Hey everybody, Duncan right here, and in at the moment’s replace, we’ll stroll via the foundational upgrades, spotlight key artistic developments like character and armor customization, and reply to among the most urgent questions from the neighborhood.
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Key Highlights:
- Backend Migration to Coherence: The previous backend was outdated and insecure, so we’ve been engaged on a migration to Coherence, which goes quicker than anticipated.
- World Streaming System: We’ve applied a extra granular system that masses solely the property you want close by, decreasing efficiency load, as an alternative of loading bigger parts of the world.
- Benchmarking & Optimization Scene: We’ve a devoted testing surroundings that can permit us to guage fashions, textures, and efficiency benchmarks in real-time. The efficiency positive factors already present promise!
Visible Sneak Peek:
- We additionally confirmed this video that included each previous and new surroundings textures, so you possibly can see some issues you might be aware of that should be up to date but in addition see among the enhancements on the grass, floor and highway textures.
Character & Armor Customization Revamp
We’re rebuilding the character system from the bottom as much as provide extra flexibility and constancy.
- New Modular Character System: Particular person physique components (e.g., proper forearm, left shoulder) can now help partial physique & arm partial armor.
- Improved Coloring System: Revamped dye and coloration system choices are being reviewed, to provide higher high quality colours and extra choices. We are going to share extra particulars as we progress with this!
Kickstarter Armor Idea Artwork
We’ve accomplished the idea artwork part for the core armor units. If you happen to can bear in mind means again these armors have been from the unique kickstarter that started Fractured On-line.
Every set helps our imaginative and prescient for fashion variety initially meant for the Kickstarter tiers.
Neighborhood Q&A Highlights
We gathered among the most often upvoted and mentioned questions from Discord, Reddit, and emails.
Crafting and Professions
- Query: Do you additionally take into consideration making modifications to the way in which crafting works normally, in order that it turns into extra fluid and may turn into a really stimulating marketplace for gamers, and likewise if we could have a development of getting higher refinement expertise and possibilities as we enhance and construct gadgets?
- Reply: Crafting will probably be altering, together with extra depth, and extra recipes.
- Query: Will homes even be redesigned when it comes to constructing objects to make gadgets, similar to furnaces, leather-based tables, and so on.?
- Reply: Decor and housing gadgets are being redesigned
- Query: Do you additionally take into consideration the potential of having plantations and crops in order that we will promote these things for professions similar to cooking, alchemy, and so on.?
- Reply: Sure, private farming vs bigger scale farming could have a spot in professions like cooking however no particulars on this.
Servers and Localization
- Query: Is regionalization in languages one thing you propose on doing, and the way do you consider the servers?
- Reply: No extra languages are deliberate right now
- Query: Will they be regionalized US, SA, EU, or will there be a single international server?
- Reply: Sure we’re at present planning to regionalize the servers, although doubtless solely 3 (US,EU,Asia)
Gameplay Mechanics and Itemization
- Query: Concerning the standing, will these be random or mounted, for instance: fabric can solely give intelligence and resistance to magic (mounted), or can there be an opportunity of any random standing?
- Reply: We’re engaged on these detailed however imbuing will play a giant position going ahead
Commerce and Transportation
- Query: The concept of transporting gadgets by caravan and likewise buying and selling between cities is one thing that has been considered, and if there have been additionally different mounts to assist in different actions?
- Reply: We’ve been discussing a unique touring system (assume wagon or mounts) to help adventuring, buying and selling, and different development techniques.
- Query: Albion, Warborne, and different video games limit buying and selling between gamers in actually annoying methods to make RMT tougher, however by no means stops it they usually find yourself simply making the sport extra annoying. Please say that fractured will proceed permitting direct trades and such.
- Reply: Sure Fractured will hold the buying and selling and we are going to construct techniques to stop RMT
