Five on Friday - January 30, 2009

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"Will the SA client be taking advantage of the higher resolution art, or will that cause too much latency?"

This is something both the engineering and art teams spent a great deal of time investigating. There are many reasons why we decided not to increase the resolution of the art.

For one, there are over 16000 pieces of environment art in the game. Recreating all this art in a higher resolution is well beyond the scope of this project. The legacy environment art looks great and everyone is familiar with it, so we decided to stick with it.

Animations are a different story. We certainly have the capability of rendering our animations in a higher resolution. Unfortunately, due to the fact that our animations are 2d, most machines can not handle the increase in data traffic being sent to the graphics card. You may recall players claiming that the Kingdom Reborn made graphics cards "smoke". We are hoping that by reducing the animation sizes by almost 30%, we will alleviate this problem on most systems.

We are dedicated to providing the players with the highest quality art possible, but at the same time, performance is our number one priority. The last thing you want is for the game to freeze up on you while you are being chased by an Ogre Lord.  :)
- Supreem

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"Is it cheating to use horde minions to loot the gold in the champ spawn?"

No, that’s what they do, pick up items on the ground.
- Mesanna

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"Will the pink bunnies come back?"

Not this year, we have something else in mind.
- Mesanna

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"What increments is the 'delay' in uo 2D macro options measured in? How would I set a delay of 8 seconds between actions?"

If you want an 8 second delay you would set it to 160.
- Draconi & QA

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"Are you planning to do anything about the ghost cams?"

Yes, we hope to have a fix for this in the future
- Draconi

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Fansite News:

Lake Superior

Ilshenar Champion Spawn hunt
Date: Friday, January 30th
Time: 9:00PM Central
Starting Location: New Haven Terrasse
Host: Taeara Mi'Aken

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Chesapeake

Chesapeake Event! The SHE Twisted Scavenger Hunt
The SHE guild of the Chesapeake shard invites everyone to participate in this shard wide event. Please join us at the SHE Auction house where you will receive your instructions. You will be given a clue to a location in Sosaria and a mini-riddle for an item that you must bring to that location. When you arrive at the location, hand the item to the SHE member and then the SHE member will give you the next item mini-riddle and location clue. This event is sponsored by the SHE guild, and we welcome everyone to join in the fun!
Date: February 6th, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm EST
Starting Location: SHE Auction House (runes on ground and gates available at Luna 5:45 pm EST.)
This event will have a total prize money of 10 MILLION Gold! The first 5 people to complete it will be rewarded as follows:
  • 1st place: 5 million
  • 2nd place: 3 million
  • 3rd place: 1 million
  • 4th place: 500K
  • 5th place: 500K
(SHE guild members are not eligible to participate.)
And as always don't forget our SHE Auction every Saturday night at 7:00 pm EST., runes on the ground and gates from Luna at 6:45 pm EST. to 7:05 pm EST. We begin taking items at 6:30 pm EST. Everyone is invited to buy or sell items at our auction!

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Baja

Baja weekly shard event: Sunday Night Taming Hour
When: Every Sunday Evening
Meeting Place: Moonglow Zoo
Time: 8pm PST (9pm MST, 10pm CST, 11pm EST) Open Event Sponsored by M!S

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Great Lakes

Hello Great Lakes! I am Melian of Majestic Oaks Auction House. We the family or crew of MOA host events most three evenings a week. Majestic Oaks Auction is one of the longest constantly running events on the Great Lakes Shard. Monday night the crew brings games of knowledge, chance etc. open to the public at the Castle on Artic Isle. Wednesday and Thursday evening are auctions open to the public at Auction house near Vesper. 8 p.m. cst is the standard start time for all events. Gaters are in Luna at the bank prior and during events for your transportation needs. To find out more you can visit us at www.uo-moa.net.

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Lake Superior Community's weekly event Schedule

***With the exception of the Community Meetings, all events are subject to cancellation in the event a town comes under attack by the Shadow Army.***
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Community Meet'n Greet
Date: Monday, February 2nd
Time: 7:30PM Central
Location: Skara Brae Community Center
Hosts: Airmid / Sabina Nikolai
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Doom Dungeon crawl
Date: Tuesday, February 3rd
Time: 8:00PM Central
Starting Location: New Haven Terrasse
Host: Taeara Mi'Aken
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Peerless hunt (Mondain's Legacy Required)
Date: Wednesday, February 4th
Time: 8:00PM Central
Starting Location: New Haven Terrasse
Host: Taeara Mi'Aken
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Ilshenar Lich Hunt
Date: Wednesday, February 5th
Time: 8:00PM Central
Starting Location: New Haven Terrasse
Host: Taeara Mi'Aken
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Ilshenar Champion Spawn hunt
Date: Friday, February 6th
Time: 9:00PM Central
Starting Location: New Haven Terrasse
Host: Taeara Mi'Aken
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This week on Whispering Rose Radio...

