Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween event!

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Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween event!

Post by Mike » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:02 pm

Hell yes.


For those who have been following my developer blog, you've no doubt noticed that the testserver is coming together really nicely. As we speak, I'm in the process of dumping the world map for server-sided noclipping checks, but once that's done, it's ready for release!

There are still a couple of things that need to be implemented (mostly some client-sided settings & features), as well as some bugs that need to be fixed, but those are all things that I'll be working on after the release.

Because of the massive size of the changes, we'll be organizing a bughunter contest in which everyone can participate! All you need to do is find bugs and report them, the 20 people who reported the most bugs will receive a number of Donator Credits in exchange!

How massive are we talking?
56,000 lines of server code added, removed or changed
4,800 lines of client code added or changed
280,000 lines of server configuration added or changed (most of it automatically generated)
39,000 lines of client configuration code added for our custom items, NPC's, objects and animations (partially generated)
62,000 lines of automatically generated database queries and 1,400 lines of manually written database queries (most of it by Rapsey) which will result in over 50,000,000 database records being updated after the change.

We've never even come close to this amount of changes in a single update.

I'll be making a new post tomorrow with the details of the update, as well as more information about the contest :)


Once the testserver is released, I'll be working on the Halloween event, which we're hoping to get released this Friday (Saturday at the very latest).


Oh yes, and this weekend's event is Revenants! 20% increased droprates, double slayer points and double PkHonor points on kills!

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See you tomorrow!

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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Cat » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:07 pm

HyyyPPppEEE. Thanks Mike!

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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Ruler » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:08 pm

:thumbsup:

By the way, with the new client we are able to have more items for events as well because we have those models now right?
http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Santa_beard
Please, let it go to necklace spot. ILY then
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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Pearlescent » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:09 pm

Well done getting all this together Mike, can't wait to try out the new content!

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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Ely » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:10 pm

HYPEEE
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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Srczm » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:11 pm

leggo babyyyy

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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Grant » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:14 pm

The hype is reall :D, waited so long for this to happen, cant wait to finally see what all your hard work has done to the game :P
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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Retsnom » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:15 pm

Rev event + Slayer and Pkp points is a lure. :badjokeeel:

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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Skiller » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:23 pm

Much hype, such pumped
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Re: Testserver release 26 October 2016! Also, halloween even

Post by Mike » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:30 pm

Sverre wrote::thumbsup:

By the way, with the new client we are able to have more items for events as well because we have those models now right?
http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Santa_beard
Please, let it go to necklace spot. ILY then
Yes, but only items from OSRS. What you linked is from RS3. We're not going that way ;)

We might add a couple more RS3 items as we have in the past (chaotics, pvp, dclaws, korasi's, nex etc.), but only in limited amounts and only if we can obtain the 3d model for it somehow. As for OSRS, we have all their content (maps, NPC's and items) from up to September this year so we have a lot of content to work with in future events & updates.

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