Thanksgiving newbie friendly mini-update
Davairus
Posts: 10674
11/29/2024, 12:11:27 AM
Hi guys,
If you've been keeping up on the forums, most of you should already be familiar with all of these updates. Just incase, this is a summary of features new or added in the last week or two for purposes of helping to make your way around the mud.
* Wayfind - a new command that can be used at guards to seek directions to an area. The guard will give a first step, a general bearing, and we mark a golden road (yellow trail) onto the ASCII minimap. This same functionality was applied to "where" for the line that suggests where to look for your corpses.
* worldmap/map - new in-game commands to help navigate. worldmap is a birdseye zoomed out view of AR which shows your approximated location with a red "@", and map shows the ascii map of your present zone and all of its exits, also with a red "@". The map command is subject to what you can see, i.e. closed doors block the map from plotting further. Also just as a reminder that there are area maps on the website if you want to browse through particular areas for room naes, items and mobiles, maps are player contributed so YMMV. https://abandonedrealms.com/realms/areas/
* The monster compendium - I have linked this off the codex for easy reference, here is a direct link https://abandonedrealms.com/realms/areas/monsters/ you can use that to look up area monsters. If it has mystic lore, then it will display the level, vulnerabilitys and it also lists gear that has been identified for the codex. BTW this is the same way the in-game "lore" command works if you are looking for it without having to rely on the website.
* The beginner;s playerkiling guidebook - this is referenced in our newbie forums. here is direct link https://abandonedrealms.com/help/playerkilling/ and I hope that you will enjoy the extra interactivity of this learning-focused tool and retain some of it.
* identify spell update - item quality /location was added. the quality is color coded and follows the same model present in modern MMO's (although of course , this dates back to diablo 1).
* lockpicks - added at map shops, black market vendors, use these to help explore and escape alike. You will have the best success if you have pick lock trained but any class can attempt to use a lockpick.
Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for playing Abandoned Realms!
If you've been keeping up on the forums, most of you should already be familiar with all of these updates. Just incase, this is a summary of features new or added in the last week or two for purposes of helping to make your way around the mud.
* Wayfind - a new command that can be used at guards to seek directions to an area. The guard will give a first step, a general bearing, and we mark a golden road (yellow trail) onto the ASCII minimap. This same functionality was applied to "where" for the line that suggests where to look for your corpses.
* worldmap/map - new in-game commands to help navigate. worldmap is a birdseye zoomed out view of AR which shows your approximated location with a red "@", and map shows the ascii map of your present zone and all of its exits, also with a red "@". The map command is subject to what you can see, i.e. closed doors block the map from plotting further. Also just as a reminder that there are area maps on the website if you want to browse through particular areas for room naes, items and mobiles, maps are player contributed so YMMV. https://abandonedrealms.com/realms/areas/
* The monster compendium - I have linked this off the codex for easy reference, here is a direct link https://abandonedrealms.com/realms/areas/monsters/ you can use that to look up area monsters. If it has mystic lore, then it will display the level, vulnerabilitys and it also lists gear that has been identified for the codex. BTW this is the same way the in-game "lore" command works if you are looking for it without having to rely on the website.
* The beginner;s playerkiling guidebook - this is referenced in our newbie forums. here is direct link https://abandonedrealms.com/help/playerkilling/ and I hope that you will enjoy the extra interactivity of this learning-focused tool and retain some of it.
* identify spell update - item quality /location was added. the quality is color coded and follows the same model present in modern MMO's (although of course , this dates back to diablo 1).
* lockpicks - added at map shops, black market vendors, use these to help explore and escape alike. You will have the best success if you have pick lock trained but any class can attempt to use a lockpick.
Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for playing Abandoned Realms!
Lumubella
Posts: 438
11/29/2024, 1:17:09 AM
Lots of good stuff. Thanks Dav!
Thorgoth
Posts: 751
11/30/2024, 4:34:44 PM
Very nice. The compendium is cool!