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| 1s | hello scapers today we're going to share |
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| 3s | an update on a bunch of things related |
| 5s | to our official clients on both desktop |
| 8s | and on mobile including some long |
| 10s | awaited progress updates on stuff like |
| 12s | HD and our own plug-in API since |
| 15s | January's winter Summit we haven't |
| 16s | shared too much as we've been heads down |
| 19s | and grinding away but we think now is |
| 21s | the time for a little update on what's |
| 23s | been happening we're really ramping up |
| 25s | our efforts to give everybody a better |
| 27s | core experience when playing old school |
| 29s | regardless of what platform you're |
| 31s | playing on so let's head over to the new |
| 33s | face for our first update talking about |
| 35s | HD and the improved |
| 41s | SD hello I'm mod genis and I'm one of |
| 44s | the product managers for old school you |
| 46s | might have seen me talking about plugins |
| 48s | and clients on Reddit and Discord and |
| 50s | I'm really excited to properly introduce |
| 52s | myself here it's a pleasure to meet you |
| 54s | in January we announced that HD was |
| 56s | coming to desktop and to mobile since |
| 58s | then we've seen an extremely positive |
| 60s | reaction from the community that's |
| 62s | continued to this day I just wanted to |
| 64s | start this section by thanking you for |
| 65s | all your support knowing that our early |
| 67s | direction is a good starting point the |
| 69s | team has been working hard to ensure the |
| 71s | core of the HD experience is in a great |
| 73s | place while we're in the final stages of |
| 75s | tooling to illuminate the game world |
| 77s | most of our time has been spent focusing |
| 79s | on two things performance and SD it's |
| 82s | very important for us to ensure that |
| 83s | both HD and SD have streamlined |
| 86s | performance so that you can enjoy |
| 88s | whichever mode you prefer on on whatever |
| 90s | platform or device you want without your |
| 92s | gameplay ever suffering and with our new |
| 95s | pixel perfected simulated SD this |
| 97s | actually means everyone should see |
| 99s | increased performance when using this |
| 101s | mode while we've encountered a few |
| 103s | challenges along the way we've remained |
| 105s | focused on making this the best core HD |
| 108s | experience possible currently we've |
| 110s | released an internal beta for the team |
| 112s | to try out HD across all their devices |
| 115s | and to create an internal feedback loop |
| 117s | before we let you try HD for yourselves |
| 119s | while that's it for update on HD we will |
| 121s | be back at this year's summer Summit |
| 123s | with some further details on our |
| 125s | progress so don't miss out for now let's |
| 128s | swing over to talk all about |
| 133s | plugins alongside the announcement of HD |
| 136s | last year we spoke for the very first |
| 138s | time about our official plugging API |
| 141s | which like HD will be coming to desktop |
| 144s | and mobile this is a separate project |
| 147s | and our attempt to build something |
| 149s | similar to The Run plugin Hub you are |
| 152s | all famously familiar with what you |
| 154s | might not know is that since the |
| 156s | announcement we've been working with |
| 157s | some of the most well-known client |
| 159s | developers and plug-in makers to ensure |
| 162s | the process of creating and Publishing |
| 164s | plugins works best for you after all who |
| 168s | better to work with than the people |
| 169s | who've been doing this so well for so |
| 171s | long they know what works and what |
| 174s | doesn't and their input has been amazing |
| 177s | it's really important for us to get this |
| 179s | right as we would love to give everyone |
| 180s | the option to create and release plugins |
| 182s | through our API which means ensuring |
| 185s | we're making it as safe as possible |
| 187s | those plug-in makers will have the |
| 188s | chance to start creating through our API |
| 190s | very soon as we want to offer a great |
| 193s | range of plugins when this launches to |
| 194s | everyone the team have been working hard |
| 196s | to identify some of the most requested |
| 198s | plugins you can't live without and we'll |
| 200s | be working with the developers to create |
| 202s | some of their very best on our platform |
| 204s | that's all we have to share on the |
| 205s | plug-in API for now but we'll be back |
| 207s | during this year's summer Summit with |
| 209s | more details on our progress for now |
| 211s | let's see what's next for the core |
| 213s | client features with Mod |
| 217s | Lenny over the last few years we've |
| 219s | given you some core improvements to the |
| 221s | official client on desktop and mobile |
| 224s | such as tile markers ground item |
| 226s | overlays and XP trackers with the |
| 229s | plug-in Hub on the way what's the |
| 231s | difference core client features are a |
| 233s | little different to plugins as they will |
| 235s | be baked into the client itself and work |
| 237s | straight out of the box without the need |
| 239s | to install a separate plugin and we're |
| 241s | not stopping there we've got some core |
| 243s | features coming up that you've all been |
| 245s | patiently waiting for including high |
| 248s | scores new Mini menu changes menu entry |
| 252s | swapper Bank Tags and More there are |
| 256s | plenty of core features we could choose |
| 258s | to work on and we're constantly looking |
| 260s | to see which of the most popular and |
| 261s | most requested features to include as |
| 263s | core functionality inside the client so |
| 266s | keep those requests coming this also |
| 268s | means changes to mobile but but what |
| 271s | exactly are |
| 272s | [Music] |
| 274s | they with changes to the client in full |
| 277s | swing one of our big focuses is to bring |
