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Release 36 Patch Notes: November 18, 2016
Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 36! How to Play instructions and game update notes on Release 36 are available in the forums. November 18, 2016 Build Number 508, 11:45 AM
- Chillblain's Compendium: A breakable wall at (312 -19.816 69) was unbreakable, but now there is simply a hole that players can pass through unhindered.
- Fixed female avatar eyes clipping through eyelids in creator
- In-game Known Issues book text updated
- Fixed various exceptions and error messages
- Graff Island: Removed unintentional exit location and added wicker fence asset to visually support blocking volume Loc: (-451.4, 65.2, -132.5) Added additional tall-grass and foliage to indicate more wild map border, but zone-out is intentional here at river source.
- Fixed floating Lighthouse on Hidden Vale overworld map.
- Also, increased terrain thickness value on Hidden Vale Overworld to help prevent falling through terrain
- Graff Island: Set terrain thickness to 3 to help prevent falling through terrain
- Set terrain thickness to 3 on all Brittany maps in attempt to prevent players from falling through terrain
- Fixed Obsidian Plate Armor not appearing black (no really, seriously, for real this time)
- Added Mantles to fireplaces in houses that have built in fireplaces
- Added new glass component recipe to merchants to support recipe for Glass Roof Rowhouse
- Added recipe for Glass Roof Rowhouse (carpentry)
- Fixed bug where music from German Automaton was playing scene wide versus being a local source
- Fixed stuck spot underneath 4 story Yule Tree.
- The Epitaph: More fixes to help the spiders move around
- Adjusted some LODs on the small fountains
- Cocoon of Night now takes a reasonable amount of time to cast.
- Fixed stuck spot in solace bridge
- Added ankh to Elad's Lighthouse scene on the island with the Lighthouse
- Fixed bricked-up windows on the outside of Small Old Keep Village Home
- Fixed few items missing Tanning crafting tags (mainly related to trophy heads)
- Fixed Practice dummy recipe: added unique name for bags to prevent crafting confusion
- Fixed collision on 4-poster bed so that decorations will not float above the top of it.
- Fixed merchant selling duplicate recipes of Fancy Merchant Gloves
- Fixed bug with stairs and decorations in Gothic Mansion
- Fixed journal entries not writing when the lich of Ravensmoor is slain.
- PRT Forest 01 and PRT Island 01: No boats in these PRTs should have overlapping boats anymore (such as Port Titan).
- Fixed non-functional secret door in Baron Frigate city home.
- Fixed windows not having collision in Ornate Glass Roof Rowhouse
- Shores of Malice: Added basic loot package to the corpses at (-23.9, 13.1, -99.7).
- Fixed gap between door and door frame in 4 story Viking rowhouse.
- Polished animations for /firedancespin emote.
- Turned off mesh compression to resolve flashbulb effect on burnt elven hill house
- Fixed bad stretching female braids hair style
- Etceter: Added a compass discovery for the town crier at (108.8, 20.7, -54.0).
- Added collision to yule tree skirt to prevent yule boxes from crashing.
- Fixed white boxes in stone & timber 5 story village basement.
- Polished water in Wishing Well
- Graff Island: Added collision to carts and tracks in factory and docks area
- Ardoris: Added discovery for Town Crier.
- Fixed green board crashing through floor in Elven Town Treehouse
- Owl's Rest: Fixed issue that might have prevented access to this POT
- Attempted fix for transparent beams in Ornate Greenhouse Rowhouse
- Fixed naming issues with the Venison butchery recipes
- Midras: Fixed issues involving stuck spots, no collision on assets, water, and invisible walls in various areas. Adjusted collision for the giant tree in the center
- Fixed Charlotte's arm popping out of socket when celebrating
- Graff Gem Mines Entrance: Fixed some issues with Kobolds pathing that might have caused them to not be responsive
- Compressing and uploading the most recent unity log for crashes. The patcher now specifies a logfile location, which it backs up every time the Launch button is pressed. The client checks for a crash and if one is found it compresses and uploads the backed up log file.
