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23 Jun 2016
NewsFuture Of Open Realms & Survey Results———Community
Community · published 23 Jun 2016, 02:22:08 UTC
Future Of Open Realms & Survey Results
I would first like to thank everyone who participated in our first and second survey. We honestly didn't think we would get as many responses as we did. This data has been critical to us in making our decisions about how we are going to move forward and we appreciate your involvement. Instead of detailing it all here, I've made a post on the community page at the link below. Results Open Realms…
NewsCommunity Survey #2: An Open World Forge Quest———Community
Community · published 30 Apr 2016, 20:35:33 UTC
Community Survey #2: An Open World Forge Quest
We are back with another survey for the community. This time we want to ask some direct questions about your play style and opinions about Forge Quest in an open world setting. We can't wait to see what you have to say. Proceed to the survey here! Thank you again for time. Here at FQ headquarters we have been working and tinkering harder then ever to make new great experiences. We have messed a…
NewsWe want to hear what you have to say!———Community
Community · published 28 Dec 2015, 16:32:29 UTC
We want to hear what you have to say!
As Open Realms moves forward we want to make sure that our efforts are spent making the best game we can. This can be a difficult task, but we have found that keeping an open ear to the community is the best way to proceed. In our effort to continue this, we created a survey asking about your experiences with FQ as well as what features you may want to see in the future. We want to hear what yo…
Added a little Halloween content right in time for the end of the month. In the swamp overworld there is now a graveyard, check it out and you might find some spooky things. Note: To get to the content you will either need to rebuild the world from the character select screen. We also did a few minor fixes. The main one being that poison no longer makes mobs produce more loot. As always, if you…
A number of bugs have been resolved. We thank the community for letting us know about these issues. Bug Fixes - Fixed crash with lockpick minigame - Added fix for character becomming stuck if they die and then kill the boss while dead. (It's possible) - Fixed issue that could cause crash when drag/dropping item - Fixed items that have procs not retaining those procs after saving/loading the cha…
Today's update fixes a number of bugs that had been brought up to us on the forums. Fixes · Fixed several achievement bugs. A few were brought up that had individual issues. There was also an issue with achievements not working the first time you created a character. · Improvements have been added to the Inventory widget which was causing slowdowns. These changes should fix the issue. · Added E…
With a few extra tweaks we finally decided to release the beta features branch that we have been working on to the main branch. Below are the most major ones of note. Endless Dungeon A new gametype "Endless" is now available to all characters. This mode allows you to endlessly travel the dungeons, without any story or overworld to get in your way. Each level is random from the dungeon types in…
Pushed a small update to fix a few things that were brought up in the beta features branch. - Fixed, error when rebuilding or creating a new world for an existing character. - Fixed, you can now get through doors without lockpicks. This was needed since in endless mode you could be immediately put into a dungeon with locked doors but no lockpicks, or worse run out. Lockpick game still exists, b…
Another update to the beta features build. The endless feature has been working good, so it's likely that as long as no other issues creep up we will be soon releasing all of this to the main branch. Changes - When in endless dungeon mode, down stairs will now ask if you want to go down a level or stay on the same. If you stay on the same, it will generate a new level at the same depth and mons…
This update to the beta branch now includes our initial implementation of the endless dungeon mode. This mode will let you travel the dungeons endlessly, a random level being chosen each time, with a random boss on every 5th level. You can switch back and forth from endless mode to story mode as you wish. If you wish to check out these features you will need to opt into the beta features branch…
This patch has a whole bunch of fixes that we have been able to resolve over the last week. As always if you experience issues with the game please let us know on the forums or e-mail us at [email protected]. Fixes Major · Fixed, bug that prevented some individuals with Intel sixth generation processor unable to play the game. Keep in mind that although some sixth generations can play t…
NewsBeta Branch - For Balancing Testing———Community
Community · published 5 Jun 2015, 21:38:10 UTC
Beta Branch - For Balancing Testing
Overview We have been working on hard on bringing balance back to the land of Shmoop. From feedback we received we have changed items, numbers and some aspects of the game. Before pushing these changes live, we wanted to get feedback from those uses and have put up these changes on a special build. How To Test This Beta is for Window only. If you are interested in testing your more then welcome…
Another group of bugs that were fixed. As always, if you experience any issues with the game please let us know on the forums or contact us directly at [email protected]. Major Fixes · Fixed, freeze when dragging items. Happened in chest, store, inventory. · Fixed, OpenGL issue that prevented some Linux users from playing. · Fixed, possible crash when setting graphics prefs and no resol…
The last patch earlier today created a black screen bug when trying to load a character while in full screen. We have fixed this issue and posted this patch to resolve the issue. We severely apologize for the trouble this may have caused any individuals and appreciated your patience as we worked on the solution. If you do experience any issues with the game please let us know on the forums or e…
Fixed a number of bugs that were reported by users. As always, if you experience any issues with the game please let us know on the forums or e-mail us directly at [email protected]. Bugs Fixed · Fixed: XP above current level was lost when you exit the game · Fixed: Unable to interact with push blocks with the controller · Fixed: Game freezes when you try to enter a house if the interac…
Another quick patch to fix a number of issues that cropped up. As always, if you experience any problems please e-mail us directly at [email protected] or let us know on the community page. · Fixed freeze that would happen when in full screen. This was something being caused by SDL when we updated to the latest version. · Mouse will now always be captured when play as character. Before…
A critical bug that prevented people from being revived in multiplayer was brought to our attention, so we fixed it and pushed it out. As always, if you experience any issues with the game please e-mail us at [email protected] or contact us directly on the forums.
