Geo1988

Sep 27 2006, 02:20 PM | Post #1

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Taken directly from www.runescape.com

Area Sounds

The way we use sound in the free and members' worlds gets its well deserved update this week with the inclusion of Area Sounds. These ambient effects add a new level of immersion into our game world, with waterfalls growing louder as you walk towards them, trees with birds and animal sounds in them, bubbling fountains, wind whistling through the mountains, the sound of the sea lapping against the shore and mysterious howls haunting the peaks of the Wilderness. It really does add a new dimension to the game.
As well as new ambient sounds, you'll also notice you can hear a lot more of what other people are doing around you, especially when they're fighting.

We hope you enjoy them as much as we have enjoyed developing them.

In other news...

Along with the area sounds, interface updates and new tutors, we've been busily improving existing features of the game. This week:

• Adventurers who have defeated the terrible Iban and obtained his staff may use its new right-click option to check how many charges it has.
  Don't forget - it takes one charge to cast Iban Blast on a monster but two to cast it on another player.
• Baby dragons have now shrunk slightly to solve the problem where their heads rendered incorrectly when they leant forwards. This doesn't affect their stats.
• Rune and Adamant boots now have a +2 and +1 strength bonus respectively.
• The random junk you occasionally found in chests and crates around the world has now been removed. Members can still get all those items from sources such as the Trawler, the HAM cave and the Digsite.

Player Interfaces

We've now been able to rework some of the core interfaces used for controlling your character. The combat, worn-items and options interfaces have been completely changed, getting away from the old designs which featured text on tiny buttons and replacing them with clearer graphics.
Naturally these changes will take you a little while to get used to, so please check out the Knowledge Base page that explains what's happened before you do something dangerous like rushing into the Kalphite Queen's hive...

Skill Tutors

This week the Duke of Lumbridge has recruited a number of tutors to help our new players, both F2P and members. Adventurers fresh from Tutorial Island can often find themselves a bit lost in Lumbridge, so he decided to offer a bit of a helping hand.
The tutors (marked with a "?" icon on your minimap) are mostly based in Lumbridge, with just one residing in Varrock. As well as offering free advice on skills at any level, they also give you basic equipment should you lose it and even some training weapons and basic supplies.
Other additions include:

• A Lumbridge bank, found at the top of Lumbridge Castle.
• A revamp of the way signposts work.
• A glassblower on Entrana.
• An improved Newcomer map - to offer more information on where you are in the world.
  Available from certain General Stores.
• Useful reminders on what to do if you should happen to die while young.
• A free teleport to help the lost adventurer who has no clue where they are.
  Please note – this teleport cannot be used to evade combat.

Along with the new guides you'll find the swamps south of Lumbridge have received a bit of landscaping with more rocks being exposed for mining, new fishing spots in the river and Father Uhrney moving his hut even further away from the hustle and bustle of city life. With all this recent tectonic movement going on, a small island has appeared in the middle of the River Lum enabling those crossbow-equipped adventurers to cross to Al Kharid and back.

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This post has been edited by Geo1988: Sep 27 2006, 05:04 PM

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Makoto

Sep 27 2006, 03:57 PM | Post #2

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I can't believe how many rants there are on the main forums already. Over 1,000 posts in the rant section just about the new update, and players begging Jagex to change the run interface back to the way it was.

I think it's fine; the interface needed a spot of changing for sure. I actually like this interface more than the previous one.

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Mysticallity

Sep 27 2006, 04:05 PM | Post #3

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Free runes are always welcomed.

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Arguous

Sep 27 2006, 04:25 PM | Post #4

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I like that strength bonuses were added to the rune and addy boots. I'll have to check out the rest when I get a chance to get on.

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ffbf

Sep 27 2006, 05:30 PM | Post #5

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Only thing i didnt like is the command to run. I really liked the littel str bost from rune and addy boots. My climbing boots will be finally retired.

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Arguous

Sep 27 2006, 05:59 PM | Post #6

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QUOTE(ffbf @ Sep 27 2006, 09:30 AM) [snapback]74267[/snapback]

Only thing i didnt like is the command to run. I really liked the littel str bost from rune and addy boots. My climbing boots will be finally retired.

I'm curious to see the new command, but I hope you can still hold down the control key for run.

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ffbf

Sep 27 2006, 06:13 PM | Post #7

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QUOTE(Arguous @ Sep 27 2006, 02:59 PM) [snapback]74268[/snapback]

I'm curious to see the new command, but I hope you can still hold down the control key for run.

Hehehe, ctrl still works. I think i just need a little time to be used to the new command.

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Hawk1189

Sep 27 2006, 06:57 PM | Post #8

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An overall good update IMO

I can get use to where the run command is now placed but it might take a while

This post has been edited by Hawk1189: Sep 27 2006, 06:58 PM

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ftblkd2004

Sep 27 2006, 07:21 PM | Post #9

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little confusing at first...but after looking around for err 5 min or so it makes sense

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Loggy

Sep 27 2006, 08:00 PM | Post #10

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Different, but I believe it is better.