| 280s | more parity between your desktop and |
| 282s | mobile experiences we've already seen |
| 284s | how mobile can be used for way more than |
| 287s | AFK activities as we've seen mobile only |
| 289s | players dominate areas like The Inferno |
| 292s | and the fear of blood but the beasts |
| 294s | taken on these are few and far between |
| 297s | so we want to ask what if you felt like |
| 300s | you could take on any activity in a more |
| 302s | portable mode that's a key goal for us |
| 304s | when discussing the future of mobile not |
| 307s | to dumb down the desktop experience but |
| 309s | instead allowing you to bring your |
| 311s | desktop gameplay to mobile not only will |
| 313s | the new HD improved SD and plugin Hub |
| 316s | work on mobile alongside the new core |
| 318s | client features and the new UI we want |
| 321s | to give you more customization and |
| 322s | flexibility to closer match to your |
| 324s | desktop playing we're still in early |
| 327s | development for how our HD and the |
| 328s | plugins API will work on mobile |
| 330s | but rest assured we're going to focus on |
| 333s | making it the best it can possibly be |
| 335s | we've also made a number of changes to |
| 337s | the first mobile UI beta and we want to |
| 340s | just reassure you that with the new UI |
| 342s | and new features you'll be able to have |
| 344s | a very similar experience to the way |
| 345s | that you currently play if you missed |
| 348s | out on the beta we've got a handy guide |
| 350s | featured alongside our news post that |
| 352s | will give you a great |
| 354s | breakdown finally without the jagx |
| 356s | launch on mobile we're aware it's been |
| 359s | tricky for players to easily swap |
| 360s | between characters and we're going to be |
| 362s | working to improve that |
| 364s | process now from the new to the old |
| 367s | we've got something a bit different to |
| 368s | talk about |
| 372s | next when we're talking about clients it |
| 375s | can be confusing the original official |
| 377s | client was in Java then a few years ago |
| 380s | we released a new modern client into |
| 382s | steam which was in C++ and last year we |
| 385s | added that to the jaggets launcher as |
| 387s | well this client is known as the |
| 389s | official client whereas the old Java |
| 391s | client is known as the Legacy Java |
| 393s | client you still with me a while ago we |
| 396s | made a change which prevented the Legacy |
| 398s | Java client from being downloaded and |
| 401s | installed players who had it could keep |
| 403s | using it but if you didn't have it you |
| 405s | wouldn't see it on the launcher it's |
| 407s | safe to say that most of you probably |
| 409s | didn't notice so it's time for us to |
| 412s | take the next step we are retiring our |
| 414s | Legacy Java client completely before I |
| 417s | explain more let me be clear this |
| 420s | affects our client and only our client |
| 423s | it doesn't impact other Java based |
| 425s | clients like runlite soon it will no |
| 428s | longer be possible to play using the |
| 430s | Legacy Java client even for those |
| 432s | players with it installed but what's the |
| 435s | point in changing this well we know that |
| 438s | the majority of you lovely lot use other |
| 440s | clients like runelight the official |
| 442s | client Hoss or you play on mobile |
| 445s | comparatively we wanted to know who uses |
| 448s | the client after looking at the number |
| 450s | number of players it's clear to us the |
| 451s | majority of players are using the Legacy |
| 453s | Java client for malicious activity |
| 456s | additionally it's also the least secure |
| 458s | way to play the game due to the outdated |
| 460s | Tech on which it's built so here we are |
| 464s | we want to remove the least secure way |
| 466s | to play the game and stop the dodgy |
| 468s | players using the client for dodgy |
| 470s | things alongside jagex accounts and the |
| 472s | jagex launcher this means that the most |
| 475s | core way to play the game will become |
| 477s | much more safe and secure so with that |
| 479s | in mind this is the very first step in |
| 481s | completely retiring the Legacy Java |
| 483s | client simply letting you know it's |
| 486s | happening it won't be too far away but |
| 488s | we want to give that small percentage of |
| 490s | players that use the Legacy Java client |
| 492s | for genuine gameplay the chance to |
| 494s | switch over before we remove it for good |
| 497s | once the date has been announced you'll |
| 499s | need to swap to playing either via the |
| 500s | official client run light or Hoss you'll |
| 503s | need a jagex account to play on the |
| 505s | official client and we've got a handy |
| 507s | guide featured within the News Post on |
| 508s | how you can transfer your your |
| 510s | hard-earned |
| 512s | grinds well that's a wrap on everything |
| 514s | upcoming with the official client so far |
| 517s | we've got a handy News Post that |
| 518s | launches alongside this video giving you |
| 520s | some further details on everything we've |
| 522s | covered here today not only that but you |
| 525s | can look forward to some more updates on |
| 527s | our progress and work throughout future |
| 529s | gazettes and at this year's summer |
| 531s | Summit in September we can't wait to get |
| 534s | all of these fantastic features and |
| 535s | updates into your hand and rest assured |
| 538s | the team will be working hard to get |
| 540s | them to you as soon as possible to give |
| 542s | us some feedback on our little |
| 544s | presentation today and the upcoming |
| 546s | updates you'll find a survey in the |
| 547s | description below or the news post to |
| 549s | give you a chance to tell us your |
| 551s | thoughts a huge thanks to each and every |
| 553s | one of you for your consistent feedback |
| 555s | and the chance to make the core |
| 556s | experience better for everyone goodbye |
| 559s | for now |
| 560s | [Music] |