Patch Release Notes v1.0.1

Dear players,

Hello and welcome to the Patch Release Notes v1.0.1 for the Chronicles of Spellborn

1. General

Fixed a serious memory leak that lead to extremely long loading times or crashes after a couple of hours of play

Fixed an issue where players could gather a resource which was already being harvested

Fixed a critical issue where the log file would grow excessively large

Fixed an issue where a player that is in a group couldn't re-enter the group's instance

Fixed an issue where the colored text in the tool tip would wrap incorrectly

Fixed a critical issue which would result in a client crash, while selling items in the Rune shop

Fixed a missing top pixel in the game menu

Fixed a missing top pixel of tab-ctrl tabs

Fixed an issue where the player died and then crashed (logged out) which resulted in double PeP loss

Added a minor fix for the PeP levels

Added a fix so that it's impossible to break down everything in your inventory (a player must always have at least one melee and one ranged weapon left)

Added "1360x760" resolution to the list of supported resolutions

Added automated turning while gathering a resource (the player will always face the resource)

Added a introduction sequence when a character enters the world for the first time

The way critters now wander has been changed to favor a more distributed repartition of the critters in a given habitat

The mouse options: 'hardware cursor' and 'smooth mouse' have been removed

Introduced moving doors and level elements that now open/close

The on screen health bar now blinks when damage is done to enemies

2. World

Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to spawn your pet as an Ancestral Mage in the Vault of Foes

Fixed an issue where it previously was possible to add yourself to the Friend/Ignore List

Fixed the tool tips in the Taverns

Fixed a lot of floating stuff in Brightvale (bushes, trees, rocks etc)

Fixed a hole in the terrain west of High House Maul (Aldenvault)

Fixed an exploit in the Arena District (Caged Animal)

Fixed an issue with entering the Tavern in the Quarterstone Pit District

Fixed an issue with entering the Soul & Spirit shops in the Quarterstone Fountain District

Fixed an issue where the "School teacher and the children" following her (Hawksmouth) would get stuck

Added additional patrols in Citadel of Ail

Added additional loot for the chest in the Aldenvault Raptor's Cave

Added and moved some wildlife in Desolate

Added lighting to the "Quarter quartz" resource in the Quarterstone Mines

Added smooth collision for all the stairs in the High Houses, so no more "bounce bounce bounce"

Added a lot of new textures to shop signs, lampposts and lights

Added a zoom function to the Boltfort City region

Added several unique (boss) monsters throughout the world

A lot of changes to the maps all over the world

The floating briefcase has finally landed inside the Academy

Replaced the NPC Franyena in Upper Graveyard with Wilyena

Increased the Fame and PeP-level for Old Wilfried

Placed the NPC who was floating in the Guilded Leaf in the Hawksmouth tavern on the ground

Reduced the spawner radius for the Dodos in Hoggsridge

Built in fail-safe so players always arrive at destination during shardship travel

Changed the tool tips for the player statues in Hawksmouth

Set the correct size of the large note in High house Silver

The buckets in the Hawksmouth Academy are no longer floating

The buildings that kept disappearing (while tilting the camera) in Hawksmouth have now been fixed

Several locations in Gravesbow where it was possible to fall through the map have been filled in

Removed mini maps inside Taverns

Changed placement for the West Falls region

Changed the Player vs. Player setup correctly for all areas

Replaced all old movers with new ones (Doors are now opening!)

3. Quests

Fixed an issue where the Robber in the quest "Finding Razkam" did not de-spawn when a player spawned him, and then immediately logged off

Fixed a typo in the quest chain "I Never Knew Him"

Added progress actions and changed the re-spawn of the book in the quest "the Tel'maht Grimoire"

Added Party Progress to enable group questing for all quests which originate from Parliament

Added new directions in the "Whack the Dog" quest

Added Quest Items/NPC's for the quest "Eye Of The Tiger"

Captain Skurjan - Added the correct reward

Worship And Idolatry - Added the correct reward

Oust It Out - Added the correct reward

Blessing Of The Oracle - Added the correct reward

Keep Boltfort Tidy - Added the correct reward

Breach - Added the correct reward

Running In Circles - Added the correct reward

Forging Freedom's Tongue - Added the correct reward

Shorath Delivery - Added the correct reward

There's Gold In Them Hills - Added the correct reward

Out In The Cold - Added the correct reward

A Helping Moonhand - Added the correct reward

One Giant Step On Mankind - Added the correct reward

Urgaruting Them Out - Added the correct reward

Tomb Of The Ancestors - Added the correct reward

Dead Spurrs - Added the correct reward

To The Exit - Added the correct reward

Solitary Action - Added the correct reward

Return To Sender - Added the correct reward

Changed the quest log summary for the quest In Response To The Past to point towards Brightvale (instead of Homestead)

Changed the quest log summary for the quest "Helping a Fool.."

Evert Traigyar will now speak with you

Changed the quest log summary for the quest "Helping a Fool.."

