instruments in PS
Migg says: muusescore is a program that can create scores
Migg says: think it saves xml
Talad says: yes that one is good Migg
Talad says: we could read the output and play it with your instrument
Gonger says: Ah, you did not only mean background music, but making music ourselves. That is a good point, then.
Talad says: yes, in game instruments
>Thosor Riereri staggers over and tries to grab hold of Lurielle Volanxis but misses. Someone's had too much to drink!
Migg says: I basically convert that to PS XML
Talad says: yes, and in Legacy then you have all the UI to see it and modify it
Talad says: but in PSU that's missing
Talad says: I was thinking to take a shortcut and from the XML just play it without display or anything
Migg says: I believe just reading files created with say musescore is way better
Migg says: and it can save XML
Migg says: then we don't need an editor in PSU
Talad says: yes, this is where I will be heading I think
Talad says: as redoing the editor is complex
Migg says: It would be nice if we could still read the old songs though
Migg says: some are from people who are no longer around to port them
Holesod says: or convert?
Damola says: Would be nice if the old in game songs would still work.
Damola has a nice collection of these.
Damola says: Yeah, maybe a one-time converter
Talad says: if you can export that to XML, that's doable
Migg says: I don't have the XML for any song I did not write
Damola says: Would really be nice to be able to play all those fine songs by Zakena for example.
Talad says: I think they are in the database, and with MusicXML format
Talad says: so can be extracted
Anysu says: Zakena has so many songs.
Damola says: Ah okay, so shall we export them somehow while still in CS PS?
Migg says: Ah, but then should be server-side conversion
Holesod says: hmm
Damola says: CS PS really has a ton of functionality. I wasn't aware there was a music editor inside the game. I always just used ready made scores.
Talad says: yes
Talad says: its also pretty good, considering its hand made
Talad says: are there any other questions?
Talad says: or we can wrap up
Talad says: I will release a new Alpha in the next few days
Damola says: I am fine with wrapping up.
Damola says: Nice.
Damola says: What is new in that one?
Thosor says: oh good, will make sure I have stuff in hand
Thosor says: or is everything in storage?
Talad says: need to make a list, not sure of all pieces
Damola wonders whether he can make sure of anything as long as he lays to the feet of his lady.
Thosor says: I couldn't open my sacks
Damola grins
Damola says: Do you remember some of the pieces, Talad?
Damola says: Anyway, if not, I will see in the alpha announcement.
Talad says: for example the characters improvements
Talad says: tribes should work better now as well
Talad says: added FPS limiter, so you can decide the max FPS
Damola says: nice.
Holesod says: oooh that sounds good
Talad says: More tweaks to terrain and outdoors
Damola says: Haha, with current state of AMD gfx drivers on Linux with current laptop not too much of room to limit FPS, but its for sure nice to have on faster boxes.
Talad says: Added sounds and music to many areas
Damola says: Looking forward to all of that.
Damola says: New music?
Damola says: I noticed that PSUnreal has new background music in certain places and I quite liked it.
Talad says: its the fact PSUnreal was not using the old music yet
Talad says: but now its in
Migg says: great!
Damola says: ah, you put the old music in, well that is some feeling at home in new PS then
Migg says: but PSU has more places than Legacy
Talad says: I thnk those are the most important changes
Zarre says: Yes it is
Damola says: Thanks, Talad.
Talad says: plus all the "fixed pending release" you see on bugtracker
Damola says: I hope Unreal gets those Linux bugs sorted.
Migg says: Cool, great work!
Uadjet says: Does anyone else think the music on PSU's login screen sounds a bit Harry Potter?
Thosor says: if you get lost, can you die and reappear any place special
Damola says: I did not have crashes in PSUnreal up to 0.7.11. The crashes in Hydlaa appeared with 0.7.12
Thosor says: I'd prefer the legacy city tunes, myself,
Damola says: Yes, Uadjet. It sounds at least quite dramatic.
Holesod says: I haven't paid attention to the log in screen music on PSU
Holesod says: but I like the sound of it being dramatic
Damola says: Okay, so wrap up?
Zarre says: Thanks to all who have had a part of PS over all these years. Cheers!
Damola says: Thank you, Talad. Thank you Uadjet.
Migg says: Thanks for all your efforts!
Anysu says: Thanks for all you do and have done Talad
Damola says: Thanks to all players.
Anysu says: Thank youUadjet as well!
Uadjet says: Thank you all for coming! We'll see you again at the next meeting in two weeks!

The GM team is made up of people from all over the world who have come together to make this game more enjoyable, and are responsible for helping players with their in-game issues. The GM team strives to help keep the game free of bugs, exploitation, abuse, and harassment. With large numbers of people online, such problems arise now and again, and the Game Masters intervene when necessary.

Below you can find the names of current Game Masters on the team so that players are aware of who they can turn to for help and who they should definitely listen to if approached.  Please do not try to engage the GMs with idle chatter, as they are often dealing with issues that need their full attention - only send them messages if you truly need help with a problem. They are closely monitored for their actions and at many times are very busy with player requests. When contacting a GM keep this in mind: A GM should not be constantly paged by a player asking for something - we consider this GM Harassment. If the Game Master has not answered you, please assume they are busy and contact them later. Usually, a few minutes should do.  You may also alternatively file an in-game petition about your issue, and the moment a free GM becomes available, they will look into it.


Q: Who are the Game Masters?









Q: What actions does the GM Team perform?

Ensure that the Player Code of Conduct and game rules are enforced and take appropriate action against players that disregard these rules.
Assist in keeping the player free from unwanted harassment.
Assist in reporting bugs found in the game.
Assist in providing feedback for new game functions or modifications to existing functions to the development team.
Relocate players who are stuck in the game geography due to a bug with that portion of the game world.
Assist in other problems that are not otherwise covered by the Game FAQ
Assist with the /help channel.
Checking for frequently hit bugs, errors, or misleading game functions.
 
            ** NOTE: Reporting bugs, problems and possible enhancement of the game is a critical part of the GM Team's duties.

Encourage roleplay and other initiatives players may have, like creation of new guilds, role playing certain situations or characters, provide wedding services, etc., that have been deemed allowable by the settings development department.
Create and run dynamic quests and events in the game that have been approved by the settings development department.



Q: What actions does the GM Team not perform?

It is the goal of the GM team to help a player with any possible situation as long as:


It does not involve giving "spoiler" information, such as detailed directions, quest information, or information on creatures, armor and weapons.

            ** Knowledge of these subjects is considered part of the "mystery" of the game. It is part of the game to adventure and learn the wonders of the world of Yliakum through your own means of discovery.

It does not create an exploitable situation.

            ** An example of this would be teleporting characters due to an unverifiable bug. GMs will not teleport players to a location, except in the case where there is a definite bug involved.

It would not constitute favoritism or compete with activities conducted by players in the game.

            ** For example, GMs will not give out items unless part of an officially sanctioned RP quest or event. We cannot give items upon request for every player in the game, so it is unfair to do it for a few. This would also interfere with the player economy and the worth of items.  GMs do occasionally hold events in which characters may come and have their items renamed to one of their choosing, so long as it fits in with the settings of the game.


Q: How can I become a Game Master?

So you are considering applying to the GM team? You will want to check this thread to ensure that the GM team is currently recruiting new members.  If they are, then please proceed below to see if you meet the following qualifications.

First, you must be over 21 and have been playing for a minimum of 3 months
Before you do anything, talk to some GMs either in IRC via irc.freenode.net #planeshift-gmtalk, or PM's via the forum, or if the GM isn't busy and only if the first two options are unavailable ask via /tell in game if the GM has time to talk and help you, to decide whether you really want to apply.

If you decide to apply, approach any GM and inform them that you would like to join the team. That GM will start a thread on the GM forum, and the same GM will then monitor and manage your application.

The GM managing your application will search through the report logs and Player history etc and post the results.

You will also be asked to submit a short written application detailing your Planeshift history, how long playing, number of characters etc. your age, real name, time zone, and a brief explanation of why you wish to become a GM. This will be posted in your application thread.

In the next step at least 3 GM's will interview you in a group to assess whether you will fit into the team, reasons for joining, level of English and any other relevant information. The logs of this discussion will also be posted in this thread.

Once all the information is collected, the GM team will comment until a consensus is formed and the applicant is either denied or if successful the application will be forwarded to Sarva and a suitable time will be negotiated to perform the final interview. The assessment of the interview will be discussed with Talad.

If all goes well: Welcome to the GM team!




** Any inappropriate behavior towards a Game Master (cursing, lying, etc.) is strictly prohibited and severely punishable. To learn how you can contact Game Masters in the game or how to report inappropriate GM behavior, please read the Filing an Official Complaint against a GM thread.**



The most obvious is to catch us in game simply do a /who game master for a list of online game masters.

*PM us here on the forums!

*You can also use /petition all the GM's check the petitions regularly, so this is probably the simplest and best way to contact any of us. We can even see these without logging into the game.

* We can be found in the Planeshift Discord Channel.

