Shards Online: Release 0.2.6 Patch Notes

by WtF Dragon · December 4, 2015

Citadel Studios have posted the patch notes for Release 0.2.6 of Shards Online. New features introduced in this build include:

Improved Targeting System

Space bar sets current target to object highlighted by the mouse

Tab cycles through nearby targets

Target window

Interaction Menu: Most objects in the world allow for multiple ways to interact with them. We added a radial menu to provide access to these additional interactions.

Added mouse control schemes

Default: Left click handles movement and object interaction, right click opens the interaction menu

Classic: Left click handles object interaction, right click handles movement, Alt-Left click to open interaction menu

Controls Window: Allows for switching of mouse control schemes and key remapping

Splitting stack support for stacked objects

Animal Taming UI: Shows tamers their pets’ stats and allows for dragging pet commands to the hotbar.

Character Customization: Choose from different skin type and hair options in limbo before you enter Celador.

Equipment names are now colored based on the quality

Flimsy: Light Brown

Stout: Green

Sturdy: Light Blue

Crafting now guarantees a number of improvement successes based on the quality of the item

Stout: 1 guaranteed improvement

Sturdy: 2 guaranteed improvements

New Spell: Bind Portal – Opens a portal to the location your soul is currently bound to.

Equipment Repair – Crafting tools have a repair option on the interaction menu

Quest Tracker – Allows you view finished/unfinished quests and lets you change the currently tracked quest

House decoration window has been given a facelift

Housing and quest buttons added to hotbar (Housing button only appears if you are inside your house plot)

Added guaranteed guard protection from PvP in the plains region of the map (except in the arena)

Add message to indicate when you have entered or left a guard region