Well met friends! A new release is ready for you to download.

This release can be updated through the PSLauncher, but if you want, you can also downloaded it from our Download page.

Here is the list of changes for 0.7.39:

Some merchants are now faction aligned. They will give you better or worst prices when buying based on your faction alignment with them. You can see this information at the bottom of the merchant window and trading with them
Added overall discounts for factions and possibility to have certain items you can buy only if you have a certain faction reputation. The idea is to have certain high quality items sold by merchants only if they like you
Merchants can completely refuse to trade if the faction reputation is too negative

We added magical trails following the weapon swing. The trails are divided in tiers based on the rarity of the enhancement. If the weapon has more than one enchantment, the most rare one will define the trail type.

Improvements to combat:
- Added 2 more animations for melee attacks
- Added the left hand animations for melee attacks, you can now finally see the proper animation when attacking with the second hand
- Added the ability to use your shield as a defense. Put it in your left hand, then in combat mode you can right mouse click and use the shield.
- Changed all shields to be equip-able only in the left hand

Added new capabilities to prevent access to containers based on a certain condition, example a certain faction reputation. This allows for example to have a chest or a bookshelf inside a faction hall, that will be accessible only with a certain reputation score.
Fixed a bug in assigning faction points through quests

Fixed casting of offensive spells through shortcuts
Fixed bad bug of items disappearing in containers when trading exchanging over capacity
Fixed the train stat window, to show all the stats available, clicking on train will now give proper messages based on your rank or faction scores
Fixed helm position for lemur characters
Fixed the idle animation not to be played while moving
Created new GM panel to simplify setup of items for in game events
Added ambience music to Dryken Plane and added music volume reduction during dryken plane voiceovers
Changed the way icons show in the right-click context menu. Now Use is shown only when meaningful
Changed the way icons are displayed for containers. The right-click context menu doesnt show combine and use. Those are only in the container window
Removed all icons from container window when you open it from your inventory, as those are not relevant
Fixed crash on NPC exchange when not part of a tribe
Fixed crash of newly created familiar, which is then fed and crashes

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Greetings PlaneShifters! We just released a new version with some nice additions and fixes.

This release cannot be updated through the PSLauncher, so please downloaded it from our Download page.

Here is the list of changes for 0.7.37:

Added option in settings to control camera lag. NOTE: Please go to Options -> Controls -> Camera Lag setting, and set it to like 30% of the slider. This will give you the same result as previous release.
Added new Observatory, replacing the dummy model. Add new furniture, stairs model, new furnace, new lamps, ...
Added new baskets, new basin, painting frames, metal parts, tray, constellation globe, ... for now these are used in the Observatory, but in the future may also be used by players.
In the Stone Labyrinths initial area, now Xiosia appears to the player three times and speaks about the past and the future.
Added integration with Discord for help channel (experimental). Whatever is typed in the HELP channel is sent to #ingame_help channel in our Discord server. This is done so that people can see if someone is asking for help and login to help!

Recalculated the faction score for all players, as there was an error in the script generating the scores.
Fixed error in teleport at Xenak
Fixed error in rankup window, which was triggering twice and leaving one rankup window on screen.
Added new backpack model.
Fixed crash in the functionality showing descriptions of world locations
Fixed teleport of new players to the safe location in the sector (was not happening)
Added all new homeworld story voiceovers, now all character creation is properly voiced over
Fixed legs for Nolthrir male and female.
Added door sounds to pretty much all the doors in game, it's randomized and doesn't happen all the time.
Fixed interact distance on interactable objects to be more correct.
Updated Dryken plane rocks with better ones
Added particle effect to Dryken plane when blocking walls disappear to simplify finding the exit

All the bugs are tracked on our Flyspray, where you can register and add your findings.
If you want to support us, become a Patreon. Find other players in our Discord to get access.

This release cannot be updated through the PSLauncher, so please downloaded it from our Download page.

Here is the list of changes for 0.7.35:

Fixed practice in crafting, which was not giving any points.
Added Global chat tab. This allows you to chat with anyone at any range. Considering this is Out Of Character, please use it sparingly.
Reorganized Chat tabs in this sequence: Main, Global, Whisper, NPC, Group, Guild, Alliance, Help
Fixes to harvestable plants, better distribution of plants locations in the maps considering quest requirements.
Rename of plants to better match name and graphics. Item names, all official books, all player books, all crafting books, all quests involving such items, and all NPC answers have been updated to match the rename.

