Patch notes

Patch Notes for Shroud of the Avatar will be here AFTER alpha goes live. Each revision will be noted until release. After release we will archive the alpha and beta version respectively and then start into major revisions of the game (episodes).

Episode 1

Pre-Alpha R14

Build 207

• Fixed several issues where players were not displaying correctly to other players. We are not 100% sure these are fixed so please let us know if you keep seeing them. Fixes include:

• Fixed issue where players were sometimes appearing with no head and/or incorrect gender
• Fixed issue where players were sometimes not animating (just sliding around in “t-pose”)
• Fixed the infamous “invisible friend” bug that would sometimes show players with their arm out like they had their arm around the shoulders of someone who was not there
• Fixed issue where items in the left hand were not being held correctly (i.e. torches were horizontal instead of vertical)

• Moved resource nodes (trees, ore, etc.) that were too close to the exit boundaries on the random encounter hills map
• Renamed inventory “Decorations” tab to “Housing” tab and moved deeds to this tab
• Fixed the left hand of the Royal Founder Plate gauntlet
• Fixed stuck location in Brightbone Pass
• Lord Marshal Helm will no longer remove hair
• Banners on Vale overworld now properly display as North Valeway and South Valeway
• Added the player island of Estercove back into the game (thereby increasing housing locations)
• Moved Tinkerer certificate from Founder to Benefactor pledge packages
• Removed pledge rewards from Dragon Cave and replaced them with non-pledge rewards
• Fixed issue where some items would disappear from inventory during player to player trade
• Added recipes for Two Handed weapons (sword, polearm, and hammer)
• Increased bank item limit from 250 to 1000
• Knight’s Cape now has correct icon
• Royal Founder Shield now has correct Icon
• Fixed encumbrance bug that was draining focus as soon as encumbrance limit was exceeded. Should now not drain focus until you are at least 2 – 3 times over encumbered
• Nailed all the town crier’s feet to the floor so they no longer wander off/fall through the world
• You can now enter your basement even if you do not have the basement deed in your inventory
• House ownership sign will now display the proper house even if the house deed is not in your inventory
• Kingsport exit to overworld fixed
• Leveling up will now fully restore health and focus
• Fixed some issues where visual effects were not showing up on enchanted items
• Default Video setting increased to Beautiful from Fastest
• Added secondary confirmation on character deletion to remind players that they will be deleting the items on that character (including pledge rewards)
• NPCs should wander more often
• Fixed recipe that was creating duplicate blade mold
• Known Issues:

• Many pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support. These will not be complete until later this year
• Pledge tiers from First Responder to Developer are fully stocked with real or placeholder items – pledge tiers from Citizen on up are stocked with real items but no placeholders. No add-ons or stretch goals have placeholders, but all Player Owned Towns have placeholders
• Many chests in the game no longer work (side effect of us removing all pledge and add on items)
• Merchant inventories will sometimes appear empty

Build 205

• Bronze Ingot recipe now actually creates a Bronze Ingot (instead of a Constantan Ingot)
• Pine Wood Staff can now be equipped
• Fixed gap under window in Duke Founder Keep
• Gap on basement trap door fixed
• Fixed Textile section of Recipe book which was not displaying past the first page
• Fixed journal issue with Braemar guard Halmar who was listed incorrectly as Michael in the journal
• Attached the merchant’s pants to his legs
• Fixed the infamous indestructible Ravenswood Bandits to be more destructible
• Iron and Meteoric Hilt recipes will now appear in the Recipe book when learned
• Wolves should sound much more like actual canines
• Fixed stuck spots in the Dragon Skull objects that were trapping players aka Curse of the Dragon Skull!
• Corpses no longer move across the ground when opened (was happening in Solace Bridge starting area)
• Added tooltips to ladders in Kingsort
• Fixed geometry issue with stairs in the Inn building
• Moved South Valeway resurrection ankh location to be farther from hostiles
• Lord Marshal helm now works in bag inventory mode
• Made invisible Iron Halberd less invisible (hopefully)
• Fixed issue with coal not being able to be traded between players
• Limited number of decimal places when displaying stat values for Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence
• Known Issues:

• Many pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support. These will not be complete until later this year
• Pledge tiers from First Responder to Developer are fully stocked with real or placeholder items – pledge tiers from Citizen on up are stocked with real items but no placeholders. No add-ons or stretch goals have placeholders, but all Player Owned Towns have placeholders
• Two Handed Weapon recipes missing
• Knight Cloak has Lord Cloak icon
• Royal Founder Shield has Founder Shield icon
• Many chests in the game no longer work (side effect of us removing all pledge and add on items)
• House ownership sign will display as “Empty Lot” even if there is a house on the lot if the house lot deed is not in your inventory
• Players will sometimes appear on screen without heads and the wrong gender
• Offhand animations will sometimes break resulting in torches/shields/etc being held low versus up, will also sometimes make it look like you have a hand around the shoulders of an invisible friend
• Merchant inventories will sometimes appear empty
• Kingsport exit to overworld broken
• Founder and Royal Founder backers of high level pledges may start with more items than the item bank limit
• Cannot enter basement if deed is not in your inventory

Build 204

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 14! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
• Known Issues:

• Many pledge, add on, and stretch goal items have not yet been built and/or do not yet have tech support. These will not be complete until later this year
• Pledge tiers from First Responder to Developer are fully stocked with real or placeholder items – pledge tiers from Citizen on up are stocked with real items but no placeholders. No add-ons or stretch goals have placeholders, but all Player Owned Towns have placeholders
• Lord Marshal Helm does not work in bag mode
• Two Handed Weapon recipes missing
• Knight Cloak has Lord Cloak icon
• Royal Founder Shield has Founder Shield icon
• Many chests in the game no longer work (side effect of us removing all pledge and add on items)
• House ownership sign will display as “Empty Lot” even if there is a house on the lot if the house lot deed is not in your inventory
• Players will sometimes appear on screen without heads and the wrong gender
• Offhand animations will sometimes break resulting in torches/shields/etc being held low versus up, will also sometimes make it look like you have a hand around the shoulders of an invisible friend

