08/08/13 - School of Dragons Support Updates

[Brynjolf]

A huge thank you to all our players for helping us improve the game by reporting bugs and various issues. Our team's been working on fixing the problems that were identified and have released these game updates. Here are the new fixes in this latest patch:

Updates 2.0
1. Fixed dual dialogue boxes appearing in some missions.
2. Fixed fish not being able to reel in bug.
3. Addressed players switching profiles and getting dragons from other profiles.
4. Addressed issue of avatar saving, getting corrupted, and players starting as default avatar. They will now be asked to re-customize their avatar.
5. Addressed Dropped out of MMO issues.
6. Addressed not being able to race MMO issues.
7. Fixed issue with experiments not showing the correct temperature.
8. Added messaging for not allowing numbers or symbols in viking or dragon names.
9. Fixed some titles in various dialogue boxes that went missing.
10. Membership now reflects in the game if purchased from the map screen.
11. Optimized various particles in the school for better performance.
12. Optimized various particles in Berk for better performance.
13. Fixed overlapping text in the profile page.
14. Fixed inconsistencies in the Wilderness mini-map.
15. Fixed bug with meters tutorial when user first gets a dragon.
16. Optimized various particles in the hatchery for better performance.
17. Adjusted fishing percentages in the Wilderness to be more friendly.
18. Optimized various particles in the Great Hall for better performance.
19. Adjusted the size of teen Thunderdrum and Whispering Death.
20. Adjusted firepits so they can be lit easier in all scenes.
21. Fixed MMO avatar variables not resetting, this would cause avatars to get into bad states.
22. Fixed issue of player 'bouncing' back and forth on the Nadder when mounted.
23. Fixed issue in the lab of items scaling down when being added.
24. Addressed the issue of players being turned back around when flying too far. Fly and be free players, fly and be free!
25. Fix for bug where users were joining racing rooms after a race was started.
26. Fixed a small memory leak in dragon customization.
27. GUI alignment fixes in fishing and Flight Club.
28. Added various sounds for various buttons throughout the game.
29. Small improvements to boy and girl avatar face textures.
30. Fixed bug where, offer speech for mission played again if you quit after accepting a mission and had completed it out of order.
31. Removed 'checking for experiment box' when entering the lab. Less dialogue boxes!
32. Fix for racing to make sure user positions were updated correctly after exiting a race.
33. Fixed dragons firing into fire pits issue.
34. Fixed fishing button being visible when opening journal.
35. Fixes to Fireball Frenzy to smooth out user flow.
36. Fixed being able to fish while standing on the top of your dragon.
37. Added ability for dragons to stand on slopes of 45 degrees.
38. Fixed being able to mount a dragon while it was carrying quest items for you.
39. Flight Club balancing.
40. Fix for animations not looping after player plays with their dragons.
41. Ammo range doubled for racing.
42. Allow dragons to always fire regardless of happiness in Flight Club or racing.
43. Auto-target for fireballs will now target players nearest you.
44. Fireball cooldown reduced for Flight Club.
45. Fixed the dragon not idling correctly while fishing.
46. Balanced energy regeneration rates.
47. Removed the annoying field guide updated dialogue boxes.
48. Fixed player names displaying in the middle of their dragon when mounted.
49. Various tutorial text updates for more clarity based on user feedback. Thanks!
50. Added a 'gulp' animation when feeding your dragon. Ugly yellow particles are now gone!
51. Updates to Nadder and Night Fury flying animations.
52. Countdown added to Flight Club.
53. Fixed bug where membership doesn't reflect in game immediately if player purchases membership from profile creation screen.
54. Fixes to fireball frenzy to smooth out user flow.
55. Fixed bug of flight school of Toothless starting too early.
56. Fixed player's dragon being visible when taking a Taxi Dragon.
57. Fixed bug where username was not appearing in results screen for un-authorized users.
58. Fixed issue of dragon flickering in customization.
59. Fixed scrolling bug with quests.
60. Fixed 'press' state for single player racing button.
61. Fixed minor art overlapping issue in racing lobby with the dragon's picture.
62. Fixed bug of quest help tips not updating correctly.
63. Fixed scrolling problems in profile page.
64. Fixed scroll button functionality in 'favorites' menu on profile page.
65. Fixed particles not playing when players level up.
66. Adjusted flight boundary so you can get to Gothi's house.
67. Fixed play and feed buttons disappearing when clicking their dragon before talking to Hiccup.
68. Fixed bug where race was not starting for MMO players if one player quits before the race loads.
69. Raised the height of flower objects in Berk for easier collection.
70. Fixed egg texture of the Thunderdrum.

As always, please let us know if you experience any issues in our Customer Support, Technical Support, and Bug Report boards. We'll do our best to address them right away. Thanks!

