Endless Online 0.4.58 : Dev Post
Npc Upgrades
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Dev Post:
This update brings a new set of quests, events and npc behaviour improvements to EO. Alongside new content, 4.58 includes several changes to the systems behind quests, events and npc behaviour, allowing more flexibility to create dynamic events and quests. read more below
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Quests: Special Scene Quests (2x)
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New Quest: Missing Donuts (L10)
Prerequisite: Shady Eons (quest)
Quest Giver : Officer AP
Map : Aeven (Station)
Reward : 9200EXP
Special : Secret
The officers are concerned because their donuts keep disappearing on a regular basis. They suspect Shady at the tool station, but could he really have something to do with it?
In this funny quest, you will find yourself caught up in a crazy investigation and a shady drop.. Shady is back :)
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New Quest: Broken Bob Poster (L16)
Prerequisite: Legal Matters (quest)
Quest Giver : Shopbob
Map : Shop Bob Basement
Reward : 50000EXP
Special : Secret
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Events: New Public Event (1x)
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New Event: Greenlake Cleanup
Event Starter : Franny Fish
Map : Aeven Greenlake
Special : Franny Ticket
Reward :16000EXP
Green Lake is heavily polluted! Franny and Freddy Fisher are calling on all players to fish out enough old drags to fill the cleanup bar and save the environment of Aeven.
Help clean up the lake and earn exp and Franny Tickets, which can be exchanged for nice prizes.
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npc Logic:
PATH and FREEROAM are new powerful instructions that allow full dynamic control over npcs during quests and events. However, they required better switching pathfind logic while keeping MoveToNPC and MoveToPlayer cheap in terms of CPU usage. The pipeline was also overhauled and restructured once again, with the queue pipeline improved and extended to better support both PATH and FREEROAM. Overall, these changes provide a lot more npc navigation and behaviour.
On top of that a new patrol/waypoint systme is also in the works by using the same systems. Bringing the total number of npc behaviour producers to 3: quest, script, and waypoint.
npc Tracking:
New npc trackable events make it easy to create quests and events where one or more targets need to be protected or kept alive from specific threats. Overlayed health bars have been reworked so any designed npc(s) can display their status, which can now also be target(s) that must be protected.
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* Early Sky Crystal Protect, devtest
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Npcs: Waypoint Patrols
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what was made:
All npc systems are slowly starting to come together, making it possible to create more dynamic and responsive situations, like a npc patrolling waypoints and responding to things along the way. With npcs no longer stuck in default caht, but responding to eachother and players (optionally).
The first (small) test will be with the new AP officers, making rounds through Aeven and patrolling their AP Jail. You will notice those npcs are now able to find their way between waypoints and reaching out to eachother. There is still plenty to improve and test, but this should hopefully add a little detail already.
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Npcs: Chat System Upgrade
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what was made:
The old npc chat bubbles used one rotating list of lines. Creating strange situations where npcs were not talking about the things happening in the game.
The upgraded chat system adds context-aware dialogue states, allowing npcs to chat more naturally to events like being hit or getting angry. This makes the npcs a little more believable and can give each character a stronger personality.
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About: Various / recap
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Halloween is just around the corner, and the old Aeven map was destroyed during the Aeven 3.0 update, so it's time to move on and work to make Halloween 2026 happen.
- Improved npc behaviour, pathfinding, waypoints, patrols, and scripting.
- New patrolling npcs (officer in Aeven, officer in AP Jail).
- 2 New special quests with a lot of scene engine.
- Delayed channel release (read 4.57)
- Critical database login error fixed
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Update patch 4.58 is a work in progress
Thanks for playing Endless Online we are glad you are here. You can find a list of contributers here
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