Pre-Alpha R13

Build 202

• Fixed some issues that occurred on non-english locale machines.
• Known Issues:

• Marlene Graff’s quest to recover her necklace is broken.
• Chain Lightning does not chain
• Ignite Weapon does not add a Fire DoT, only increases damage
• No visual effects for Air Elemental
• Some awning decorations cannot be placed

Build 201

• Tour Guide and Reindeer inside The Graff Gem Mines are no longer standing so close to each other making them easier to converse with.
• NPCs will now speak to you even if you are standing “too close”
• Known Issues:

• Marlene Graff’s quest to recover her necklace is broken.
• Chain Lightning does not chain
• Ignite Weapon does not add a Fire DoT, only increases damage
• No visual effects for Air Elemental
• Some awning decorations cannot be placed

Build 199

• Augmented Cloth Hood no longer removes facial hair
• Deathfield nerfed slightly
• Obsidian Cloak now displays the proper symbol
• Fixed a logic error that gave you bonuses and penalties to fizzle chances for standing still or moving BUT only if holding a bow. Now will apply those no matter what weapon is equipped. Also, cut the penalty in half.
• Immolation is now enabled in the game (no really, we aren’t kidding)
• Fixed various typos in conversations
• Changed Launcher to default to 64 bit windows build if machine is capable
• Various performance optimizations (should make Owl’s Head play much better)
• Updated the get hit sound effect to something marginally better but still placeholder
• Fixed doorways in desert buildings that were blocking fully scaled avatars
• Books should no longer appear in the equipment tab
• Kobold Mages and Archers should now have the correct names
• Fixed floating fence and boulders in Wynton’s Folly (new desert scene)
• Fixed issue that was causing multiple items to be selected in inventory, even when trying to select single items
• Known Issues:

• Marlene Graff’s quest to recover her necklace is broken.
• Chain Lightning does not chain
• Ignite Weapon does not add a Fire DoT, only increases damage
• No visual effects for Air Elemental
• Some awning decorations cannot be placed

Build 198

• Marlene Graff’s quest to recover her necklace is now working properly
• Red Sash Bandits now dropping Red Sashes again
• Fixed text overlap issue in Options UI
• Fixed issues with Blink letting you go through walls of player houses
• Added more footstep sounds
• “Random Encounter!” text replaced with “Prepare to defend yourself!”
• Player placed lights can now be turned off
• Partial fix for the issue that many creatures will run away from you briefly before running towards you when they notice you
• Duke and Baron crows now work properly with hair
• Fixed Grand Tour bug where guides sometimes don’t acknowledge you when you typed the “Progress” keyword
• Visual Effects for Caltrops and Explosive Potions are now in the game.
• Chest Mimics are now working again
• Fixed rock in Link of Hyrule’s yard
• Random Encounters are now flagged as private so they will no longer be filled with dead animals and mined out resources
• Changed Tour Guide names so they have the place name in their name (“say name one more time *********!”)
• Sitting with a torch while AFK no longer burns your nether regions
• Caltrops can no longer be placed in your non-combat bar (which was locking you in place if you tried to use it)
• Spiders in Deep Ravenswood should be more challenging/balanced
• Known Issues:

• Chain Lightning does not chain
• Ignite Weapon does not add a Fire DoT, only increases damage
• No visual effects for Air Elemental
• Some awning decorations cannot be placed

Build 196

• Mac Build is now working! Thank you for your patience
• New Lord of the Manor Keep should have collision and sound effects on the doors
• Gravity returned to Wynton’s Folly (new desert scene). Fixed floating resource node, floating building and floating tree
• Ladders and stairs in Wynton’s Folly (new desert scene) should now work
• Scorpions now playing spitting animation (yes just what you always wanted, to be covered in Scorpion spit, you are welcome)
• Air Elemental now using lightning instead of ice arrow
• Increased slow effects for Ice Spells and Combos: Ice Arrow, Ice Field, Ice Fist, Icy Puncture, and Icy Thrust
• Players can now use /reportplayer and /reportcontent in the chat window which will send tickets to our Customer Service system for inappropriate content
• Known Issues:

• Using Caltrops from non-combat bar will lock player in place
• Chest Mimics are not working
• Chain Lightning does not chain
• Marlene Graff’s quest to recover her necklace is broken.
• Ignite Weapon does not add a Fire DoT, only increases damage
• Grand Tour has some issues where the guides sometimes don’t acknowledge you (this can also happen in a few other convos/quests). However the quest can still be completed.
• No visual effects for Air Elemental
• Many creatures will run away from you briefly before running towards you when they notice you
• Blink has some issues when used around player houses
• Some crowns still do not work with hair
• Some awning decorations cannot be placed
• Player placed lights cannot be turned off
• Explosion potion is missing texture for explosion visual effect
• Random Encounters are not set to be private
• No VFX for Caltrops

Build 195

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 13! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
• There are many issues with this build, we are prepping a patch that should go live by early afternoon. Thank you for your patience!
• Known Issues:

• Cannot log in to the Mac Build
• Chest Mimics are not working
• Red Sash Bandits not dropping Red Sashes
• Chain Lightning does not chain
• Ignite Weapon does not add a Fire DoT, only increases damage
• Marlene Graff’s quest to recover her necklace is broken.
• Good News: New Lord of the Manor Keep is in! Bad News: There is no collision on the building!
• Grand Tour has some issues where the guides sometimes don’t acknowledge you (this can also happen in a few other convos/quests). However the quest can still be completed.
• Floating Tree in Wynton’s Folly (desert)
• No VFX for Caltrops nor Explosion Potion
• No VFX for Air Elemental
• Many creatures will run away from you briefly before running towards you when they notice you
• Ice Spell slow effects are set too low
• Party members cannot assist each other in Random Encounters
• Ladders and stairs in Wynton’s Folly (desert) do not work
• Blink has some issues when used around player houses
• Some crowns still do not work with hair
• Some awning decorations cannot be placed
• Player placed lights cannot be turned off

Build 161

• Dev+ bug test

Build 160

• Dev+ bug test

Pre-Alpha R12

Build 193

• Fix problem in Port Mirren (accessible via Kingsport boat) that was preventing claimed lots from loading correctly and recognizing that they were claimed.

