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[Omicron]

Hey guys,

As promised earlier this week, here's a bunch of request bug fixes and content additions! We've updated our cache to the latest OSRS version, which means we have access to things like the updated dungeons, and the brand new Skotos pet / Purple slayer helmet, which are in-game and obtainable as of this update! Additionally, some major combat bugs have been fixed, and we hope that this resolves most of the issues that were reported. Lastly, we've added in HD support for Mac OSX clients -- you can read more below.

[Updates]

• Loaded latest OSRS data:
  • Saradomin god book (Holy book) colors have been changed from white to blue.
    • This recent update in OSRS was added to prevent confusion with the Book of Law, and to honour the original blue color of Saradomin.
  • Gilded boots have been given a trim to match the rest of the Gilded armour.
  • Ballista animation fix (see below)
  • New dungeons(see below)
  • Skotizo additions(see below)
• New Dungeons and expansions:
  • *Huge thanks to @Lowkey for the help collecting data for these dungeons!
  • Chasm of Fire:
    • A fiery trench with multiple levels of demons - lesser, greater and black, are now residing within the Chasm of Fire.
    • You can get here by teleporting through the Teleport Wizard in the "Dungeons" menu.
    • Lifts will take you up and down between the levels.
  • Nieve's new cave:
    • Nieve's cave has been completely redone!
      • You'll now find more spawns, and more room for monsters within the cave.
      • With this update, the following caves have been seperated from Nieve's cave: Kraken's area, Kalphite hive, Smoke Devil dungeon
  • Taverley dungeon expansion:
    • The Taverley dungeon now has an upper level, with plenty of Black dragons and Baby black dragons to slay!
  • Slayer Tower Basement:
    • The Slayer Tower now has a lower level - visit the basement to find plenty of creatures to slay.
  • Smoke devil dungeon:
    • The location and colors of the Smoke devil dungeon have changed, but everything else has remained the same.
    • The Smoke devil dungeon can now be accessed either south of Castle wars, or through the teleportation interface.
  • Kraken cave updated:
    • Kraken's cave has received a slight visual update.
    • Additionally, pockets of Waterfiends have been added to this cave.
• Rare item announcements:
  • You will now see news messages for the following rare items that players receive:
    • Crystal chest:
    • Shooting stars:
    • Robin hood hats or Ranger boots loot
    • Fury (Shooting star) or Onyx (Crystal chest)
  • Mystery boxes:
  • Super Mystery boxes:
    • The following items will announce:
    • All Partyhats
    • Grain
    • Bunny ears
    • H'ween masks
• Combat fixes:
  • HUGE accuracy fix:
    • Without getting into too much detail, there was a major bug in the accuracy formula that affected most fights, but particularly those that were between players that weren't level 126.
  • PvP combat will now give 1x experience (same as OSRS) anywhere.
    • Previously, only Wilderness PvP would give 1x experience. Now, the following places will also be 1x:
      • Duel arena, Clan wars, Battle Royale, etc.
  • Ballista animation fixed:
    • The latest Ballista animation from OSRS has been added (slight change)
    • After firing with a Ballista, your player will now be "delayed" before you can run (similar to when casting barrage/blitz)
  • Toxic staff of the dead changes reverted:
    • Magic attack bonus changed back to +25 instead of +17.
    • On OSRS, it is +17 when empty and +25 when charged. Until we add charges to the TSOTD, we'll leave it at +25.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Sled is now tradable.
  • Enchanting Jewelry will now give experience as intended.
  • Fixed bug that allowed players to leave the Pest control waiting boat.
  • Platinum token fix:
    • When converting your gold into platinum or vice versa, if you had a full inventory and tried to convert your new gold/platinum would dissapear. You will now not be allowed to convert if you don't have any space.
  • Wilderness travelling cape sellers now functional:
    • Neil in Bandit camp
    • Edward in Rogue camp
• Ring of Life added:
  • The Ring of Life will teleport you to your home location if you ever drop below 10% of your maximum hitpoints
  • It will not work:
    • Above level 30 wilderness
    • If you're teleblocked
    • In any mini-games (Duel arena, fight caves, etc)
    • If you are jailed
    • If you are dead
  • The ring dissappears as it is used.
• Defence cape effects:
  • The same effects as the Ring of Life, except that it does not disappear on use.
• Pet changes:
  • You can now receive a pet even if your inventory is full and you already have a follower:
    • It will be added to your bank if possible, if not it will be placed on the ground.
  • Boss pet drops:
    • Boss pet drops will no longer drop on the floor, if possible, they will follow you immediately.
    • Boss pet drops will now announce to the world when a player receives them.
• NPC changes:
  • Cyclops:
    • Proper attack/defence bonuses added.
    • Cyclops in the Kourend Catacombs will no longer drop Dragon defenders.
  • Brutal green dragons:
    • Proper attack/defence bonuses added.
  • Blue dragons:
    • Proper attack/defence bonuses added.
  • Waterfiends:
    • These will no longer attack you through walls.
  • Kraken:
    • Kraken attack, defend and death animations fixed.
• Wilderness Slayer task fixes:
  • Bears task will now work.
    • "Bears" were assigned, and "Grizzly bears" were not being counted properly.
  • Bandits task can now be completed.
    • Bandits were previously unattackable.
    • Both the level 22 and level 138 versions can be attacked.
    • Additionally, "Speedy Keith", "Donny The Lad", "Black Heather", and "Guard Bandit" are all attackable.
    • These enemies also count towards your Bandit task.
  • Spider tasks now work.
• Battle Royale changes:
  • F2P Mode:
  • You can no longer enter if your spellbook is Lunar or Ancient magicks.
  • You can no longer use Snare or Entangle within the arena.
• Barrows data records:
  • Barrows completion count will now be recorded.
    • Your record will be recorded upon successfully defeating all 6 brothers.
  • Killtime for all 6 brothers will also be recorded.
    • This killtime will only be recorded if you defeat all brothers in succession without logging out.
  • [These records will be shown on the PvM Lectern at home]
• Rainbow partyhat added:
  • You can now combine all of your partyhats to create a Rainbow partyhat!
  • Simply use one partyhat on another while holding all of them in your inventory.
  • This decision is final and cannot be reversed.
  • Rainbow partyhat is tradable. There is no other way to obtain this partyhat other than combining all 6 original partyhats!
• Skotizo update:
  • Skotos pet can now be obtained!
    • Complete with full dialogues.
    • Speak to Probita to insure your Skotos.
  • Dark claw drop:
    • Combine the Dark claw with your Slayer helmet (regular or (i)) to create the Purple slayer helmet!
    • This is a cosmetic upgrade with no bonus changes.
• Store changes:
  • New tabs added:
    • Pets tab:
    • Pets have been moved here. Ironmen can now purchase pets.
    • Baby vanguard reduced from 1500 to 1000 tokens.
    • Skotos pet can now be purchased for 750 tokens.
  • Rares tab:
    • Partyhat set added
    • 12000 tokens
  • Black partyhat added
    • 4500 tokens
  • Black santa hat added
    • 2500 tokens
  • Dragon defender is now available for 50 tokens
  • Ironmen can now buy cosmetics
    • This includes any item from the new Rares tab (partyhats/santa) as well as any item from the Pets tab
• Alora OS X client for Macs
• We've been working on a new client to fix the broken HD mode on Mac OSX, and we're pleased to announce that it is finally completed!
  • You can still use your old client to play, but you must use the new one if you want to turn on HD.
  • The new client will use your *integrated* graphics card by default, while the old one will use your discrete by default.
• See the tutorial below to see how to get HD working on your Mac!

