Realms of Arkania: Star Trail news & patch notes

Hello fellow Aventurians! After a long break, we have a patch for you again, fitting for the delay this is also a bit more extensive. In addition to a whole lot of smaller bug fixes, some bigger things were tackled as well. Among other things, there is now a "Comparison Tooltip" that allows you to compare your current equipment with an item in inventory or at a shop. We also added 32 new character portraits and as a big bugfix we significantly increased the performance in Lowangen. In detail:

General

• Weapons and armor are now compared in detail in both the character sheet and the shops with worn equipment
• Error when importing Blade of Destiny saves fixed; Characters with bolts in the left hand were skipped
• Doubleclick in the inventory equips an item, if that is possible
• Levelups were possible during the fight, aren't any more
• Many translation bugs and inconsistencies fixed, especially in the Ingame Help
• Several talent translations were adapted
• The "Mage's cauldron" is now correctly called "witches cauldron"
• Several Steamachievements have been fixed and now work correctly
• Markers now appear on the Travel Map when dungeons are discovered
• All weapons received an Initiative Modifier
• The weapons tooltip now displays the weapon's Initiative Modifier, Damage, and required Ammo type
• A total of 32 new class portraits have been added
• Levelups can now be aborted and the talent and spell gains / attempts used on the next Levelup
• The display of combat values ​​in the character screen has been supplemented by a line for "modification by weapon"
• Display the unmodified chance of success for spells in the character sheet
• Robes and cloaks have received new models
• Item loss corrected when distributing stacks
• The load game menu looks a little better now
• "Disappearing hair" has been corrected when using certain capes
• Certain weapons can no longer be used by dwarfs because they are too big - the weapons that is
• The display at the cauldron ritual check has been improved
• Digital Deluxe: The application of the weed ointment was provided with feedback
• Ice Elfs are now immune to frost damage
• The travel encounter with the druid has been improved
• A corpse finding while traveling is now a unique event
• Some texts have been corrected
• The Halmar Antelope event is unique now
• Magic characters (except Mages) now need Thonnys to meditate

Dungeons & Towns

• The performance in Lowangen was increased noticeably
• In the Hesinde Temple of Lowangen, a schematic outline map about Lowangen is now available
• The swamp does not need a light source for orientation anymore
• Conversations in taverns do not break off early anymore
• In the village of Ansvell you can now rest without being attacked at night
• The warehouse window is now more extensive
• An "End Transformation" option has been added to the Magicians
• Glass bottles can now be purchased in Lowangen
• The lizards in the swamp now provide you with food after being helped
• Arsingen, Svellmia and Neulowangen have each received a healer
• Dungeon outputs can now also be activated by "running into them"
• Bottles can now be filled with water at wells
• The avatars in city camps are displayed correctly even after visiting a hostel
• Marketplaces no longer change the assortment with each call
• The dungeon tutorial now triggers correctly no matter which dungeon you visit first
• Fixed a problem with inventories of certain chests in the swamp
• The "double" chest in Blood Pinnacles has been fixed
• The big copper key in Finsterkoppen Pit works again
• Some display errors in Lowangen have been fixed
• Dwarfs are under no circumstances to lure into the binge bath anymore. Wimps neither.
• In the Finterkoppenbinge, the heroes can now succumb to their greed for gold
• The cart trigger in the swamp has been improved
• In Gashok elves are now the "preferred target"
• Chests can no longer be opened through walls or doors
• Moved village boundaries in Hilvalla, Norhus and Svellmia to prevent underwater running
• Entrance of Tiefhusen from travelling is now on the "right" side
• The Stand-Still-voiceover comes now only every 3 minutes
• The bane sword can now also be sanctified on the night of the 1st of Hesinde
• In the Blood Pinnacles, the burning hay stops burning at some point
• An error in the Blood Pinnacles with the guards has been corrected
• Some infinity XP exploits have been removed

Combat

• New Model for Swamp Rantzels
• New, prettier model for Harpies
• Fixed an infinite loop in the combat tutorial
• The combat inability is now removed when healing in combat
• Unsuccessful weapon exchanges don't cost an action any more
• Fixed an issue where opponents do not die by spell
• Sabretooth tigers are now properly removed from combat when dead
• Fixed getting stuck in a certain street arena
• The lighting of some battle arenas has been fixed
• Opponents now take their nametag when they flee
• The lockpick-eating chest in the Finsterkoppen Pit is not that hungry anymore.

Modding

• The expiration of items has been corrected
• Fixed an error with script inheritance in the keyword dialogues

Happy holidays to you all, we are looking forward to a successful year 2018 together!

Hello fellow Aventurians! After a long break, we have a patch for you again, fitting for the delay this is also a bit more extensive. In addition to a whole lot of smaller bug fixes, some bigger things were tackled as well. Among other things, there is now a "Comparison Tooltip" that allows you to compare your current equipment with an item in inventory or at a shop. We also added 32 new character portraits and as a big bugfix we significantly increased the performance in Lowangen. In detail:

General

• Weapons and armor are now compared in detail in both the character sheet and the shops with worn equipment
• Error when importing Blade of Destiny saves fixed; Characters with bolts in the left hand were skipped
• Doubleclick in the inventory equips an item, if that is possible
• Levelups were possible during the fight, aren't any more
• Many translation bugs and inconsistencies fixed, especially in the Ingame Help
• Several talent translations were adapted
• The "Mage's cauldron" is now correctly called "witches cauldron"
• Several Steamachievements have been fixed and now work correctly
• Markers now appear on the Travel Map when dungeons are discovered
• All weapons received an Initiative Modifier
• The weapons tooltip now displays the weapon's Initiative Modifier, Damage, and required Ammo type
• A total of 32 new class portraits have been added
• Levelups can now be aborted and the talent and spell gains / attempts used on the next Levelup
• The display of combat values ​​in the character screen has been supplemented by a line for "modification by weapon"
• Display the unmodified chance of success for spells in the character sheet
• Robes and cloaks have received new models
• Item loss corrected when distributing stacks
• The load game menu looks a little better now
• "Disappearing hair" has been corrected when using certain capes
• Certain weapons can no longer be used by dwarfs because they are too big - the weapons that is
• The display at the cauldron ritual check has been improved
• Digital Deluxe: The application of the weed ointment was provided with feedback
• Ice Elfs are now immune to frost damage
• The travel encounter with the druid has been improved
• A corpse finding while traveling is now a unique event
• Some texts have been corrected
• The Halmar Antelope event is unique now
• Magic characters (except Mages) now need Thonnys to meditate

Dungeons & Towns

• The performance in Lowangen was increased noticeably
• In the Hesinde Temple of Lowangen, a schematic outline map about Lowangen is now available
• The swamp does not need a light source for orientation anymore
• Conversations in taverns do not break off early anymore
• In the village of Ansvell you can now rest without being attacked at night
• The warehouse window is now more extensive
• An "End Transformation" option has been added to the Magicians
• Glass bottles can now be purchased in Lowangen
• The lizards in the swamp now provide you with food after being helped
• Arsingen, Svellmia and Neulowangen have each received a healer
• Dungeon outputs can now also be activated by "running into them"
• Bottles can now be filled with water at wells
• The avatars in city camps are displayed correctly even after visiting a hostel
• Marketplaces no longer change the assortment with each call
• The dungeon tutorial now triggers correctly no matter which dungeon you visit first
• Fixed a problem with inventories of certain chests in the swamp
• The "double" chest in Blood Pinnacles has been fixed
• The big copper key in Finsterkoppen Pit works again
• Some display errors in Lowangen have been fixed
• Dwarfs are under no circumstances to lure into the binge bath anymore. Wimps neither.
• In the Finterkoppenbinge, the heroes can now succumb to their greed for gold
• The cart trigger in the swamp has been improved
• In Gashok elves are now the "preferred target"
• Chests can no longer be opened through walls or doors
• Moved village boundaries in Hilvalla, Norhus and Svellmia to prevent underwater running
• Entrance of Tiefhusen from travelling is now on the "right" side
• The Stand-Still-voiceover comes now only every 3 minutes
• The bane sword can now also be sanctified on the night of the 1st of Hesinde
• In the Blood Pinnacles, the burning hay stops burning at some point
• An error in the Blood Pinnacles with the guards has been corrected
• Some infinity XP exploits have been removed

Combat

• New Model for Swamp Rantzels
• New, prettier model for Harpies
• Fixed an infinite loop in the combat tutorial
• The combat inability is now removed when healing in combat
• Unsuccessful weapon exchanges don't cost an action any more
• Fixed an issue where opponents do not die by spell
• Sabretooth tigers are now properly removed from combat when dead
• Fixed getting stuck in a certain street arena
• The lighting of some battle arenas has been fixed
• Opponents now take their nametag when they flee
• The lockpick-eating chest in the Finsterkoppen Pit is not that hungry anymore.

Modding

• The expiration of items has been corrected
• Fixed an error with script inheritance in the keyword dialogues

Happy holidays to you all, we are looking forward to a successful year 2018 together!