You may also be happy to know I just updated our content with the things that affected us. KWL HUH

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Slim50

Sep 27 2006, 08:52 PM | Post #11

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I really like this update. it's cool and I like the new interface and all of that. BUT there are a few things I think would have been better with it.

1.) With the new Sound, if you're next to someone fighting...make it so you can hear the noise they make too, not just the NPC.

2.) In correlation with numero uno, I've noticed that when someone else is fighting some monsters they don't make a sound. Maybe It's only spells that make the sounds? I donot know..but fill it out, Jagex.

3.)This one is of the interface. I like how they did the stuff that they changed...but they didn't change everything. I think if they were to do a full interface make-over, it should've been every single part of it. This missed in prayer and magic spells.

But I mean, for getting it out to us this quickly, I commend them and I really enjoy what they have done.

and that is my 10cents.

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patrico12345

Sep 27 2006, 09:04 PM | Post #12

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I'm not exactly thrilled about this update at all!

I haven't really tried out many of the area sound effects yet, but I've started to play RS with music and all that off alltogether recently. Oh well, I think I might like them though. There isn't much else that really bothers me under the Area Sounds update though. I do like the str bonus on the boots though

Player Interfaces

...This is were I start to get ticked. I know that people may say change is a good thing and "I will get used to it" and all that other crap... but Jagex just made Runescape UGLY!!!!! The colors look like... well.... they look like crap. Jagex has degraded themselves so much with just the colors. Everything looks very old and rundown as if they don't even care how the game looks. So this part of my rant includes the stats menu and all the little buttons that are on the menu parts of the screen as well.

I'm not enjoying that having to hover your mouse over things in the combat menu or every menu for that fact just to find out which skill I'm training. I would rather have it all written out where I can see it easily.

That goes for the emote menu as well. Jagex has given the argument that it's difficult to translate the game into a different language because the German words are longer than English words. I can see their reasoning but do not agree. Runescape is a game of learning, of worlds merging into one. I've heard of many people learning and improving upon their english skills just by playing Runescape. Dividing the game and making seperate versions just won't be good.

I do love the new stats menu screen of what you wear in game It gives a great picture of what your character look like and will make it 100x easier to figure out which pieces of armour give the best combat bonuses.

Skill Tutors

I haven't been to talk to them yet, so I don't know how to judge them as far as advice they give. But what happened to them not making p2p skill tutors!? Yes they made a fletching one but what about the others!? There are lots of people who would need to know more about p2p skills especially if it was their first time become p2p.

But yet again, I have more ranting to do about this part of the huge updates they made today...

1) I'm really mad how they added a bank at the top of lumbridge!!! I know it might be useful for the f2p but the p2p already had a bank!!! It was called do the Recipie for Disaster Quest! Two banks in almost the exact same location... what a stupid idea!

2) I don't really care about all the other things up until the free teleport. Oh... this one pissed me off pretty bad. Being lost in Runescape and not know what to do or where to go is part of playing Runescape (which also hints to my point that skill tutors shouldn't even be there) But anyway.... I had quit Runescape for almost 2 years because of the fact that I got lost and couldn't find my way back to civilization!
Another thing about the teleport, it's free!!!! Isn't that one of the reasons Jagex took out dueling everywhere in Runescape classic because people were using dueling to teleport to lumbridge!?!?!

Oh yea and another thing in general about the skill tutors.... phr33 st00f pl0x!!!! How about NO!! Items are too easily to get in Runescape as it is. No need for all this free stuff. Jagex are just encouraging beggers to continue begging to get all their items. They need to know how to work for their items so they know the true value. If not, they're just going to go run off and die with it just so they can beg again and get it back.

Just to sum all my ranting up.... Jagex has dumbed down runescape terribly!!!!!

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Arguous

Sep 27 2006, 10:26 PM | Post #13

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Patrico, don't feel so bad about the free teleport. I saw so many people leaving abby demons that way. I did it myself just to see it.

It can save you an inventory spot, which comes in handy sometimes.

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Loggy

Sep 27 2006, 10:54 PM | Post #14

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QUOTE(patrico12345 @ Sep 27 2006, 04:04 PM) [snapback]74297[/snapback]

1) I'm really mad how they added a bank at the top of lumbridge!!! I know it might be useful for the f2p but the p2p already had a bank!!! It was called do the Recipie for Disaster Quest! Two banks in almost the exact same location... what a stupid idea!

I totally agree. That was one thing that made Recipe For Disaster so great - bank access in Lumbridge. But no, that's destroyeed...

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Shredar

Sep 28 2006, 12:02 AM | Post #15

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yea i got on this morning and was liek woah and heard wind on wolf mountain. i dont mind the change of all the thigns its alright to me.

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