Roadmap to Relaunch

A couple things took quite a bit longer than anticipated and having a roadmap of things that have to happen would have been great even without actual dates. Well, better late than never I guess.

Required background work

• ✅ General tech update: Things like .net 7, postgresql 15 etc.
  • ✅ Gameserver
  • ✅ Forum
  • ✅ Auth server
• ✅ Destructible NF Keeps
  • ✅ Gameserver
  • ✅ Line of Sight
  • ✅ Pathing
• ✅ 1.127 Client Update
  • ✅ Login
  • ✅ Items / Trade
  • ✅ Housing
  • ✅ Movement
  • ✅ Character Creation
• ✅ Forum Rework
  • ✅Design
  • ✅Markdown instead of BBCode
  • ✅Threaded replies
• ✅ Redesign: Gameserver Networking
• ✅ Redesign: Gameserver Gameloop
• ✅ Single Sign On
  • ✅ Unified Account System
  • ✅ Forum / Website
  • ✅ Staff Site #1
  • ✅ Staff Site #2
  • ✅ Staff Site #3
  • ✅ Game Login via Website
  • ✅ Ingame Permissions from Auth Server
• ✅ Launcher rewrite
  • ✅ Actually working
  • ✅ Self update
  • ✅ Single sign on via Browser
• ✅ Staff Site #1
  • ✅ Account management
    • ✅ Basics
    • ✅ Email changes
    • ✅ Name changes
  • ✅ Character Management
    • ✅ Basics
    • ✅ Rename
  • ✅ Ban / Mute Handling

Playable phase

• Pre-Alpha.
  No announcement, server will just become available. Purpose would be to have some very minor traffic to randomly find really game breaking things while some more required work is going on.
  • Show stopper fixing
  • Style decision
  • Setting decisions
  • Launcher automatically fixes crafting
  • Reopen account creation / sign up
  • Bug Tracker updates to work with all the architecture changes again
• Alpha
  • Show stopper fixing
  • Pathing issues
  • Setting finalization
  • Herald
  • Self service account changes
• Beta
  • Bug fixing
  • Setting adjustments
• Launch