Changes for 1.0011.2

[Velocity_7]

http://phantasystaruniverse.jp/news/wis/?mode=view&id=180

Can someone translate the changes? I see MIPMAP here, as well as Posteffects, GH-450, and the like...

[Umberger]

Just incase you want to know, that says it will increase the frequency that she (GH-450) heals in combat.

[Lyrise]

Regarding Maintenance:
-The switch bug in Bruce's Dungeon is fixed. (You know, the one where you run over a switch already held down and it'll deactivate.)
-The bug in Bruce's Dungeon where if you fail by disconnection, other players cannot rejoin your party, has been fixed.
-Fixed the bug for the inability to chat if the leader abandons Bruce's Dungeon forcefully.
-Fixed the bug where you could invite multiple PMs into party.
-A bug involving Rare monsters in the missions "Winged Beast Under the moon" and "Recapture the Tunnel" (Mizuraki moonlight and Underground Stream respectively) has been fixed
-Fixed bugs involving Container items in the mission "Recapture the tunnel"
-Fixed a syncronization problem involving Dark Fakis form 2
-Fixed a bug where Silence didn't work on Deljabans casting megid (so yes, to end the stupid argument, the fact that shock worked on blocking Deljaban megid is most likely this bug)
-Fixed a bug where a player could be disconnected by using a photon art, but the effect would remain
-Fixed a bug where Tenora Works boards are received when buying on Neudaiz (should be Youmei boards)
-Fixed a bug where you could fail at a low rate consumable items, which should have a 100% rate.
-Fixed a bug where you could attack when you have both the main menu and the chat log open
-Can now see cutin chats at the mision counters
-Switching the chat log while operating your pallette is now possible (why you would, I don't know)
-Post effects problem fixed (remember how some of you weren't getting effects 90% of the time?)
-Windows Version, you can now turn Mipmap on and off under the custom tab
-When mipmap is turned out, you can see distant graphics get dimmer (sorta like reality)

Balance Adjustments
-GH-450 healing frequency increased
-Story mission rewards changed.
-You can no longer farm PA fragments in the story missions. The first time you get S, you get 10 fragments. After that, you don't get any.
-Correction to a portion of Kubara melee weapons, in which the PM stats actually affected the success rate.

edit: made a mistake on the deljaban bug


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Lyrise on 2006-12-14 19:13 ]</font>

[uhawww]

On 2006-12-14 19:02, Lyrise wrote:
Regarding Maintenance:
-The switch bug in Bruce's Dungeon is fixed. (You know, the one where you run over a switch already held down and it'll deactivate.)
-Fixed a bug where Tenora Works boards are received when buying on Neudaiz (should be Youmei boards)
-Fixed a bug where you could fail at a low rae consumable items, which should have a 100% rate.
-Can now see cutin chats at the mision counters
-Post effects problem fixed (remember how some of you weren't getting effects 90% of the time?)
-Windows Version, you can now turn Mipmap on and off under the custom tab
-When mipmap is turned out, you can see distant graphics get dimmer (sorta like reality)
-GH-450 healing frequency increased
-Story mission rewards changed.
-Correction to a portion of Kubara melee weapons, in which the PM stats actually affected the success rate.


Nice update. Thanks for the info.

[Randomness]

On 2006-12-14 19:02, Lyrise wrote:
-You can no longer farm PA fragments in the story missions. The first time you get S, you get 10 fragments. After that, you don't get any.


Aww, you mean WE never get a chance to do that?

[Lyrise]

On 2006-12-14 19:06, Randomness wrote:

On 2006-12-14 19:02, Lyrise wrote:
-You can no longer farm PA fragments in the story missions. The first time you get S, you get 10 fragments. After that, you don't get any.


Aww, you mean WE never get a chance to do that?



Given SoA's history of applying balancing patches before the content that goes with it, I'd say the answer is "yes".

[BlueFire2k5]

On 2006-12-14 19:02, Lyrise wrote:
...

Balance Adjustments
-GH-450 healing frequency increased

...


Sounds nice. Maybe it'll be back to it's old form?

[Sychosis]

On 2006-12-14 19:02, Lyrise wrote:
-You can no longer farm PA fragments in the story missions. The first time you get S, you get 10 fragments. After that, you don't get any.


Something tells me the "bug" was intended...

