FC.31.20140602.18/.22 PTS Update

lordgar

This build is scheduled to hit PTS at 5:30pm, 7/14/2014

You can find release notes for previous unreleased PTS patches by using the link(s) below:

FC.31.20140602.17


Release Notes for FC.31.20140602.22:


Preview:

• The Pharaoh Crown is no longer tied to the cheek slider.
  
  
• The Pharaoh Scarab Emblem (female) has been re-positioned and the attachment post has been replaced with a more subtle solution.
  
  
• The Pharaoh's Chariot no longer shows a random wheel when cloaked with Holofield.
  
  
• Electric Aura: Eyes has been renamed to Electric Eyes

Release Notes for FC.31.20140602.18:


Preview:

• The Pharaoh's Chariot has been re-colored. Let us know what you think!
  
  
• Arcane Tights: The detail is now optional, and the tights now work with the muscle slider.
  
  
• Fixed multiple missing materials in King Sekhen's costume set.
  
  
• Eye Auras no longer show through the back of your head.
  
  
• Electric Eyes have been toned down.

Other:

• The Drifter has finished selling FoxbatCon currency.
  
  
• Stars Tights patterns are now available in Metal and Leather material options.

Please format any bugs you find in the following format:
Bug
Where it happens
What happens




Please stay on topic in this PTS thread. We use bug reports from this thread to decide whether a PTS build is ready to go live, and so we need to make sure we're seeing everything in it. Please do discuss the changes, but if you find yourself writing about something that isn't specific to what's on PTS, then that should probably go elsewhere.

In particular, do not report bugs from the live game in this thread, unless they are impacted by changes in the PTS build.

ealford1985

Bug: Eye Aura
Where it happens PTS
What happens Eye Aura are still seen through the side of the head.

stellariodragon

Definitely looking forward to these!

stellariodragon

My favorite out of these is the chaos aura though. :O

ealford1985

also a few issues with the holoforce set...

Bug: Holoforce Costume Set
Where it happens PTS & LIVE
What happens The upper and lower tights don't match in shade




Bug: Holoforce Costume Set
Where it happens PTS & LIVE
What happens: A few things are going on here, Holoform pattern 3 & 4 gives you this very funky mouth when in beast stance and when you use the much darker color shades you can see the outline of the lips, they appear to be glossy and UN-full mask like

eiledon

The mismatch tight color mentioned above by Ratty affects Patterns 01 and 02 of the Holoforce set.


Bug: Star Tights Not Available in Various Categories
What: Star Tights not available under: Jackets, Robotic Both Arms, Robotic Right Arm, Robotic Left Arm, Medium Skirts & Shorts (Male)/Medium Skirt (Female), Robotic Right Leg, Robotic Left Leg

Bug: Arcane Tattoos Not Available in Various Categories
What: Arcane Tattoos not available under: Jackets, Robotic Both Arms, Robotic Right Arm, Robotic Left Arm, Medium Skirts & Shorts (Male)/Medium Skirt (Female), Robotic Right Leg, Robotic Left Leg

Bug: Pharaoh Set
What: Inconsistent Application of Glow between parts - some have a glow option but not applied to a part, some parts look like they should glow but have no glow option. e.g chest wear narrow strips, bracers white stripes

Bug: Pharoah Emblem - Female
What: Emblem support visible, large column from chest seems out of place with sleek design of other parts




As far as I can see material options seem fine for star tights on male and female now.

The change of color on the chariot from blue to metal/grey is a good safe choice as is changing the power globe below to blue. I would be temped to knock down the blue glow a couple of tones from the cyan to a deeper blue but thats me.


On the Arcane Tattoos - Could we change the scarred detail name from Basic to Etched or Scarred as more descriptive of what it actually is.

kaiserin

Cleaned up some off topic posts.

Would it be possible to permit the use of the Pharaoh Nemes headdress without having to equip the crown first?

chaelk

thats about right, i look up and match the colours, and you've changed them already

gold, lapis lazuli, torquoise and carnelian

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new new gold looks much better but yes the pale blue glow is too bright

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tights- much better

the skin model especially

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the eye glows only show slightly from the front sides now, not straight through the back, thank you

circleofpsi

I suggest adding Leg parts too of the robotic to go with the set.

thelastsonofzod

Well that'll work for the vehicle. Going to miss the purplish glow effect, but it should still work for my aquatic hero...It was perfect before, but I'm apparently in the minority for feeling that way :P

eiledon

perhaps they could add a glow effect over the globe - a toggle similar to how they did the liberty's flag trail. By doing this (and making it a power) it would then presumably be affected by power tinting.


In fact the use of toggle effect on vehicles which are able to be colored could go a long way to answering that ever present shout from the player base - by allowing some level of visual customisation that has been missing.

theravenforce

I'd like to draw extra attention to this bug since it's relatively long standing and hasn't been touched for some reason. Don't worry! It affects this current PTS build to:

BUG: None of the New Costume Sets work with Beast Legs
Where it happens: PTS & LIVE versions
How to replicate: Go to Tailor and select BEAST in the main category, then attempt to apply any of the new costume sets to Beast Legs. Attempt to use one of the new costume sets produced and you will be unable to do so without being reverted to NORMAL leg stance. (This is non BEAST)

Dinosaur Suit and Tactical Armor are good examples of this.