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*New Weekly Feature - WRR is proud to present "Our House - UO Player of the Week". Is there someone who has affected you and others playing Ultima Online in a positive way? Show your appreciation by nominating them for the UO Player of the Week! It's easy to do. Contact DJ Slide at ICQ 277-163-033 (or by PM on the boards) with the name and shard of the player. He will get with you for more details to help record this special tribute and play the spot during the DJ Slide's Sunday Show from 11am - 2pm ET (8am - 11am PT) on Whispering Rose Radio
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Friday - Jan. 30th - Shard Chatter will be buzzing with the latest hot topics of Ultima Online news!! Join DJ Exiled Connections starting at 10pm ET (7pm PT) on WRR and participate in these fun and always lively UO discussions. Instructions on how to tune in and participate are located on the www.wrrad.com website. You can contact Exiled Connection by ICQ 179-159-158.
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Friday - Jan. 30th - From 9pm to 11pm PT (Midnight to 2am ET) participate in the live fun of DJ Flash and The Box Game with lots of chances for you to win fantastic UO in game prizes. Tune into www.wrrad.com to hear full game details and be ready to contact DJ Flash at ICQ 124-373-22
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Saturday - Jan. 31st - While gettting your game on tune into www.wrrad.com from 1pm to 3pm ET (10am to Noon PT) for the NEW ~ Sounds of Sosaria Show ~ and Chill out to New Age, Ambience and Soundtracks with DJ Skal who is always in tune to listeners requests and can be reached by ICQ at 436-663-883.
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Saturday - Jan. 31st - Its time for the ever popular Brush LimpPaw show starting at 5pm ET (2pm PT) on WRR where listeners hear his Universal Outlook on the worlds 'current events' as only he can deliver it.
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Saturday - Jan. 31st - WRR Deal or No Deal 'UO Style' ~ Win up to 10 MILLION in GOLD on the shard of your choice (1/3 Seige) playing Deal or No Deal. This weeks DoND is on LEGENDS starting at 3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern. The DoND house is located along the North wall inside Luna town. Players from all shards are eligible to participate...just make a character on LEGENDS to join in the fun!! Rules on how to play DoND UO Style are available on the station website where you can also tune in to hear this and other UO events live from...Whispering Rose Radio - For more details and location map CLICK HERE
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Saturday - Jan. 31st - From 9pm to 11pm PT (Midnight to 2am ET) participate in the live fun of DJ Flash and The Box Game with lots of chances for you to win fantastic UO in game prizes. Tune into www.wrrad.com to hear full game details and be ready to contact DJ Flash at ICQ 124-373-22
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Sunday - Feb. 1st - Tune in each week from 11am to 2pm ET (8am - 11am PT) and win at least MILLION in gold on the shard of your choice (1/3 Siege) by being the first to figure out the clues given to help find DJ Slide on Sonoma. Anyone from any shard is eligible to participate, just make a character on Sonoma and tune into www.wrrad.com for the clues. Each week that DJ Slide is not 'found' the reward increases by 1 Million. *This weeks winnings worth 2 Million on the shard of your choice (1/3 Siege). **Plus listen throughout the show for this weeks Our House - UO Player of the Week!
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Sunday - Feb. 1st - The Pacific Auction House (located just East of the Luna moongate) continues after 4 fantastic years to bring you more great deals. Get there early for best seating. Auction starts at 3pm ET (Noon PT) and is broadcasted live on WRRadio.
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Thursday - Feb. 5th – Its time to party with the Tazz and Keg's Underground show broadcasting live from 9pm to 11pm CT (6pm to 8pm PT). Entering their underground world leads you to places you will never forget. Remember you can call into the show via Skype! For full details on how to call into the show visit the Tazz & Kegs Underground page at Underground Knights website.
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Have a blast playing Ultima Online and listening to Whispering Rose Radio (www.wrrad.com) ~ see you all on the flip side.

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Announcements:

Have you found your special someone in Sosaria? Event Moderators are now taking reservations for weddings starting Sunday February 1st. Contact your local EM through their bulletin board to schedule your wedding day.

Don't forget to submit your Bank Renovations entries by Sunday, February 1st at midnight EST. The details of the contest can be found here.

It's that time of the week to submit your questions for the Five on Friday. Don't be shy to click the word here and it will take you there.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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