Replaced the Challenge system with a Kill system for quest "Five Crates"

Changed the quest log summary for the quest "Killing Assernang"

Changed the quest log summary for the quest "Eye Of The Tiger" to point towards the correct location

The timer for Cayr Athrid has now been raised the quest "Mistaken Identity"

Placing the Barricade in the quest "Setting Up The Barricade" is now a lot now easier

Changed the quest log summary for the quest "Hide N Seek?"

Changed the quest log summary for the quest "The Soaked Parchment"

The quest "Ashen Counsel" has now been tweaked so it updates its kills correctly

The quest "The Banished Lover" has now been tweaked so it updates killing "Kursgra" correctly

Only Shagaine's grand battle and Amousaria's death should now remain

Adjusted the spawn timer for the monsters in the Howler Caves

Placed moving doors for the quest "The Pedestal Of Light". Also added a new puzzle

Lysomey in the Pit District is now correctly placed and will only talk to players when approached in the Graveyard

Changed the quest log summary for the quest "Into The Pit"

The altar by the Glasspool Lake is now possible to interact with (when you are on that quest)

Changed description for Aronite Assassins used in the quest "For The Honour Of The Enclave"

Tweaked the NPC's in the quest "For The Honour Of The Enclave"

4. Combat

Fixed an issue with the Character Statistics window

Fixed an issue which prevented the opener in "Rune of Bonds" to work correctly

Added and linked the body slot for the Urgarut (Skinshifter)

Added 25 direct damage sigils

Added 21 missing absolute damage effects

Added 25 rare damage sigils

Added 25 rare damage effects

Added new pets for the discipline master in the Hawksmouth Academy (Ancestral Mage)

The skills "Tap Magic" and "Enhance Magic" from "Spirit Strike" no longer override each other

Tap Magic now gives heals according to its description

Combo openers are no longer blocked while a combo string is active, instead they re-start the combo string with their appropriate buff

Predators now wander after retreat

Replaced Skill & Character Icons for Attack and Magic Types

The skill "Pyroclasm" now deals moderate damage

The skill "Combust" now uses a new fire effect

5. GUI

Fixed an issue which prevented chat messages to show after traveling

Pressing the escape key now aborts the in-game cut scenes

Removed tool tips from chat tabs

The on screen vertical health bar, now blinks when damage is done to enemies

6. Sound & Music

Fixed several wrongly set volume type notifications in the animation notifiers

Fixed several audio bugs in the boar, wolf and raptor animation notifiers

Added music and sound effects to the in-game cut scenes in the Citadel of Ail

Added music and voice-over for the in-game cut scene

Added necessary logic and new music/sound

Added a trigger for the Ancestral Mage Discipline Master to have Gerald howl

Added more "combat" music to events in the world (ongoing task)

Replaced several area of effect skills to be less obtrusive, and shorter

Replaced the weapon impact sounds to sound less crunchy

Tweak to the balance of volumes for footsteps and effects

Possible fix for the StopAudio crash () and other crashes in the sound system

Redid the volume and re-mastered several music files to be more noticeable

7. Economy

Fixed client crash when moving items back to the inventory from temporary item containers

Fixed an issue where a ongoing trade generated the error: "You first have to finalize your ongoing sale"

Fixed a critical issue when selling items directly in the Tavern

The properties of Body slots, as well as their prices, have been adjusted to better fit the world

The Breeches of the Brave have now their proper names

Some recipes of skill sigils has been removed from the game

The "Dawn breaker's Shoes" got their level requirement lowered to 5

Made shop window close when you die

8. Localization

Fixed some localization in the maps, linking some text to already existing localized strings

Fixed localized NPC conversations for German and French

Fixed localized quests for German and French

Added hard-coded localizations in the shops (translated to German)

Localized "Rune" for the tag in the floating NPC-names

9. Guilds

Fixed an issue where the wrong message was shown when leaving a guild

Fixed an issue where the button for "Create Guild" didn't reset correctly

Fixed a browser issue while viewing Ranks in the Guild window

Added a function for renaming of Guild ranks

Added additional functions for changing rank rights of Officer and Initiate ranks

10. Patcher / Launcher

Added an option to change language (English, German, French)

Added a function for checking your installation, whereas the Patcher checks (and fixes) corrupt files

New graphics added to the Patcher/Launcher

11. Character Creation

Fixed a critical issue where the log file during character creation would grow excessively large

Fixed an issue where pressing Random on the character creation would not change the selected voice

Fixed an issue where the shield would be selectable even when choosing a two-handed weapon

Fixed an issue where the tool tips for weapons/clothes/armor would not update correctly

Fixed an issue where pressing Random on the character creation would not change the name of the selected race

Fixed an issue with the naming convention

Fixed an issue with coloring your armor in character creation

Fixed clipping on the Traveler's mask for the male Daevi

Added new voice descriptions instead of using "Voice 1, 2, 3 etc"

Made sure that if a player doesn't choose an armor, he is automatically given the "Emperor's New Clothes"

Made sure the shoes for Daevi don't show anymore in character creation

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See Also

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