[Ellie]

thank you soo much for the updates! i noticed that the nadder has a nother flying animation its awesome! but i am sure it will get better when the walking problem is fixed (are you close to a solution?)
and i love the new dragon designes they look so more realistic

[Acanthea]

First off: What a wonderful update! It's really great, and I'm stunned, as many others too!

I love the farming update. I can't wiat to reach higher farming levels so I can buy animals and decorations!

The new quests are great too, and I only found one problem. I've posted it somewhere, but I'll tell you here, so you find it easily:
In the Botany 101 Quest you have to deliver some Food to Astrid who is next to the store. Like in the "Loom and Doom" Quest in the past she won't accept the items that are in my backpack. If I try it, nothing happens.

I didn't find other bugs yet, my other problems got solved when my game downloaded every file (I restarted the game twice for it)

Again: An incredible update! It's so amazing, me and Temeraire are nearly fainting! Please say a huge thank you to the whole team, we are so proud to be able such a fantastic game!

EDIT: I have a floating fish in my little lake on my farm xD
I'm sure the Jumping Animation of the fish is stuck, or is it normal that there is a floating fish which is slowly spinning?

[Ellie]

i have a question what do i do with the black wool? the quest accepts obly white wool.
and is it just me or are helibuts gone extintnct and the lake and sea are back to blue no movement just plain blue.

but again AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
the farmin update is amazing
the game is great!

[symrea]

Aug 8, 2013 8:13:43 GMT -8 Brynjolf said:

A huge thank you to all our players for helping us improve the game by reporting bugs and various issues. Our team's been working on fixing the problems that were identified and have released these game updates. Here are the new fixes in this latest patch:

Updates 2.0
1. Fixed dual dialogue boxes appearing in some missions.
2. Fixed fish not being able to reel in bug.
3. Addressed players switching profiles and getting dragons from other profiles.
4. Addressed issue of avatar saving, getting corrupted, and players starting as default avatar. They will now be asked to re-customize their avatar.
5. Addressed Dropped out of MMO issues.
6. Addressed not being able to race MMO issues.
7. Fixed issue with experiments not showing the correct temperature.
8. Added messaging for not allowing numbers or symbols in viking or dragon names.
9. Fixed some titles in various dialogue boxes that went missing.
10. Membership now reflects in the game if purchased from the map screen.
11. Optimized various particles in the school for better performance.
12. Optimized various particles in Berk for better performance.
13. Fixed overlapping text in the profile page.
14. Fixed inconsistencies in the Wilderness mini-map.
15. Fixed bug with meters tutorial when user first gets a dragon.
16. Optimized various particles in the hatchery for better performance.
17. Adjusted fishing percentages in the Wilderness to be more friendly.
18. Optimized various particles in the Great Hall for better performance.
19. Adjusted the size of teen Thunderdrum and Whispering Death.
20. Adjusted firepits so they can be lit easier in all scenes.
21. Fixed MMO avatar variables not resetting, this would cause avatars to get into bad states.
22. Fixed issue of player 'bouncing' back and forth on the Nadder when mounted.
23. Fixed issue in the lab of items scaling down when being added.
24. Addressed the issue of players being turned back around when flying too far. Fly and be free players, fly and be free!
25. Fix for bug where users were joining racing rooms after a race was started.
26. Fixed a small memory leak in dragon customization.
27. GUI alignment fixes in fishing and Flight Club.
28. Added various sounds for various buttons throughout the game.
29. Small improvements to boy and girl avatar face textures.
30. Fixed bug where, offer speech for mission played again if you quit after accepting a mission and had completed it out of order.
31. Removed 'checking for experiment box' when entering the lab. Less dialogue boxes!
32. Fix for racing to make sure user positions were updated correctly after exiting a race.
33. Fixed dragons firing into fire pits issue.
34. Fixed fishing button being visible when opening journal.
35. Fixes to Fireball Frenzy to smooth out user flow.
36. Fixed being able to fish while standing on the top of your dragon.
37. Added ability for dragons to stand on slopes of 45 degrees.
38. Fixed being able to mount a dragon while it was carrying quest items for you.
39. Flight Club balancing.
40. Fix for animations not looping after player plays with their dragons.
41. Ammo range doubled for racing.
42. Allow dragons to always fire regardless of happiness in Flight Club or racing.
43. Auto-target for fireballs will now target players nearest you.
44. Fireball cooldown reduced for Flight Club.
45. Fixed the dragon not idling correctly while fishing.
46. Balanced energy regeneration rates.
47. Removed the annoying field guide updated dialogue boxes.
48. Fixed player names displaying in the middle of their dragon when mounted.
49. Various tutorial text updates for more clarity based on user feedback. Thanks!
50. Added a 'gulp' animation when feeding your dragon. Ugly yellow particles are now gone!
51. Updates to Nadder and Night Fury flying animations.
52. Countdown added to Flight Club.
53. Fixed bug where membership doesn't reflect in game immediately if player purchases membership from profile creation screen.
54. Fixes to fireball frenzy to smooth out user flow.
55. Fixed bug of flight school of Toothless starting too early.
56. Fixed player's dragon being visible when taking a Taxi Dragon.
57. Fixed bug where username was not appearing in results screen for un-authorized users.
58. Fixed issue of dragon flickering in customization.
59. Fixed scrolling bug with quests.
60. Fixed 'press' state for single player racing button.
61. Fixed minor art overlapping issue in racing lobby with the dragon's picture.
62. Fixed bug of quest help tips not updating correctly.
63. Fixed scrolling problems in profile page.
64. Fixed scroll button functionality in 'favorites' menu on profile page.
65. Fixed particles not playing when players level up.
66. Adjusted flight boundary so you can get to Gothi's house.
67. Fixed play and feed buttons disappearing when clicking their dragon before talking to Hiccup.
68. Fixed bug where race was not starting for MMO players if one player quits before the race loads.
69. Raised the height of flower objects in Berk for easier collection.
70. Fixed egg texture of the Thunderdrum.

