Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (tuxdb.com)

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Release 41 Patch Notes: April 28, 2017

Build Number 595, 10:30AM Patch Notes:

Fixed bug in Artifice where one of the final task list entries may not be cleared if done out of sequence.
Fixed several typos and missed responses in Artifice and Xenos.
Teleporter mages now have clickable answers in Eastreach Gap when asking whether or not you would like to pay their fee.
NPCs can no longer run through the gate in Verdantis mines.
Meteor Shower now requires a skill of 40 in Fire Flies.
Fixed an issue where pipe smoke VFX was disconnected while sitting.
Katana resting position now animates correctly.
A pass was made on player home and NPC building door sounds to connect proper audio mixers and correct spatial blending.
Cotton Cloth Chest Armor sleeves are back to green color.
Gave pewter plates a similar look to other pewter items.
Updated several chairs to help ensure NPCs sit properly within them.
Stag Hats are now brown instead of black.
Players can no longer get into a bad state by casting a fishing line while jumping.
Darkened skill tooltips background to make them more readable.
Streamlined font settings of skill tooltips for a more appealing aesthetic.
Restored collision to the fallen pillar over lava in Verdantis Mines.
Fixed NPCs improperly leashing when dropping in on NPCs from above.
Added a pit at the back of the prisoner cells in The Fall to allow players to suicide out of a stuck area if a friend cannot free them.
Steel correctly clears the "Gain passage to Xenos" task list entry when ferrying players to Xenos. (Players with this task list entry can remove it by purchasing passage to Xenos from Steel again.)
Many equippable decoration bugs were fixed.
Fixed Ant Cloak sorting with cloth torso armors.
Items equipped in the left hand will no longer be put away when sitting in a chair.
Tabs with quantity text on vendor tabs polished.
Localization errors corrected.
Fixed dividers being transparent in right-click menu for decoration permissions.
Darkened the crafting UI background for improved readability.
Improved some of the NPC conversations and journal entries in Solace Bridge Outskirts.
Fixed an issue with Resurrect Creature where it would not resurrect creatures.
Changed Resurrect Creature so experience is only applied when successfully resurrecting a creature.
Entrances into and within Artifice now work correctly.
Removed chair interest from bartender Margot in Jaanaford and assigned random patrol path with emotes.
Fixed a bug that prevented tamed creatures from being renamed.
Fixed scrolling overflow bug in Bank Vendor List for "Locate Player Vendor Items”.
Talking while having an offhand weapon equipped will no longer animate the left arm.
Baron's cloak (and other cloaks) now fit properly with bodice and yule bodice.
Players will no longer get quest credit in Solace Bridge Outskirts for killing an Alpha Wolf when they kill a Beta Wolf.
Fixed a sideways rug in Ardoris.
Cut back hostile spawners in immediate vicinity of Cyannis in Highvale.
Tweaked respawn rates and max populations for numerous spawn groups in Highvale.
The reticle now shows in the overworld.
Aether Aeronaut Helmet decorations no longer disappear when viewed at a distance.
Darkened the quit UI background.
Harvest town crier once again accepts mail and will reset your current task list.
Emma the barmaid in Soltown will no longer accept Japeth's poem more than once.
The waist of both the Long and Short Skirt Bodices no longer have an uneven edge along the waist.
Buff and debuff timer overlay is now visible.
Fixed a typo in Ackerley of Solace Bridge Outskirts conversation.
The Tavern Counter with Gate decoration can now have other decorations placed on it.
Players who arrive in Xenos from booking passage with Cpt. Steel in Etceter now properly appear at the docks.
Interactive teleporters no longer send players to random locations.
Adjusted spawners and patrol paths in Ardoris for Issan the Guard.
Players and NPCs in Xenos should now sit in the proper locations on the benches within the Hall of Boreas.
Modified keys on the piano and lute no longer cause notes to repeat.
The damage volume in the "poison room" of Chillblain's has been adjusted to only affect those standing in the water.
All fountain decorations now require a full surface for placement.
Fixed a visual bug on "Buy More Slots" button in bank UI.
Improved responses from Filmore in Solace Bridge Outskirts to "hello", and added one for "undead."
Adjusted where the beta wolves walk in Solace Bridge Outskirts to help keep them attackable.
Added additional "hello" dialogue for Lord Langston in Solace Bridge Outskirts that relates to whether or not you have the painting he seeks.
Chest gear with mend effect will now only work 1 in 20 times as designed.
Giant arrows in Ardoris have been removed.

Known Issues:

The barrier in Etceter Crag Mines has been removed temporarily, there are issues with the primary puzzle triggering the removal.
Some enchantment effects trigger visually 100% of the time instead of the expected 5% rate.
Some decorations placed in basements may shift through walls and end up in inaccessible locations.
Quick-keyword conversation selections do not work properly for localized text.
It is possible to get into a bad conversation state if attempting to enter a new conversation before the last conversation’s UI window fully closes.
Female avatar skin tones will sometimes not match properly on different parts of the body.
Chaotic Clone is not distracting enemies.
Not all items listed in R41 Instructions are yet in the game or Add On Store
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.)
Lot Deeds cannot be purchased in Offline Mode
Rain and Snow is coming through the roof of some buildings
Some SFX are not properly tied to the sound volume controls.
Water lots in Dynamic Player Owned Towns can currently only be placed along shorelines, not on docks
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.

[ 2017-04-28 17:22:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues

Portalarium Developer

Portalarium Publisher

2018-03-27 Release

RPG Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop Tags

Game News Posts: 506

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Mixed (3071 reviews)

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Linux Depot [13.28 G]

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.
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 SETUPOS: 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
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: 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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