Server/Client Update

In this content update, we are adding a new playable Dragon, the Flame Stalker. This is our iconic dragon seen on our hero image for Day of Dragons. In the lore, the Flame Stalkers were the first dragons to appear in Jrakhon, with Jrakhon the Firstborne, the Dragonking. We are excited to be adding our first fire breathing dragon and our second free starter dragon to the lineup and we're sure fans will love him.

Being a new playable dragon, Kickstarter backers with the Beta Headstart perk get 7 days headstart access to the Flame Stalker. This means that for 1 week, only those with Headstart will be able to spawn a new Flame Stalker, but they can nest other players in as one. Then on April 6th when headstart is over, we will be making Flame Stalker spawnable for everyone with patch 1.M.1.

Patch 1.M.1 will also add the new Flame Stalker mushrooms to the Forgotten Forest temporarily until the Lava Lands biome has been completed.

Other highlighted features include daily elder growth ticks that anyone can claim just by logging in. These ticks grant 1 mushroom worth of growth every 12 hours making Elder attainable by all players, however, mushrooms remain the quickest way to grow to Elder.

We know you will all love this update. Thank you for your support!

The Flame Stalker Dragon has been added to the game. This dragon breathes fire and has a special heat sense ability allowing it to see heat signatures of any creature, even cloaked Shadow Scales! To breath fire, hold the Attack button. Bile drains and recharges quickly and fire breath is cheaper if your bile is full. Heat sense will turn itself off automatically, to keep it on, press your Special ability while it's active. Heat sense uses stamina but is cheaper when in the stalk stance.

• Added Flame Stalker Dragon (Headstart access, unlocks for all on April 6)
  
• Added Heat Sense ability
  
• Added Fire breath
  
• Added new crosshair for fire ability
  
• Added new Fire damage with burn chance
  
• Added new Flame Stalker skins
  
• Added new Flame Stalker emotes

A lot of new visual effects and sound effects have been added including Burn DoT. Burn DoTs apply damage overtime and each tick of burn has a chance to apply. The only way to remove burn is either wait or go in water. Also note, that if you experience frame lag from all the fire, turn down your Video Effects setting.

• Added new stackable burning fire effect and icon
  
• Added new burning HUD effect in 1st Person mode only
  
• Added many new fire sound fx
  
• Added new ground fire burning vfx and sfx effects
  
• Added missing Shadow Scale footsteps sfx for juvi/hatchie

We made some damage mitigation changes and speed tweaks to balance out gameplay with the new Dragon and also added a new way to get to Elder.

• Players are now granted 1 mushroom tick of growth every 12 hours (tracks offline players) but players may only claim one tick per 12 hours by logging in to the game for 1 minute. Ticks apply to each character individually.
  
• Tweaked Shadow Scale mitigations and speeds
  
• Tweaked Acid Spitter mitigations and speeds
  
• Reduced the amount of food that mushrooms were giving to large dragons

• Updated Leucistic skins for Shadow Scale and Acid Spitter
  
• Added Little Dragonlings music which now plays for parents and hatchling on hatch
  
• Made improvements to flight takeoff syncing
  
• Added content for upcoming recessive gene nesting system
  
• Reworked and improved Dragon bite hitboxes
  
• Tweaked footstep sound spawn location
  
• Missing player avatars now show a DoD avatar instead of a blank white avatar in social panel

• Admins now appear Red in admin panel
  
• Fixed an issue where admin /mute /unmute commands were not working

• Fixed an issue where players could lose their dragon on Spawn menu if they did not cycle the dragons first
  
• Fixed an issue where Acid Decay could be applied on players in water
  
• Fixed an issue where status effects persisted on corpses after death
  
• Fixed an issue where players who log out with a status effect would login with a broken status effect
  
• Fixed an issue where Acid Spitters could still receive Decay if bitten by another Acid Spitter with Decaying Bite
  
• Fixed an issue where Thornbacks were always bloody
  
• Fixed an issue where corpse scent plume was not always above the corpse ragdoll
  
• Fixed issue where corpses were getting stuck in players mouths and wouldn't release

Server/Client Patch

This patch focuses mainly on fixing long-standing bugs and issues and improving server performance.

• Doubled the amount of Day time so that Time of Day is now a 2:1 Day/Night ratio. Night remains unchanged.
  