*Many of us have a Facebook account.Emaline Sorka Zunna Uadjet

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.
Zarre says: Hi Uadjet l/
Fliks says: two Uadjets :O
Beadeater Did you ever find out what happened to magic ranks on way quests?
Fliks says: they go up
Zarre smiles, "Now pets can talk. "
Stalfos says: They used to
Awaade says: Pets that talk can be dangerous... They will spread a word how you threat them
Uadjet says: I think that's changing. The Devs are trying to make it possible for people to train via quests instead of grinding. It won't be nearly as fast, but still possible.
Zarre says: Only if you admit to hearing a pet talk in the first place. ;-)
Uadjet says: As part of theat, quests that teach a skill in some way will provide a level or two in that skill.
Fliks says: quick make my Grofel a KiKiri
Uadjet says: I can't morph npcs.
Beadeater : So we we may be able to gain ranks again in the ways from the ways quests?
Fliks says: oh ok
Uadjet says: Believe me I tried
Stalfos says: Use Polymorph with brew potion, then give the potion to your familiar
Uadjet chuckles. "Pets can eat in PSU, but I don't know about potions."
>Anysu Atani salutes Uadjet with respect.
Jeranenie says: I expect the NPC server will need to be restarted for the morph to take
Fliks says: yes i can feed my grofel
Stalfos says: OK, that was neverwinter nights, except brew potion wouldn't work with lvl 4 or above spells
Uadjet says: And I think these are the only two potions that have a morphing effect.
Fliks says: dun dun dun
Stalfos says: Yes please, rogue potions all round
Fliks says: can i drink
Stalfos says: 10 fore each attendee
>Fliks Clawrer nods at Stalfos Kyralum.
Uadjet says: Those have very long durations, and as they're spell effects I think only dying gets rid of them early.
>Uadjet picked up a Minor Rogue Potion
>You drink the potion and are morphed into a rogue as a disguise!
Stalfos says: Sounds great, it's your round
>Uadjet picked up a Major Rogue Potion
Uadjet says: So unless Beadeater has another question, I'll give you all a little update.
Awaade says: Shortcut of Talads week of streaming in like 5 minutes?
Uadjet says: That's a good bit of it, yeah.
Uadjet says: He's been doing a lot of work on ambient sounds.
Stalfos says: Doesn't sound like a major priority
Uadjet says: Part of it is music, so that each major place has its own songs.
Uadjet says: Well, I don't know. A completely silent world isn't very engaging.
Gonger says: There is someone playing around with stupid character names, this morning we had Clerical Erroor, now it is Paladinn Celerity.
Uadjet says: Now if you can hear birds as you're running along, and frogs when you pass a lake, it just feels more real.
Stalfos says: What is needed is the ability to craft Rogue Potions, THEN work on abmient sounds
Awaade says: music can be good, but ambient sounds of landscape or citizens can have great impact on gameplay
Gonger says: Yes, sounds will make things more realistic.
Gonger says: And Stalfos, good luck telling Talad what to do next.
Stalfos says: I wouldn't dream of arguing with a god
Awaade says: Gonger - if you try hard enough on streams he may listen
Stalfos says: I might sick beadeater on him though
Awaade says: anyway we were chosing ylian female character model as viewers
Uadjet says: Heh, if he can put up with my jokes I think it's safe to conclude he's hard to anger.
Stalfos says: You can't even change Ylian female hair colours, ALL BLONDE
Gonger says: Very unrealistic, that.
Stalfos says: Bottle Blondes I'd wager
Gonger says: After all natural blondes will dye out in the long run.
Uadjet says: I think getting Ylian women in the game was the top priority. Hair color is relatively easy to change, but not as essential as other tasks.
Stalfos says: Like Ambient sounds!?
Stalfos says: But if the BLonde to brunette ratio gets to high the world ends
Awaade says: characterisation is definitely not pirimary focus for Talad, for start we need to have updated models for each race at least\
Uadjet says: If redheads die out the world isn't worth living in anymore.
Uadjet says: But I digress.
Awaade says: we want Merrida
Stalfos says: True, they can survive on less sunlight for their Vitamin D
Uadjet says: He's got it set up so that some sounds can only be heard in some sections of the map.
Gonger says: Apparently blond is on a recessive gene with humans, so in the long run...
Awaade says: we dont have sunlight here, only reflection via crystal xd
Stalfos says: Redheads are more recessive then Blonde though, I think
Uadjet says: The best example of that is the Arena. Ven and others have put in a lot of work to make the different sections look different, and be appropriate habitats for whatever type of creature is in them.
Stalfos says: The crystal gives Vitamin D, just during eclipse, eat mushrooms
Uadjet says: Now we can have sounds for each section that won't overlap. You'd only heard riverlings, for example, in their section and presumable just outside the door.
Awaade says: oh yes, i hate running around and around arena, usually i turn wrong way on first try so need to go 3/4 of way to destination
Stalfos says: Order of Keen Edge, left then right to escape arena
Stalfos says: or opposite order of keen edge for Veja
Awaade says: get killed by any monster inside and speedrun via death realm to Harnquist XD
Beadeater : Also, how come Yulbars don#t seem to be available in CS anymore?
Gonger says: Awesome work, that.
>Overriding race for Uadjet to yulbar
Gonger says: Awaade, you need to check the barrels in the corridors...
Uadjet says: They aren't? In what way?
Uadjet says: The stack of three barrels is the way out.
Uadjet says: Two on the bottom, and a third on top of those, iirc.
Stalfos says: I've tried many new characters, they all seem to get Groffels, whereas earlier they were so rare
Awaade says: Will do
Uadjet says: It's based on race of character, I believe.
Gonger says: And in the central room, one exit is marked. Just look closely.
Stalfos says: Hmm, I tried Kran, Nolthrir, Enki, All Groffel
Uadjet says: Some get groffels, and some get yulbars. Nobody gets baggas, as they don't exist yet.
Anysu says: I got Yulber.
Uadjet says: Stonehammers might get yulbars. Kran, maybe?
>Anysu Atani raises an arm and points towards Callisto.
Stalfos says: Hmm wait my old Nolthrir got Yulbar
Awaade says: i dont remember which one i have on second character,
Awaade says: ylian
Stalfos says: Thosor has Groffel
Uadjet says: Maybe I'm wrong. It could be race and gender.
Stalfos says: Now Groffel is so common I kinda want Yulbar
Uadjet says: Or maybe there's a randomness to it.
Anysu says: My other enki and Ylian have groffel
Stalfos says: Tried like 10 characters and it was Groffel
Uadjet says: That's weird. I'll ask Talad when the stream is over.
Awaade says: toss a cvoin to decide, head, tails and rim
Stalfos says: Yes, same name but it's different now
Stalfos says: This isn;t Discworld?
Awaade says: dev meeting while talad is streaming, cant be in 3 places same time... can I?
Stalfos says: It's Stalagtite world
Uadjet says: So other than sounds (and map fixes), Talad has also worked on shapechanging. It's complex in Unreal, but it is at least partially working now.
Anysu says: Will the shapechanging be same as in Legacy?
Uadjet says: That one had me worried, as I use it for nearly every event. It's also how the polymoprh spell works.
Uadjet says: I think so, Anysu. Right now it's still buggy to change from player race to monster and then back again, but a relog would fix that.
Fliks says: how do you turn into other things
Anysu nods at Uadjet
Awaade says: *sings* its a kind of magic
Uadjet says: It's the polymorph spell. Blue Way.
Uadjet says: GM's just use /morph, which has no timer.
Fliks says: ooh
Uadjet says: Oh, last bit of info on ambient sounds is that Talad has been doing a day/night cycle, so things will sound different depending on the time of day.
Stalfos says: Yeah I just tried Polymorph in UE and nothing happened
Uadjet says: Okay, so other than sounds, Talad's been talking about player housing. Specifically, player-built housing.
Stalfos says: Aww lookit the lil Yulbar
Fliks says: YAY
Stalfos says: I built a Tower In Bronze doors outside, but I think Thosor dismantled it
Fliks says: i can have a home finaly
Awaade says: on one hand: i need to grab UE and help debug with linux and my job experience in finding bugs, on other hand: just watching UE streams makes this client pretty much ugly and You dont want to play anymore this version...
Gonger says: That was not said, Fliks.
Gonger says: If the rules for homes stay as they are...
Fliks looks to gonger i can still build one with carpets
>Overriding race for Uadjet to yulbar
Stalfos says: Pthhh, in my day we had 16 bit graphics, and we were happy with it
>Label color of Uadjet set to gm
Fliks says: eek giant pet
Stalfos says: AHAHA
Gonger says: Graphics? I used to play MUDs... purely text-based with some occasional ASCII art
>Fliks Clawrer begins casting a spell at Uadjet!
Uadjet says: Talad was using the area outside Amdeneir's walls as an example of a flat, empty space where players could build things.
Fliks says: i do like the sound of that
Uadjet says: There would of course be limits. Applying for a plot of land, costs, and then everything you'd need to build the building.
Fliks says: but i already see a problem with that
Awaade says: Yeah, i reminded MUDs on stream, Talad told that PS was MUD dozen years ago...
Stalfos says: Only the richer players can afford then
Uadjet says: And unused buildings would need to fall apart of disappear if abandoned for too long.
Uadjet says: I don't know about richer.
Awaade says: richer is kinda off... after reaching some point in character development you cant be poor
Fliks says: ooh im realy likeing this
Uadjet says: i think time spent in game would matter.
Stalfos says: Sure, they disappear cos other players teal them if you are away from them or offline
Gonger says: Right now everybody is rich... there is way too much money in thegame.
Uadjet says: There are players who are ridiculously rich, and if they rebalance things for PSU then it would be profoundly unfair to newer players.
