Foundations of Hope: Pre-Alpha 2.59 notes

Haven't posted in awhile, been rather busy but mainly wanted to wait until this last patch was completed to post updates.


Game Name: Foundations of Hope Online
Technology: TGE + Torque MMO Kit
Genre: Christian Fantasy MMORPG
Company: Lethal Games Corporation
Game Website: Foundations of Hope Online

Highlights:
-Most of crafting is done by harvesting trees, rocks, mushrooms, etc...
-Crafting system redesigned. Have to first Blacksmith metal ores axeheads, rods, etc. Have to Wood Craft logs to handles, shafts, etc. Have to use Chemistry to make items need in Poison Crafting.
-Armor Crafting implemented. Over 2000 craftable items.
-Dragon and animal Armor Crafting implemented.
-Weapon Crafting totally revised. Now have 64 different unique weapon models equalling 768 craftable weapons.
-Implemented new Dragon and animal Weapon Crafting. Dragons now have unique weapon models.
-New Archery Crafting system implemented.
-Poison Crafting implemented. 100 craftable poisons.
-Added a Second Dragon class.
-Implemented color coding of NPCs based on their task. This modification is on Map, Tracking Window, and name above them. Vendors are darker blue, Trainers are gold, Quests are Purple, Harvestable items are green. Also implemented new filters to not see harvestable items, and the specific NPCs based on their category.

So I'll post some new images and then the more detailed patchlist below that.

Mining:


Foresting:


Harvesting for Poison Crafting:




New Dragon Weapon Models:






New setup of New York

Mining in New York

Changed Harvestable Item colors to green

Example of new Map and Tracking window color changes

Patchlist Notes:
Pre-Alpha 2.59 5-27-2009

-Moved Boat Master in Bayou closer to Bayou/Great Wall entrance.
-Changed Mackinac and Everglades to Bayou zoning location to be by Boat Master.
-Moved Saurian Bayou to Mackinac transport sign by Bayou Boat Master.
-Removed requirement of only Paladins can enter Spiritual Warfare realms. Now restriced to only Humans.
-Changed zone login location going to/from The Troit and The Troit SW zones so you don't land on sign post.
-Rogues and Death Stalkers now know Chemistry which is used for Poisons.
-Changed current Chemistry craftable items to First Aid skill.
-Fixed Copper Sheet need a Blacksmithing level 5 of instead of 1.
-Changed Black Wolf from Level 25 to 22.
-Changed Vampire Bat from Level 35 to 34.
-Changed Forest Spider from Level 30 to 28.
-Changed Viper from Level 30 to 31.
-Changed Arctic Wolf Leader from Level 45 to 40.
-Changed Polar Bears from Level 45 to 40.
-Changed Cougar from Level 55 to Level 50.
-Changed Rattle Snake from Level 50 to 45.
-Lowered Desert Ruffian from Level 60 to 55.
-Poison Craft implemented for Rogues and Death Stalkers.
-Implemented Grave Markers to test Resurrection spells.
-Made Rogues and Death Stalkers get Dual Wield at level 1.
-Added Venom Extract to required spiders.
-Added Swamp Spiders to The Bayou.
-Modified all tree models to be more efficient.
-Rogue Trainers now have items for Poison Crafting.
-Added Animal Stalker Lor to Grand Canyon to train Dragons as Animal Stalker class.
-Added new template NPC Vora to give templates of Dragon Attack/Animal Stalker. Must be 15/15, 30/30, etc. to get template.
-Added sounds when harvesting and mining.
-Modified Blacksmithing skills level to coincide with armor and weapon crafting levels needed.
-Added Wood Crafting skill. Used to make shafts, staves, short handles, long handles out of logs from trees.
-Added Wood Vendor Chuck(human) by The Troit Forge.
-Added Wood Vendor Klog(saurian) by Everglade Forge.
-Removed Apprentice, Journeyman, Master Smithing Hammer. Only Smith hammer now.
-Removed Apprentice, Journeyman, Master Fletching Kit. Only Fletching kit now.
-Changed Global chat to now say Global:
-Added more loot to Rocks and Trees. Should get loot more often.
-Changed Blacksmithing recipes.
-Lowered Blacksmithing Sheets from 8 to 6 ores needed.
-Increased many crafting items stacking max.
-Changed the whole Weapon and Animal Crafting items and system. Alot more craftable weapons.
-Changed the whole Archery Crafting items and system.
-Increased Archery Ranges. ..
-Increased Archery damage times 5.
-Crafted weapons have new models.
-Gave Enchanter and Scouts spells like Beast Masters and Rangers. Added scrolls to Enchanter in Everglades.
-Fixed bug in config file patching if you change key bindings.
-Added new Dragon Weapon models. Will create more later.
-Added new Shield models.
-Added more tree types and moved locations around. Check map in forums.
-Modified Grand Canyon enter/exit location. Now on east side near Dragon merchants on bat cliff.
-Made it so that all Human and Saurian classes can Armor and Weapon craft during test phase.


