This was a nice large ~500MB update to the PTS this afternoon, introducing the assets and zone file definitions for Fortress Sieges! There isn’t a whole lot of visual stuff to go over here, but let’s jump in, shall we? (If you answered “NO!!!” to that question… tough, continue reading).
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Busy life, busy weekends, and just diving into beta itself to see what made the cutting room floor. Turns out, a lot actually. Though there are definitely a few odds and ends and curiosities to behold within the PTS patch files. Our datamining scripts have also been updated to allow us to give names to the various 3D game models […]
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Well, the beta for Starfall Prophecy is in full swing at long last! It’s exciting to be able to explore the Comet of Ahnket and the worlds it has devoured. This expansion has a heavy emphasis on story when compared to Nightmare Tide, and is surprisingly fully voice acted. Knowing this, we here at The Ghar Station couldn’t help but […]
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Twas was the night before Beta, and all through the realm, all the players were stirring, yes even the mounts. The interest was high about the comet in space, with hope that Ahnket, our presence would grace. The ascended were anxious, all smug in their head, while visions of fragments filled them with much dread. Little do they know, what […]
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In part 4 of our adventure into datamining Starfall Prophecy, we will look at many of the new weapon and armor textures that are currently available via datamining. Note that the armor skins include both male/female versions of the textures, so if two look similar, it would be worth taking a second look! There was a small patch to the […]
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I dug this up while datamining the PTS. I asked Dead Simon about it, but all I got was this reply: “I have no idea what that is, but I would study it carefully.” Full Size I wonder what it could be.
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The night of October 15th gave us an additional 740MB PTS patch. Looks like some folks were working hard over the weekend to get the PTS in top shape for Beta later this week. Given the size and sheer number of files involved in these updates, we’ve been putting together some new tools to extract the files in an automated […]
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Whew. 3GB of patched assets is a lot to go through. Fortunately, most of the new game content for Starfall Prophecy was in well spelled out locations. Today’s datamining report is going to focus on new instance maps, various zone buildings, critters, and a demo of skinned weapons! With 1,137 new models and over 1,000 new textures, there is a […]
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I hope the post title speaks for itself. Consider this the fun Day 1 find! Overland Zones: Alittu Scatherran Forest Gedlo Badlands Xarth Mire Ashenfell Tenebrean Schism Instances: Temple of Ananke Tuath’de Coven Fortress Sieges: Fortress of the Apocalypse Xarth’s Skull Wyrd Hut (Scatherran Forest Fortress?) IAs: Plane of Life Plane of Fire Chronicles?: Simon’s Playground Finally, the MAPS! Full […]
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Well, with PTS effectively closed, and unable to patch due an error most likely related to downloading internal map assets for Starfall Prophecy, we decided to take a look at what was pushed live in the latest hotfix.
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