Awaade says: that makes me wonder how much tria you can get into character without breaking game XD
Stalfos says: Sure but I'm still poor compared to olders players, cos they had to max via grinding not skill quests
Fliks says: hmm i dont think that 299k tria is alot by nower day standards
Gonger says: Older players also had to pay for skill training.
Uadjet says: One of the common topics for discussion in the secret channel - and in the secret channels in IRC back when - is how to deal with the excess tria.
Stalfos says: I do remember that, although I rerolled after that
Zarre says: Not all old players are rich either.
Fliks says: how can you have too much tria
Anysu nods at Gonger about skill trianing cost
Stalfos says: Also the walk over to the approriate trainer
>Stalfos Kyralum draws a weapon and swings it at Uadjet!
Awaade says: i remember times when not only you paid for skill training, you had to buy teorethical knowledge and then practice rest of skill level...
Awaade says: soe more or less getting back to trainer after each skill level gained XD
Fliks says: that dose not sound nice
>Teleported Damola Etedi to meetingore in instance 345
Awaade says: that was unique skilling in MMO - at that time there was only 2 or 3 games that had option to train all skills and none was that complicated
>Damola Etedi waves at Uadjet
Stalfos says: Tria and PP of course, I remember standing on top of the rogue camps tents and summoning missile
Uadjet says: So the Devs are thinking tria could be used to speed up access to certain things. Not critical things, of course. More cosmetic.
Damola says: Oh look! A cute Yulbar!
Damola says: Here, you sure need some more sand cookies than a regular one.
Stalfos says: It just tried to eat my Groffel
Uadjet says: Techinically a yulbarisaur.
Damola says: Oh, that is not so nice, then I better give it some sand cookies.
Fliks says: ha
Anysu says: I recall all the gathering of pp and tria.
Awaade says: climbing skill was usable ... i mean OLD times XD
Damola says: Some day I post all those inoffcial screenshots somewhere on the internet.
Damola grins
Zarre says: Fun climbing days
Awaade says: my first contact with planeshift was definitely more than 10y ago
Stalfos says: I mean, I remember paying for skill training, Xacha, Diaboli, 2 Dwarf races
>Damola Etedi waves at Awaade Savaig
Damola says: Wow, and now you play again, Awaade? Great.
Stalfos says: AND GETTING MAGIC SKILL RANKS FOR WAY QUESTS
Damola says: Kga, Gova.
>Damola Etedi waves at Anysu Atani
Anysu says: Must be more than 10 years for me as well
Awaade says: my other character is over 350h old and that was few years ago and that was not my first contact... name is Kudar Dhanhan
Uadjet nods. "Diaboli are back, and the two Dwarven races were made into purely RP clans with the same stats."
>Damola Etedi waves at Jeranenie Kegur
Gova says: Kga!
Stalfos says: Talad said he may convert Ynwyn into Diaboli
Damola says: hmmm
Awaade says: im playing with this lemur while streaming on twitch
Stalfos says: Finally Lemur models
Fliks says: are you streaming us or a another game
Awaade says: i might not look like lemur right now
Uadjet says: I do need to have Talad delete my fourth character slot on this account. There's still a problem with traits where if you have traits not appropriate for your race you crash on character selection.
Uadjet says: Do you have any idea how often I've changed my traits?!?!
Stalfos says: There are traits!?
Awaade says: i stream multiple titles, mostly openttd, minetest, truck simulator, war thunder and now planeshift
Uadjet says: Heck, my GM character is a Derghir with - I believe - red hair in the traits.
Fliks says: whats your twich name thing im going to wach
Zarre says: *smiles*
Stalfos says: No no you Giant Yulabr now
Uadjet says: So the only character on my GM account I can play with is my Ynnwn guard.
Zarre says: Must be ingrown hairs
Stalfos says: Soon to be Diaboli
Uadjet says: So I need Talad to delete that last slot so I can create Ylian women and Lemurs.
Stalfos says: No no you can't Ylian on UE
Uadjet says: No? I thought I saw Talad as one. Maybe that was in the editor.
Stalfos says: Well, there was bug report, supposedly fixed 7.12, but it still doesn't work: new ylians for me on Linux
Stalfos says: Old ones transfered from CS maybe
Awaade says: Fliks - in general i record 30m episodes for YT using Twitch stream, so it is like recording 3-6 episodes on one go while streasming and then uploading to YT
Uadjet says: I'll try it out and see if I can access the new races.
Stalfos says: Hmm seems to be OK if you wait a while, then relog, I'll update the bug report
Stalfos says: Still all blonde though
Uadjet says: And discussion continues regarding the location of Araloth kel'Maren, the Stonehammer city.
Uadjet says: Talad wants to move it to the two map sectors we have in PSU, so that every race has at least one good-sized town or city.
Uadjet says: I'm in love with the description of that city though, so I'm trying to pester him enough that it's placed next to the outer edge and can therefore match the description on the wiki.
Uadjet says: If you haven't read it, just search the wiki for Delving. It sounds amazing.
Awaade says: it might be easier to update wiki
Awaade says: just saying
Uadjet says: I'm not giving up on that city though! I can see it in my mind, now.
Uadjet says: Maybe I should try building assets for it.
Uadjet says: But that's what the last few weeks have been like in Devland. Any questions?
Awaade says: im getting tired, and i need to wait for wife that is stuck in train, she has no keys to home and train is getting at least 40m late
Awaade says: having fun XD
Awaade says: i saw Talad works on new village with Xiosia shrine, great job, that UE is great job and tons of work
Damola says: Stalfos, you play PSUnreal on Linux? I tried, but it crashes… a lot… when I turn around, after I ran a few meters and then even directly after logging in. 0.7.11 was fine
Uadjet says: That's Homestead.
Stalfos says: Yes, I've had no problems like that
Damola says: I think I read on the wiki, it sounded *awesome*
Uadjet says: I'm glad Talad gave me a list of useful teleport coordinates.
Uadjet says: Though I think he did so to prevent me from littering PSU with teleport marker.
Awaade says: ive beek eaten XD
Stalfos says: You gotta unguard em
Damola says: Hmm, interesting, don't know why it crashes for me then. Well I reported on Flyspray.
Uadjet says: *markers
Stalfos says: Older PC perhaps, also I'm on Mxlinux
Uadjet says: Linus has been having a problem. It's a driver thing, I think. I've read that the Windows version with proton is running well.
Stalfos says: Mine runs natively, I did see the posts though about emulation
Damola says: Well I am on ThinkPad T14 AMD Gen 1 with AMD Ryzen Pro 4750 with integrated graphics, so yes, that is quite new. But it ran very well with 0.7.11 and before.
Anysu says: Guess that should be Linux not Linus there Uadjet
Anysu says: Your last line.
Uadjet facepalms. "No, I was talking about Linus from Peanuts. Still with the blanket..."
Uadjet says:
Anysu says: Thought I was in a Peanuts comic strip for a moment.
Stalfos says: Linus Torvalds created Linus yes?
Awaade says: you can say that... but its not enirely true
Awaade says: he was one of devs/creators and based on unix, but he is called father of Tux
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 we'll see you again in...three weeks. It's the second and fourth Sunday of each month, so the extra Sunday this months makes it a longer wait.
Zarre says: Thank you too, Uadjet.
Awaade says: as usual i would not be able to get into, in general my "shift" in home ends about 10pm cet
Fliks says: oh ok
Anysu says: Oh thanks for clarifying that
Anysu says: Thanks for the meeting and all you do, Uadjet!
Uadjet says: Now I have to go see how deep the gorge by the BD Fortress is. There's no way digging 50m down is too deep that far away from the edge!
>Anysu Atani salutes Uadjet with respect.
Stalfos says: Thank you for this GM meeting
Uadjet says: Oh! I'll do another PSU event next week. Watch the calendar for time.
Stalfos says: can't be a dev meeting without devs perhaps, can Yulbars even use keyboard!?
Gonger says: I will be on holiday in September, and hope to help with testing, then.
>The disguise fades away so you now look normal!
Fliks says: someone should stream the event so i can wach it since i cant play PSU
Damola says: Thanks for the meeting!
Anysu says: Will ther be both a PSU and a PS event next week?
Uadjet says: Yes.
Stalfos says: Different times?
Damola says: Ah, nice.
Anysu nods at Uadjet
Damola says: I hope I can stabilize my PSUnreal Linux client till then.
Damola says: Otherwise, it might be difficult to attend the event.
Stalfos says: Now, about those rogue potions...
Anysu says: I will not make either, need to work long day that day.
Damola hands Uadjet-Yulbarsaur the sand cookies
>Damola asks to trade with you.
>You agree to trade.
Uadjet says: Sorry, I was petting the cat.
>Damola gave Uadjet 24 Sand Cookies.
>Trade complete
Damola says: Yum, yum!
Damola grins
Stalfos says: not with those massive paws, I hope
Uadjet says: Rogue potions will likely be available in limited supply at a future event.
Uadjet says: That cat's a Main Coon. Her paws are bigger.
Damola says: What size can make for a difference.
Damola says: But in the end, even a large Yulbar still looks cute.
Damola says: It still looks sweet.
Gonger says: I think even Uadjet would have a hard time to run two events in parallel in different environments...
Stalfos says: IT looks at you with hunger in it's eyes
Uadjet says: My brain would break.
Damola says: See you
Damola says: It has 24 sand cookies, that will keep it occupied for… maybe a second
Stalfos says: That's not even a crumb to this collosus
Anysu says: Bye all
>Anysu Atani waves.
Stalfos says: Bye
Damola says: Then it can eat you Stalfos.
Damola runs away
Stalfos says: I think it is gonna eat your familiar
[Channel] [1: gossip] Uadjet: Okay, the Gorge is about 450 meters deep at the outer wall. There's no way a 60 meter deep city would have any problems with breaking out of the Stalactite. I'm going to make sure Araloth kel'Maren gets made properly if I have to do it myself!

