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News on mainsite
« on: November 28, 2004, 01:02:40 pm »
News if you haven\'t noticed ;)

Hi planeshifters,
Alpha Test Phase 2 is going a bit slow due to some new bugs we found on NPC AI, basically the monsters were happy to take hits without fighting back! Here is a shot of combat.

Apart from that we are progressing in adding content to the game. All the basic features we wanted in are ready, but we miss some more quests and npcs to have the tech demo more playable. Those will be added in the next days.

Mining is working well, you can see a shot of an enkidukai mining here.

Since many of our testers are still low rank in magic, spells are just warming up, also we miss some visual effects that are under work right now.  Check this  powerful healing spell that testers will find only after many hours of play.

Last week we restarted recruiting for 3d and 2d departments, checking all old emails sent. There has been a good response and many prospects are working on new items to add to the tech demo. The items will be used mainly for the crafts and trades skills, plus some for quests. Crafts will be a major part of the game, but we are not sure yet how much those will be developed for the CB release. Crafting will allow players to create all items present in game, and new unique ones. The process will require to gather knowledge from libraries or NPCs, get the necessary items and tools, and practice forging. Will not be limited to weapons only, but will be extended to creation of food, potions, etc...

We hope it will be an Happy Christmas ;)

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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2004, 01:22:08 pm »
Oh, yea! I noticed!! :]

You just made my day - I was having problems with my ISP\'s DNS and after several dis- and reconnections I just wanted to call my ISP and tall him off big time, but then magically planeshift.it worked and *poof* great news :D

You\'re the best, guys!!!
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2004, 01:23:07 pm »
Congratulations! Great work. And we, the players, hope a Happy Christmas also.
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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2004, 01:31:29 pm »
The mining really looks good. The Spellcasting also. The fighting also good.

It would be the best christmas with CB released -- just dreaming
I want to be a flame, to crumble to ash, but never ever burnt.

I want to rise higher, rise up to the heavens, but sink, just sink down deeper and deeper into nothing,

I want to be an angel, a chosen, a devil, but I am just a creature that ever wants what it wont get.


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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2004, 01:58:00 pm »
Yeah, some nice screenies there :D

*runs off to kick some monster ass.* (or maybe the other way around)

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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2004, 02:14:19 pm »
Nice!  I like!
*rounds up some Enkis to make them go mining*

But you can\'t release before Christmas! I\'m planning on getting a new computer only after christmas, which would mean that I\'d have to watch all of you play while I can\'t... *starts to sob* it\'s not fair! *runs off crying*

J/K :D

Great news! :tup:

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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2004, 02:15:07 pm »
Wow those screenshots look amazing.
Keep up the good work guys.
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2004, 03:20:41 pm »
the monsters look great. I wonder how much damage that stick can do to those?
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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2004, 04:17:03 pm »
yay!
I have never been happier... which is actualy quite sad...

Great job PS Dev team!



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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2004, 04:26:28 pm »
My heal spell is in already!? Looks good ingame. :)

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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2004, 04:33:00 pm »
I just hope it will run on my PC.

1 Ghz
256 MB RAM
32 MB Graphic-card
Windows 2000
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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2004, 04:40:29 pm »
It worked once again!
This is the fourth, count it... fourth time that I have gone to my girlfriend\'s for a couple of days and the PS site has been updated.

Great news, and nice to see some news.

I\'ll be at her place a lot around christmas, hopefully CB will come out, and I can get it when I get home.

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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2004, 04:57:51 pm »
Awesome looking pictures :) great work, i can\'t wait to do all the stuff in cb :p

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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2004, 05:05:42 pm »
I think I can see the pattern...hm... devs. post news on the last days of each month, so the next news posting will be...hm...  ...Christmas...  however there should be another one - about two weeks before christmas.
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« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2004, 05:07:53 pm »
Quote
Originally posted by Merdarion
I just hope it will run on my PC.

1 Ghz
256 MB RAM
32 MB Graphic-card
Windows 2000


Go to tigerdirect.com and get another 256 MB of ram and at least a 64 mb graphics card, if not 128 MB.  :P




And as for the devs, and all the contributers.  Yay.  :)  PS looks more and more promising every time I see an update.
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