User interface

Alpha-0 Launcher/login screen.

Pre-alpha PAX 2017 quest (UI iteration 0.2).

Pre-alpha unpolished UI screenshots.

Pre-alpha Arena UI.

The Ashes of Creation user interface (UI) is built with customization in mind.

The UI will be very adaptable for many play styles. – Steven Sharif

UI settings

UI settings are able to be saved locally.

Various display elements can be toggled on or off:

• Karakter names
• Guild names
• Enemy names
• Party names
• Alliance members

Gear slots

Alpha-2 Fighter character sheet UI.

We wanted to create something that would handle a couple of different roles, with obviously your equipment slots for what we call a "paper doll", which is that display of your character. Eventually it won't just be a image of your character, we hope to have the 3D character and be able to rotate around, look at what you're wearing. And then we wanted to support a couple of different features here, with some base stats; the equipment, which will show what equipment you have available to quick swap, so you don't have to have your inventory and the screen open; detailed stats for those people who want to get into all of the details; and then of course gear sets. So this is going to be able to swap to your sets of gear quickly; and being able to save different loadouts. – Colby Marchi

There are multiple gear slots in Ashes of Creation.

• 3 Back slots.
  • 1 Ranged slot.
  • 1 Cloak/cape slot.
  • 1 Backpack slot.

• 3 Belt slots.
  • 1 Mainhand slot equips a player's primary weapon.
  • 1 Offhand slot can equip shields, spell focuses, sigils, and dual weapons.
  • 1 Potion/Pouch/Scroll slot.

• 8 Páncél slots.
  • 1 Helmet slot.
  • 1 Shoulder slot.
  • 1 Chest slot.
  • 1 Wrist slot.
  • 1 Glove slot.
  • 1 Waist slot.
  • 1 Leggings slot.
  • 1 Boot slot.
• 5 Jewelry slots.
  • 2 Accessory slots.
  • 1 Necklace slot.
  • 2 Ring slots.
• 3 Artisan gear slots.
• 1 Artisan tool slot is used to equip gathering tools.
• There may be a specific slot for musical instruments, but this has not been finalized yet.

• Previously it was stated there were 16 gear slots.

• Felszerelés is not subject to inventory weight limits.

Action bar

Alpha-2 Tank action bar (hotbar) user interface.

Players can build their characters with the active skills they want on their action bar (hotbar).

• The maximum number of skills a player can have on their action bar will be around 15-20.
  • Each archetype will have roughly 35-40 skills to choose from on average.
• There will be an option to include multiple action bars (hotbars) on a player's UI. For example: One Fighter will be different from another based on what active skills they have chosen.

Some people like to have a very minimalistic number of hot bars. They don't need necessarily to have three, four, five hot bars that are available; but some people do like that: They want to have all their items listed on their hotbar as well as their abilities, as well as as their mounts, as well as anything that they can essentially interact with as an icon. – Steven Sharif

• Players are not given skills as they level up, they must choose what skills they take.
• There is no spellbook requiring memorization.

There will be multiple hot-bars that you obviously have available, because you're going to have consumables, you're going to have active skills and whatnot. But the number of active skills are not going to overwhelm necessarily the character and be irrelevant especially at certain stages. – Steven Sharif

Combat targeting

Ranger hybrid combat in Alpha-2.

Our desire has always and continues to be how we can create a mixture of tab target abilities and skill-shot oriented positional, directional-based ability usage and make something cohesive in that design. And I think that what we're achieving with that regard may not fully feel like an action-oriented game, but we've always intended to be more hybrid-oriented, leaning towards tab target. So you're going to see a mixture of abilities that require the targets and that don't; and then you're going to have an option as the player's perspective to utilize an action camera mode, which utilizes a soft target lock feature and our reticle. – Steven Sharif

Hard-locked friendly player target.

Hybrid combat refers to the choice between tab and action combat in Ashes of Creation. A toggle button (default Z, but can be re-bound to another key) allows the player to switch between action and tab combat modes.

• The action mode camera is tied to the to the player's reticle (crosshair).
  • There will likely be a hotkey that when held down will allow free camera movement in action mode.
  • In future the user will have the ability to choose from different reticle appearances.

• Targeted skills require either a soft or hard locked target.
  • Soft locking is when the reticle moves over a valid target while in action mode. The targeting plate will appear slightly grayed out to indicate that this is a soft-lock target. If the reticle moves away from the target or the target moves away from the reticle, the target is lost.
  • Hard locking is when the player uses right-mouse on a soft-locked target in action mode, or when the player selects a valid target in tab mode. The targeting plate will not be grayed-out to indicate that a hard-lock target is selected. Unlike soft locking, if the target moves out of the reticle, the target is not lost. Tab will still cycle between hard-locked targets in action mode based on proximity priority.