Thanks for the anti-gravity command! Some event setups are just impossible without the ability to hover. And the pterosaur travel fix means no more 21 minute sprints to Amdeneir. 

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: Dentritus?
Dentritus says: Wydj sold a quest item earlier today the wooden sword
Dentritus says: I guess there is a flag not set correctly
Gonger says: He said he made a petition.
Uadjet says: I replaced it.
Gonger says: Is this indeed a flag missing, or is it in general possible to sell Quest Items?
Gonger says: I have not tried it on purpose...
Dentritus says: I know only of the apprentice wands
Uadjet says: The item is not in the correct category, I think.
Dentritus says: but except for the azure or dark you can get these multiple times
Mishka says: Hey, not a question, but may I have some help putting up some signs after this please?
Uadjet says: It's in Weapons - Shortswords, not Quest Items.
Uadjet says: Merchants buy by category, so as there's no merchant players can access that buys quest items, selling them should be impossible.
Swee grunts at all those who recently entered...
Gonger says: Wrong category, I think that is what Dentritus meant.
Uadjet nods.
Uadjet says: I'll pass that along. As the only use for the item is in a quest, it probably should be in that category.
Gonger says: Thank you.
Dentritus says: On the other hand a way to mark items as blocked so one can't sell them accidentally would be nice too
Uadjet says: That would work, though creating another flag is probably more work.
Uadjet says: There are other items that can be sold but shouldn't be, of course.
Uadjet says: So a flag would be the better solution.
Uadjet says: Yes?
Uadjet says: Oh.
Uadjet facepalms.
Uadjet says: Right.
Fayrene chuckles
Uadjet says: Okay, as nobody else is at the lecterns I'll give you a little update.
Uadjet says: Talad released the new alpha - we're at 7.11 now - which includes a long list of fixes and updates.
Damela says: And we did first event in it yesterday!
Uadjet says: Quite right!
Fayrene says: it went well then?
Damela says: Exploring Delver. Catching a thief.
Damela says: Well except for I think 3-4 server crashes, yes.
Damela says:
Fayrene laughs
Uadjet says: We tested things out and other than a crash possibly caused by a group teleport everything went well.
Anysu says: Awe neat. Too bad about the crash though.
Uadjet says: Talad's trying to track down the examine crash, but hasn't been able to reproduce it again.
Dentritus says: The movement in PSU takes some getting used to
Gonger says: Ah, during next event, then...
Fayrene says: maybe its the group? how much were there?
Gonger says: My impression is that most movement types are not implemented yet.
Mishka says: Paladin showing up again
Damela says: Yeah, those crashes do not happen when you run around in PSUnreal. It did this for more than a hour without a crash
Damela says: So it appeared to be something to have to do with event stuff.
Uadjet says: Movement does take a bit of getting used to, that's true. It's just a bit different.
Uadjet says: Everyone tested out the mantling system at the event.
Mishka says: I still don't like that fenkis have hunched shoulders
Uadjet says: Getting onto that roof is not easy.
Dentritus says: I crashed a lot when fighting
Dentritus says: And the rolling animation killed me a few times when I jumped down on the ledge in the death realm - rolled right of the way
Fayrene says: rolled? O_O
Uadjet says: Ah, yes. You do a little roll when you fall down a certain distance.
Uadjet says: It's always fun falling a kilometer and doing a little roll to absorb the impact.
Fayrene says: oh, interesting
Anysu says: Do you take less damage then when roll?
Gonger says: Some stairs need real climbing, at least for me.
Uadjet says: I have no idea, as I don't take falling damage.
Uadjet says: Like in the Plaza, Gonger?
Dentritus says: no falling damage yet
Gonger says: Yes
Gonger says: Before the Smithy
Uadjet says: I noticed that myself, and I don't think it was just there.
Fayrene says: maybe its better to have a ramp?
Damela says: I did not take any damage in PSUnreal so far, maybe did not yet jump down from high enough.
Dentritus says: I tried and there is no falling damage
Anysu says: Good to know.
Mishka says: I jumped off the WT and nothing
Mishka says: But I'm a cat, maybe I landed on my feet
Fayrene says: maybe *chuckles*
Anysu grins at Mishka's comment
Thosor says: We jumped off the eagle head and were teleported back.
Dentritus says: I am a stone and neither me nor the floor took damage
Uadjet says: Okay, so falling damage is still off for everyone.
Mishka says: They'll toggle it overnight and set up a camera to laugh at us
Fayrene laughs
Uadjet says: I would.
Thosor says: I wish turning wouldn't stop when mouse pointer hits edge of screen.
Thosor says: extra wear and tear on fingers.
Uadjet says: But as for the last update to Unreal, a lot of small fixes were done. You can do pterosaur travel now, which will make things a lot easier.
Thosor says: pterasaur looks like a squashed pigeon.
Uadjet says: The long running times from place to place are being considered. As I've said before it's a 21 minute sprint from Amdeneir to Hydlaa alone, and I don't know how long players will be able to sprint in PSU.
Fayrene grins
Dentritus says: really, was the first thing I tried and didn't manage it
Uadjet says: Sprinting is double running speed, so without sprinting it would be over 40 minutes to run between Amdeneir and Hydlaa.
Fayrene says: and on a rivnak?
Anysu says: Long time.
Thosor says: how fast for mounting when implemented?
Uadjet says: I haven't been able to test mount speed. I'll try morphing instead, and see if turning into a rivnak gives me their speed. It does in Legacy, so maybe...
Damela says: I still did not manage to mount a mount though or to actually sit in PSUnreal
Fayrene says: still much to do then
Thosor says: I can sit ok. no mounting though.
Gonger says: Where is the road Hydlaa - Amdeneir?
Gonger says: And what about riding our mounts? I could not /target mine to mount it
Fayrene says: btw... about sitting.... will it be able to sit on a chair?
Thosor says: sit is long press to ground. sit on chair is short press.
Damela says: Gonger, the outdoor areas have changed a lot
Uadjet says: To sit on a surface other than the ground it should be in front of you, I think. It can be tricky, but iirc I was able to sit on the benches on the elevated section between the Plaza and East Hydlaa.
Fayrene says: ah okay
Uadjet says: I think there is a road from Hydlaa to Amdeneir, but there are a lot of roads on that section of the map and I don't know the route.
Thosor says: I am sitting on the anvil now, I think at the smithy.
Uadjet says: I tend to aim myself in vaguely the right direction, slide myself up half a kilometer, and slide myself forward while falling.
Thosor says: oh, I am sitting with Aleena.
Thosor says: use magic gps spell.
Uadjet says: So the first Unreal event went well, and I've got antother one planned where you'll get to see the new Bronze Doors and what's on the other side.
Fayrene says: wow
Anysu says: Surreal knowing you are one place in the world in PSU and in another place in the word in Legacy.
Sudarew says: I have a question: When downloading the unreal game do you need to unzip the file?
Sudarew says: I'm using a windows.
Uadjet says: You do. It's a zip file, iirc.
Anysu says: Neat idea to get to see on other side of the Bronze door.
Sudarew says: Should I unzip it into its current folder, or do I need to zip it into something else?
Uadjet says: There's no install file in there, so just unzip it into wherever you want the game to be.
Sudarew says: Thanks
Gonger says: Yes, zip file, absolutely no problem with that.
Gonger says: But do not try to update from 0.7.8... Download 0.7.10, then use the upgrade function from the launcher.
Uadjet says: So Talad's been working on terraforming the map. He's trying to maximize the playable area and makes things look natural.
Thosor says: Yeah,I don't think it messes with the registry or anything.
Uadjet says: No, you can just unzip and play.
Uadjet says: It installs files to AppData, but does that when you launch the game.
Uadjet says: Talad's also been creating little secret area for things like shrines, remote cabins, random events, etc.
Uadjet says: He didn't livestream that one, of course!
Fayrene chuckles
Fayrene says: good for a hide and seek event then
Uadjet says: Oh, don't encourage me to do events where I hide things for you all to find. I sometimes hide things too well.
Fayrene says: oh oh XD
Anysu says: A scavenger hunt evenr
Anysu says: *event*
Uadjet says: Let's see... Oh, terraforming includes a little farm area near Hydlaa.
Thosor says: radio foxhunt
Uadjet says: That will be nice to have.
Uadjet says: People won't have to wonder where all the food comes from.
Gonger says: That reminds me of Jabberwocky (movie), the Hiding Tournament...
Fayrene says: hu? we can plant our vegetables then?
Thosor says: and feed our pets to them.
Gonger says: With them, Thosor. With them
Fayrene says: beast-eating plant *chuckles*
Thosor says: hehe 'feed me'
Anysu says: It is just a location.. we can't actually plant there/
Gonger says: The Little Shop of Thosor.
Anysu says: lol Gonger
Anysu says: It is just a location.. we can't actually plant there?
Uadjet says: We have those. They're called Gorweals.
Uadjet says: I think the farms are just locations for now.
Sudarew says: Can Gorweals grant wishes?
Uadjet says: Planting would be fun, but that involves creating a whole new system.
Dentritus says: Depends on your wish
Uadjet says: @Sudarew: Try stuffing one into a lamp and find out.
Thosor says: for vegetarians, you have to plant your kikiries at least 1 meter apart.
Gonger says: Speaking of system... Any news about an improved crafting system? Interface?
Thosor says: magic 3d printer.
Uadjet says: He hasnt' worked on that in a while. He's worked on the crafting book display, getting it so that selecting an item will show the steps and materials needed to make it.
Uadjet says: It'll be a lot clearer than it is now.
Thosor says: It is fun going through the present books in mind backwards to figure out.
Thosor says: some still drive on the incorrect side of the road.
Mishka says: Welp, I gotta go, good times were had
Sudarew says: o/
Thosor says: where?
Damela says: Time for me as well
Swee vanishes...
Uadjet says: Oh, and the plan is for every race to have a city in the current 2 sectors.
Anysu says: Nice
Uadjet says: So nobody will have to wait for entirely new sections of the map.
Anysu says: Bye to those leaving
Uadjet says: I must admit, the Stonehammer city sounds amazing.
Damela says: Nice.
Anysu says: Stonehammers I think will be happy to have a city.
Dentritus says: Will there be an almost deserted diaboli town?
Thosor says: rivers of beer
Fayrene says: and will dakkru have a nice new body?
Uadjet says: Diaboli will be coming back, so they will have the twon of Homestead I think.
Uadjet says: I'm pitching places for the Stonehammer city that are near the outer edge, so it can be dug as deep as the wiki article says.
Anysu says: Wow. It will be neat to see the Diaboli back
Thosor says: Diabolical
Dentritus says: Back from the death realm or the new arrivals
Fayrene says: now.... chelsair and attier would be happy to have that place!
Anysu says: Really liked having them in recent event.
Anysu nods at Fayrene
Damela says: Yeah, that was nice.
Damela says: See you all!
Uadjet says: Maybe both? It would require a change of lore, so perhaps they'll all be recent arrivals.
Fayrene says: see you damela
Uadjet says: Well, relatively recent.
Uadjet says: Onces that arrived after the other Diaboli left for the Death Realm.
Dentritus says: But the homeworld was destroyed not too long ago, so there might be an increase in new arrivals
Uadjet says: I'm assuming the portals have a bit of temporal slippage, so people who leave a month apart may arrive here decades apart.
Uadjet says: That or time on the Dryken Plane is really wonky.
Uadjet says: But the hour is up. Any more questions? Or questions I missed?
Fayrene says: maybe there is a mage who can control rifts....
Fayrene says: no, i have no questions
Uadjet says: You can see the list of updates on the main page of planeshift.it
Leeza says: Thanks, Uadjet
Anysu says: Thanks for th update!
Dentritus says: Thanks for the update
>Anysu Atani salutes Uadjet with respect.
Thosor says: thanks
Fayrene says: thank you uadjet for the information ^^
Uadjet says: So I think we're done for the day. I'll see you at the next meeting in two weeks! Have fun!
Fayrene says: you too!

