Why would anyone use the steam client over Runelite? What features other than UI scaling does the steam client have to prevent people ditching it for Runelite?
You still keep your playerbase though, they will just be playing on different clients so I guess it's no loss for you.
It's a really good question.
Bottom line is that we're really excited to bring Steam to new players or players who played a long time ago. We understand that a lot of our current players might not want to play using the Steam game client - and that's fine!
We've seen everybody's feedback though, loud and clear. Our current focus is on a smooth Steam launch for the time being. For the future, we're not ruling anything out but there are no immediate plans. Naturally, we'll tell you well ahead of time if that changes!
u/JagexSarnie, any ideas when we can expect an updated blog on the status of the equipment rebalancing changes?
We're still discussing our approach. No ETA on updated blog, but we want to let you know what's going on sooner rather than later.
No steam backgrounds?
Pretty sure we've got some Graador, Zuk, and Zulrah backgrounds lined up. I will check!
Will getting the steam achievements be tracked in something like the collection log?
They won't be trackable in game. And I'd hate to add them to the Collection Log - it'd force players to play using Steam if they're collectionists.
EDIT - Personal opinion warning re: Collection Log. :D
The Steam release will be huge for those dealing with the current login issues! It's not a complete solution to the problem, but it's at least a decent workaround until they've revamped the login systems. Well done!
Yep! And rest assured - a proper solution to the problem is coming!
We used the Steam Beta (launched in December) to help out players who reported the Login Issue, and it seemed to work well.
Will the c++ client be available to people who don’t want to use steam?
Our current focus is entirely on the Steam launch and the Stream client, but it makes sense that we'd distribute the client outside of Steam. Nothing concrete, no immediate plans, but we'll update everybody the second that changes.
With the new steam client, does that make improving the default client more likely/easier (less spaghetti) in the future? Basically ditching default and making the new C++ client the new default?
Also, is the steam client realistically the only fix we'll see for the too many log in exploit? Or is that fix separate and still close to fruition?
The cynic in me says as a company thats what you'll use as the fix.
Our current focus is entirely on the Steam client and a smooth, stable launch. That said, we're not ruling anything out in terms of other improvements and less spaghettiing.
Nope! A long-term proper fix is in progress, and has been for some time. Steam will be useful in the short-term.
Hopefully the steam achievements expand overtime that increases the difficulty, Reach 2277 would be a nifty achievement :)
200m all?
God those achievements are a joke
It's a start! We expect to add more over time.
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Unfortunately not, we've got a LOT of other goodness though. The stuff we'll usually show (progress updates etc) is still on the cards for this week. Later on stream we're hoping to show off Fishing Skill Boss and Combat Achievements progress, and tomorrow there's a nice Clans progress stream and blog coming.
We'll release a bumper one in March, and then return to monthly after that.
Just curious what you guys are doing with it at the moment?
Are you guys trying to expand the scope of the currently proposed changes or make/add some changes ?
Or is it just simply you guys just postponed the release
We postponed the release, and we're discussing the scope and possible changes.
Sorry, that's all I can share right now!
Will the player number on the oldschool website also show the steam players included, or only the osrs/runlite client users?
The number on our website will show Steam players too, but the number on Steam will only show Steam players.
There was like 30 poll questions on updates for poll # 74
collection log, baby mole ,dark flippers, Jar of spirits , thermy drop update, blood veld as demons ??? why are we only getting 3 of these 30 updates that all passed the polls
They're still in development or testing, and will be coming in more batches over the coming weeks.
We’re tracking Achievements on and off Steam, so if you complete one on another client – including mobile – it’ll still be checked off the list.
Will these be retroactive? Not that steam achievements mean too much but if they aren't it's a little weird that a current player cannot get 100% without making a new account.
It would be weird - that's why they're retroactively given on login!
Will the achievements be retroactive?
They sure are.
In addition to the above, we're delighted to tell you about something very cool the Steam C++ Client has allowed us to do. From tomorrow onwards Steam players will find UI Scaling in the game settings!
That's not a small thing! Probably the main reasons I use runelite is because the UI scaling and camera settings on the vanilla client make it impossible to play in resizable, this helps a ton
It isn't a small thing at all! It is new though, so we'd love to get feedback on issues or bugs.
