Game updates April 26th 2019
Hi everyone. As promised, this is a pretty small update with the main feature just being some adjustments to the magic class. The website has also gotten some updates.
Magic class changes
The primary change happening here is that we're introducing spell damage as an armor attribute. Mage armors will now grant spell damage which increases the damage output of offense spells, and other armors like leather and ranger armor will typically give negative spell damage which will decrease the effectiveness of offense spells. This change is in response to the quickly growing trend of magic users never using magic armors in combat, preferring instead to use something like ranger armor and then merely swapping to magic armor to regenerate mana between fights. I'm hoping this addition will give magic users a reason to actually use their magic armor in combat, and make magic as a primary combat style feasible again.
- Magic armors (Apprentice, Mage, Magister) now grant spell damage (+10%, +20%, +50% respectively).
- Other armors that do not inhibit spell casting now have slight negative spell damage.
- The base damage of all offense spells have been decreased by 10% to balance the increased damage output of magic users with spell damage.
- The mana regen armor attribute is now displayed as a percentage of total effectiveness rather than a decimal. This makes it consistent with how spell damage is displayed and I believe is easier to understand than it was before.
Website updates
- You can now look up player profiles to view interesting information about them. Give it a try!
- The leaderboards now link each player in the list to their profile.
- The homepage now has a carousel of screenshots from players.
- You can contribute new screenshots to the carousel here!
Bug fixes/Other changes
- The web in the Spider boss area now has a baseplate under it so items and projectiles don't slip through.
- Did some tweaks to crash/disconnect protection that might(?) improve its effectiveness.
- Fixed a miscalculation that was occurring when applying an armor's mana regen adjustment. (This might be observed as a nerf to the mana regen on magic armors, but it also subtly affects the negative mana regen of other armors as well)
- Added some new debug information that might help me better investigate reported issues with crash/disconnect protection. Please continue to report issues you have with rejoining after a crash/disconnect.
- I've reduced the ghost limit somewhat. This might reduce the rate of runtime errors due to less memory usage.
- Your alignment is now influenced by your dealings with demonic forces.
And that's about it. The servers should be going up later today; however, Conan will not be hosting US-West today since he is currently using his VPS to host... something else.
Hi everyone. As promised, this is a pretty small update with the main feature just being some adjustments to the magic class. The website has also gotten some updates.
Magic class changes
The primary change happening here is that we're introducing spell damage as an armor attribute. Mage armors will now grant spell damage which increases the damage output of offense spells, and other armors like leather and ranger armor will typically give negative spell damage which will decrease the effectiveness of offense spells. This change is in response to the quickly growing trend of magic users never using magic armors in combat, preferring instead to use something like ranger armor and then merely swapping to magic armor to regenerate mana between fights. I'm hoping this addition will give magic users a reason to actually use their magic armor in combat, and make magic as a primary combat style feasible again.
- Magic armors (Apprentice, Mage, Magister) now grant spell damage (+10%, +20%, +50% respectively).
- Other armors that do not inhibit spell casting now have slight negative spell damage.
- The base damage of all offense spells have been decreased by 10% to balance the increased damage output of magic users with spell damage.
- The mana regen armor attribute is now displayed as a percentage of total effectiveness rather than a decimal. This makes it consistent with how spell damage is displayed and I believe is easier to understand than it was before.
Website updates
- You can now look up player profiles to view interesting information about them. Give it a try!
- The leaderboards now link each player in the list to their profile.
- The homepage now has a carousel of screenshots from players.
- You can contribute new screenshots to the carousel here!
Bug fixes/Other changes
- The web in the Spider boss area now has a baseplate under it so items and projectiles don't slip through.
- Did some tweaks to crash/disconnect protection that might(?) improve its effectiveness.
- Fixed a miscalculation that was occurring when applying an armor's mana regen adjustment. (This might be observed as a nerf to the mana regen on magic armors, but it also subtly affects the negative mana regen of other armors as well)
- Added some new debug information that might help me better investigate reported issues with crash/disconnect protection. Please continue to report issues you have with rejoining after a crash/disconnect.
- I've reduced the ghost limit somewhat. This might reduce the rate of runtime errors due to less memory usage.
- Your alignment is now influenced by your dealings with demonic forces.
And that's about it. The servers should be going up later today; however, Conan will not be hosting US-West today since he is currently using his VPS to host... something else.
Submit screenshots to be put on the site carousel!
The site homepage now has a carousel that displays screenshots of the gamemode! The main issue is, we don't have nearly enough good screenshots to put there. So if you have any good screenshots (or if you intend to take some good screenshots), post them in this thread! If the screenshot is good, we'll put it in the carousel and you'll get a spot in the special thanks section of the homepage.
Things to note:
- Your screenshots don't need to be ridiculously huge, as long as the window is at least 720p it'll look fine when it's downscaled to the size of the carousel.
- Shaders are good, but not a must either. Remember, while you're underground the level of shadow quality is completely irrelevant. You can just set them to low!
- Screenshots that include action are especially good. If you're doing PvE, taking a screenshot that includes your HUD will make it feel more authentic as a gameplay screenshot.
- Screenshots of group events like the Troll boss are especially good when you can get a lot of people working together in the picture.
- Screenshots of rare items or areas below level 3 are discouraged, as those things/areas are considered somewhat of a surprise.
The site homepage now has a carousel that displays screenshots of the gamemode! The main issue is, we don't have nearly enough good screenshots to put there. So if you have any good screenshots (or if you intend to take some good screenshots), post them in this thread! If the screenshot is good, we'll put it in the carousel and you'll get a spot in the special thanks section of the homepage.
