Xsyon Updates Archive

[Xsyon]

November 6 2011:

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

The Main Server has been updated with an emergency patch. Our last patch had an error in the inventory stacking code that could potentially cause an infinite loop. As this happened a few times today we decided to patch out the fix although other code changes haven't been fully tested. Other changes are as listed in the patch notes, but will likely have some adjustments with another patch early this week. These are mostly small optimizations that are being done while we are focusing on bigger tasks.

Patch Notes:

World:

-Collision improvements to fix some placement and collision bugs with ramps and floors, in particular near zone boundaries.
- Rain and snow improved in general including blocking rain and snow from passing through roofs and buildings.
- Shadows optimized.
- Water container functionality set up. Actual containers will be patched out with the next update and current buckets will also serve as water containers.
- Tribe ranks now have a separate permission for Dismantle. This is not fully set upand will be functional in the next patch.

Another non-emergency patch will be ready within the next few days.

[Xsyon]

November 6 2011:

A quick update. We are aware of current client crashes and working on this issue.Please send any crash logs from your Logs directory to bugs@notorious-games.com.

Thanks!

[Xsyon]

November 6 2011:

Another quick update. The crashes are due to missing files that need to be patched out. The upload will take a while to prepare and patch. I'll post again when this is ready.

[Xsyon]

November 7 2011:

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

I've caught up with 2 weeks of Questions from players for those interested. I will catch up with the rest as soon as I can. It's a very hectic week and I need to get back to more important coding tasks. We are also preparing a new launcher that requires some extensive testing. A lot is going on this week so my updates will be brief, but we will have another patch this week as well as one next week.

That's all for now!

[Xsyon]

November 8 2011 11:00 PM PST:

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

We are currently patching out another emergency patch. In the last patch we let some water container code slip out that was not fully tested and ready and it's caused problems with the server tonight. The server is restarting and will be up with a fix in about 20 minutes.

Patch Notes:

- Permissions for Dismantle should now work separately from Construct permissions. These will need to be set for your ranks.
- Water container code fixed. Final container system will be made available with the next non emergency patch.

[Xsyon]

November 10 2011


Hello Xsyon Citizens!

The Test Server is up with our latest build. This build has water containers fully functioning. Here is a brief description of water containers.

1) Buckets
Buckets can be filled at rivers or lakes. One action will fill the bucket.
Buckets can be emptied. One action will empty the bucket.
Buckets can be used to fill Barrels.
Buckets can be filled at Barrels.
Artisan and Master Buckets have more capacity.
Buckets will be used primarily for filling up barrels.

2) Barrels
Barrels are built in place, like buildings.
Currently there are only Pioneer's Barrels as a scheme in Woodcraft.
Barrels can be Moved, like building ghosts.
Barrels can be filled from waterskins or buckets.
Barrels can be used to fill waterskins or buckets.
Barrels contain many 'charges'.
Barrels display their contents and count under the name display when selected.
To use a barrel:
Select the barrel
Right click a waterskin or bucket in your inventory, it will show Empty To and Fill From. These can be used to interact with a barrel.
Barrels will be used primarily for in town water storage.

3) Waterskins
Waterskins are crafted as part of Toolcraft.
Waterskins can be filled at rivers or barrels.
Waterskins can be used to drink from.
Waterskins contain less 'charges' than buckets and barrels.
Waterskins will be used primarily for portable drinking.
Artisan and Master Waterskins hold more 'charges'.

By setting up water containers we've set up a system that will allow other interactions in the future with objects in your inventory and objects in the 'world' such as furniture.

We will wait for some feedback and testing on this and if everything checks out we will patch this to the public.

In addition, we do have an improved launcher ready. However, as many of you already know, I am getting married this weekend so I don't want to pile up any additional work for the team this weekend in case the launcher has problems when released!

The launcher will be released early next week and I will be settled in to crank out features the rest of this month!

Notes:
I am considering adding the Move menu to ground containers and totems (within a short distance of the town center) if we don't have any problems moving barrels around.

