Release 37
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.

December 16, 2016

Build Number 521, 11:30 AM

• Fixed issue where weapons were being held incorrectly on male Ardoris guards


• Added Novia Overworld art for Kas Ruins and Libris Ruins


• Spite: Fixed oddly stretched bottles, and adjusted material on Flowers in Mortuarium  Vases.


• Spooky Cat and Dog rewards in Obsidian Bundles are now being delivered correctly


• Obsidian City Keep in Obsidian City Bundle is now being delivered correcly


• The icon for the Frozen Fountain is now correct.


• Fixed various exceptions and errors


• Fix crafting tool durability bug that caused crafting to fail when the tool appeared to have 1 durability


• Fixed missing material on insect leg table


• "Ornate" has been removed from the name of the 2016 snowball box.


• Novia Overworld: Fixed various areas on roads that were slow spots that visually should not have been


• Adjusted Autumn Leaf Crown so it does not sort as much through hair


• Ardoris: Added discoveries, adjusted or added ankhs, and positioned player spawn locations for east and west gates; also adjusted some spawners in the scene that were not ideally positioned. Boats to/from west docks were active, but expanded collider and interaction ranges; also added teleporters to boats to/from east docks.


• The icon for the Insect Leg Table is now correct.


• Frozen Fountain can now be used to harvest water


• Fixed transparency issue with player avatar eyelashes that made them look solid black


• Fixed "broken" text for equipped tool in crafting window


• Fixed Jabbering Bertha hair (yellowed it up a bit as it's a decaying head)


• Siege Encounter: The exit by the fallen log will send players to Novia. The exit at the archway will send players to the associated town.


• Fixed issue where party nameplates were not showing up if they were not nearby


• Fixed graphical errors on water in Far Hinterlands


• Fix small text for "South Broken Road" on Novia


• Removed Kobold Masks from Kobold Crown Shop


• Ardoris: Fixed floating bamboo.


• Samael will now follow the player through the Crypt of the Avatar (including helping them in the lower levels).


• Highvale Village: Replaced the wooden stairs leading up to the Lunar Rift with stone versions that better allow NPCs to climb them.


• Port Graff: Corrected the compass discovery label for the Town Crier.


• Fixed Z-Fighting effect on tables and bookshelf in the Battle for Solace Bridge scene


• Fixed low resolution on the Ardoris guard outfits


• Fixed sticky stairs in Graff Gem Mines. Adjusted stairs and platforms for a smooth climb

• Some rewards are being delivered in Offline Mode but some are still missing including emotes, titles, bank slots, homes, and recipes.


• Ardoris Guards are missing skin texture


• All Ardoris Guards are using the same model, missing Siranto and Khasi guards


• Player positions are not updating properly in some scenes causing odd results


• Some spell VFX do not play properly


• Some textures may look incorrect due to optimizations (white, black, pink, low resolution, pixelated, etc.)


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


• Lot Deeds cannot be purchased in Offline Mode


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


• 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