This update contains a number of key bugfixes, added controller support as well as a pathing change to OSX which you should read about. As always if you experience any issues with this build please e-mail us at [email protected] or on the forums directly. Mac OSX - Characters Okay, so this is important to all mac users. In this version we had to make a change that modified the applicati…
12 May 2015
NewsRelease 1.55.2b———Game update
Game update · published 12 May 2015, 01:42:52 UTC
Release 1.55.2b
This patch has a number of bug fixes reported by the community. As always, if you experience any bugs/crashes/glitches with the game please let us know! You can e-mail us directly at [email protected] or on the community pages. Fixed - Major · Fixed crash caused by the kobold bouncer in front of the fire dungeon entrance · Fixed door generation issue in fire dungeon, because of this we…
A small but important update. A number of bugs had been noticed so we are attempting to keep on top of them. As always, if you ever experience an issue in the game please let us know either on the forums or at [email protected]. Bug Fixes - Fixed issue that prevented user of Mac OSX 10.9 or lower unable to play the game - Fixed invisible boss portal bug. Was issue with model pathing. -…
Uploaded a quick patch to resolve the hidden boss portal issue. This didn't change the client version, so we are still 1.55.0b. Steam should update this automatically, but not always, you can force it by either logging in and out of steam, or by verifying the integrity of the game cache in the properties menu.
It's been a little while since our last update, but boy is there a whole bunch of stuff here. Most notably, cloud storage is now enabled, Nat Punchthrough will help people that can't port forward for networked game, and ability costs have become much easier to manage. Major Additions · Cloud storage has been added. Steam stores a copy of your save files, this allows you to automatically syncs c…
Similar to the last update this one is mostly bug fixes. However there are a few small features and changes that we added. Also random note, we updated our trailer video, check it out! Content Changes · Consumables on your hotbar will show an X when there are zero left · When player is low on health, will show red glow around edges of screen · Minimap now shows arrows when your friends are when…
This release is all bug/issue fixes. Most importantly is the top line item, the crash at startup with Windows 8.1 + Intel HD integrated graphics. The graphics drivers for that particular combination has for a while had a big problem with our game, and only recently have we been able to acquire a machine with similar specifications. For our test machine we were able to identify the problem point…
This update has a whole bunch of changes. Although the gameplay didn't change significantly, there are plenty of updates that people have been asking for. Along with a whole bunch of bug fixes that should fix some crashes that have been experienced late Content Changes · Custom cursor for the game, which should make it much easier to understand where the player is facing during play. · Cursor i…
This update has a good mixture of both bug fixes and content additions. It ended up being a lot larger then originally intended. The most notable additions are weapon charge attacks and support for multiple network interfaces. Content Changes · Some weapons now have charge attacks, hold in the attack key to charge, and then release once the charge effect appears. These attacks do more damage an…
Today's release is all about bug fixing. There were a number of crashes that were reported and we wanted to address plus a number of minor things which have been bugging us. The most important change in this build is we added a crash reporting feature. This feature is currently only available for windows users. If the game crashes, you will be prompted with a window to send a crash report. Fill…
After all the hard work we are finally switching the release candidate builds out to the main branch. If you are still using the release candidates, please make a backup of your character before reverting back to the main branch. You can do so using the properties dialog originally used to join the beta branch. For people who have not been playing the release candidates I will attempt to break…
If you are interested in playing the release candidate, please follow the instructions at the linked article. We are pleased to announced the 1.54.3b update which includes a good number of changes to the game. The changes are detailed in the list below. Just for reference, this should be the last update that we should be doing to the special release candidate before pushing it to the main distr…
Another quick patch with some bug fixes. As always, if you experience any issues with the game please let us know on the forums or by e-mailing us directly at [email protected]. Bug Fixes · Notifications now fade away as intended.. Journal entry notifications will go away upon zone change as intended. · Fixed bug that could cause crash if you were dragging an item in your inventory and…