Things to note:
- Your screenshots don't need to be ridiculously huge, as long as the window is at least 720p it'll look fine when it's downscaled to the size of the carousel.
- Shaders are good, but not a must either. Remember, while you're underground the level of shadow quality is completely irrelevant. You can just set them to low!
- Screenshots that include action are especially good. If you're doing PvE, taking a screenshot that includes your HUD will make it feel more authentic as a gameplay screenshot.
- Screenshots of group events like the Troll boss are especially good when you can get a lot of people working together in the picture.
- Screenshots of rare items or areas below level 3 are discouraged, as those things/areas are considered somewhat of a surprise.
Minor suggestions/issues thread
Ah yeah, that's useful
Also, a way to temporarily join a guild while in another guild without leaving the guild would be cool. It could last until the dungeon reset.
Ah yeah, that's useful
Also, a way to temporarily join a guild while in another guild without leaving the guild would be cool. It could last until the dungeon reset.
Game updates April 19th 2019: Crash/Disconnect protection, guards, and more!
I've been doing a lot of testing with an alt account and cannot reproduce the issue of appearing to have died. The only explanation I can really think of is that another player or a monster snuck in while you were disconnected and killed you. For next week I'll be putting in a lot of additional debugging information so that I can hopefully track down the reason that this seems to occasionally happen to people still.
Unfortunately no.
I've been doing a lot of testing with an alt account and cannot reproduce the issue of appearing to have died. The only explanation I can really think of is that another player or a monster snuck in while you were disconnected and killed you. For next week I'll be putting in a lot of additional debugging information so that I can hopefully track down the reason that this seems to occasionally happen to people still.
Quote from: tally
Before this update I had crashed, lost my gram and went from lvl 35 to 20. Even though it was pre-update would it be possible to just get the gram back? It has a high cost and to lose it to crashing before this update was available kinda sucks
Unfortunately no.
Minor suggestions/issues thread
Nothing we can really do about the (Mis) error. It lies in the network code which isn't something we have control over.
If you're stuck after rejoining, /recall to force a recall scroll to your hand and relog after you return to town.
Quote from: CheezePizza2
===Bugs===
(Mis): when loading, sometimes you get a (Mis) error which ejects you from the loading screen and requires you to join several times to be able to play.
Some kinda runtime error: Randomly when playing, I've gotten a runtime error that crashes Blockland. If you join back in, it does put you back where you were, but you cannot open items until you leave and join. Also, if it crashes with enemies around, you're fucked.
Nothing we can really do about the (Mis) error. It lies in the network code which isn't something we have control over.
If you're stuck after rejoining, /recall to force a recall scroll to your hand and relog after you return to town.
Game updates April 19th 2019: Crash/Disconnect protection, guards, and more!
Quote from: Pecon
[US-E] Alone
Which server were you on?
Game updates April 19th 2019: Crash/Disconnect protection, guards, and more!
Before this update I had crashed, lost my gram and went from lvl 35 to 20. Even though it was pre-update would it be possible to just get the gram back? It has a high cost and to lose it to crashing before this update was available kinda sucks
Before this update I had crashed, lost my gram and went from lvl 35 to 20. Even though it was pre-update would it be possible to just get the gram back? It has a high cost and to lose it to crashing before this update was available kinda sucks
Minor suggestions/issues thread
===Bugs===
(Mis): when loading, sometimes you get a (Mis) error which ejects you from the loading screen and requires you to join several times to be able to play.
Some kinda runtime error: Randomly when playing, I've gotten a runtime error that crashes Blockland. If you join back in, it does put you back where you were, but you cannot open items until you leave and join. Also, if it crashes with enemies around, you're fucked.
===Suggestions===
Guilds crossing over from server to server would be cool. Also, maybe chat could also cross over?
A boss for Floor 3 would be good too.
The Spider Boss on Floor 2 should have some invisible flooring below it so you can't just use spells to kill it on the floor underneath.
===Bugs===
(Mis): when loading, sometimes you get a (Mis) error which ejects you from the loading screen and requires you to join several times to be able to play.
Some kinda runtime error: Randomly when playing, I've gotten a runtime error that crashes Blockland. If you join back in, it does put you back where you were, but you cannot open items until you leave and join. Also, if it crashes with enemies around, you're fucked.
===Suggestions===
Guilds crossing over from server to server would be cool. Also, maybe chat could also cross over?
A boss for Floor 3 would be good too.
The Spider Boss on Floor 2 should have some invisible flooring below it so you can't just use spells to kill it on the floor underneath.
Minor suggestions/issues thread
That would sort of defeat the purpose of the current guard timer, especially since recalls only cost 1 gold.
Quote from: The Combat
Can the town guards' aggression be reset upon using a recall? I'd rather not be loaded with arrows and surrounded before I get the chance to heal up.
That would sort of defeat the purpose of the current guard timer, especially since recalls only cost 1 gold.
Game updates April 19th 2019: Crash/Disconnect protection, guards, and more!
Which server were you on?
Quote from: Deokotaru
Yeah, I was outside of town and crashed. Rejoined within 2mins, was back in town all items lost. Wasn't in a room with enemies or anything so I'm fairly sure I didn't die from them after the crash.
Items Lost: Ice Staff, Healing Staff, Chaos Staff, Apprentice Staff, Red WizRobes, Mithril Longsword, Heavy Armor, Mind/Body, Compass, Super Antidote, Recall Scroll. Kept Dagger(p++) Edit: Also lost 4 lvls (29-25) and an unknown amount of gold.
oof...
Which server were you on?