Hail to the twelve! We have a juicy package full of updates, improvements and fixes for you dearest adventurers! Most important is the fix of the dreaded Bloodscreen of death in the blood pinnacles, caused by a bug in our Engine Unity 5.6.2 which was only fixable with a major version upgrade to 2017.1. Big fix number 2 is a bug that prevented enemies of falling over in rare cases - this is bug is marked "busted" too. And there is a ton of detail adaptions, see for yourself:

General

• Fixed bug importing Blade of Destiny characters. They were skipped when they had bolts in their hand.
• Double-clicking items makes shopping easier
• Examining weapons and armor at traders highlights characters that can use them
• In the trader window, the item description is now displayed in the tooltip
• The user interface is now scaleable (under Settings -> Graphic effects)
• Cooking duration for all recipes has been completely revised (and shortened)
• Introducing new weapon: Dwarven hammer
• There is now a matching lower body armor for the deluxe dwarf chestplate
• Crystal ball enchantments are now available for witches too (needs a special crystal ball)
• Intro and main menu music finally obey volume settings
• The characters in the character window were moved up and re more visible now
• Herbs have become much more affordable
• The prices of magic and healing potions were systematized
• The green amulet now lights up when worn
• The inventory no longer automatically closes when reading recipes
• When the real salamander stone is found, the quest for the wrong salamander stone is automatically ended
• A bug in the tutorial and the help has been fixed: Haggling is always done by the best character and not, as claimed so far, by the leader
• The ingame character editor has been revised, various problems have been corrected
• The description of torch and lantern now states maximum burn time
• Fixed an AE exploit with the Kairan potion
• Fixed a problem with battlefield fever
• The crystallomant now has a better grip on the value of his commodity
• Characters can be rotated in the Character screen again

Towns & Dungeons

• Fixed the Bloodpinnacles "Bloodscreen of Death" (Crash to Desktop without warning)
• Finsterkoppen now has special dwarf taverns
• Market stall usability has been improved
• Market stalls and shops can now be robbed
• The floating palisade of New Lowangen has found its place on the earth
• On the Hanging Bridge there are now 4 actually visible Orks
• Peraida bought a new dress
• Finsterkoppen now also sells dwarven clothes
• There is a watery sound, as the heroes move through according environment
• The interior of some of the temples is no longer tilted
• Time is now passing on activities in the taverns.
• The hostages are now better served in Lowangen
• The well in Yrramis is now accessible more easily
• The Lowangen Orks don't dare to offend Uuz'Dornak - Great Sting
• The market in Kvirasim and Gashok now opens more frequently
• Temple of the Nameless: The numerical lock puzzle has been adapted and the number input simplified
• Dwarfs cannot be lured into the pit bath under any circumstances. Sissies neither.
• Finsterkoppen pit: The trigger size of the secret staircase has been reduced
• Finsterkoppen pit: The lever with talent value 18 in hiding can no longer escape the gaze of heroes
• Finsterkoppen pit: When the heroes fall down the steep ramp, they turn right back in the right direction
• A lever in the pit now gives feedback and can reverse its effect
• Happiness in misfortune: If the heroes get wet in the pit, they can also wash themselves. And get a cold. And drink something.
• Finsterkoppen pit: The crank situation is better illustrated
• Finsterkoppen pit: The collapse trigger has been scaled down
• The ore slide trigger was scaled down
• The fire sponge trigger was adjusted
• The Golem encounter has been improved
• In the Pit, the heroes can now succumb to their avarice
• The silent portal in the pit now gives some feedback
• In the pit the party one run onto pointed things repeatedly
• In the pit you are now asked if you want to look at the altar
• Finsterkoppen pit: The claustrophobia thresholds are now dependent on the level

Combat

• Dead enemies now finally fall over every time!
• Display the chance for spell success in a tooltip
• Combat spells are now disabled when the spell is not applicable in the chosen situation
• You can now get weapons from more ogres
• Fixed a problem with the spell Helter Skelter
• Enemies now take their name display with them when they flee

Hail to the twelve! We have a juicy package full of updates, improvements and fixes for you dearest adventurers! Most important is the fix of the dreaded Bloodscreen of death in the blood pinnacles, caused by a bug in our Engine Unity 5.6.2 which was only fixable with a major version upgrade to 2017.1. Big fix number 2 is a bug that prevented enemies of falling over in rare cases - this is bug is marked "busted" too. And there is a ton of detail adaptions, see for yourself:

General

• Fixed bug importing Blade of Destiny characters. They were skipped when they had bolts in their hand.
• Double-clicking items makes shopping easier
• Examining weapons and armor at traders highlights characters that can use them
• In the trader window, the item description is now displayed in the tooltip
• The user interface is now scaleable (under Settings -> Graphic effects)
• Cooking duration for all recipes has been completely revised (and shortened)
• Introducing new weapon: Dwarven hammer
• There is now a matching lower body armor for the deluxe dwarf chestplate
• Crystal ball enchantments are now available for witches too (needs a special crystal ball)
• Intro and main menu music finally obey volume settings
• The characters in the character window were moved up and re more visible now
• Herbs have become much more affordable
• The prices of magic and healing potions were systematized
• The green amulet now lights up when worn
• The inventory no longer automatically closes when reading recipes
• When the real salamander stone is found, the quest for the wrong salamander stone is automatically ended
• A bug in the tutorial and the help has been fixed: Haggling is always done by the best character and not, as claimed so far, by the leader
• The ingame character editor has been revised, various problems have been corrected
• The description of torch and lantern now states maximum burn time
• Fixed an AE exploit with the Kairan potion
• Fixed a problem with battlefield fever
• The crystallomant now has a better grip on the value of his commodity
• Characters can be rotated in the Character screen again

Towns & Dungeons

• Fixed the Bloodpinnacles "Bloodscreen of Death" (Crash to Desktop without warning)
• Finsterkoppen now has special dwarf taverns
• Market stall usability has been improved
• Market stalls and shops can now be robbed
• The floating palisade of New Lowangen has found its place on the earth
• On the Hanging Bridge there are now 4 actually visible Orks
• Peraida bought a new dress
• Finsterkoppen now also sells dwarven clothes
• There is a watery sound, as the heroes move through according environment
• The interior of some of the temples is no longer tilted
• Time is now passing on activities in the taverns.
• The hostages are now better served in Lowangen
• The well in Yrramis is now accessible more easily
• The Lowangen Orks don't dare to offend Uuz'Dornak - Great Sting
• The market in Kvirasim and Gashok now opens more frequently
• Temple of the Nameless: The numerical lock puzzle has been adapted and the number input simplified
• Dwarfs cannot be lured into the pit bath under any circumstances. Sissies neither.
• Finsterkoppen pit: The trigger size of the secret staircase has been reduced
• Finsterkoppen pit: The lever with talent value 18 in hiding can no longer escape the gaze of heroes
• Finsterkoppen pit: When the heroes fall down the steep ramp, they turn right back in the right direction
• A lever in the pit now gives feedback and can reverse its effect
• Happiness in misfortune: If the heroes get wet in the pit, they can also wash themselves. And get a cold. And drink something.
• Finsterkoppen pit: The crank situation is better illustrated
• Finsterkoppen pit: The collapse trigger has been scaled down
• The ore slide trigger was scaled down
• The fire sponge trigger was adjusted
• The Golem encounter has been improved
• In the Pit, the heroes can now succumb to their avarice
• The silent portal in the pit now gives some feedback
• In the pit the party one run onto pointed things repeatedly
• In the pit you are now asked if you want to look at the altar
• Finsterkoppen pit: The claustrophobia thresholds are now dependent on the level

Combat

• Dead enemies now finally fall over every time!
• Display the chance for spell success in a tooltip
• Combat spells are now disabled when the spell is not applicable in the chosen situation
• You can now get weapons from more ogres
• Fixed a problem with the spell Helter Skelter
• Enemies now take their name display with them when they flee

Hail to the twelve! And a nice weekend to you all! After some minor problems arose after our Hotfix 1.01 and some old little bugs were still in there, we didn't want to wait too long and hereby present to you Version 1.02:

• Checks for talents and spells inserted into the tooltips
• Check for haggling at traders made a little easier
• Fixed a missing translation in trader window
• Modding: new modifier "nomoodcost", if a party member has this effect, no mood cost is deducted
• In Kvirasim, Tiefhusen, and Lowangen, you can now read reports on the Third Orc Storm.
• Trader kickout repaired in Lowangen
• Aumond handling has been fixed
• Ranged combat sound handling adapted, it should now match the volume to the other combat sounds
• Class Effect of Skald "can ask people eternally" repaired
• Unintenionally covers repaired in the portrait bar
• Fixed the route planner, when turning around the planned route is now removed
• Battle stance icons are visible again
• Effecticons are visible again
• Reworked representation of the class specialties in the status tab and at character generation
• Various expired effects hide correctly now
• Enemies now take their name tag display with them when they flee
• Prevented items getting stuck when dragging them to an empty window area
• Ansvell has a new, peculiar trader
• Autosave after successful fight against the battle mages
• A problem with the crank was fixed in the Finsterkoppen pit
• In Finsterkoppen, witches and druids are no longer eyed suspiciously when leaving the mountain
• In Lowangen there is less pushing and jumping when you don't belong somewhere
• The tailor in Hillhaus now has a name
• Several items now have their correct texts displayed
• In the blood pinnacles, you can't help yourself to loot at the Gravesh shrine more than once
• Fixed a Problem with the flame key chest and the amulet parts in the Temple of the Nameless

Due to a mandatory security update of our engine Unity (which only affected the editor side, no worries!) it will take several hours after this message for the patch to propagate to Mac and Linux, it is available at once for windows.

Hail to the twelve! And a nice weekend to you all! After some minor problems arose after our Hotfix 1.01 and some old little bugs were still in there, we didn't want to wait too long and hereby present to you Version 1.02:

• Checks for talents and spells inserted into the tooltips
• Check for haggling at traders made a little easier
• Fixed a missing translation in trader window
• Modding: new modifier "nomoodcost", if a party member has this effect, no mood cost is deducted
• In Kvirasim, Tiefhusen, and Lowangen, you can now read reports on the Third Orc Storm.
• Trader kickout repaired in Lowangen
• Aumond handling has been fixed
• Ranged combat sound handling adapted, it should now match the volume to the other combat sounds
• Class Effect of Skald "can ask people eternally" repaired
• Unintenionally covers repaired in the portrait bar
• Fixed the route planner, when turning around the planned route is now removed
• Battle stance icons are visible again
• Effecticons are visible again
• Reworked representation of the class specialties in the status tab and at character generation
• Various expired effects hide correctly now
• Enemies now take their name tag display with them when they flee
• Prevented items getting stuck when dragging them to an empty window area
• Ansvell has a new, peculiar trader
• Autosave after successful fight against the battle mages
• A problem with the crank was fixed in the Finsterkoppen pit
• In Finsterkoppen, witches and druids are no longer eyed suspiciously when leaving the mountain
• In Lowangen there is less pushing and jumping when you don't belong somewhere
• The tailor in Hillhaus now has a name
• Several items now have their correct texts displayed
• In the blood pinnacles, you can't help yourself to loot at the Gravesh shrine more than once
• Fixed a Problem with the flame key chest and the amulet parts in the Temple of the Nameless

Due to a mandatory security update of our engine Unity (which only affected the editor side, no worries!) it will take several hours after this message for the patch to propagate to Mac and Linux, it is available at once for windows.

