Endless Online 0.4.50 : Dev Post
Content Update
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Dev Post:
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About: Runtime 4.49 (recap)
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The previous 449 Patch has been running for ~1000 hours of uptime in a single session; the longest any version has ever run. It provided a reliable foundation for continued development. The stability of 4.49 that emerged during this early stage of development is a welcome milestone, offering a strong and dependable base to build upon.
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After releasing patch 449 Patch as a technical update with last-minute priority security. Some in-progress dev content was released half-finished. Patch (450) consolidates on those unfinished areas, wrapping up all half-finished content from Patch 449, along with new content, into a single dedicated content update. This includes new training areas, characters, quests, buddies and items.
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Yetinna Furfoot
At the top of Snowladia Mountain, a new Yeti Cave has been added. This treacherous zone introduces extra-cold areas that will challenge even the bravest adventurers. To help you survive these icy extremes, meet Yettina Furfoot, who can craft enhanced (warm) jewelry and gear; perfect for facing the Yeti Cave and preparing for even colder zones to come.
- new buddy quest
- new (warm) crafts
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Yeti Cave
The Yeti Cave is a new cavern system at the top of Snowladia Mountain, with layered paths and rising frost temperature danger. The lower level acts as a training ground where Yeti Beasts and Ice Imps roam, where adventurers who dare to withstand cold can train the experience.
At the deepest of the Yeti cave is a Boss Lair, home to Bigfoot, who drops powerful new Frost Cores. Along with a frozen ledge, where the rare Wild Erminus run around silently..
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About: Snowladia Quests (2)
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Taming Erminu (Daily Quest)
The quest begins with Yettina, located at the mountain top and also your go-to for crafting warm gear. After noticing her tame Erminu, she will ask the players to capture a few of these creatures in hopes of taming one for yourself. The success rate is around 33%, but once the Erminu chooses you, you will obtain this rare, new and cute pet.
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Snobble Pengu (Craft)
A group of penguins has gathered before the Snowman Igloo. Players can trade Buddy Coins and Snowballs with them to receive Snobble, a new mini snowman buddy. Once yours, Snobble will follow you on adventures, adding a frosty touch to your journey. These penguins are quirky, so only the swiftest players will claim this rare buddy. Head to Pengu Village to trade yours.
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Areas: World Planning
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In total 7 new locations have been added to the world, carefully placed to keep the world structured and balanced. As this process took considerable time, this update focuses on introducing the locations first, with features such as stories, quests, npcs, and features in a later update.
Aeven Locations
Aeven receives 3 class hubs arranged in a triangle across the west, north, and east. To keep the Aeven balanced, extra space was created in the west and north while limiting expansion on the west. A tower has also been added on top of Anundo Mountain, accessible through a small cave, keeping Anundo contained as a small hidden village.
Hallodale Locations
Hallodale receives 3 new locations that strengthen its industrial and wealthy character. These are placed mostly west of Hallodale to balance the world with the station and town in the center. The dwarf village has been made only accessible by train, emphasizing distance and the need to transport goods back by railroad.
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Areas: Aeven Expansion
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Aeven will have three new locations spread across the contintent. In a quiet corner, the Den Hideout has been added, serving as a class hub for both rogues and archers. To the north, within a breathtaking waterfall landscape, a Magic Academy fits perfectly, allowing priests and mages to study and master their arts. The Stronghold Barracks is the most logical place for warriors and paladins to train and sharpen their combat skills.
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Den HideOut ( Class hub )
An entire new map has been added between the Castle Garden map and Aeven West, where the Baru flock shepherd resides. This quiet and remote area tunred out to be the most perfect spot to serve as the hidden camp for rogues and archers, where they can train their skills and operate their stuff inside their secret hideout. Adding a new map also expands the space on the west side of Aeven, helping to counter-balance the current abundancy of space on the east side of Aeven. Access is only granted to players who choosed to be Rogue or Archer.
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Magic Academy ( Class hub )
A magic academy turned out to be a logical solution for both Mages and Priests to study and train their magical abilities together. After review, the water-rich northern area of Aeven, with it's cascading waterfalls, was identified as the ideal magical location. To accommodate the academy, the northern map between Aeven Mine and Aeven Falls was heavily expanded, forming a small, magical enclave surrounded by flowing waterfalls, integrating the academy naturally into the world. Access to the Academy is only granted to players who choosed to be Mage or Priest.
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Stronghold Barrack ( Class hub )
The Stronghold, with its military presence, was the most logical location to serve as the home base for both Warriors and Paladins. As mentioned, the east side of Aeven is already heavily developed, so upgrading and expanding the Stronghold with training grounds and barracks became a natural two-in-one solution, further enhancing the stronghold's purpose. The Barracks will become the place for Warriors and Paladins to train and practice their combat skills together. Access to the armory is granted only to players who choosed to be Warrior or Paladin class.
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Anundo Tower
A new enclaved map has been added to the north of Anundo. This design expands the small, hidden Anundo enclave without compromising its secluded, encapsulated nature. Located north of Aeven, the area is naturally water-rich, with cascading waterfalls and streams that carve through the landscape, making it a fitting location for an ancient tower atop the mountain. A small bridge leading into a cave was added as the pathway to the top, where the new Anundo Tower has been placed. The Anundo Tower could become a multi-floor dungeon in a future update; for now, it is not accessible and has been added as part of the roadmap for future development.
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the 3 new aeven class hubs: hideout, academy, barracks
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Areas: Hallodale Expansion
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Hallodale will receive three new location that fit perfectly with its wealthy industrial character. A large waste dump collects all industrial garbage from the city, creating a grim but fitting location with potential for its own stories. The famous Butterclub offers a glimpse into the luxurious and secretive world of Hallodale's elite. The Big Dig is a remote mining site where dwarves extract valuable resources that they transported back to Hallodale, a rugged location only reachable by railroad.
