Isle of Dread explorer zone feeedback.

[ahpook]

I wanted to let whoever worked on the Isle Of Dread explorer area that it looks really good. The various areas are visually appealing and makes me want to explore them. I like getting traditional explorers and supporting them as well as adding the scroll easter egg hunt was a nice idea to support both player preferences.

But whoever then came and added the invisible walls really undercut the graphical work. They are placed inconsistently (sometimes you can get to an outcrop and sometimes you can't) and sometimes seem to block progress for no reason. They remove the wonder and excitement to explore and replace it with irritation. If you can get a chance in the future to come in and clean up the wall mess you should because it really negatively impacts enjoyment.

On a minor note: When entering the second half of the explorer it put my character on a ledge above what appeared to be an entrance to something. I ran down and discovered that the entrance was into town, where I had just come from. Why?? Put my character at the entrance rather than 100 meters away. It is another irritant that removes one from enjoying the area.

[CSQ]

Really enjoying the explorer area too, but the invisible walls seem very aggressive. Also found a spot where the invisible wall extends beyond the corner of the adjacent wall, resulting in a protrusion you can get stuck on:
(Standard): You are on server 27 at r4 lx416 ly546 i128 ox8.65 oy51.08 oz139.52 h40.8. Game timestamp 510975287.473.

[beta1]

The Dreadful Griffon at this location is inside the rock and can't be hit except by some ranged effects.
You are on server 33 at r4 lx439 ly565 i44 ox154.35 oy105.85 oz135.81 h333.3. Game timestamp 511142051.049.

[Atremus]

the explorer area is fantastic for sure. Spent about two hours in there with some guildies. Really well done.



bug: Legendary TREX is a chump and seems to have achieved only Heroic status.

Heroic TREX is challenging while on a heroic toon though.

[hale99]

So to start I feel like the slayer area looks AMAZING. Its very neat and I love the feel of it..... However with the size of it we should have teleports to ALL of the quests like Ravenloft. It's so stupid that we don't. I brought this up on the lam fourms and it got ignored. It takes forever to run out there and there's so much inconsistency with all the different slayer areas. Also all the stupid invos walls make me want to bash my head into a wall. What poor design that is. I'm sure there was a much better solution.

[CSQ]

Found a stuck spot: (Standard): You are on server 41 at r4 lx407 ly586 i132 ox159.76 oy59.16 oz159.86 h326.3. Game timestamp 510989940.947.

Edit: Also floating fungus: You are on server 41 at r4 lx407 ly586 i132 ox159.76 oy59.16 oz159.86 h326.3. Game timestamp 510989940.947.

[adamkatt]

I think the new slayer zone is abut a 5 out of 10.. 5 being that ive crashed 6 times. well ive crashed to desktop 9 times in 2 hrs out in the new zone... something is up with it...

[JOTMON]

Bleh.

Invisible walls make the efforts of programmers appear lazy and cheapens the game experience.

[DoctorOfLiterature]

I enjoyed it and didn’t have any lag or DC or stuck issues. However I explored fir about 1.5 hours and didn’t encounter one rare. How rare are the rates? That seems too rare.

[PsychoBlonde]

I think the new slayer zone is abut a 5 out of 10.. 5 being that ive crashed 6 times. well ive crashed to desktop 9 times in 2 hrs out in the new zone... something is up with it...

I've been having this problem as well. It seems to be an error with OpenAL32.dll, which is supposedly a sound library. I've been able to maintain game stability fairly by turning off Sound Effects and DM Audio. Took me a lot of friggin testing to figure that out. :P

[Oliphant]

So far extremely impressed overall with IoD explorer area.

• Initially blown away by the graphical design and general vibes.
• Then genuinely sad when I found the invisible walls and the explorer area seemed to turn out to be quite small.
• Then quite impressed by the public area and wondering why the explorer was not as developed as the town.
• Then found the real explorer area and was amazed at how great it looked, and full of story without words.
• Huge explorer area.
• Amazing details.
• Full stop, I'd say the graphical quality is 50% beyond anything in else in DDO, and its in the artful details as much as the overall polish of the looks.
• Fantastic work.

[AlsoWondering]

There is a Huge Water Weird near You are on server 42 at r4 lx388 ly592 i146 ox96.75 oy14.11 oz111.73 h38.0. Game timestamp 511160126.695. that I can't can't hit or otherwise damage.

[Jerous]

I've been having this problem as well. It seems to be an error with OpenAL32.dll, which is supposedly a sound library. I've been able to maintain game stability fairly by turning off Sound Effects and DM Audio. Took me a lot of friggin testing to figure that out. :P

I am crashing in the new dread slayer zone as well, will try your work around. I have crashed about 8 times in the last hour or so, only in the explorer.

Edit: Update, yes this was the work around for me, turn all sound off and I didn't crash once after that. Thanks Psycho, well diagnosed.