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

July 30, 2016

Build Number 450 10:45 AM

Changes:

• Fixed issue where effects like fire DOTs from Flame Fist were getting applied to caster in PVP


• Fixed weird head side-to-side bobbing while running


• Because Fog doesn't work well with legacy foliage assets, we edited the weather data file to give that weather type a 0% chance of occurring, until such time as we can get all those old assets replaced


• Polish on stance of the avatar on bow idle animations so they are not as hunched over


• Jeanne in Soltown now always accepts her daughter's necklace if you have found it.


• Fixed rain falling inside Soltown tavern


• Liches in Etceter Crag mines can longer move past magic barrier areas.


• Removed blank books from starting player items since they cannot be traded nor used as decorations


• Jaanaford: Fixed issue with water appearing out of place, up high.


• Ferig's Battle Camp: Added min and max times on looping emotes.


• Brittany Estates: Added min and max times on looping emotes.


• Fixed deco pets in basements that weren't spawning


• Fixed issue where Braids and Page style male haircuts were reverse labeled.


• Japeth's Love quest fixed.


• Renabled decoration merchant with increased prices for decorations


• Fixed Hot Tub stair collision


• Fixed tree assignment on swamp biome Keep and Castle island terrains


• Owlshead sewer spawn rate reduced


• Melee Skeleton Tier 7 difficulty increased 10%


• Non-PVP players must now soft target PVP players.  Non-PVP players are no longer automatically flagged for PVP (while "Show Open PVP Confirmation" option is disabled).


• Ore spawn rates in OwlsNest have been reduced to be more in line with the risk.


• Ashton in Soltown no longer looks for you to kill 5 zombies, but instead looks for a book held by the zombies.


• Journal entry added for Arabella's first conversation with the Avatar in the Isle of Storms


• Adjusted power downwards of special tamed mimic from pledge rewards


• Added back in short hair option to Female character creation


• Brittany Wharfs: Added min and max times to all waypoints for emotes. SOTA-32474


• Death touch effect targeting changed to arc system.  Updated sub effect targeting from AOE to single target.


• Generic child dialogs


• Soltown: Named the 4 children


• Fix for when NPCs bump into player and complained about being run into.


• Changed cooldown on fireball to 15 seconds


• POT Shadow's Rest: Fixed issue preventing lot placement


• Removed non-basic craftable armor from tailoring merchant


• Fixed rotation of duke keep walls on one of the Keep Island Lots


• Fixed rotation of keep walls on one of the Keep Island Lots


• Removing non-basic armor off tailoring merchants


• Increased fuel count on general crafting merchant at player request (99->1000)


• Added new POT maps to map merchant


• Updated deco lights that are offered at bookstore


• Removed craftable light from mining merchant


• Royal Artisan Supply Cache pledge reward now being delivered


• Skrekk: Deleted giant-sized mug at (9.9, 65.0, 132.5)


• Brittany Estates: The gate that should lead into Central Brittany now does so.


• Soltown Catacombs: The gap in the section of wall at (-220.6, 0.0, 101.5) has been closed.


• Reliquary decorations got the final love they needed to be ready to deliver


• Brittany Central: More Decorating NPC Buildings


• Kobold 3-Story w/ Open Deck (Town Home) display names are updated

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


• Using the Mirror on Isle of Storms can crash sometimes


• 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