As always, please let us know if you experience any issues in our Customer Support, Technical Support, and Bug Report boards. We'll do our best to address them right away. Thanks!

Yayyy! Oh my gosh the game is updating so fast! I cannot wait to try it out when I get back home!

[ggamer77]

I still don't like the Nadder's new walking animation but..
You guys are doing a good job with these updates.
And my Nadder doesn't have black eyelids anymore.
thx

[Brynjolf]

Aug 8, 2013 8:30:00 GMT -8 Acanthea said:

First off: What a wonderful update! It's really great, and I'm stunned, as many others too!

I love the farming update. I can't wiat to reach higher farming levels so I can buy animals and decorations!

The new quests are great too, and I only found one problem. I've posted it somewhere, but I'll tell you here, so you find it easily:
In the Botany 101 Quest you have to deliver some Food to Astrid who is next to the store. Like in the "Loom and Doom" Quest in the past she won't accept the items that are in my backpack. If I try it, nothing happens.

I didn't find other bugs yet, my other problems got solved when my game downloaded every file (I restarted the game twice for it)

Again: An incredible update! It's so amazing, me and Temeraire are nearly fainting! Please say a huge thank you to the whole team, we are so proud to be able such a fantastic game!

EDIT: I have a floating fish in my little lake on my farm xD
I'm sure the Jumping Animation of the fish is stuck, or is it normal that there is a floating fish which is slowly spinning?

Thanks for the feedback, Acanthea. We're glad you're enjoying the updates. For the quest bug, could you please let us know your browser, computer, and operating system? We'll take a look into this issue. Thanks!

[Acanthea]

Aug 8, 2013 14:07:57 GMT -8 Brynjolf said:

Aug 8, 2013 8:30:00 GMT -8 Acanthea said:

First off: What a wonderful update! It's really great, and I'm stunned, as many others too!

I love the farming update. I can't wiat to reach higher farming levels so I can buy animals and decorations!

The new quests are great too, and I only found one problem. I've posted it somewhere, but I'll tell you here, so you find it easily:
In the Botany 101 Quest you have to deliver some Food to Astrid who is next to the store. Like in the "Loom and Doom" Quest in the past she won't accept the items that are in my backpack. If I try it, nothing happens.

I didn't find other bugs yet, my other problems got solved when my game downloaded every file (I restarted the game twice for it)

Again: An incredible update! It's so amazing, me and Temeraire are nearly fainting! Please say a huge thank you to the whole team, we are so proud to be able such a fantastic game!

EDIT: I have a floating fish in my little lake on my farm xD
I'm sure the Jumping Animation of the fish is stuck, or is it normal that there is a floating fish which is slowly spinning?

Thanks for the feedback, Acanthea. We're glad you're enjoying the updates. For the quest bug, could you please let us know your browser, computer, and operating system? We'll take a look into this issue. Thanks!

I'm using the latest FireFox Version with Windows 8 with a 64-bit OS.
But it could be that my game STILL didn't download every new file. I started the game today for five times, and it always, ALWAYS, downloaded some new files. Maybe I'll just restart the game till it doesn't download new files.

I'll tell you more informations when this is the case. But thank you for the reply! I hope I'm not making any stress for you guys. You all are doing such a great job

[pewdiepieeeee]

i just have a question?
will the game be less glitchy in the future?

[Icka! M. Chif]

Yay!!! Massively excited on this update, loving the farm and the ability to grow things! 

