Changelog 1.6.0

Version: 1.6.0 (Date: 2010/4/7)

Description:

Client

• New: Character models: Detail of character models and armors was drastically improved, allowing better characterization, customization of body features and overall appearance.
• New: Customizable body features (eyes color, skin tone and skin details) at character creation.
• New: Detail of character models adjusts automatically to improve performance (Level of Detail).
• New: Terrain shadows.
• Updated: Realm selection interface: Various graphic tweaks were made.
• Updated: Soft transitions for interface elements at character creation.
• Updated: Characters animations: Several animations were greatly improved.
• Fixed: Terrain glitches in shaders 3 and 4.
• Fixed: Thorkul and dragons' animations.
• Fixed: Changing beard color under OpenGL Fixed and Shader Model 2 modes now works correctly.
• Fixed: Running animation of monsters now plays correctly.

Gameplay

• New: Archers now carry quivers while equipping arrows.
• New: Account Stash: Allows sharing items among characters of a same account.
• Updated: Overburdened characters now can't receive items through trading with other player characters, NPC traders or retrieving from stashes. However, they can receive items from monster and objects loot.
• Fixed: Special users (Developer, Admin, etc) indicators now work correctly.
• Fixed: Interaction with objects.
• Fixed: Incorrect cost shown when buying multiple arrow packs. (The deducted cost was always correct).
• Fixed: Stashes are now accessible only through Merchants.

Content

• New: One-time-only, new characters event quest at main cities' Town Criers (Minimum level required is 20).
• Updated: Merchants' dialogs now contain information about the Stashes.
• Updated: Forts Captains' behavior: now they don't abandon their positions indefinitely.

Premium

• New: Plastic Surgery: allows changing the character's face, eyes color, skin tone and size.
• New: Change Horns: allows changing male Utghars' horns shape.
• New: Rename Mount: allows changing the name of a mount.
• New: Large and Great Character and Account Stashes: allow increasing the capacity of the Stashes.
• Updated: Character appearance windows (Dye Hair, Change Horns, etc): Help texts and buttons were tweaked; the camera now centers correctly around the character's face.
• Updated: Premium Items window now prevents buying inappropriate items for the current character.
• Updated: Trying to misuse premium items provides appropriate feedback.
• Updated: All “Fireworks” premium items price lowered.