Talad(Leader/Founder)
Eonwind(Rules)
Tuathanach(Rules)
Zunna (Rules/Settings)
Mordaan (Settings)
Venalan (Settings Lead)
Uadjet(GM Lead)
Emaline (GM Team)
Zweitholou (Art)
Gonger (PR)
Aachey: Sorry for the delay, but welcome tot he Developer's Q&A! Here you can hear about the development of the game and ask any questions you might have.
Damola: Now that is crazy.
Aachey: If you do have a question, please step up to the lectern in front of the stage.
Damola: Damola is moving her arms and legs as if in thin air. I see the roof of the doom and a large blue area.
Damola: Damola appears to be in the court room according to the chat here, but I have no?
Aachey: How about now?
Damola: now?
Thosor: fell into the underfloor void?
Damola: Now is good
>Thosor greets Damola.
Damola: Thanks Uadjet.
>Damola greets Thosor.
Gonger: Ah, yes, I should remember not to quit while in this room...
>Damola waves at Gova
>Damola greets Aachey.
Thosor: she is taller than a warf, did she fall through?
>Damola waves at Gonger
Aachey: That was after a teleport to me, oddly enough.
Thosor: *dwarf
Aachey: Yeah, I used "/teleport damola me"
Damola: Hmm, strange.
Aachey: Not a lot of room for error in that command.
Damola: I was talking with Ptero NPC in Gugrontid, maybe that is somehow related.
Damola: I had a somewhat bugged TP yesterday as well, I was talking with Ptero NPC as well
Aachey: Well, other than the "/teleprot" thing I do way too often, but that just results in nothing happening.
Damola: Maybe TP while talking with NPC gives crazy result?
Damola: As long as you do not write "/teleprompt"
Damola:
Aachey: Players are put into a forced perspective while talking to NPCs. Maybe that could be involved? I thought that was just the camera being moved, though. Or at least I assumed that.
Thosor: Field distortion.
Damola: I bet it is some kind of quantum anomaly.
Damola grins
Gonger: Wild Magic.
Thosor: Anomaly is parked outside.
Aachey: Do you have a question, Thosor?
Damola: Yeah, "Wild Magic" may be the best description that fits into lore.
Thosor: Of which I keep falling out of the saddle...
Aachey: When you right-click?
Thosor: Yes, how does one get a bug report confirmed?
Gova: Oh, I get that a lot when moving the camera while riding.
Thosor: Seems when turning, maybe camera, and also right click.
Gova: If you let go of the mouse button while it's on you, your mount, or the rather large hit box you occupy, you get kicked off your mount.
Thosor: Ah, like the too big a box in combat, I always get in the way.
Aachey: There's teh bug tracker. I'm not sure if that's been reported yet.
>Gonger greets Ronasi.
>Thosor greets Ronasi.
Gonger: Hello Ronasi! Line up behind Thosor if you have any questions.
Thosor: Is she in limbo land?
>Aachey greets Ronasi.
>Gova greets Ronasi.
>Ronasi greets everyone.
Gova: I wasn't even sure if getting dismounted on right-click or... what is it called? De-clicking? Releaseing the mouse button while the pointer is on your character. I thought it might be intentional, but on thinking about it that doesn't make sense.
Aachey: Yeah, that's a bug.
Aachey: I think bug #7854 might be the same bug. Ah. Opened by Thosor.
Aachey: I suggest commenting on it, if you've experienced it, to add your own observations.
Aachey: The more info Talad has, the easier the bugs are to fix.
Thosor: I guess if I posted it i must have experienced it.
Thosor: Not sure if click or cam, seems when i m sprinting, I fall off spontaneously.
Aachey: So, how about some more updates?
Thosor: Also think when turning, I slip off.
Aachey: Talad is getting ready for another release, so he's going through and doing a lot of bug fixes right now.
Thosor: Hello, Gova, do you hear me from here?
Aachey: Before that, he was finishing up (mostly) the new Labyrinth area. This is where new players go once they leave the Dryken Plane.
Aachey: And it's more than just tunnels.
Aachey: You've love it when you see it, I'm sure.
Gonger: So they will be far from civilisation?
