Runescape graphics update history

A notable graphic improvement update is the release of RuneScape High Detail , which took place on 1 July Many smaller graphical updates on RuneScape also exist. For example, NPCs or monsters featured in a newly released quest may receive visual improvements. Jagex also frequently releases Animation Packs, in which various items and animations receive updates. RuneScape Wiki Explore. Ranch Out of Time Primal feast. Skills Calculators Skill training guides. Safe mode was removed completely, with the only way to enable it being to hold "S" while the game was loading.

Also, the interface was updated significantly. Found out later, you can still enter Safe mode by turning on a setting that your graphics card cannot handle and an option for it will come up next to other modes. On 15 March Lumbridge Swamp received a graphical update including a darker look, new trees, graphically updated mining rocks and ambient sounds.

On 4 April The area south of Falador received a graphical update including initial the Clan Camp , new looking trees and some other ambient elements which use Z-buffering. Also used is a new kind of light-blue coloured fog, as well as new ambient sounds. The Clan Camp was fully released on 12 April The sky can be seen from the Citadels thanks to skyboxes.

Draynor Village received a major graphical overhaul on 25 May With the update, the environment received a darker, nightly, look, with lanterns around. The fog within the area was tinted to dark-blue and the map layout, with NPCs, was changed. To be noted is that the only trees to change were the dead ones. Another important update was the release of Clan Citadels on 26 July Other than including new gameplay options for clans , hundreds of customisation options and new graphics, it also introduced skyboxes , which 'surround' the Citadels.

Other than that, Citadels may be chosen to have day- or night-time environment. While the first one received a major update, making it better-looking and easier to use, the second one received graphical improvements such as visual props and new lighting effects. Also, all young Spirit trees got visually updated and audio improvements were made to magic spells, agility sound effects and few locations, such as Mort Myre swamp , which got ambient sounds.

On 17 August the whole Morytania region, including it's swamp and inhabitants, received a major graphical overhaul, along with most trees in free-to-play cities and surroundings. In the Ritual of the Mahjarrat quest, released on 14 September , there's a cutscene which involves graphics never seen before in-game , similar to ones seen in RuneScape trailer. On 4 October a technical update was released thanks to which the camera angle can be rotated degrees by using the middle mouse scroll button.

With the update on 25 October RuneScape requires Java version 1. This is not only required to improve the game's graphics and sounds, but also to fight botting - in fact, the day of the update was called the Bot-Nuking Day. The sea seen from Wizards' Tower. With the same update, in fact, few graphical improvements were released, including new water effects on DirectX mode. Draw order refers to the order in which players , NPCs and familiars are rendered for a space in the game.

When sharing the same space with other players, NPCs or familiars, players always see their own avatar. If a player has summoned a familiar outside the wilderness , then their familiar will appear in a space before other players etc.

In the wilderness, a player will see another player rather than their familiar when they share a space. The submerged portion of this rocky outcrop on Harmony Island exists within The Underworld. The Underworld is a programming term used by Jagex to describe the area visible beneath the surface of water in RuneScape. Everything visible beneath a water surface is programmed within The Underworld.

Objects such as reeds, boats, rocks, and shorelines are some of the most frequent examples, although many others exist. Unlike the fullscreen feature, this feature is available to both free players and paid members. Just before the initial announcement of the updates, on 6 June , Jagex posted the "Send us your Specs!

According to Jagex, this information was to be used to determine how far they could push the updates; however, the update was nearly complete by the time of this announcement, so it may not have had a large impact. In the subsequent Development Diary and System Specifications update dated 16 June , Jagex stated that the system requirements to be able to play in the new detail mode are as follows [2] :.

Soon after the update, many players complained of the severe lag and, as a result, all the worlds temporarily went offline. About 30 minutes later, select worlds came back online. It is unknown what the intent of this downtime was. There were many complaints after the update as well as a small number of riots , like the Graphics Riot. One of the most prominent issues noticed by most players was a glitch causing a character to appear bald upon removing their headgear.

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