2011-12-16
Listen to kymara talking about Arianne at this podcast. Topics include an exciting plan for the future - HTML5 support!
2011-12-02
As the day turns into night, keep your worries out of sight.
Faiumoni's eternal daylight curse has been lifted, and once again the sun sets and rises. Don't be concerned about the darkness: nights are short, and lamps light busier streets. However, for those afraid of the dark, there is help.But what about the worry of real danger, how do you know what lurks to attack you even in daylight? Some warriors get a sense of danger for a new area by looking at the surroundings, but appearances can be deceiving. This sense of danger has now been honed. Warning skulls appear for places beyond your experience or that could be danger to linger long in. Of course, it is up to you, whether you heed the white warning skulls...
For those who can get to Nalwor city without much danger, a fun new guessing game awaits. Crearid will challenge you to guess how many creatures you have killed! Take a trip too, to Ados, where builders and decorators have been busy. Chat with the new Ados banker, Rachel, and visit Coralia next door - she may have a fruity feat for you.
As previously announced, you can't fight in the areas around healers any more - Jynath and Katerina both cast protection spells near them, being fed up of listening to petty problems related to fighting nearby.
To read about all the changes including any not summarised here, please see the full change log.
2011-10-12
Would you love to wear a rainbow every day, and tell the world that everything's okay? Now, you can. Choose a bright colour when you select your outfit, you can shade your hair and clothes. All the colour may help you get in the party mood for Semos Mine Town Revival Weeks. Check out Semos and the Mine Town, newly decorated for Hallowe'en and with games to play.
It's not just clothes that changed their look, but the ground around you too - take a trip to Kikareukin Caves or to the Northern mountain ranges - it really seems like Autumn has brought many changes. To read about these and more, please take a look at the full change log.
2011-08-25
Those who first arrive on Faiumoni to experience adventure should be welcomed by all, and find the place easy to navigate. Semos has had a problem with wild creatures nearby and newcomers wandering easily into the forest instead of the city, so friendly citizens storyteller and kiheru have built a palisade wall for protection and guidance. Various animal pens, including the wolves in the park north of Semos, have working gates. For learning the way around, everyone now has easy access to a clever atlas created by hendrik and monsterdhal, and a friendly beginners guide.
New visitors are often keen to start out helping others. The little boy Tad that many newcomers meet and help, has moved from his lonely spot in the Town hall, into Semos Hostel, and if anyone forgets to help him, Ketteh Wehoh, who is now in the Town Hall, will remind them! For tasks which a newcomer might like to help with (or not) there are warnings in the popular 'Travel Log' if the quest is not suitable yet. And tasks from Barbarus and Haunchy Meatoch are now more rewarding. After all this work, perhaps you'd like to relax in Fado hotel's sunny new beer garden?
If you'd like to find out about all the other changes please read the full change log.
2011-07-14
Stendhal's innovative client updates mean that our players don't have to do a new download for every new release. This requires that the packages are signed with a security certificate, and those expire once per year - requiring all players to download again! The updater has been rewritten to avoid this in the future while keeping secure, signed packages.
Note: Webstart will automatically do a fresh download. The download-client will ask you to do a new download.
In game, you'll notice changes to the Stendhal client text boxes which now attach to the bottom of the screen instead of obscuring game play. (If you didn't know, you can always click on them or hit ctrl-r to remove all text boxes on the screen). There are also two new quests to enjoy - head to Athor to help out John and Jane, or Ados Cemetery where you'll find Andy.
Stendhal's server has been updated to Marauroa 3.8.7 which greatly improves performance, especially for games with very large numbers of players. Also, any slowness in the database no longer causes the client to timeout on login.
A full list of changes can be read at our change log.