• Templated skills allow "blind firing" without a target while in action mode. If an entity moves into the path of the attack they can be struck.

Q: Is the development team moving away from action combat, or is action combat more prevalent with the melee classes, and the healing/range classes are more tab-target other than AoE spells?

A: We have not moved away from our hybrid approach to the development of Ashes of Creation's combat; and specifically to reiterate: that approach is incorporating elements of skill shots, fast and reactive gameplay that is situationally relevant, and incorporates the camera mode of both tab-targeting as well as action combat reticle. That's something that is still in progress. We haven't moved away from that however. To note, our approach of that hybridization is going to incorporate things like templated skill-shots, directionally relevant activated abilities, along with the ability to dodge to roll projectiles that can impact collision. Those are elements of action combat that are present. – Steven Sharif

Templated and targeted versions of skills will have different characteristics.

Skill progressions, skill point allocation is determined by the player. The player will be able to choose either more tab-target oriented skills or more action-based skills and customize their playable experience to what accommodates their preference. From a balancing standpoint for us developers, we need to make sure that certain abilities house certain functions so that there's a balance between skill shots and tab-target abilities. – Steven Sharif

• Targeted skills will be greyed out if the target is not within a valid range but templated skills will generally require the player to assess the correct range for the skill.

• Different ranks of the same skill can change the skill from tab to action or vice-versa.
  • Variables will change based on which version of a skill is chosen.
    • Damage.
    • Charge up time.
    • Accuracy.
    • Evasion.
    • Crowd control.
    • Cooldown.
    • Energy consumption.
    • Cost to spec.
    • Attack range will likely remain the same; as it is driven by the weapon or skill itself.

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• It may not be possible to be able to fully spec into just action or tab targeted skills. There might be a 75% cap on choosing skills from any one type.
• For the purposes of balance, certain skill types will be either tab or action oriented skills.
  • Hard CCs may be housed in action oriented skills because they are skill shots that are more difficult to land.
  • Softer CC's would be housed in tab-targeted abilities.

As an example: Let's say you're playing a ranged class. You could have an action-oriented power shot in your skill tree or you could have a single target power shot that ramps up and does more damage. – Steven Sharif

Control settings

Players will be able to customize their keyboard control scheme.

Controller support

The game is not designed around controller support.

Controller support will likely be something we work on closer to launch. – Steven Sharif

Camera settings

The developers aim to provide a variety of camera options.

• Camera field-of-view (FoV) is customizable.
• Camera mechanics are similar to ArcheAge (hold mouse buttons to move the camera).
• First-person point-of-view may be able to be achieved by zooming the camera, but the game is fundamentally third-person.

Világtérkép

Updated Ashes of Creation map.

The new world map in all its 1,200 square kilometer glory. So you're gonna see some names here- a little bit of a reveal of some of these locations in these areas- and you're also of course seeing similar biomes that are present as well. But more importantly what you are seeing is the orientation of these continents and these islands that are facilitating specific types of inter-continental trade gameplay; and they support the relevance of these caravans moving across the land mass to locations that will now incorporate these harbor areas, which aren't identified on the map here... But the important part was providing a lot of coastal naval gameplay between these zones and trade routes between land base. – Steven Sharif

Alpha-2 work-in-progress map UI.

The world of Verra features an in-game viewable world map. This map is not randomly generated, and begins covered in a fog of war. Players will not be able to see the world until they have explored it or gathered information about it. The world is also full of imperfect information, which will require the player to act on it for verification.

For example, you may hear a rumor in a tavern that tells you the location of a cave full of weak Kobolds, but this was not accurate as the rumor was started by well-equipped bandits in order to waylay overconfident adventurers.

• Information about the world will be presented directly to players through the world map UI as it is gathered.
  • Node tax rates will be visible on the world map by hovering over a node location on the UI.
  • The map UI will potentially incorporate player created location markers that are visible by other party members.
  • Previously, detailed information about the world was only available through the Library unique node building.

• Not every server will share the same map, as player decisions will vary between servers.

• The map will have geographical choke points caused by non-traversable obstacles (such as Mountains).

Even though we're an open-world that doesn't mean that from a design perspective, especially with the way our economic systems work, that we will want to create Geographic choke points. – Steven Sharif

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• Zones in Ashes of Creation will cater to all levels.

Mini map

Alpha-2 minimap and compass UI.

There is an in-game minimap and compass user interface in Ashes of Creation.

• The goal is to allow pings and other forms of communication tools via the mini-map.

Karakter készítő

Lehet, hogy ez a fordítás elavult

Alfa-1-es karakter választó.

Ren'Kai megcélzott karakter készítő tervezeti rajza.

A karakter készítő (vagy karakter szerkesztő képernyő) lehetővé teszi a játékosoknak a karakterük testreszabását az Ashes of Creation-ben.

