Illarion

Dear Illarionites,tonight a server patch was installed. It resolves an issue leading to the server suddenly hanging and login being impossible, even though the online list still displayed players.

Dear Illarionites,today there was another small client update. This update resolves the problems that were introduced with the last update.The logging of the chat into the logfile is not working again. Also the skills are displayed properly as before.

Current problems have been fixed and the server is on-line again.

Illarion had some technical issues with the server this weekend. It will be up and running at latest tomorrow. Thanks for your continued patience.

Today we released another large update, which contains several bugfixes, new and improved features and several new NPCs.New features:The biggest and most important new feature is the implementation of new NPCs in every realm that help new players to ... [More] find their way around and assign them some simple tasks. These NPCs will point the new members of each realm to quests and NPCs that will help to get to know the main crafts of the chosen town, its NPCs and the geography of the realm itself.In addition to this, we implemented a quest journal, so that you can keep track of all information NPCs have given you. Not all NPC quests feature quest information yet - mainly the newest NPCs so far, but journal information for the other quests will follow soon. This can be accessed with the "J" key or the "Q" key or the pell button.Also there is a new combat sound track created by Marvin Kopp.Improved feature:Teleporters now work with GUI boxes instead of dictating the name.Percy the prison guard is now more generous when handing out food.The monster spawns were redone from scratch. The homelands of the towns are now safer while the monster distribution in the wilderness became much more detailed.Several adjustments in balancing prices, weights and the quality of items.The frequency of interrupt messages while gathering resources was reduced.The range of goods of some NPC traders was improved.The diet system was improved.Several crafts were newly balanced.Improved internal communication of the Client to speed up the response time of the GUI.Improved windowed client mode to support freely sized client windows.The downloader is now able to continue interrupted downloads and got a better detection for corrupted downloads.Bugfixes:Several bugfixes in NPCs and quests.Bugfix concerning the repairing of items.Several bugfixes concerning the alchemy system and handling of bottles.It was fixed that gems could be pleased in armour and ammunition. It is still possible to desocked them.Fixed Client crash on Mac OS X when starting the client.There were some difficulties with healing potions. This problem has been fixed. Some active substances had effects they were not supposed to. The messages about the potion effects have always been correct. But in some cases the potion had the opposite effects. To avoid confusion, here is a list with the active substances and their effects in negative and positive concentrations:Adrazin: positive -> immediate hitpoints increasement; negative -> immediate hitpoints decreaseIllidrium: positive -> immediate mana increasement; negative -> immediate mana decreaseCaprazin: positive -> immediate food increasement; negative -> immediate food decreaseHyperborlium: positive -> immediate antidote; negative -> immediate poisonEcholon: positive -> hitpoints increase over time; negative -> hitpoints decrease over timeDracolin: positive -> mana increase over time; negative -> mana decrease over timeOrcanol: positive -> food increase over time; negative -> food decrease over timeFenolin: positive -> antidote over time; negative -> poison over time [Less]

Dear Illarionites,Today we installed another large update to fix many bugs and add many features to the game.The game content has been improved as follows:Bug Fixes:Dialogue corrections and bugfixes on several NPCs.Portal book merchants are ... [More] fixed.Treasure maps were fixed so that guardians spawn correctly.Fixed quest requirements in several NPC quests.Fixed cursed shields.Fixed a bug with potion combinations.Fixed filling buckets and bottles with water.Interuptions for gathering has been reimplemented.Rooftops were removed in the markets in Galmair/Cadomyr so NPC names are visible.Tweaks and Improvements:The map was tweaked and improved in mountainous areas and in two of the towns.Crafting requirements for several shields has been changed.The Quest of Zassaria was tweaked.Barkeepers now trade empty bottles.Characters now walk at normal pace in deserts.High end items now require merinium.Merinium prices have been adjusted to reflect the changes.Gems are more prevalent when mining.Food consumption was reduced in some crafts.Gems are now only received by people who are at least rank 2.NPCs will no longer reply with trigger text when a GM possesses them.New Features:New music was added to several areas in the world map.The Wonderland questline has been expanded to be more challenging.Mosaic shields are now craftable and wearable.Quality of crafting tools have an influence on quality of end products. [Less]

Dear Illarionites,this evening we installed an enormous update to fix countless bugs in our game and to prepare one or another new feature.The server now executed timed events correctly. There used to be a bug, that those events were executed too ... [More] early after re-logging. Furthermore a quest log was implemented, which you will be able to enjoy once the client displays it. Also a massive amount of texts have to be written for this.The game content has been corrected and extended in many points:Bug fixes:Corrections and bugfixes on many NPCs and questsCorrection of bugged the quest rewardCorrection of a trading-bug in several tradersRemoval of a bug in the easyNPC framework that resulted in broken skill checksSeveral bugfixes in the alchemy systemImprovements and adjustments:Map improvementsImprovements on the monster dropsCadomyr's ranks have changedThe item "wand of wind" was renamed to "wand of air"The gem haul in mining was adjustedThe burning time of torches and lanterns was increasedThe quality display of the ring of the archmage and the Large fire war axe were fixedNew featuresFarming is now possible even in winter.Added music for GalmairOver 30 new books and parchments, including history and background informationImplementation of tax return system [Less]

Dear Illarionites,the update this day addressed a problem that appeared mainly in mount Letma. It caused the client to freeze within seconds and windows reported it to be not responding. This problem is now fixed.

Dear Illarionites,another day, another update. The attack marker is not visible again. Other then that there was a rare bug in the light calculations that caused the client to crash. This one is now fixed.Furthermore there is now a new option in the ... [More] client. This option allows to disable the automatic avoiding of obstacles during running with the mouse. [Less]

Dear Illarionites,today there was another update of the client. The aim of this update was mainly to get rid of the "ghost characters" on the screen.Other then that a bug was resolved that crashed the client for some players when playing a sound ... [More] effect.Another bugfix effects the settings of the error report sending. Its now possible to disable this properly. How ever I'd like to ask anyone to keep this enabled. The bug with the sound effects was located thanks to those error reports.Sadly some bugs slipped in with this update. The attack marker of the characters is not visible anymore and for some players the client stops responding after playing some time. Both problems are currently investigated and will be resolved hopefully until the next update. [Less]