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‹ Release Notes

Release 102

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Went live 5/24/2022 · 96 change items · 4 interim builds · official notes ↗

In short

Release 102 is live and brings a wide range of fixes and improvements across Novia. A major focus this release is on quest clarity and bug resolution, particularly within Blood River, with numerous journal entry updates and task corrections to ensure smoother progression. Several areas have received pathfinding adjustments and stuck spot removals – including locations like Hilt Fortress, Solace Bridge Outskirts, and the Crypt of the Avatar.

Players interested in taming will find Obsidian Snow Leopards now available. Crafting sees the addition of an Altar Lockbox recipe, while some dye slots have been removed from specific cosmetic items. A new feature is a post-session survey intended to gather feedback from both new and veteran players regarding their experience, though existing bug reporting channels remain the primary method for detailed issue tracking.

Finally, several Helpful Automatons have been added to key locations offering tips and guidebooks. World encounters are also updated with the Archlapin in hiding but the Luminous Atavist now appearing, alongside awakened Aether creatures. Numerous smaller fixes address visual issues, typos, and inconsistencies throughout various scenes, along with improvements to player-owned towns and character customization options like tattoos and hair colors.

AI-generated summary (google/gemma-3-27b) — may contain errors; the full notes below are authoritative.

Crafting & Items (9)

  • An Altar Lockbox recipe will be added to North Paladis deco merchants in a patch soon after release.
  • Fixed issue with mini greyhound deco pet.SOTA-68886
  • Fixed incorrect name on saber-toothed tiger carcass.SOTA-70412
  • Set Dread Artifacts to use normal repair kits.SOTA-70402
  • Removed dye slots from Flaming Skull Mask.SOTA-70421
  • Removed dye slots from Ancient Xenossian Winged Plate Helm.SOTA-70420
  • Cloth tunic should now show correct skin color at bottom of the neck.SOTA-69111
  • Fixed visual issues while wearing a frogkin ring and some specific body/legs equipments.SOTA-68146
  • Wearing bodice bottoms on a male character should now show the correct skin color.SOTA-68719

Combat & Skills (1)

  • Obsidian Snow Leopards should now be tameable.SOTA-70248

UI, Store & Lua (6)

  • Added UI when exiting the game to rate and/or comment about your game session. Feel free to give us your opinion! The survey is completely optional and only appears when the game asks you to confirm you want to exit to the main menu or quit. The exit survey is intended to help us identify issues and get feedback from new and old players. This does not replace bug reports, feedback on mechanics, wishlist requests, or AskADev questions. The purpose for the rating and feedback is mainly to determine what new players think of the game and their overall session experience. Of course, feedback from existing players is welcome as well, but please do not flood the survey feedback with duplicate information already being sent through AskADev or the forums, especially as the forums will allow for better detailed feedback from the veteran players on specific issues.
  • Added CapsLock detection at login screen (for Windows only)
  • Moved the currently equipped deck name near the Swap Deck icon button so it doesn’t hide under the alternate deck name
  • Made the name of the equipped deck white, but still bigger than the alternate deck to differentiate them
  • Hair and eye colors will stay the same instead of changing back to default when visiting New You Salons
  • Fixed the sounds functions in Lua which had index problems being off by 1

World & Quests (42)