Pre-Alpha 2.58b 5-4-2009
-Fixed a chat issue.

Pre-Alpha 2.58 4-11-2009
-Removed the auto-RvR code to see if causing zoning/dieing stuck issue.
-Armor crafting! No new textures though.
-Animal armor crafting! No new Dragon textures though.
-Added Armor Crafter Mero(Dragon) by Grand Canyon forge.
-Added Armor Crafter Zeora(Saurian) by Everglades forge.
-Added Armor Crafter Sue(Human) by The Troit forge.
-Fixed double posting chat issue. a.k.a hitting Enter.
-Removed the Diminuitve size variable.
-Increased level 30+ mob speeds.
-Changed Armor Masters and Defenders can wear Heavy Armor at level 1.
-Changed Guardians and Shadow Knight can wear Heavy Armor at level 10.
-Changed Guardians, Rangers, Scouts, and Shadow Knights wear shields at 5.
-Changed Rogues, Bards, Warcryers, and Death Stalkers wear shields at 10.
-Restricted Tower Shields to only be used by Defenders and Armor Masters.
-Increased mob damage slightly now that armor implemented.
-Fixed Blacksmithing cost issue if skill level was below 10.
-Removed Martial Artist, Bruisers, Disciples, and Mentalist from being able to use Medium and Heavy armor.
-Added Saurillium Deposits to Chicago until Saurian Underground zone is completed.
-Moved Saurian Banker and most other Saurian Vendors from Mackinac to Everglades.
-Changed Divination skill to Miracle.
-Changed Weapon and Armor Crafting skills to start at level 1 instead of 5.
-Changed Archery Craft to start at level 1 instead of 5.
-Increased Forge radius from 200 to 300.
-Modified pet code to see if helps pets from running off.

Pre-Alpha 2.57 3-19-2009
-New compile of source to hopefully fix some crashing issues.

Pre-Alpha 2.57 3-17-2009

-Added a R button on map to filter Resources off or on.
-Added a Q button on map to filter Quest NPCs.
-Added a T button on map to filter Trainers.
-Added a V button on map to filter Vendors.
-Changed resources(rocks and trees) to show up as green on the map.
-Changed Vendor to show up as blue on the map.
-Changed Quest NPCs to show up as purple on the map.
-Changed Quest NPCs text color when looking at them to purple.
-Changed Resource text color when looking at them to green.
-Changed mob text color to orange.
-Removed Corpse from dead resources.
-Added color to the Tracking Window to seperate between Resources, Vendors, Trainers, etc..


To do:
-Seperate training dialog from current vendors to a new NPC so vendors show up as blue.

