Patch Notes 20/JUL/17

Changes and additions

  • Added the name of the Capital City of the Alliance in the Village Info screen.
  • Secured/Planted forges and ovens will no longer take decay ticks on deed.
  • Removed the taming difficulty modifier on Black light kingdom players.
  • Epic structure changes on freedom.
    • Deeds can now be placed and resized over Epic  structures.
    • Epic structures no longer require a mission to create them.
    • Missions have a chance of generating at any off deed Epic structure.
    • Ritual missions will pick a random structure type before picking a random structure of that type.
    • Epic structures now report helpers and percentages correctly.

Bug Fixes:

  • Bugfix:  Metallic liquid will require and use up only the base weight of the liquid when imbuing.
  • Bugfix:  Changed the description of metallic liquid as it can be used on other things, not only weapons.
  • Bugfix:  Increased tower guard pathing range, addressing instances in which tower guards did not respond when called in range.

Creature movement changes

  • Disabled champions fleeing on all servers.
  • Reverted a change that made bred seals constantly flee on all servers.

Client changes

  • The game clients have been updated and should now work correctly with the latest java version 8u141
  • This update also includes a change to how the memory management system works, and should reduce “stuttering” when running the client for an extended period.

Unstable client changes:

  • The memory limitation has been swapped to a dynamic memory usage system, which will allocate RAM depending on the available amount system-wide. Systems with larger amounts of memory will see an increase in the amount that Wurm takes up, but will scale down if it does not require it.
  • Bugfix: Corrected issues in which cave dwelling walls did not render
  • Bugfix: Butterflies and fish will no longer glow at night
  • Bugfix: Removed the swimming sound when embarking a boat from water.

Client update to address Java issues

The game clients have been updated and should now work correctly with the latest java version 8u141

This update also includes a change to how the memory management system works, and should reduce “stuttering” when running the client for an extended period.

The unstable client also carries the following changes:

The memory limitation has been swapped to a dynamic memory usage system, which will allocate RAM depending on the available amount system-wide. Systems with larger amounts of memory will see an increase in the amount that Wurm takes up, but will scale down if it does not require it.

  • Bugfix: Corrected issues in which cave dwelling walls did not render
  • Bugfix: Butterflies and fish will no longer glow at night
  • Bugfix: Removed the swimming sound when embarking a boat from water.

Patch Notes 06/JUL/17

  • Wurmian dendrologists have noted that the girth of Olive and Chestnut trees has diminished. (olive and chestnut tree trunks are now thinner by 60%)
  • Cave entrances can now be reinforced, prepared, and paved like other cave floors.
  • Priests that can dig without going faithless can now dredge.
  • Bugfix: Fixed an issue where keys ended up in a bugged state if they were inside a bank or mailbox when the lock was destroyed.  Now the keys should be destroyed as well.
  • Bugfix: Fixed a bug that caused cave ceilings to examine as floors and requirement remove reinforcement permissions when above a reinforced floor.
  • Bugfix:  Fix for some underground bridges causing errors resulting in players rubberbanding as they travel across the bridge.
  • Bugfix: Hota should no longer break if there is a server restart during an active event – remaining pillars should spawn seconds before the shutdown.
  • Bugfix: Fixed the issue causing decayed organic material from being stuck in a your bank taking up a slot until server restart.
  • Bugfix:  Metallic Liquid will now come in a potion bottle when looted and will actually work when ‘smeared’ onto an item.
    • The imbue will start with 100 power, no matter what your actual skill is as long as the action succeeds.
    • Protect against items “cracking” 5 times, lose 20 power from the imbue every time it “forms cracks”
    • Protect against a single shatter. As long as the power of the imbue even exist listed on the item, it will be protected.
    • You can NOT smear another potion to “refill” the lost power, effect must be gone.

Client updates

  • 4.0 Client fix: Straightened out reinforced walls next to veins with cave detail set to high.
  • 4.0 Client fix: Wild hive message on screen should now appear again if you  do not have it hidden in settings.
  • 4.0 Client fix:  Rangefinder numbers are again visible when using a spyglass.
  • 4.0 Client fix: Corona position (glow) for some items was fixed from hovering above to a center position.
  • 4.0 Client fix: Fixed orientation issues of embarked players.
  • 4.0 Client fix: There should be no more ‘lightning’ flashes on animals, people and items.
  • 4.0 Client new:  Added a post-process tab in client settings to to add or remove some effects.
    • Bloom
    • FXAA (antialiasing)
    • Vignette
  • Bugfix:  Changed the orientation of pavement on bridges to match terrain paving.
  • Bugfix: Fixed the bumpy cave floor pavement as seen with cave detail set to high.
  • Deed planner exporter changes:
    • New wall/fence types and bushes as well as floors are now exported properly
    • Deed borders are exported as DeedPlanner border
    • If deed is coastal, all height values on map will be accurate. Otherwise, lowest point on plan will have height 5 when imported into the DeedPlanner