*sigh*

Maybe it's just my frustration from way back when rearing its ugly head...

Stupid SEGA, breaking quests so only non-English players could do 'em...

[Rooroo]

On 2006-12-14 19:02, Lyrise wrote:

-Post effects problem fixed (remember how some of you weren't getting effects 90% of the time?)
-Windows Version, you can now turn Mipmap on and off under the custom tab
-When mipmap is turned out, you can see distant graphics get dimmer (sorta like reality)

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Lyrise on 2006-12-14 19:13 ]</font>


Could this be the beginning of implementing 1280+ resolution and FSAA?

[AlphaMinotaux]

when is this fix scheduled for the US?

[Gazette]

On 2006-12-14 19:43, Rooroo wrote:

Could this be the beginning of implementing 1280+ resolution and FSAA?



If it is, I'm gonna be one happy PC user.

[Dihnekis]

I'd probably piss myself if AA was supported. Or maybe this game got a whole new engine that doesn't look like dick.

[Dj_SkyEpic]

Yay~ my 450PM will be back to a more healing state~ happy~



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[AlphaMinotaux]

Yes thats what im looking at DJ

[Gazette]

On 2006-12-14 22:55, Dihnekis wrote:
I'd probably piss myself if AA was supported. Or maybe this game got a whole new engine that doesn't look like dick.



What kind of game DOESN'T have it these days anyway?

[Dj_SkyEpic]

On 2006-12-14 23:02, AlphaMinotaux wrote:
Yes thats what im looking at DJ


Now Alpha, it's time to Meet Delicious's new play style. Lets hope I can leave her by herself this time around. :3

[AlphaMinotaux]

hey at least you can heal her.... i cant without using stars

[Ffuzzy-Logik]

Oh God, not the ZOMG Y DUN DIS HAVE AA LULZ shit again...

Long as they fix the crazy Parum lag, I'm fine. Hell, I'm fine even if they don't fix it, it's not that big of a deal.

[Gazette]

On 2006-12-14 23:13, Ffuzzy-Logik wrote:
Oh God, not the ZOMG Y DUN DIS HAVE AA LULZ shit again...

It's not even like that, it's just that the PC version doesn't even cater to all PC types.

It really was just a STRAIGHT port with little to no optimization. If they offered AA, sure that'd be nice, but I'd prefer a wider choice of resolutions for one.

[Ffuzzy-Logik]

Why the hell does it matter? If your PC plays the game and you enjoy it, then stop complaining.

[AlphaMinotaux]

mine doesnt play it right atm, sega did something XD

[Gazette]

You take it as if we're demanding an upgrade jeez, a couple of us were just going on the prospect of a couple of visual optimizations for the PC, what do you have against it?

The fact is that though plays, there's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting the game to look as good as possible.
Even if it's only allowing us to play in a higher resolution, then that's fine, I'm sure the 360 crowd is beating us out there, so I see no reason as to why they COULDN'T do it.



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[PaladinRPG]

GH-450 fix? Say it is so!

[Remedy]

I'm sorry if I sound like an idiot, but where do you check your Network version number? =>.>=;

[Ether]

On 2006-12-14 19:02, Lyrise wrote:
-Fixed a bug where Silence didn't work on Deljabans casting megid (so yes, to end the stupid argument, the fact that shock worked on blocking Deljaban megid is most likely this bug)LOL


-Windows Version, you can now turn Mipmap on and off under the custom tab
-When mipmap is turned out, you can see distant graphics get dimmer (sorta like reality)Bout time


You can no longer farm PA fragments in the story missions. The first time you get S, you get 10 fragments. After that, you don't get anyUnbelievably lame. Can't they make anything in the game NOT a grind?


Correction to a portion of Kubara melee weapons, in which the PM stats actually affected the success rate.Also lame, why would that PM you spent thousands of meseta and countless hours on actually be able to improve the god awful synth rates http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[rena-ko]

On 2006-12-15 00:29, Remedy wrote:
I'm sorry if I sound like an idiot, but where do you check your Network version number? =>.>=;



in the title screen, press the button that would let you switch throught "name -> name with level -> serial number -> no name" ingame. the version number should appear in the lower left corner iirc.

[omegapirate2k]

Bruce has his own dungeon now???!?!?!?

