Hello,

We have a few things to share today!

First things first: Our new lead developer is going through a lot of different things in regards to the code. While doing so, he is also writing a lot of documentation that is desperately needed. In the meantime, he has also cleaned up a lot of leftovers that are no longer used.
Right now, the focus is on getting the patching system done and establishing an
automated build & shipping process, so that we can deliver updates faster and more efficiently in the future.

While we cannot give any timeline at the moment, what we can do is tell you what we have planned for the first patch (so it still can change). But before doing so, please keep in mind that we will start small and work our way up to bigger, more exciting updates.

**Patch verification system:**
This system will verify that the client is on the latest patch. This will allow us to make sure everyone is on the latest version and mitigate potential issues caused by bypassing the launcher.

**Anti cheat**
While our coder was working on cleaning unused, old code and deleting about a dozen of old and often never used Anti Cheat tools, he started working on the integration of a new anti cheat solution. This has progressed better than we ever anticipated and we are confident that we will be able to deliver this within our first patch. For this, we will be using the well known and well established Easy Anti Cheat solution.
It goes without saying that this is a huge milestone which will aid us in the fight against bots and cheaters alike.

With this however, come a few changes.
Namely the fact that Sandboxie will no longer be usable. We are aware of potential negative side effects this may have on some of you, such as no longer being able to trade between two characters on different accounts. We are actively working on finding solutions to this, as well as other quality of life issues.

This change will also require a fresh installation, for which we will provide an updated installer. We will of course inform you once again when we arrive at this point.

**Quality of life changes:**
- We will fix/remove the "You can't act while moving" spam appearing both on screen and in the chat log.
- Experience points gained by the pet will be toggleable in the settings, so that you can decide whether or not you want to see it.

On first glance, these changes may not seem like a big step but it is important preparation work that we must take to ensure we can work on a solid foundation. As we are still
getting to understand the code, priorities may change depending on how easy or difficult certain things turn out to be.

As for what comes after that, we are currently planning a lot of exciting things, many of which we cannot share just yet. But to give you a glimpse, here are some things:

- **HOW:** We are looking into activating HOW on the test server to see whether or not we can fix the known issues and potentially bring this feature back online.
- **ED4:** Most of the concept for this was already done when AHA was still developing Florensia. We even had it on the test server for a short while. Work on this is continuing of course.
- **QoL:** We are also focused on bringing QoL features/changes, such as in-game teleportation cards to other islands, faster crafting times for 2nd jobs, EXP adjustments and more!
- **New textures:** Our in-house artist has started to work on new textures in order to replace some of the more outdated ones currently in the game.
- **Localization updates:** Updates to localization to enhance and fix existing translation.

The list goes on and on, these are just some of the things we are currently conceptionalizing and working on. We will of course keep you updated on the progress as and when there are news.

Best,

Your Florensia Team

Here a sneak peak of one changed Texture:

Hello,

As you may know (see previous News) we took over Florensia. We just wanted to give over a small update about the take over process.

In general, we will talk more about upcoming content, etc. when we are into the code and all tools, but here are some process details:

We got most of the necessary stuff from AHA so far

We have to rebuild several things as they are completely outdated. For example, we need to find a solution to make patches in a way that it can be done on more as on one PC. They use for patches timestamps of a PC. If we start using different PCs (like from different coders), the patching process will fail because of that…

This means we have to rebuild certain tools and processes as we expected.

We need all the crazy old 3ds Max plugins to work, but we will get there.

Our new coder is already investigating the coding side, and we will start with simple things first. He has already found the reason during a first code check why you can not click/walk to certain areas on maps. The reason is that the area was flagged as a Water region.

So, step by step, we will get closer to a workable situation for us.

Hello,

We wish everyone a Happy New Year's Eve. Finally, this will be the last year without any progress. We got more stuff from the old developers today, and we can go ahead with our plans to shape a new, bright future for Florensia.

We still need some time to get into the code and all the tools (especially 3dsMax 8, which still gives us some headaches, but we will solve that as well), but in 2025, we will finally update the game ourselves!

Thanks for sticking with us all these years! It means a lot to us, as Florensia would have died a long time ago without the community!

Best,

Your Florensia Team

Happy first advent Florensians!

The holiday season has just begun and it’s time to spread the joy! So check your in-game mail for a small gift.

To receive the gift, you need at least a Level 2 character who has been active at least once since November 1st, 2023.

Your Florensia Team

Hello,

We have officially signed the contract with Florensia's previous owner, and we now fully own the game. This means we will receive the source code and other essential assets to start working on the game ourselves. So, we are now not only the publisher but also the developer/owner.

We will establish our own development team dedicated to Florensia.

Before we can begin our work, it will take a few weeks to obtain everything from the previous owner. Our first task will be to familiarise ourselves with the entire development environment, which presents its own challenges due to the game's age.

We will start with simpler tasks to gain a better understanding and gradually tackle more complex features.

We will keep you updated on our progress as soon as possible!

This is a significant investment, and we sincerely hope you will join us as we embark on this new era for Florensia!

Hello,

With today's patch we have worked on certain issues with the player shops:

- The crash that occurs when looking through player shops is fixed.
- The visibility of items named "Mate Hat" with the icon of Bunny Ears is fixed. This was a wrong display -
these items were not in the actual shop offered.
- Item slots are now shown correctly when more than 3 items are displayed.
- ALL shops should be shown now in the list.

Reminder: We do not recommend playing Florensia without starting the launcher beforehand!

You
Florensia Team

Hello,

We made finally one big Server world instead of 2. So all players are playing in the same world with 3 channels.

The names are the following:

Server: Florensia

Channel 1: Flandria (PvP)
Channel 2: Pardioc (PvP)
Channel 3: Karanir (PvE)

We plan as well an update for respawn times of mini bosses and boss monsters. Reduced timers of course... This will come very soon and you will get a detailed patch log about what has changed.

Your Florensia Team

Dear Florensians,

You will receive an additional 50% AP on all AP purchases from now until the 10th of January 2023 10:59am CET!


Your Florensia Team

Dear Florensians,

Today we fixed the browser issue which prevented especially Steam players from enjoying Florensia.

So finally, we got rid of Internet Explorer and use now a chromium-based browser (Edge). As well we activated the Christmas decorations.

We are sorry that it took that long but we had to change quite a lot in the backend for it.

Your Florensia Team

Dear Florensians,

We have a workaround for the Steam payment issue. When you go to the Steam shop and choose your AP package, you will be redirected to the Steam login page inside an Internet Explorer window. Here you press “Ctrl+Shift+E”. This will open the same page in MS Edge.

If you get a “Ooops something went wrong” message, please log out of Steam on that page and do the key combination again inside Internet Explorer.

The developers are informed and should have a fix ready soon. They worked on it already a while ago but that fix crashed the whole testserver. We have conducted a test on the standalone live server and that worked already but additional changes are required to make the fix work on the Steam version.

We are sorry for the inconvenience!