Build 192

• Improvements to loading issues that were causing disconnects and were blocking some players from entering city scenes
• Fixed some disconnect issues in Vertas Pass

Known Issues:

• Port Mirren has a bug that is preventing lot ownership from showing correctly. This can lead to trying to claim a lot that is already owned, which will cause you to lose the gold spent on the lot. We recommend not trying to claim a lot in Port Mirren until we can resolve this issue.

Build 190

• Errant reference to corpse wax in Enmar's dialogue corrected
• Fixed invisible trees in North Ravenswood
• Corrected green hue on Timber Wolves
• Fixed issue with bad connection between cave and forest scenes
• Fixed glazed over eyes in some NPCs (we missed a few the first couple of times)
• Fixed a lot that wasn't quite level in player villages (Holtrot, Valemark, etc.)
• Crafting a basic chair will add to your crafting journal as well.
• Braemar guard no longer forces a conversation on new arrivals
• Applied correct icon to bow string recipes
• Recipe "Wooden Board" changed to "Maple Board"
• “Hard Leather” recipe now gives “Hard Leather” instead of “Leather Straps”
• Basement light limit doubled
• Wealthy female merchant NPC is no longer a frightening disembodied head
• Items from basement no longer show up on main plot
• Founders Cloth Boots no longer displays wrong skin color
• Spinning Attack and Whirling Blades now Point Blank AoE around caster (was formerly a ranged AoE)
• Loot from creatures (bears, spiders, wolves, etc) now only available after field dressing
• Interior and exterior property item limits no longer reversed
• Reduced attack speed and damage bonus on crafted weapons and armors
• Crafted Items are now able to be dragged from the crafting window to another container

Build 188

• Fixed wall and ceiling collision issues in 5 story town basement so camera won’t sort through the walls/ceiling
• Fix for creatures sometimes not respawning after zoning.
• Fixed it so that you can’t mess up the login process by playing the intro after hitting “enter game”
• Made it always day when you start in Solace Bridge.
• Increased amount that repair kits increase durability from 10 to 50
• Turkeys are no longer mute (really this time). Enjoy their sweet songs as they waft over you. As you continue to listen your mind begins to shift. Perhaps you should be wearing feathers, not armor…
• Fix for chat bubble hiding behind player nameplate after coming back from death
• Islands no longer have 2 music tracks playing at once
• Removed guild name from player/party/target status UI
• Gave looting and skinning more reliable recovery mechanisms in case the player gets stuck.
• Fixed duplicate keybinding issues
• Females now have wide variety of skin tones
• Fixed material lighting issues that would appear after returning from death
• Fixed crash when using Light Armor Sprint skill
• Fixed supple leather recipe

Known Issues:

• North Ravenswood all trees, grass, and flowers are invisible
• Some NPCs are still missing eyes
• Wireless device can stop working over time
• Timber Wolves are green

Build 187

• URGENT: You must logout and patch up or you will not be able to see local chat.
• Fixed duplicate IDs for NPCSpawners that should stop the out of control creature spawning
• Camera zoom in/out fixed when you go into the Overworld
• “Saddle and Bags with Stand” decoration no longer causes performance issues when moved
• Other players show properly as “wisps” when player is dead
• Switched the vendor in Owl’s Nest to FriendlyToAll so he is no longer mimic/wolf chow
• Spawning fixes in North Ravenswood
• Norman (quest NPC) is also FriendlyToAll in Owl’s Nest and less likely to be eaten by hungry wolves
• Fixed over scaled table in Kingsport
• Ghosts now OOOoOOooo at location of character’s ghost (was at location of corpse)
• Fixed Iron Wire so it no longer uses copper
• Incorrect icons for Riding Clothes corrected
• Reduced random encounter chance from 20% to 5%
• Ladders in the catacombs under the Owls Head sewers can be used in both directions
• Fixed various eye materials again for commoner and servant NPCs so they no longer have empty souless eyes that gaze at you like a shark, waiting to kill you. We really mean it this time. We swear its fixed. No really.
• Fixed popping in some animations
• Fix for West Ravenswood where players were able to get outside rock boundary
• Crafted containers no longer stack which will both make them work and fix the issue that made it so you could no longer craft anything after you made one of these
• Make bucket not stackable
• Fixed random neck vert that was morphing with male nostrils in customization
• Character UI lighting update
• When clicking a keyword, the chat input no longer loses its focus
• Fixed where the player exits to the Overworld from Ravensend and Westhollow
• Kingsport smugglers now correctly lie about their job
• Replacing Empty Lot with Empty Lot no longer creates object errors
• Fixed the blue wolf again. Really. For real this time. We mean it.

Known Issues:

• Female Skin tones are still broken

Build 184

• Fixed issue with new containers (cabinets, baskets, boxes, etc.) being placed in houses not working
• Fixed Turkey Call so it no longer fizzles and no longer puts you in combat. Now go out and summon your turkey army!
• Dead bodies now highlight like all other interactive objects
• Fixed some cases causing over spawn of creatures on maps (but not a complete fix)
• Lie Down animation now hides your equipped items properly (sorry those of you who enjoyed self stomach stabbing)
• Fixing some recipe bugs where some recipes were calling for recipes as ingredients
• Did a pass to remove non functioning tools and make sure all crafting tools are in the game
• Fix elderberry bush collision
• Added Deep Ravenswood in game mini-map

Known Issues:

• Female Skin tones are broken
• Various maps have out of control creature spawning (Veiled Swamp, North Ravenswood, etc.)

