Seven different scenes along the paths of Truth and Courage were either rebuilt, polished, or adjusted this release, including a massive rework of the Blackblade Pass area. Worldbuilding: Once again, a huge amount of work went into worldbuilding and scene polish this release. We have many more optimizations planned in the next quarter for our city maps (which are still problematic) to further reduce load times. Load Times: After three weeks of focused work, we were able to reduce load times on even the most complex maps to approximately 30 seconds, even on platter drives.
While we were able to make considerable progress on our targeted work of scene rebuilding, side quest creation, new creature addition, and more, we also began to spend more time on performance than ever before. Release 46 is the first release where we are starting to truly focus on our Top 10 Priorities for Launch.
Release 46 access for all Early Access backers begins this Thursday, September 28, at 10:30 AM US Central Daylight Time (15:30 UTC). Thank you for being a loyal backer and follower of Shroud of the Avatar. Please read this entire message, as well as the linked instructions and known issues.
