Developer Notes Another small updated. This updates has Air spell tomes displaying a dialog upon use. Did some tweaking to Northern Westernlands. Let me know if it runs any better for you.
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New - Air Magic Tomes now display a dialog when attempting to use them like the spellbooks
Fixed - Corrected some of the tomes opening character select dialog twice
Informational - Burning Ember tomes have been updated to use the new dialog system. Missed that one when working on fire magic tomes.
Patch Notes: ea v0.3.3
EA Release - 0.3.3 Notes
Developer Notes Another small updated. This updates has Earth spell tomes displaying a dialog upon use. I'm going to try and push an update out after finishing a spell set. Hoping to do this weekly at minimum. After the spells, I'll have the combat manuals to convert to this dialog version. Once that is complete, I'll be adding in an Oracle "system" to give hints on what to do next in the main quest if you get stuck or forget.
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New - Earth Magic Tomes now display a dialog when attempting to use them like the spellbooks
Patch Notes ea v0.3.2
EA Release - 0.3.2 Notes
Developer Notes This update may look small; but, tt's been a long time coming - tomes now display a dialog when attempting to use them. This update has the Fire and Water magic spell tomes displaying their dialogs. Next update will be another batch of tomes. Eventually, all tomes and manuals will display a dialog upon use. These dialogs take some time to setup. Planning on having Earth, Air, and Nature magic for the next update.
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New - Fire and Water Magic Tomes now display a dialog when attempting to use them like the spellbooks
New - Master Fire Magic spell: Firewall
Fixed - Ibriah Farlee teaches Learning as she says
Fixed - Fire Protection spellbook has the correct skill listed
Fixed - Peasants in Kunari Plains no longer walk through buildings
Fixed - Coach from Elderwood to Druinport should no longer break the menu
Fixed - Peasants from villages and towns will now talk about their village or town instead of Nerha's Landing all the time
Patch Notes: ea v0.3.1
EA Release - 0.3.1 Notes
Developer Notes
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New - A few more people have moved to the Isle of Talos
New - New annotated maps have been added for the following zones: Bandit Caves,Blackwater Marsh, Dragonspine Mountains, Druinhills, Druinport Sewers, Elderwood, Elderwood Forest, Emerald Jungle, Goblin Mines, Isle of Talos, Kalen's Pass, Kobolds Lair, Medusa's Lair, Meririch Valley, Murkwater Swamp, Soduruin, Southern Westernlands, Stonehammer Keep, Tamaras, Tamaras Desert, Northern Westernlands, Edgefair
New - Small hamlet in Northern Westernlands has new residents
New - Learning, Dodge, Expert Learning, and Expert Dodge skill trainers have been added - didn't realize they were missing.
New - Some of the empty towns now have residents (trainers, shops, etc)
Fixed - Medusa's Lair now has an exit - sorry about that
Informational - Adjusted the ID Monster ability skill again. Should be a bit easier to ID those monsters.
Informational - Added some more "goodies" to Kalen's Pass.
Informational - Investigate some of the statues in the Medusa's Lair
Patch Notes: ea v0.3.0
EA Release - 0.3.0 Notes
Developer Notes With the addition of the Haggling skill, I've added an indicator above the active character's HUD. This will let you know who is doing the shopping. Be sure to have the character with the best haggleing skill for the best prices. With the skill training fixes in place, this will NOT fix any saved parties. This will correct the issue with any future play throughs. I think I have all of the skill training working correctly, now. Let me know if I missed any.
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New - While browsing stores, an indicator is now visible for the active character browsing.
New - More trainers and shops have moved into Kunari Village
New - New annotated map for Kunari Plains and Ashund Forest
New - New shrines have been added. More on the way
Fixed - Haggle skill now works as intended
Fixed - Blast of Air spellbook stating already know blast of air when character does not - the check logic was reversed. This should teach you Blast of Air now
Fixed - Learning advanced skills (expert, master) should remove the previous skill now leaving you with just the new skill rank including the points you've spent.