Build 183

• Lich skeleton minions no longer spawn after Lich is killed
• Fixed hue issue that made one of the color variation wolves appear blue
• Fixed black screen after final conversation with Edvard in tutorial
• Autoclosing added back to second Edvard conversation in tutorial, and delays on autoclosing doubled.
• Summoned creatures no longer go to point blank range.
• Fixed Crafting Pavilion deed misspelling
• Tweaked Ardoris camera bloom settings to work better with Ardoris sky which is very bright, with late afternoon light levels and colors during most times the day.
• Turkeys are no longer mute. Enjoy their sweet songs as they waft over you. As you continue to listen your mind begins to shift. Perhaps you should be wearing feathers, not armor…
• Update table prefab to work with recent changes to deco system
• Fixes to Braemar->Kingsport ale quest
• Duplicate journal entry fix for wolfpack leader outside of Braemar
• NPC’s should no longer have blank, pupil-less eyes. Rejoice for their souls have been restored.
• Fixes to Jarred/Owl’s Nest delivery quest
• Added Missing Tools to Crafting Merchants
• More Blackpond/Jarred delivery fixes.
• Improved profanity filter
• Camera no longer starts far away and then zooms in when entering a scene
• Minor typo fixes in conversations reported from forums
• Enabled left+right mouse button movement on Overworld
• Various animation, visual effects, and prop fixes to Solace Bridge and Ravensmoor
• Fix some decoration bugs with items that go red but do not turn back to green when they should.

Known Issues:

• Female Skin tones are broken
• Various maps have out of control creature spawning (Veiled Swamp, North Ravenswood, etc.)

Build 182

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 12! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
• Casting the Light Spell should not prevent you from moving map to map or logging in anymore
• Added better error response when /zone fails (NOTE that /zone now is disabled if target player is in a private/party scene)
• Various fixes to exceptions to improve stability
• Increased connection timeouts for all secondary network connections. This should fix some folks who could not enter certain maps like Owl’s Head
• Removed **** and other not-so-bad words from profanity filter so more character names get through
• Removed occlusion data on The Brave Coast that was causing terrain to flicker in and out
• Deep Ravenswood now no longer empty of creatures and resources
• Player now starts with torch equipped (as it used to be)

Known Issues:

• Female Skin tones are broken
• Deep Ravenswood empty of creatures

Build 178

• Dev+ bug test

Build 177

• Dev+ bug test

Pre-Alpha R11

Build 174

• Testing out a fix for an issue where some player’s keybinding settings get corrupted and they are no longer able to move or use most hotkeys.

Build 172

• Fix for some reported disconnection issues.
• Fix for getting stuck in the slime room of Chillblain’s Compendium of Pain and Suffering (Challenge Dungeon.)

Build 171

• Performance fixes in Forests and Brave Coast
• Fixed overblown godrays in Solace Bridge maps
• Fixed incorrect prices in NPC merchants when trying to sell after resorting inventory list
• Tooltips made more readable
• Linux Patcher Fix
• Added some starting recipes for cooking, butchery, and alchemy
• Fixed some issues with the puzzle torches in Ravensmoor
• Knight Marshal’s Winged Helm now on the vendor in Owl’s Head
• “Aether Vibration Amplifier” (wireless device) added to bar and decoration vendor in Owl’s Head
• fix lot type on text of Druid Tree deed
• Fixed word wrapping issues in Recipe Book to fix new cooking recipes going past page limits
• Hidden Vale Overworld polish pass (more to come in R12!)

Build 168

• Starting Round Wooden Shield is now visible
• Replaced Humans with Kobolds in South Ravenswood
• Grand Tour Guides should die far less often (if ever)
• Tour guide explanation of Ravensmoor changed to make it explicit that the guide is inside the dungeon.
• Northmarsh is now pointing to the correct scene
• Turn on Ctrl+Shift hover for stats.

Build 167

• Starting Shield is invisible, will be fixed in next patch

Build 166

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 11! Notes on what is in this release are available here.
• The following items listed in the update are not yet available (but will be in the next patch):

• Knight’s Tents (3 sizes)
• Knight’s Table (Benefactor and Founder)
• Artisan Box of Plenty
• Baron’s Bed (Benefactor and Founder)
• Fyndoro’s Tablet of Finding
• Lord British Birthday Cake
• Puzzle Box
• Hot Tub
• Saddle Stands (with bags and without)
• Wooden Wall Divider

Build 163

• Dev+ bug test

Pre-Alpha R10

Windows v158

OSX v64, Linux v73

• Dueling now works again (we broke it two patches ago)
• Starting decks for new characters as of this build will have the right associated chest armor piece, characters created previously still point to the incorrect armor chest piece (this means when you equip that deck your character has no chest armor)
• Fall damage has been normalized
• Advisors in Ardoris Castle of the Winds now properly register telling players their name
• Fixed some camera issues with home decoration
• Known Issues:

• /home does not work for the player towns of Holtrot, Valemark, and Northshire (sorry!)
• Stability is sub-optimal for many players. We are working on reliable reproduction cases
• Invisible heads: when lots of players enter a scene sometimes heads will fail to render
• Linux version is darker than normal (including the UI).
• See Known Issues for more details

Windows v157

OSX v63, Linux v72

• Fixed the Challenge Dungeon door to help with loading into the level
• Fixed shopkeeper inventory restocking (so folks should finally be able to buy enough arrows and reagents)
• Fix to resource spawning and re-spawning that should fix a bunch of unharvestable resource nodes
• Light decoration overlap increased from 1 to 6
• Known Issues:

• /home does not work for the player towns of Holtrot, Valemark, and Northshire (sorry!)
• Stability is sub-optimal for many players. We are working on reliable reproduction cases
• Invisible heads: when lots of players enter a scene sometimes heads will fail to render
• Linux version is darker than normal (including the UI).
• See Known Issues for more details

Windows v156

OSX v62, Linux v71

• Removed shopkeeper function from Guard Davis so you can no longer sell stuff to him and kill him in a nice infinite loop of exploit. Sorry gold farmers! :)
• Reduced texture size on the Wireless Device for performance
• Fix for getting double credit for a kill
• Owls Head Sewer: You can now access the lower level
• Slight edits to the intro CONSTRUCTION text
• Pets now respond correctly to healing spells (in other words they don’t attack you when you try to heal them, talk about biting the hand that feeds!)
• Changed settings for various lights in the Challenge Dungeon in an effort to improve performance and try and figure out why some players on live time out when entering the challenge dungeon.
• Fix for alternate deck being listed twice
• Fix for camera dropping from sky in some scenes
• Fix for items in inventory list becoming selected after crafting
• Fix for pinned maps and books not remaining pinned when you switch scenes
• Fix bug where we had swapped out plate with chain but forgot to update the linked equipment in the starting deck
• No longer allowed to hit the sign for exchange button again while the signature is happening in the trade window (was causing some nastiness when this happened)
• Known Issues:

