We are pleased to announce the gradual upgrade of all official Ryzom clients from version 2.1 to version 3.0!
A patch, which doesn't need to stop the game server, is planned on October, 7th 2016. It will add an installer that will allow you to move easily from version 2.1 to version 3.0. Later, your client will update automatically with the release of each new version (as it is already the cases for the Steam users who are already using version 3.0).
Version 3.0 will also be available from Ryzom official website and from the Ubuntu software center and Apple AppStore.
Significant enhancements made on v3 clients
Upgrading visual effects
- Better rendering (FXAA, anisotropic filtering, impovement of bloom)
- Rectification and regeneration of all textures
- Optimus support for NVIDIA cards
- Fix of the missing textures for some boots when they were worn with a mage dress
Technical enhancements
- Implementation of OpenGL 3D as the default driver for all platforms and graphic cards
- Updating all external libraries
- Support of 64-bit architecture for the latest version of all platforms
- Improved compiler support (GCC 5, MinGW, Visual C++ 2012, 2013 and 2015)
- Upgraded support of HTML in the game (new tags, abolition of dependance on libwww, patches, etc.)
- New version of the multiplatform configuration program
- Support of GIF image format
- Support for unicode filenames under Windows
- Fix of the Error 62 at the log to the server. A big thanks to Vojtěch Vobr, a developer of AVG Technologies, who helped us with finding and fixing this error detected by AVG and which was preventing some players from logging into the game.
- Improvement of the connection speed to the server, now 1 second from 10 previously
- Fixed the crash with NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards
- Implemented new Ryzom Installer tool
Improvement of security
- Hashing passwords in SHA-512 instead of DES
- Updating of SSLcertificate
Ease of use and other improvements
- Ingame text enhancement
- Random name generator for character creation
- Numerous optimizations, enhancements and bug corrections
- Fixing of a number of warnings
- Use of all cores by default
- Detecting the amount of memory on the graphics card and use of appropriate quality
- Vertical sync supported on all platforms
- Use of XAudio2 as audio driver by default on Windows
- Major reconstruction of the interface to include a WYSIWYG editor
- Support for new styles for fonts
- New links for support and forums
- New Ryzom icon
- Improved appearance of boots in combination with caster pants
- Adding the date in the filenames for screenshots
- Support of accents in emotes and correct display of them
- New command /playedTime which displays the played timed with the character
- New command /version which displays the exact client version
- Some translation fixes
- Fixed vertical synchronization (VSync, called VBL Sync in ingame options) under Windows
- Improved support for <input> and <textarea> HTML tags
- Display more information on hardware and software configurations in log file
- Improved MP3 player that should work on all platforms now (you must create a "music" directory and put your files there)
- Support for monospace fonts
- Improved text alignment everywhere
- Improved HTML tags and attributes support in WebIg
- Implemented font scaling
- Added scrollbar to macro commands list
- Fixed mouse pointer location after exiting freelook
- Fixed some minor bugs and improved code
Details of the process
Step 1 (7th of October):
- Official Windows patch
- Addition of Windows version of Ryzom Installer for download from ryzom.com
- Steam client updates
- Update of Windows beta clients to official Windows versions
Step 2 (Some days later):
- Addition of Linux Installer for download ryzom.com
- Update of Linux beta clients to official Linux versions
Step 3:
- Addition of OS X Installer for download ryzom.com
- Update of OS X beta client to official OS X version
Step 4:
- Addition of Ryzom Installer to Ubuntu Software Center
- Update OS X client with data to AppStore.
The Ryzom Team is at your disposal for any additional information and hopes to see you soon!
The Ryzom team
A patch, which doesn't need to stop the game server, is planned on October, 7th 2016. It will add an installer that will allow you to move easily from version 2.1 to version 3.0. Later, your client will update automatically with the release of each new version (as it is already the cases for the Steam users who are already using version 3.0).
Version 3.0 will also be available from Ryzom official website and from the Ubuntu software center and Apple AppStore.
Significant enhancements made on v3 clients
Upgrading visual effects
- Better rendering (FXAA, anisotropic filtering, impovement of bloom)
- Rectification and regeneration of all textures
- Optimus support for NVIDIA cards
- Fix of the missing textures for some boots when they were worn with a mage dress
Technical enhancements
- Implementation of OpenGL 3D as the default driver for all platforms and graphic cards
- Updating all external libraries
- Support of 64-bit architecture for the latest version of all platforms
- Improved compiler support (GCC 5, MinGW, Visual C++ 2012, 2013 and 2015)
- Upgraded support of HTML in the game (new tags, abolition of dependance on libwww, patches, etc.)
- New version of the multiplatform configuration program
- Support of GIF image format
- Support for unicode filenames under Windows
- Fix of the Error 62 at the log to the server. A big thanks to Vojtěch Vobr, a developer of AVG Technologies, who helped us with finding and fixing this error detected by AVG and which was preventing some players from logging into the game.
- Improvement of the connection speed to the server, now 1 second from 10 previously
- Fixed the crash with NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards
- Implemented new Ryzom Installer tool
Improvement of security
- Hashing passwords in SHA-512 instead of DES
- Updating of SSLcertificate
Ease of use and other improvements
- Ingame text enhancement
- Random name generator for character creation
- Numerous optimizations, enhancements and bug corrections
- Fixing of a number of warnings
- Use of all cores by default
- Detecting the amount of memory on the graphics card and use of appropriate quality
- Vertical sync supported on all platforms
- Use of XAudio2 as audio driver by default on Windows
- Major reconstruction of the interface to include a WYSIWYG editor
- Support for new styles for fonts
- New links for support and forums
- New Ryzom icon
- Improved appearance of boots in combination with caster pants
- Adding the date in the filenames for screenshots
- Support of accents in emotes and correct display of them
- New command /playedTime which displays the played timed with the character
- New command /version which displays the exact client version
- Some translation fixes
- Fixed vertical synchronization (VSync, called VBL Sync in ingame options) under Windows
- Improved support for <input> and <textarea> HTML tags
- Display more information on hardware and software configurations in log file
- Improved MP3 player that should work on all platforms now (you must create a "music" directory and put your files there)
- Support for monospace fonts
- Improved text alignment everywhere
- Improved HTML tags and attributes support in WebIg
- Implemented font scaling
- Added scrollbar to macro commands list
- Fixed mouse pointer location after exiting freelook
- Fixed some minor bugs and improved code
Details of the process
Step 1 (7th of October):
- Official Windows patch
- Addition of Windows version of Ryzom Installer for download from ryzom.com
- Steam client updates
- Update of Windows beta clients to official Windows versions
Step 2 (Some days later):
- Addition of Linux Installer for download ryzom.com
- Update of Linux beta clients to official Linux versions
Step 3:
- Addition of OS X Installer for download ryzom.com
- Update of OS X beta client to official OS X version
Step 4:
- Addition of Ryzom Installer to Ubuntu Software Center
- Update OS X client with data to AppStore.
The Ryzom Team is at your disposal for any additional information and hopes to see you soon!
The Ryzom team