New patch out

Kanoth · September 2006

There's a few minor issues that should be pounded out in the next day or so. We'll be taking the servers down for about half an hour tonight to check logs and put in any fixes we can.

I logged into my character from my RL workplace (dont tell my boss) to take a look at some of the graphic enhancements. The new lighting and textures are pretty cool. My character was in the middle of nowhere (milecastle XXIII actually) so there's no one around but me an mother nature. Have a look, things are looking better graphics wise, and this is just the begining:

http://www.freefilehosting.net/bin/?id=rdn9kq3b8Q==

You'll have to copy and paste that url.

Krma · September 2006

Hello

File not found. Does the link work?

Kanoth · September 2006

Yes, as I said you must copy and paste, the two == signs do not appear as part of the URL in the BB code here, they are part of the URL.

grinreaper · September 2006

I must say, after playing last night. The water looks damn good...way better than before. Trees are nice as well. Maybe it is my imagination but the recovery rate for vigor seems to have been nuged up slighty...all in all, a nice patch, espically graphics wise. I think my roommates comment was accurate...they went from early EQ to early DAOC.

tachgb · September 2006

Any more pics for us who are interested in RV but don't currently play it?, would like to see more of the graphics updates.

Cheers.

Matthius · September 2006

Here are a couple, some pre-patch, a few post. The ones with Matthius as the name are all pre-patch. I'll take a few pictures of the rivers as they are my favourite graphical update (until I see hair growth

Actually, I believe all that is left is adding buildings and animals, all the trees are correctly placed.)

Matthius · September 2006

Also, the very first one is Grimskeggr attempting to convince Garbhach to deathblow me while training.

siredmond · September 2006

Hurray for the broken LOD

tachgb · September 2006

Thanks alot for sharing the pictures Matthius.

The trees and bushes look good.

Kanoth · September 2006

Just popped out another patch:

v1.3.8

Female skeleton fixed
Buffer overrun text error fixed
Music fade in/out adjusted
Water fogging adjusted
Raised overhead character names
Problem with resizing dialogues fixed
Crash fix for video cards using v1.1 shaders
Temporary crop transparency fix
Lighting settings adjusted
Culling distances adjusted
Object selection distance adjusted

Azure77 · September 2006

Is this game not complete? I dont mind supporting a small development team in there quest to complete the game. But ya said the Animals werent in yet or something? How much is the box to buy? Or is it digiital download?

siredmond · September 2006

@Azure77

The game is not completly, the devs still have some time before they add in some key features. In the meantime they are continuously refining the code and then going back to add new stuff.

The Animals are in and do exist at some point, but most animals dont like to dwell near humans so some hunting will be required. But since there have been some issues with lag the animal population was removed and yet to be put back.

The game is 20GBP, and is downloaded. and no fee.

Samuraisword · September 2006

No fee? So the game is free? Cool.

Slickinfinit · September 2006

not p2p but u gotta pay to download and the money in game is bought from the verm.

herminyon · September 2006

I hate the term "complete" when refering to mmorpgs. An mmorpg is never "complete", it is a continuously evolving beast. It's not like one day they Devs say "okay it's complete, no more changes need to be made we are done here there you go". This is what the term "complete" implies.

In my opinion you could make a much better argument that there are features missing (edit: which I think is what people are trying to say by incomplete). Are there features missing in RV that were stated as intended to be implemented since launch, yes. Is the game playable ? (another vague term since it depends on what someone means by "playable") I would say yes. By this I mean that the features that are currently implemented in the game I have no problems making use of. For example, I can log in reliably now and seldom crash. The game also runs smoothly for me so I can do the farming features that are implemented.

But the most important question for me is do I find the game fun? Yes I do but it doesn't mean I think everyone else will. Not a very helpful statement for those looking to join the game but that is the truth of the matter. Hopefully the game will have a free trial eventually.

One thing I will also point out is there are a few posters that post an inordinate amount on a game that they do not play (you know who you are). In fact, there have also been some misinformation given. For instance, one of these posters stated that the game suffers from a memory leak well after this problem was fixed. Someone also told me that they would like the game to succeed even though they but a tremendous amount of energy posting negative comments about the game. Everyone is entitled to their opinions but it doesn't mean I want to hear your same opinion a gazillion times. My point is that you have to be critical and keep in mind the source(s) of these opinions.

Salvatoris · September 2006

The game is roughly $37.50 for digital download. I have seen a lot of people say that it's 20 bucks.... just wanted make sure it was clear that they are talking about 20 British pounds.

hercules · September 2006

Originally posted by Samuraisword
No fee? So the game is free? Cool.

Well like someone stated its $37 for the software.

Note there is a ingame money for real money system as exist in project entropia.How this impacts your gameplay is entirely subjective to your style of play .

Kanoth · September 2006

Originally posted by Salvatoris

The game is roughly $37.50 for digital download. I have seen a lot of people say that it's 20 bucks.... just wanted make sure it was clear that they are talking about 20 British pounds.

Yes, it's 20 GBP (19.95 or close to that). Which depending on the exchange rate at the time of purchase is around $38.

Darkchronic · September 2006

Originally posted by hercules

Originally posted by Samuraisword
No fee? So the game is free? Cool.

Well like someone stated its $37 for the software.

Note there is a ingame money for real money system as exist in project entropia.How this impacts your gameplay is entirely subjective to your style of play .

Well, kinda, with RV you can't cash out your ingame money for real money, if you could, I wouldn't be playing.

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