Széles választékú karakter személyre szabás áll majd rendelkezése. – Steven Sharif

A cél az, hogy a karakter készítő legalább olyan jó legyen, vagy jobb mint ami a BDO-ban elérhető.

Ha hasonlatot kéne tennem, a BDO-t hoznám fel, mint karakter készítő amit megcéloztunk. – Steven Sharif

A karakter hangja kiválasztható lesz több elérhető opció közül.

Van esély rá, hogy a karakter készítő korábban megjelenik az MMO-nál.

Karakter megjelenés

Vaelune karakter megjelenési választék.

Nagy változatosság lesz elérhető a karakterek részéről amikor az ember karaktert csinál, főleg az arcnál. Legyen szó az állkapocs alakjáról, a pofáról, a fülekről, az orról, az ajkakról. Egyértelmű hogy sok lehetőséget és irányítást akarunk a játékos kezébe adni, hogy a karakterét szerkeszthesse. – Steven Sharif

Vaelune szakáll kinézeti választék.

Azt akarjuk hogy sok élettere legyen annak hogy az emberek a saját indentitásukat manifesztálják, hogy legyen Roleplay lehetőség kinézeti tekintetben. Lesznek paraméterek amin belül képesek lesztek a karaktereteket szerkeszteni. Azt akarjuk hogy a rasszok kultúrája és a hovatartozása úgy létezzen hogy egymástól elkülöníthetőek legyenek. Így egy skála van amin elhelyezheted magad. Sok hajválaszték lesz amit használhatsz majd és sok fajta tetoválást helyezhetsz el majd a testeden. Játszadozhatsz majd az arcszerkezet arányaival, a csontszerkezettel, a magassággal, szélességgel és a testzsír százalékkal. Hozzáadhatsz majd szőrzetet a test különböző részeihez. Ha szőrt akarsz a lábfejeden, azt a csúszkát is felhúzhatod. – Steven Sharif

A karakter megjelenést a karakter készítőben(CC) szerkesztheted, továbbá játékbeli szalonokban/fodrászüzletekben.

• A karakter modellek valósághűségre törekednek.
• A játékos egy általános karakterrel fog szembetalálkozni testreszabás előtt.
• A karakterdizájn sokszínű kultúrákból fognak meríteni, mint Európai, Afrikai és Ázsiai.
• Lolik nem lesznek a játékban.

Csúszkák teszik majd a testreszabást rugalmassá. A lehetséges elváltozás mértékét néhány tekintetben korlátozni fogják az egyes rasszok.

• Test-típus.
  • Túlsúlyos, vézna, izmos.
  • Testzsír százalék.
  • Csontszerkezet.
  • Magasság.
    • Nem lehet 5 centi magas karaktered.
  • Szélesség.
  • Lesznek "cici csúszkák".
    • Ennek nem lesz nevetséges a mértéke.
  • Arcszerkezet.
    • Állcsont alakja/állkapocs, pofa, fülek, orr, ajkak.

• Haj változatok.
  • Haj színek.
  • Haj stílusok.
  • Szőr lehetősége különböző testrészeken.
• Szemszín.
• Bőrszín.
• Arcszőrzet.
  • Szemöldökök.
    • Szemöldök magassága.
  • Szakállak.
  • Az arcszőrzet jellemző a Dünir-re, de nem a Niküára.
• Testművészet.
  • Tetoválások.
  • Hegek.

A beállítások megengedik hogy egy karakter nőiesebb vagy férfiasabb legyen.

• Ennek mértéke függ a karakter rasszától.
  • A női törpék szakálla eltér majd a férfiakétól. Inkább lesz befonva, és kevésbe méretes lesz.

A karakter megjelenést lementheti majd a játékos a saját meghajtójára.

Az "alapértelmezett kinézet" előfordulhat hogy ideiglenesen átveszi az egyéni helyét ostromok, vagy más nagyméretű csaták során, hogy jobb legyen a kliensoldali teljesítmény.

Character naming

Characters will have a first-name and an optional surname (last name).

• Character names are unique per server.
  • Character name changes will be possible during server merges.

• There is a minimum length of three for a character name.
• Special characters, including apostrophes and hyphens, are currently not allowed in character names.

Currently we don't allow special characters in character names (including apostrophes and/or hyphens). It's possible this changes in the future. – Ry Schueller

Character names will appear on the character sheet and optionally on the character website page.

• In-game a character's name is displayed above their head. This can be the first or last name.

Accessibility settings

There will be settings to aid colorblind players.

Maturity level

Dead bodies in a Pre-alpha raid encounter.

There may be an option to turn off blood and gore in the game.

There probably won't be swearing in quests.

The antagonists in this game are definitely dark... We're not going grimdark at all, but there are parts of it that get that way. – Jeffrey Bard

Addonok/Modok

Addons will not be allowed, in general.

