This is a small update to Dark Age that adds new quests,dialogues,models and grass to terrain. I have also fixed a few issues that might crash the game in some cases. The game is still not balanced so it might be too hard/easy depending on how you play.

Here is the down load link :

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Here is the change log for this release:

-Version 0.4.1144-
-Added ogre animations
-Added grass to terrain
-Added new rock model
-Added 3 more quests
-Improved character page
-Fixed the merchant skill
-Fixed a bug in the dialogue editor that would corrupt the dialogue files
-Fixed some dialogue texts
-Fixed model sizes
-Fixed collision detection with rotated objects
-Fixed an aspect ratio bug in 1280x1024 resolution
-Grass can be turned off from the options
-Performance improvements
-Crash fixes

Wow it has been exactly two months since the last release.I was busy with other stuff the past two months so I couldn't really work on Dark Age as much as I wanted but there is still lots of new stuff in this release.

The biggest change is the way you get quests from NPCs.There is a new dialogue system which lets you get quests,start trading or training.You can interact with NPCs by just left clicking on them.The dialogues are created by the world editor with a small C# application and saved to plain text files.

Another change is related to entity orientations.Before this release entities could only have a yaw which means you could only rotate them around the Y axis.Now they have pitch and roll too so they can be oriented in every direction.

I have added ranged attacks to NPCs and also trails to projectiles so they are more visible.

Here is the full change log and the download link.

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-Version 0.4.1101-
-Added goblin hut model
-Added a new quest
-Added yarrow model
-Added new city gate models
-Added road signs
-Added boat model
-Added sewer interior model
-Added sewer entrance/exit models
-Added pitch and roll to all entities
-Added trails to projectiles
-Added lock picking difficulty to dungeon doors
-Added dialogue system
-Added spider model
-Added spider cave
-Added statue model
-Added ranged attacks to NPCs
-Projectiles of NPCs can be changed from the world editor
-Fixed a entity placement bug in the world editor
-Fixed some of the models
-Fixed and improved skill descriptions
-Fixed a small bug in the options dialog
-Improved shadow blending

The new release is ready after another busy month.This release contains lots of new features,improvements and fixes.I have found a couple of bugs that would crash the game or editor in certain circumstances,hopefully they are fixed now.

The game has locked doors now which require the correct key to open or a lock pick item that can be bought from the merchants.When you click a door if you already have the right key it will automatically unlock.If you don't have the right key you can try taking a lock pick from your inventory and clicking on the door to unlock it.Your chance to pick a door is based on your lock pick skill.Door can also be opened by levers that can be found inside the dungeons.

There is a single type of trap included in the game.It is very simple and damages you if you get in it.There are other important features like inventory item stacking,smoke particle systems,new sounds,new tree model,different terrain grass texture.

Here are the download links and the change log.Have fun and please let me know if you encounter any bugs or crashes.

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-Version 0.4.1006-
-Added item stacking.
-Added weed item and model.These items can be collected and sold to a merchant for gold.
-Added field model.
-Added traps.
-Added lock picking and lock picks to merchant.
-Added door open/close sound.
-Added smoke particle system.
-Added levers that control dungeon doors.
-Added lever model.
-Added keys that unlock dungeon doors.
-Added coin and item take sounds.
-Added key model and key inventory icon.
-Added a map that can be opened by "m".The map displays the whole area and the player.
-Added new entity system.
-Added options to world editor that control the visibility of terrain,entities and water.
-Fixed a memory leak in AnimationInstance code.
-Fixed a bug in entity traversal that caused crashes.
-Fixed a bug in rendering reflections.
-Changed shaders to use shader model 3.0.
-Changed terrain rendering code to use only one pass.
-Changed tree model.
-Changed terrain texture.
-Improved shadow mapping.
-Smoke particles fade out when they are too far.

At last a new release after 6 months.This release contains lots of stuff so I will just post the change log.I have added the first skills to the game.There are 9 skills in total but two of them are not working at the moment.Lock picking is not working as doors can't be locked at the moment.This is will be enabled in the next release.Also detect traps skill is not working as traps are not in the game yet.

Here is the change log and a few new screenshots from the game :
-Version 0.4.869-
-Added Deheza.
-Added city tower and wall models.
-Added city and dungeon doors that can be opened by left click.
-Added skill training from trainer NPC.
-Added skill interface.
-Added dungeon doors.
-Added shadowmap size to userPrefs.ini file
-Added smooth texture tool to world editor.
-Added shadows too all objects
-Added the reflection of the sun.
-Added a slider control to the world editor that controls cloud density.
-Added sun billboard.
-Added a feature to save user settings made in options to userPrefs.ini file
-Added a progress bar showing enemy attack progress.
-Added an attack delay to NPCs which can be changed from the world editor.
-Added four new terrain textures.
-Added highlighting to targets that are mouse overed.
-Added energy and armor rating to units.
-Removed the interaction panel for animals.
-Fixed a bug in skyplane rendering.
-Fixed armor rating icon and position.
-Fixed enemies attacking through doors in dungeons.
-Fixed GUI items in 16:9 aspect ratio.
-Fixed collision detection in dungeons.Enemies no longer pass through doors when they are not visible.

I have moved the pages related to Dark Age to its own place.They become visible when you click Dark Age on the menu on the left side.This makes everything related to Dark Age accessible from one place.

I am working on the next release,there isn't much left to do only a couple of things then I will do some testing to make sure there isn't anything left that makes the game unplayable.Hopefully the next release will be up by the end of the month if I don't get distracted by other stuff (games lol).

I have finished Torchlight and now I am working on Risen.

Not much was going on lately so the site was quite for some time.We moved to Toronto and we were quite busy for the last two months but things are getting back to normal.I have added outlining to items and units in Dark Age.When you move your mouse over a unit or item that can be picked up it is outlined.I also updated the site to Drupal 6.14.Drupal 7.0 is coming soon so I might switch to that when it arrives though I have no idea if upgrading will be easy from 6 to 7.

I also bought a new 24" monitor which is a great improvement over the 15" laptop :).I plugged the monitor to the laptop through DVI and worked out of the box.

I am also working on a OpenGL 3.2 application framework which is just a toy project at the moment.It is open source and hosted at sourceforge.Here is the link : glBase. I started it as a 2d space shooter game and then decided to make it a simple framework for OpenGL3.2 applications.Currently it just creates a win32 window and opengl3.2 context and supports fullscreen toggling with F1.Most of the code is plugged out of Dark Age so there are lots of parts to clean up but I'm working on it.

That's pretty much all.Take care everyone.

I have updated the site to Drupal 6.13.There were some security issues with 6.12 hopefully they are fixed now.More info here.