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Backgrounds & trees

I finished coding in the new backgrounds and fir trees. Sounds easy but there was a lot of recoding done to make the game work smoother with all these new features.

Here’s the original draft by Geti:

And here’s how it currently looks in the game:

I added also an option in the menu to turn on a hq2x pixel shader which smooths out the pixels (a technique known from old console emulators).

I hope to get this version ready (at least a fully working test) by Friday this week.

MM

Graphics overhaul + tutorial

We are working hard on the next release which will basically be a graphics overhaul. One of the things I can show you now are new fir trees. Here’s a screen but I should really show a video of this because these have new branch destruction effects. Also I rewrote the whole tree code. The first thing you’ll notice is that the trees fall down correctly without change of appearance.

Geti is producing more and more cool tiles and sprites. What you will see down here is part of new tutorial maps I am developing. I decided to make tutorials, not because there is a lot to learn in KAG, but because I thought they will be fun. Tutorials will be like a mini singleplayer experience. I think I shouldn’t even call it a tutorial. So expect this to be a fun part of KAG, especially for new players.

Premium account pre-orders are going well. Already half of the 100 are gone!
There are some questions about them, specifically availability. The only thing that you can use now is the map editor although you need a map editor code. I will send these out this week. Sorry for delaying it, we’re just madly busy and the 53+ accounts have sold really quick. 

The test version will be still available for everyone until all pre-orders are sold. After that and proper premium account logging is coded I will lock the test version. This is to ensure there is enough people available to play. So hurry up if you want to go premium before everyone else (click).

MM

Gold Servers Premium Access

Due to community request (forum thread) we are taking pre-orders for Gold Servers Access.

What are Gold Servers?

Gold servers will basically be normal KAG servers but only, so called premium players, that have paid for access be able to play on them. Pre-orders will be taken until the functionality is made and ready, which should be in about 2 weeks.

What’s in it for you?

1. You get to play with an elite group of true KAG fans
   (better, more fun matches with players that have learned the game and love the game)
2. Griefing will be probably nonexistent since doing that will mean account banning and loss of money
3. You can thank us developers for making this free game + help to pay for all the server bills

How to get it?

We decided for start to take a small amount of money, but enough to not allow everyone. That is 9$. This amount will rise in the future if the demand goes up. To buy it now you’ll need a PayPal account or credit card.

Premium accounts are limited!

In the beginning there will be just 2 servers: one US based and one European.
To make sure everyone fits and has a guaranteed playing slot the amount of premium players is limited to 100.

This means, hurry up before they all get snatched and reserve your place now!

BUY NOW or JUST READ MORE ABOUT IT + CHECKOUT THE BONUSES + FAQ

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About lag

1. Some server owners set their player count to 32 but their servers can’t take that much. This is a cause of big lag.
   Server owners! Set the player limit to less if your server lags! (variable: sv_maxplayers)
2. I need to make a servers list with ping sort so people don’t join a server far away.
3. We need some Australian and Japanese servers!
4. I will code an anti-lag technique for knights which should fix all of their issues.
5. There are some bugs that look like characters are falling down when in fact they don’t. This needs to be fixed and will improve archer combat.

I’m recoding a fair amount of rendering code at the moment. First of all it will be much faster, second there will be foreground and background layers. This means you will be able to hide in grass for example. Geti will post details and some eye-candy soon.

I can confirm that a Mumble client crashes the game on start for some unknown reason. You will need to turn it off.