Pre-Alpha 2.56 3-12-2009
-Weapon and Archery crafting totally modified toward harvesting the resources from trees and rocks.
-Modified all the water critter levels to go 75 to 100 temporarily. Added Kraken(100) to Gulf of Mexico.
-Modified Great Wall location greatly. Zone is now split more evenly between Saurian and Human camps.
-Added Oak and Maple trees to Great Wall
-Added Oak, Maple, and Pine trees to The Troit
-Added Pine and Maple trees to Mackinac
-Added Pine and Maple trees to the Mountains
-Added new Copper mine to The Troit. On other side of river by rats.
-Added new Copper mine in the Everglades. New island past current copper location.
-Added Hickory trees to Black Forest
-Added Ebony trees to Chicago
-Added Lignum Vitae trees to Bayous
-Modified terrain of Chicago
-Added Tin Veins to Grand Canyon, The Troit, and the Everglades for blacksmithing. Copper and Tin equals Bronze.
-Added Iron veins at Great Wall.
-Added Nickel Veins to Bayous. Iron and Nickle equals Steel.
-Removed Bayou Dungeon access from the Bayous. No longer needed.
-Added Chromium Veins to Black Forest. Iron and Chromium equals Tempered Steel.
-Added Silver Veins to Mackinac.
-Added Platinum Veins to the Desert.
-Modified Gulf of Mexico zone terrain.
-Added Obsidian Deposits to Gulf of Mexico.
-Added Diamond Deposits to the Mountains.
-Added Titanium Deposits to Chicago.
-Added Adamantium Deposits to New York.
-Modified the New York terrain.
-Removed most Weapon Crafting drops from mobs.
Things to do later:
-Add in resource filter on map. Trees and rocks clog up the map. Turn of NPC for now to remove them.
-Possibly remove rocks and trees from Tracking(player.py).


Pre-Alpha 2.55 2-4-2009
-Added copper vein in Grand Cayon. North of starting location past bats
-Added Dragon Tool Vendor to Grand Canyon(by the copper vein)
-Added Dragon Craftor Vendor to Grand Canyon(by the copper vein)
-Moved Dragon Dragonling Template NPC closer to Dragon Starting place in Grand Canyon.
-Moved Dragon Cub Template NPC across waterfall from starting location.
-Added Forge to Grand Canyon(out by copper vein).
-Made /disenchant items now sellable(only for test phase) so Disciples can make some money.
-Removed Dragon Nutrients being looted from Harvesting items(rocks, trees) and Human and Saurian mobs.
-Increased Player's Primary and Secondary damage and lowered mob's damage. Higher critters were still very hard to fight alone. Only modified for testing phase so players can solo.
-Fixed the Gulf of Mexico drop off area.
-Changed Bank image.
-Fixed some zone descriptions in Encyclopedia.
-Modified most of the Bayou spawn levels including Brent and Ethan Monster. Added more spawns to Bayous.

Pre-Alpha 2.54 1-27-2009
-Moved Humans to island(Human battle camp) in Everglades
-Moved Reptiles to beach in Everglades
-Moved Saurian vendors/trainers from The Troit to Everglades
-Moved Saurian starting location to Saurian camp
-Moved Saurian forge from Great Wall to Everglades
-Added Hatchling Surv to Everglades for Saurian to get Hatchling template
-Moved Hatchling Ezra to The Troit's town square area.
-Added boat for Saurians to travel between Everglades and Bayous.
-Changed Beast master Beast spells into seperate Lizard and Insect spells.
-Replaced Bone blacksmithing requirement with Copper Ore.
-Removed Skulls and Broken Skulls from game.
-Made Copper Ore deposit in The Troit where dragons used to be.
-Made Copper Ore deposit in Everglades on the island inhabited by humans
-Added Tool Vendor Baor to Everglades
-Added Tool Vendor Del to The Troit
-Changed Help window to now show proper command for /respawn
-Removed Alchemist and Medic heal skills. Only have spells now.

Pre-Alpha 2.53 1-18-2009
-Installer now installs and has name of Foundations of Hope
-Made upper left hand corner of game now say Foundations of Hope Online
-New Installer has new game icon
-New Beast Master and Enchanters now have skill icons for pet commands
-Changed Mount and Dragon Mount icons
-New game guis
-Fixed Warcryer's Mourning song being passive

Pre-Alpha 2.52 12-30-2008
-New downloadable client has the chat window location at proper location. Only for new players.
-New downloadable client will have Map and Party Windows open by default for new players.
-Bayou Dungeon, New York, and Gulf of Mexico should not have rain or weather changes.
-Fixed Desert Beetles giving random loot and will now be aggro against Dragons.
-Added Swimming Items Dealer in New York to get scuba mask. For all Realms.
-Added Gulf of Mexico zone. Swim south of Bayous to enter.
-Swimming is slooooow! Will look at ways of speeding that up.
-Added critters to New York and Gulf of Mexico. All are level 30 for testing purposes.
-Fixed Scout Call of the Wild not being able to be used.