Hail to the twelve! Version 1.0 is behind us, but as promised we will continue to work on patches, implement desired features from the community and eliminate annoying bugs. Here comes Hotfix 1.01, removing some serious problems that came up:

• The class descriptions are now also available in the character sheet under "Status".
• Steamachievements for various activities have been repaired and will now be unlocked correctly
• Steam Cloudsaves can now be activated in the Save / Load dialog.
• Digital Deluxe: The special Dwarven armor is now available in the Finsterkoppen Pit (Caution: In existing savegames, where you have already been in the pit, this does not work!)
• The modding map editor is now correctly localized and no longer switches to german when opening.
• The problem with the "disappearing camp" has been fixed.
• In the character generation view, there are no more isolated life- / astral-energy bars.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Gashok Lynchmob scene to be aborted.
• Fixed that the broom of the swamp-witch continues to fight indefinitely after their death. In addition, the witch now has a permanent fire bane, making her invulnerable to fire (spells).
• Gashok: The burnt-out mill is now also triggerable by a location-based trigger.

Hail to the twelve! Version 1.0 is behind us, but as promised we will continue to work on patches, implement desired features from the community and eliminate annoying bugs. Here comes Hotfix 1.01, removing some serious problems that came up:

• The class descriptions are now also available in the character sheet under "Status".
• Steamachievements for various activities have been repaired and will now be unlocked correctly
• Steam Cloudsaves can now be activated in the Save / Load dialog.
• Digital Deluxe: The special Dwarven armor is now available in the Finsterkoppen Pit (Caution: In existing savegames, where you have already been in the pit, this does not work!)
• The modding map editor is now correctly localized and no longer switches to german when opening.
• The problem with the "disappearing camp" has been fixed.
• In the character generation view, there are no more isolated life- / astral-energy bars.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Gashok Lynchmob scene to be aborted.
• Fixed that the broom of the swamp-witch continues to fight indefinitely after their death. In addition, the witch now has a permanent fire bane, making her invulnerable to fire (spells).
• Gashok: The burnt-out mill is now also triggerable by a location-based trigger.

Hail to the twelve, after almost exactly nine months in Early Access, we are leaving EA and go into Release as of today. As a little thank you for all of our wonderful Early Access Supporters, the Digital Deluxe DLC is automatically included for all Buyers so far. It includes additional recipes, an alternate starting party with Aventurian Legends, beautiful city maps of Lowangen and Tiefhusen as well as the remastered Soundtrack in MP3 and FLAC formats. Thank you all for supporting us, it was a wonderful journey so far, and we are looking forward to all the goodness to come! Your Crafty and Alpha Development Team

Hail to the twelve, after almost exactly nine months in Early Access, we are leaving EA and go into Release as of today. As a little thank you for all of our wonderful Early Access Supporters, the Digital Deluxe DLC is automatically included for all Buyers so far. It includes additional recipes, an alternate starting party with Aventurian Legends, beautiful city maps of Lowangen and Tiefhusen as well as the remastered Soundtrack in MP3 and FLAC formats. Thank you all for supporting us, it was a wonderful journey so far, and we are looking forward to all the goodness to come! Your Crafty and Alpha Development Team

Hail to the twelve! Version 0.99 is the last version in Early Access, the next build tomorrow will be 1.0! Adapted the following things:

• Fixed scales puzzle in the Phex temple
• Fixed boat trip puzzle in the Phex temple
• Fixed stone-sliding game in the Phex temple
• Steam Trading Cards are enabled
• The character generator has been revised, is now tidier, and offers class descriptions as decision support
• The stone bridge in Tiefhusen now sounds like stone
• Alchemy has a soundeffect
• The dungeons have all got "fog" as a graphic effect
• When transferring items, the item no longer gets "stuck"
• Difficulty settings in the main menu got a tooltip to explain why they are disabled
• Godflag-Mod with kind permission of Torxes in the main game
• Pitched some footstep sounds lower
• Fixed a bug with the spider vermin battles in the Phex temple
• Removed welcome dialog in the main menu

Hail to the twelve! Version 0.99 is the last version in Early Access, the next build tomorrow will be 1.0! Adapted the following things:

• Fixed scales puzzle in the Phex temple
• Fixed boat trip puzzle in the Phex temple
• Fixed stone-sliding game in the Phex temple
• Steam Trading Cards are enabled
• The character generator has been revised, is now tidier, and offers class descriptions as decision support
• The stone bridge in Tiefhusen now sounds like stone
• Alchemy has a soundeffect
• The dungeons have all got "fog" as a graphic effect
• When transferring items, the item no longer gets "stuck"
• Difficulty settings in the main menu got a tooltip to explain why they are disabled
• Godflag-Mod with kind permission of Torxes in the main game
• Pitched some footstep sounds lower
• Fixed a bug with the spider vermin battles in the Phex temple
• Removed welcome dialog in the main menu

Hail to the twelve! Release day is closing in fast, so update intervals and releasenotes are a little shorter. Highlights of this Version 0.98 are three graphically implemented Puzzles of the Phex Temple as well as Steam Achievements. In detail:

• The scales puzzle in the Phex temple was implemented graphically.
• The boat trip puzzle in the Phex temple was implemented graphically.
• The stone-sliding game in the Phex temple was implmented graphically.
• Enabled Steam Achievements
• Almost all classes have received new and/or updated portraits
• Voiceover greetings when entering traders, temples, hostels, taverns, healers, warehouses and brothels
• Quest updates now have a slide-in
• The soundscape in the Swamp of Forgetting has been reworked
• You are asked if you want to make a camp after almost all battles when traveling.
• Lowangen: Additional quest at "Black Jandora" to progress for free.
• Knocking sound built into simple houses
• The spear is now held correctly.
• After finishing the main quest you will not be attacked in the salamanderstones by Elves any more.
• Description text for rusty sword / rusty two hander added
• After completion of the main quest you are correctly set to Kvirasim.
• Removed character comments that were dependent on game progress.
• The soundeffect for the payment / money received at the dealer was added.
• The dialogue with the Hesinde statue in the Vault under Tjolmar has been revised.

Version 0.98a Verison 0.98a: Hotfix

• Entering simple houses won't freeze the game any more
• Reactivated Tavern ambient
• Reactivated howling wolves in nature camps
• Added knocking sound when entering simple houses

Hail to the twelve! Release day is closing in fast, so update intervals and releasenotes are a little shorter. Highlights of this Version 0.98 are three graphically implemented Puzzles of the Phex Temple as well as Steam Achievements. In detail:

• The scales puzzle in the Phex temple was implemented graphically.
• The boat trip puzzle in the Phex temple was implemented graphically.
• The stone-sliding game in the Phex temple was implmented graphically.
• Enabled Steam Achievements
• Almost all classes have received new and/or updated portraits
• Voiceover greetings when entering traders, temples, hostels, taverns, healers, warehouses and brothels
• Quest updates now have a slide-in
• The soundscape in the Swamp of Forgetting has been reworked
• You are asked if you want to make a camp after almost all battles when traveling.
• Lowangen: Additional quest at "Black Jandora" to progress for free.
• Knocking sound built into simple houses
• The spear is now held correctly.
• After finishing the main quest you will not be attacked in the salamanderstones by Elves any more.
• Description text for rusty sword / rusty two hander added
• After completion of the main quest you are correctly set to Kvirasim.
• Removed character comments that were dependent on game progress.
• The soundeffect for the payment / money received at the dealer was added.
• The dialogue with the Hesinde statue in the Vault under Tjolmar has been revised.

Version 0.98a Verison 0.98a: Hotfix

• Entering simple houses won't freeze the game any more
• Reactivated Tavern ambient
• Reactivated howling wolves in nature camps
• Added knocking sound when entering simple houses

Hail to the twelve! This Update was all about "Sound": Actions in the inventory and out of it result in "audible Feedback", footsteps change their tone when stepping on a different underground, torches sizzle audible in Dungeons, water drips in caves and flows on fountains. We also included reworked spells, elfs now have their own "elfish representation" of the according formula. Combat also sounds a lot more lively, even though it isn't completely done yet, there is more to come! In Detail:

General

• The heroes now give audible comments in certain situations (e.g., injured, becoming leader)
• All doors in dungeons now have soundeffects
• Soundeffects added to inventory actions (e.g. eat, equip and drop)
• Warriors and Dwarfs now get a bonus on encumberance ("armor familiarity")
• Mages, druids, and witches can now access new wardrobes.
• The travel experience "buzz and hum" now has a soundeffect.
• It is now possible to exchange water in the inventory between waterskins and glass / water bottles.
• In dialogs with group NPCs their portraits are now displayed.
• The footstep sounds now adapt to the respective underground.
• A further fix attempt was made for blurry spell texts
• Spell voiceovers have been completely replaced, there are also separate elf interpretations
• The spell "Eagle, Wolf" is now only applicable to the caster himself.
• The effect "healattempt" after trying to heal wounds now lasts 24 hours instead of formerly 8.
• Effect "healattempt" is now no longer set on several other occasions, like with dagger rituals or when sleeping in Finsterkoppen
• A rabies infection is no longer identifiable by medical practitioners
• The group NPCs now have their correct portraits. Caution: Unfortunately, this does not work with existing savegames, if the respective NPC is already or was in the group.
• More than 60 dialogs and events were given images from game assets.
• Inadvertently deactivated 8 landroute random events now trigger again.
• 6 key icons have received a wooden background.

