Developer Notes Quick update to fix the Druin Hills area. Added a few other bug fixes in this update as well. Also, sped up the casting routines for both, melee and spell abilities. Hope this feels a little better for everyone. Bumped up the endurance amount when resting in combat.
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New - Updated the Elderwood Forest Map to show Master Nature Magic tranier: Rolf Graham
New - All quests should now have a COMPLETED journal entry once you have completed all tasks for a quest
Fixed - Herbalism has had its levels reduced from 50 to 20. Didn't realize that one was missed
Fixed - Chests in Elderwood Forest should no longer be empty after looting just one chest
Fixed - Druinhills is working properly again.
Fixed - Footstep sounds are functioning again. Not sure how they broke in the first place.
Fixed - Alligator battle AI has been corrected. They should be all bitey again.
Informational - Sped up the casting animations and the melee attack animations. Let me know if this feels better
Informational - Bumped up the amount of endurance REST generates from 10% to 20% of max
Informational - Lowered the chances of rain in Nerah's Landing.
Patch Notes ea v0.4.3
EA Release - 0.4.3 Notes
Developer Notes I have added entries for expert and master trainer location. Not all lower level trainers will have the information, however. Between these entries and the regional maps, you should be able to find trainers fairly easily. Resting during combat vs. resting via waiting for an hour has been tweaked. Waiting for an hour outside of combat restores endurance to max. Combat resting will restore 10% of your endurance max score. Trainers now properly check to see if you can learn the skill in question, whether or not you have already learned the skill in question, and if your skill level is high enough for the next rank (when training expert and master levels). An appropriate message is displayed if you fail to meet these requirements.
Next update, I will make sure potions and spells that restore endurance are on par with these changes. Also, I will be working on the melee ability damage formulas
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New - Entries for Expert and Master trainers have been added
Fixed - Resting during combat restores 10% of maximum endurance as it was meant to be.
Fixed - A few skills were not removing the previous ranked version from your list - this has been fixed
Informational - Waiting an hour restores endurance completely
Informational - Proper checks for class, already know skill, appropriate level when training have been added to all skill trainers
Patch Notes: ea v0.4.2
EA Release - 0.4.2 Notes
Developer Notes This update is the start of skill tweaking.
I have begun to tweak formulas to bring things in line for a better play experience instead of the blazing fast (which is great for testing) speeds. The amount of skill points earned, overall, has been adjusted down - you need to plan how you spend those skill points.
I've added a new item to the game - skill rune - which grants the user 2 skill points - much like the Horeshoe from Might and Magic. Look for purple gems in the world.
XP gains have been adjusted. You shouldn't notice too much in the early levels; higher levels, you should notice a slower leveling pace.
I've decreased the human learning bonus from 20% xp bonus to 10% xp bonus. This will affect saved game parties.
All skills for each rank has at least one trainer in game. Most have 2 or 3. For the few that have one, I will be adding another trainer in the world; updating the regional maps will come after I'm done. Added a few new trainers this patch. I will be sure each skill rank has at least 2 trainers in game.
Also, I've gone through all of the melee trainers and made sure they were training appropriate skill, checking for class, skill level, and whether or not the character already knows the skill. A message will be displayed if one of these checks fails. I'll be doing the same for each skill. Next update, should have armor and magic skills completed. *******ALERT - Save games may be broken with this update ALERT*****************
New - Skill Rune
Fixed - n/a
Informational - Decreased total number of skill points gained
Informational - Decreased the amount of XP gained for higher level mobs.
Informational - Changed the description of the Battle Tactics and Haggle skills to better fit the tooltip window
Informational - Melee skill trainer's check for class, skill level, and if already known
Patch Notes ea v0.4.1
EA Release - 0.4.1 Notes
Developer Notes Staff, Polearms, Bows, Unarmed and Axes ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system. With this update, Steam Cloud saves have been activated! Now, you can continue your game from your desktop, laptop or Steam Deck. Increased the max Hit Points, Mana Points, and Endurance allowed. In the next update, I'm looking to have a COMPLETE journal entry for all quests. This will remove completed quests from active ones. There are a few already setup like this. I just need to go through and do it for the quests that were created early on. Also, I'll be re-working the amount of XP it takes to level. The current setup, once you start taking down higher mob groups, you level to fast. It's great for testing; but, time to bring it down to where it should be. Finally, I will be adding the missing weapon damage to melee abilities that is supposed to include weapon damage. I missed that when I created the formulas. Once that is done, I'll be able to tweak spell and melee abilities to have some parity - personally, I was never one for "it must be balanced!"; but, I want an all warrior party to be a viable build. So, that requires tweaking where needed.
New - Staff ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system.
New - Axes ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system.
New - Polearms ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system.
New - Bows ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system.
New - Unarmed ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system.
New - Steam Cloud saves are now active.
Fixed -
Informational - Increased the max Hit Points, Mana, and Endurance to 999,999 from 999.
Informational - Regional maps no longer working if you have more than 1 copy of that region's map in your inventory. Sell off the extra or put them in your vault. This is a work around until I can find out why this broke.
Patch Notes ea v0.4.0
EA Release - 0.4.0 Notes
Developer Notes Another quick update. Added some tweaks to the player controller settings in hopes of eliminating the jittery movement that comes up sometimes. I mostly experience it after loading certain saved games that I have. Mace and dagger ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system.
New - Mace ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system.
New - Dagger ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system.
