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Operation: Grand Utopia 44 – Development Plan & Patchlog

📅 Latest Update: March 2025
🔗 Patchlog Archive

👌 Patchlog

Version: 0.4.11 Alpha

📅 Date: March 2025
🛠️ Status: In Development

👨‍👩‍👦 Character Traits & Buffs Development:
💪 Introducing character traits system.
🌟 Development of buffs that impact abilities and stats.
🔄 Balancing system for trait effectiveness in combat.

🛠️UI Hotfix:
🛠️ Fixed vendor UI display from Limbo.
🔄 Updated Login & Character Creation screen background

Version: 0.4.10 Alpha

📅 Date: February 2025
🌟 Status: Live

🖥️ UI & Visual Improvements:
✅ Removed spirit button from UI.
✅ UI Update:

• Fonts updated.
• Floating texts converted to SDF1.
• Window improvements implemented.

🎮 Game Content Updates:
✅ NavMeshes generated for improved pathfinding.
✅ New Characters Introduced:

• GODS (Wild NPC characters)
  • Divine Angel God (Name TBD)
  • *Void Demon God (Oz’Gul)
• Playable Races:
  • Goblin (using InfinityPBR assets)
  • Angel (Male model in progress)
  • Skeleton (Undead / Lich)
    ✅ Weapon/Rest slots implemented.
    ✅ Armor system in progress:
• Human: Mesh clipping issues detected.
• Female armor and weapon/rest slot implementation underway.

⚔️ Abilities & Gameplay Mechanics:
✅ New auto-attacks (Sword, Dagger, Staff, etc.).
✅ Wild Mob Spawner system added.
✅ Melvis explosion upgraded to AoE effect.

🛠️ Items & Equipment:
✅ Added gloves display equipment.

🏰 New Instances:
✅ Limbox – WS2 implementation initiated.
✅ World Build Battleground Instance created.
✅ Water added to Miska-nicescene.

🚀 Hotfixes:
✅ Armor override hair issue resolved.
✅ MainWorld sea collider adjusted.
🔄 OGU Engine duplicate login issue under investigation (possible singleton solution).
✅ Login Screen settings bug resolved.
✅ Common loot ground prefab integrated.
✅ Profession-based starting classes implemented.

Version: 0.4.9 Alpha

📅 Date: January 2025
🚫 Status: Not compatible

New Fixes & Changes:
✅ Fixed bears wearing swords and attack animations.
✅ Fixed mysterious white beam of madness (Roaring Bear Tavern sign issue).
✅ Fixed woman model issue.

Outstanding Issues:
❌ Tools equipment display remains unresolved.
❌ Merchant window grid functioning fine in the main world.
❌ Magic bolt VFX issue persists (CEffect problem).
🔄 LOD fix for lower-priority elements.

🚀 Development Roadmap

📌 Phase 1: Core Stabilization (Q1 2025)

🔄 Finalizing major bug fixes (UI, VFX, LOD).
✅ Bear animations and game-breaking visual bugs resolved.

🌍 Phase 2: World Expansion & Mechanics (Q2 2025)

🌍 Implement Limbox WS2.
⚔️ Further develop battleground instances and PvP mechanics.
🎭 Integrate god character mechanics fully.

🏰 Phase 3: Playable Race Expansion (Q3 2025)

🏰 Finalize skeleton and angel race models.
🎭 Profession-based starting classes refinement.
💪 Balancing new auto-attacks and AoE abilities.

🛠️ Phase 4: Optimization & Testing (Q4 2025)

🛠️ Comprehensive bug-fixing phase.
🎮 Closed beta launch for player feedback.

🎯 Phase 5: Launch Readiness (Q1 2026)

🎯 Public beta.
📈 Performance optimization and final testing.
🚀 Full release preparation.

🔥 Feature Prioritization

Critical for Next Update:

✔ Engine update X.10.
✔ Fix for CEffect issue (magic bolt VFX).
✔ UI/UX final polish.

Important for Beta:

✔ Finalization of new playable races.
✔ Full implementation of god mechanics.
✔ Completion of battleground and Limbox instances.

Post-Launch Features:

✔ Additional god characters.
✔ Advanced PvP ranking systems.
✔ Player housing development.

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