Define New Costume Sets: Holoforce, Dinosaur Suit, Tactical Armor, Star Tights, King Sekhen etc

It would be nice if this could be corrected so that all players (regardless of their leg choice) could benefit from the costume sets you guys are putting out.

Also...I'm still not able to see the eye auras...I was once but now I'm not...I'll post a pic soon.

theravenforce

Logged onto PTS today to test a few things before I go and found that I was once again unable to see these three auras.

Not sure why and I tried at different distances and settings but I could not see them....

thelastsonofzod

theravenforce wrote: »

Logged onto PTS today to test a few things before I go and found that I was once again unable to see these three auras.

Not sure why and I tried at different distances and settings but I could not see them....

Hmm...the image you posted seems to have a fairly low resolution. Have you tried tweaking your special effects settings specifically? I remember another player reporting similar issues had his general graphics on medium, but his FX graphics tweaked down for some reason. For what its worth, I can see the FX on my side.

bellatorrex

I think her graphics in game are just fine. By the looks of things that picture was sized up but in a way that made it look jagged and low res.

thelastsonofzod

bellatorrex wrote: »

I think her graphics in game are just fine. By the looks of things that picture was sized up but in a way that made it look jagged and low res.

What do you think her issue might be then?

She could always try verifying files. I guess something could have gotten broke for her during patching...

mrhinkypunk

theravenforce wrote: »

I'd like to draw extra attention to this bug since it's relatively long standing and hasn't been touched for some reason. Don't worry! It affects this current PTS build to:

Most bugs on live ends up affecting the current PTS build...

However I can't see the devs seeing this one as a bug, it's either this or it wouldn't be allowed on beast legs at all. Take your pick. It would take an entirely different model / version to get beast leg versions of every new leg type, all that allowing them to be usable in the category does is give us more options that the beast leg category gives which others don't.

theravenforce

thelastsonofzod wrote: »

Hmm...the image you posted seems to have a fairly low resolution. Have you tried tweaking your special effects settings specifically? I remember another player reporting similar issues had his general graphics on medium, but his FX graphics tweaked down for some reason. For what its worth, I can see the FX on my side.

I basically blew up the bottom image, my graphics are pretty good and I noticed that lowering settings and raising them back to max didn't help at all, so I'm wondering what the issue is...

mrhinkypunk

theravenforce wrote: »

I basically blew up the bottom image, my graphics are pretty good and I noticed that lowering settings and raising them back to max didn't help at all, so I'm wondering what the issue is...

Well if it's the fact blowing the screenshot up is pixelated it would be due to screen resolution mainly I suppose, also it may depend on how the screenshot was taken I don't know if cryptic screenshots are lowered in quality at all.

lordgar

We are currently updating PTS to FC.31.20140602.22. ETA: 4pm PST.

Release Notes for FC.31.20140602.22:


Preview:

• The Pharaoh Crown is no longer tied to the cheek slider.
  
  
• The Pharaoh Scarab Emblem (female) has been re-positioned and the attachment post has been replaced with a more subtle solution.
  
  
• The Pharaoh's Chariot no longer shows a random wheel when cloaked with Holofield.
  
  
• Electric Aura: Eyes has been renamed to Electric Eyes

stellariodragon

BUG:

The fourth color on the Pharoah Chest Piece has glow. The third color should be the glowing color to match the Pharaoh Tech Arm.The fourth color is unused on this piece and shouldn't have a glow. Increasing the glow just causes the color to bleed from the edges.

The fourth color on the Pharaoh Nemes has a glow on it. The fourth color is unused on this piece and shouldn't have a glow.

The fourth color on the Pharoah Bracer has glow The third color should be the glowing color to match the Pharaoh Tech Arm. The fourth color is unused on this piece and shouldn't have a glow.

The fourth color on the Pharaoh Hips has a glow on it. The fourth color is unused on this piece and shouldn't have a glow.

The fourth color on the Pharoah Greaves has glow. The fourth color is unused on this piece and shouldn't have a glow. Increasing the glow just causes the color to bleed from the edges.

Pharaoh Tech Arm does not appear in the drop-down for Robotic Both Arms > Arms (Both) and currently can only be applied to each arm separately.



Pharoah Scarab Emblem is so pretty with the glow.

stellariodragon

The Arcane Tattoos Look much better without the scar details, IMHO.

stellariodragon

I like the new colors.