Aachey: Relatively so. Once they complete the tutorial, they'll get teleported out. Either to the far side of the bronze doors with a free ticket to Hydlaa, or directly to Hydlaa. I think the latter, for now.
Gonger: Ok
Gonger: We should not be too hard on newbies.
Gonger: Are there any statistics about downloads or creation of new characters?
Aachey: He did mention leaving the tutorial as being one-way, but perhaps we can give readmission privileges to some people, like those who racked up lots of advisor points in Legacy. Or do a combination of hours played and comments in the help secion in PSU, as experienced players are more likely to be answering questions there than asking them.
Gonger: Advisor points?
Gonger: I was not even aware that these exist.
Aachey: Ah, you got those in Legacy when you helped out as an advisor.
Aachey: You have 417, Gonger. I think you'd qualify.
Thosor: And I left the game for many years fter never getting a help reply when stuck. At the same time, I switched computers or something and never got around to building from source again.
Gonger: The Help channel will be working in the next update, Talad said.
Gonger: 417... is that good or bad?
Gonger ponders.
Aachey: It's the highest I've seen.
Thosor: When the binary came about, I reloaded linux version, was still stuck, and someone then got me free.
Thosor: The years had flown by...
Gonger: Gonger for teh win!
Aachey grins.
Aachey: Yeah, getting stuck is rough, as unless a GM is on right then the only way out is /die. Most people won't even think about that, though.
Thosor: Wow, I just turned cam and got chat bubble whisper to Gova, I guess is AFK.
Aachey: Regardless, having a tutorial area is one more place I can take playersto for events.
Thosor: I spoke whisper about ten mins ago.
Gonger: I get that also. I see texts in the chat window, but if I turn around sometimes minutes later, I see the bubbles.
Thosor: I saw that during an event.'
Gova: We can't put /tells into main, can we? I keep missing them.
Thosor: Hello Gova, do you hear me?
Aachey: Chat bubbles only show when you're facing the right direction, so there are a lot of lagged bubbles floating around out there, just waiting for someone to turn the right direction.
Thosor: I think I am out of range of Gova he doesn't hear me.
Thosor: yes I am out of range, he doesn't hear me
Thosor: Do you hear me now, Gova?
Gonger nods at Aachey.
Aachey: At the very least I'll take people there for one event. Maybe let established players do the tutorial quests that Talad wrote.
Aachey: Oh.
Aachey: Right.
Aachey: New tutorial quests.
Aachey: That's on my list too.
Aachey: Talad did some adaptation to existing tutorial quests, and a lot of rewriting.
Gova: I did just hear that, Thosor.
Gova: Just before Gonger nodded to Aachey.
Thosor: ah, ok
Aachey: let's see...
Aachey: New loot!
Aachey: I know players love that.
Aachey: Talad's been working on new ways for players to find treasures, both great and small.
Gonger: We do!
Thosor: So how to describe a very short range for /say mode,.
Aachey: It actually ties in well with my plans for lockpicking repeatable quests.
Gonger: Ronasi, methinks you are here for the first time. Welcome, again. If you have any questions, just ask.
Thosor: I am Thosor, usually dozing around, just send a groffel (whisper)
Gova: I'm Gova. I do the weekly Sunday markets and I do predatory bird impressions during Q&A sessions.
Thosor: eek!
Aachey: I think that's all I have to announce. Any final questions or bugs to mention?
Thosor: No further questions, Your Honor.
Gonger: You all try to get some friends to play PlaneShift.
Ronasi: Thanks Gonger. Actually I've been here several times before.
Aachey: Then I think we can bring the meeting to a close! Thank you all for coming, and I'll see you at the next meeting in two weeks! Until then, have fun playing and maybe join a Saturday event or two!
Gonger: Still welcome, Ronasi.
>Ronasi thanks Aachey!
Thosor: Welcome back, that is
>Ronasi bows to Gonger.
Gonger: Good night, getting late for me, and the next weeks at work will be demanding...
Gonger shivers visibly.
Gonger: System migrations are so much fun.
Thosor: Take that fur suit off
Gonger: Not.
Aachey: Take care, everyone!