- Fixed issue that was preventing summoning the Gustball on the new Gustball field
- Graff Gem Mines: Kobolds seemed to aggro as expected, however found that satyr spawners in room could spit out 2 fauns, which would just maintain distance from player and not fight without a leader - fixed this by swapping faun spawn chance for ranged satyr. Also found that patrolling earth elementals could aggro, and while taking circuitous route to reach player, lose aggro and go back to patrol. Fixed this by adding additional places for them to access water to reach player.
- Set terrain thickness to 3 in Eastreach Gap in an attempt to fix instances of falling through the ground
- 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
- 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
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Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
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2018-03-27
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WARNING: THIS GAME IS EARLY ACCESS PRE-ALPHA. PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME VIA CROWD FUNDING, BUG TESTING, AND FEEDBACK. PLEASE ONLY PURCHASE IF YOU ARE ALSO PREPARED TO HANDLE PERIODIC WIPES, SERIOUS ISSUES AND INCOMPLETE CONTENT. PLEASE READ THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS PRIOR TO PURCHASE, MANY OF WHICH WARN YOU OF THE CURRENT UNFINISHED STATE OF THE GAME.
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is a new type of third person fantasy RPG that combines a single player narrative with a sandbox MMO. It is being created by a team that includes: Richard "Lord British" Garriott the creator of the Ultima series, Starr Long the original Director of Ultima Online, and Tracy Hickman the author of the beloved Dragonlance Novels and Dungeons & Dragons modules.
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is currently in pre-alpha so there are a lot of features and content still to be built. Even the current content needs polish and balance. On the third week of every month we release a major update to the game that includes new features, new content, and bug fixes. We update the schedule for these on a quarterly basis with a final update for each release the day before it goes live.
We estimate reaching a Beta version with all features and content sometime in the first half of 2016. All features and plans listed here are subject to change. We may modify, add or remove features as we see fit during the development process.
Website for more information: www.shroudoftheavatar.com
SUMMARY:
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is a new type of third person fantasy RPG that combines a single player narrative with a sandbox MMO. It is being created by a team that includes: Richard "Lord British" Garriott the creator of the Ultima series, Starr Long the original Director of Ultima Online, and Tracy Hickman the author of the beloved Dragonlance Novels and Dungeons & Dragons modules.
- Episodic Content: Shroud of the Avatar will consist of five episodes that will tell a series of virtue based stories created by Richard Garriott and Tracy Hickman. All supported by a series of prequel novels starting with Blade of the Avatar. Forsaken Virtues is the first episode (this is what you are purchasing access to).
- Single Player Offline Mode: Players will adventure through over 40 hours of story in an interactive world where their choices have consequences, ethical paradoxes give them pause, and they play a vital part in weaving their own story into the immersive world and lore surrounding them.
- Selective Multiplayer Modes: If you want to go through the story online you can play with everyone in a single world with three different online modes (Single Player, Friends, and Open).
- Classless Character System: Vast customization options with hundreds of skills and spells in over 20 different skill trees.
- Skillful Combat: A new way to prepare and fight in an RPG by building custom decks of skills and dynamically activating them in combat.
- PVP: Consensual with Open PVP flags, zones, and Guild Warfare.
- Player Housing: Non instanced, finite, and embedded in the world with multiple group living options.
- Player Driven Economy: Deep crafting system where the best items are made by players and player items are the main source of loot found in the game.
- Pay Once to Play: No subscription fees. Each episode (released approximately annually) is a one time fee and everything in the game can be purchased with in game gold that can be earned (except for some exclusive backer rewards).
- Social: Full Guild System, Highly Active Community and Player Owned Towns.
- Crowd Sourced & Funded: Support the project by contributing content (and receive compensation) or by pledging (and receive exclusive rewards).
- Open Development: Players help shape the game by giving feedback on monthly early access releases, videos, weekly updates, blog postings, forums, chat, etc.
DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is currently in pre-alpha so there are a lot of features and content still to be built. Even the current content needs polish and balance. On the third week of every month we release a major update to the game that includes new features, new content, and bug fixes. We update the schedule for these on a quarterly basis with a final update for each release the day before it goes live.