Fixed - You can now learn Mind Magic from the trainers who are supposed to teach you the skill. Dirty cheats.
Fixed - Fixed a few issues I found in Kunari Plains
Fixed - Fixed Centaur walk animation not playing
Fixed - Individual mobs attacked by a Koth Breath weapon will perform a resist check.
Informational - All monster's HPs have been adjusted this round. For those that are wondering, it is a 1-8 hit points per level of the monster. So, you may come up against a rat that has 1hp and another, healthier, rat with 8hps
Informational - Updated the Haggle Skill description to coincide with recent changes to the skill.
Informational - Adjusted the ID Monster skill check (lore). You will still have trouble trying to ID high level monsters even at master lore. This is intended.
Informational - Kunari Village is a little more interactive now
Informational - Koth breath weapon always succeeds in its attack now. Keep in mind this does use a fair amount of stamina
Patch Notes: ea v0.2.9
EA Release - 0.2.9 Notes
Developer Notes Small update: Be sure to pickup those regional maps. They now have annotations. Currently, Nerah's Landing, Druinport, Druinhills, and Snofugg Mountains have been updated. I'll be updating more as I go along. This was a compromise to figuring out how to allow you to annotate the maps. Sorry to those who like to annotate their own maps.
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New - New residents have moved into Snofugg
New - Regional maps have been annotated for Nerah's Landing, Druinport, Druinhills, Abandoned Tower, Temple of Solaris, and Snofugg Mountains. More maps will be updated in the next few updates.
Patch Notes: ea v0.2.8
EA Release - 0.2.8 Notes
Developer Notes This update includes changes to the needed experience per level. This change will slow down your leveling progress. This was eventually going to happen. I just didn't know when. The fast leveling was fine early on for testing. This means you will need to start a new game to experience the new system. Mob experience have been adjusted. Quest experience rewards will be adjusted in the next update Some mobs have had their level increased which will mean they should be a tougher fight.
THE VAULT The Vault has been added in Nerah's Landing and Druinport. This is my first iteration of adding an item bank system. You can store any unused gear and items in the vault. It feels really clunky right now. For now, you can only drop 1 item at a time into the vault. I want to make a cleaner quantity selector window. To add an item into the vault, simply drag it from your backpack on to the vault window. To remove an item from the vault and back into your inventory, drag an item from the vault to your backpack. A quantity selector will display. Select the quantity and hit the OK button. Also, you can move the vault window around by left-clicking and dragging the window to where you want it. Once I have all of this cleaned up, I'll add vaults to all towns and villages. The storage will be universal and not town specific. So, store an item in Nerah's Landing means you can take it out in Druinport later.
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New - Chests drops have been changed. The number of items per chest has been reduced. The items that drop is dependent upon the party's level. The higher the level, the better the drops.
New - All classes can now learn and master the Alchemy skill
New - New experience system: experience needed to level has been increased. The amount of experience a mob gives has been adjusted.
New - First iteration of a bank has been introduced. You can store uneeded gear at The Vault. There is only one in Nerah's Landing for now. It's clunky but works. It is planned for your stored gear to be available at any town or village. The Vault sits above The Harpy's Claw
Fixed - Tremors spell has been updated and knockdown is now applied (provided the check is made) as originally intended
Fixed - Tailwind effects no longer stack with lower level effect applied. This includes the movement bonus when sleeping at an inn
Fixed - Chests will no longer reset their contents after loading a saved game or zoning
Fixed - Locked and Trapped chests will remain unlocked and trap disabled/set off after loading a saved game or zoning - assuming the lock has been picked/trap disabled or triggered
Fixed - There was a bug when loading a new game or saved game from the menu after leaving a previous game causing chests, resoruce nodes, and mobs to NOT respawn when they should. This has been corrected.
