Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 31! Notes on what is in this release are available here.

July 28, 2016

Windows / LINUX Build Number 449 7:30 PM

NOTE: OSX build delayed

Changes:

• LINUX compatibility fix of Unity engine code *crosses fingers*. This "should" address the following:
  
  
  
  • 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
  
  
  
  


• Fixed various exceptions and error messages


• Increased the focus cost of chain lightning.


• Juggle emotes now synched properly when viewed by other players


• Adjusted weather data to increase likelihood of storms (not sure if it worked though...)


• Fix materials on Pipe LODs


• Fixed some Castle Walls not clearing trees properly. Also increase footprint of deco items that clear trees.


• Polish pass on visuals for the Magic Mirror


• Wands, Staff now count as Bludgeons for skills prereq use


• Fixed Enchantments for Wands, Staves, Rings, and Necklaces


• Fixed Fireworks Boxes


• Added more Gem Enchantments (as listed in R32 Instructions)


• Added Crown Merchant that sells Concept Art paintings, tapestries


• Added wall art to decoration merchant


• New Crafting Recipes: Greenhouse, Ornate Clockwork Wings, Aviator Cap, Wood pipe, Metal pipe, Clay pipe


• Removed separate basement merchant from Owlshead, basements are sold with houses everywhere else in game


• Consolidated Owlshead deco merchants, all other deco merchants are single merchants


• Novia Overworld: Replaced stumps with trees in improperly deforested area. Replaced snow VFX and set all vfx to approprioate culling distances. Added some ambient butterflys


• Fix for Ardoris castle guards not accepting passwords.


• Fixed out of order tutorial on Isle of Storms.


• Made Discovery icon for Solace Bridge boat to Soltown more appropriate.


• Resolute gates now stay open for 8 seconds instead of 6.


• Fixed Soltown bard dialog


• Automatons in Soltown properly show title when name is learned.


• NPCs will now perform more animations correctly.


• Updated minimaps for all existing POT templates and added overhead maps for those that were missing; Edited Mapzone areas to correct player tracking within POT scenes


• Fixed bug where death animations would replay if they had occured initially off camera


• Fixed bark sound for dogs


• Fixed lip curl on female combat animations


• Added jog to help with dog animation transitions.


• Fixed issue causing bows to bend unnaturally when attacking


• Fixed alignment of hoe on farming animations.


• Fixed neck distortion on male/female 2h weapon attacks.


• Updated Door Sound on OracleConfirmitory.


• Updated sounds of human NPC misery (cries, coughs, etc.)


• Fix for Isle of Storms Arabella's blinking issues


• Fix for pot belly on Elder Elven chest armor


• Fix for chain mail helmets appearing black


• Fix for all masks and hoods that were blinking with avatar's eyes


• North Ravenswood (HiddenVale_Forest02_Tier3): Moved skeleton spawning near (-190.3, 34.5, -169.6) to one side so it doesn't spawn in a tree.


• In-game Known Issues/Player Events books updated for R32


• Fixed "sooty" bottom on Fancy Riding Outfit


• Soltown Catacombs (Soltown Sewers): Moved floating torch near (-142.8, 25.0, 34.8) to nearby wall.


• The Epitaph: Reduced leash for Albino Troll so he doesn't walk under the surrounding balconies.


• Fixed clipping issues in the Epitath where you could see through to the sky


• Fixed Female Chain-mail quarter armor Chest Piece sorting issues


• The Clink: Added a climbable vine with a very small interaction range at the top of the "jumping puzzle" that players use to exit Myron's pit.


• Fixed sorting issues with Male Cloth Tunic


• Fixed broken beds in Soltown


• Solace Bridge: Adjusted stairs at (35.2, 34.4, -58.3) so players don't have to jump to exit the pit.


• Xenos: Fixed broken NPCs in the amphitheatre


• Insanely loud annoying singing doors in Brittany Fields fixed


• Graff Gem Mines and Serpent's Spine Mines: Added natural steps at various points to allow easier NPC access between ground and water.


• Brittany Wharfs: Cow staying put on stage generally.


• Central Brittany:
  
  
  
  • Fixed various terrain and terrain texture issues.
  
  
  • Opened up the Secret Passage to Brittany Wharfs.
  
  
  • Decorated some of the previously empty NPC buildings.
  
  
  • Moved hanging lantern near (90.2, 44.7, 425.9) to a nearby wall.
  
  
  • Added wagons to Novia by the Alleys, Fields, Graveyard, and Wharfs gates.
  
  
  • Added balloon to Novia by the Estates gate. Added boat to Novia at the docks.
  
  
  • Moved cow near "hill" at (495.6, 30.8, 32.0) to be inside the nearby stables.
  
  
  
  


• Spite: Polish to Mortuarium and added ground fog


• Soltown: Moved a floating bottle at (53.9, 32.1, 142.2) to rest on the ground.


• Fixed strange polygon in roof curl on Kobold style town home.


• Unique names for starting potions/scrolls/kits to prevent confusion


• Fixing bad stair collision in Rustic Village House (used in Solace Bridge


• Adding collision to the underside of balcony in the Chamber of Souls in the Epitatch so you can't see through it


• Oracle voice in Isle of Storms now plays when players type "hello" vs being triggered on entering the confirmator


• POT Lions of Amore: Added overworld access. Interconnection (removed POT Serenite).


• Fixed bad collision on walls in Hilt Fortress


• Fixed some tearing and sorting issues with Cloth Tunic while dancing


• Immortality Fruit and Royal Elderberry plants updated to be no-trade and protected from ransom. I also added a client-side enhancement to notify users more quickly about why some planter boxes can not be traded.


• Cleaned up POT Homes merchant, made sure still selling basements


• Kobold Town House secret door fix


• North Ravenswood: Lifted areas of Terrain to prevent water plane clipping.


• Fixed issues with the VFX of the Oracle watcher scan


• POT Oasis & POT Liberty: Changed location of both POTs


• Xenos: Fixed overlapping Row Houses and invisible water lots


• Disable start in overworld until tutorial finished


• Spite: Terrain bugs and grass inside NPC Buildings.


• Blood River Massacre: Fixed broken crate


• Novia Overworld: Improved collision for the southern coast of Spindrift Bay, Elad's Island. Also, the river near PaxLair.


• Move NPCs to thier goal on schedules fix


• Crafting stations now display socketing recipe success and fixed an issue where recipes would not show if they are lower than the required level


• Make sure loading screen is fully shown before continuing load


• Fix full screen toggle not updating correctly on use


• Fixed title display for merchant automaton in Soltown.

• Some items listed in the R32 instructions are not in the game yet including:
  
  
  
  • Merchant inventory overhauls for POT Merchants
  
  
  • New Recipes
  
  
  • New Enchantments
  
  
  • New Juggles
  
  
  • Blood Reliquary Bundles
  
  
  • Expert Crafting Station balance
  
  
  • Wings
  
  
  
  


• Using the Mirror on Isle of Storms can crash sometimes


• Ice Field slows caster as well as target in PVP


• Bloom can't be disabled


• Armor Set Bonuses not working


• Novia Overworld rework has introduced various stuck spots, incorrect collision and "exit into the air" issues


• Some UI text is not wrapping correctly


• Rain is coming through the roof of some buildings


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


• Stability: The latest version of Unity we are using has introduced significant stability issues along with memory leaks. We are working with Unity to resolve these as quickly as we can


• 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.


• 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 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