Snowbud -> Snowlily
Lavender -> Glaboria
Dandelion -> Firelantern
Blackbush -> Purple Orchid
Wyn Reed -> Blue Orchid
Blue Cohosh Root -> Dreamclaw
Butcher's Broom Root -> Spinedew
Golden Ivy Leaf -> Rubyvein leaf
Kingsfoil -> Octarchfoil
Devils claw -> Nicinela
Yarrow -> Lunabrosia
Barberry -> Sapphire Orilliphia

Added two missing wandering NPC selling the main map pieces.
Fixed skill window, now it shows the progress of training a stat or practicing a skill just below the skill name. You can see how much you accomplished, and how much you miss.
Fixed chat enter key to focus/unfocus chat, should work much better now
Fix to all windows to avoid keyboard focus, which was causing some incosistencies in moving your character vs using the UI.
Fixed combat mode, you cannot select yourself anymore
Terraforming of the area to the north east of hydlaa, breaking the original boundaries imposed by the old game map.
Fixes to dryken plane, simplified jump on first shard, changed the downward lift of the second shard making the puzzle smoother.
Split of Hydlaa levels in two, above ground and below ground. Hopefully this will improve performances.
Fixed pressure pad so it cannot be triggered by right-click and then "use".
Switched icon for "use" on container window
Loot window now closes when there are no items left
Fixed "rename" button so it shows only on renamable containers.
Improved admin tools to better layout NPC paths and resources

All the bugs are tracked on our Flyspray, where you can register and add your findings.
If you want to support us, become a Patreon. Find other players in our Discord to get access.

Greetings, we have just released a new version of PlaneShift! This release is a transition release, with the sole objective to bring the game to Unreal engine 5. There are no PlaneShift specific new features or changes as part of this release.

Nonetheless it is a very important release for us, as it will enable new elements to be added in the future with more ease and using latest technology. We upgraded the whole game to Unreal Engine 5.1.1. Has not been an easy switch, because even if Epic advertises this as a seamless migration, it required some troubleshooting and inventive, also we had to learn some new elements.
The first thing we tested when moving to Unreal engine 5 was World Partition, which is the new way of managing large open worlds. We converted all our levels to it, but immediately encountered issues. In particular World Partition doesn't support Static Lights at the moment, which is a way for us to keep the hardware requirements low. Second it corrupted some of the levels, and the landscape had to be repainted/fixed, third it seems not possible at the moment to have non World Partition levels loaded in shipping release together with World Partition levels. This means our game start level where you login was not packaged properly and was not working. These issues let us decide to avoid World Partition from now, until it's more stable/compatible. We will definitely check it again in the future.

We restarted the migration, this time with World Composition, the same we used in UE4, and things went better. Then we had to re-patch the engine with our specific changes, and fix again some of the known issues, such as the XML parser, the tool-chain on Mac and the Mac mouse cursor. After that part was working, we had to test the final packaging on Windows, Linux, Mac. This is were we hit another big problem on Mac, as the compiler coudn't for some reason properly compile for Intel chips. Our Mac release is done for Intel chips, so that both Intel and M1 hardware can run it. After a lot of trial and error, we discovered a bug in the base engine, and found a workaround, so all was finally solved!
Given the amount of features present in PlaneShift, will be important if you could test it well, so we can find any issue before the next release.

Known issues

• There is a significant known problem with lights, as the convertion between UE4 and UE5 broke many lights, and it seems to behave differently between different platforms. Example the Laanx temple is very dark on Windows, but it's extra-lit on Linux and Mac. We already did some investigation on this, but it requires more work to find a good and stable fix. We decided to release anyway to avoid further delays and allow everyone to test the new release giving feedback.
• Even if we did a number of tests with medium hardware on all platforms and the FPS were pretty much identical, it seems UE5 raised the bar a bit on the hardware, and some low end PC may have trouble running it. Please test the game on different hardware and let us know in the linked forum post above the results.

New PlaneShift features
None. I'm mentioning this again to be clear, this was a technology only release.

What benefits we get from Unreal Engine 5

• All plugins are available in the upgraded UE5 version, including the one we use for character movement, and the voice chat. Upgrading will require some work, but will bring benefits. This is something we will work on soon.
• Metasounds is a complete new system for audio, and we want to use it for musical instruments. The ground work is done already as we tested it in UE5 some months ago. This will enable musical instruments in game again!
• There is a new Water system that could improve lakes and rivers. We didn't test it much yet, so has to be discovered to see how stable, performant and usable it is.
• New particle system Niagara. Improved, more flexible and provides better results, we could covert all our visual effects (spell effects mostly) to the new system.

All the bugs are tracked on our Flyspray, where you can register and add your findings.
If you want to support us, become a Patreon. Find other players in our Discord to get access.

