Patch notes

Patch Notes for Shards Online

you find the Patch Notes here or on the official Shardsonline.com website

latest/current version: 0.2.6

see below or http://shardsonline.com/category/news/

Versions

sorted by Development Phase

Pre Alpha 3 - (0.3.x)

the upcoming version is 0.3.0 and starts at Dez 10th 2015

Pre Alpha 2 - (0.2.x)

Release 0.2.6 Patch Notes (http://shardsonline.com/release-0-2-6-patch-notes/)

Features

Improved Targeting System
Space bar sets current target to object highlighted by the mouse
Tab cycles through nearby targets
Target window
Interaction Menu: Most objects in the world allow for multiple ways to interact with them. We added a radial menu to provide access to these additional interactions.
Added mouse control schemes
Default: Left click handles movement and object interaction, right click opens the interaction menu
Classic: Left click handles object interaction, right click handles movement, Alt-Left click to open interaction menu
Controls Window: Allows for switching of mouse control schemes and key remapping
Splitting stack support for stacked objects
Animal Taming UI: Shows tamers their pets’ stats and allows for dragging pet commands to the hotbar.
Character Customization: Choose from different skin type and hair options in limbo before you enter Celador.
Equipment names are now colored based on the quality
Flimsy: Light Brown
Stout: Green
Sturdy: Light Blue
Crafting now guarantees a number of improvement successes based on the quality of the item
Stout: 1 guaranteed improvement
Sturdy: 2 guaranteed improvements
New Spell: Bind Portal – Opens a portal to the location your soul is currently bound to.
Equipment Repair – Crafting tools have a repair option on the interaction menu
Quest Tracker – Allows you view finished/unfinished quests and lets you change the currently tracked quest
House decoration window has been given a facelift
Housing and quest buttons added to hotbar (Housing button only appears if you are inside your house plot)
Added guaranteed guard protection from PvP in the plains region of the map (except in the arena)
Add message to indicate when you have entered or left a guard region

Fixes

It is now much easier to click on NPCs and creatures.
Fixed issues with the protect the tree quest
Fixed not being able to tame a new pet when yours has decayed
Fixed “moon walk” when players stopped running
Skills in character window now sort by amount
Intermediate resource recipes now appear before other recipes in the crafting window
Can now equip the hunting knife
Fixed bear overpopulation problem
Fix object handles that go above the container disappearing when you try to mouse over them
Characters now face target when casting spells

KNOWN ISSUES:

The watermark in game still says 0.2.5
Character window and portraits do not animate

Pre Alpha 1 - (0.1.x)

the first build used version 0.1.x