• Stability is sub-optimal for many players. We are working on reliable reproduction cases
• Invisible heads: when lots of players enter a scene sometimes heads will fail to render
• Linux version is darker than normal (including the UI).
• See Known Issues for more details

Windows v155

OSX v61, Linux v70

• Vertas Pass

• Replaced empty structures with buildings from Rustic Village set with decorations inside
• Deleted unused decoration lights
• Time of day now correctly synced the rest of world

• Double clicking on a hostile will initiate combat, not friendly conversation
• Fixed harvesting nodes in Owls Nest
• Turned off double click to enter tile from overworld
• Removed ability to rotate camera on overworld
• Male mohawk fixed
• Fixed Aether Vibration Amplifier (wireless radio) so it will no longer get stuck when placed
• Fix for tone mapping issue on Mac and Linux
• Known Issues:

• Stability is sub-optimal for many players. We are working on reliable reproduction cases
• Invisible heads: when lots of players enter a scene sometimes heads will fail to render
• Linux version is darker than normal (including the UI).
• See Known Issues for more details

Windows v154

OSX v60, Linux v69

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 10! Notes on what is in this release is available here.
   
• Vertas Pass (both the below will be fixed in next patch):

• Buildings in Vertas Pass are incorrect buildings and mostly empty
• Time of day not synced between Vertas Pass and the rest of world

• Linux version is darker than normal (including the UI). Should be fixed in next patch
• See Known Issues for more details

Windows v149

Mac v57, Linux v68

• Dev+ bug test

Windows v147

Mac v56, Linux v66

• Dev+ bug test

Pre-Alpha R9

Windows v143

Mac v55, Linux v62

• Fixed team nameplates in Team Arena.

Windows v142

Mac v54, Linux v61

• Fixed bug that allowed people to sell thier main bag and therefore prevented them logging in
• Changed team names in PVP Team Arena to PAX & DragonCon
• Removed bag slots on paperdoll that were causing all sorts of issues.

Windows v141

Mac v53, Linux v60

• Some improvements in networked player movement.

Windows v140

OSX v52, Linux v59

• Fixed bug where some 2 handed weapons were marked 1 handed for female avatars
• Fixed some sorting and occlusion errors in Ardoris (were causing things turning invisible oddly)
• Fixed bug where merchants were not replenishing inventory
• Lowered numbers of bird flocks on maps (sorry for those of you who liked the Hitchcock like atmosphere)
• Some visual targeting tweaks

Windows v137

OSX v49 & 50, Linux v57

• Fixed Row Lot in Ardoris that was incorrectly set as Village Lot size
• Fixed bug in PVP team scoring
• Fixed issues with crafting in bag mode
• Changed default to List Inventory Mode (previously was random 50/50 split bag/list for new characters)
• Fix crash with turning in Red Sashes
• Fixed various typos and misspellings in conversation text
• Changed PVP Team entrance from hatch to blue teleporter effect to make it easier to see the entrance
• Enmar only gives 10 gold per red sash to prevent buy/sell loop from Laurent (since his markup isn’t working)
• Content of “Tales from the Vale I” in game book removed
• Fixed Clink guards walking through doors.
• Fixed Barrel Mimic not being able to navigate, fight, etc.
• NPCs will no longer bark “Excuse me” when in combat
• Focus regeneration rates in combat fixed
• Scoreboard automatically opens when joining Team PVP Arena
• Empty unclaimed lots will now revert to default house placed
• Row lots will no longer have “Empty Lot” as an option
• Fixed bug that would allow two lots to be owned by a single player (one of which was in a bad state)
• Various performance optimizations for Ardoris
• Fixed but with some NPCs whose skin tone was not consistent between head and hands

Windows v135

OSX v47, Linux v55

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 9! Notes on what is in this release is available here.

Windows v134

OSX v46, Linux v54

• Dev+ bug test

Windows v132

OSX v44, Linux v53

• Dev+ bug test

Windows v131

OSX v43, Linux v52

• First live build for R9. Dev+ access only

Pre-Alpha R8

Windows v124

OSX v42, Linux v47

• Changed starting skill points to 120 from 80. Should give people more flexibility in the decks and perhaps even create a second deck
• Fix to bug where loading screen map name sometimes did not appear correctly
• Reduce focus use regeneration timer from 10 to 4 seconds. Increase combat focus regen from .001 to .005
• Fix bug where VFX for staff and fizzle would sometimes not appear
• Death Ray & Death Touch text should now note that it is “vampiric” not just harmful
• Tumble skill now refers to user as “caster” instead of “target”
• You can now sit in the hot tub (I know, super important fix)
• Fixed texture issues on the Wizard Tower
• PvP Basements – Players now start at the entry / exit point at the stairs instead of center of the arena floor
• Increased minimum fall distance and un-nerfed the damage
• Set Absorb Impact skill icon to be black since the skill is not active yet
• Death Touch and Death Ray balance pass. These should now be more effective
• >Fall damage no longer triggers combat.
• Performance pass on Player Town Islands
• Turned off shadows on candles for performance
• Reduced Stun Duration from 5 seconds to 3 seconds
• Reduced Root Duration from 10 seconds to 6 secs
• Take All button on crafting station now no longer closes UI
• Added toggle to show PVP confirmation dialog in Options menu
• Fixed bug where weapons were showing at the end of emote.
• Changed distance that lights are visible in player houses to be much closer for performance