• Nights are now slightly brighter
  
• Added Player Ping to Players list in Social Panel
  
• Removed Full Screen display window option as this mode has been deprecated from Windows 10/11 and caused many client crashes
  
• Improved flight take off syncing in that players trying to take off in high latency situations should be able to properly sync and take off
  
• Improved Shadow Scale flight maneuvering to better reflect its air agility and to prepare for unique flight characteristics between species
  
• Reduced SS charge breath button hold down time from 2s to 1.5s
  
• Reduced SS charge breath subsequent charge ticks from 2s to 1s
  
• Reduced cooldown on Acid Spit from 2.5s to 2s
  
• Optimized server processes to increase performance
  
• Improved the Server's Cheat/Desync Detection
  
• Fixed an issue where pitch was not inverting properly after the last patch
  
• Fixed an issue where corpses would sometimes glitch out and not be able to be picked up or eaten
  
• Fixed an issue where some players would crash after opening the Social Panel
  
• Fixed an issue where heal ticks would break Shadow Cloak
  
• Fixed an issue where level ambiance and level music would sometimes not play
  
• Fixed an issue where hatchling movement would not replicate to the server if held longer than 5 minutes
  
• Fixed an issue where players without the Patreon Rewards Pack could enable jellies cosmetic
  
• Fixed a server crash related to corpse physics bodies
  
• Fixed a server crash where Server was unable to retrieve Steam data for a client

Server/Client Patch

This patch addresses some issues caused in the last patch. We added some new anti-cheat checks and some new options for servers. Additionally we have raised the latency cap on Official PvP servers to 400ms. Official PvE servers remain at the default 800ms.

We will continue to look for ways to track, find, and ban cheaters, hackers, and exploiters on Official servers.

• Added bUseLatencyHardCap=false config variable. By default servers use the new soft cap checking. Enable this for hard cap detection which will boot any player who exceeds server latency cap. Leave disabled to use soft cap which checks for unusual ping activity. To disable anti-cheat measures on your server, set bDisableDD=true in config.
  
• Added new methods and checks to prevent latency manipulation
  
• Fixed an issue where Admin /mute /unmute commands were not working
  
• Tweaked the server disconnection detection settings for clients

Server/Client Patch

This patch fixes a few bugs and also implements methods to prevent network exploits.

Official PvP servers now cap latency to 250ms. Players who exceed 250ms latency(ping) will be disconnected. PvE servers are now capped to 800ms allowing international players or players with WIFI or Satellite to connect to the Official US PvE servers, however, we highly recommend choosing a server close to your location and/or with low latency for the best player experience.

• Added iMaxLatencyMS=800 config variable. Range 100-1000. Default 800. Allows servers to cap the max ping per player. Server autokicks if ping exceeds allowed value. To disable, set config bDisableDD=true
  
• Added methods and checks to prevent latency manipulation and other network hacks
  
• Added additional server log entries to better track server crashes
  
• Fixed an issue where egg shells would sometimes never despawn
  
• Fixed an issue where hatchlings would lose growth progress when safelogging (for realz ːsteamhappyː)
  
• Renamed Grey KS skins back to Leumelan KS

Server/Client Patch

Greetings Dragons, today's patch fixes a critical server lockup/growth progress-loss bug that we felt was too important to wait until the 1.M Update. Due to upcoming 1.M code changes that could not be undone, this patch will also include a Clan data wipe.

It is strongly recommended that server owners delete the Clan folder in your server after updating. The correct file path is "Installation directory"/Dragons/Saved/SaveGames/Clans. After updating, please delete said "Clans" folder as old clan data is no longer compatible going forward.

This update also includes changes to Player Saves for upcoming content, however, we tested player saves for compatibility and no player data wipe is needed. ːsteamhappyː

Also included in this update is the new emote previews for the Acid Spitter Drake. Owners of the Acid Spitter DLC will have access to 3 new emotes, "Care" "Mourn" and "Challenge." Patreon Lifetime Rewards members will have 1 additional emote called "Rage." New emote keybinds were also added, and eventually we will add an emote wheel for controllers.

Also included in this update is a fix for Clan Name/Tag capitalization issues which some clans have been asking for along with the ability for server owners to limit the number of clans on their servers or even disable clan creation.

We hope you enjoy the patch. Don't be surprised if you see a Fire Breathing Dragon flying around on Official servers!

• Fixed a server lockup/crash
  
• Fixed an issue where growth progress was lost after safe logging
  
• Fixed an issue where clan names and clan tags would not capitalize properly
  
• Updated clan saving data, we recommend servers delete clans folder after updating. Clan Chieftains will need to recreate their clans. We apologize for the inconvenience but it had to be done for future-proofing the clan system.
  
• Added iMaxClans=255 config variable. Range 0-255. Default 255. This config allows server owners to limit the max number of clans on their server, set to 0 to disable clan creation. A complete server config guide can be found on our Discord in Support Docs channel or on Steam here
  
• Added 3 new Emotes for the Acid Spitter Drake DLC
  
• Added 1 new Acid Spitter Emote for Lifetime Rewards Members

Server/Client Hotfix

• Re-enabled Time of Day

Server/Client Patch

This patch

• Fixed an issue where the last egg in the nest would persist even after hatching
  
• Fixed an issue where mushrooms would disappear after rendering if they had already been eaten
  
• AI now respawns twice as fast on PvE servers
  
• Added Death sound for Spined Scrab
  
• Reduced AI perception distance
  
• Updated AI Behavior
  
• Tweaked AI Spawners

Hello everyone!

We hope you are enjoying the New Year and our latest content update featuring the Bulbous Spined Scrab. Thank you all for the feedback! We will be working on some bug fixes and changes based on what you have all said. While we work on the next patch, please enjoy this blog filled with what our different teams have been working on!



