Hello again!

We've continued to be busy. Sadly this changelog is a little later than I'd like it to be. There's still a lot here to go through though! We've also got a couple extra things that didn't make it to this changelog as they are still heavy in development but we hope to be able to tell you about them soon™️

Alright then, without further ado here's changelog V0.1.7

Changes / Improvements: 📝

• Started using ItemsAdder (IA) to deliver the resourcepack

  • IA allows us to quickly iterate with versions of the resourcepack, removing a lot of the headache when editing the pack.

  • IA also integrates with Cosmetics Core allowing us to add hats, balloons and backpack cosmetics. It also includes a wardrobe feature that lets you view cosmetics on your character before equipping them.

• Improved Quests (This is honestly where most of our time has been spent since the last changelog, we have a few core features that we’re quite excited about but aren’t ready to show off yet)

  • Added Quest book using the Recipe Book (https://i.imgur.com/3027tnU.mp4)

    • Quests can be started/paused using the Recipe Book

    • You can switch between ongoing quests

    • When switching quests, the GPS will track the new quest you select.

      • This is not implemented for every quest yet, we have to go through and manually update every quest

    • Users will see the next objective for the currently selected quest at the top of the screen, this objective will automatically change when the user completes a portion of the quest or when switching to a new quest.

  • New quest tracker that always works™

  • Added tracker to most quests, including main quests.

• Added repeatable, randomly generated daily quests.

  • The first iteration of a Daily Quest system is separated into three categories:

    • Novice

    • Intermediate

    • Expert

    • More difficulties may be added for further “stages” within level progressions.

  • For now, there are no requirements to take a quest, but they may be gated behind levels, point requirements, karma and basically any system I can think of in the future.

    • Players select quests in a menu and can see their current quests and objectives in another menu.

      • Players can select up to three quests every day.

        • Each quest will be randomly generated. Rewards and requirements will be randomised based on the quest difficulty.

        • Completed Quests are also tracked and displayed on a separate menu.

          • Some uses include locking quests behind a requirement of completed quests, leaderboards, weekly contests, etc.

• Improved upon the current shop system that we have.

  • Shops can now take into account your charisma attribute to change their prices for both purchasing/selling.

  • Shops also keep track of what is sold/bought from them and stores it in a “global stockpile”

    • Plans include having this global stockpile feature in quests and also potentially affecting the prices of items. FREE MARKET BAYBEEEE

• Finished the current final quest of the storyline, needs a lot more polishing and testing before it can be fully considered finished.

• Armour values have been tweaked.

  • The first wave of modifier changes have been done to light armour.

    • This essentially makes it so that higher tier items generate with higher tier modifiers more consistently.

    • 50+ modifiers are now available to the items.

• A new kind of armour has been created, artisan gear.

  • This armour is specifically geared towards levelling up professions, giving bonuses to XP at the expense of offering very little protection.

• Added Jewelry stations and profession.

  • Rings and Slotted rings can now be crafted using ores/gems

    • Added bonuses to your attributes such as constitution or profession.

• Mobs now spawn randomly, independently from a spawner.

  • Levels change based on distance from spawn, for now.

• Added several food items to begin the cooking profession.

  • Cooking food will give bonuses to attributes like health or XP bonuses.

  • Items include both ingredients and cooked foods.

• Added Highland Queen Bee and Highland Bee mobs.

  • Basically just bees man.

  • Only attack when provoked.

• Buffed acidic mushroom spawn rates as they were too low for the new jewellery profession.

• The Catacomb area now spawns mobs, part of Main Quest 4 changes. The current level suggestion is 10.

  • Mobs include skeletons, zombies and volatile leaping spiders for fun :).

  • Now has a final boss, with tentative attacks and values (Thanks JP)

• Changed how damage is dealt to players, it should now be a bit more forgiving.

• Lowered default attack speed.

• Added death animations to the player, with the possibility of further player-customizability.

• Added skill slots to classes.

  • Classes can now only have X amount of skills bound instead of the default 8.

    • Warrior and archer start with 2 slots and mages start with 3 slots.

• Added Bundles that contain multiple items in a single inventory slot

  • (There is no way to obtain them yet)

• Public GitHub repository for reporting bugs, requesting features or enhancements and discussing potential improvements or optimizations, please follow the issue templates when submitting issues. (https://github.com/Thalwyrn/Thalwyrn)

• We migrated the Discord bot to a custom-coded solution to better fit our requirements.

  • Allows users to request not to be mentioned with the “Don’t @ Me” role

  • It lets you create temporary voice channels you control by joining the “New VC” channel.

    • Also added a button panel that lets you;

      • Delete the channel

      • Rename it

      • Invite someone to it with a link

      • Ban someone from it (staff excluded)

      • Limite the total number of users in the channel

  • You can now send the bot a DM to open a Modmail ticket. We removed the button-based ticket system in favour of a private DM-based system.

  • The bot will also transcribe voice messages on request. (https://i.imgur.com/XGzsSnO.mp4)

Fixes: 🩹

• Patched Breaker to not flood your client with packets, causing lag when mining.

• Patched Breaker to not kick you when mining with your hand.

• Fixed armour crafting not giving proper stats/modifiers.

  • Previously, items that were generated with high rarities such as legendaries, would spawn with a large amount of low-tier modifiers that buffed a single stat or two.

  • Rarer items will now generate a much higher likelihood of rarer modifiers, so now a legendary-grade chest plate will have the stats to reflect and differentiate it from lower-grade equivalents.

  • Further fixes are planned for the entire suite of weapons/armours currently available to players.

Known issues: 🐞

• Sometimes the Quest GPS does not begin tracking after re-logging (https://github.com/Thalwyrn/Thalwyrn/issues/2)

• Passive mobs do not respect the spawning limit and will continue spawning infinitely until cleared.

Sam’s Builder Log ⚒️

As always, Sam has also been busy quietly improving the entire server. Lets see what he's gotten up to.

👀 New additions:

• Added a ruined castle outside Oldport farm

• New swamp town

• New lumberjack town

• Scattered a bunch of ‘map fillers’

  • Map fillers are basically smaller builds that the player will stumble across when exploring the map outside the main paths.

    • Campsites

    • Market stalls

    • Fields of wheat

    • Hunting towers

    • Tents

    • Caves

    • Wizard towers

To be added:

• Viking town with a snow theme

• Town with a mining theme

• Lots more map fillers..

And finally, here's a few images from stuff Sam has been working on!

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