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.
>Anysu Atani salutes Talad Dev with respect.
>Anysu Atani salutes Uadjet with respect.
>Lytoza Rehon waves.
Uadjet says: On the stage today is Talad, the creator of Planeshift and project lead...
>Anysu Atani cheers happily at Talad Dev!
Uadjet says: And me, of the GM team.
Fliks whispers and dont foget to subscribe to PlaneshiftOfficial on youtube
Talad smiles
Damola says: Bow
>Damola Etedi bows to Uadjet.
>Damola Etedi bows to Talad Dev.
Damola says: Hello everyone.
>Damola Etedi winks at Gonger Xaraha playfully.
Lurielle says: Hello Damola!
>Anysu Atani thanks Talad Dev!
>Damola Etedi waves at Mishka Laralkes
>Damola Etedi waves at Fayrene Muirik
Uadjet says: Unless Talad has something he wants to share, we can take any questions you have. Just step up to the lecterns if you have somethign you want to ask.
Mishka says: Hi
Uadjet says: Mishka?
Mishka says: My question is if there are any guildhouse auctions planned for a near future / before the switch to Unreal
Ceranu says: When is the switch happening?
Talad says: guildhouses will be ported to unreal, so we can host auctions without problems
Uadjet checks his list. "Don't you already have one?"
Fliks says: quick someone give mee a key XD
Mishka says: Well, you could consider the possibility that it is not solely for me
Fayrene says: for you and nibblez, hu, fliks? ^^
Mishka says: and that I am also asking for others
Fliks says: and for the rest of my group
Anysu glad she has a guild house, though small her guild is
Fayrene says: it seems guild houses are needed
Uadjet says: It is possible, at least.
Fliks says: if theyre are going to be auctions pls make them before the switch to UE
Uadjet says: Remember that there will be a new guildhall map in PSU, for Amdeneir.
Fayrene says: why? i heard that there will be more houses coming, if i remember correct
Gonger says: Guild houses auctions are still the best way to remove money from the economy
Mishka says: I assume you mentioning that I already have a guildhouse is implying that the same player may not have multiple properties even if they have two different guilds
Mishka says: Also what Gonger said
Fliks says: i have 1.3m tria but i doubp that alot compared to the prise people pay for the guild houses
Uadjet says: Guildhouses tend to be quite expensive, that is true.
Anysu says: Guess we could use a guild house auction event.
Fliks says: but then my friends have around 50m XD
Fliks says: on total
Fliks says: in*
Lurielle says: Are there old abandon guilhouses around?
Uadjet says: And the limit isn't based on player, iirc. If someone has two characters that have active guilds I dont' think it would violate the rules for each guild to have a guildhouse.
Uadjet says: There are some, Lurielle.
Fayrene says: i just saw a guild house on the market place with the number 34 or so
Fliks says: but there is a high chance for the those guild members to come back and start playing the game again
Fayrene says: is there someone in that house, uadjet?
>Lurielle Volanxis nods at Fliks Clawrer.
Mishka says: I know it was bought in an auction
Mishka says: I also know there are houses in the Winch that are effectively abandoned
Fayrene says: i didnt see a name on it
Uadjet says: I'd have to go there and check it out. I don't have a list by number, like that. My list has guild names, map types, and instance numbers.
Fayrene says: ah okay
Uadjet says: Winch guildhouses are a bit different, as they aren't necesarily great for guilds with new players. Getting Winch access isn't intended to be easy.
Fayrene says: ugg.... true that...
>Fayrene has been awarded 1 sand cookie.
Mishka tries to remember another question she had
Fliks says: well i could buy one there cos my guild we all have winch and are not expectinging to invite anyone anytime soon
Uadjet says: So, here's where I normally summarize what Talad has been working on, but that would feel weird with him standing right there.
Fayrene says: XD
Mishka says: Oh question
Mishka says: Has anything been decided as to whether to put voice chat in game?
Damola also has a Q or two
Uadjet says: Hmm?
Talad says: At the moment I didnt take a final decision on that, its still a possibility
Fliks says: i think it would be cool to have the voise acting in
Talad says: If we add it , to me will be interesting to provide a voice changer for kran or klyros, or male / female
Fliks says: we could all do a part init like do and NPC each
Talad says: the idea would be that the game allows you to roleplay the voice its more proper for your character
Anysu says: Voice chat would be nice.
Fayrene says: a dark and grumble voice for the kran ^^
Fayrene says: a sweet voice for nolthrir, male ones a bit darker
Fayrene says: a purry voice for enkis etc
Fliks says: purr purr
Mishka says: prrrrrrrrr good idea tabei prrrrrrrrr
Anysu says: Different accents depending where character is from.
Fayrene says: *rolls with her eyes and chuckles*
Talad says: one issue of voice is bandwidth for the server
Talad says: has that is going to take some
Damola says: I am finally able to log into PSUnreal. it works with my new laptop, even concurrently to being logged into the old client. I love what I see, the path ways between the cities much more natural. The nature. It looks awesome. However I do have a few question about some functions I could not yet make to work. Wondering whether they are implemented already or not.
Anysu nods at Talad
Uadjet says: Klyros voices would be interesting. That 'k' at the beginning of some words, for example. Maybe like a clicking sound, like some African languages have?
Fayrene says: and ylians with gaelic like voices?
Mishka says: That may only be achieved through voice acting, all of what you said
Damola waits for the voice dicussion to conclude.
Mishka says: Voice changing filters aren't that advanced
Mishka says: Which functions specifically Damola?
Damola says: 1) Most important: I did not figure out how to mount a mount. I managed to summon my Rivnak, yet, I do not seem able to mount it. Is it implemented? "Using" it appears to start a NPC dialogue with it.
Damola says: 2) Related: The Pterosaur handler quests. I can click through them, but then nothing happens. I bet Pterosaur travel is not yet implemented?
Talad says: mounts are still not complete, but you should be able to mount it with E
Talad says: E is the interact key for pretty much everythign in PSUnreal
Talad says: point your mouse and press E
Talad says: you can pickup item
Talad says: speak to NPCs
Talad says: open doors!
Talad says: Pterosaur quest is not working atm
Damola says: 3) Doors. I did not figure out how to open doors. Neither guild house, nor towers in Gugrontid or enchanting place in magic shop.
Damola says: I tried pressing E regarding mounting.
Talad says: I will have to test it more then, maybe with different characters
Damola says: Pressing E starts NPC dialogue for me. Hmmm, maybe be settings got bonkers.
Talad says: I think I will have anyway to rework mounts sooner or later in PSUnreal
Damola says: E is set to "interact". Is that right?
Damola says: Anyway, it is a huge achievement. Many thanks for your dedication Talad and all the others who are working on it.
>Anysu Atani claps for Talad Dev.
>Anysu Atani cheers happily at Talad Dev!
>Mishka Laralkes falls asleep beside Damola Etedi.
Talad says: I can give you some updates, as I understand that following the dev streams is not really possible for everyone, as its a lot of hours
Talad says: The release 0.7.10 was a great release adding a lot of new functionality
Talad says: but it has some bugs which will be fixed in 0.7.11
Talad says: 0.7.11 will be mostly a bugfixing, polishing release
Talad says: and will be released as an update with the updater
Talad says: I realized most of our NPCs were not setup for combat, and that's fixed in 0.7.11
Damola says: Nice. I found that mobs did not attack.
Fayrene thinks about the guards and chuckles
Talad says: also fixed some wrong collisions, fixed bow ammo, ability to see second familiars on pet window, fixed invisibility for gms
Damola still tries to figure out mounting "E starts a NPC dialog."
Talad says: added progression bars to crafting (which was missing)
Talad says: adding crafing animations
Talad says: many people mention there is not enough visibility to PSUnreal
Fayrene says: will the guards be able to attack the nauts if they go to hydlaa?
Gonger says: Speaking of mounts, I have to protest against the use of dwarves as mounts in PSU right now!
Talad says: if you want to help just post on your socials some of our release annoucnements or screenshots of the alpha
Fayrene laughs
Talad says: the more screenshots and posts are out there the better
Damola says: Haha, Gonger, yes, the drifter is a dwarf in PSU. As well as Gobbles appear to be dwarves. It seems they are a placeholder for missing models
Fayrene says: ah, thats the cause, hu? XD
Anysu says: Try offering those placeholder ale?
Talad says: yes its a placeholder model
Talad says: we miss few creatures as the porting from the old game didnt work for some of them
Anysu grins
Talad says: gobble, velnishi
Fayrene says: i wonder why that is
Talad says: we will have to redo the animations for those
Damola likes the old Pterosaurs much better than the new in PSUnreal.
Talad says: the reason is the way those were originally created in 3dsmax, using a special different skeleton
Damola says: Pterosaurs need to be huge and have real wings
Damola says: Hmmm…
Fayrene says: ah okay. so you have to redo them sadly
Talad says: there has been a discussion on that, zwei liked more the closed wings, as similar to a duck position
Anysu looks at Damola.. And really fly!
Damola says: I tried the /mount command on my Rivnak and it says "Can't find object to mount"
Fayrene says: oh oh..... maybe we will see more flying things like yesterday then?
Fayrene says: Attier wasnt happy about that
>Anysu Atani listens intently to Talad Dev.
Fayrene says: oh, still much work to do before i can join planeshift unreal
Fliks says: oh and Talad how long do you think it will be intill the relese
Fliks says: and the servers get updated
Talad says: very hard to answer as depends on how fast I can progress. The coding side is only me at the moment
Damola says: Hmmm, now tried /mount PETNAME, no error message, but not mounting either. And Gonger, you can relax. I get "Can't find object to mount" for dwarv-drifter as well.
Talad says: and there is a lot to do there
Fliks says: oh ok
Fayrene grins
Gonger says: Glad to hear that, Damola.
Talad says: The good part is that data from legacy is all imported
Fliks says: nice
Damola says: I think at one time it would be good to have a test event in there. And then a few players report bugs.
>Anysu Atani cheers happily at Talad Dev!
Talad says: I dont feel we are far away from the release anyway
Talad says: but we will need 10+ of you saying yes to shutdown the old one
Gonger says: In any case, PSU looks and feels amazing, and I am running on a 4 year old PC
Talad says: meaning as players you find all working fine in PSUnreal
Fayrene says: i have no problem with that, talad
Anysu looks sad at a shut down of PSL. Need a better machine.
Gonger says: Anysu, what I just said - my pc is 4 years old, and has no problems so far with PSU.
Damola looks at dwarf in PSUnreal and shakes her head "No no, you are not Shirwa."
Talad says: more than a shutdown, will be a change of dress for PS
Uadjet says: My PC is ancient and I can run PSU well enough. Just not well enough to do two clients.
Anysu says: Mine is over 8 years old.
Mishka says: Wish we could keep PS Legacy around somehow :C
Fayrene says: wow.... okay... that is old, anysu ^^
Anysu nods at Mishka
Talad says: I encourage everyone to try PSUnreal anyway
Anysu says: Yup it is Fayrene
Fayrene says: uh.... but there still stays "with 200+ hours" or so...
Fayrene says: or patreon
Fliks "id love to" sighs
Damola says: On Linux you need a GPU which is covered by Vulkan drivers. Sandybridge in the ancient ThinkPad T520 was not enough, but Skylake already works. Currently on AMD Ryzen Zen 2 Vega graphics and that works quite well
Fayrene says: i really want to try it out if my pc can handle the new version
Dentritus says: Uadjet mentioned testing events in PSU, anything new in regard to PSU events?
Fayrene says: talad? will a graphiccard called intel hd 4600 work?
Talad says: unlikely, but can still try
Talad says: windows is a bit more forgiving for hardware than linux
Talad says: in PSUnreal
Mishka says: how about mac?
Fayrene says: yes? for me it was always the other side XD
Anysu says: Yeah I have mac to.
Talad says: Mac was tested by few people and works
Fliks says: im a Linux user so im relly struggerling
Fayrene says: i really should test it out.....
[Channel] [1: gossip] Noriko: need a gm port please
Thosor says: and, with chipaggedon going on, nothing is available for upgrades.
Fayrene says: hu?
>Teleported Noriko Sutha to meetingore in instance 345
Thosor says: try to buy a graphics card.
Uadjet says: The graphics card shortage, due to crypto-mining. I think.
Fayrene says: oh, okay.... i heard they skyrocket gen heaven
Thosor says: And the shortage of everything.
Fayrene says: lucky is who bought before the disaster began
Anysu says: lol. Old mac. old OS.
Thosor says: Just in time manufacturing = just missed.
Damola says: Fayrene, I think it can work. I think anything later than Sandybridge will work under Linux. On Windows maybe even Sandybridge could work
Fayrene says: i have to look which one these aio-pc has
Talad says: we are becoming a "newer" game somehow, so PC of 10 years ago are not working
Talad says: but 5-7 years may work fine
Talad says: mostly depends on the graphics card
Fayrene says: hmmm... then it should be fine
Talad says: you may upgrade the graphics card only
Thosor says: age of the machine or the chipset?
Damola says: I have another question about PSUnreal. To what extent can it make use of multithreading? My new laptop CPU has eight cores, totalling 16 cores with hyperthreading (totalling 1600% maximum CPU usage). PS CS takes about 50-120%, and PS Unreal may take about 150% but not more.
Talad says: to one of few years later
Fayrene says: i dont know if i can do that by these pc-aio-monitor
Talad says: Unreal is single threaded by design
Damola says: Ah, I see.
Fliks says: yup i cant play becouse my PC is older than 10 years so for me it have to get a new GPU but my motherboard if too old so i would need a new one and my SCU is also oo old so i might as well buy a whole new compter wich i cannot offard
Damola says: Too bad. Well FPS wise it is fast enough on the machine.
Talad says: I dont think you need a new computer, you can get a used one few years old and it will work
Fayrene says: fliks? are there shops which sell used computer in your village?
Talad says: I think with 200-300$ it can be fine
Fliks says: nope
Fliks says: non
Fayrene says: ah okay
Damola says: I use all settings on high, just textures on epic, cause they look quite lowres otherwise. Gives me about 60-70 fps in settings screen even when PS CS client is running, but it can go down to 15 fps in some circumstances in game.
Fliks says: i have 9 FPS right now
Damola says: 43 here, but this laptop is quite modern, it still is a used one.
Gonger says: I wonder how much a 4 year old machine like mine would cost today...
Fayrene says: is there a command for that?
Thosor says: eveybody is phone poor now, no computer building for fun.
Damola says: /fps
Gonger says: If they are still sold somewhere...
Fayrene says: thank you damola ^^
Damola says: I bet your fps should be somewhere between Fliks and mine
Fayrene says: hmmm... 33.2... not bad
Gonger says: 64
Damola says: Yeah, nice. I think your system can do PSUnreal
Damola says: Fayrene
Noriko says: With modern videocard wneh I set settings above middle, all my fans in my tower PC are running as my PC is an airplane and want to join skies. In comparison Cyberpunk 2077 game on ultra settigs doesn't provide this effect at all
Fayrene says: thank you, damola ^^
Damola says: Gonger, I bet you have a dedicated graphics card?
Damola says: Noriko, PS CS or PS Unreal?
Talad says: Noriko, you can limit the FPS to 30 and will be fine
Noriko says: Damola I'm talking about PSU, PS CS is quite good
Gonger says: Dedicated?
Fayrene says: the not-onboard one
Noriko says: with Cyeberpubnk 2077 I have aboit 100 FPS all the time
Damola says: In PS CCS I have texture highest, shaders highest, particles high, but anti aliasing only 2xQ and anisotropic filtering only 2x. Setting it high can make fps quite few in certain circumstandes.
Gonger says: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Only this one.
Damola says: Gonger, is it an extra graphics card (dedicated) or CPU integrated graphics?
Fayrene says: that is a good one
Damola says: Ah, dedicated then.
Damola says: Well that should always work, unless very old.
Gonger says: Stop talking Chinese, Damola. ;-)
Gonger says: Hardware manager shows only this one.
Fayrene chuckles
Noriko says: with PSCS I have all on max, ani x8, anti x4 usually, now a bit lower for ability to test PSUE from time to time
Damola says: Well, Gonger, a NVidia GeForce GTX is a real graphics card, AFAIK, one that you buy and stick into your computer.
Fliks says: ill be back in a second my internet is messing
Damola says: The graphics functionality I use is built into the CPU, thus integrated.
Noriko says: and yes, I'm speaking of running PSUE separately of any other thing, and clean run
Damola says: Anyway, any other news or updates or questions?
Fayrene says: hmmm..... any other news about psu, talad? ^^
Damola says: I am looking forward to PS 0.7.11.
Damola says: Otherwise we are at an hour already.
Talad says: nothing more on my side atm
Talad says: see you soon!
Damola says: See you!
Fayrene says: see you ^^
>Damola Etedi waves at Ojaveda Green Carpet
Uadjet says: That's all for today! Thank you for coming, and we'll see you again in two weeks!
Uadjet says: Have fun!
>Damola Etedi waves.
Gonger says: Thanks for the great work!

