Was just wondering if during these "blackouts" your having if you were traveling during the night time hours?

I ask mainly because i run windows and to be honest my computer isn't what you could call a top spec machine.

I just want to remind you that with the new lighting effects in the open ( not in a city)  it can get real dark, real quick and any area that would normally be a green hill side of cliff face is going to come out as pitch black.

From what you are saying you have a corrupt version of the game that your downloading this could have happened mid download or from one of the sources you got it from, the only suggestion i can make it delete what you have already got that includeds the bit torrent tracker file and start again with over 100 seeds it shouldn't take all that long.

Just please remember once you have the download to completely remove your old game, reboot, install and DO NOT RUN the UPDATER.

Good luck

I have 2 simple questions for all the people experiancing this problem.

1. Did you charaters get logged out in an area that has been heaverly modded by the new update?
2. Are you running a RAM recovery program (i.e. Cacheman)

Although i'm not anything other than a player i have a fair amount of Exp with coding and use of simalar engines to the one that PS uses and from what i can make out as it stands. There may well be a global hash code conflict with your starting location. If this is the case then it is easy enough to fix however it would require the help of " the powers that be " better knows as a mod, GM , or GOD him self 

I can't say that i have had this trouble , if anything i found that the monsters were dieing alot quicker than i'm use to.

It may well just be a temp bug from all the trouble that the game is going through trying to accept the new update.

Happy birthday M'lord Talad

May your day be one of wonder..................... wonder of how to hind your age and birthday next year from us

I may well be as far from whats going on as i can be here, but i feel the need to give my view.

To start with as far as i can see the idea behind this thread is to evolve an idea, someone saw a base problem and the thread ( ideas) have evolved from there. where as the last post by Unnamed Source seems to want to de-evolve it.
We all have to remember that evolution is a good thing, after all without it PS would still be a dream inside someone ( /me bows my head in homage).

I can understand the point of landmarks being enough to start with and yes in the current PS world it may well be hard to get lost although i for one have done. And thats for a very simple reason, we can't always be in a place to see vast distance for example in a valley and i have found myself in a few.

The idea of having some math basic directional system is a good idea no matter what path it takes, After all there is a cartography skill and the more accurate the map the better in my opion. I'll leave you guys to discuss it and for the PS teams to sort out the refinements since all the Gods know i'm no great mind for such matters. I'm far happier with the light on my back and my flute playing softly.

To be frank i didn't know any of the events were happening 

I did notice that harnquist wasn't where i'm use to seeing him but no one could tell me where he was. Although i did catch the last message that was broadcast me and two others where mining diamonds and had a heart attack when we thought the NPC server was back on line with us trapped well below the temple.

What this tells me is that either for the 12hrs+ i'm online each day i'm blind  or there is a distinct lack of communication about events, i for one love to RP and quiet often will start a little banter while mining or smelting. It is a shame i missed it and will luck i'll make the next one.

From the screenshots i have seen of the events and the general opion it seems i am truley at a lose from not being involved. So what did i enjoy most about this event !
Finding out that there is finally a game ( in dev ) that RPers can enjoy.

Well since i have only been back to PS for the past few days after about 2 years out i feel it's about time i go involved and this topic siuts me just fine.

Firstly Vegetarianism in PS is a intresting concept, true it could be tied into either race or religion to bring a new depth to the game. I for one would welcome anything that expanse the game further, and if your going to have vegetarians then would this also allow for pure meat eaters ( Carnivores ) ?
Secondly would a vegtable only diet sustain a charater for as long as meat would ? or would vegetarians have to consume meals more often or in larger quantities as is the case in RL ?
Third and last in my opion both of the human breeds would to the most part be omnivores ( if you need this one cleared up by a reason then i suggest you look at your teeth you have teeth natraully designed for both vegatable and meat).