Patch notes

Template:Tocright Template:Notocnumbers Shroud of the Avatar's patch notes 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 R7

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.

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

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

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

v105

OSX v28, Linux v32

First live build for R7. Dev+ access only

Pre-Alpha R6

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)

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.

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

v99

OSX v22, Linux v26

Dev+ bug test

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

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

v89

Dev+ 2-hour bug test

Pre-Alpha R4

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

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

v84

Dev+ 1-hour bug test

Pre-Alpha R3

v81

Dev+ 1-hour bug test

v74

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

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.

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.

v69

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

v66

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

Pre-Alpha R2

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

v44

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

v40

No Notes.

External Links

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