Some waterskins require some materials that are not yet in game. This will be in next week. Plastic bags (required for one of the skins) are available.

If you want to test some of these things on the Test Server, GuideRaguel and GuideMihr should be available to hand out recipes so that they don't need to be scavenged or learned.

Enjoy!

[Xsyon]

November 11 2011

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

The Test Server is up with another updated build. This has a few fixes:

- Added Destroy command on water barrels.
- Allow for destroying and moving water barrels off of tribal lands.
- Fixed Mason Brick Roof collision.
- Revised animations for barrel interaction and drinking.
- Fixed kitten animations.

Some files were patched out with incorrect timestamps with my last update. This is not important for players but it is for keeping track of files. The timestamps had been changed because of my moving things to a new computer. This has been resolved and is why there will appear to be a large patch through the launcher right now.

I plan to patch this to the public server in about 8 hours, but we'll run some final tests.

[Xsyon]

November 11 2011:11:30 PM PST

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

The Main Server is restarting with a patch.

Patch Notes:

1) Buckets
Buckets can be filled at rivers or lakes. One action will fill the bucket.
Buckets can be emptied. One action will empty the bucket.
Buckets can be used to fill Barrels.
Buckets can be filled at Barrels.
Artisan and Master Buckets have more capacity.
Buckets will be used primarily for filling up barrels.

2) Barrels
Barrels are built in place, like buildings.
Currently there are only Pioneer's Barrels as a scheme in Woodcraft.
Barrels can be Moved, like building ghosts.
Barrels can be filled from waterskins or buckets.
Barrels can be used to fill waterskins or buckets.
Barrels contain many 'charges'.
Barrels can be destroyed
Barrels display their contents and count under the name display when selected.
To use a barrel:
Select the barrel
Right click a waterskin or bucket in your inventory, it will show Empty To and Fill From. These can be used to interact with a barrel.
Barrels will be used primarily for in town water storage.

3) Waterskins
Waterskins are crafted as part of Toolcraft.
Waterskins can be filled at rivers or barrels.
Waterskins can be used to drink from.
Waterskins contain less 'charges' than buckets and barrels.
Waterskins will be used primarily for portable drinking.
Artisan and Master Waterskins hold more 'charges'.

Additional fixes:

- Fixed Mason Brick Roof collision.
- Revised animations for barrel interaction and drinking.
- Fixed kitten animations.

There will more improvements to water containers next week. Next up we are wrapping up work on carts, improving creature AI and finishing up mutants.

Enjoy!

[Xsyon]

November 15 2011

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

The Main Server is restarting with a small patch. We spent yesterday fixing some minor annoyances and bugs with recent changes. Our focus this week is to continue with some bug fixes, wrap up carts and get mutants out to the public as soon as possible.

Patch Notes:

Minor Improvements:
- Skill gain is reported every full point gain only.
- Improved Boulder Destroy command so that Guides can help players removed unwanted boulders. If you have any unwanted boulders that you can't remove, please contact one of our Guides.

Bug Fixes:
- Learning Master Waterskin recipes fixed.
- Fixed positioning of fishing rods with wrong positions in hands.
- Fixed selection circle for large buildings.
- 'Hunted by' on items gathered from creatures now displays who killed the creature. Works on newly gathered animal parts only.
- Problem causing the tool tip to glitch and display a container background fixed. We need confirmation of this fix as the glitch was difficult to reproduce. If you still see this problem, please report this to our of our Guides.
- Bug causing players and creatures to sometimes not appear to other other players fixed.

Enjoy!

[Xsyon]

November 16 2011

Hello Xsyon Citizens!

The Main Server is restarting with another small patch. This patch simply has some server preparations for mutants and creature improvements and a potential fix for the glitch and display a container background fixed.

If you still encounter this glitch, please report it again to our Guides. This is a difficult issue to fix as it's not quickly or reliably reproduced.

We have also added the ability for Guides to remove boulders of any size. If you need assistance with removing boulders within your tribe zone, please contact one of the Guides.

Thanks!