Fixed - Blast of Air, Lightning Storm, and Suffocating Sphere spell books are working correctly, now. Should be able to learn the spells.
Fixed - Secret doors will remain opened through saved games now
Fixed - Dead party members can no longer examine orbs
Fixed - Torchlight spell works correctly, now
Informational - Mob xp has been adjusted accordingly for the new system.
Informational - Rats, bats, and snakes aren't as squishy
Informational - Goblin whelps, and some skeletons aren't the push-overs they once were
Informational - Kick and Lunge abilities have had their stun chance reduced
Informational - There is a chest in the fire caves that is guaranted to have a lava spirit feather
Informational - When gathering herbs, the Alchemy skill is used in the check for successfully gathering what is needed from the plant
Patch Notes: ea v0.2.7
EA Release - 0.2.7 Notes
Developer Notes Happy New Year everyone! WOW! Another year has gone by. This update introduces the rest of the alchemy resources to the world. Plants can look like flowers, bushes, tropical plants. You will need to look all around and watch the minimap. Be sure to examine the plants with the Examine key and hovering the mouse. If a plant is harvestable, the name of the plant will be displayed instead of the 'Herb' message shown before. Also, spell tomes can now be found in shops. If you don't see any in a magical shop, check back later. They may have received some in a shipment. Fixed several bugs which have been brought to my attention. While in combat, the Examine button and hover the mouse over your target(s) will display a more detailed enemy window than before. You no longer need to use the left-shift key for this.
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New - Modified the Alchemy and Herbology (flower picking :)) skill checks to align with other skill checks
New - Herbs can now be found throughout the lands
New - Tomes and manuals can now be found in shops
New - Melee ability books are in stock more often in the appropriate shops
New - The available skills to select for the warrior class has been updated
Fixed - Water spells can be learned now if you have Expert or Master water magic skill. The requirements check was pointing at FIRE magic instead of Water magic - oops.
Fixed - Moria Lios trains expert nature magic properly now. Also, corrected her dialog to indicate she trains Expert Nature Magic and not Nature Magic
Fixed - Fixed Millard Lindsey's dialog for his ticket to Edgefair from Elderwood.
Fixed - Fixed Millard Lindsey's travel to Edgefair from Elderwood. The "Inn" background image was not being removed post travel.
Fixed - Several residents have returned to Kunari Village after the renovation. Forgot to put them back in.
Fixed - Dwarves should start with a rusty axe and be able to equip regardless of chosen class now
Fixed - Elves and Half-Elves should start with a bow and be able to equip the bow regardless of chosen class now
Fixed - The Half-Elf racial status is now being applied to Half-Elf characters as intended. This gives them their 10% XP bonus and stat bonuses/penalties
Fixed - During party creation, warrior's available skill selection wasn't being set if another class was chosen first. This is now fixed.
Informational - Harvestable plants will give the name of the plant when you inspect instead of 'Herb'. Plants can look like flowers, bushes, tropical plants. You will need to look all around.
Informational - Holding down the Examine button (default F) and hovering the mouse over a mob while in combat will display a more informative enemy window than before. The Left-Shift key is no longer needed.
Informational - Removed certain items from dropping in chests
Small Patch - ea v0.2.6
EA Release - 0.2.6 Notes
Developer Notes Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!
This is a small update. A couple of things I wanted to get into the last update and missed my deadline. Got some towns people to talk to. Not a lot to say; but, useful. I'll be taking a little time for the holidays. After that, I'll be concentrating on the crafting feature. I plan on having it completed by the 3rd or 4th week of January for the next update. After that, some cleanup that is needed such as making sure all of the journal quest entries have a completion entry, figure out why options menu stays in front of the options screen, etc
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New - Isle of Talos now has a ferryman. No more swimming - at a cost!
New - Villages and towns now have peasants. They have something to say.
Fixed - Minimap should show terrain and water in Isle of Talos now