Combat

• When having Agility 16 or better, a character receives +1 movement per action
• Created a special arena for the fight in Ingramosch's house.
• Significantly more fighting sounds were implemented, some non-humanoids and few humanoids are still inactive
• "Wait until end of turn" now works again
• Skeletons are now losing their weapon visually as well es in the code
• Prevent yellow battle messages in accelerated combat, only show LE / AE changes.
• The life energy of the Dragon Arkandor was significantly increased.
• The starting positions of a battle in the Vault beneath Tjolmar have been corrected
• Another fight in the Vault beneath Tjolmar has been corrected

Towns and Dungeons

• Swamp of the Forgotten: You move very slow in swamp grass.
• Reworked ambient sound in Finsterkoppen Pit
• Reworked ambient sound in Swamp of the Forgotten
• Illusion walls in the blood pinnacles now disappear when they are discovered
• Various item containers (chests, shelves, cabinets etc.) in the vault beneath Tjolmar don't show unnecessary warnings any more.
• The missing transversalis targets in the vault beneath Tjolmar have been added.
• Druids and witches are now allowed to pass the guards at the Finsterkoppen mountain entrance.
• The sunken chest in the Swamp of Forgiveness now includes a pair of trousers and a shirt that can be worn later on by Agdan Dragenfeld.
• The text for opening and closing the secret door in the Vault beneath Tjolmar is now displayed only once.
• The "LOD" system for characters has been disabled, the village characters should now look better
• Fixed blood pinnacles on lowest quality
• When entering the swamp, you no longer land behind a barrier.
• Prevented falling through the ground in the Vault beneath Tjolmar
• The handling of Aumond has been fixed, it is now unaccessible as planned
• Hillhaus is accessible again
• Swamp of the Forgotten: The usefulness of the minimap has been improved.
• Some stairs in the Vault beneath Tjolmar were "sealed"
• Swamp of the Forgotten: Prevented hanging in the boats.
• The Lanterns in the Swamp of Forgiveness now have a correct collisions.
• Some "catapults" in the blood pinnacles have been corrected
• In case you have the "correct" heather, but not the Noctrux document, an additional query and a new text have been added.
• There is now an Autosave before the NPC leaves the group in the 3rd level of the Vault beneath Tjolmar.
• In the Vault beneath Tjolmar the assignment of the adventure points was completely revised.
• Vault beneath Tjolmar: The heroes are now told about the use of the flame key.
• Vault beneath Tjolmar: The heroes are now informed about the loss of amulet parts.
• The trigger positions in the Vault beneath Tjolmar have been reworked.
• The Hiltorp priest now correctly has a female avatar.
• There are now torches and tinders in level 6 of the Finsterkoppen Pit
• Blood Pinnacles: You can not get the Gravesh dagger several times now.
• Water bottles can now also be filled on the rivers in Tiefhusen and Gashok.
• The blacksmith in Gashok now also allows elves, who can not be recognized as elves by the spells "eagle, wolf", "harmless figure" or "visibili".
• Blood Pinnacles: Fight in large hall triggers no more a second time
• Blood Pinnacles: Fleeing Ork can now sound an alarm

Modding

• Voiceover Modding is now possible
• Directories can now be given as source not only for image files, but also for general files
• Character classes can now have permanent effects (like check boni)

Hail to the twelve! This Update was all about "Sound": Actions in the inventory and out of it result in "audible Feedback", footsteps change their tone when stepping on a different underground, torches sizzle audible in Dungeons, water drips in caves and flows on fountains. We also included reworked spells, elfs now have their own "elfish representation" of the according formula. Combat also sounds a lot more lively, even though it isn't completely done yet, there is more to come! In Detail:

General

• The heroes now give audible comments in certain situations (e.g., injured, becoming leader)
• All doors in dungeons now have soundeffects
• Soundeffects added to inventory actions (e.g. eat, equip and drop)
• Warriors and Dwarfs now get a bonus on encumberance ("armor familiarity")
• Mages, druids, and witches can now access new wardrobes.
• The travel experience "buzz and hum" now has a soundeffect.
• It is now possible to exchange water in the inventory between waterskins and glass / water bottles.
• In dialogs with group NPCs their portraits are now displayed.
• The footstep sounds now adapt to the respective underground.
• A further fix attempt was made for blurry spell texts
• Spell voiceovers have been completely replaced, there are also separate elf interpretations
• The spell "Eagle, Wolf" is now only applicable to the caster himself.
• The effect "healattempt" after trying to heal wounds now lasts 24 hours instead of formerly 8.
• Effect "healattempt" is now no longer set on several other occasions, like with dagger rituals or when sleeping in Finsterkoppen
• A rabies infection is no longer identifiable by medical practitioners
• The group NPCs now have their correct portraits. Caution: Unfortunately, this does not work with existing savegames, if the respective NPC is already or was in the group.
• More than 60 dialogs and events were given images from game assets.
• Inadvertently deactivated 8 landroute random events now trigger again.
• 6 key icons have received a wooden background.

Combat

• When having Agility 16 or better, a character receives +1 movement per action
• Created a special arena for the fight in Ingramosch's house.
• Significantly more fighting sounds were implemented, some non-humanoids and few humanoids are still inactive
• "Wait until end of turn" now works again
• Skeletons are now losing their weapon visually as well es in the code
• Prevent yellow battle messages in accelerated combat, only show LE / AE changes.
• The life energy of the Dragon Arkandor was significantly increased.
• The starting positions of a battle in the Vault beneath Tjolmar have been corrected
• Another fight in the Vault beneath Tjolmar has been corrected

Towns and Dungeons

• Swamp of the Forgotten: You move very slow in swamp grass.
• Reworked ambient sound in Finsterkoppen Pit
• Reworked ambient sound in Swamp of the Forgotten
• Illusion walls in the blood pinnacles now disappear when they are discovered
• Various item containers (chests, shelves, cabinets etc.) in the vault beneath Tjolmar don't show unnecessary warnings any more.
• The missing transversalis targets in the vault beneath Tjolmar have been added.
• Druids and witches are now allowed to pass the guards at the Finsterkoppen mountain entrance.
• The sunken chest in the Swamp of Forgiveness now includes a pair of trousers and a shirt that can be worn later on by Agdan Dragenfeld.
• The text for opening and closing the secret door in the Vault beneath Tjolmar is now displayed only once.
• The "LOD" system for characters has been disabled, the village characters should now look better
• Fixed blood pinnacles on lowest quality
• When entering the swamp, you no longer land behind a barrier.
• Prevented falling through the ground in the Vault beneath Tjolmar
• The handling of Aumond has been fixed, it is now unaccessible as planned
• Hillhaus is accessible again
• Swamp of the Forgotten: The usefulness of the minimap has been improved.
• Some stairs in the Vault beneath Tjolmar were "sealed"
• Swamp of the Forgotten: Prevented hanging in the boats.
• The Lanterns in the Swamp of Forgiveness now have a correct collisions.
• Some "catapults" in the blood pinnacles have been corrected
• In case you have the "correct" heather, but not the Noctrux document, an additional query and a new text have been added.
• There is now an Autosave before the NPC leaves the group in the 3rd level of the Vault beneath Tjolmar.
• In the Vault beneath Tjolmar the assignment of the adventure points was completely revised.
• Vault beneath Tjolmar: The heroes are now told about the use of the flame key.
• Vault beneath Tjolmar: The heroes are now informed about the loss of amulet parts.
• The trigger positions in the Vault beneath Tjolmar have been reworked.
• The Hiltorp priest now correctly has a female avatar.
• There are now torches and tinders in level 6 of the Finsterkoppen Pit
• Blood Pinnacles: You can not get the Gravesh dagger several times now.
• Water bottles can now also be filled on the rivers in Tiefhusen and Gashok.
• The blacksmith in Gashok now also allows elves, who can not be recognized as elves by the spells "eagle, wolf", "harmless figure" or "visibili".
• Blood Pinnacles: Fight in large hall triggers no more a second time
• Blood Pinnacles: Fleeing Ork can now sound an alarm

Modding

• Voiceover Modding is now possible
• Directories can now be given as source not only for image files, but also for general files
• Character classes can now have permanent effects (like check boni)

Hail to the twelve! This Update sees a start in optimizing performance, making Kvirasim significantly faster. Moreover, reducing the "overall quality" setting now has more effect than so far. We also added the possibility to enter smaller towns, added some cutscenes, added voiceover to existing cutscenes and more:

General

• New cutscene: Lynchmob Gashok
• New scene: Gashok fire on the market square
• Added voiceover to existing cutscenes
• Credits added
• Prevented iteminfo window to appear when a container is open
• Suppressed the "Disabled-Audiosource" error messages in the log
• Attempted fix for blurry spell texts
• Lowered temperature level in winter to roll checks for freezing
• Added missing headlines in extro
• Fixed a placeholder error on the rune document
• Removed hint to Gavron in the tavern "Orkendeath"
• Ingramosch and the salamander stone are now correctly removed after the completion of the main quest.

Dungeons & Towns

• The smaller villages on the travel map are now accessible and filled
• The performance in Kvirasim has been optimized
• Glass bottles can be filled with water at each well.
• Fixed a display error in the minimap of Kvirasim.
• Claustrophobia effect was converted from recurring checks to a constant malus
• River trips in the villages are now functional
• The door to Arkandor can now be opened.
• The exit from the vault under Tjolmar now works correctly
• In the vault under Tjolmar one no longer falls through the ground
• Chests retain their correct fill state after saving / loading
• The tavern steps in Tiefhusen are now easier to walk up on
• Weather animations are now functional
• Prevented a fall into a locked water pool area inside Finsterkoppenbinge
• Fixed shifted door symbols in the cellar vault
• Fixed a non-walkable step in the Finsterkoppenbinge
• The honorary citizenship ceremony in Lowangen now has a background scene
• Fixed a flickering view in Tiefhusen
• Scaled down the flags of the Rahjatempel in Tiefhusen
• Redesigned the Spider Cave in the first level of the vault under Tjolmar to be more harmoniously
• The Tiefhusen rivers now look better on the Minimap
• Fixed jumping on arrival in Finsterkoppen
• More flying objects brought to the ground
• The benches in Kvirasim are no longer walkable for NPCs
• Correctly remove the Key of flames in the vault under Tjolmar
• Fixed an error on the Lowangen minimap
• Fixed the shield of Lowangen hostel "The White House"
• Fixed a text replacement error on the vault under the Tjolmar
• Added collisions for cupboards in the vault under Tjolmar
• In the statue in the vault under Tjolmar, the dragon claw can no longer be collected several times. Additionally some other problems with this event have been fixed
• Prevented locking out the party by the lattice gate in the vault under Tjolmar
• Doors in the vault under Tjolmar no longer fall out of the hinges during normal opening.

