Entropy Report post Posted February 13, 2007 Well, the exact date is some sort of superposition of 2 days, 13 and 14 February. The reason for that is because the server was online at about 12 AM between 13 and 14 February, 2003, after only about 5 months of development. Of course, at that time it wasn't really a game, it was more of a chat where you could walk around and talk to people nearby and in PMs. No channels, no animals moving around, no harvesting, no manufacturing, no fights.. And there was only Isla Prima, without any insides Here are the first changes (you can find them in the changes.txt in your EL folder). Version: 0.5.7 Pre Alpha - A bug that prevented the text to display properly (it appeared as an avalanche of lagg) was fixed. - A few minor optimizations (should increase the frame rate by 5-10% in places with many objects, like cities or forests). - Now you can invoke the console by pressing F1. This was done to solve a problem for those with non english keyboards. - Some small changes in the start map, it should look better now. - A whole new, BIG map. Just walk into a teleporter from the start map. - Now the client will try to autodectect if the frame rate is too low, and if it is, it will disable the shadows. - Now you can look at players, and get their name - The working icons on the interface change their color when selected, or mouse over. - The conversation is saved in the file chat_log.txt - Fixed a bug where the game just quit when it couldn't resolve the host (now it will let you retry, and will give an error message) - Fixed two bugs when you reconnected to the server, after being disconencted. That is, if you were sitting at that time, now you can sit again. Another bug was that the players in your range were not cleared, and they appeared as 'ghostsly ghosts'. - For those who didn't read the license, and run the game, will prompt them with an error message (a very mean/sarcastic one). Hopefully, they will feel offended. So now the game is 4 years old.. That's pretty cool, I think. Normally I would have organized some contests, but I totally forgot about this until just now, been busy with the preliminary missile/arrows code. Maybe we'll do something tomorrow, some sort of find the hyperspace bag thingy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peeper :) Report post Posted February 13, 2007 w00t Now lets all start talking about the good ol' days.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LabRat Report post Posted February 13, 2007 Happy birthday EL Thanks to all the mods, devs and yep even the players that have made this game what it is Cheers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shallara Report post Posted February 13, 2007 cheers indeed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entris Report post Posted February 13, 2007 Happy B'Day EL It has gone thru alot of changes since the begining and grows stronger all the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aerowind Report post Posted February 13, 2007 I started playing about 8 months after this date. And since EL was a giant chatroom with some graphics for like 5 months when I joined the max on was like 12 and it was astonishing when we hit 20. Good ol' days of no beam, transparent figures and the huge wait at beam for weapons and armor to be visible on characters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Knight Report post Posted February 13, 2007 Gratz EL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RunTime Report post Posted February 13, 2007 Happy B-day EL!!!!!!!! thanks to ent, roja and the rest of the team of devs, and mods for making such a great game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cho-yun Report post Posted February 13, 2007 heh Anshar and i did a contest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redsoxlovr10 Report post Posted February 13, 2007 Wooohhooo, happy b-day EL, this game has seriously changed my life for the past year or so, Ima gona have me own contest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tagid Report post Posted February 13, 2007 (edited) HAPPY BIRTHDAY EL and what a great game it turned out to be... thank you guys for all your hard work, and dedication. I love it Edited February 13, 2007 by tagid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schmurk Report post Posted February 13, 2007 Happy birthday EL and long life to this great game! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Visvate Report post Posted February 13, 2007 -Vis/rami Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
affreckles Report post Posted February 13, 2007 When I started playing a little over 2yrs ago, el had its bugs well every game has its bugs, but what i liked about el is its realistic castle age look that it has. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sirdan Report post Posted February 13, 2007 happy birthday el! Drinks for everyone on ME! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted February 14, 2007 happy birthday el! Drinks for everyone on ME! Yeah, yeah, i still remember the party in the Happy Spirit Tavern in WSC when we had 100 players online. Tumaros still owes me a beer, so, when can i get the drink from you? And congratz to EL of course, 4 years now, where will we be in 4 more years? Piper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eublepharis Report post Posted February 14, 2007 - For those who didn't read the license, and run the game, will prompt them with an error message (a very mean/sarcastic one). Hopefully, they will feel offended. What was the message? Happy B-day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanyia Report post Posted February 14, 2007 Happy birthday, time to go to preschool now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grozni Report post Posted February 14, 2007 Happy Birhtday EL, and long live the EL And also is aroung of my first EL birthday, but dont know exactly Gratz to all developers, you made wonderfull game for this time!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
molime Report post Posted February 14, 2007 - For those who didn't read the license, and run the game, will prompt them with an error message (a very mean/sarcastic one). Hopefully, they will feel offended. I remember (almost 2 years ago), I was kinda disappointed that I didn't have to change anything like the license - which, yes, I read first! - promised . I liked the license already Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acelon Report post Posted February 14, 2007 After being around for about 3.25 years out of the four, I love seeing how much it has grown. Happy Bday EL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Requiem Report post Posted February 14, 2007 grats EL! ive been around probly about 2 outta the 4 years and EL has grown trememdously! heres to another great 4 years of EL! ~1st Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathanstenzel Report post Posted February 14, 2007 Happy Birthday Eternal-Lands! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterpiter Report post Posted February 14, 2007 Omg, eL is now an Oldbie Happy B-day eMPi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Troger Report post Posted February 14, 2007 Happz birth day!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