Lo and behold, the Dev Q&A log for May 23, 2021.






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 chuckles
Uadjet says: There we go. Fries for everyone!
Fayrene says: thank you very much
Harither says: i think its raining fried potatoes
Raraler says: Thank you
Thosor says: crispy!
Lurielle says: Thanks!
Fayrene says: mmmhhh.... yummy!
Uadjet says: Okay, as my little shortcut said, please line up at the lecterns if you have a question.
Fayrene says: but i wonder about the name "kartoffel" *chuckle
Fliks says: nom nom nom
Uadjet says: If there aren't any questions right away, I can give you all an update on what people are working on.
Uadjet says: That's what potatoes are called in PS.
Uadjet says: Raraler? You have a question?
Gonger says: And in German
Gonger says: Kartoffel is the German word for potato
Uadjet says: True.
Fayrene says: i know because i am german ^^
>Kalterina Blazenloch salutes Uadjet with respect.
Noriko says: not only german
Thosor says: French Kartoffels
Raraler says: Hello, I do, but I'm not an English speaker and I have to check my vocabulary before. Excuse me a minute please.
Fliks says: douh i fogot my plate
Fliks says: ill be back in a muinet
Fayrene laughs heavily
Uadjet says: When I made up a lemon/lime fruit, I stole a word from Arabic, iirc.
Fayrene says: which one was it? ^^
Raraler says: To facilitate the information/inclusion of newcomers, vould it be possible to have general announcements in scrolling text over the bottom of the screen in addition to the Main tab?
Uadjet says: 'Jiir'
Fayrene says: interesting question, Raraler
Raraler bows
Uadjet says: What type of general announcements? Announcements from GMs/Devs, or things like "you have discovered Amdeneir" or "you have made a battle helm"?
Raraler says: Announcments from GM/Dev, annonce of events, reminder of the process to join events...
Fliks says: back
Uadjet says: Okay, I can make sure to do that.
Raraler says: Thanks
Uadjet says: Well, what I mean is worldshouts.
Uadjet says: Like this:
Raraler bows
Raraler worldshouts: Dev Q&A underway at the Courthouse in East Hydlaa!
Uadjet says: Everyone should see that.
Noriko gigles
Uadjet says: But I can't make it appear in text on the center of the screen.
Fayrene says: i think that would be to much, or?
Damola looks surprised "Even mighty GM powers appear to be limited."
Kalterina says: Never knew there was a worldshout
Kalterina says: For players?
Uadjet says: Yeah, the Devs still won't give us a kikiri invasion script.
Fayrene says: again that one, uadjet *laughs*
Fayrene says: you should have seen Dentritus *giggles*
Damola says: players dont have a world shout power I think
Mishka says: When life gives you kikiri, make fried chicken?
Gonger says: Hello Mishka
Fayrene says: or let them pick at you....
Dentritus says: You won't see it in the NPC Tab - if you do quests you are switched to the tab and still won't see it
Mishka says: How fast would you have to hit a kikiri with a fireball for it to cook perfectly?
Raraler says: Ha ha!
Fayrene laughs
Thosor says: I saw Dentritus with a flock around him earlier. Looked like he was getting weaker and weaker, But I see he is ok.
Fliks says: try the speed of light
Uadjet says: Unless you're in main, I think. It may depend on if NPC chat is in main or only its own tab.
Dentritus says: Don't look at my feet
Fayrene says: it was a hilarious view, dentritus
Uadjet says: See, now I think of you as Shale from Dragon Age: Origins.
Uadjet says: Okay, so I'll give you an update on what Talad and Zwei have been up to, since I actually know that.
Thosor says: Most everything is a regular schedule, is there a need for special announcements?
Mishka says: Before we start anyone feels the dire need to join an inactive guild?
>Migg Ellorean bows to Uadjet.
Thosor says: I guess if there is going to be a sudden mass kikiri fry...
Noriko says: Thosor yes, if you deep in work of somehting you might not read main chat for example
Migg says: Still pondering that kikiri invasion?
Uadjet says: As discussed in the last meeting, Talad bought a model of a viking woman and spent some time converting it for use in Unreal. He imported it successfully, so Ylian woman will have a model of their own in PSU!
Fayrene says: wow!
Mishka says: Why don't we just tweak that model, make it slimmer, taller, shorter, more stout, etc, to have the different races?
Thosor says: woman for us?
Migg says: using the helmet as model for the horns?
Fayrene says: oh lol
Uadjet says: That may work, but it's possible that much change could mess things up. It's not my area of expertise.
Fayrene wants to play on the new client
Mishka says: How much is a model of those?
Mishka says: USD or EUR, I don't mind either.
Uadjet says: Talad has also worked on the compendium, and just today edited some voiceover work he commissioned for the new tutorial.
Fayrene says: ohhhhhh
Mishka says: If it's like 5-10€ I reckon a player with some spending cash leftover at the end of the month could contribute by buying a model.
Kalterina says: Nice to have an actual Ylian female
Uadjet says: That was... $50? That's the price I'm seeing, but I seem to recall Talad getting a discount as it was his first purchase.
Mishka says: Whew.
Thosor says: Hope her ears are pointy.
Uadjet says: The model comes with clothing, leather, and chain.
Damola says: yeah nice to have a ylian model
Uadjet says: Plus a shield, sword, and axe. Not sure if those are coming in though.
Fayrene says: then he got much for the money i find
Uadjet says: Ah, yes. He may have had a 20% discount. I just got a popup offering me one on my first purchase.
Uadjet nods.
Uadjet says: And... Was this announced at the last meeting?
Uadjet says: The grant from Epic?
Uadjet says: I don't recall.
Mishka says: Just say it again in case anyone missed it.
Fayrene says: uh no... i dont recall either
Thosor says: 3D scanned it?
Mishka says: It was said on Discord afaik
Uadjet says: But Epic - the makers of Unreal - occasionally give small grants to support people making games with their engine.
Migg says: I don't recall hearing it
Uadjet says: Guess which game got one?
Uadjet grins.
Fliks says: ah yes i remember now
Mishka says: Fortnite?
Kalterina says: OOOUUURRSS!!!
Fayrene says: uh viking game?
Fliks says: a fwe moths before Talad put a request in
>Sliding Mishka Laralkes...
Mishka says: WEH
Mishka shouts: Y'all so tiny
Uadjet says: I wonder where I sent MIshka...
Fayrene says: far far away XD
Damola says: nice
Mishka says: Also Valheim is made in Unity so no.
Migg says: uh, is it me or is Fayrene too small?
>Harither Nilerave grins at Mishka Laralkes impishly.
Uadjet says: Yeah, so there's a bit more money to play with. New hardware is one possibility, as is buying artwork and hiring people to do things for us.
Mishka says: Ceiling cat is watching you debate.
Fayrene says: hmmm.... maybe an animal for a large cart?
Migg says: that's so cool Uadjet!
Fayrene says: with six legs?
Uadjet says: Yeah, there are plenty of packages on the Unreal store that would be great to have.
Migg says: I root for a biorlitrosan!
Uadjet says: if there's a bat of good quality, we could have Megaras soon!
Fayrene says: better having a transport-animal
Fayrene says: who can drag a large cart
Migg says: megaras look like bats?
Uadjet says: Oh, yes. The goujah.
Uadjet says: Megaras are flying rodents, so I assume so.
Kalterina says: Would like to see Maegaras
Uadjet says: But goujah are likely going to use an adapted bison model, which was included in a free pack some time ago.
Fayrene says: ummm... me not.... *shudders*
Kalterina says: *Megaras*
Fayrene says: that would be nice to have that, uadjet. the large carts are already ingame (ojaveda 2 or 3)
Uadjet says: Biolitrosan would require a lot of work. They have the trunks, right? So, elephant model combined with something else. I do think Elephants were in a pack we have, actually.
Kalterina says: Be nice to hook up a beast to an actual wagon and load it and move
Migg says: wouldn't rivnaks be able to pull a cart already?
Fayrene chuckles by thinking on a gobble
Uadjet says: These carts?
Migg says: yes
Fayrene says: yes, and there was a brown one too
Thosor says: Bifucated trunk with a f finger hand on each?
Kalterina says: yes
Thosor says: *four
Fayrene says: the rivnak looks good on that cart too
Migg says: Noo! Stay!
Uadjet says: Rivnaks could pull those, yeah.
Migg says: I have no apples for you!
Uadjet says: It's no use, Migg. Blueshana can smell the kartoffels!
Thosor says: thet could count on their trunks in octal.,
Kalterina tosses an apple to Migg's Rivnek, but rivnek poofs and apple hits Migg?
Fayrene says: hmmm.... i like the idea with the rivnak on a large cart
Fayrene says: maybe we can dye the large cart then?
Uadjet says: Goujah are pretty big, as I recall.
Migg says: dang
Migg says: she won't stay put
Fayrene says: maybe making them a bit smaller?
Fayrene says: the goujahs?
Uadjet says: 2.5 meters tall, and that's usually measured to the shoulder.
Fayrene says: uhhh.... maybe the height like a rivnak would be good
Uadjet says: So that's up to my feet.
Uadjet says: They're used to pull the Winch.
Raraler says: For transport we could have a magic walking crate like in Terry Pratchett's Disc World.
Thosor says: Don't they stink?
Gonger says: We could have a convoy between cities...
Uadjet says: We have the bagga.
Raraler says: Even with fighting abilities...
Fayrene says: hmmm.... a smaller version from the goujahs called goujih?
Uadjet says: They're a type of familiar that was never added.
Uadjet says: Basically walking bags.
Fliks says: that reminds me f that you cant get your famila to attack somthing me and Uadjet tested it a few meetings ago
Uadjet says: You can. I got my familiar to attack a player.
Uadjet says: It's just really buggy.
Fayrene says: boooo.... not nice, uadjet
Migg says: I think I saw that once as well
Assenes says: but the familiar is /and remains) weak
Fliks says: oh i need to work out what i have doen wrong then
Uadjet says: I didn't think it would work!
Kalterina says: In UE can do more with pets/familiars.
Fayrene laughs
Uadjet says: Ah, Talad's worked on that too!
Uadjet says: Familiars will start of weak and small, but gain in strengh and size as they learn.
Assenes says: cool
Fliks says: imagin just walking around with a person guard and when somthing attacks you your famila just gose savige on it
Migg says: in some other game, your pet had a ball, and you could play catch with it
Fayrene says: hmmm.... im not so with the pets.... *sighs*
Fayrene says: auteria online, migg
Migg says: the more you played with it, the stronger it got
