We are here once again with another large update to the game, hopefully you guys are as excited as we are about it! Dave and I have been hard at work on this one, and like 1.49 we wanted to first put this out to a test release before making the release official. This will help us identify any bugs that we had not already caught, but also allow us to balance anything that may need tweaking as all players play the game slightly differently.
So instead of a normal release, we are going to be adding a special build of 1.53b that can optionally be downloaded to your machine. If you wish to take a look at what is coming we encourage you to do so and let us know! Below are instructions on how to update to this special build.
When we do the final release the full patch notes will become available. For now the major changes here are...
- Abilities & Perks have all been revisited, and either tweaked or redesigned.
- Abilities now have no cooldown, they just consume your mana or rage.
- Rage has been added as the warrior's power bar.
- Rage can be gained by attacking with your basic weapon. Mana can be recovered by holding up your shield.
- Perks & Abilities now allow you to have multiple points spent into them. Increasing their power.
- Many armors have been modified, as they are the primary gear you will need to get not only armor, but also mana/rage.
- Health/Damage number system completely overhauled to make early and late game make more sense.
- Snazzy character creator which will have still get a bit more content later on.
- Plus many more thing which will be detailed in the later patch notes.
CAUTION PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING!!!
Because there are so many changes, we strongly encourage that you backup your character files before updating to this special build.
BACKING UP YOUR CHARACTERS
- Locate Forge Quest in your Steam library
- Right click Forge Quest and select properties
- A window will appear, in there select the "Local Files" tab and hit the "Browse Local Files..." button
- A OS window will open to where Forge Quest is located. In this folder you will need to make a copy of the "characters" and "worlds" directory. Store these copies anywhere except the Forge Quest directory.
- If you are on Mac, you will instead see the application package. You can access the files above by right clicking the app and selecting "Show Package Contents" and navigating to "/Contents/Resources/".
Updating to 1.53b
- Locate Forge Quest in your Steam library
- Right click Forge Quest and select "Properties"
- In the new window, select the "Betas" tab
- There is a input field, put the text "owlslovebooks" without quotes and hit the "Check Code" button
- Steam will notify you that you have unlocked the beta. You can then choose to update to that build using the drop down list in the same tab.
- If Steam doesn't automatically update the game, you can use the "Properties" -> "Local Files" -> "Verify Integrity of Game Cache" to force an update
If you do decide to try out this build, please please let us know your thoughts either through the community discussion pages or e-mail at [email protected]. We highly value your opinions on the changes we have made and want to hear from you.
We also encourage making a new character as many world content changes were done to the numbers early game that changes the experience. Though using an old character is just as valid.
Thank you all for sticking with us being part of our community!
- Chase & Dave