A new version has landed! This update comes with a few features and fixes ported from the Official Release we are hard at work on. We also balanced a few key areas, bringing it closer to what it would be in the Official Release.
Features:
- Made discovered locations appear in map
- Added reputation UI to dialog menu
- Added tips to loading screen
- Added mouse invert options
Improvements:
- Redesigned “The Yanaki with the Red Ribbon” quest
- Added dialog to the Mages Guild salespeople
- Redesigned HUD Messages and SFX
- Improved tooltip UI
- Added compass rose to map
- Improved npc spellcasting AI
Balance:
- Doubled the length of time monsters take to respawn
- Reduced chance to find weapons and armor in containers
- Increased XP requirements for higher levels
- Increased reputation gain in various quests
- Increased negative reputation required to trigger an npc attack
Fixes:
- Fixed expression animator not working for npcs
- Fixed NPC’s not detecting you the first time you hit them
- Fixed map interaction detecting clicks outside of map ui
- Fixed NPC not leaving melee attack mode once entering
- Fixed Tensi Gama following player sometimes
- Fixed Sappers not completing correctly after triggering fight
- Fixed duplicate items being ordered randomly
- Fixed creation menu not updating age correctly
- Fixed reputation messages not appearing in some circumstances
- Fixed dead bodies not loading correctly in some instances
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