If all goes well, we'll be releasing the first public beta version of our new client within the next couple of weeks (early August with some luck). I've been working on this myself mainly since the Construction update back in November, but thanks to some help from @Mike, @Thoby and @Raj, we are finally able to make it happen. We didn't want to publicly announce the new client until we were certain that we can make it work, but at this point it's just a matter of working out a number of smaller details and bugs before we can release it on the live server.
New Runelite Plugins
- Uses Runelite Client
- 117 HD plugin (increase draw distance, anti-aliasing, UI scaling, lighting, shadows, skyboxes, new textures)
- GPU plugin (increase draw distance, anti-aliasing, UI scaling, skyboxes)
- Chat Colors TODO after release
- Entity Hider TODO after release
- FPS controller (Unfocused fps limit doesn't work yet)
- Ground markers (currently mapped to the insert key. Press insert while hovering the desired tile to highlight/unhighlight
- HD minimap
- Skybox (adjustable skybox color)
- Stretched Mode (helps stretch the game to fit larger screens)
- Tile Indicators(shows players tile, destination and hovered tile)
- World map button added (directs to the pkhonor map in a new browser
- Wiki button added (directs to the pkhonor wiki in a new browser
- Spec bar regen circle bar added
- The main theme now loads when at the login screen (currently not added as I didn't create a mute option yet)
- Sound Effects for a lot of skilling actions have been added
Add a way to mute the login screen music
Add in options to adjust the Area, sound, and music volumes
A new setting interface to go along with the additional music options
Add in random mode for music tracks
Ambient sound effects
Finish sound effects for combat, and prayers
NPC, item, and object ID translation
Splitting text onto multiple lines
Combat interface using new standard in server
If you are interested in having your work contributed, I recommend you check out the Logo Competition that's going on.