Pre-Alpha 2.51 11-05-2008
-Implemented PvE and RvR zones!
-RvR zones = Chicago, Mackinac, Mountains
-PvE zones = all other zones.
-Lowered critter damage.

Pre-Alpha 2.50 10-26-2008
-Implemented different starting zone per Realm. Humans start in The Troit. Saurians start in Everglades. Dragons start in Grand Canyon. Only effects new users that do not have accounts.
-Implemented code for Harvesting skills(Foresting, Mining, etc..) Code only. Nothing yet available.
-Removed random names from animals.
-Added random Human and Saurian NPC's to get random names.
-Modified lower animal levels and changed what animals are in The Troit, Everglades, and Grand Canyon zones.
-Moved The Troit bind stone closer to town where two paths now meet.
-Added bind stone to Everglades, Grand Canyon, and New York.

Pre-Alpha 2.49 10-14-2008
-Added New York zone. Go all the way through Mountains zone to get to it. Nothing there, just a passway zone to the Everglades for now.
-Added Everglades. Nothing there. Just getting ready to be the Saurian main location.
-Added Lansing. Is now in the between Greatwall and Mackinac. Nothing there.
-Added Paladin Complex. Follow path to the west of Lansing. Just buildings there so far.
-Added new path out of The Troit to the East that goes to Lansing.
-Yes making a world map next.
-Starting to reorganize building files into zone.zip files. So will have large patches coming up as files get moved around.

Pre-Alpha 2.48 10-4-2008
-Started Grand Canyon zone. All the way across the Desert. Try accessing zone with a different realm character than your good character. Testing the issue we had with the Great Wall not loading on some computers.

Pre-Alpha 2.47 10-3-2008
-Fixed pets from flying. They should stay and follow on the ground.
-Added 30 second log back in timer to help people think if they really want to logoff and back on to regain their skills.

Pre-Alpha 2.46 10-1-2008
-In-game gui changes. More to come.

Pre-Alpha 2.45 9-26-2008
-Added one weapon model for all Dragon weapons. Will add more later.
-Added Dragon helms.
-Added Dragon Heavy Armor Vendor in The Troit. Only has helms.
-Fixed the Cobalt crafted weapon prices.

Pre-Alpha 2.44 9-22-2008
-Added Dragon Mounts for Level 60+ characters. Make believe you see your Human or Saurian character in the saddle :) When skill is maxed you get increased speed, 2500 HP, and flying abilities.
-Removed Cancel Flying when attacking, using Archery, and spells.
-Dragon Mount skill can gain 1 point from 60 to 70.
-Need to add animation calls for flying/attacking and flying/casting now
-Need to figure out how to stop dragons and dragon mounts entering buildings.
-Need to stop pets from being called from Dragon Mounts. Pretty funny though.
-Increased Adult Dragon fly times to 10 minutes to match Dragon Mounts.
-Added Dragon Speed skill for Adult Dragons. Can gain 1 point from 60 to 70.
-Added Dragon Teen Speed skill. Can gain 1 point from 45 to 55.
-Added Dragon Cub Speed skill. Can gain 1 point from 30 to 40.
-Dragon NPCs can now fly.

Pre-Alpha 2.43 9-19-2008
-Added Saddled Saurian Beast to Great Wall.
-Added ability to restrict skills based on Gender.
-Implemented Mount skill for testing for level 30+ characters. Only increase in health and speed as you go from level 30 to 50. So you will start off slow and be the fastest if your skill is 20 at level 50. No human or Saurian model added at this time so you only see the mount.
-Expect ALOT of changes do to mounts(removal or lowering of speed buffs, skill modifications, Animals possibly getting crits back, etc..)