Combat

• The weapons are shown again in battle
• Fixed an error when assigning adventure points depending on the group average
• Fixed the endless loop in the hit animation on some enemies.
• Opponents in the vault under Tjolmar do not now leave any wands that can not be thrown away.
• Fixed a fight in the vault under Tjolmar against cultists and dogs which didn't leave enough room for all enemies to spawn

Modding

• Items can now save (almost any) data
• Worn Items can now override their representation (eg to change clothing color)
• Items can now get a separate dropchance aside from the usage chance
• giveItemTo now ignores any overload of the character
• Expire now also works with stackable items

Hail to the twelve! This Update sees a start in optimizing performance, making Kvirasim significantly faster. Moreover, reducing the "overall quality" setting now has more effect than so far. We also added the possibility to enter smaller towns, added some cutscenes, added voiceover to existing cutscenes and more:

General

• New cutscene: Lynchmob Gashok
• New scene: Gashok fire on the market square
• Added voiceover to existing cutscenes
• Credits added
• Prevented iteminfo window to appear when a container is open
• Suppressed the "Disabled-Audiosource" error messages in the log
• Attempted fix for blurry spell texts
• Lowered temperature level in winter to roll checks for freezing
• Added missing headlines in extro
• Fixed a placeholder error on the rune document
• Removed hint to Gavron in the tavern "Orkendeath"
• Ingramosch and the salamander stone are now correctly removed after the completion of the main quest.

Dungeons & Towns

• The smaller villages on the travel map are now accessible and filled
• The performance in Kvirasim has been optimized
• Glass bottles can be filled with water at each well.
• Fixed a display error in the minimap of Kvirasim.
• Claustrophobia effect was converted from recurring checks to a constant malus
• River trips in the villages are now functional
• The door to Arkandor can now be opened.
• The exit from the vault under Tjolmar now works correctly
• In the vault under Tjolmar one no longer falls through the ground
• Chests retain their correct fill state after saving / loading
• The tavern steps in Tiefhusen are now easier to walk up on
• Weather animations are now functional
• Prevented a fall into a locked water pool area inside Finsterkoppenbinge
• Fixed shifted door symbols in the cellar vault
• Fixed a non-walkable step in the Finsterkoppenbinge
• The honorary citizenship ceremony in Lowangen now has a background scene
• Fixed a flickering view in Tiefhusen
• Scaled down the flags of the Rahjatempel in Tiefhusen
• Redesigned the Spider Cave in the first level of the vault under Tjolmar to be more harmoniously
• The Tiefhusen rivers now look better on the Minimap
• Fixed jumping on arrival in Finsterkoppen
• More flying objects brought to the ground
• The benches in Kvirasim are no longer walkable for NPCs
• Correctly remove the Key of flames in the vault under Tjolmar
• Fixed an error on the Lowangen minimap
• Fixed the shield of Lowangen hostel "The White House"
• Fixed a text replacement error on the vault under the Tjolmar
• Added collisions for cupboards in the vault under Tjolmar
• In the statue in the vault under Tjolmar, the dragon claw can no longer be collected several times. Additionally some other problems with this event have been fixed
• Prevented locking out the party by the lattice gate in the vault under Tjolmar
• Doors in the vault under Tjolmar no longer fall out of the hinges during normal opening.

Combat

• The weapons are shown again in battle
• Fixed an error when assigning adventure points depending on the group average
• Fixed the endless loop in the hit animation on some enemies.
• Opponents in the vault under Tjolmar do not now leave any wands that can not be thrown away.
• Fixed a fight in the vault under Tjolmar against cultists and dogs which didn't leave enough room for all enemies to spawn

Modding

• Items can now save (almost any) data
• Worn Items can now override their representation (eg to change clothing color)
• Items can now get a separate dropchance aside from the usage chance
• giveItemTo now ignores any overload of the character
• Expire now also works with stackable items

Hail to the twelve! Sorry for the delay of this versions release. Biggest addition and therefore worth a bigger Version leap is the accessability of the Dungeon below Tjolmar including the fight againast Arkandor and therefore the completeability of the game! So all dungeons and towns from the original can now be entered. In Detail:

General

• More than 600 additional translations implemented, tutorial is still to come
• The zoom factor of the minimap and the full-screen map is now saved
• You can now set, edit and delete your own markers on the minimap
• The setting for the spell display can now be easily made in the settings window and no longer need to be done via XML / Mod
• Tooltips will no longer get stuck
• After completing a Levelup, music will switch back to the usual ambient for the location
• The lion sabre can now be repaired

Dungeons & Towns

• The Dungeon under Tjolmar is now accessible and the game can be finished
• Leave the minimap visible without a light source, "only" deactivate removal of Fog of War
• Fixed an error when the current group becomes empty (eg loss of the last member into a deep hole)
• Items do not "hang" out of their grids in the warehouse anymore
• Resting won't place the group somewhere else any more
• More floating objects in Lowangen are now on the ground again
• Fixed the doors in the blood pinnacles dungeon
• Fixed an event where grasping into a hole won't continue with a response

Combat

• The two golden shields are actually golden in battle
• Humanoid NPCs now need to roll bravery checks in the presence of demons and / or undead
• Surrouned ranged fighters now correctly change to a melee weapon or unarmed combat
• The bow animation is now selected correctly
• Monsters are now using correctly calculated encumberance, initiative, and dodge values
• Arkandor is able to spit Ignifaxius
• movement points can not drop below 1
• Fixed a fight in the blood pinnacles to always have room for all enemies
• Movement points and Ini are now updated immediately, not with the start of the next combat round
• Fixed an animation hang of the wood gnome
• Shields are now considered correctly
• Fixed display of dodge and parry chances
• Fixed combatgrid brightness
• Broken monster weapons no longer cause a hang

Modding

• Battles can now be scripted, eg to integrate dialogues in combat
• New function getItemset
• The Battlearena Editor can now place and move objects by mouse
• Battlestances are now changeable by script
• The modding character editor is now fully translated
• Fixed some bugs in modding character editor

The next steps will be finalizing locations known as "Dialog Towns" as well as adding (a lot of!) sounds and optimizations, especially for Kvirasim and Lowangen.

Hail to the twelve! Sorry for the delay of this versions release. Biggest addition and therefore worth a bigger Version leap is the accessability of the Dungeon below Tjolmar including the fight againast Arkandor and therefore the completeability of the game! So all dungeons and towns from the original can now be entered. In Detail:

General

• More than 600 additional translations implemented, tutorial is still to come
• The zoom factor of the minimap and the full-screen map is now saved
• You can now set, edit and delete your own markers on the minimap
• The setting for the spell display can now be easily made in the settings window and no longer need to be done via XML / Mod
• Tooltips will no longer get stuck
• After completing a Levelup, music will switch back to the usual ambient for the location
• The lion sabre can now be repaired

Dungeons & Towns

• The Dungeon under Tjolmar is now accessible and the game can be finished
• Leave the minimap visible without a light source, "only" deactivate removal of Fog of War
• Fixed an error when the current group becomes empty (eg loss of the last member into a deep hole)
• Items do not "hang" out of their grids in the warehouse anymore
• Resting won't place the group somewhere else any more
• More floating objects in Lowangen are now on the ground again
• Fixed the doors in the blood pinnacles dungeon
• Fixed an event where grasping into a hole won't continue with a response

Combat

• The two golden shields are actually golden in battle
• Humanoid NPCs now need to roll bravery checks in the presence of demons and / or undead
• Surrouned ranged fighters now correctly change to a melee weapon or unarmed combat
• The bow animation is now selected correctly
• Monsters are now using correctly calculated encumberance, initiative, and dodge values
• Arkandor is able to spit Ignifaxius
• movement points can not drop below 1
• Fixed a fight in the blood pinnacles to always have room for all enemies
• Movement points and Ini are now updated immediately, not with the start of the next combat round
• Fixed an animation hang of the wood gnome
• Shields are now considered correctly
• Fixed display of dodge and parry chances
• Fixed combatgrid brightness
• Broken monster weapons no longer cause a hang

Modding

• Battles can now be scripted, eg to integrate dialogues in combat
• New function getItemset
• The Battlearena Editor can now place and move objects by mouse
• Battlestances are now changeable by script
• The modding character editor is now fully translated
• Fixed some bugs in modding character editor

The next steps will be finalizing locations known as "Dialog Towns" as well as adding (a lot of!) sounds and optimizations, especially for Kvirasim and Lowangen.