Also, nothing happens when the lockbox bonus card series 1 gets completed on PTS?

jasinblaze

stellariodragon wrote: »

Also, nothing happens when the lockbox bonus card series 1 gets completed on PTS?

maybe because you already had the alien hybrid unlocked?

eiledon

Still think the parts in red are bugs in .22 and live

eiledon wrote: »

Bug: Star Tights Not Available in Various Categories
What: Star Tights not available under: Jackets, Robotic Both Arms, Robotic Right Arm, Robotic Left Arm, Medium Skirts & Shorts (Male)/Medium Skirt (Female), Robotic Right Leg, Robotic Left Leg

Bug: Arcane Tattoos Not Available in Various Categories
What: Arcane Tattoos not available under: Jackets, Robotic Both Arms, Robotic Right Arm, Robotic Left Arm, Medium Skirts & Shorts (Male)/Medium Skirt (Female), Robotic Right Leg, Robotic Left Leg

Bug: Pharaoh Set
What: Inconsistent Application of Glow between parts - some have a glow option but not applied to a part, some parts look like they should glow but have no glow option. e.g chest wear narrow strips, bracers white stripes

Very nice work on the new placement of the pharaoh emblem on females - the new attachment method is much less obtrusive.

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p0temk1n

Oh, dang. I might go for this and make a Mummies Alive! homage.

chaelk

BUG
Live
lockbox drops
you get the old[XP Boost - 1 Hour]instead of [XP Boost Plus]

notyuu

BUG
LIVE
Arcane tattoos leg option on females has a incorrectly functioning metal material, when metal is selected it displays the leather material instead.

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chaelk

drop rate sems to be real low for each of the costumes or the RNG just hates me this time.

Live-
126 boxes(no not all at once)
2 robotic arms,1 vehicle... lots of mods.
going on complaints in zone, this seems to be fairly standard.

crypticbuxom

Drop rates in CO is now designed to take your money and waste your time, not reward you.

championshewolf

crypticbuxom wrote: »

Drop rates in CO is now designed to take your money and waste your time, not reward you.

Don't play a lot of MMOs do you?

themightyzenith

chaelk wrote: »

drop rate sems to be real low for each of the costumes or the RNG just hates me this time.

Live-
126 boxes(no not all at once)
2 robotic arms,1 vehicle... lots of mods.
going on complaints in zone, this seems to be fairly standard.

I just buy this stuff from people with Gs or Keys now. Costs a helluva lot less this way and I hate gambling.

ninjapiff

chaelk wrote: »

drop rate sems to be real low for each of the costumes or the RNG just hates me this time.

Live-
126 boxes(no not all at once)
2 robotic arms,1 vehicle... lots of mods.
going on complaints in zone, this seems to be fairly standard.

...well, for starters, I don't think I've opened 126 boxes during the entire existence of Lockboxes in CO.

Now, expanding upon that, the best thing I've gotten from a Lockbox was the Steel Shadow Costume Set. Never got a vehicle, never got another costume set. Got plenty of mods!

Well... yeah. I mean, what did you really expect? This is exactly why I never understand when people go crazy over the newest lockbox. Wait 2 weeks and get all the drops for dirt-cheap.

chaelk

actually the tattoos I bought from the store.
The problem with everyone not opening them, is that none end up in the AH for people to buy. So yes, sounds good as long as you don't think about it.

sinistro1978

Bug: Glow Eyes and Swirly Eyes. Randomly doesn't display when equipped. Usually drops the vfx when logging in or zoning. There is no pattern to correcting the problem. Just unequip and reequip. Sometimes it corrects the problem. Sometimes it doesn't. I've also tested removing all other equipped auras to make sure one isn't trumping the other. I still get the same results. On live, a refund should be in order if we don't get this fixed.

themightyzenith

chaelk wrote: »

The problem with everyone not opening them, is that none end up in the AH for people to buy. So yes, sounds good as long as you don't think about it.

That's not really the players faults though. We can't blame players who don't want to open gamble-boxes that have an incredibly low chance of giving anything decent.

Return for money is not good enough with opening lockboxes now.

Plus, there will always be folks who, for some reason unknown to me, will open 126 boxes in a go.

chaelk

actually 4 goes.
terminal curiosity in my case, I'm one of the idiots they are aimed at.
hence the amount of people who have received free stuff, because I only keep a copy of the costumes and the mods.
I don't drink, smoke or sw.... ok you got me on 3. so I should be allowed some stupidity to waste money on

themightyzenith

I don't think you are stupid chaelk. Obviously you can afford to buy so many keys and it's great that you can gift stuff to your friends. I strongly suspect that most can't though.

From what I see in-game, people who might have opened up 20 lockboxes for a new costume set in the past are begining to stop doing so now.

roughbearmattach

themightyzenith wrote: »

From what I see in-game, people who might have opened up 20 lockboxes for a new costume set in the past are begining to stop doing so now.

That would be me--the second set of boxes I opened a bunch and got lots of cool stuff. This latest set, just nope.

kaiserin

Removed some off topic posts.
Just a friendly reminder to keep the topic on the current pts patch. I have received many complaints regarding pts threads being constantly derailed and the pts forum in general being suggestion box mark 2. That is not the intention of this forum and partaking in such practices dwindles the amount of quality feedback needed to weed out bugs in the actual pts patches.