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 29, 2016  

Build Number 407 8:45 PM

Changes:

• Samael in Highvale now no longer flees at the sight of the wounded knight he is supposed to help.


• Fixed master volume slider bug caused by fade in/out between scenes


• Brigid in Resolute now is more likely to respond to players who have an amulet of testimony for her.


• Fixed Oracles in Brittany


• Fixed various Exceptions


• Polished reticle colors


• Players should no longer receive online status messages from players who are not 2-way friends.


• Players in Isle of Storms told their archetype explicitly after choosing one.


• Fixed culling layers on rocks at Foundation Wall in Brittany


• Solania: Fixed navmesh


• Don't show friend requests from blocked players


• Fixed issues with Crypt of the Avatar


• Can now interact with Hospitaller Book when placed as decoration


• Players must speak to Edvard and begin the Path of Love before taking the boat to Soltown.


• Made hotkey behavior for combat and non-combat hotbars consistent


• Brittany: Fixed some bugs with Stairs, edited culling layer on Boulders, terrain polish.


• Do not allow blessing effects to be dismissed


• Fixed for gap at wrist on male sleeveles cloth, chain, and leather armors


• Fixed issues with Tracy of Resolute identification paperwork


• Changed animation for using Blessing Potions from Eat to Drink Potion


• Fixed issue where one player's pet was being propagated to all other players resulting in apparently random


• Fixed male dreadlocks clipping with hats and helmets (again)


• Players now get confirmations for all three times you use the enchant ability


• Batch crafting now possible with ingredients in containers inside inventory


• Splitting stacks on a crafting station table now has the source stack correctly showing the remaining quantity


• Crafting warnings now happen before completion


• Disabled Salvage at Alchemy Station (which was locking up client)


• Added "R" key back for combos.


• Edvard in Blood River no longer quits out of his dialog immediately when shown the bonesteel dagger.


• Edvard in Highvale no longer tells the player to go to Resolute to get to Soltown, but instead points the player towards the caravan about to leave.


• Fixed issues where targeting reticle was not properly displaying in range versus out of range


• Solace Bridge switches, gates, levers now properly linked to volume sliders


• Fixed bug where game would stutter and mouse cursor would flicker violently when rotating camera with select UI panels open


• Changes for free attach charge times.  Faster, but lower max for charged attacks


• Fixed missing collision with Dungeon Stairs


• Avatars will once again play talk emote when in conversation


• Melee weapons can now hit multiple targets again


• POTs:
  
  
  
  • Avanish Hope: Fixed bug blocking access to Novia
  
  
  • Carmel: Upgraded to Village
  
  
  • Vale Halla (Frost Valley): New, nested in Brittany
  
  
  • Isle of Ghosts: Restored island to Novia overworld. Removed interconnection to/from POT Neath.
  
  
  • Estate D'LaRose: New, near Aerie (-483.1 12.5 -204.1).
  
  
  • Allaman: New, nested in Ardoris.
  
  
  • Haunted Keep of Solania: New, nested in Solania
  
  
  • Mountain POT template: Added generic Town Crier in central hub. Added Discovery for Town Crier that is awarded at the west entrance, the east entrance, and upon entring the hub.
  
  
  • Goldfield: New, nested in Braemar
  
  
  • Clevedon: New POT, nested in Aerie
  
  
  • D'Jernstad: Cleaned up interconnection wagon placement on Holtrot end.
  
  
  • Underground POT Template: Minor update to Town Crier discovery
  
  
  • Avernus: New POT, nested in Brittany
  
  
  • D'Jernstad: New POT, nested in Holtrot
  
  
  • Stormsong Vale: Fixed name/ownership issue
  
  
  • Grayskull: New, nested in Kingsport
  
  
  
  

• 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
  
  
  
  


• 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