• The developers don't want addons/mods to be necessary to experience the game.
• The developers believe that parsers (DPS meters) can have negative effects.
  • There will be leader boards.
• The design of the game API is still under consideration.
  • There will be integrations available for streaming services such as Twitch and a few other services, but it's not something that will be exposed through an API just yet.

We will have a lot of customization present in the both from a UI perspective as well as different data points that will be naturally in the game, but we don't want to open up the mod game just yet. That might be a decision we change in the future but, it's not planned for release. – Steven Sharif

In-game chat

Alpha-1 work-in-progress chat interface.

We are working on a new chat log! The new log includes tabs for general, party, siege, guild, and more!

In-game text chat channels.

Channel	Command
Local chat.	/say.
Shout.	/yell.
Party.	/party.
Raid.
Guild.
Private messages (PM).	/tell (playername).
Tavern.
Node citizen chat.
Global (Enabled for Alpha-1 testing).	/global.

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• Trade chat.
• Alliance chat.
• Social organization chat.
• Religion chat.
• Chat initiated with people on a player's friend list.
• User created chat channels.

Importing images

Banner 3D renders.

The user interface will allow emblems, logos and symbols to be designed in-game.

• Guild emblems.
  • Flags.
  • Guild termek.
  • Mount barding.
• Hajók
  • Sails.
  • Emblems may potentially appear on a ship's hull as a decal, along with the ship name.
• Karakter
  • Shields.
  • Cloaks.
  • Páncél attachments.

Q: Do nodes provide their citizens some kind of clothes or ornaments, capes, tabards, or something that they can basically represent their node?

A: I mean technically the node does have a sigil or insignia and there will be certain armors that you can customize insignia and/or symbols on, so yes you could probably achieve that. – Steven Sharif

• Emblem editor functionality is tentatively planned for Alpha-2.

Logging out

There will be a logout delay to prevent players from immediately logging out of combat.

Multi-boxing

Multi-boxing/multi client polices haven't been finalized. In general, if a user has a legitimate account and is not botting then multi-boxing will be permitted.

Mobile/web application

Farmhands and NPC assistance

Based on node type and progression, players will be able to hire NPCs to work as farmhands on their freehold farms. Players will be able to command these farmhands in-game as well as potentially offline via an application (mobile app) or web interface.

• Crop rotation management.
• Plant or harvest specific crops.

City hall

Winstead Village (színpad 3) node town hall in Alpha-2.

We want the City Hall to be the place where big decisions are made for each Node. It should be where the “ruling class” comes together and decides what to do (these decisions can quickly make them the “old ruling class” too).

Town hall (also called City hall) is a default service building that comes pre-built with nodes.

• Players can interact with the node board to get a list of its citizens. Clicking on a citizen will reveal information about their guild, society, religion, and property ownership.

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

• Mayors and node governments use city hall to visualize and control activities within their node. These capabilities will also be available via mobile/web interface.

• Status of the node's economy.
• Status of upcoming elections.
• Status of trade agreements.
• Status of caravans.

Character page

There is no planned in-game functionality to leave personal notes regarding player characters.

We don't plan to have in-game tools to provide that tracking. Instead you will be expected to track that yourselves. – Steven Sharif

Az alábbi információk némelyikét a közelmúltban nem erősítették meg a fejlesztők, és előfordulhat, hogy nem szerepelnek a jelenlegi fejlesztési ütemtervben.

A character sheet will be available closer to live launch that shows the following:

• What a character looks like.
• Eredmények and server firsts.
• Info on a player's class.
• Character's back story via journal entries (that are shared publicly by the player).
• Traits can be applied that describe a character's history.

You will have a unique homepage for each character and that homepage will be able to be customized by the user to display unique information. It will have a small out-of-game RPG component where you can construct background and traits and stuff like that. – Steven Sharif

The character page will be accessible in game by opening a browser through the UI.

That's part of the character sheet desire for us which hopefully will be accessible in game as well by opening a browser through our UI where you can get back history of a character that that character has input themselves into journal entries that they may choose to share with others... For role play perspective we want people to be in depth with their characters. – Steven Sharif

The player can manage what info is shown on the character page.

Item rendering

Items that are dragged out of a player's inventory are destroyed.

• Allowing player-dropped items (such as Felszerelés and Currency) to exist in the world is likely not going to be allowed.

User interface commands

Ez a rész az Alpha-1 teszteléséből származó információkat tartalmaz. Frissítjük, ha új információ válik elérhetővé.

Command	Function
/say	Chat command.
/party	Chat command.
/yell	Chat command.
/global	Chat command.
/tell (playername)	Chat command.
/roll	Simulates a dice roll.
/e, /emote, /me	Textual emote. Example: /me chuckles
	Invite a character to join your guild.
	Add a character to your friends list.

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Továbbiak

• Karakter készítő
• Ashes of Creation