Server 105 has now been up for a year, and it’s time to do our biggest update yet. This past year has seen an incredible amount of work done to the game, both in player-facing additions (the new patching system, joining Raza to the mainland, the XP system…
This patch combines updates to the server with some small updates to the Ogre Client (update 1.0.4.6). The notable addition this update is a new way of casting spells, using ‘unbound energy’ gained from killing monsters. Players can use this energy to cast spells with no reagent cost or…
The latest update to the Ogre client brings more improvements to the UI and a new default key layout more closely matching the classic client. If you’d like to try out the Ogre client, the download link is on the Play page, at the end. Changes All information regarding…
The major player-facing change this update is the ability for players to opt-out of PvP combat. For the past few months 105 has had guild/shield-only PvP activated, allowing players to opt-in if they wanted to PvP while the server was growing. The new opt-out system will restore world…
This update is fairly significant for Meridian, as it contains the first new rooms created in our new 3D room editor. The new editor was completed at the end of June and cuts the time needed to create new rooms down to a fraction of what was required…
The full set of changes are available on the Ogre Client GitHub wiki page. Changes Upgraded to .NET Framework version 4.6.1. Reduced Ogre client executable size and some resource file sizes. Improved room loading times via improved texture loading. Client startup time now much faster. Fixed memory consumption issues…
Changes Adjusted the size of drawn object names. Names are now displayed for NPCs and informational signs. Ogre client can now create “send groups” using the Groups tab in the Options menu. Send groups can be sent messages in the same way as the classic client (i.e. tell groupname message).…
Server 105’s patch 1.5 coincides with the latest release of the Ogre 3D client (version 1.0.4.2). Ogre Client Changes Users can now delete mail from the mail UI. The mail, newsglobe and chat text entry fields will now prevent the user from entering too much text (i.e. text that would…
General Changes Re-added the original Justicar voting system, with a setting to switch it on and off. The Justicar system will be active for the time being, to verify there were no issues created in porting the code from the original codebase. Player’s visible max HP will now change if…
This patch focuses on two of the major issues affecting Meridian, namely the difficulty for some in updating the client, and the complexity of the game’s leveling system. Updating currently requires the user to use the Open Meridian Patcher, which is incredibly useful for playing on multiple servers…
