Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Early Access Release 38! How to Play instructions and game update notes on Release 38 are available here.

February 1, 2017

Build Number 549, 1:30 PM

Fixes:

• Fixed Ice Field and Ring of Fire VFX appearing vertical instead of horizontal to the ground


• Fixed Dig In (Shields) skill not providing buff to other players in range


• Fixed Glowing Black Dye not glowing


• Fixed white glow dye being too bright on ant cloaks


• Clasped Gauntlet Community Cloaks should no longer show up in Ransom.


• Fixed issue where Avatars were regularly turning to face most recent damage source


• Fixed Black Sparkle Dye affecting both primary and secondary fields on Epic Cloth armor


• Fixed /r chat command not working when you hit enter without a space


• Fixed bug that prevented the News of the Day from being shown in the chat window after logging in


• Added new paintings to Crown merchant and set prices.


• Fixed bad LODs on Blood River massacre NPC Robert Villines so that he will no longer disappear at a short distance.


• Changed statue names from "Foo Dog" to "Guardian Lion"


• "Shogun Village Keep" bundle will now deliver two Guardian Lion statues instead of one, if previously claimed will get the new one on next claim


• Decreased fizzle chance of all spells by 5%


• Potion drop rate decreased by 50% to improve crafter market.


• Fixed issue where emote VFX were not showing up properly


• Fixed music in scenes not looping and replaying (would only play one song and then stop)

• Gustball does not respond to Gust


• One of the new player quests in Resolute does not work


• There are some player lots that cause players to crash on Mac & Linux


• Some NPCs are not holding items correctly (mugs, brooms, etc.)


• Cloaks will often sort through the avatar's body


• Some scene instances may be bugged in which it is easy for players to fall through the ground. An existing workaround is to reload the scene.


• A new Conversation interface has been introduced and may introduce various issues with resolving quests and talking to NPCs.


• Players may be unable to interact with objects via double-click if their framerate is poor. A workaround is to use the “E” interaction key.


• 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