Jar

-Web- has set us up with his own web system he's developing for WoW servers. It's allowed us to do some really neat things. For instance, did you know that you all already have in-game accounts? Our forum accounts and game accounts are now one in the same. We've also migrated our web hosting to our own server, which is why you had to re-create your accounts. A small hassle upfront, yes. But, the benefits are far worth it. You can expect to see further development of the web systems from Realmlist in the future. -Staff- Most of the staff members you saw in Exodus are still with us, which I am very grateful for. We all work very well together. However I would like to take the time to welcome to the development team, and to say goodbye to Makrura who was an incredibly hard working lobster. Don't fret though, he will be joining you as a player in Northeron. We have however, had to take away his claws. -Eluna- This is not a new development for us. We used an Eluna core last time around. But, this is sort of my area of development, and I've been really trying to push the limits of what I can do this phase. What is Eluna? It's basically the latest and greatest TrinityCore, but with a built in Lua engine that allows me to code our systems, events, and scripts in Lua, rather than C++, which is a much easier language to understand. Beyond just being easy, it allows us to make changes to our scripts and systems, and implement those changes within milliseconds, and without a server restart. Eluna has allowed me to develop custom NPC gossip scripts, teleporters, spawnable items, and more. This time around I have been exploring more of Eluna's capabilities. I've discovered some tools that allow us to utilize WoW's built in addon language to render addon information to the user, without requiring them to patch, or download a new addon file. We've been playing around with some ideas on how to best use this new capability. One of those ideas is an in-character news letter that can be handed out, which is exciting. See the screenshot below for a prototype. -Map- has been hard at work on the map, and doing beautifully I might add. He's made an expansive and original interpretation of Northeron, and yes, I have screenshots to share. I think this map is going to provide a lot of really neat RP opportunities, and for the first time, we'll have not two, but three playable factions in the region. Please keep in mind that the map is not complete. This is what it looks like at the time of posting, but is subject to change. Like anything else, it will be refined over and over again until the final product is ready.