On October 6th, New World will receive its first major update since release. Patch 1.0.1 primarily focuses on the AFK timer, the queue, and numerous bug fixes. We at MeinMMO summarize the patch notes for you.
What changes with the AFK timer? Due to high queue times, many players have been cheating to stay in the game even when they have to be AFK for a long time. According to the new patch, this should no longer be so easy:
- An additional AFK prevention has been added to ensure that players cannot trick the existing system using simulated mouse movements.
- The first AFK warning now appears after 15 instead of 20 minutes.
- The kick for players who are AFK now occurs after 20 minutes. Previously, players were only kicked after 25 minutes.
What major innovations does the patch bring? The new update 1.0.1 brings some new features, but no new content. The most important adjustments are:
- A confirmation has been added when you leave the queue. This should prevent you from accidentally leaving the queue.
- The projectiles from turret guns in war have been modified to improve performance stability.
- In the shop, you will see initial options for the upcoming free character transfer.
- The annoying bug related to the interaction key “E” has been fixed.
- A bug that allowed players to loot the same container with items in it endlessly has been fixed.
In addition to these changes, there were 30 other bug fixes. We have attached the complete patch notes below.
When will patch 1.0.1 be released? The new update is scheduled to go live today, October 6th at 12:00 PM German time.
The update comes with a long maintenance period. According to Community Manager Tosch, this is expected to take about 240 minutes, or 4 hours. The servers will not come back online until about 4:00 PM.
The complete patch notes for patch 1.0.1
General
We have implemented the foundation for character server transfers and you can see elements of this work in the in-game shop. We are continuing to work on this feature and will release more information about how the system works as we release server transfers throughout the week.
War
Projectiles from turret guns in war, which were previously physical projectiles, have been modified to use hitscan detection instead. This should improve performance during wars as fewer objects will be spawned in the world.
AFK Prevention
To ensure that players cannot remain AFK (especially on heavily populated servers), we have made the following adjustments to the AFK prevention system.
- An additional AFK prevention has been added to ensure that players cannot trick the existing system using simulated mouse movements.
- The time until the AFK warning message has been shortened from 20 to 15 minutes.
- The disconnection from the server due to AFK has been shortened from 25 to 20 minutes.
Queue
We have added a confirmation screen that will be displayed when a player attempts to leave the queue for a world. The player will then be asked to confirm that they really want to leave the queue. This should ensure that no one accidentally leaves the queue and loses their place.
Bug Fixes
General bug fixes:
- A rare bug has been fixed where the interact button did not function properly on various objects in the world.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the barrel to not appear during the emote: Pirate pose.
- A bug has been fixed where players did not receive coins as rewards for some activities.
- A bug has been fixed that interrupted the fast travel animation, which resulted in characters getting stuck inside a house.
- A bug related to territory call rewards has been fixed. Some translations were missing here.
- A bug has been fixed that caused players to be asked multiple times to claim titles for achievements after they logged back into the game, although they had already claimed those rewards.
- A bug has been fixed that could cause the leg animation to freeze.
- Crashes related to the New World Twitch integration have been fixed.
- A rare bug has been fixed that could cause players to enter a state where they could not be hit by most attacks.
- A bug has been fixed that allowed certain containers with items to be looted infinitely.
- A bug has been fixed that sometimes caused the “Event discard” notification to remain visible even when the player had canceled the event.
AI-related bug fixes
- A bug has been fixed that caused Pastor Walsh to spawn as an aggressive mob at the landmark Walsham.
- A bug has been fixed that caused enemies at the landmark Cattail Swamp to spawn slower than intended.
- A bug has been fixed that caused the respawn of Overseer Zane during the quest “What would be proved” to be slower than intended.
- A bug has been fixed that caused Master Zindt to have double respawns at the landmark Kannan’s Rest.
Quest-related bug fixes
- Missing information has been added to the quest directories regarding the recommended quest level for players wanting to unlock the second faction rank.
- A problem has been fixed where resetting the quest “Blessing of the Earth” blocked the main storyline progress if one of the blessings had been received.
- A problem has been fixed that made the quest “Azoth Explosion” unavailable to players if they had previously completed other Wind Circle quests.
- A problem has been fixed that prevented the completion of the quest “Pumpkin of Charity” from allowing the player to take on the quest “Arruda Jam”.
- A problem has been fixed that could cause speaking to the innkeeper in “First Light” to result in a situation where it was no longer possible to take new quests from the innkeeper.
- A problem has been fixed that caused the player to be unable to take on the quests “Hunters and Hunted” and “High Expectations” after completing the quest “Thirst for Vengeance”.
- A problem has been fixed that prevented the completion of the quest “Curse of the Ebony Falcon” from allowing the player to take on the quest “Opening of Bonds”.
- A problem has been fixed that prevented the completion of the quest “The Expedition to Saircor” from allowing the player to take on the quest “A Threat at the Moment”.
- A problem has been fixed that prevented the completion of the quest “The Strength of the Earth” from allowing the player to take on the quests “Fading Light” and “Tears from Azure”.
- A problem has been fixed that prevented the completion of the quest “Twisted Transformation” from allowing the player to take on the quest “The Blessings of the Fallen”.
- A problem has been fixed that prevented the completion of the quest “Light and Darkness” from allowing the player to take on the quests “Descend into Frost Slumber” and “Iron to Dust”.
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