Release 29
Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 29! Notes on what is in this release are available here.

April 28, 2016  

Build Number 405 6:30 PM

Changes:

• Southmarsh: Fixed floating tree and cleaned up nearby trees that were nudged into terrain detail trees.


• Skrekk: various dialog fixes


• Fixed some bugs with male avatar hands


• Minor fix in Isle of Storms dialog


• Skrekk: Added merchant and farmer conversations


• Fixed issue where Avatar would not visually attack in direction of the reticle in some situations (ex. when over encumbered)


• Crypt of the Avatar now accessible (for real this time)


• Make default for turning off the cursor for combat mode false.


• SFX in Malice and Novia overworld now properly linked to volume sliders


• Guard Tower, Keep with Corner Turret, Gondola and Small Longboat from Add On Store should now properly appear in game when purchased


• Fixed various exceptions


• Fixed issue where Decorative Pets were not moving when placed in "Patrol" mode


• Fixed NPCs not animating some emotes


• Hospitaller custom book cover no longer uses Sojourner Tales image


• Fix for male dreads hairstyle clipping with head wearables


• Added LOS check to player targeting. No more shooting through walls!


• Skrekk: unique conversations for Kobold officers and castle advisors added.


• POTs:
  
  
  
  • Findupre - changed biome to Mountain
  
  
  • The Stormlands - changed biome to Island
  
  
  • Misika : Changed biome to Swamp 01a. Added interconnection with Point West.
  
  
  • Serenite: Changed biome to Swamp. Removed interconnection with POT Malus
  
  
  • Port Arx Draconis: Changed biome to Forest 01a
  
  
  • Irenholde: Changed biome to Mountains
  
  
  • Horned Society: Changed biome to Mountains
  
  
  
  


• Don't allow destroying items that are currently offered for trade.  Update item name when renamed while currently offered for trade.


• New Hospitaller book gets its own icon


• Added more city lights to Brittany and fixed bug with the Dam.


• Fixed bug preventing fishing in Ardoris


• Fixed bug where multiple versions of same item in inventory would change to same dye color until re-logging


• Fixed performance issues with crafting UI


• Fixed bug where ingredients would not update properly in crafting UI


• Obsidian Alchemists now correctly trade Obsidian Crowns for Potions of Conservation


• NPC titles are now shown in the same position as player titles (above the name), instead of being displayed as a guild name would (below the name)


• Polish text and add tooltips for mouse look sensitivity sliders


• Added back two mouse button movement when in cursor mode (also fixed in Overworld)


• Charge combat skill now working again


• New conversations in Ardoris and Kingsport will correctly respond to the "goodbye" command.


• Arabella no longer has a chance of giving no response to "meet your fate" during the first conversation in Isle of Storms.


• Help popup in Isle of Storms no longer gives the wrong key for the Compass.


• Fix for visible rope collision geometry on Airship Player Home


• Finishing Elara Solstar's task in Desolis marks Wynston Haevia's request as complete in the player's journal and vice versa.


• Game now defaults to Interactive Mode


• Targeted Emotes: /emote will display a text message in chat

• Linux: We are experiencing significant issues with the Linux version of the game.
  
  
  
  • Avatars don’t idle. Stuck in walking animation.
  
  
  • Movement breaks when casting various skills while running.
  
  
  • Dying snaps avatars to incorrect position within a scene. Will eventually crash.
  
  
  • Using Coconuts in select scenes (like Aerie) will throw the avatar out of boundaries. Will eventually crash.
  
  
  • Taking screenshots crashes the client
  
  
  
  


• Pets are not behaving properly. They will change randomly


• R is no longer working to make combos


• PVP Scoreboard is broken


• The new Targeting system still has various issues that need fixing


• Pathfinding is breaking in some houses and basements


• Local chat is failing in some situations


• Many SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.


• Some items like musical instruments will show as 0/0 durability. This does not affect their functionality


• Lighting and fog levels are still being tuned to work with the new weather system, expect anomalies


• Death and Resurrection do not work properly in the team arena


• Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks


• If you upgrade from a property owning pledge between data wipes you will receive extra lot deeds.


• If your video drivers are out of date characters will appear as if they are covered in triangles.


• Some cities are experiencing performance spikes


• Some pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support.


• The update to Unity 5 caused a host of general texture and lighting related issues, and not all of these have been resolved.


• Distant tree billboards may have a white outline that is especially noticeable at night, and some trees may shimmer with white at night.


• Skin tone will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body


• ALT key can no longer be bound. This was necessary to re-enable quick self cast with ALT