Virtuverse Patch Notes: v0.7.0c

Thanks to everyone so far that have tuned into Virtuverse’s 5th major public playtest!

While there’s been a whole bunch of positives, there’s also been a few problems! We had a bit of launch day lag due to the sheer load of players wanting to try out the game, we’ve made some optimisations and upped server capacities to accommodate for the new traffic load and player behaviours.

We also have had some quite significant issues with our patching system. Which caused multiple large patches to be generated during the first few days of the release. This has a number of different factors and we’re actively working to bring the game and patch size down.

With this release, we’ve completely overhauled our packing strategy and reduced the final size of the client by 6GB! The downside is that due to the nature of the changes — there’ll be a significant update size as the result of this patch, but the positive is that subsequent patches will be much smaller. If you are on a limited data connection or generally have low connection speeds we’d recommend a full uninstall and reinstall of the game to avoid any issues with this patch.

Features:

Item Changes:

• Chain Bracers should now be fully functional

Crafting Changes:

• Overhauled the repair system and improved the UI interface for it.
• Added another profession to gain experience in.

Misc. Changes:

• Player Aurum balances should now automatically update periodically.

Core Changes:

• Overhauled game packaging and patching strategies.

Bug Fixes:

World Bug Fixes:

• Stefan is no longer quite so stuck in the vent
• Fixed an issue that would duplicate/destroy building materials.
• There is also an autosave feature to players’ buildings now.

Gameplay Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with the Canines
• Fixed an issue with some daily quests not updating.
• Male characters wearing leather pants now look different from female leather pants
• People should no longer be put into random “ghost” teams upon login.
• Fixed the issue with mining where you were unable to claim/finish scanning if you swapped tools first.
• Fixed an issue where kill/count progression was doubled on some quests.
• Burn damage and other damage over time effects should no longer kill players a second time after death.
• The Crafting Modifiers display on the left should now adjust accordingly and display the correct values when you click on different schematics.
• Fixed issues that sometimes allowed players to obtain negative balances.
• Tools should now decay correctly.
• Fixed some issues where active player abilities would interfere unintentionally with combat.
• Dead players are 100% less bouncy
• Booth owners rejoice! Augments should now no longer be stripped when put into a booth for sale!!

UI Bug Fixes:

• Fixed various tutorial and other windows
• The main menu registration link is fixed
• The Marketplace UI should no longer crash the game and its charts should now draw within the bounds of the window
• Quests without progress, i.e. 0/0 no longer show the suffix to progress.
• Fixed Vendor “Confirm Purchase & Confirm Sale” text
• The chat window should now persist its size correctly
• Vendor details should now refresh correctly after buying or selling an item

Audio Bug Fixes:

• Fixed some UI sounds in the vendor

Misc. Fixes:

• Gas Clouds should now correctly despawn
• Repaired Ysabel’s pants, be more careful next time!

Balancing and Other Adjustments:

Gameplay Adjustments:

• Some quests are now not repeatable.
• Crit rates have been adjusted to be more realistic with some weapons.