Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 36! How to Play instructions and game update notes on Release 35 are available in the forums.

November 17, 2016

Build Number 507, 9:30 PM

• Added missing ladder to Glass Roof 4 Story Row House (craftable)


• Hidden Vale PRTs now have proper town criers and bankers


• Avatars will now properly animate when looting non-skinnable corpses (like humanoids)


• Midras: Fixed interactive vine that lead to stuck spot.


• Renamed crocodile size to prevent confusion with trophy head


• Added extra mantel geometry in rowhouses that have built in fireplaces


• Fixed incorrect crafting flags on few meats (like chicken)


• Fixed bug that could cause the trophy/player name on skull candle to be lost - can no longer be stacked if the player names do not match


• Fixed random lines showing up in terrain in numerous scenes.


• Added recipe for Glass Roof Four-Story (Row Home) to carpentry


• Isle of Storms: Adjusted collision at (35.0, 8.6, 58.2) and (21.1, 9.5, -62.6) to eliminate locations where players could "float" while against the collision.


• Fixed issue that was blocking resource harvesting on vertical surfaces and also preventing interacting with breakable walls


• Etceter: Removed the floating vials at (55.6, 23.7, 23.5).


• Adjusted "terrain thickness" value  of Novia terrain from 1 to 3 to address players falling through terrain


• Fixed issue with crafted repair kits displaying erroneous bonuses


• POT Knightmare Falls: Overworld location change for POT Knightmare Falls was overwritten accidentally. Re-did location change.


• Update to R36 Known Issues text


• Corrected rendering issue on watered soil material.


• Charlotte Gray now cries and is nervous as intended during the Solace Bridge tutorial.


• Known Issues and Player Events books now updated for R36


• Current task added to journal when speaking at first to Arabella in the Isle of Storms opening sequence.


• Chaos Ankh now properly sends playes to random locations upon resurrection


• Added sfx to doors in Elven Village Keep home


• Fixed wrecked galleon collision errors (can be seen in Elad's Lighthouse scene)


• Fixed missing geometry on roof of Lord Benefactor home


• Removed deprecated Player Guide from starting inventories


• Fixed icons for Gift Boxes


• Update to Death Spell effects


• Fixed issue with Cows and Sheep that was causing players to face backwards when skinning them


• Added new Ice/Water Spell effects


• Fixed collision issues with Round Tower Village home


• Radiant Energy Capacitor and Radiant Energy Coil can now be used as Player Town decorations


• Fixed various stuck spots and other visual errors in Brightbone Pass and Superstition Canyon


• Fixed invisible floor in Lord Benefactor playerhouse.


• Fixed issue where ABC files were not playing from start of file


• Fixed issue where casting Chain Lightning while stealthed did not break stealth


• Updated global Music Headrooom


• Fixed issue where emote SFX would continue playing over ABC files


• Fixed issue where dead players could still see emote VFX


• Malice: Fixed issue where Spiders were moving through locked gates


• Fixed issue where pet renames were being reset when resummoned


• Crag Foothills: Fixed inaccessible ore node.


• Fixed various exceptions


• Added function for embedded clickable links in for Message of the Day


• Fixed issues with Four Story Ornate Glass Roof Rowhouse


• Fixed bug that caused a skill to be interrupted when the player begins dragging a glyph from their hotbar


• Fixed pet raven, eagle, and owl nameplates being too high


• Brittany Central: Fixed floating book in the castle library.


• Fixed female avatar's black teeth


• Added a special hold pose for pipes to prevent the stems from stabbing you through the torso when running


• Fixed typo in Fortified Cloth Boots recipe


• Fixed bugs with Practice Dummy recipe


• Resurrection Ankhs can now be placed inside


• Display recipe teachability in recipe item tooltip


• Chaos Resurrection Decoration now named "Resurrection Chaos" as per Lord British


• Resolved various inconsistencies among the Shingle Roof series of craftable houses


• Fixed female bob hair style


• Fixed issue where the Portable Aetheric Amplifiers (aka Headphones) would randomly stop working


• Fixed resource node bug that produced incorrect yield when meticulous collection was interrupted


• Polished some table and chairs placement in Ardoris Castle


• The Epitaph: Made adjustments to help the spiders move around more easily


• Fixed issue that was causing the Fireball casting animation to not complete


• Fixed issue that was causing house pets to sometimes follow players off of the lots


• Novia Overworld: The floating grass at (-112.2, 15.0, -294.4)  has been removed.


• East Perennial Trail: Fixed issue with tree sorting into the Bootleggers hut


• POT Styx: Upgraded from Village to Crossroads Village.


• Added interactive candles to 2016 yule trees, also fixed white bark bug.


• Necropolis: Moved braziers and other objects on the floor around (-5.1, 0.0, 1.5) to have a better NavMesh so NPCs have an easier time getting through tight areas.


• Malice: Corrected the spelling of Crematorium, the Discovery at (129.6, 5.1, 470.4).


• "Yule Gift Box" recipe is now named "Gift Box" to match the item it creates


• Don't allow taming necklace with active/summoned creature to be unequipped during deck swap


• South Celestial Wetlands: Moved the cotton node from (96.7, 23.0, -133.7)  up the hill at (-20.03 -80.07 84.08) and rotated it so the harvest access point is sensible.


• Brightbone Pass, Superstition Canyon, Eastreach Gap: Increased leashes for all Control Point NPCs to 100m, to ensure that all leashes are wide enough to include the Control Point area from the starting points.


• Ardoris: Fixed some pathing issues with Jenn the NPC


• Graff Island: Fixed a stuck spot


• "Ornate Scarecrow" now has display name "Ornate Scarecrow 2016"


• Fixed the bug that was causing all the trees and terrain to get blown out white appearance at sunset and sunrise


• Emotes for /closeumbrella and /openumbrella now displaying in Emote menu


• Improved crafting table performance


• Added exterior floor flag to craftable potted topiary


• Modified seat colliders on sofas to accomodate decos placed on sofa.


• Removed debug directional text in Mysterious Swamp


• Fixed issue where lamps and grass were causing flickering issues


• Did a combination of skinning tweaks and idle animation adjusting to make tongue work well for all dog models.


• Fixing text for Glancing Blow to match the skill.


• Increased the reaction window for Aetheric Feedback from 2 to 3 seconds.


• Discharge had an artificial delay of 1 second that has now been fixed.


• Fixed grey hair color option rendering too white


• Bankers in central Brittany no longer wander away from their station.


• Strength of Earth can now be cast while moving.


• Removed 2016 from regular gift box descriptions


• Fixed invisible Knight of Norgard

• In the greatest of ironies ever Gustballs cannot be summoned on the new Gustball field


• Some items on Public Vendors (like Ardoris) have disappeared. They will return in a future patch.


• Combat Sound Effects are not playing properly and are not properly linked to volume controls


• Items listed in the Release notes are not all yet listed in the Add On Store


• Some recipes are not yet in the game like the Glass Roof Rowhouse


• Hair is not properly working with lighting, fog, etc.


• Lot Deeds cannot be purchased in Offline Mode


• Rewards are not yet being delivered in Offline Mode


• AMD A8 Graphics Chipsets do not work with Unity Games including Shroud


• Fire Arrow icon not visible in tutorial


• Using the Mirror on Isle of Storms can crash sometimes


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


• Some UI text is not wrapping correctly


• Rain and Snow is coming through the roof of some buildings


• 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.


• 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