Hi PlaneShifters, we have just released a new version! In the last months we have made the server more and more stable, and we think the game is now ready to be tested by a larger audience. The game is now available to everyone. You can download it for free here. This is a full release, so previous version cannot be updated.

Please note the previous game is still up and running, and it is still the master for all data, accounts included. During this transition period the progress will not be kept in the new game until we will completely migrate from the old game to PSUnreal. If you have an account already for the old game, it will work in the new game with the same password. New accounts need to be created here on our website and will be migrated to the new game regularly, please give it 4-5 hours to be migrated.

Windows, Linux and Mac are available for download.

Windows
MD5: a5a24b77135814bc820b87807b528408

Linux
MD5: b5d3e6b246346da2d1e9eef9637ac596

Mac
MD5: 9991ecaed281e83602197c0bf0accbd8

Here is the list of changes for 0.7.27:
Added Main Plot to Compendium (first iteration). Click on the third gem in the menu bar, then Compendium, then Main Story. Here you will see entries for each of the important chapters of your journey. In particular you can replay the homeworld story if you have an already existing character.
Changed Compendium home to have desaturate/saturate effect.
Added in Settings the possibility to configure the number of visible shortcut icons. This at the moment is listed in number of lines (where one line is 9 icons). So if you select two lines you will have 18 icons at the same time.
Several fixes to the shortcut bar, mainly in the macro editor.
Made /shout limited to 50 meters. This means shout chat is not global anymore.
Fixed missing shields icons
Updated the character description window. Right click on your character, then EYE icon. It's now divided in three sections: Description, this is the public In Character description people see when they click on you. Second is Out of Character Notes, everyone can see it, and you can place here notes to notify other players about your current status or requests... The thrid tab is Character Background, this is derived from the character creation choices you made. It's prepopulated but if you want you can change it. There is an pencil icon to edit it.
Fixed health bar to update properly when casting spells, and in general when not in combat mode.
Fixed PVP Duels.
Fixed character selection screen to show the proper items (only torch is missing)

Added cache for Compendium to reduce the amount of text sent. It is cached locally on the client.
Enabled NPCs to spawn also in dynamically loaded guildhouses.
Fixed Character Selection, Credits screen all homeworld screens for different resolutions. The UI should not be cutoff anymore when using a non standard resolution.
Added Mac/Windows application icon
Added scrollbars to all popup windows in case messages are longer than available space.
Removed SteamVR and some mobile plugins from the project which were unused, but still taking space.
Fixed dermorian male color bug and dermorian female hair bug
Fixed crashes in combat when a player disconnects.
Set menubar size to be bigger as default
Added Diaboli homeworld story illustrations (only Lemur history is missing at this point)
Fixes to Kadael tavern and Harnquist to avoid getting stuck
Fixes to magic shop lights and normals
Several fixes to Amdeneir buildings, streets, lights.
Fixed Amdeneir Vigesimi tower.
Changed material on Amdeneir river and rapids.
Some more terraforming.
Dryken plane changes:
- the light of the Dryken plane is increased, so it's easier to see in distance
- the third shard is now blue, and the portal it opens is also blue
- all timings have been increased to be reacheable without sprinting
Fixed the legs movement of the diaboli male
Improved backdrop in character creation for life choices
Fixed lavacave meshes to avoid getting stuck
Changed lavacave not to be affected by day/night cycle
Fixed geometry at Harnquist to avoid getting stuck
Fixed de-equip of armor on enkidukai and kran (they were getting the base skin color instead of their custom one)

All the bugs are tracked on our Flyspray, where you can register and add your findings.
If you want to support us, become a Patreon. Find other players in our Discord to get access.

Hello PlaneShifters, it's time for a new release! It contains a lot of fixes of the bugs you have found, and some nice quality of life additions. This is a full release, you need to download it, the PSLauncher will not be able to update from previous versions.