Windows v123

OSX v41, Linux v46

• Fixed it so when another player falls through the world none of the other players in that scene get their positions reset. This was causing folks in Braemar to get teleported back to start point over and over while another player was falling through the world
• Fix to how game was iterating through character list that could cause performance issues
• Added confirmation dialog when entering PVP areas
• Fix to bugs related to trading equipped items
• Fix to how collision was working with bipedal NPCs. This should result in better navigation by NPCs through space like doors. Should also improve NPC targeting so Fire Elementals will hit your targets more often
• Fixed bug where Lightning was set to 100% stun chance
• Fixed bug where animation was not playing when users activated Tumble Skill
• Fixed bug in how we were tracking data for PVP kills (and yes there is an office bet on how many PVP player deaths will happen this release ranging from 2000 to 200,000!)
• Fix for cloaks in 64 bit build where they were not attached to player on other player’s screens (they still don’t animate in 64 bit though, sadly)
• Hot Tub water collision fixed so you can now soak yourself properly
• Fixed issues with text display that could cause performance issues and even crash the client
• /zone will no longer be available when in combat or dead (sorry PVP exploiters, no more instant rez with /zone)
• New Player Instructions with pictures and better descriptions (closer to an actual user manual than the dev speak that was there before)
• Fixed some NPCs that had “zombie eyes”
• Fixed issue where some Fire Elemental animations were not playing
• Fire Elemental will respect party membership. Will no longer attack party members or party’s summoned elementals

Windows v122

OSX v40, Linux v45

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 8! Notes on what is in this release is available here.

Windows v118

OSX v37, Linux v40

• First live build for R8. Dev+ access only

Pre-Alpha R7

Windows v112

OSX v35, Linux v39

• Fixed a bug that would cause a player to zone to their own private instance instead joining an existing one.

Windows v111

OSX v34, Linux v38

• Removed loading timeouts that many players were encountering. This may improve login issues.
• Fixed a few exceptions that were occurring often.
• (Known Issue) 64 Bit Build may crash often. We recommend sticking with the default (32) bit option in the Launcher.

Windows v109

OSX v32, Linux v36

• Removed shininess of players hands
• Fixed bug preventing access to the player town of Westhollow (so more lots available!)
• Extended water plane even further on player islands
• Ran PVS on sewers in Owlshead and Kingsport Sewers to improve performance
• Moo the Cow now reacts correctly
• (Known Issue) There was a problem with our scene update process, and the lots in Port Mirren were replaced with new ones. Unfortunately this means those lots are not accessible anymore. If you had a lot, and are able to claim a new one or change your house on a lot, you should be able to get any decorations back with the /bank command.

Windows v108

OSX v31, Linux v35

• Created more ways to identify yourself to NPCs
• Skeletal archers in Ravensmoor entrance map now correctly named and wheeze archery-related things.
• Removing obsoleted flag reference from Anton barks.
• Added player islands off the coast of Kingsport on Overworld map
• Fixed PVS issues in The Clink and Owl’s Nest
• Desk Sergeant Burnside in the Clink can now open his door
• Braemar Guard Halmar’s barks no longer contain $name$
• Extended water plane of player islands further out
• Lead Smuggler Anton’s barks no longer contain $name$
• Fixed incorrect response when identifying yourself to NPCs [
• Fixed short hair style missing for female avatars
• Improved map load times

Windows v107

OSX v30, Linux v34

• Added roads to Overworld
• Fixed bug where Avatar greets rather than auto-attacks Ravensmoor skeletons
• Added wall deco layers to Baron benefactor house
• Bugs with generic->specific NPC names in Kingsport so NPC names will now convert properly after you learn their name
• Fixed missing combat sfx
• Cow and horse shouldn’t be kill-able if weapon sheathed.
• More neck seam fixes
• Fixed disappearing feet when equipping Epic armor
• Fixed issue where during swimming with torch the VFX would appear
• Fix for /home not working in scenes without plots
• Fix for highlight targeting effect not working sometimes
• Fix poor performance in bag mode
• Fixed floating players on dock platforms
• FIxed missing links to new armor assets
• Fixed transparent leg on Epic Armor
• Fixed shader on name plates in overworld so they sort properly with the water and trees.
• Hands and feet matching textures to rest of skin on new female.
• Improved frame rate on overworld.
• Lord of the Manor Home doors can now be opened from the inside
• Medieval Woodcut-like illustrations for Crafting Book now visible
• New characters start at proper location instead of Lunar Rift
• Re-positioned some overworld landmarks (towns, dungeons, etc.) to be more clear on their hex
• Returning from the player village islands now returns you to the docks in Kingsport.
• The town criers in Brave Coast and Estercove now have different models from Mirren
• Fix for missing texture on 2 story balcony player house
• Fixes for built in lighting in the baron benefactor lighting
• Fixes for decorative layers on Duke Founder Castle
• Ravensmoor – Adding new functionality to crypt doors to spawn enemies on door break
• Fixed issue where performing toast emote would make everyone drunk, not just the toaster (should have left this as is for hilarity!)
• Added fire into Viking house firepit
• Fixed broken face on female in red dress NPC

Windows v106

OSX v29, Linux v33

• /home: fixed so it does not reload the scene if lot is in the same scene
• Fixed bug with exterior decorations on player houses so it now works
• Add exterior decoration Banner to decoration vendors in Owl’s Head
• Added deco layer to top floor Baron Founder City Home so decorations can now be placed there
• Named and added all three Player Town Islands: Port Mirren, Estercove and The Brave Coast.
• Bug and game guide links updated to point to R7 info
• Desk Sergeant Burnside in the Clink can now open his door
• Combat skill animation polish
• Added town criers to Player Town Islands
• Fixed deco layers on Duke Founder Castles
• Fixed Resurrection Spell
• Fixed double double doors on Baron Benefactor House (removed the extra set of doors
• Fixed bug where Epic Merchant Shirt, Pants, Outfit deleted female avatar body when trying to equip
• Fixed neck gaps on female character
• Fixed issues with decoration placement on Castle Lots
• Fixed exceptions in PartyManager that would break parties
• Fixed bug with female in character creation
• Fix for InitializePlots, remove non-error highlighting debug message
• Fix for player not being able to sit in chairs.
• Fix to show correct resource cursor types when hovering over resources
• Fix for static in hair shadows.
• Fixed grass not getting removed in lots in Kingsport
• Fixing blending issues so that hair draws correctly with water.
• Fixed missing texture on Founder’s Leather Chest Armor
• Switched Lunar Rifts to function on click vs. entry
• Kingsport ferries send you to the right zone. We had to sink one ferry. Many Bothans died.
• Materials fix for rowhouses (were showing up untextured and pink)
• Multiple overworld hex changes to make it match the terrain (border fixes, etc). Ravensmoor accessible FOR REALS
• OwlsNest – Fixing broken exit ladder.
• Decoration layer fix for Tavern Player Home
• Sewer 2 – The water drain values were slightly off, fixed them up a little.
• Sewer 2 – This should *hopefully* fix the quitting/returning problem with water levels.
• Fix for doubly triggered animations (would show on sheath/unsheathe while using a skill)
• Updating female with new male anims for 2h bludgeon