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Butterclub
A new, wealthy, and intriguing club has been added to the lower part of Hallodale Station. Secured with cameras and bouncers, the Butterclub is highly exclusive, offering a unique setting for players to uncover new secrets and intrigues of Hallodale's elite. This location has the potential to become an important part of Hallodale's storyline, adding depth and background to the contintent. For now, like all 7 new future locations, only the club's map have been carefully designed and placed to fit inside Hallodale. In later development, new stories and quests should focus on gaining access through a proper, extended storyline. Who knows which familiar npcs might be inside?
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Hallodale Dump
The industry and deforestation in Hallodale naturally generate a lot of waste.. Adding a Waste Dump adds a more gritty industrial edge to Hallodale's industrial identity, with future opportunities for new npcs and background stories to emerge. The most logical location is to the west, near Hallodale Train Station which is already littered with chemical barrels, making it a logical place where Hallodale would transport it's industrial waste. This new area introduces a new atmospheres for players to explore, with potential for future npcs, quests and storylines tied to Hallodale's industrial nature.
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Big Dig ( Dwarf Mine )
New maps have been planned, designed and added to Hallodale serving as a Dwarf Mining operation. The industrial dwarf hub fits seamlessly into Hallodale, providing background into how the city imports most of its heavy metals. It also offers a promising location for players to mine valuable and rare minerals in the future. To enhance the significance of the railroad and transportation, access is limited to train transportation only. Tickets can be purchased at the Hallodale train office, providing passage to the Big Dig.
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hallodale's butterclub and big dig entrance
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About: New Costume Quests (2)
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Fox For Foxes
Location: Aeven West Hideout
Reward: Fox Costume + 10.000 Exp
The quest begins with a strange Fox Hunter wandering nearby the Aeven Hideout.. He claims is quietly hunting foxes while wearing a fox suit to blend in.. Unfortunately, there is no single fox in this part of Aeven.. Players can help the Fox Hunter by bringing him two Red Buddy foxes to hopefully help him attract real ones. After giving him the fox buddies, he thanks you for the help and rewards you with a spare fox costume and some experience.
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Hamster Secret (Daily)
Location: Aeven Farm Shop Basement
Reward: Hamster Costume
This daily quest begins when you encounter a mysterious potion hidden in the Aeven Farm Shop basement. Players can examine the curious potion and choose to drink it, but doing so may lead to surprising consequences..
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About: Low Level Quest (1)
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Melchior's Test
Location: Aeven North
Reward: 500 Exp
This quest starts with Melchior in Aeven North, nervously preparing for his healing exam. He needs practice in balancing energies, and your task is to guide him through questions on water, earth, sunlight, and patience.
Helping him complete the practice boosts his confidence and earns you experience. Melchior also introduces the new Magic Academy and showcases for advanced npc behaciour* the healing skill for aspiring priests.
* keep reading for more details..
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Advanced npc behaciour
Melchior, the magical priest scholar, practices his healing skills just outside the academy. To bring his small quest and personality more to life, he randomly heals nearby players.
What was made?
The npc state-machine has been revamped to support more complex behavior. Npcs, like Melchior, are now able to select and memorize random nearby players, face them, and cast a delayed (friendly) heal spell on the chosen player(s). Additionally, the system has been modified so that any (active) state can control the npc's mainloop to suspend or run, giving states greater control over the npc's behavior in the future.
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In progress: Advanced Wall Rendering*
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What has been made?
Both the EGF studio tools and render engines have been upgraded to support Advanced Wall Rendering, including double-rendering walls with different render properties per frame, allowing a single wall to render double if needed.
What can it do?
For example, it supports more complex designs, such as balcony walls that mix solid sections with transparent glass *see screenshot. This approach allows to render complex walls without adding extra wall layers in the map editor, maps, or rendering engine. While these special wall types occur only in rare cases, this approach allows to render them without increasing the overall complexity.
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Ground work: Item Base Power - Foundation code
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Base Power (core power)
The new item system, launched in Patch 445 has been upgraded. Item instancing now supports one more additional uniquely tracked value per item: base power. This new instanced item property allows any item to remain powerful and relevant.
In theory, this means even a beginner dagger could scale close to the level of an Ultima, if that is the intention of the game designer. Together, this creates options for a multiple layered progression systems and keeps all item flexible and any item could remain relevant long term. This technical possibilites could give Endless Online a unique breeze. * more details will follow once this system will be implemented in a future patch..
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New Aeven Miniboss: Snoute
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Areas: New Gear And Items
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New (gear) crafts and buddies are now available at Aeven, Snowlandia Top, Pengu Village and Snowlandia Town.
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Snowlandia Items
At Snowlandia you can create new yeti fur jewelry at Yettina, who is located on the mountain top. Or craft one of the new ice weapons at the Ice Forger and Ice Ranger in the Snowlandia Crafter's Cave.. Bigfoot will drop corrupted frost pieces and cores, as well as a special sombriceo collectable.
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Various Items
Two brand-new special suites have been added, and the classic Small Edge and Sharp Edge sets are now available at the Den Sales outlet in Aeven West, expanding the selection of alternative, more powerful weapon-for-Eons path. As well as 2 new collectable items and a special Crow Hat rewarded by a special quest.
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- Add: EO+ quest script can open shops and crafts
- Fix: Cold areas now regen health again (with enough warmth)
- Fix: Switch desync fixed
- Fix: Dash skill desync fixed
- Fix: Various item pub and lucky-charm fixes
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Update patch 4.50 will be released 1 April 2025
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