The Flame Stalker and Inferno Ravager are currently in their animation stage of development. This is the longest stage and takes some time to complete. We appreciate your patience while we work hard on bringing these awesome dragons to life. Please keep in mind, all of the animations you see in these blogs are a work-in-progress and not yet finalized. The animations (new and currently in-game) will be perfect in a polishing stage further down the development line.

Anywho, take a look at what our awesome animation team has been working on!



Flame Stalker Roar

Karly is back from her holiday and working once again to bring the Flame Stalker to life. With all the locomotion (aka flying and walking) animations completed, we are now focusing on his last action animations, including the calls! Check out some of the awesome animations Karly has created so far.


Flame Stalker Eating


Flame Stalker Drinking


Flame Stalker Swimming


The newest addition to our team, Anton, is now working on the animations of his first dragon, the Inferno Ravager. As with every dragon, we start with the land locomotion (walk, trot, etc) animations first and then move to the flight locomotion. Since our last dev blog, Anton has completed all the locomotion (excluding swimming) and is moving onto the actions. Check out what he has created so far!


Inferno Ravager Walk animation


Inferno Ravager Trot animation


Inferno Ravager Run animation


Inferno Ravager Hover animation


As some of you know, for Anton's trial period we had him working on future emotes for the Acid Spitter and Shadow Scale. These emotes will be for a future DLC emote pack and include a Love, Taunt, Rage, and Mourn emote. There will also be a Rage emote which will be included in the Patreon Lifetime 100 rewards pack. Please note, the remaining animations and the emote pack are on hold while our animators focus on the two fire dragons.

Acid Spitter and Shadow Scale Taunt

Acid Spitter Rage

Acid Spitter Love

Acid Spitter Laughter





Our model team consists of Jia Hao, our creature modeler, and DragonBrigade, our environmental asset modeler. Each are hard at work creating content for future updates. Here are some of the interesting things they have been working on...



Feather Crest at resting position (top) and aggressive (bottom)

Arguably the best dragon (I'm not biased), the Feathered Zygovo model is currently getting ready for game-play. It's had a complete wing makeover along with some some edits since its concept art. Being feathered, its model is very complicated and will take some time to finish. We hope to show you further progress on it next month!


Feathered Zygovo wings and body


Jia Hao has also finished the in-game model for another AI critter. This one is the Dune Weaver. This little slug like creature will be endemic to the Dangerous Dunes Biome and come later in development. Since his concept art, he has gotten cute little eyes and a mouth on his underside. What a good like slug bug.


Dune Weaver AI Model


We are changing the Thornbacked Crawler nests and how they work. With this new model, hatchlings will be able to discover a new yummy food source; Thornbacked Crawler eggs. Dragons will be able to dig out the mounds and uncover the eggs in the center. This new food source will help hatchlings to survive now that the bugs have gotten smarter and will likely be added to the game in one of the next updates.


Thornbacked Crawler Nest


Nest Morph Targets




Over in our Visual Effects department, Flicker is working on some effects for further in development. She has been developing an amazing smoke plume for the upcoming Lava Lands' Volcano and some effects for the Blitz Striker.


Volcano Smoke Plume

The Blitz Striker will be a lightning based dragon and will be able to perform a stun attack as its special ability. We have been experimenting with different looks to the electrical attacks and this is what we have come up with so far.


Blitz Striker Bile Attack


Blitz Striker Stun Attack







Our next Q&A livestream has not yet scheduled. Stay tuned and watch for updates to find out when the next one will be!





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~The Day of Dragons Development Team



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Server/Client Patch

This patch fixes some bugs introduced in 1.L.1

• Added a game option to turn on translucent targeting (dragon transparent when aiming down while flying)
  
• Fixed floating foliage
  
• Egg shells no longer glow
  
• Blood screen should be removed from eggs
  
• Fixed a nesting bug where players could not invite
  
• Fixed a nesting bug where used eggs would not poof
  
• Fixed world ambience SFX not playing in the world
  
• Fixed an issue where bugs would not move

Server/Client Patch

This patch fixes some bugs, addresses some recent update issues, and improves server performance

• Added server config option to disable AI, bDisableAI=true
  
• Added Spined Scrab's missing Sound FX
  
• Thornback Crawlers are no longer poisonous and no longer apply poison when eaten
  
• Red Mushrooms no longer apply thirst but now apply poison when eaten
  
• Nerfed the Agile/Fast attack speed cooldown bonus by 80%
  
• Acid Spitters are now immune to Decay debuffs
  
• 3rd Person Camera no longer auto-adjusts when looking up while flying
  
• 3rd Person Camera now allows you to see through yourself while aiming when looking down while flying
  
• Adjusted AI spawns and reduced total number of AI for server performance
  
• Fixed an issue where AI would sometimes stand around and not do anything
  
• Fixed an issue where nest eggs would show two eggs when a player hatches in
  
• Fixed an issue where blood screen would show when accepting a nest egg