Ryzom Forge meeting report - March 18th, 2019
New interface for teleports
Inky (RT) - 20:37 UTC
To introduce this project, i would like to talk about the current teleportation system, which is starting to be old now.
The religious factions are using what we call pacts, imagined as a pearl for Kamis and ticket for Karavan. It allows one player to teleport easily over the world of Atys, by and using the law of the Powers. In Gameplay it is related to having one pact per zone in the inventory. As you know already, when one pact is used a player needs to replace it manually by buying a new pact from an altar. It is approximately 45+ pacts in the bag, and takes 0.2 bulk each pact.
So, here is the original request: https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=post/view/191858.
So players did request a modernized interface, as an answer to this we will provide you an easy to use interface client side. It will act as a container for existant in-bag pacts. Important note: the system is local and without any loading time over network, so it do not rely on ARK (like some players asked). Since it is based on a booklet method one player can also use the old teleportation system. It is elastic enough to be used in a lot of different ways, depending the situation. Alright, to finish, It will have also an auto pacts feature, sort of "click & forget" option allowing a player to buy pact automatically without clicking on the altar every time.
I hope you will be happy with this new system, I will monitor the feedback with care ! :) Any questions?
PS: One more thing, to introduce the new system we will remove the bulk of teleportation pact for everyone.
Q: Same for all factions (Rangers use Kami/Kara TP too)?
A: For now we are discussing about it, but Rangers do have already a teleportation system.
Q (to Inky): Kinda of out of topic question, but, who are you?
A (by Tamarea): Inky will take care of developing the players' ideas the team will validate. This first idea is therefore the beginning of a long list!
Q: Will this avoid "cheat" TP as we used to have in marauder faction (i.e teleporting on water, while sitting, while being invu, etc.)?
A: The system will use mainly the old teleportation code, it only add booklets. So these bugs won't happen.
Q: When will this be available? And for whom? (All users? Patch needed?)
A: It's scheduled for JY 2603's patch (around mid-April) and the system is meant to be used by Karavan and Kami factions.
Q: And what about Neutrals?
A: We are discussing it, an expansion for neutral is possible but not for now. As you can see in the original request, we want to encourage and provide content addition for Karavaneers and Kamists. But, as said, the old system can still be used by everyone.
Q: Will we retain the pacts acquired before the new system?
A: You will retain old pacts, yes - not to mention they will not have any bulk now too.
New servers
Tamarea (RT) - 21:32 UTC
These new servers (still SSD) are cheaper and much more efficient than the current ones, which should considerably improve game performance.
- The new "Gingo" test server is installed. It is an Atys mirror, which will be used exclusively for pre-patch tests.
- The billing server has just been changed. The switch from the old to the new was smooth, although it caused two days of blocking account creation and subscriptions via WorldPay . Everything has been operational again for a few hours. From now on, account.ryzom.com replaces secure.ryzom.com.
- A new storage server has just been purchased, it will be activated soon.
- The next server to be changed will be the game server ( Atys).
- Finally, we will change the WebIG server.
Press releases and articles
Tamarea (RT) - 21:42 UTC
Several sites have published or built on our latest press release (on the JY 2602 patch) or on our recent publication about the game backstage ("Behind the Scenes"):
Closing (Volunteer Recruitment)
Tamarea (RT) - 21:47 UTC
- We are looking for CSRs (DE, EN, FR, including CSRs in American time zones).
- We are also looking for Animators (actors) to play roleplay events (DE, EN, FR, including animators in American time zones).
21:57 UTC: Tamarea closes the meeting.
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