Hail to the twelve! We have a large "stabilization update" for you this week, almost 90 changes should make your life in Aventuria more pleasant, especially in combat, where now among other things shields are represented and correctly taken into account and the NPCs now also switch weapons, or put the weapon away when they are encircled to continue fighting. In detail:

General

• Some diseases now require a whole set of herbs for healing
• The party is now visible in the prison scene in Lowangen
• New scene "lonely tundra"
• Fixed a problem when closing the merchant window
• When moving items, the item will no longer hang on the portrait
• The Jugglers Shirt is now also displayed on female characters
• Fixed a problem where characters left behind could lead to corrupted savegames
• Fixed a problem when camping the second time
• Various consumables (eg weapon care utensils) are now consumed correctly again
• The second visit to a market stand no longer releases the entire set of potentially available items
• Item containers now show the correct icon
• The functionality of "Keeping Guard" has been restored
• The main menu difficulty window size has been increased
• Unconscious and rehealed heroes will be displayed correctly again at the next camp
• Hungry and thirsty heroes no longer help themselves to alchemy ingredients
• Fixed a problem with item containers and items that were moved to characters other than the currently active character

Cities and Dungeons

• The party is shown in the dungeon-campscreen
• NPCs were persuaded to remain invisible when they are supposed to be
• Running in doors in the blood pinnacles now looks better
• Running in doors in the cellar vault now looks better
• Market stalls have been repaired
• Fixed the runin animation in other existing dungeons
• NPCs no longer slowly turn on the spot
• A problem with the hostels in Lowangen has been corrected
• The blood pinnacles trigger positions were revised
• Special items no longer get lost in the chests of the blood pinnacles dungeon
• Fixed a problem with "popping" grass in the swamp of the forgotten
• Improved the water in Lowangen
• Improved the Automap in Lowangen
• The flying gallows in Lowangen is no longer flying
• Other floating objects in Lowangen are now on the ground
• Fixed some occlusion problems in Lowangen
• Made the staircase at the Lowangen taverns easier to climb
• Fixed another error on the socket puzzle of the cellar vault
• Fixed a house without collision
• Improved the palisades in Tjolmar
• Prevented NPCs in Tjolmar passing through the walls and palisades
• The torches in the first 3 levels of the Finsterkoppenbinge dungeon, which are inflamed by Ingerimms day work, now go out again after 12 hours
• Trigger a chance to counter the fire sponge effect in the Finsterkoppenbinge every hour
• Fixed the coordinates of the rear entrance of the blood pinnacles dungeon
• Fixed some holes in the walls of the blood pinnacles dungeon
• Thurazz only joins the party once
• The Tairach priests rom no longer triggers multiple times
• Empty chests in the blood pinnacles now trigger a corresponding hint

Travel

• When resting on journeys, the console shows which modifiers the camp has
• Fixed a save/load problem on the travel map after displaying scenes
• Fixed a problem with the basilisk event
• Limited the maximum regeneration bonus in nature camps
• Fixed another problem with basilisk event

Combat

• Crowbar, Pickaxe and Shovel can now be used as improvised weapons
• There is now a spiderqueen battle avatar
• All monster portals have been reworked
• Fixed a problem with the end of combat mode
• The initial position of the combat camera is now much more meaningful
• Fixed the Gorger and Arkandor getting stuck
• The loot window after the battle is no longer in "combat mode", so equipment can also be changed
• Ogres were reduced to 2x2 squares and should now have fewer problems when filling battle arenas
• Fixed drawing paths for enemies
• Fixed enemy alignment in autobattle
• Used up throwing weapons and lost weapons are correctly removed from the avatars hand
• Alignment and looking direction was fixed for the heroes
• The bow animation is chosen correctly when using a bow
• Fixed various problems in auto battle with ranged fighters
• NPCs are now using their shield correctly, if they have one
• Corretly show a weapon switch
• Fixed a few lighting problems in battle arenas
• Enemies now cast their Ignifaxius with more than 1-6 damage
• The action display is now correctly updated when the current weapon is switched
• Some probabilities in battle were displayed too high or too low
• Removed unnecessary messages when loading a battle
• The dodging and not the parry value will now be correctly used for remote attack
• Fixed the Ghul avatar getting stuck
• Fixed shield bearers getting their dodge made more difficult for no reason
• Equipped shields are now displayed in the battlearena
• Correctly consider shields in calculating chances
• Fixed a problem with the stagga beatle battle

Modding

• There are now the new modifiers "evade" and "oppEvade" to change the evade value of current character or possible target
• Monsters can now also be defined as being on the heroes side
• Allow to determine the amount by which a check failed
• Script changes update the inventory immediately
• Building events are now correctly overwritten by mods

Hail to the twelve! We have a large "stabilization update" for you this week, almost 90 changes should make your life in Aventuria more pleasant, especially in combat, where now among other things shields are represented and correctly taken into account and the NPCs now also switch weapons, or put the weapon away when they are encircled to continue fighting. In detail:

General

• Some diseases now require a whole set of herbs for healing
• The party is now visible in the prison scene in Lowangen
• New scene "lonely tundra"
• Fixed a problem when closing the merchant window
• When moving items, the item will no longer hang on the portrait
• The Jugglers Shirt is now also displayed on female characters
• Fixed a problem where characters left behind could lead to corrupted savegames
• Fixed a problem when camping the second time
• Various consumables (eg weapon care utensils) are now consumed correctly again
• The second visit to a market stand no longer releases the entire set of potentially available items
• Item containers now show the correct icon
• The functionality of "Keeping Guard" has been restored
• The main menu difficulty window size has been increased
• Unconscious and rehealed heroes will be displayed correctly again at the next camp
• Hungry and thirsty heroes no longer help themselves to alchemy ingredients
• Fixed a problem with item containers and items that were moved to characters other than the currently active character

Cities and Dungeons

• The party is shown in the dungeon-campscreen
• NPCs were persuaded to remain invisible when they are supposed to be
• Running in doors in the blood pinnacles now looks better
• Running in doors in the cellar vault now looks better
• Market stalls have been repaired
• Fixed the runin animation in other existing dungeons
• NPCs no longer slowly turn on the spot
• A problem with the hostels in Lowangen has been corrected
• The blood pinnacles trigger positions were revised
• Special items no longer get lost in the chests of the blood pinnacles dungeon
• Fixed a problem with "popping" grass in the swamp of the forgotten
• Improved the water in Lowangen
• Improved the Automap in Lowangen
• The flying gallows in Lowangen is no longer flying
• Other floating objects in Lowangen are now on the ground
• Fixed some occlusion problems in Lowangen
• Made the staircase at the Lowangen taverns easier to climb
• Fixed another error on the socket puzzle of the cellar vault
• Fixed a house without collision
• Improved the palisades in Tjolmar
• Prevented NPCs in Tjolmar passing through the walls and palisades
• The torches in the first 3 levels of the Finsterkoppenbinge dungeon, which are inflamed by Ingerimms day work, now go out again after 12 hours
• Trigger a chance to counter the fire sponge effect in the Finsterkoppenbinge every hour
• Fixed the coordinates of the rear entrance of the blood pinnacles dungeon
• Fixed some holes in the walls of the blood pinnacles dungeon
• Thurazz only joins the party once
• The Tairach priests rom no longer triggers multiple times
• Empty chests in the blood pinnacles now trigger a corresponding hint

Travel

• When resting on journeys, the console shows which modifiers the camp has
• Fixed a save/load problem on the travel map after displaying scenes
• Fixed a problem with the basilisk event
• Limited the maximum regeneration bonus in nature camps
• Fixed another problem with basilisk event

Combat

• Crowbar, Pickaxe and Shovel can now be used as improvised weapons
• There is now a spiderqueen battle avatar
• All monster portals have been reworked
• Fixed a problem with the end of combat mode
• The initial position of the combat camera is now much more meaningful
• Fixed the Gorger and Arkandor getting stuck
• The loot window after the battle is no longer in "combat mode", so equipment can also be changed
• Ogres were reduced to 2x2 squares and should now have fewer problems when filling battle arenas
• Fixed drawing paths for enemies
• Fixed enemy alignment in autobattle
• Used up throwing weapons and lost weapons are correctly removed from the avatars hand
• Alignment and looking direction was fixed for the heroes
• The bow animation is chosen correctly when using a bow
• Fixed various problems in auto battle with ranged fighters
• NPCs are now using their shield correctly, if they have one
• Corretly show a weapon switch
• Fixed a few lighting problems in battle arenas
• Enemies now cast their Ignifaxius with more than 1-6 damage
• The action display is now correctly updated when the current weapon is switched
• Some probabilities in battle were displayed too high or too low
• Removed unnecessary messages when loading a battle
• The dodging and not the parry value will now be correctly used for remote attack
• Fixed the Ghul avatar getting stuck
• Fixed shield bearers getting their dodge made more difficult for no reason
• Equipped shields are now displayed in the battlearena
• Correctly consider shields in calculating chances
• Fixed a problem with the stagga beatle battle

Modding

• There are now the new modifiers "evade" and "oppEvade" to change the evade value of current character or possible target
• Monsters can now also be defined as being on the heroes side
• Allow to determine the amount by which a check failed
• Script changes update the inventory immediately
• Building events are now correctly overwritten by mods

Hail to the twelve! With today Update the Blood pinnacles dungeon is finally available, a content extension promising several hours of additional gameplay! Moreover, the trade interface was completely reworked and is immensely more comfortable than before, and of course there were huge amount of bug fixes and feature implementations!

General

• There is a trade interface
• Limited clothing colors to more realistic values
• Remastered soundtrack is completely implemented
• New spell "Silentium"
• New spell "Abvenenum"
• Korima of Attica now demands weekly payment
• There is a chance to aquire a Lions Sabre
• Several applications of curiosity implemented
• When meeting the Baron of Meresfeld, the dialog is now centered
• Rebalanced all prices in trading
• You now need some tool to craft arrows and bolts
• Crytal ball, magic wand and vulcan glass dagger now have a button to show the effects of their respective ritual levels
• Improved Elsurion intro sequence
• No more losing items when choosing "take all" in the container window
• Fixed A save- and loadproblem on the travelmap after scene displays
• Fixed display of orc armor
• Fixed torches and lanterns not going out
• Special travel events only trigger once
• Cleaned up ingame loading sequence
• Improved Number-Entering Dialog (like for haggling or "how long do you want to rest?")
• Improved overlapping of items in the character screen
• Made Classic soundtrack available as alternative to remastered
• Mark twohanded weapons as such in the tooltip
• Item origin stories display an image of the item
• Fixed Compass-north-display with static as well as rotating map. Implemented "N" key to toggle between static and rotating
• Fixed too dark display of items in the blacksmith dialog
• Fixed a problem creating ice elfs
• Fixed a problem with the basilisk encounter
• The lynx event now drops supplies
• Fixed guard functionality when resting
• Fixed flying characters in camp screens
• Time and weather now display immmediately after loading a camp scene
• Fixed several bad hairstyle/headwear combinations
• Fixed effects not showing up on portraits right away
• Fixed display of formerly unconscious characters in camp screens
• Fixed Linux import path

Towns & Dungeons

• Unlocked Blood Pinnacles Dungeon
• Resting outside in Towns now also displays weather and heroes
• Unique icon for "Look for a seat" in Taverns
• Reworked Peraine temple
• Made Heather bushes visible in the swamp
• Removed "Jumping" on the lowangen southern bridge
• Fixed water in Gashok
• Secured outsides of the swamp
• Fixed reuniting of party parts
• Fixed a bug with the battle mage chasers
• No more nightly attacks inside of hostels
• Reduced frequency of "No-Trousers"-Event
• Fixed the "Gavron"-part of Dragan Escht's dialog
• Fixed receiving the Keys to Lowangen multiple times
• Fixed after battle placement at Ailian Siebenquell's

Battle

• Allow a Rondra-pleasing one on one battle with Baron Meresfeld
• Improved beggars army battle
• Fixed a problem loading battles when traveling
• Reduced size of the wolf battle avatars

Modding

• Allow to play an arbitrary playlist by script
• The new trader window is way more adaptable
• Implemented a safety in Lowangen to not leave behind NPCs
• New scene "lonely desert"
• Improved Craftytool, it now can handle Encumberment zero weapons and improvised weapons
• Changes to the inventory now show up right away when the character screen is open

Should anybody happen to be at Roleplay Convention in Cologne this weekend, pay Christian Weinmuellner a visit, he is the developer and project lead and would be happy to meet and greet!

