Devlog #21 - Crunch

Well it's about that time for the top right window button bar. Let's get that rolling.

Character Window - check

Skill Book Window - check

Quest Log Window - check

Social Window - later

Gem Shop Window - later

Map Window - later

Mail Window - check

Help Window - later

Logout Button - check

Achievement Window - later

Leaderboard Window - later

Fullscreen Button - check I think

Background Music Button - later as there will be no sound for most of the Alpha.

Screenshot Button - later

They're stretched oops. There be the buttons. Now to make them toggle and work.

Fullscreen works!

10 listings max, right?

Oh and just like that Mr. boshed has got npc syncing from old FO database to FO2 database. He's a master mapper.

Zutroy the banker is back in action and he works. Everyone get this bank.

boshed is working on mapping for NI and CC items now and it's almost done. That means almost all the drops for 7/7 are in. That's awesome. That's awesome.

As for me, I had to get Alpha Halos delivered! So I setup some automation that finally deals with Patreon data pretty well. Now when anyone becomes a Patron, logs in to https://fantasyonline2.com/, and links their Patreon account, I run some code that delivers the current month's exclusive item to in-game mail automatically.

And here's how that mail currently looks. It's basic but functional for now. 

Looting and window button toggling working.

Dupe hax.

I'm testing a feature where the character that loots the mail get's their name on the item. The concept works great, but I don't think I'll use it for looted by.

Lots of testing.

Listing and cancelling listings working well. Cancelled go straight to mail.

Have a proper yes/no window now. I'm using mailboxes as tabs for testing. Tabs mostly working, just need to do search UI now. I already have the search code server side code done.

Rings moved to the left. Trinkets are on the top right but don't have an icon yet. Everything else will be "?" undecided. We will decide these over the next few months. New icons are coming for all slots. I have not started the outfit/costume tab yet. Yikes we're cutting it close.

Lighterthief has finished all the icons for all items in NI and CC will be coming soon. They look great don't they. He's finished all the sprites as well but I have to work on the character sprite sheet composition code a bit more before I show those off.

It's been an insanely busy week. All 3 of us got an incredible amount of work done.

So with that being said lets asses where we're going to be at on 7/7.

Please keep in mind that there will likely be weekly releases going forward.

1. There is no sound. It will likely have no sound until next year. Original FO only had background music. You can loop it in the background if you like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH0GIqOov_8

2. There is a bug with the map rendering that still hasn't been fixed by BabylonJS. So when walking there might be artifacts until the bug is fixed. It's why I haven't posted any videos yet. In a few days I'll try to fix it.

https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/scroll-a-spritemap/40955/30

3. Quests are not ready at this moment. I'm not optimistic about how far we're going to get. We'll see. This means that the level cap will be at where quests end. This also means the level cap will likely raise weekly for awhile which will be kind of fun. The main point is don't get your hopes up for a ton of quests right away.

4.  There will be bugs! If you find one, head on over to https://discord.com/channels/1076004705773310084/1076488847959015525 and see if the bug already exists. If it doesn't make a thread and get a discussion going. If you don't post, I won't know the bug exists! Please post all bugs!

And with that being said, let's see what the future holds.

What's coming after 7/7 in the future?

Achievements

Crafting

Group/Party

Friends/Social

Leaderboards

Faction UI (Faction XP is still gained)

Map window and map items

Collector

Broker

Tons of zones, items, quests, etc.

Mobile browser support

And now let's move on to rewards. It's 7/1 so it is no longer possible to obtain Alpha Halos. July's item is Angel Wings. Angel Wings will be delivering to all active patrons as soon as I write that code. We are currently debating the August item. https://discord.com/channels/1076004705773310084/1123629167976665158

The final count of Alpha Halos delivered to in-game mailboxes is:

1005

We actually crossed 1000! That's amazing! Congrats to all!

I am not sure what time things will go live on 7/7 but I live in the PST time zone. It will be a day full of rbbl and bugs. Hope to see you there.

See you next Friday!

Have Fun & Keep Gaming!