Current Version
- Housing: Purchase property and a wide variety of buildings to place there. These can be customized with hundreds of items (paintings, crafting stations, chairs, tables, food, plants, fountains, statues, lights, etc.). Players can also set permissions that allow them to share this property with other players. Higher level pledges begin the game with property and house deeds. (Find out more at www.shroudoftheavatar.com)
- Crafting: Gather and refine resources to craft a wide variety of objects including weapons, armor, potions, food, and furniture.
- Player Trading: Trade with each other for items or gold.
- PVP (Duels and Zones): Fight other players in Open PVP zones of the map or 1 on 1 duels in any location.
- Dual Scale Map: Explore the world by walking across a map (aka The Overworld) like old school RPGs with random and roving encounters mixed among named points of interest.
- Combat and Magic Skills: We have over 100 skills in a wide variety of combat and magic schools including Blades, Fire, Water, Life, Polearms, Shields, etc.
- Multiple Online Modes: Play how you want in one of two modes: Single Player Online or Open Multiplayer Online.
- Character Customization: Customize your character's facial features, hair style, hair color, facial hair, skin tone, and gender. Also express yourself with a vast array of different gear that when equipped shows on your character. (cloaks, armor, weapons, hats, tools, torches, etc.)
- AI Behaviors: Archers will try to maintain distance, warriors will try to surround you, Liches will summon skeletal allies, and villagers will turn on lights when night falls.
- Advancement: As you gain experience fighting and questing you gain levels which give you skill points that you can use with a trainer to purchase new skills or to raise your attributes.
- Hint System: Each time you attempt something for the first time a hint will appear with basic instructions (this can be disabled in options)
- Fully Interactive World: Every attempt is made to make the world respond to you. All the lights you see can be turned on and off, doors can be opened/closed/locked/unlocked, objects can be taken from shelves/tables/etc.
- Dynamic Lighting: Time of day changes as you play along with all light sources casting light in a realistic fashion.
- Summoned Allies: Certain schools of magic can summon allies including Ice Elementals, Fire Elementals, Liches, and Skeletons.
- Control Points: Grab control of Vertas Pass and see how long you can hold it against ever increasing waves of Dark Elves.
- Emotes: Express yourself with a wide variety of emotes including dances, bows, laughs, bows, yawns, etc.
- Guilds: You can form or join a guild
- Banks: Store all your gear and loot when it gets too heavy to carry around.
- Character tied to Pledge: All versions of the game (aka pledges) come with special rewards (gear, houses, titles, emotes, etc.).
- Player Owned Towns: Players can purchase and customize from templates their very own town.
- Player Vendors: You will be able to set up NPC vendors to sell the goods you have crafted or found adventuring.
- Player Made Books: Write your own book in the game and pay in game gold to have it published widely.
- Dye-able Gear: Customize your gear by changing the colors.
- Crowd Sourcing Create content for the game (music, sound effects, and art) and be paid for it.
Future Updates
- Story: A rich narrative that presents you with complex moral choices will come online closer to launch.
- More Scenes: Many additional scenes will come online including cities, dungeons, deserts, arctic areas, swamps, fortifications, battlegrounds, etc.
- Performance: Continued optimizations as well as sophisticated fallback routines will greatly improve performance.
- More Magic & Combat Skills: More skills will be coming including the Chaos Magic School.
- Localization: Support for multiple languages.
- More Creatures: More creatures along with multiple variations and new behaviors.
We estimate reaching a Beta version with all features and content sometime in the first half of 2016. All features and plans listed here are subject to change. We may modify, add or remove features as we see fit during the development process.
Website for more information: www.shroudoftheavatar.com
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or newer officially but most linux flavors supported
- Processor: Quad Core 2.4 GHz or fasterMemory: 12 GB RAM
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 Compatible NVIDIA 960 / AMD 560Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or newer officially but most linux flavors supported
- Processor: Quad Core Processor 2.8GHz or fasterMemory: 16 GB RAM
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 Compatible NVIDIA GTX 1070 / ATI Radeon HD 5870Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Performance significantly improved with an SSD
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