PlaneShift 0.4.01 Is Released!

[Tuxide]

It is known.  In the meantime, just ask a GM to kick him.

[Kahara]

Oh ok thx, i searched "already logged" in the bug tracker...
For now it's not a big problem since the server reboot often

[player_of_games]

hm, not to want to repost, but anyone give me a hint as to my issue
a few posts back: http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=32814.msg378891#msg378891
is it a bug or a known or temporary issue of some kind? Thanks.

update1:
worked somehow after my before-last connect, don't know why.

update2:
Problem back after my last log-in. Before further asking about this, I will try
to look at the logs of the good trial and the bad trial and see if there is a
conceivable difference during load.

[Velh Krome]

- New torch item with smoke and fire effects.
- A cosy campfire, don't burn yourself!

I know campfires and mobile lightsources are all fancy and very good for atmosphere and all (not to forget the numerous players' demands for such) .. but still I am wondering:

According to race descriptions every race except for ylian and xacha either has nightvision or infravision.
What are your visions about how to proceed working on that for the future? One day players with ylian and xacha chars having the game appearing like it is today, while players with nightvision chars some green-tinted appearance, ones with infravision-chars some sort of ir-view?

Furthermore: Races with infravision, do they only see infrared-like, or is their normal vision just added by some heat-signature? Or is infravision meaning something complete different?
And finally: RPing chars with nightvision.. would they see any value in torches for their own benefit? Do they have any need for such at all?

[Anumesa]

I haven't really had time to run around much in this new release yet and see all the new stuff...

HOWEVERRRR, one HUGE thing that i did notice was the complete and utter lack of lag. I have yet to test all the maps yet, but in my old client, almost all of hydlaa (east hydlaa, plaza, winch etc.) was literally unplayable because of the ridiculous amount of lag. I ended up switching all those maps for edited ones, or old ones just to make it possible to move an inch. When i logged into 0.4.01 for the first time i ran through all these places effortlessly!!!

I dont know what got changed but i love it!!!!!!! (mac client)

yay devs!   

[Karyuu]

You really did a nice job with the female Nolthirs! Great job yes great job! I am thinking on create one of those actually ;)

Ooh, just found this comment... Thank you, I'm glad you like the model :)

[citizen]

You really did a nice job with the female Nolthirs! Great job yes great job! I am thinking on create one of those actually

Ooh, just found this comment... Thank you, I'm glad you like the model

Hehe, i made ingame comments, hope none heard them :-)

[Morla Phlint]

I haven't seen all new things yet but I wish to thank the devs for the removal of lag in Hydlaa and the Bronze Doors  . Great work! It's like running on clouds
I'm lagging in other areas now though  (ojaroad 2 and bdroad 2). However, not sooo much like before at BD.

And we can't climb any more! 
*Morla runs away to cry in a corner*
(Well, I know this is how you want it but I'll really miss it...)

[eldoth_terevan]

Got a short chance to download and give this a try last night. The Macintosh installer is professional looking now, and seems to be addressing permissions issues with the items it installs. Very nice. The game is now running without the massive lag that I experience throughout the last version. Very, very nice on that one. Books have their titles now. Also very nice. Looks like a good job folks.

I am very short on time so I am going to mention these two things here. 1) I bought a new book from Jayose, but did not have the buttons to write in the book. I checked a book that I bought before this update and it did have the buttons to edit the book. And 2) every male character I saw dwarf and xacha has grey hair now. My initial impression is that this release looks professional and has a much smoother feel to it.

[Caarrie]

I am very short on time so I am going to mention these two things here. 1) I bought a new book from Jayose, but did not have the buttons to write in the book. I checked a book that I bought before this update and it did have the buttons to edit the book. And 2) every male character I saw dwarf and xacha has grey hair now. My initial impression is that this release looks professional and has a much smoother feel to it.

the book issue might be related to http://www.hydlaa.com/flyspray_upgrade/index.php?do=details&task_id=1325

[Valorius Rageway]

Jeanine's beautiful blonde hair is grey now.

The game looks and feels entirely different. It's almost like it's a new game engine in use.

Still very, very buggy though. Last night i played for a few hours just to check out the new version, and i ran into numerous bugs, from the landscape showing sky through it, to entire sections lit in rainbow colors that caused crashes, to entire sections blacked out and devoid of all light. One odd example, my enforcer shield does not display on my screen(even if someone else has one equipped), but others can see it. Crafted shields i can see however.

I will say that the new fenki heavy armor looks awesome, and the lag reduction is fantastic.

Of course the first thing that struck me was how utterly empty hydlaa was. Harns was like a ghost town, even in the peak US playing hours.

[Kahara]

Sure there are good thing in this update.
But it contains too many bugs to be playable. Here is a little compilation of what i've noticed :
  - Dwarves can't play : When you are somewhere (saying Hydlaa), /pos tells you are somewhere else (Gurg). So you can't interact with anything, trade,....game is broken for them, goodbye dwarves
  - Mobs are not attackables : That's a classic but it's been a long time now since we haven't seen a mob...
  - We don't know who trains what : When you go for a training, your skills window shows all your skills, so there is no way, without a spoiler list, to know what you can train
  - Phys Stamina bug : Not critical but annoying, when you stay still a moment, when you move again you phys stam drops dramatically
  - Crashes of the client : Many people reported IG crashes or freezes of their client, even after complete reinstall.

And I don't speak about graphical bugs, black holes, artefacts, .... who are secondary i think

I hope these bugs will be fixed soon so we can play again because for the moment there is no point for many players to stay IG

Kahara

PS : Don't misunderstand me, i don't complain, but i just point out few things that are critical and need to be fixed so the game can be playable and enjoyable. I'm not in a hurry or crying since i won't be playing for 2 months (hollydays) and when i'm back i'm confident all this will be fixed
Good luck devs

[Valorius Rageway]

well, i really have an itch to play an mmorpg so does anyone know any good free ones?

You can try Regnum : http://www.regnumonline.com.ar/
That's the one i played before coming to PS and I really enjoyed it, but at high lv it's a bit boring I think
It's free (but not open source, and you can buy some object with real money, like XP boosters and horses)

Kahara

There are dozens of current and former PS players in Regnum. Almost all are in Syrtis realm, but there are a few in Alsius as well.

[Orgonwukh]

Just wanted to say thanks a lot to the team for the new release
*Orgonwukh smiles sweetly at Caarie "And I will not complain here, only on bugtracker."*

[citizen]

@ Kahara

for a temporary solution, try to sit down, stand up then jump, then try to interact with your dwarf char. This way you can avoid pyhs stamina bug also.