The Test Server is open for public testing of the following improvements:
Changes 01/28/2014
Camera view changed to have a fixed vertical field of view (instead of a fixed horizontal field of view, allowing wide screen resolutions a wider view.
New input system further revised to fix reported issues. This system is still in progress.
Important changes
One currency used at trade totems - dollars. Other currencies are replaced with dollar bills
Optimized crossing zones and entering to prevent lag
Optimized skill and experience gain functions
Optimized tree loading
Keyboard input completely redone using a better input API. Should resolve various input issues.
Chat input is now frame rate independent.
Minor improvements
Level up and level down adjusted to gain or use dirt only if the difference in heights being leveled exceeds 0.1 meters.
Adjusted crafting panel so that crafting button works only if all required materials are present.
Crafting cancels if you close the crafting panel.
Experience not gained while using experience to increase skills through the leveling up panel.
Tree stump positioning adjusted to prevent underground stumps
Vertical gauges (life, energy etc.) graphics adjusted.
Fixed the display of the Bonecraft upkeep buff.
Power on some animal based crafted components corrected.
Master Forager Bone File can be unlearned.
Female armor sets display duration and wear.
Totems should display 0 days last active for online players.
You can now take damage when falling with a cart attached.
Mini map glitch when near the center of a zone (512 position) and zone borders fixed.
Tribe member inviting another receives messages regarding tribe size when an invited member accepts.
Please Test:
Skill gain from actions (scavenging, foraging, fishing)
Skill gain from crafting
Skill gain from running / jumping / swimming / hiding (check display and report)
Scheme gain from crafting
Scheme gain from pattern / blueprint
Xp gain from skills
Use count on skills
Combat and skill gains in combat
All keyboard input!
If you find any problems with any of the above, please post in this thread with details on how to reproduce the problem.
Please do not post any Test Server bugs in the Bug Reports section. It is better to keep all current issues with the test session here so that they can be dealt with expediently.