Windows v105

OSX v28, Linux v32

• First live build for R7. Dev+ access only

Pre-Alpha R6

Windows v102

OSX v25, Linux v29

• Added chat message for when you zone to another player
• Added a chatlog response if you try to summon your party but you aren’t in a party
• Fixed bug where Female heads were disconnected in character creation
• Double clicking on hostile NPCs now correctly starts combat with them.
• Fixed recipe book not putting ingredients on the crafting table
• Female eye animation no longer looks up too far during combat.
• Fix for crafting stacks of items
• Fix for dark progress bar in patch client
• Fix hair color showing incorrectly in character sheet.
• Fixed females eyes rolling in the back of her head on magic combos
• Fixed seams on male avatar head type 1
• Fix for forcing un-equip item when swimming.
• Harvesting VFX and SFX for mining and tree chopping
• Bow VFX and SFX fixes
• Lich VFX fix
• Fix for glowing shrubbery (Elderberry bush)
• Inventory and performance fixes for recipe book
• Make effects cull distance match object’s cull distance
• Non-combat skills (like Light) no longer put you into combat.
• NPCs should now play animations across clients
• Updates to outdoor fog, new shader to test out lighting improvements for smoke / fog
• Fixed incorrect shader for facial hair.
• House LODs / culling turned back on, should improve performance
• Fix where NPCs would not initialize properly on map startup so they would not attack players (except first in the map)
• Fixed error where some “For Sale” signs were tied to a single lot (creating two conflicting owners)

Windows v101

OSX v24, Linux v28

• Add /summon command for GMs / Devs
• Fixed pathfinding problem with cotton resource nodes that would lock players to the cotton bushes
• Combat hold pose fixes for female avatar holding shields
• Eye Animation fixes for female avatars
• Fix for chest oddness
• Fix to prevent triggering skills in hotbar with Shift + mapped key when typing in chat
• Materials fix for glowing window frames in Rustic Village house in Braemar.
• Inventory fix for take all button.
• Fix for NPCs and resources not respawning where respawn function was broken if master switched.
• Rebuilt all pathfinding and culling for underground areas
• Looping emotes trimmed for begin and end so they better loop
• Water updates didn’t work with shadow changes also checked in yesterday. Removed shadow casting from water planes and re-tuned water material. Also added a saturate to final alpha value in the shader to prevent crazy values.
• How To Train Your Kobold:

• Kobold now only barks when in combat. He has about 15 annoying barks that no one was seeing due to faction issues. Now you can see them.
• Kobold spawns with his warhammer out because HE IS READY FOR YOU
• Kobold was trying to leash and failing, causing him to heal very rapidly in place. Now he will chase you through the dungeon. There is no escape from Kobold.

Windows v100

OSX v23, Linux v27

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 6! Notes on what is in this release is available here

Windows v99

OSX v22, Linux v26

• Dev+ bug test

Windows v98

OSX v21, Linux v25

• Dev+ bug test

Pre-Alpha R5

v94

OSX v18, Linux v20

• Admin command: /nozone which can disallow user to /zone to developers/admins
• Fixed bug where bows were not animating with ranged skills
• Breakaway walls now display correctly to everyone on screen
• Doors should now work properly (no seriously, we mean it this time)
• Enable auto attack when a skill is used
• Performance optimizations (should result in 50% improvement in fps)
• Fixed bug in closing crafting table with the X after crafting something.
• Fixed Chaos skill tree
• Fixed chest respawn issues
• Fix for waiting forever while trying to join a room
• Fix so switches/buttons now open doors again
• Fixed Ranged Skeleton/Elves so they shoot again
• Fixed some non-flat terrain on plots.
• Fixes for skill tree arrangements
• Fixing Linux asset bundle loading
• Creatures should be challenging again
• Update links to help and bug report forums

v93

OSX v17, Linux v19

• Known Issue: Skeleton Archers and Elven Archers won’t attack. Fix will go into next patch.
• Known Issue: All doors opening simultaneously is fixed but now all doors of a type (like Knight House Door) will open simultaneously.
• Added a log message for catching people who can’t run linear light model to help us track down issues
• Darkened the Alder Tree as much as possible without a shader/texture change.
• Do not remove owner property from room properties
• Fix for doors all opening simultaneously but see above issue
• Fix double stats on enemy NPCs (we were calculating their stats twice making them harder to hit and also hitting harder)
• Fix for combat persisting after enemy is dead
• Fix for not being able to deselect target
• Fix for hair name and graphics becoming de-synched during character creation
• Fix in asset bundles to use caching, trying to help with a Linux issue
• Fixed the epic female cloth skirt issue
• Fixes to bark animations.
• Horse is now a friendly
• Spears should be 1 handed with thrust animation
• Turn off dynamic avoidance on NPCs if leashing

Windows v91

OSX v16, Linux v18

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 5! Notes on what is in this release is available here
• Known Issue: All doors in a scene that have been opened, will be opened again when any door in the scene is opened (or closed.)
• Adding 60 to 120 second delay to all NPC barks to combat reported bark spam
• Various lighting adjustments (night darker, lighter in field of view underground, etc.)
• Changing UI link to game guide to R5 version
• Don’t allow spell cast on non-combatants
• Epic cloth now has a neck
• ESC deselects player target
• Fix for some interactive objects
• Fix friendly targeting
• Fix resurrect targeting
• Fix secondary effects not firing (knockback, damage over time, etc.)
• Fixed looping VFX
• Fixing 1 handed spear thrust on avatar female
• VFX for FlameFist, IceFist, StoneFist
• Fireball damage reduced slightly
• Refactor AOE targeting
• Lighting adjustments in sewers (darker in spots, mist is not self lit as much, etc.)
• Fix for a specific Owlshead lot that had a house stuck to it
• Fix to keep NPCs from stepping too close during combat
• Two-Handed sword attack animation is fixed