Migg says: yep that was the game
Thosor says: Wow, I could have a giant glitch
Fayrene says: they gave me a lizard XD
Uadjet says: As for Zwei, he's got a lot of work done on the parts of Amdeneir that you can't see yet in PSU. Namely, the aquifer and the pterosaur training area.
Migg says: think it was always a little pig
Migg says: piglet?
Fayrene says: and nice houses for visiting?
Uadjet says: They're on the back burner for now, but I like what I see so far!
Fayrene says: that pig comes later, migg ^^
Uadjet says: There are a few buildings on the ptero training area. Built into the stalactites, I think.
Thosor says: mmmnn roast pig, better than porg?
Fayrene says: oh wow! is there a video from that?
Migg says: can you find employment as a ptero trainer?
Migg says: I know of someone who would enlist from day one
Uadjet says: Heheh!
Fayrene says: who?
Uadjet says: But I think Zwei's focus on areas is the outpost and the area around the Bronze Doors at the Eagle.
Fayrene says: ah, uadjet? do you have info about flying with the ptero and seeing the world?
Uadjet says: Although I think a prospect is working on the outpost, while Zwei has been doing the BD area.
Harither says: ptero flights are not working yet.
Uadjet says: And I mean the actual freaking doors, the mechanism that runs them, and at least a small area on the other side of the doors.
Fayrene says: ack..... still a dream to see the world from above
Damola says: It would be nice if regular flights from city to city would be animated, probably with an option to skip the animation or parts of it
Migg says: the doors will actually open?!
Damola says: I think it could add to the immersion
Uadjet says: Flight would have to be limited, as players could use it to go off the edge of the world.
Harither says: the map overall is a lot biggier since spaces been filled with "environment".
Uadjet says: But I think ptero flights where you can actually see the terrain as you pass over it might be possible some day.
Damola says: I thought about the fligths you can buy with the Pterosaur handlers. Between Hydlaa and Gug for example.
Krylor says: will my wings ever be anything more than a showpiece?
Fayrene says: i only want to fly with the normal ptero and see the world. i dont want to have an own ^^
Thosor says: Is the z-axis key still enabled in PSU?
Uadjet says: You mean the no-physics key? No.
Thosor says: aww
Damola images buying one ptero flight after another in case this becomes available, just in order to enjoy the animation
Migg says: you could step on a preto for transport, just like riding a rivnak, only you would not control its flight
Migg says: then it would follow a predefined path to your destination
Fliks says: that would be cool
Damola says: yeah, exactly
Migg says: and you'd be watching the world from above
Uadjet says: Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It might be hard, as you're covering a lot of area quickly, but if you're high enough you wouldn't have to load any detailed models.
Fayrene says: ohhh.... wait... that would be a nice option.... a wagon who can carry you to the other villages
Kalterina says: Flying, yeah that be cool
Damola says: just you go to ptero handler and buy the flight, mount the ptero and off it goes without you being able to steer it
Thosor says: Autopilot
Uadjet says: Oh, one more thing I should mention:
Uadjet says: Lemurs.
Uadjet says: They have models now.
Migg says: perhaps you could still jump off it, probably to your death
Uadjet says: Zwei finished making them, and Talad's been adapting them for the game.
Damola says: interesting idea, Migg
Thosor says: With strange hoops of their clothes.
Migg says: Oh, cool!
Damola says: nice for lemur models
Migg says: what will they look like I wonder
Damola says: really great progress again
Migg says: though their clothes must be very elaborate and fancy
Kalterina says: Like a high elf
Migg says: so now all races are almost in!
Uadjet says: If you look at the stream archive on youtube, you can see for yourself!
Uadjet says: Youtube.com/user/PlaneShiftOfficial/videos
Kalterina says: I haven't caught any model making vids
Fliks says: if all the races got a remodle all the players who are playing in this vertion of the game sould keep their origal modle (if they want too) and we could be called somthing gereration
Uadjet says: Streams 446 through 449 are the new lemurs.
Migg says: doubt these models will be in UE
Fliks says: it would show like our loyalty too the game
Uadjet says: They have a nice variation in clothing/armor. I'm looking forward to them.
Migg says: Can't recall, is Lemur available as a race on registration?
Gonger says: Just savour those numbers for the streams... Talad is going for 500...
Uadjet says: Well, the existing races can expect an upgrade too, but I think getting the missing models in game is the higher priority.
Fayrene says: ooooffff... thats much
Uadjet says: @Migg: They are. It's the Xacha that got erased.
Migg says: Ah, good!
Assenes says: I would appreciate if my klyros (female) can wear a (visible) robe
Damola says: Talad is so crazy approaching 500 streams.
Fayrene says: it seems he likes that ^^
Uadjet says: Oh! Klyros females! Those are coming in too.
Assenes says: cool!
Krylor says: i would like a face that is a little softer and to not look so uncomfortable when i am sitting down
Kalterina says: Wonder if females will look bit more different than male Klyros.
Damola says: Nice.
Uadjet says: The colouring and the wings are a bit different.
Thosor says: They won't have wing spike to poke your eyes out anymore.
Uadjet says: But they're similar enough that the old robe and armor models should still work just fine.
Fayrene says: ack.... uadjet.... that is so mean that we cant play on the new client already.... XD
Assenes says: I was always wondering why a robe is visible on a male klyros, but not on a female
Uadjet says: So visually distince enough to know the gender at a glance, but not different enough to mess things up. I think that's the Goldilocks zone.
Uadjet says: *distinct*
Thosor says: Females can wear almost nothing into battle. we have to get all loaded up.
Thosor says: True in most games, anyway.
Thosor not complaining.
Migg says: Klyros lay eggs, so I suppose they can't also be mammals
Thosor says: eggs can hatch, 2 at a time,
Raraler says: They can be platypuses
Thosor says: and crawl to mamaries.
Kalterina says: Klyros should stay reptile.
Thosor says: after feeding, they grow wings and fly from the nest.
Migg says: platypuses are not reptiles afaik
Thosor says: platypuses were designed by commitee.
Fayrene says: hmmm... are there other news?
Uadjet says: They're certainly reptiles. Or amphibians. Klyros, that is.
Migg says: reptilian amphibians
Migg says:
Kalterina nods at Migg
Thosor says: gill and pulmanary breathing.
Thosor says: large lungs for wing power.
Uadjet says: They really need a new category.
Kalterina nods at Uadjet
Uadjet says: So... New models for lemurs, Ylian f, and Klyros f. Mentioned the grant, the work on the compendium and voiceovers...
Uadjet says: I'm back to working on spears, trying to get the more complex onces ready.
Uadjet says: Onces?
Damola says: Ah, voiceovers? Nice, I missed that mention.
Uadjet shakes his head.
Migg says: ounces?
Fayrene sparkles
Harither says: also the char creation has some redesign
Uadjet says: Yes, voiceovers for the new tutorial. The ones I heard were explaining the different races.
Uadjet says: I found a good tutorial that might help me figure out using decals to add decorations like the gold and platinum inlays on the Stonehammer spear.
Thosor says: Talad was editing out lip smacks, noise, delays, levels.
Uadjet says: So that should help a lot.
Damola says: NIce.
Damola says: Nice.
Noriko says: very nice
Fayrene says: and levrus becomes more cheeky?
Damola says: Eventually we get more voices for NPCs dialog as well, but would be a huge ton of work to speak them all
Uadjet says: And I'm still working on populating the BD fortress with soldiers of every division (Guards, Executors, Shadow Squadron, Knights, Riders, and Crystal Force)
Uadjet says: Some would be in existing areas, so you might meet them before the port.
Fliks says: oo
Kalterina nods at Damola
Fayrene says: ohhh
Noriko says: Will voice will be important to play?
Uadjet says: I'd like to add some to the newer crafting stations there. A blacksmith, cook, etc.
Kalterina says: Really do not actually want to hear Levros sing about Coal
Fayrene says: noooooooo
Kalterina says: *Levrus*'
Noriko chuckles
Uadjet says: Important? The text will be there to read as well. It's just a nice extra for those who like audio, or who don't read English as well as they can understand it when it's spoken.
Fliks says: yeah problible a good idea not to put that it it scar away people XD
Thosor says: Most of the live stream voiceover has room reverb, but only from his live mic and his monitors. the actual sound id excellent.
Thosor says: Oh, and a good way to learn pronouncian. I've kad Klyros wrong all along.
Noriko says: Thosor, what is "kad"?
Migg says: isn't it kleeros?
Thosor says: *had
Noriko says: ah
Migg says: or is it klairos?
Thosor says: how do you pronounce vigisemi *sp
Harither says: like vegetable
Fayrene says: vigesimi
Migg says: veegehseemee?
Thosor says: soft "g"?
Uadjet says: Okay, so that was a lot of info to dump on you all. Any questions on any of it? Step up to the lecterns if you have one.
Noriko says: My pronounciation of names is more like as in my language. Even for real life I prefer to hear the name from a person said in clear voice than read it
Uadjet says: Migg?
Migg says: there was some recent controvercy over freenode
Uadjet says: And different pronunciations makes sense. Why couldn't the different Enki packs have different accents?
Noriko nods
Migg says: I know the official channel is now Discord, but will the PS IRC remain on freenode?
Noriko says: how it's different and better than Discord?
Noriko says: sorry for a noob question
Migg says: IRC is the old medium used for chat
Assenes says: irc is dead anyway
Noriko says: I personally see the same IRC with possibilities of voice and video
Thosor says: but doesn't track and sell you.
Krylor says: i am oldschool, i prefer irc personally
Noriko says: I'm too, but agree for going further
Migg says: but the question was whether there is any thought of moving to libre.chat
Uadjet says: Well, the freenode thing is news to me, so I can't really respond to that specifically. I can say that we've officially switched to Discord, though leaving the old channel around for old/returning players seems fine to me.