Hail to the twelve! With today Update the Blood pinnacles dungeon is finally available, a content extension promising several hours of additional gameplay! Moreover, the trade interface was completely reworked and is immensely more comfortable than before, and of course there were huge amount of bug fixes and feature implementations!

General

• There is a trade interface
• Limited clothing colors to more realistic values
• Remastered soundtrack is completely implemented
• New spell "Silentium"
• New spell "Abvenenum"
• Korima of Attica now demands weekly payment
• There is a chance to aquire a Lions Sabre
• Several applications of curiosity implemented
• When meeting the Baron of Meresfeld, the dialog is now centered
• Rebalanced all prices in trading
• You now need some tool to craft arrows and bolts
• Crytal ball, magic wand and vulcan glass dagger now have a button to show the effects of their respective ritual levels
• Improved Elsurion intro sequence
• No more losing items when choosing "take all" in the container window
• Fixed A save- and loadproblem on the travelmap after scene displays
• Fixed display of orc armor
• Fixed torches and lanterns not going out
• Special travel events only trigger once
• Cleaned up ingame loading sequence
• Improved Number-Entering Dialog (like for haggling or "how long do you want to rest?")
• Improved overlapping of items in the character screen
• Made Classic soundtrack available as alternative to remastered
• Mark twohanded weapons as such in the tooltip
• Item origin stories display an image of the item
• Fixed Compass-north-display with static as well as rotating map. Implemented "N" key to toggle between static and rotating
• Fixed too dark display of items in the blacksmith dialog
• Fixed a problem creating ice elfs
• Fixed a problem with the basilisk encounter
• The lynx event now drops supplies
• Fixed guard functionality when resting
• Fixed flying characters in camp screens
• Time and weather now display immmediately after loading a camp scene
• Fixed several bad hairstyle/headwear combinations
• Fixed effects not showing up on portraits right away
• Fixed display of formerly unconscious characters in camp screens
• Fixed Linux import path

Towns & Dungeons

• Unlocked Blood Pinnacles Dungeon
• Resting outside in Towns now also displays weather and heroes
• Unique icon for "Look for a seat" in Taverns
• Reworked Peraine temple
• Made Heather bushes visible in the swamp
• Removed "Jumping" on the lowangen southern bridge
• Fixed water in Gashok
• Secured outsides of the swamp
• Fixed reuniting of party parts
• Fixed a bug with the battle mage chasers
• No more nightly attacks inside of hostels
• Reduced frequency of "No-Trousers"-Event
• Fixed the "Gavron"-part of Dragan Escht's dialog
• Fixed receiving the Keys to Lowangen multiple times
• Fixed after battle placement at Ailian Siebenquell's

Battle

• Allow a Rondra-pleasing one on one battle with Baron Meresfeld
• Improved beggars army battle
• Fixed a problem loading battles when traveling
• Reduced size of the wolf battle avatars

Modding

• Allow to play an arbitrary playlist by script
• The new trader window is way more adaptable
• Implemented a safety in Lowangen to not leave behind NPCs
• New scene "lonely desert"
• Improved Craftytool, it now can handle Encumberment zero weapons and improvised weapons
• Changes to the inventory now show up right away when the character screen is open

Should anybody happen to be at Roleplay Convention in Cologne this weekend, pay Christian Weinmuellner a visit, he is the developer and project lead and would be happy to meet and greet!

Hail to the twelve! We were able to carry through on a big promise of ours: Importing games from Blade of destiny HD. It was implemented and now imports your dear heroes from our predecessor. Other data is imported too, heroes below 1.450 XP will be upgraded to that value. The game doesn't have to be finished, but it must reside in the old savegame directory (Documents/BladeofDestiny/save). And there are other updates too:

General

• Importing saved games from Blade of Destiny HD implemented
• Buying prices of traders were increased in general, in exchange the value of herbs was decreased
• A Mage's Rapier can now be used as a bane sword for certain rituals
• An old acquaintance from Blade of Destiny HD makes an appearance
• Torches and lanterns can now be ignited more comfortably
• Probability for nightly ambushes was slightly increased
• The new camp scene was straightened and rain was improved Die Lagerszene wurde "begradigt" und der Regen verbessert
• Prevented losing Items when using "take all" from a container and all inventories are full
• Standard-Startgroup was adapted to the new "dressable" Avatars
• Plate mail now shows up on female characters
• Dullskull works correctly again
• The Wolf Knive now has a correct item image
• Added new Weapon: Born Thorn
• Leather harness doesn't cause bald head any more
• Fixed a problem creating ice elfs
• Fixed positioning problems in the camp
• Fixed a problem with the Basilisk encounter
• Ask for a retry when failing a Transversalis spell

Battle

• With helter skelter the broom now causes additional damage for every 5 combat rounds it is active
• Sabretoothtigers and lions were strengthened
• Ogre Catcher now has a barb effect
• Crowbars, picks and shovels can now be used as improvised weapons
• Added a Saurian Axe
• Fixed a problem loading battles while traveling

Dungeons and Cities

• Improved the socket puzzle in the Vault
• You can now cast an Analyze spell on the Swamp Rantzy
• If you take the Swamp Rantzy as far as Lowangen, you are now offered an option to turn around
• Ansvell can be explored
• Two wells are now actually usable in the swamp
• Increased uncovering distance of the minimap in the swamp
• Approaching the peat cutter hut was improved
• The witch's loot was improved
• The crystal ball of the swamp mage is now sellable
• You can find a Mage's Rapier in the mage tower of the swamp
• The Vinsaltian now translates alchemy recipes
• Added a quest in Lowangen to take you to Dragan Escht
• Fixed the kvill adder event in the swamp
• Transfer of the Binge-Key in Finsterkoppen was improved
• Finsterkoppen now offers weapons and shields for sale
• Fixed more levitating houses in Gashok
• Fixed the chest with the leatherware inside the Finsterkoppen Pit
• Fixed several clipping errors in the Finsterkoppen Pit
• Kvirasim made its way back onto the travelmap
• Fixed a bug with the socket puzzle in the Vault
• Added some life to several inactive houses in Tjolmar
• The main well in Tjolmar is now more easily accessible
• Updated the Gashok Minimap
• Prevented a lantern in Finsterkoppen from disappearing
• Can't walk through the pillars in front of the temple of Boron in Gashok
• Fixed a problem with the Heather bush in the swamp
• All doors to the Academy of Deformations now actually belong to the Academy

Modding

• Changing the inventory by script now updates the inventory display if it is open at that moment
• Dungeon-Itemsets are now accessible via showItemContainer

Unfortunately the Blood Pinnacles dungeon didn't make it into this release, but will be in the next one for sure!

Hail to the twelve! We were able to carry through on a big promise of ours: Importing games from Blade of destiny HD. It was implemented and now imports your dear heroes from our predecessor. Other data is imported too, heroes below 1.450 XP will be upgraded to that value. The game doesn't have to be finished, but it must reside in the old savegame directory (Documents/BladeofDestiny/save). And there are other updates too:

General

• Importing saved games from Blade of Destiny HD implemented
• Buying prices of traders were increased in general, in exchange the value of herbs was decreased
• A Mage's Rapier can now be used as a bane sword for certain rituals
• An old acquaintance from Blade of Destiny HD makes an appearance
• Torches and lanterns can now be ignited more comfortably
• Probability for nightly ambushes was slightly increased
• The new camp scene was straightened and rain was improved Die Lagerszene wurde "begradigt" und der Regen verbessert
• Prevented losing Items when using "take all" from a container and all inventories are full
• Standard-Startgroup was adapted to the new "dressable" Avatars
• Plate mail now shows up on female characters
• Dullskull works correctly again
• The Wolf Knive now has a correct item image
• Added new Weapon: Born Thorn
• Leather harness doesn't cause bald head any more
• Fixed a problem creating ice elfs
• Fixed positioning problems in the camp
• Fixed a problem with the Basilisk encounter
• Ask for a retry when failing a Transversalis spell

Battle

• With helter skelter the broom now causes additional damage for every 5 combat rounds it is active
• Sabretoothtigers and lions were strengthened
• Ogre Catcher now has a barb effect
• Crowbars, picks and shovels can now be used as improvised weapons
• Added a Saurian Axe
• Fixed a problem loading battles while traveling

Dungeons and Cities

• Improved the socket puzzle in the Vault
• You can now cast an Analyze spell on the Swamp Rantzy
• If you take the Swamp Rantzy as far as Lowangen, you are now offered an option to turn around
• Ansvell can be explored
• Two wells are now actually usable in the swamp
• Increased uncovering distance of the minimap in the swamp
• Approaching the peat cutter hut was improved
• The witch's loot was improved
• The crystal ball of the swamp mage is now sellable
• You can find a Mage's Rapier in the mage tower of the swamp
• The Vinsaltian now translates alchemy recipes
• Added a quest in Lowangen to take you to Dragan Escht
• Fixed the kvill adder event in the swamp
• Transfer of the Binge-Key in Finsterkoppen was improved
• Finsterkoppen now offers weapons and shields for sale
• Fixed more levitating houses in Gashok
• Fixed the chest with the leatherware inside the Finsterkoppen Pit
• Fixed several clipping errors in the Finsterkoppen Pit
• Kvirasim made its way back onto the travelmap
• Fixed a bug with the socket puzzle in the Vault
• Added some life to several inactive houses in Tjolmar
• The main well in Tjolmar is now more easily accessible
• Updated the Gashok Minimap
• Prevented a lantern in Finsterkoppen from disappearing
• Can't walk through the pillars in front of the temple of Boron in Gashok
• Fixed a problem with the Heather bush in the swamp
• All doors to the Academy of Deformations now actually belong to the Academy

Modding

• Changing the inventory by script now updates the inventory display if it is open at that moment
• Dungeon-Itemsets are now accessible via showItemContainer

Unfortunately the Blood Pinnacles dungeon didn't make it into this release, but will be in the next one for sure!

