Official Forum Archive/2016

Official forum posts from 2016

This chronological index lists 164 preserved original posts from the official Shroud of the Avatar forum in 2016. Curated pages contain editorial summaries; other entries are archival catalog records.

Announcements

January 20 — POLL: All Content Available in Offline Mode?
January 20 — Sounds of the Avatar (Audio Blog)
January 25 — Melting Down for Store Credit this week: 3 windows
January 27 — Release 26 Instructions
January 28 — Final Wipe and Lot Selection
February 2 — Server down due to Patching change
February 2 — Contents of Public Vendors Accidentally Wiped
February 4 — Quick R26 update!
February 24 — Release 27 Instructions
February 24 — Breast Cancer Charity Feedback
February 24 — Player Housing Update: Player Owned Towns, Player Run Towns, and Water Lots
March 4 — Broken Player Houses: fix incoming
March 30 — Release 28 Instructions
March 31 — Q2 2016 Schedule Update
April 1 — DDOS Attack
April 1 — FIXED!!!! Error with Kobold Homes: All Pointing to Corkscrew Windpower Generator
April 1 — Player Made Books are Blank
April 20 — Melting Down for Store Credit for R29: 3 windows
April 27 — Release 29 Instructions
April 27 — Spring Telethon Schedule + Open for Questions + Stretch Goal Prizes
April 27 — R29 POTs with changes: Don't touch! ALL CLEAR
April 29 — No Town Crier in Mountain PoT
May 16 — Exciting News for the Shroud of the Avatar Community!
May 25 — Release 30 Instructions
May 25 — Player Owned Town Templates Page
May 27 — Gold Crowns of the Obsidians
June 2 — Explanations on monetization thinking on SotA
June 2 — Roadmap
June 7 — Warning: We're going to start banning hackers
June 7 — Forum structure changes
June 7 — UPDATE: Social data missing on current build.
June 17 — Darkstarr Returns (from vacation)
June 28 — PNG SIG images now allowed
June 29 — Release 31 Instructions
June 30 — Q3 2016 Schedule Update
June 30 — R31 Windows Version Delayed [Update: Now Live]
June 30 — Movement with L/R mouse removed by accident
July 5 — Patch 438 Rollback
July 6 — Copy notice for in-game content
July 8 — Blood Reliquaries
July 8 — Crowns Only Repair Max Durability if item isn't at full Current Durability
July 12 — Forum moderator policy update
July 15 — Lot Selection Group Upgrades and Pledge Transfers: Before and During Final Wipe
July 20 — Store Purchase Conversions - Final Offer Schedule
July 21 — New Twitch channel!
July 26 — Release 32 Instructions
July 26 — Final Wipe Telethon Prizes and Wheel of Doom!
July 27 — World Starting Gift to all Backers: Portable Aether Vibration Amplifier
July 28 — Bank Upgrades in Add On Store: Now 100 for $5 (vs.$5 for 10) and Retroactive
July 28 — Reward Delivery Issues: Fixes incoming
July 28 — Lot Selection Group Upgrades and Pledge Transfers for Expiration Event Part 2
July 29 — Warning on exploiting the game
August 2 — How Many Can You Juggle?
August 3 — In-game Abuse Policy Reminder
August 4 — 'Dawn of New Britannia' Community Trailer Contest!
August 4 — 'Dawn of New Britannia' Trailer Submission Thread
August 5 — Multi-Monitor Issue Work Around: Redefine "Main" Monitor
August 8 — Taming Changes Incoming
August 11 — Delivery of homes to POT owners
August 11 — Password Change Request Due to Other Sites Being Compromised
August 12 — Static Player Owned Town Policy Statement
August 12 — Expired Homes Thumbnail Image Issue
August 18 — Naming and Cheating/Exploiting Policy Update
August 19 — Bundle Game Access Broken, Fix ETA 19:00 CDT
August 23 — $200K Telethon of the Avatar Part 2 Stretch Goal: /firedance
August 24 — Release 33 Instructions
August 25 — R33 Slow Login Issues
August 25 — Estgard Access Issues
August 29 — Current Job Openings
August 29 — NPC Merchant Buying Prices Going Back Up Tomorrow
August 29 — Free Raffle Tickets for Release 34 Raffle
September 2 — Reselling renamed items to scam other players
September 9 — Hometown Delayed
September 9 — Upcoming Economic Balance Changes
September 9 — Release 33 Post Mortem Q&A (those that got missed)
September 15 — UPDATED: Not Accepting BitCoin Payment Currently FIXED!
September 19 — Richard Garriott attending Austin Game Conference
September 23 — Lot Deed Raffle Update (R33 and R34)
September 27 — Lot deed Raffle/Lottery update!
September 27 — Save Your Offline Mode Progress!
September 28 — Release 34 Instructions
September 29 — Q4 2016 Schedule Update
September 30 — Release 33 Lot Deed Raffle Winners
October 4 — Tickets for Release 34 Lot Deed Raffle
October 4 — Homes of New Britannia – Screenshot Submissions
October 4 — Homes of New Britannia – Decorating Contest
October 6 — Changes to Unclaimed Bundles & Pending Gifts of Pledges
October 6 — Control Point Treasure Room Issue
October 12 — Missed R34 Post Mortem Questions Later Today
October 12 — R34 Postmortem Livestream Recording
October 12 — Voluntary Name/Gender Change Requests
October 12 — R34 Post Mortem: Missed Questions Answered (mostly)
October 17 — Policy Change: POT Ownership Transfers
October 21 — Gold Crown Merchants Update
October 21 — Recent Bans for Botting and Exploiting
October 21 — Encumbrance Changes (R35)
October 26 — Release 35 Instructions
October 27 — Release 34 Lot Deed Raffle Winners
October 28 — The debut of Community of the Avatar - Oct. 28th at 4pm CDT
October 31 — Tickets for Release 35 Lot Deed Raffle
November 2 — Team Moustache of the Avatar
November 11 — R35 Post Mortem: Missed Questions Answered (mostly)
November 16 — Release 36 Instructions
November 17 — Release 36 Raffle Update - Multiple Deed Winner Cap
November 17 — Lost Items on Public Vendors Found
November 17 — Community of the Avatar livestream - Hometown tour!
November 21 — Tickets for Release 36 Lot Deed Raffle
November 22 — Upcoming Fall into Winter Telethon
November 29 — Fall into Winter Telethon Missed Questions (mostly)
December 13 — Hangout of the Avatar - Release 37 Postmortem
December 14 — Release 37 Instructions
December 15 — Bug Notice: Accessing a town under siege
December 16 — Rewards delivery in Offline Mode
December 16 — Release 36 Lot Deed Raffle Winners
December 16 — Apologies for our Mess. ETA on Patch 522: 10 PM CST
December 19 — Tickets for Release 37 Lot Deed Raffle
December 19 — POT Templates Page and Submission Form Updated: Floral Meadows
December 20 — The New Britannia Carolers - Creative Writing Contest!
December 20 — The New Britannia Carolers - Submission Thread
December 21 — R37 Post Mortem Missed Questions (mostly)
December 22 — Q1 2017 Schedule Update
December 22 — Dye Bug Fixed: Dyed gear will now look different!
December 22 — Hometown Changes: Expired Homes moving to Tropical Island 01a