  • The Archlapin has gone into hiding for the year, but the Luminous Atavist is now making his presence known in encounters in Grunvald and in Northern Grunvald Barrens. Speak to Ranees Binders in Desolis to learn more.
  • Aether Dragons, Aether Liches, and Aether Corpions have awoken in their respective stomping grounds while the two-tailed comet is within range of the world.
  • Removed cap on crafting skills in Shardfalls. (Adventurer cap remains unchanged.)SOTA-70106
  • Fixed the town crier conversation being broken after saying “I lost my mail” for the mail delivery quest.SOTA-70486
  • Blackblade Foothills: Fixed an area of lava that was causing damage too far from the source.SOTA-70468
  • Blackblade Pass: Corrected compass marker names and locations for exits to Southeast Blackblade Mountains and Northwest Blackblade Mountains.SOTA-70496
  • Blood River Outskirts: Updated the “Poison Vigilante Food Supply” journal entry to clarify a replacement poison item can be collected from Phineas.
  • Blood River: Added extra opportunities to archive Arabella’s “Travel to Blood River” task with Robert Villines’ hello responses and the task’s “flag to complete” mechanism.SOTA-70360
  • Broken Echoes Silver Mines: Compass markers for the “Stop the Broken Echoes Foreman” should no longer appear until after acquiring that task.SOTA-70474
  • Castle Atos: Fixed a stuck spot in the bank.SOTA-70513
  • Caverns of Skrekk: Fixed non-interactive crates and regenerated the path grid.SOTA-70472
  • Crypt of the Avatar: Fixed an issue where the player couldn’t cast location-based spells on some floors.SOTA-70469
  • Crypt of the Avatar: Fixed issues including replacing a missing section of hallway, correcting hallway materials, and removing mysterious black effect throughout the scene.SOTA-70461
  • Desolis: Added additional compass markers for the “Obsidian Logbook” quest. Also, added “Obsidian Logbook” to description on all books.SOTA-70477
  • Grusk: Fixed a typo in one of Vishpop’s stories. Added a lantern near the lighthouse keeper.
  • Grusk: Fixed an issue with Vishpop’s story about “Skyfall,” which was only showing the final “come back tomorrow” comment.
  • Helpful Automaton: Added “helpful automaton” NPCs to Aerie, Blood River Outskirts, Castle Atos, Central Brittany, Grusk, Highvale Outskirts, Resolute, Solace Bridge Outskirts, and Soltown. In addition to useful tips, they offer helpful guidebooks, but only once! Additional tips will be added to their conversations over time.
  • Hilt Fortress: Fixed a bad path grid on a spiral staircase.
  • Hilt Fortress: Moved an inaccessible ore node to a nearby location where it can be mined.SOTA-70483
  • Hilt Fortress: Updated the compass markers that point avatars to the Obsidian Forge.SOTA-70482
  • Kingsport Sewer: Duke Rath’molag’s “Talk to Prisoner” task should only be given to the avatar upon his first death.SOTA-70446
  • Lost Whiteguard Silver Mine: Avatars entering Aelfraed’s Cathedral should no longer get the “Find Evidence that Wen is at Peace” compass marker unless they are on the previous stage of the quest.SOTA-70473
  • Midmaer Passage: Corrected location of compass marker for exit to Midras Vault. Added compass markers for exits to Mysterious Crypt and Necropolis. SOTA-70499, 70497SOTA-70499
  • Midmaer Passage: Fixed an area of the water that allowed avatars to swim above the water.SOTA-70467
  • Necropolis Barrens: Converted the “destructible” Love Letters into an official resource node.SOTA-70478
  • Necropolis: Added compass marker for Exit to Midmaer Passage.SOTA-70498
  • Northwood: Fixed a visible “seam” in the terrain textures at a certain lot location.SOTA-68464
  • Rhun Vault: Fixed a stuck spot.SOTA-70494
  • Ruined Keep: Rebaked the navmesh.SOTA-70495
  • Solace Bridge Outskirts: Moved zombie spawners away from the bridge connecting to the guardpost bivouac.
  • Solace Bridge Outskirts: Sedgewick now also rewards feathers at the end of his arrow crafting quest.SOTA-70493
  • Solania Catacombs: Improved the path grid.SOTA-70466
  • Soltown: Fixed typos in Stanley’s “Baozhai” response.SOTA-70476
  • South Midmaer Way and Lamech’s Bazaar: Ensured palm trees are near each possible coconut resource node location.SOTA-70470
  • Spite: Slightly randomized the placement of the red rugs in the Mortuarium.
  • Spite: Updated the responses from Thetis to stop her from repeating herself.SOTA-66957
  • Tenebris Harbor: Moved a tree that was poking through a building wall. Regenerated the path grid.SOTA-70471
  • The Outlaws’ Run: Fixed several large rock formations which NPCs had trouble navigating and would sometimes walk through.SOTA-70512
  • Troll’s Bridge: Added a couple of places where wolves can spawn. Randomized where a chest can spawn.
  • Xenos: Fixed bumpy terrain within a housing lot that was blocking placement of decorations.SOTA-70457
  • Yew: Moved several problematic trees away from housing lots because their branches were reaching into the lots.SOTA-70481
  • POT Mountain Template: Increased the radius of ambient bird sound effects.

