Developer posts and news about this game.
Another week of Elegon development is complete! This week, I’ve focused on adding more things to do outside of combat, while continuing to improve the world and the overall presentation of the game. Cooking Is Here Following the recent introduction of Fishing, another new skill h
Another week of Elegon development is wrapped up, and there’s quite a lot to go through this time around. A big part of this week has been focused on performance and visuals, but there are also some new gameplay systems, class updates, quest improvements, and plenty of smaller fi
Another week of Elegon development is underway, with some great quality-of-life improvements alongside updates to combat, bosses, the Compendium, equipment and animations. AoE Looting Is Here One of the biggest quality-of-life additions this week is AoE looting . When several nea
Another week of development on Elegon is complete, with a big focus on making creatures smarter, improving combat, and adding more ways to explore other characters across the realm. Smarter Creatures & Improved Combat Creatures have received a major overhaul this week. Enemy
Mobs will now reward XP based on their level as compared to the characters level Added higher level variants of mobs Added a second boss style mob
Added a new creature, The Stag! Improved the visual effects of the fog on the map UI Minimap view is now more zoomed out and shows more of the surrounding area Improvements to Audio Manager system Add new hover UI sound FX Reduced the volume of quest pickup and complete sound FX
Enhanced Chat System In the past, we had a pretty simple global chat where everyone was just talking in one big room. Now, you can switch between channels using commands like /g for global chat and /w for whisper. You can also type out the full command like /global or /whisper if
Tab Targeting now only selects enemies in front of you (within a 120° cone). Your current target’s nameplate is now highlighted, making it much easier to distinguish from nearby enemies. You can now target enemies by clicking directly on their floating nameplate. Previously you h
You can now pick from several screen resolutions to run the game at. This will help alot with proformance for players (like me) who are using a 4K monitor and just want to run the game at 2k for example.
Added a setting to enable/disable SSAO Modified in game lighting settings to improve performance without losing fidelity Fixed a bug where Mages could still auto attack while casting a spell Recall is now set to action button 24 by default when starting a new character I hope you
This past week I've been mainly focusing on cleaning up the animations in Elegon as well any many more improvements. New video with more details releasing tomorrow!
Implemented a lightweight WebView to assist with smooth Oauth2 authentication.
With this update, quests will now be fully persistent. This means you can start working on a quest objective, logout and when you log back in later - you'll be just where you left off. This is all part of building the foundation for our quest system and you can expect to see many
I've added a small FPS counter to the bottom left of the in-game UI. This should help us ensure the client is staying performant as the project grows! I've also done some work to increase FPS and I've been seeing around a 40% improvement so far. Performance is something I'll alwa
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Added a sound effect for opening/closing UI elements in game (Spell book, Bags, Equipment Panel) You can now rotate your characters on the character select screen as well as the character create screen! Tweaked theme of auth login page - Dark mode Adjusted in game lighting and fo
In this update, I’ve removed the option to log in with an anonymous account. While it was helpful initially, it unfortunately made it too easy for bad actors to gain access. From now on, you can log in using your preferred authentication provider, currently Email and Discord are
Added a Spell Book (Keybind - U) Spell book displays abilities for your class and level Ability to drag spells from the spell book to your action bar Ability to drag and drop to rearrange abilities on action bars Added new icons for Fireball and Slash spells Added new spells - Gl
Fixed several exploits around XP and Level manipulation using 3rd party tools Fixed an exploit around modifying other characters names Fixed an exploit around spawning entities Added several new server-side name validation rules for when creating a new character Temporarily remov
Added an in-game button for reporting bugs or suggesting features (Located left of the minimap) Overhauled action bar buttons, System is now more dynamic and expandable Fixed a bug where enemies would sometimes fail to aggro or would aggro late. Added button press visual feedback