Hail Hesinde my Dears! Hesinde is the aventurian goddess of wisdom and magic, and magic is exactly what we did together with our Alpha Team right before the Easter Holidays! New Features include unlocking of the Steam Workshop, which allows supereasy installation of Mods. Moreover, the DSA CraftyTool found its way onto your hard drive, required for creating those Mods. I want to bring your attention to http://wiki.sternenschweif.com , it is just german at the moment but it can be a starting point, and we are happy to help anybody wanting to get involved! And I wanted to thank my hard-working Alpha Team that not only tested everything before releasing it to you, but who also provided some of their Mods as starting points for the Workshop! But the real magic is in the sheer amount of changes in the last 7 days, see for yourself:

General

• The camp scene on travels now displays all heros that are able to act
• The camp scene on travels now shows the current weather conditions and the time of day
• Dullskull was revised. Dwarfs are now especially bad tempered when suffering from it
• The dwarf crossbow received a unique image
• When surviving a serious illness without any healing, the according hero receives experience
• Battle fever was revised. Elfs suffer more than other races
• Rabies was revised. Elfs are immune to it, all others now actually get the rabies
• A problem when repeatedly changing a characters worn wardrobe was fixed
• Fixed a problem that the toadskin caused a false skin shade to be displayed
• Fixed a problem that when "taking all" and the inventory was full, a random item went missing
• Adapting the looks of heroes in the temple doesn't cause lighting problems any more
• The cloud animation in the main menu doesn't disappear any more when using the settings window
• The white lines in the main menu are finally fixed
• Female goblins can now be created correctly
• Canceling the hero choice when casting destructibo now works as intended

Towns and Dungeons

• The cellar vault dialogs received some images
• A blurry texture at the blacksmith of Tjolmar was fixed
• Female NPCs aren't bald any more
• The leather clothes chest in the Finsterkoppen Pit now works as intended
• Lowangen nighttime lighting was fixed
• Fixed a texting problem at the scales puzzle in the Cellar Vault
• Filled several dorment houses in Tjolmar with life
• Fixed a z-fighting chest cover in Tiefhusen
• Fixed a flying basket in Tiefhusen
• Fixed a missing well collision in Tiefhusen

Combat

• The witches broom now receives an additional damage point for every 5 battle rounds it is active, making it gradually even more dangerous
• Depth of Field in combat now auto-focusses on characters
• Added a new battle avatar for trolls
• Used the new goblin race for all goblin opponents

Modding

• Unlocked Steam Workshop
• It is now possible to hand out XP in effects
• Added possiblity to add avatars and templates by mod
• Readded images in Dialogs
• Allowed overwriting of existing files in Modding Character Editor
• Fixed several bugs when creating Goblinsin the Modding Character Editor

We'll release the next update in roughly 2 Weeks, so around the 28th of April! Happy Easter from the Alpha- and Crafty Teams!

Hail Hesinde my Dears! Hesinde is the aventurian goddess of wisdom and magic, and magic is exactly what we did together with our Alpha Team right before the Easter Holidays! New Features include unlocking of the Steam Workshop, which allows supereasy installation of Mods. Moreover, the DSA CraftyTool found its way onto your hard drive, required for creating those Mods. I want to bring your attention to http://wiki.sternenschweif.com , it is just german at the moment but it can be a starting point, and we are happy to help anybody wanting to get involved! And I wanted to thank my hard-working Alpha Team that not only tested everything before releasing it to you, but who also provided some of their Mods as starting points for the Workshop! But the real magic is in the sheer amount of changes in the last 7 days, see for yourself:

General

• The camp scene on travels now displays all heros that are able to act
• The camp scene on travels now shows the current weather conditions and the time of day
• Dullskull was revised. Dwarfs are now especially bad tempered when suffering from it
• The dwarf crossbow received a unique image
• When surviving a serious illness without any healing, the according hero receives experience
• Battle fever was revised. Elfs suffer more than other races
• Rabies was revised. Elfs are immune to it, all others now actually get the rabies
• A problem when repeatedly changing a characters worn wardrobe was fixed
• Fixed a problem that the toadskin caused a false skin shade to be displayed
• Fixed a problem that when "taking all" and the inventory was full, a random item went missing
• Adapting the looks of heroes in the temple doesn't cause lighting problems any more
• The cloud animation in the main menu doesn't disappear any more when using the settings window
• The white lines in the main menu are finally fixed
• Female goblins can now be created correctly
• Canceling the hero choice when casting destructibo now works as intended

Towns and Dungeons

• The cellar vault dialogs received some images
• A blurry texture at the blacksmith of Tjolmar was fixed
• Female NPCs aren't bald any more
• The leather clothes chest in the Finsterkoppen Pit now works as intended
• Lowangen nighttime lighting was fixed
• Fixed a texting problem at the scales puzzle in the Cellar Vault
• Filled several dorment houses in Tjolmar with life
• Fixed a z-fighting chest cover in Tiefhusen
• Fixed a flying basket in Tiefhusen
• Fixed a missing well collision in Tiefhusen

Combat

• The witches broom now receives an additional damage point for every 5 battle rounds it is active, making it gradually even more dangerous
• Depth of Field in combat now auto-focusses on characters
• Added a new battle avatar for trolls
• Used the new goblin race for all goblin opponents

Modding

• Unlocked Steam Workshop
• It is now possible to hand out XP in effects
• Added possiblity to add avatars and templates by mod
• Readded images in Dialogs
• Allowed overwriting of existing files in Modding Character Editor
• Fixed several bugs when creating Goblinsin the Modding Character Editor

We'll release the next update in roughly 2 Weeks, so around the 28th of April! Happy Easter from the Alpha- and Crafty Teams!

Hail to the twelve! With todays Patch the Character editor so far only available for the "modding" area is now also active in the "normal" game. When generating characters in the temple, there is a new button "Edit Look" right below the left "Roll dice" button. Almost every detail of your new character can be adapated here, Moreover, generated characters from now on display their worn equipment instead of always looking the same! ATTENTION: Existing Charakters are NOT automatically displaying their equipment! In order to make them, please go to a temple, activate the "Group management" and use the new button "Edit Character Looks" on the respective portrait and possibly adapt your character. After closing the editor, the equipment should also be displayed for existing characters. This is only necessary once! Aside from the character editor there were many additional Updates:

General

• The new background scene "Brinasker marshes" was added eingefügt
• Added a background scene for the courtyard in Lowangen
• Added a background scene for the talks with Artherion
• Added a background scene for the academies of Lowangen
• Several Character choices now have additional help for the probability of success as a tooltip
• It is now possible to outwear your shoes
• A problem resetting the mood of dialogue partners was fixed
• Leather armor and winter coat adapted
• A problem using tarnels was fixed
• Newly created characters aren't naked any more, but wear their respective Equipment
• Fixed a hang on the "Svellt Beauty" quest
• Improved the keyword dialog of the "Svellt Beauty" Quest
• A bug in the healer scene causing a lot of followup trouble was fixed

Battle

• Orcs were updated and can now wear all human equipment too
• A problem with the movement calculation of multi field opponents was fixed
• A problem with choosing targets in Autobattle was fixed
• Enemies with natural weapons (eg. Swamp corpses) cannot "break" their weapon anymore
• Conjured ghosts do not sink into the ground any more
• Lighting problems in several battle arenas were fixed

Dungeons & Towns

• The dialog at the Lowangen Magistrate regarding donating weapons was improved
• Transversalis-points in the Swamp of the Forgotten were added
• A problem sleeping in Finsterkoppen was fixed
• The night lighting in Tiefhusen was fixed
• The Weapon Dealers of Lowangen exchanged their signs
• The keyword dialogs in several temples of Lowangen were fixed
• The barrels of Gashok are now obstacles
• The market stalls of Gashok are now obstacles
• The lanterns of Gashok are now Obstacles
• The lanterns of Finsterkoppen are now obstacles
• The lanterns of Tjolmar are now visible
• The wood pile in the Swamp is now an obstacle
• Clipping problems with the city walls of Lowangen were fixed
• Flickering at the northern gate of Lowangen was fixed
• Several wrongly placed NPCs in Lowangen were fixed
• The Orcs of Lowangen won't take away the tops of female characters
• Several keyword dialog problems in Tjolmar were fixed
• Improved the Tjolmar blacksmith
• Only turn once to the donation bowl on the rainbow bridge in Lowangen
• Improved notes to Dragans Quests in Lowangen
• When swimming in the Swamp everybody looks above the water
• Fixed a problem with starting the witch quest in the Swamp

Modding

• Male Trolls can now be generated in the Modding Character Editor
• Goblins were updated and are now also available in the Modding Character Editor
• Female Characters received the new set "Bandit"
• Characters can now be deactivated in Inside Scenes
• Checks for hero equipment were created more modding-friendly

The next patch will be released next weekend since we will attend Reboot Develop in Dubrovnik from April 20th to 22nd!