This old MMORPG, originally released in 2000, has come close to death on several occasions. Almost closed, bought back, reopened, it is currently enjoying renewed vigor thanks to its takeover by Winch Gate Property. Last big novelty: the arrival on Steam!
Improvements made on the occasion of the release on Steam
Visual enhancements
- Render improvements (FXAA, anisotropic filtering, improved bloom);
- Correction and regeneration of all textures;
- Optimus support for NVIDIA cards.
Technical improvements
- Use of OpenGL as the default 3D driver for all platforms and graphics cards;
- Update of all external libraries;
- Support for 64-bit and the latest versions of all platforms;
- Improved compiler support (GCC 5, MinGW, Visual C ++ 2012, 2013 and 2015);
- Improved in-game HTML support (new tags, removal of dependency on libwww, fixes, etc.);
- New cross-platform version of the configuration program;
- GIF format support;
- Support for unicode file names on Windows.
Improved security
- Hash passwords in SHA-512 instead of DES;
- Update the SSL certificate.
Comfort and various improvements
- Improved in-game text
- Random name generator for character creation;
- Many optimizations, improvements and bug fixes;
- Fixed numerous warnings;
- Use of all cores by default;
- Detection of the amount of memory available on the graphics card and use of the adequate quality;
- Vertical synchronization supported on all platforms;
- Using XAudio2 as the default audio driver under Windows;
- Big refactoring of the interface to create a WYSIWYG editor.
I had played in those distant days when MMORPGs were still rare and popular. And you, had you had the chance to discover Ryzom and its incredible plant world?
