Great review mate!Aaah, feels so good
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How cute does it get
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The bloody rabbits regen rate...
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First impression didn't disappoint, this mir version has big potential. But that doesn't mean you should expect to find a server that can be played like if you just booted mir2 off the shelf files. It needs some basic stuff done still, like give stats to items, put them in shops and drops, make them to show on your avatar when equipped... currently you get base armor and sword in your bag when you make new char, as is standard in mir2, you can get pots in mob drops but that's just about it.
As to basic play mechanics, there is a lag hiccup once in a while, don't know if that's because it is perhaps hosted on a laptop in Jev's place or the server needs some tune up. It doesn't seem to be on account of spawns since those are very thin, but I didn't get around much.
You can pop into every building and hut you encounter, it is very cute looking but the landscape badly needs planting trees and what not. The system messages are funny as hell, like the one in that screenshot above, "Swords:" It is in keeping with the retro feeling you get in game.
I can see this mir version to be as addictive as mir2. That retro look has its own appeal, if you would scoff over it, so you might over mir2 graphics. We don't judge mir2 gameplay by comparing its appearance to today's games and in the same spirit the same goes for this first mir version.
Once you log on, you get the same drive to level, get some items in drops, bigger stick than the next guy, go into unknown regions to find caves and treasures, never mind that all of that still needs to be put in game. But the proof of the concept is here, it 'only' needs more development.
Jev said something about item images lacking, maybe those that show when equipped... how about taking item images from one of those old delphi mir2 clients that are kicking about, those funky looking items that you don't see nowadays in mir2, would that be technically possible?
For start, I would just slap some stats on items without much any worry about it being balanced, any stats are better than no stats at all. The server needs basic stuff to support at least some gameplay if pple should spend much time on to discover bugs to report. It doesn't feel like there will be many. Some map region crossings don't teleport you right away but you get that with mir2 still even today with some doors not letting you through (use the trick to make one step back which teleports you to the next map region).
I didn’t notice the lag due to playing locally, I was running the laptop off the WiFi and thought it wouldn’t be as bad as it was. All sorted now anywayMeat & Chicken should recover 10 & 15 HP but they don't (don't think that counts as bug). Can sell at butchers but to be able to use as healing pots is essential. Otherwise pple will need to pop into buildings to regen.
Note: the 'big map' view (well, the only map available) has shortcut B.
F12 as it says in the mouse tip over the lupe icon doesn't work.
Maybe mobs could have slightly shorter agro distance. Currently, as soon (or almost as soon) as they come into view, they know about you.
I almost forgot about the the actual bug, at least on my PC with Win10. Last night you said the sound should work after re-login but it doesn't. Reason is that if I open Volume Mixer from the speaker tray icon, the volume slider is all the way down. And if I try to pull it up to increase the sound volume, it resists and jumps back down to zero volume. Is that my win10 or what.
LOL, I didn't think that would actually be the case
Someone more expert can judge what the cause of that occasional hiccup is. I think it is always accompanied by the red system message in chat that says 'Displacement'. That means your char is not where the server takes it to be, or something like that.
As to internet, speed is not so essential as its stability (as in being always available, not knocking off like going into a micro sleep (not sure if that is called latency). Probably even an older laptop should host the server just fine, as long as the server can process game packets as they come in.
. When you take screenshot, it covers the coordinates which makes it hard to find the place again if you relied on it. Only way might be to remember to note the coordinates down as screenshot is useless. Well, almost useless.
Some base items have been done and included in drops, they will more added in the coming days. I have also added safezones to each Village which should hopefully sort out TT and respawning behaviourIt was much better today.
I am exploring the Nongan city and left myself standing outside and got killed by a mob, I hope it wasn't a hen
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Hope resurrection won't always spawn me back in that starting out map, we need more safe zones and make it work like in mir2
Inside Nongan City is this Nongan Castle Ground (which is a separate map inside the Nongan city), is a misplaced building. You see my blue dot on the big map, where I stand is empty area but as you see I am actually standing in front of the building that appears all the way to left on the big map. That building should be moved to the left as shown on the big map.
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Firstly thank you for the feedback,
Yea it’s really strange that some item types can’t be sold, might be a code bug, I didn’t find anything weird with the scripts. Bracelets will be done in the coming days (busy few days coming up)
, they can't hit you and you can't hit them...
I've tweaked the HP values of some monsters which I haven't sorted out DC stats for. This is only until I get a good balance of stats.Couple days back, I accidentally double clicked the game window and it maximized on screen, the graphics suffered and the mouse active space seemed to be offset to a small region.
Today seeing your post, I thought to experiment before replying and looking at the game window top bar, indeed there are the proper window controls, including the maximizing icon. I clicked it and then I don't know exactly what I did then but the screen went black and mouse tip had the game arrow appearance and it was caught in the middle screen area with fat black margins on sides.
I Alt-Tabbed out of it to normal desktop and eventually found out you can Alt-Enter in and out of full screen game display alternatively use the game window maximizing method (but that only works one way in, to get back to desktop, use Alt-Enter or Alt-tab. I think that full black screen I initially got was probably the first unsuccessful switch to full screen.
That's nifty, graphics suffer a bit but if you lean back it is actually still OK. I think I will play in full screen mode more often.
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Now that's been corrected
Tip: always carry RT in case you get jammed in by mobs.
I think the mob agro distance could be a bit shortened, it seems as soon as they come into view, they go for you.
All of them are the same. Maybe if you just glimpse a mob and back up a step, they won't go after you but if they are just in view at the edge of window, they will almost certainly join in on the existing fight you have with other mob (because of the random steps they make, almost always it results in getting nearer you). Not a big thing since they move slowly, just noticing. Probably something to be sorted later as part of balancing things.
I had to log into your account to recall your char that was stuck in a wall.
It will get you to change your password once you log back in.