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[HD on Mac tutorial]
Many OSX users have had trouble running Alora in HD on their Macs, so we decided to spend some time implementing the ability to run it with a few modifications.

Firstly, you’ll need to make sure Java 1.6 is downloaded and installed. You can download that here:
https://support.appl...72?locale=en_US


Once that’s downloaded and installed, replace your Alora client launcher with the MAC version:
http://www.alora.io/...s/alora_mac.jar

Once that’s all done, run the latest launcher and you should be able to turn on the HD setting and enjoy it with everyone else!

Note: This also allows you to run your Mac with the integrated graphics card, rather than forcing discrete. If you do plan to use HD though, it will have to use your discrete graphics card.

*As a mac user, you can still use alora.jar OR alora_mac.jar. The difference is that you will likely have to run the Mac version (unless your Mac is ancient) to get HD working, and if you use the non-Mac version it will always force your discrete graphics card, while the Mac version will use the integrated for low definition graphics if not on OpenGL.




Enjoy  :)

- Omicron

[Big Hero]

Very nice touch on the rainbow party hat, combining all colours

[1]

Nice update as usual, thanks.

[Bitcoin]

Thats sick, keep it up!  Thanks!!

[Irvo]

I LOVE THE PET UPDATE FAM

[Haris]

Great updates, thank you very much Omicron. I'd like to collect my rainbow partyhat now, please. :)

[Dylox]

glad to see these combat fixes because splashing 1208401928401 times is annoying -.- haha cant kill ppl without food in deep wildy

[Hidon]

Omg so hyped because of these updates. Simply amazing!

 

THANK YOU

[Tobbo]

Nice update, RIP party hats including my black tho. 

[Conor]

Thanks for the updates! Purple slayer helmet is definitely on my list of items to obtain.

[Ramon]

Great updates! Thank you so much !

[HC Vrispy V2]

Skotizo pet is 1:5000? Lol turn it into 1:65 that's impossible and unreal. Stupid.

[Hc failed]

This is why i play Alora, all the latest content of osrs right when it comes out.. i love it. thanks for the great updates man!

[Forum]

Awesome updates!

[Error]

Thanks for the updates, although I think the skotizo pet & claw drop rate is a little too low considering it spawns every hour.

[Nacyto]

Thanks for another awesome update

[OliviaPope]

These updates are amazing though rb party hat purple slay mask sko pet looks really cool too .

[Sheep]

This is absolutely insane, thanks for the update.

[Serenaholic]

I really love the slayer updates, it was a little difficult to do certain tasks before (thinking mostly Black Drags), but now should be much easier to finish. Another wonderful batch of updates/fixes, thanks for the update Omnicron!

[Phantom]

Great updates dad!