Since these are clearly meant for low-lvl players and guide them around in F2P, there should be an achievement for teleporting with the Chronicle. Defnitely think this item is something new players should be aware of, no reqs to buy and it's very useful early on before getting magic lvls.
That's a great suggestion. I'll pass that on.
When you guys decided to switch the update days from Thursday to Wednesday, the cox warning about an incoming system update has not been popping up, this is the 3rd week in a row that I complelty forgot it was Wednesday and had just started a solo cm raid :(
Can we have it back please? :)
Thanks for the heads up! I'll forward this on to the team for you.
The precise kill times option is under the Chat tab of the settings menu, not Gameplay!
> You can find the toggle in the Gameplay section of the Settings Menu.
Thanks for pointing that out! It's been updated <3
Will we get more worlds? If steam brings in a lot of players fighting for slayer/skilling spots might become worse.
We've got more worlds ready to go!
200m all?
Fill the entire Collection Log... twice
What happened to world 467? Tried to log in this morning and it appears to be offline.
Hey there, some of our worlds went offline with the update this morning but they'll be coming back up soon. We're sorry for any inconvenience!
what time, today, is osrs coming to steam?
4pm UK time - so in about 7 minutes!
Why was world 415 removed?
A few of our worlds went offline with the game update but they should be back up shortly. Really sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Would you guys be able to showcase what the emotes/backgrounds/badges for OSRS on Steam will look like during your stream today?
Would you guys be able to showcase what the emotes/backgrounds/badges for OSRS on Steam will look like during your stream today
Hey, that's a great idea! :)
We will cover this in our live stream today, it starts at around 4.15pm UK time so hopefully see you there.
Hey Jagexlight, can we launch OSRS directly from steam? Only seeing options to buy membership when I click on OSRS.
Hey, there were previously some issues with people not seeing the download/play now button but we've heard this has since been resolved. Can you confirm if you can see it now?
Gg Jagex, can't even stick to the streaming schedule you posted a few hours ago
Huge apologies for this - we had some urgent issues around the "Download/Play Now" not working for some people so we had to sort. We'll be live soon (tm)
Any updated timetable on the clan update?
Hey, Mod Ash is going to be talking about Clans tomorrow on our Livestream I believe!
I think I am confused, when is the Livestream to celebrate the Steam launch?
Hey u/ImJoshinYou , u/adkenna and u/lulznoodle We had some urgent issues with some players reporting they couldn't see a "Download/Play Now" button on steam so we had to sort. We are live now, many apologies for the tardiness!
So it's released on Steam, but I only see an option to buy membership, and not simply download the game. Also it defaults to $180. Not sure if this is intentional?
Hey, there were some issues around the "Download/Play Now" button not appearing for some players. We believe this issue had been fixed now. Can you confirm if it's still an issue?
I've noted your feedback regarding membership default pricing also, I don't believe it's intentional but will discuss - thank you!
The volatile nightmare staff in lms is bugged. If you kill your opponent that has it, it will not drop to the ground. Also it does not spawn on the ground if the person you killed griefed and dropped it before death.
Also, since new weapons are added to lms, it is still quite confusing how the acb doesn't come with opal dragon bolt e thus making the morrigan javelins way better assuming you don't consider the diamond bolt effect. Cause diamond bolts are adamant bolts, base hit is pretty low vs ballista and javelins.
Feedback noted - we're super busy with the launch of Steam but will review this with the team. Thank you!
https://www.reddit.com/u/JagexSween/ Any ETA on what time the twitch/YouTube stream is starting? Delayed due to steam issues?
It's live now - sorry we were delayed due to having some issues with Download/Play Now button not working for some people. This has been resolved now.
I use a 27 inch display at 1440p, and with 200% interface scaling (basically what I use on Runelite) the text in the chatbox gets very weird looking. Makes it rather difficult to read. I don't know how easy/hard it is, but could you look into adding some sort of interface smoothing akin to runelite? Would make the lower DPI interface look a bit better.
Hey, yep. Already something we're discussing. Text does look a bit funny at high scale rates. Thanks for flagging!
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