Release 7 Instructions

This release will be the first where I explore for more than 20 minutes around Owl's Head and a few things that I found and wanted to share with everyone in case anyone is like me and wants to see some new stuff -

1. There are a few hidden vales that you *seem* to enter out of nowhere in the 3d world map.
2. In the 3d map if you zoom in it is *MUCH* faster and responsive (I didn't know you could zoom in for quite some time and it was sloooow)
3. The top right of the map has 3-4 towns and dungeons that look fun to explore (I only made it in to Owl's Wash, a town, and one of the dungeons there before I had to shut 'er down)
4. There appears to be a water town on the very right side of the map but I could not find any water front lots there. If anyone knows where the water front lots are please respond so everyone can give them a look over! Lum replied -

One note for anyone running the linux client - I have a machine with dual boot linux and Win8 and the linux version was unusable for me with the same hardware that the Win8 version was running much better in. Could definitely be an Ubuntu set up issue, just figured I would share!

 

I have a new favorite map! ..Deep Forest was my favorite, with all it's awesome Satyr battles in the ancient ruins, and hidden easter eggs

..but now, skull dungeon entrance takes the cake! ..oh yeah!

 

Something like in Skyrim or The Witcher, Risen or Dragon Age or maybe Wasteland 2 or Divinity Original Sin, even the conversations in Ultima 7 and 8 have been real conversations compared to this. A REAL conversation system with focus on the people who talk to each other.
What we have now is a chat, not a conversation system. Actually it doesn't matter if there is an NPC around as there is no focus on him/her. The NPC is nothing more than a puppet as everything - even the story - takes place in a chat window.

I want to talk to NPCs, have a dialogue with them and not read through a chat.
The chat window "downgrades" the conversations to a MMO like chat. If they want this game to be a single player game, too, then this does not work.
Have you ever talked to an NPC in a" game with story" in a chat window?

 

The beautiful seaside island villages of Port Mirren, Estercove and the Brave Coast are accessible via ferry boats from the Kingsport docks!

 

I didn't realize there re 3 island villages. I'll have to visit them all now.

 

Noticed that /fps is missing from the R7 instructions. It's a toggle and shows up above your compass.

 

The mini map that Stephan showed was just a sketch of the town and squares for lots. I think that's probably all they'll give us for a map, maybe they'll add names, or just symbols, for common places like the tavern, or maybe the guild hall in Kingsport, stuff like that. Not sure about how I'd feel about destination places like The Clink or The Sewers.

 

These releases just keep getting better and better. SO STOKED for this weekend! Any chance of keeping it open one extra day for us Northerners (Canada Day)?

 

Seconding this.

 

I'd say "Aye!" as well, however my company decided to actually place the day-off on Tuesday, rather than move it back to Monday this year.

Nuisance that.

 

I'll be working Canada Day as well but any reason to stay open another day.

 

I think a minimap with fog of war like behaviour would be nice for dungeons and like areas,
so it shows the near vicinity that you actually have gone through.

For villages and towns I hope it show every structure from the moment you arrive there.

 

Happy penguins!!!

 

I liked everything I read...

I got to this point and started really liking where things were going.

Then I caught this at the end...

...and I thought, YAY! I think you guys will not regret running PVP and combat in parallel. It's the only way it can hope to be balanced.

I wish I could like my own post.

 

Love it thank you

 

The reason for the alphas are to improve somethings or alot of things

 

I guess that's why it was kept open for the American holiday of Memorial Day, right?

 

Let's say it so: Portalarium is an American company and therefore nobody was in office to toggle the switch

 

Hehehehahalolol

I'll buy that for a DOLLAR!!!

 

Hail and well met!

I am new to Shroud of the Avatar. Can someone tell me what it means that release 7 access ends on Sunday? Are releases only available for a limited amount of time? I'm really confused. Can someone point me to a forum post or website page that explains how we actually can log in play SotA? Thanks