Developer Work and Blog

January 7 — The Making of: Sanctus Spine
January 15 — The Making of Paladis Shardfall
January 21 — The Making of Dysborg Ruins
January 26 — The Entrance to Artifice
February 5 — The Making of: Malice
February 5 — The Making of Skrekk
February 12 — The Halls of Artifice (a work in progress)
March 10 — The Making of: Brittany
March 25 — Making of Valhold
April 25 — Animators' Corner
May 5 — The Making of: Brittany Fields
May 12 — Kiln Cistern (a work in progress)
May 26 — Making of Brittany Alleys
June 2 — The Making of: Brittany Wharfs
June 9 — The Mysterious Chamber at the Confluence
June 16 — Making of Brittany Estates
June 21 — Polished Elven Armor
June 24 — First Look: Brittany Sewers, Phase 1
July 7 — Pipes for the Enthusiast!
July 18 — First Look: Brittany Sewers, Phase 2
July 21 — Updating Xenos
August 3 — Estgard Update and Goodbye
September 1 — The Making of: Estgard
September 2 — Deco Fireplaces and Chimneys!
September 30 — Fancy Hand Fans!
October 7 — Update to the Darkstarr Moondial!
October 13 — Graff Island Unclone Preview
October 13 — The Making of: Harvest
October 14 — Here Come "Roving Encounters"
October 19 — Upgrading the Brittany Sewers Boss Fight
October 20 — Elad's Lighthouse Update
October 28 — Yule Stockings!
November 9 — The Making of The Forest Siege
November 10 — The Making of: Midras
November 10 — A preview of new Xenos work!
November 18 — Blood Bay preview
November 23 — The Making of Superstition Canyon
December 8 — Ardoris Improvements
December 15 — The Making of Vauban Pass
December 22 — Perennial Coast Improvements
December 22 — The Making of: Brookside

Official forum posts from 2016

Announcements

Developer Work and Blog

See also