Awesome.

[Remedy]

Thanks, Rena! *hug*

[MORB]

Mipmapping has nothing to do with anti aliasing.

I don't even know why you'd want to turn it off. Turning it off will create annoying aliasing effects on distant textures and may also be a performance liability.

What I'd like them to fix regarding the engine is the fact that whenever the game slow downs below 60 fps, it actually moves slower instead of just getting more jerky like every other game. Manual frameskip setting? LAWL Sega. Learn2code.

I also suspect that their particle engine is horrible, since slowdowns seem to occur a lot when particle effect are being displayed and stop right as they disappear.

[Ffuzzy-Logik]

On 2006-12-15 01:31, MORB wrote:
Mipmapping has nothing to do with anti aliasing.

I don't even know why you'd want to turn it off. Turning it off will create annoying aliasing effects on distant textures and may also be a performance liability.
Right, but I don't think the game supports mipmapping at all in the current state, so the ability to turn it on should help blur textures in teh distance and reduce the lag on Parum, no?

[MORB]

On 2006-12-15 01:33, Ffuzzy-Logik wrote:
Right, but I don't think the game supports mipmapping at all in the current state, so the ability to turn it on should help blur textures in teh distance and reduce the lag on Parum, no?

Hmmm, now that you mention it, maybe there is currently no mipmapping indeed. And yes, it should improve performances.



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[Itsuki]

You all appear to be mistaken. The game forces mipmapping, the option is only to turn it off. It made certain people and certain cards lag pretty bad in some areas (*Cough* mizuraki *cough*)


Bruce has his own dungeon now???!?!?!?

Awesome.
Hes had one for a while. XD

[AlphaMinotaux]

did these changes go live this morning? cant check at school XD

[Miyoko]

No myroom bug fix? Bah, people shall go on ebing paranoid, then. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

[AlphaMinotaux]

gh450 still seems crappy at healing, tried multiple times getting my health below 20% and still would rarely heal me. Any1 have any feedback with a GH-450 with a high battle level? mines only like 5

[BlueFire2k5]

On 2006-12-15 10:10, AlphaMinotaux wrote:
gh450 still seems crappy at healing, tried multiple times getting my health below 20% and still would rarely heal me. Any1 have any feedback with a GH-450 with a high battle level? mines only like 5




Mine is the same with battle level 26. Looks like this patch wasn't put into place on the US servers yet.

[AlphaMinotaux]

seems like it if u ask me...

[usmcbama]

God bless the Xbox360 and consoles in general. Put it in, turn it on, and play it. Don't have to worry about system requirements and wonky compatibility issues and whatnot. I use my 360 for gaming, and my computer for cathing free-porn-related-viruses.

[HUnewearl_Meira]

On 2006-12-14 22:55, Dihnekis wrote:
I'd probably piss myself if AA was supported. Or maybe this game got a whole new engine that doesn't look like dick.



I find that if you play at a high enough resolution, Anti-Aliasing ceases to be important. It might be considered that you can end up with poorer performance by cranking up the Anti-Aliasing, than by cranking up the resolution, instead.

Thus far, it's been my experience that having the resolution set to, what is it? 1280x968? By having the resolution cranked way up there, my computer runs the game smoothly, while at the same time, is quite visually pleasing. I don't see that Anti-Aliasing is actually needed.

[PaladinRPG]

I saw in a previous posting that this bug was addressed in the latest update of JP version. Any import players able to confirm a behavior change for the better in the GH-450's heal threshold? Thank you. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Shazbot]

The part about Kubara weapons % being changed... Perhaps it's my imagination but I looked at the success rate for my Deljagnus today and it said 51%. I could swear that last time I looked before the update it was 33%.

Also, my 410GH seems to have gotten better about healing herself. Several times since the update she's healed herself before I even felt she was in danger. She wasn't even in the yellow. It might just be because she recently hit battle efficiency 40 though.

[FOnewearl-Lina]

Yep, it's been changed, all the Kubara boards sitting in my PM have a slight % boost now.

[etlitch]

Yay that means pure crafting PMs finally are better than new PMs at making kubara stuff.

Tweaked around with settings, now running game at 1024x768, forced 16x AS, forced 2xQ AA and forced trilinear mipmaps. Game runs with no FPS drops and looks good.