Couple of things I noticed-

Fish:
Yay on the Fish Jobs having varying payouts! Filled all the Fish Jobs and was pleased to see that harder fish to catch, like Salmon, got ¢80, while easier fish, like Perch, got ¢50. Thought that was neat, getting paid more for your effort. 

Yay on the advanced rods costing coins instead of gems! Doesn't really effect me, but still a big yay since I've seen that being a big problem for others. 

Not so cool on bait for fish going from ¢2 to ¢6 per worm. (am a member, forgot to grab the non-member price) Very yikes. If I had known there was gonna be a price jump, woulda bought more bait last night. >P 

Massive squee on the farm having its own fishing spot! Caught a Perch and a Trout there this morning without the danger of being shot at! Was very lovely, enjoy how relaxing fishing is. 

Dragon:
Specifically, Energy. Usually I around on quests, then stop whenever RL intrudes, my Dragon curl ups for a nap and the energy bar rises. 
Energy seems to be zapping faster than usual, and when Old Lace naps, there's none of the 'Zzz' floating from him, and the energy bar actually decreases while he sleeps. 

He's also got the strangest case of pink eye, the lid doesn't completely cover the eyeball. It's a little freaky. 



The Dragon Nip also does nothing to improve his mood. Not sure if that's a glitch, or a Whispering Death thing, since if I remember correctly, there was something about it effecting each dragon type differently-?  [Edit: Whispering Death are Immune to Dragon Nip.]

Environment:
On the bug reports, someone had mentioned that they got stuck with the scenery spinning around them, unable to move. That happened to me a lot when the game first started a couple of weeks ago, then stopped, and I honestly thought it was my computer lagging, not a game error. 
It's happened a LOT today. Usually at regen points, such as the School/Wilderness and the Wilderness/School tunnel exit/openings. Often times it seems like it's the result of a compiling error, the game trying to render 2 Whispering Deaths, a Deadly Natter, and a Zippleback all in the exact same location, freaking out, and going for a spin. Which did result in a very funny looking conglomeration, I'm sorry I didn't get a screencap of it. 

My trick of going to see the characters in the Hatchery instead of flying to Berk to get information still works though. ^___^ 

And got a completely black screen of death when I attempted to do the 'burning wood, paper and coal' at the Alchemists. Had just gotten the 'interesting choice' comment to which hypothesis to chose, then boom. Black. Mouse didn't even show up in the program window, though I could still click the dock at the bottom
-Which is what prompted coming over here and writing everything up. About 5-10 minutes after the screencap.  

Speaking of which, random question on the wood... I've got something like 19 cords of it in my bag... Is there anything I can use it for? It seems silly to be constantly going to chop down a tree if I've got the wood in the bag. Would it be possible to use it to make fences on the farm? 

Thank you very much on the updates! 

[Acanthea]

Aug 8, 2013 14:13:54 GMT -8 pewdiepieeeee said:

i just have a question?
will the game be less glitchy in the future?

hello pewdiepieeeee

This is just the BETA. This means, the game is in its beginnings. I'm sure the team will do everything to fix the glitches and bugs. Please be patient, the game is still very fun! And when it's finished in the future, I'm sure there aren't any glitches and bugs!

If you want, you can do a Glitch List, where you can list every glitch and bug you've found so far. I'm sure the team is thankful for the informations!

[Brynjolf]

Aug 8, 2013 12:06:05 GMT -8 ggamer77 said:

I still don't like the Nadder's new walking animation but..
You guys are doing a good job with these updates.
And my Nadder doesn't have black eyelids anymore.
thx

Hey, ggamer77. Thanks for the update! We'll keep tweaking the animation so we can get it just right. Glad to hear everything works for you!

[Ellie]

hey um....i am pretty sure that everyone noticed that they can't talk why is that?
and i would like to report that i still have black hands and the nadders walking is still akward and that i can't see the updated water its just plain blue no movement

[Eyjas]

This is absolutely wonderful! Thanks team

[Icka! M. Chif]

Might be a little slow on this, cause I have a Boulder-class dragon for a reason, but while fleeing from someone who thought it was amusing to use me as target practise, discovered a tunnel in the wall at the school I hadn't seen before. It allowed me to fly right through it and to the outside of the school, and explore around the outside of the caldera. Which is AWESOME!!! The snowcovered rocks are great fun to climb all over. 

Just wanted to ask if you guys updated the water as well, because it looked amazing! The water had a tendency to occasionally ripple across the screen, the white caps are a great touch, and the cloud patterns and sun spots are fabulous to dive in and out of. 

So dunno if it's new or not, but wanted say thanks and awesome kudos to you and your team, cause it just looks absolutely gorgeous! 


^ sun spot, just before a kamikaze dive into it. XD