Player-Owned Towns (3)

Interim builds (4)

Build 1540 — Jun 2, 2022, 1:00 AM

  • Full build to fix missing/broken textures
  • Aerie: Raised the magic mirror so it doesn’t float through the floor.
  • Hilt Fortress: Moved the position of an ore node in the quest scenario of this scene.SOTA-70483
  • Kobold Expeditionary Camp: Fixed an issue where players would prematurely get a task by killing Mongo when not in the proper quest stage.SOTA-70545

Build 1539 — Jun 1, 2022, 1:50 AM

  • Memorial Day weekend sales and bonuses have ended.
  • When selecting Lua as a channel (while Lua option is active for that channel tab) it will now show Lua instead of Local. Text will also now appear in the chat as a Lua message.
  • After using a quest reset, Arabella now has a “Speak with Arabella” compass marker in Soltown, Aerie, and Resolute.SOTA-70531
  • Novia: Reduced the maximum opacity of the ‘swamp fog’ throughout the scene.
  • Aerie: Adding a New You salon and a beautician named Cicilia Griffiths.SOTA-70542
  • Blood River: Added additional measures to archive the “Use a Skill in Your Hotbar” task, including talking to Robert Villines more than once in the ‘after’ version.SOTA-70360
  • Crypt of the Avatar: Unblocked two side rooms that were incorrectly blocked. Fixed z-fighting on a certain floor section. Added a compass marker for the exit to Midmaer Passage. Sealed an open gap in a wall area. SOTA-70539, 70538, 70535, and 70534SOTA-70539
  • Desert Encounter: Updated a test situation for a timed event.
  • Hilt Fortress: Dirtied the scene to ensure a resource node change is added.SOTA-70483
  • Jotungrund: Fixed a stuck spot involving a ‘sticky’ barbarian tent.
  • K’rawl: Added a compass marker for the exit to South Boundless Forest.SOTA-70536
  • Midras Ruins: Removed an archway with a one-sided texture that was clipping through the ground.SOTA-70537
  • The Rise: Fixed an ankh target that was sending avatars into the void. The Aether Corpions are now the same faction as the Bark Corpions. SOTA-70533 and 70540SOTA-70533

Build 1538 — May 30, 2022, 2:00 AM

  • Added recipe for Altar Lockbox and added to deco merchants in North Paladis
  • Add Process Fish recipes for the five new fetid fish types
  • Added tattoo and hair colors to character creation
  • Fixed tattoos duplicating among multiple player and randomly disapearing
  • Blood River: Reorganized some of the scene hierarchy. Renamed “Cave” discovery to “Waterfall Cave.”
  • Blood River: Updated data for multiple tasks to help ensure their journal entries archive when these tasks are completed.
  • Lamech’s Bazaar and South Midmaer Way: Removed several stuck spots in a puzzle “tomb” and added two ankhs in the vicinity.

Build 1537 — May 27, 2022, 7:20 AM

  • Lained: Corrected this POT’s template data to ensure it’s using the Island 01a template.
  • Blood River: There are several “Travel to Blood River” tasks. The one from Sequanna at the end of the Path of Love is now “Talk to Robert Villines.” This task has received several text changes to make the task more clear and to help ensure the task clears. Avatars who haven’t been able to clear this task should speak to Robert Villines in Blood River to clear it.SOTA-70360
  • Desert Encounter: Added a test to help diagnose a timed event bug
  • Necropolis Barrens: Adjusted some of the rewards obtained from ‘harvesting’ love letters
  • Solace Bridge Outskirts: Fixed typos in Ackerley’s responses
  • Price correction on Altar Pew and Altar Bench
  • Added a 2-pack of Altar Pews to the store
  • Tall Candle Stand store description typo fix
  • Added a lock on each tab of character appearance that will block randomization when clicking Random for fields in that tab
  • Character appearance will now be saved to file correctly when clicking finish from New You
  • Fixed skin markings showing incorrectly while other players are in the same scene