Migg says: or something like it
Noriko says: I see an empty page in a browser with only copyright text
Noriko says: for libre.chat
Noriko says: Even here I see the same IRC or the same model at least
Migg says: libera.chat
Uadjet says: You can suggest it if you like, but nobody has commented on using another chat service that I'm aware of.
Noriko says: aha, thanks
Migg says: Some open source projects have switched servers
Harither says: you know when there will be a stresstest with the alpha testers or if the gm/dev team think about it?
Migg says: not sure if PS had heard of the issues
Noriko says: I personally ok with using both chats, but expecting only for one to be an official
Uadjet says: Thosor?
Thosor says: Last year I was awarded this Hitchhiker's towel here. Tuesday, the 25th is International Towel day. Don't ever leave your towel behind.
Migg says: still have mine
Noriko says: it's a good proposition!
Fliks says: i dont have a towl
Thosor says: And in RL, with some open outsde restaraunts now, will keep you warmer and dryer.
Migg says: I will look for any passign spacecraft, just hope it's not the Vogons
Thosor says: still don't know how to use the magic enchantment of it.
Uadjet says: You just hold it.
Uadjet says: Anyone else back there have a question?
Thosor says: speaking of open source,.....
Uadjet says: I cant' tell if you're in line, or just waiting by the door.
Noriko says: Yep, I'll have a question
Noriko says: Damola?
Damola grins "I am just waiting by the door, as we are overtime"
Damola says: Noriko, go ahead.
Thosor says: I found PS in my distro repository in 2007. If using Unreal closed stuff, will those distros not host it?
Kalterina says: I think Harither had one?
Thosor says: [sorry was typing]
Uadjet says: Noriko?
Noriko says: I'd also like new version to be open source. This doesn't mean all resources should be open
Noriko says: Ok, I want to ask about marrages.
Uadjet says: Yes?
Harither says: i broke the line
Noriko says: Have them to be only between "male" and "female" characters?
Noriko says: I know that's probably an old rule, but I have this question
Thosor says: eek!
Uadjet says: The devs thought that the medieval culture that the game is based upon would only allow marriages between those of opposite gender. The GM team does not necessarily agree.
Uadjet says: Want to participate in a little test?
Migg says: it's a medieval setting, but since Laanx actually switched gender not sure
Fayrene says: hu? is such thing ingame?
Uadjet says: Let me try something. Who here isn't married and wants to be the test subject?
Fayrene says: eeeeekkkks
Raraler says: I volunteer
Thosor looks around
Noriko says: ok, you have no gender. and for such characters it could be a problem, like Krans have no females (I don't understand why though)
Noriko says: I'm not marred and wan tot be a test subject
Kalterina says: Kran's reproduce differently
Fayrene says: maybe because they are made of stone, noriko?
Uadjet says: Okay, Raraler. When you right-click on someone to get the context menu, you should get a 'propose' option for female characters but not male characters.
Thosor says: kra sort of clone themselves
Migg says: can anyone propose to a Kran?
Noriko says: But they can propose, I suppose?
Gonger says: And, alas, the Middle Ages were a really tough time for same sex relationships. In many countries the punishment was Death.
Noriko says: no, I can't propose to a Kran
Kalterina says: There is a quest about the Kran's gemming I think it is called/
Migg says: yes there is, but aren't there kran couples?
Thosor says: Be kind of dangerouse when sleeping with stone vs flesh.
Uadjet says: But you get the Propose option for those of the opposite gender, but not those of your gender?
Migg says: and what about marriage between kran and other races?
Raraler says: Yes, I can Propose Noriko but I can't propose Filks
Fayrene says: ouch.... could be dangerous....
Gonger says: Yes, I have propose option for females only, not for males or kran.
>Overriding race for Raraler to dermorian
Uadjet says: How about now?
Noriko says: OK, thank you, I've got an answer to my questions
Migg says: can Kran propose?
Raraler says: I can propose Filks but I can't propose Norika
Kalterina nods at Gonger's words
Noriko bows
Gonger says: Same as before.
Noriko says: I wanted an explanation and got it.
Raraler says: *Noriko*
Noriko says: yep?
Migg says: guess you can still RP it?
Uadjet says: Right. So if someone wants a same-sex marriage, I can temporarily swap the gender of one of them and they can get married.
Assenes says: ok, for me it's time to leave. Have fun!
Thosor says: the evil crystal makes some proposals unfeasable.
Migg says: can a kran propose to another kran?
Krylor says: sounds like a good reason to hold a ceremony!
Raraler says: Is there an in-game effect of being married?
Uadjet says: I'll ask about a /marry command for GM's too.
Gonger says: That sounds like a good idea, Uadjet.
Noriko says: Uadjet thank you!
Migg says: you can no longer propose to others
Thosor says: spells damaged the crystal, making everyone sleep at different time.
Migg says: and your desc says who you are married to
Migg says: check me
Uadjet says: And if the official word is that the ceremonies aren't performed, well there's a new Vigesimi that would be quite happy to perform a ceremony and declare the couple legally married upon request.
Krylor says: maybe we could have gm charachters that are purely clerics that could perform the swap and ceremony
Thosor says: and that's a soft g.
Fayrene says: that would be interesting
Dentritus says: I can propose Uadjet at least - not many kran available
Fayrene says: i think jardet would be happy to do such thing
Raraler says: OK thank you.
Migg says: can't remember who presided in my wedding
Uadjet says: Any other questions?
Harither says: ya
Harither says: you know when there will be a stresstest with the alpha testers or if the gm/dev team think about it?
Uadjet says: Hmm?
Kalterina says: I do not recall that either Migg
Noriko says: Can we have a way to finsih a /challenge with no "/yield"?
Gonger says: Stress test - what happens with 200 people or more?
Raraler says: In this case, other romantic/association structures can be roleplayed and described by involved characters without game mechanism.
Harither says: i wonder if we can get enouth ppls at once together to see what happens if we hang out at harnis or the market area.
Uadjet says: Oh, no idea.
Noriko says: ah, sorry
Uadjet says: There are vague plans for an event in PSU, though I'll have to pick a time.
Fliks says: that would be funb
Fliks says: fun*
Fayrene says: that will give a nice lag i think
Noriko says: it wasn't my time to ask a question, but I have one more
Uadjet says: Maybe on a Sunday at the usual Q&A time but on a weekend with no Q&A.
Uadjet says: Yes, Noriko?
Noriko says: Can we have a way to finsih a /challenge with no "/yield"?
Fliks says: you will not beleve the lag on ive experianced ingames ive played
Fayrene says: oh... i do.... *chuckles*
Kalterina says: I do recall the same sex marriages done in an rp format from a few players' characters.
Uadjet says: Err, I suppose that's possible. I know in some games the challenge ends if someone leaves a zone. Maybe it could be leaving the map, or just getting too far away.
Fayrene says: i dont like that word "challenge" :S
Noriko says: Fayrene it's an ingame term of PvP
Damola says: Would be nice to have an event in PSUnreal. I was not able to log in from 0.7.8/0.7.9 though I always got "connection lost"
Fayrene says: yeah.... i dont like pvp
Thosor says: Is pvp good for increasing your skills?
Migg says: PS has 2 PvP zones I think
Noriko says: sometimes I do to test a few things, to know how things work, somebody shows me how some things work
Fliks says: PvE is much better
Kalterina says: There are PVP areas designated in PS here, Fayrene
Noriko says: ad I use it to decrease my stats
Thosor says: practice sword with a mate, etc.
Fayrene says: thanksfully i havent found them yet
Kalterina says: What Niggg said
Kalterina says: *Migg*
Noriko says: Kalterina I heard they were disabled
Kalterina says: I had not heard that
Migg says: there were some fighting contests too in the past
Kalterina says: But then I do not pvp
Noriko says: I think somehting neutral "nobody won" will be a good solution
Migg says: you can always ask a player for PvP
Noriko says: Thats all questions I have
Thosor says: migg, do you get practice points or anything?
Uadjet says: That could work. I'll suggest it to the Devs.
Fayrene says: its definitely enough for me to have nasty critter running after me.... so i really dont need pvp
Kalterina says: pvp should be a choice.
Krylor says: i have done pvp fights years ago...i actually ended up in jail for pvp in hydlaa
Thosor says: hehe pvp cooking fight.
Fayrene says: urks.... no no no
Uadjet says: Okay, we're 36 minutes past the hour and I need to run out and get more limes and fish sauce for dinner.
Noriko says: Kalterina I see in settings it is a choise.
Thosor says: yes, adjurn.
Migg says: Thanks for the updates Uadjet!
Noriko says: Thank you a lot Uadjet for a talk
Migg says: and for the snacks!
Noriko says: thank you all for a discussion
Uadjet says: Thank you all for coming to the meeting! We'll see you at the next meeting on June 13th!
Kalterina nods at Noriko
Fayrene says: thank you very much for the update! it was really interesting! im looking forward to the new client ^^
Uadjet says: This was a good meeting.
Uadjet says: Have fun playing!
Kalterina says: Thank you Uadjet
Raraler says: To sustain Noriko's suggestion, a more detailed /challenge command (with options like 'firstblood', 'stopat10%heath'...) could allow to short PVPs
Harither says: i wanna ask the ppls whoi can access PSUnreal please please if you have a bug look in the bugtrracker for it and if you dont seeit report it!
Raraler says: Thank you Uadjet
Harither says: its for the benefit of the plpls who will join in later..
Harither says: the less bugs /feats the better for the ppls who follows.
>Thosor Riereri picked up a Hitchhiker's Towel
Migg says: lol
Harither says: what miggs?
Migg says: now I have to run out of here fast, Noriko
Mishka says: Okay nice seeing you all bye
Migg says: I challenged Noriko and she accepted
Noriko says: ok, let's see
Noriko says: how fast you're running
Migg says: now we are in a PvP fight
Migg says: as fast as you
Noriko says:
Migg says: how do you end a PvP? is there an /unchallenge?
>Kalterina Blazenloch waves.
Kalterina says: Bye all
Uadjet says: Take care!