[AC] Dev Notes und Rollout - Juli 2004

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DevNotes und Rollout

Gibbering Claws
In this month’s event we have added a quest timer to the Gibbering Claw, to make it difficult for players to prevent other players from getting a Claw. This does affect existing Claws. If you pick up a Claw – even one you currently own – you will not be able to pick up any other Claw for 14 days.

Example: I have a Gibbering Claw on my character, and another one in my residential quarter’s chest. If I put the Claw in my inventory on the ground and then pick it back up, I will not be able to pick up the Claw in my chest for 14 days. However I will be able to drop and pick up the first Claw again as many times as I like.


GFX Software Mode
One of this month’s new dungeons uses new and more detailed graphics for some items that will not display properly if you are playing Asheron’s Call without hardware 3D video acceleration. After an informal poll last month, we felt that this is acceptable. Players without hardware 3D acceleration will still be able to enter this dungeon, acquire the items, and play normally; they simply will see flat colored polygons instead of the expected item textures.

We may introduce more items like these in the near future, and we’ll be presenting more information on the topic of Software Mode soon.