Patch Notes: December 3rd, 2014

[Feanol]

Here's some sanity:

The gamma changes are not affecting every user equally. Some are experiencing an unusable UI with total blackness, and others (such as myself) simply have darkened graphics which are totally usable and readable with none of the glitches seen in screenshots.

It's also untrue what some have said that Infravision/Ultra vision have no effect. Again, this seems to vary from setup to setup but on my own machine there is a marked difference between unaided sight and the vision buffs. They're certainly having an effect, if not working as intended.

The people that bring us this game are very experienced coders, and I cringe every time someone insinuates these gamma changes were tested on a single machine. These guys aren't so foolish as to roll out a graphical update like this without testing on a few different hardware setups.

It's obvious some long-term players are having very negative results from this patch, and it's sad to see for sure. It's my hope the Dev team will do something to fix things for these people.

I just want to be on record as a player that has experienced nothing but a darkening; I'm having none of the issues being presented. We may not be as vocal as those experiencing glitches, but we exist.

OS: Ubuntu Linux 12.04
Using WINE plus Q4wine to create a Windows environment
Playing in windowed but filling screen
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 730

[WolfsongReborn]

Originally Posted by Feanol [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Here's some sanity:

The gamma changes are not affecting every user equally. Some are experiencing an unusable UI with total blackness, and others (such as myself) simply have darkened graphics which are totally usable and readable with none of the glitches seen in screenshots.

It's also untrue what some have said that Infravision/Ultra vision have no effect. Again, this seems to vary from setup to setup but on my own machine there is a marked difference between unaided sight and the vision buffs. They're certainly having an effect, if not working as intended.

The people that bring us this game are very experienced coders, and I cringe every time someone insinuates these gamma changes were tested on a single machine. These guys aren't so foolish as to roll out a graphical update like this without testing on a few different hardware setups.

It's obvious some long-term players are having very negative results from this patch, and it's sad to see for sure. It's my hope the Dev team will do something to fix things for these people.

I just want to be on record as a player that has experienced nothing but a darkening; I'm having none of the issues being presented. We may not be as vocal as those experiencing glitches, but we exist.

Yeah I think the darkness itself would be easier to handle if it didn't mess with the entire screen. I logged onto my WoodElf mule and I could barely see my backpacks with gamma cranked up.

[SamwiseRed]

UI was either the old white square box (so wasnt an issue) or velious UI that used white buttons and old ui inventory. the issue is the custom UI.

[themessy]

Originally Posted by SamwiseRed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

UI was either the old white square box (so wasnt an issue) or velious UI that used white buttons and old ui inventory. the issue is the custom UI.

Wrong, in the original game all you had to do was hit F10 and you got a UI which looked very much like the velious ui but it only had 6 buttons instead of 10.

I love the gamma changes, just wish I could see my UI.

[Peacocky]

Tried to use setup.dll from V33 on V35... lo and behold gamma correction is back on characters select but spells out of friggin date.

Funny thing is, DE see like blind human ... har har HAR!.

[SamwiseRed]

Originally Posted by themessy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wrong, in the original game all you had to do was hit F10 and you got a UI which looked very much like the velious ui but it only had 6 buttons instead of 10.

I love the gamma changes, just wish I could see my UI.

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[maahes]

Sad to hear so many are having issues. I'm just coming back to P99 again after at least a year away. I grabbed the spell effects project and logged into beta and was extremely happy with what I saw. Classic lighting is huge to me, this effort can't be abandoned!

But I hope all of you guys having issues get it worked out or they provide a fix for you. I know even some DE's are complaining. But i swear.... back in the day my DE carried a beatle eye still cause zones like sol b were still a bit too dark. So many of my brain cells have parrished since then though, I could be mistaken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[SamwiseRed]

i dunno i can still see the tunnel to BB in EF on a human, not classic i shouldnt be able to see ANYTHING.

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[SamwiseRed]

highkeep looks great but for some reason all the mobs in the zone are in one spot.

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[derpcake]

Originally Posted by SamwiseRed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

highkeep looks great but for some reason all the mobs in the zone are in one spot.

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OTW with my AE dude [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Srsly though, this is kinda silly.