Category: Game update

Psy reported this morning about a bug where the Wildepad would occasionally tele you to a region with freshly built objects.  This should now be fixed, but please let me know if you spot it again

Many new (and even old) players have expressed frustration in finding the wilderness.  Early in the game, it was a simple matter to walk to the edge of Origin and build where you like.  But as the world has built outwards, it has become harder and harder to find the edge of the wild.

This is now addressed with The Wildepad.  This is a special telepad in Root that will teleport you into the wilderness.  You can then place down your Homestone and get to building right away.

The Wildepad will follow these guidelines for finding you a spot:

• It will never teleport you into someone’s town
• It will never teleport you into a region with existing built objects
• It will prefer to teleport you on the edge of the wilderness as opposed to the deep wilderness
• Of the available regions, it will teleport you to one randomly — don’t count on being able to get back there easily unless you place a Homestone or make note of the location!

Tutorial text has been rewritten to encourage new players doing Draco’s quests to use the Wildepad in Root.  I hope this helps new and old players find a suitable building space.

Fixed two Homestone bugs:

• They can no longer be placed in someone else’s house
• You can’t buy 10 of them

Thanks for report Ankos & Meep

The #1 (and #3) player suggestion with a combined 163 votes has been implemented!  It is now possible to set your own /home location.

Simply place a Homestone in your home, or wherever you wish to respawn, and from then on /home will respawn you there.  If you wish to respawn at Root, no problem, just type /root.

Shortcuts for both of these commands have been added to the menu.

Enjoy!

I’m a full-time indie again and that means updates!  Let’s kick this off with a frequently requested new tile… WATER

Keep in mind that while there’s water now, there’s no swimming so it’s basically a death trap 😉

Also, water stays in place for now.  In future, I will look at making dynamic fluids if there’s demand (to the suggestion box!).

Next up – Islands?

Today’s update brings two changes:

First – the Java SSL code signing cert has been updated.  It was about to expire this week, but I got it renewed just in time.  So, you might see a popup that the cert has changed.

Second – one suggestion from princewilliam3 in the suggestion box that had accrued a number of votes was for left-handled doors.  It seemed like a pretty smart idea, so I implemented it for the latest build.  Having one of each looks better for double doors.  Here’s an example, which is animated for no good reason 😛

Also, since there’s now six doors total, they’ve been moved to their own subfolder in the construction category.

Fixed bug where disconnected players could be killed, this also prevents spawn camping in PvP arenas