Fixed - The tooltip window will only display when you hover the mouse over the ability, item, etc again. Sorry about that. Was experimenting.
Informational - Added some tweaks to eliminate the jittery movement that comes up sometimes.
Patch Notes: ea v0.3.9
EA Release - 0.3.9 Notes
Developer Notes Sword ability manuals now use the spell tome dialog system when using them. Now for the best part of this update: I've added a "free mouselook" button - the Period key. Pressing this key will put you in free mouselook mode which means you no longer need to press and hold the right mouse button to look around. You can press the key again to bring back the mouse cursor. However, this new feature allows for partial controller (gamepad) support as well. This was something I always wanted to add. With my Steam Deck arrival, I moved it up the list to provide better gameplay support on the Steam Deck. So far, my time on the Steam Deck with Legendary has been a pleasant one. I use an Xbox 360 controller - it's all I have. So, my mapping is based on that. You cannot re-bind the controller mapping; I'm sorry to say. However, there is a way to provide input mapping within steam and when playing on the steam deck.
Within the Options menu under Controls, I've added a new selection: Control Type. Gamepad will put your control into mouselook mode which also works with the gamepad. You can press the Period key to return to regular keyboard and mouse control. Free Mouselook (keyboard and mouse control only) - Period key in game menu which represents most of the menu options from the window selector bar. I need to add Time and Camp options.
GameMenu - Keyboard: LEFT ALT, Gamepad: Start
Accept - Keyboard: Enter, Gamepad: A (NOTE: I had to go into Steam settings for the game and set the input by changing the name of the input key to Accept from Jump for the Enter key and A button on my gamepad)
Cancel - Keyboard: Backspace, Gamepad: B
Jump - Keyboard: Space, Gamepad: Y
Examine - Keybaord: Hold F, Gamepad: Hold the Left Shoulder Button
Pause - Keyboard: F4, Gamepad: Select
Previous Character - Keybaord: Left Bracket, Gamepad: Left Shoulder Button
Next Character - Keyboard: Right Bracket, Gamepad: Right Shoulder Button
Move Forward/Backword - Keyboard: W/S, Gamepad: Left Joystick - forward/backward
Strafe Left/Right - Keyboard: A/D, Gamepad: Left Joystick - left/right
Camera - Mouse, Gamepad: Right Joystick
Navigate menus with Left Joystick. Some menus, like the inventory and equipment "menus", do not work with the gamepad just yet. You will need to exit freelook mode and use the mouse.
Steam Deck controls: With this update, the Left joystick should move and strafe; the Right joystick should control the camera. You can use the right track pad to control the camera as well. I'll post my setup once I get everything running. I am going to try the Gamepad control option to see how it operates with this update.
Please keep in mind, this is initial attempts at providing controller support. There are still some wonkiness to the interface. But, please, let me know of any weirdness you experience if you use the controller or on the steam deck.
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New - Sword ability manuals now display a dialog when attempting to use them
New - Partial Controller support
New - New Free Mouselook button
New - New Control Type - Keyboard or Gamepad in the options menu
Fixed - The Options window no longer displays behind the main menu window
Patch Notes ea v0.3.8
EA Release - 0.3.8 Notes
Developer Notes This update has Healing, Death, and Mind spell tomes on the new dialog system. This means ALL tomes are now on the dialog system. Next update will start the combat manuals moving to the dialog system for use.
Fixed - Death's Fury spell description has been corrected to show the proper skill to use the spell is Master Death Magic
Fixed - Healing, Death, and Mind spell tomes now use the dialog system
Patch Notes ea v0.3.7
EA Release - 0.3.7 Notes
Developer Notes Another set of spell tomes have been upgraded to the dialog system. This is the Nature spell group.
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New - Nature Magic Tomes now display a dialog when attempting to use them like the spellbooks
New -
Informational - Salvation spell is now sold at its intended price.
Patch Notes ea v0.3.6
EA Release - 0.3.6 Notes
Developer Notes The new spell Salvation has been added to the game. It is an Expert Divine magic spell. This build - it is free including the tomes. Please test if you have a build using Divine magic. Next build it will be its normal price.
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New - Divine Magic Tomes now display a dialog when attempting to use them like the spellbooks
New - New Expert Divine spell added - Salvation.
Patch Notes ea v0.3.5
EA Release - 0.3.5 Notes
Developer Notes Another small updated. The Dungeon Master system is being introduced in this update. You can speak with the Dungeon Master by pressing F11 on your keyboard or the whirlwind icon in the menu selection window (next to the gear icon). Dungeon Master is there to give you some hints on the main quest, describe where you are in the world, answer some questions. Think of him as in-game help. I have added a few options as a test. If you like the idea, I'll continue to flesh it out. If not, I'll remove it and forget about it. I will keep the main quest hints, though. For the main quest help option, this will work with saved games if you have NOT turned in the bloody note to start the main quest.
Arcane tomes have been added to the new dialog system for tomes.
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New - Air Magic Tomes now display a dialog when attempting to use them like the spellbooks
New - Dungeon Master system, initial introduction, has been added
Fixed - Corrected some of the tomes open character select dialog twice
Fixed - Shielding spellbook and tomes have had their name changed to the appropriate Spellshield. I think I was going to change the name at one time or was using it as a placeholder.
Informational - Burning Ember tomes have been updated to use the new dialog system. Missed that one when working on fire magic tomes.