Here is the list of major changes for 0.7.25:
Fixed pets not following you and monsters not chasing (NavMesh)
Fixed NPCs not answering to certain questions
Added back the triggers for NPCs at short and long range, so they will speak to players when seen. The triggers are based on sight. If you stay at the back of an NPC the response will not trigger. We also added a timeout of 60 seconds to avoid continuous automatic chat responses.
Added a new functionality to store the location where you last died, and this is used when you resurrect to teleport your character in close to that area (first defined safe location).
Added a color to the inventory slot to indicate if an item is damaged. Orange color is less than 50%, and red color if less than 25%
Added icon in the item description window to repair a damaged item
Added new tutorial messages for connect, first npc, first item, death, etc... Those will explain the basic to new players.
Added Stonehammer and Klyros homeworld screen in character creation
Fixed the speed on mounts, you can now walk/run/sprint also on mounts.
Added new platforms and lifts in the gorge near Amdeneir
Added more information in the help section of the game
Fixed crash on guildmanager when executing some guilds commands
Fixed NPC free text to recognize singular and plural forms (WordNet).
Fixed the Death Realm Curse, its now active after exiting the Death Realm.
Fixed the tooltip for the Active Spells, it was missing in some cases.
Fixed Guild MOTD text to autowrap.
Fixed movement of items inside a nearly full container (ground and inventory).
Fixed name of generic book and score when buying from merchant.
Shift- or Ctrl-Click works also when window is not focused now.
Clear of exchange money slot on new exchange
Fix to the compass being displayed at login
Fixed damage from traps, spells, attacks and script (example potion) while on mounts.
Fixed display of HP and Mana in the group window for yourself.
Prevented mounting when falling down, when crouched and when another player is already using the mount.
Fixed refresh of inventory after repair
Added progress bar while repairing
Added sorting in Spellbook table header
Added sorting of Jobs and Various Skills in Skill's Window
Added sorting of buddies considering online and offline status.
Members in Guilds Window are now alphabetically sorted.
Quests and events are now alphabetically sorted.
Improved lights in Arena outer corridor
Improved lights in Harnquist blacksmith building
Fixed hole in Amdeneir city
Improved Hydlaa Arena central building

All the bugs are tracked on our Flyspray, where you can register and add your findings.
If you are a Patreon you will find the download link on the website directly, if you are a veteran player contact us on Discord to get access.

If you were undecided what to play this summer, fear no more! We just released a new Alpha of PlaneShift, our beloved hand made fantasy MMO. This release introduces juicy new features and some bugfixing! You can get this release by updating the 0.7.21 release by running the PSLauncher program. We also after few days release an update to fix some relevant bugs, the release 0.7.23, you will get it through the updater as well.

Here is the list of major changes for 0.7.23:
Fixed navigation of NPCs, pets will now follow you properly and NPCs will now chase you as well.
Fixed mounts not moving while riding.
Fixed NPCs dialogues, after 0.7.22 they we not answering to basic questions. Now they do.
Fix for pet summon crash.
Fixed few bugs which were preventing day time updates , weather updated, background music updates while riding a mount.
Fixed chat when riding a mount.
Fixed stonehammer char creation stats.
Hide summary stats window before entering dryken plane.
Added pencil icon to shortcut bar.
Removed the stretch of the shortcut bar icons.
Fixed crazy weather that was generating wrong white shapes on screen.

Here is the list of major changes for 0.7.22:

First version of mailing system completed. There are some designated mailman NPCs. They allow you to send and receive mail. Mail can be text, items or coins. You have to check your incoming mail at the mailman NPC, and you can retrieve it. After retrieval it will be in your inventory. There is a new icon in the inventory dedicated to your retrieved mail. Advanced functionality like mail "in transit" and time of delivery is not yet done.
Added ability to sell/buy specific amount of items with "amount" button.
Added Homeworld story screens in the character creation for Enki, Klyros and Nolthrir.
Added text in all character creation homeworld screens, to explain the history of the race (text will be tweaked/improved in the future).
Added help window with some initial data. We have chat commands description.
Compendium: Implemented Examine Creature Discovery. You can now discover information about a creature by examining it. The gained knowledge will go into the Compendium. (we still need to setup the data)
Compendium: Implemented Examine ability also for plants, minerals.
Compendium: Some knowledge of creatures will be gained by fighting them. You will need a certain number of fights to get all the knowledge.
Added new icons for examine creatures.
Added new main map under compendium! You will have to find the map pieces in the world and put them together into a single map.
Fixed a number of waypoints to ensure better NPC movements on our maps.
Changed mouse select so that you cannot select in the 3d world if you are speaking with an NPC or if any of the following windows are open: merchant window, exchange/trade window, mail window. This should remove all the problems of not having the proper target selected and losing the target when left or right clicking.
Improvements to random generated events adding flexibility in their definition. Added possibility to play sounds/music during generated events.
Fixed Lemur plate armor for both male and female.
Fixed some emotes animations to have smoother transition with the idle.
Added 3 new idle animations for humanoid creatures (players and NPC).
Fixed lights on char creation to properly show the character selected.
Fixed group loot.
Fixed scale of NPCs when loaded in random generated events.
Allowed random generated events to be triggered by a group of players as well.

All the bugs are tracked on our Flyspray, where you can register and add your findings.
If you are a Patreon you will find the download link on the website directly, if you are a veteran player contact us on Discord to get access.