Windows v89

• Dev+ 2-hour bug test

Pre-Alpha R4

Windows v86

OSX v11, Linux v13

• Entering a hex will now put you in an instance tied to that specific hex on the map versus sorting everyone into the same scene. In other words there will now be multiple instances of the forests, not just one.
• Entry and exit points for the Clink should now work correctly
• Lich now does damage (and lots of it)
• Added sounds to some weapons and visual effects
• Adding a few more music triggers in various locations
• Humanoids (Satyrs, Skeletons, and Elves now 10% harder)
• Fixed issue that was causing players to fall through the ground when destroying crates & barrels
• Disabled flickering light script that was displaying incorrectly
• Fixed Ore and Cotton Nodes in Forest
• Fix sliding for female characters
• Fixed incorrect text on ore nodes (said “Harvest Wood” instead of “Harvest Ore”)
• Fixed ruins in forest LODs that was popping
• Fixed issue that was trapping players in Owls Nest (aka Red Sash Bandits)
• Lich loot revisited
• LOTS of music changes. Braemar is where the bards are…
• Memory work for Braemar and beyond
• Trees cleared from player lots should now also clear their collisions
• Myron properly flags when the player finishes his dialog. Myra only gives the player one key.
• NPCs no longer announce “excuse me” bump style barks when they are colliding with other NPCs, or when they are dead.
• Slash commands for party invite/uninivite
• Text directed to NPCs does not broadcast to the entire zone. And there was much rejoicing.
• You can no longer see edge of map in the water from Baron’s Frigate / Galleon
• NOTE: Player lots in Owlshead were reset with this patch

Windows v85

OSX v10, Linux v12

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 4! Notes on what is in this release is available here
• Overworld now picks better paths based on tile types
• Red Sash Quest now works: Added new red sashes back to Enmar’s quest, Laurent’s merchant bundle, and the Red Sash loot bundle.
• Replaced old Skeleton Models with New Skeleton Models
• Added wand, staff 10% drop to skeletal mages
• Players should now land facing away from exit points
• Cleaned up some performance issues caused by lighting gone crazy
• Sped up combat by making cooldown for Avatar Attacks halved (from 2.0->1.0)
• Fixed some decoration items that were unable to be moved once placed
• Female avatar can now rotate in character creation
• NPC text barks should now appear again.
• Increased cool down on Skeletal Mage attack (they were a bit too hard)
• Reduced hitpoints on all mages (they were a bit too hard)
• Fixed sorting issues with using a wand or staff when offhand item (shield, torch, etc.) is equipped
• No longer able to see edge of map in the water from Baron’s Frigate in Kingsport

Windows v84

• Dev+ 1-hour bug test

Pre-Alpha R3

Windows v81

• Dev+ 1-hour bug test

Windows v74

• Some bug fixes and extra diagnostics to help us find various multiplayer/network related issues.

Windows v73

• In multiplayer, you must now target NPCs (click on them) for them to respond to your messages. This is to prevent NPCs from responding when you mean to talk to other players.
• In multiplayer, chests should now respawn properly, and do so about every 3 minutes.
• A fix for getting stuck in chat mode.
• A few misc bug fixes.

Windows v71

• Audio fixes for taverns
• A fix for being unable to open some doors
• Reduce overall music volumes
• Fix for a few memory leaks
• A few map updates
• Added dresses to some of the treasure chests.

Windows v69

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 3! Notes on what is in this release is available here

Windows v66

• Dev+ 1-hour quick peak with capped 2 instances of hardcapped 64 players at once.

Pre-Alpha R2

Windows v60

• Improve right-click rotate camera controls. Should be more consistent and fix players for whom it was too slow.
• Fixes for a few exceptions that were occurring.
• Fix for inventory icons being offset incorrectly at high window resolutions.
• Fix for inventory icons not fading properly on bag close
• Fix for an inventory list visual glitch.
• Fixes for some plot loading issues.

Windows v57

• Added option to invert mouse look
• Added a sheen to items placed on the crafting table to make them easier to see.
• Fixed missing textures in Kingsport waterfront castle

Windows v55

• Several fixes were implemented to reduce memory usage. This should help reduce random crashes and make the game playable for people on 32bit operating systems.
• NPCs will bark less often so that they are less spammy.
• Some NPC conversation text updates.
• Top right icon that brought up a bug submission form will now redirect to the Release 2 bug forums instead.
• Admin and whisper messages should now pop up your chat window when received if it was not visible already.
• You should no longer see a naked male avatar briefly after making a new character.

Windows v52

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 2! Notes on what is in this release is available here.

Pre-Alpha R1

Windows v49

• White armor should now have correct textures
• Many holes in the floors of houses have been fixed
• Fixes for issues with characters who could no longer log in. Those characters will now be reset automatically.
• The bartender is smarter. Go talk to him!
• Backpack should auto-arrange better when dragging and dropping items onto your character.

Windows v46

• Added /stuck command
• Fix to teleporter in Wizard tower
• Fix to pathing on exterior stairs of Wizard Tower
• Added loading screen to cover the loading of houses from servers
• Server and game client check for proper versions
• Reduce amount of log messages being sent to servers
• Fix for 3 common exceptions that were filling the logs
• Updated XDelta license
• Enabled encryption for sent messages (server messages on future patch)
• Updated login error messages for people who have valid accounts but are blocked due to server access flags

Windows v44

• Welcome to Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues Pre-Alpha Release 1! Notes on what is in this release is available here.

Windows v40

No Notes.

See also

• Release Dates

External Links

• Patch Notes on Shroud of the Avatar website
• Shroud of the Avatar Patch Torrent