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Release 0.64 of Alternate Reality X is now available from the download pages over at:

www.crpgdev.com.

I’ve added the final City establishment – the City Healers – to the game, City style potions, poison, diseases and a number of bug fixes. All 44 types of potion can be found in the game but several of them will need some work in the next release to be a 100% completed. Treasure Finding is working though and directly influences the probability of finding treasure after an encounter – something which people had mentioned in the last release. Potions are easier to find in this version than they will be in the final version to give players the chance to try them out.

The full list of changes include:

• Added City Healers – Includes heal wounds, cure disease, remove alcohol and remove delusions
• Added City style potions as treasure – Examine, Sip, Taste and Quaff
• Added Treasure Finding stat
• Added diseases and poisons and their effects
• Updated the wandering healer for the above
• Updated main menu with new image / layout
• Updated “Active Magic” and “Known Diseases” displays
• Added compass images from Jason and added background for use with large 3D window
• Added new guard / warrior encounter image from Ted
• Reduced encounter frequency
• Fixed Bug #027: Game hangs on second play through when creating character
• Fixed Bug #028: Compass images hard to see in full screen mode and needed position adjusting
• Fixed Bug #029: Crash when pressing ESC from Use object menu
• Fixed Bug #030: Shop stock items not saved as part of save game 
• Fixed Bug #031: Tavern and shop stock items not refreshed each day
• Fixed Bug #032: Guild lyrics display too quickly
• Fixed Bug #033: Death lyrics display too quickly

If you would like to support the continued development of Alternate Reality X then please consider making a donation towards my time and web site costs via the PayPal link on the blog, ARX Facebook page or website.

• Major changes to the object and inventory system for dynamic object creation such as clothing and custom weapons
• Further work on City Shops
• Add City Healers
• Add experience modifiers following successful encounter 
• Display clean ups across resolutions and different display options
• Add check for successful retreat from encounters
• Adjust encounter frequency as currently seem too frequent in City
• Potions – City Style – sip, taste, quaff etc
• Merchant – trade for timepieces or compass (via menu)
• Use crystal to charge guild ring
• Thieves stealing items
• Devourer “devouring” items
• Add encounter treasure item – eyes
• Add some of the remaining combat features (surprise, waylay, flee, summon spell cast, block, disarm etc)

• Add duration based spells – Strength, Dexterity, Charisma, Fireblade
• Add combat spells – Cold Blast
• Spells (nearly all)
• Add additional encounter tables for the Dungeon
• Add Rathskeller Bar & Grille
• Add all encounter weapons
• Add encounter treasure items – scrolls, eyes, wands, horns, cards etc
• Add Dungeon Level 4
• Add effects of hunger, thirst and alcohol
• Add “Examine Items or Spells” option – Low priority
• Add Dungeon level 1 and 2 special locations and quests

• Add Dungeon Smithy
• Add Bank Vaults
• Add Weapon Enchantress
• Add Dungeon Chapel
• Add Smithy animation
• Add Dungeon level 3 and 4 special locations and quests
• Add remaining unique treasure items
• Weapon durability, breaks and repairs
• Darkness – light spell, torch light, helm of light

• Add Encounter animation scheme
• Add City Rain and Storm effects
• Add any remaining Dungeon quests & locations
• Add Dungeon ending sequence
• Add curses, diseases and poison
• Turn point + sub square movement (possibly)
• Delete saved game
• More info on saved game – time and date, char level, location etc

• Add the AR introduction sequence
• Produce the ARX manual and supporting documents
• Add an ARX icon
• Everything else I’ve forgotten!

Release 0.63 is now available for download from the downloads page at www.crpgdev.com. It includes the much requested City shops. I’ve started work on the City Healers but there is a bit more to do and there is still some furtehr work to do on the Shops to make them similar to the original City.  This release contains:

• Added City shops – core functionality including randomised stock, viewing, buying and wearing
• Trying to close program now brings up options screen for save & quit
• Adjusted gate counter speed to make it closer to the original games
• Code to adjust lyric speed against different processors by Scott
• Improved timings for lyric files for City Smithy (both original and new music versions)
• Fixed Tavern opening and closing times

If you like what I’m doing and wish to support the project’s future development please consider making a small donation from the blog, webpages or ARX facebook page link.

More updates coming soon!

Thanks,
Acrin1

Release 0.62 of ARX is now available for download at https://www.crpgdev.com/downloads.html. It includes additional Tavern features and allows you to buy provisions at the Dungeon Damon & Pythias shop. If you find yourself struggling in the City and you’ve previously made friends at a tavern then you may receive some help.

Release 0.60 of Alternate Reality X is now available for download from:

https://www.crpgdev.com/downloads.html

It contains the following additions and bug fixes:

• Implemented City and Dungeon encounters as a single set using same encounter object format
• Combined encounter images into single set using Dungeon images for majority
• Added all Dungeon fixed encounter specials (32 in total)
• Added weapons for encounter specials above
• Added a Dungeon Quest
• Fixed Bug #002: Delay of a couple of seconds when entering some shops / modules due to music loading
• Fixed Bug #003: Mini map edges don’t refresh properly
• Fixed Bug #004: City map wrapped at some points instead of leading to Wilderness
• Fixed Bug #013: Lyric strip appears over shop / module image at 800 x 600 resolution
• Fixed Bug #014: Daggers only type of weapon dropped after winning an encounter
• Fixed Bug #001: Goblins and Trolls don’t recognise that you’re carrying rival ring half
• Fixed Bug #016: Oracle offerings did not include weapons etc
• Fixed Bug #017: Pauper could not accept all positive items and never rejected offers
• Fixed Bug #018: City encounters didn’t drop weapons

Hope you enjoy it. There should be another release out soon in February.

Thanks for your continued support and feedback- greatly appreciated.

All the best,
Acrin1

Release 0.58 is now available from the downloads page at: www.crpgdev.com. Please note that you may need to download the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable Runtime from Microsoft’s site. Release 0.58 includes the following additions and bug fixes:

• Switched development to new version of SFML 2 media library
• Switched development to Visual Studio C++ Express 2010
• Added Barred door interaction in Dungeon – Locked, Bolted and Enchanted
• Added some Dungeon unique treasures – Razor Ice, Sword of the Adept, Map Stone & Amethyst Rod
• Expanded weapon format to include bonus to hit, parry, 2 handed, alignment, minimum stat requirements
• City Enclosed areas added by Dalimar
• City deathtraps fixed by Dalimar
• Fixed some Dungeon zone colour schemes
• Started work on Dungeon Oracle module
• Bug fix: Fixed so more than 44 rectangular map zones can be defined
• Bug fix: Fixed crashes relating to songs with longer sequences of lyrics
• Bug fix: Fixed images for staircases,
• Bug fix: Goblin Lord & Troll Tyrant now carry a Sceptre of Evil (not a dagger)
• Bug fix: Lyrics strip image overlapped with shop image for 800×600 resolution

Hope you find something of interest in this release. Thanks for your continued support for this project.

All the best,
Acrin1