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Workshop and Resources Update

- Workshop building use
-- Players can set buildings as Workshops
-- When standing inside a Workshop, all tools and materials contained in that building are automatically available in the player’s crafting panel.
-- All players with Lock permissions can use the Workshop building.

- Improved gathering
-- Scavenging and Foraging now automatically find available items and display them as icons in the Resource bar. Players ...

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

We are currently testing a few upcoming changes on the Test Server:

1) Improved Crafting. I've further revised the new Crafting Panel and added the Workshop feature. You can assign a building a a Workshop and by standing within the bounds of a Workshop, all tools and materials in that building are available to you through the Crafting Panel.

2) Improved Scavenging. I'm testing out a new scavenging system that displays icons for several ...

Minor changes and bug fixes. This includes minor hot fixes over the past several days.

- New crafting panel is translucent so you can see what's going on behind it.
- Info on starting combat skills during character creation fixed.
- Fix for issue causing the selection menu to stop functioning when you try to plant seeds on land that has not been plowed.
- Issues with crafting queue fixed.
- Deselecting a world object (building etc.) no longer closes associated ...

Over the years, Xsyon's primary audience has switched from players familiar with the MMOs of the past to a newer audience accustomed to the sandbox survival games of the present.

Accordingly, I am working on revising the interface and basic actions to accommodate and be more welcoming to new players. Most interface revisions will be optional and customizable to adapt to new player but keep things as is for veteran players of the game.

Today's patch is the first in a series ...

Interface Update

- New Crafting Panel
-- Panel automatically displays all materials currently available in the player's packs for the active scheme. Players no longer have to search through their packs for tools and materials.
-- The currently selected scheme displays the final bonuses an object will receive based on the input tools and materials. This allows players to know exactly what their results will be before they craft an object.

- Top Menu Option ...