As a follow up to the general roadmap to launch, here a bit more detail what has to happen before we move on from the current Pre-Alpha status to the Alpha.

• Fix show stopper as they appear

  • ✅ Spells sometimes completing without anything happening.
  • ✅ Frequent LDs when teleporting within a region and/or quicky leaving large mob spots
  • ✅ Guaranteed LD due to large amounts of messages, e.g. ae farming

• ✅ Make the bug tracker work again

  • ✅ Clear out old reports
  • ✅ Use single sign on
  • ✅ Move to new web tech stack used for internal applications

• ✅Make the "web app" for titles work again

  • ✅ Use single sign on instead of ingame pin mechanism
  • ✅ Move to new web tech stack used for internal applications

• Setting Decisions

  • Styles
  • ✅ Archery
  • Crafting
  • Other

• ✅ Launcher fixes crafting

• ✅ Launcher direct launches verify and fix the login-via-browser setup

• Launcher detects game installation on first launch

• ✅ Launcher has a better error message when not in the game folder

• ✅ Reopen account creation / sign up

• Overhaul level 1 - 6

  • Remove "public quests" added to SI starter zones
  • Special case low level melee damage

• Implement Confirmed Launch Settings

  • ✅ Staggered Launch / Time based - Disable XP / RP Gain for Stealther
  • ✅ Staggered Launch / Time based - Disable spellcrafting bonus application
  • ✅ RP are now Account / Realm shared
  • ✅ Instance completion bonus is now Account / Realm shared
  • ✅ Crafting skill can be repurchased based on what was achieved in the last season
  • ✅ Defensive charge items that are not a consumable must now be worn to be used
  • ✅ Buffs from charge items will now be removed when the providing item is unequipped
  • ✅ Equipping a charge item will start its cooldown

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

• single sign on across all web properties and the launcher, largely based on oauth 2.1
• login via email + one time password instead of username and passwod
• the launcher has been redone
  • no more 2fa emails when on a new computer
  • no more passwords due to single sign on (unless you clear your cookies)
• loads of changes to internal tools that are only relevant for staff

• added full support for client 1.127

• Pathfinding has been rewritten
  • support for on demand full and partial navmesh regeneration, e. g. nf keep destruction