Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) Not really good idea, most newbies in my alliance we told this is possible burned out without even being premium for the first time. When I first started, someone told me about it, but also warned that it will take at least a year to get to the point of being self sufficient. This allowed me to relax and just enjoy the ride, which I still continue to do. So while I totally agree with you that the last thing we want is for newbies to start going aggro grinding and burning themselves out on the game (seen a few do that actually!), I think if it's presented in the right way that it's a goal to work towards in the far off future, it could work. Edited October 12, 2015 by Malena 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2015 a YEAR to get self sufficient?!?!?!? I was off on my own inside a month (maybe two). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2015 Was there a reason why this was set for release on Back to the Future day or was it just a coincidence? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2015 Was there a reason why this was set for release on Back to the Future day or was it just a coincidence? Where we're going, we make our own roads! Comes down to two possibilities, it's a coincidence, or it was picked deliberately, I prefer to think it was chosen specifically for the fact it's BTTF day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2015 i for one am looking forward to playing wurm unlimited mainly because there were to many players in wurm online and very little places to actually build. i am not one for cheating so i will make it as hard as possible just like i always do. some people will abuse wurm unlimited sure. but i am gonna love the heck out of it i have plans for a huge drydock just like i was beginning to make in wurm online. dont you see everyone you can do what you want instead of relying on everyone else you can make your world the way you want instead of being forced to be the last link in the chain nibbling your way to the top like a half crazed wurm (yes that pun was intended) the biggest problem in wurm online is the lack of resources i was so excited to get my first unicorn in wurm only to find the next day someone killed it for fun. i just hope rolf wont screw us all over and get rid of wurm unlimited after a while Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 15, 2015 a YEAR to get self sufficient?!?!?!? I was off on my own inside a month (maybe two). a month??? i was self sufficient within a week....the only reason it took that long was because i didnt know how the heck to make fields lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 17, 2015 I'm curious about how much growth there is in WO? I played in a village for about 6 months. Very nice and helpful mayor, but it was just the two of us.Then I tried to start my own village, which was always my goal. I found it to be impossible. The game in general is very discouraging to new players.So I quit Wurm. Now I'm wondering if WU would be a way for me to get back in the game, or will it be just as difficult for a new toon to start out in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 17, 2015 You can give yourself GM powers so you can make it as easy on yourself as you want. Spawn any item, set any skill to whatever level you want it to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 18, 2015 Yeah I get that.Well, I'll give WU a shot I think, only because I found WO too newb-unfriendly and maybe it SHOULD go away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 18, 2015 They both have their places. The draw to WU for me is that I like the creation and exploration of the world, and with the one-time payment I don't feel compelled to play 3-4 hours a day to "get my money's worth" out of it. The part of WO I'll missing out on is playing with the people I met there and the Inde community. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 19, 2015 I'm curious about how much growth there is in WO? I played in a village for about 6 months. Very nice and helpful mayor, but it was just the two of us.Then I tried to start my own village, which was always my goal. I found it to be impossible. The game in general is very discouraging to new players.So I quit Wurm. Now I'm wondering if WU would be a way for me to get back in the game, or will it be just as difficult for a new toon to start out in.I made a deed within 3 days of being on the game, it took me 2(?) weeks to get buildings on it though, because I had to level all my skills, and I had to dig (we didn't have level, in fact at that time nothing had to be leveled for buildings...) to flatten the area a bit, and surface mined.But I made the entire feed how I wanted it for the time being in about three weeks with literally 0 skills at the start... It's not impossible, it just takes a LOT of out-of-game reading. (Which I agree wouldn't be needed). But it let me know where a good deed spot was and what I would need, how to create each tool, ect. Luckily the wiki (though 50% wrong) helps with the basics.WO is seeing some growth again but I think it's more due to returning players, will see after WU launches what will really happen. Chances are it will boost up WO a bit, if not a lot (hopefully anyway) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 20, 2015 it took me a very long time to get away from the built up areas to find somewhere i could start in the first place and then i died a lot from creatures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 21, 2015 Purchased, downloading now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 23, 2015 Are there nogumps and such on Adventure? Rare spawns? Or do you need to summon those things yourself? I saw a mountain gorilla but that was on a map I downloaded from the forums. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 28, 2015 I saw a mountain gorilla but that was on a map I downloaded from the forums. The creature spawn works server side 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 29, 2015 Are there nogumps and such on Adventure? Rare spawns? Or do you need to summon those things yourself? I saw a mountain gorilla but that was on a map I downloaded from the forums. Mountain gorillas and Hyenas are 'kingdom' creatures, they'll spawn in areas influenced by a particular faction, mountain gorillas for Mol Rehan, Hyenas for Horde of the Summoned. Valrei creatures normally spawn due to Valrei events, which are influenced by missions. So you'd have to have a server set at least for PvP to be able to set the three kingdoms on for kingdom creatures. I've not had a mission spawn valrei mobs yet, so I have no idea if that works yet, but time will tell. You can of course spawn anything using the Ebony Wand, if you so choose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 29, 2015 I can understand the reasons for this move, but hopefully this does not mean the official servers will become abandoned, desolate wastelands. Are there any plans to incentivize people to actually transition to the "original" servers like Xanadu at some point? Xanadu is NOT an "Original" server.. Old JK Home and "Wild" were "Original" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2016 Could not create window with selected width and height. The error was: <Pixel format not accelerated> It's possible you might figure out what's wrong from the log file below, but if you can't, post the full log on the wurm unlimited forums, and someone else might be able to help you. Contents of console.log: Time is Sat Jan 23 18:48:01 EST 2016 Running client version === System information === Executing from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Wurm Unlimited\WurmLauncher\ Operating system: Windows 7 (arch: amd64, version: 6.1) Java version: 1.8.0_60 (Oracle Corporation) <http://java.oracle.com/> Jvm version: 25.60-b23 (Oracle Corporation) [Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM] Available CPUs: 2 Loading character Athamo Loading config default Loading props file PlayerFiles\configs\default\gamesettings.txt Executing PlayerFiles\configs\default\keybindings.txt Request internet Servers Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list Update server list >>> Main thread exiting. 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Respond Server Failed To Respond Refresh complete Loaded pack sound.jar (null) Loaded pack pmk.jar (null) Loaded pack graphics.jar (null) Loading props file PlayerFiles\players\Athamo\playerdata_test.txt Loading props file PlayerFiles\players\Athamo\stats.txt Preparing to enable console logging. Now logging to PlayerFiles\console.Athamo.log === Wurm options === animation_playback_self = 0 auto_mipmaps_enabled = 2 auto_run_source = 0 cavedetail = 2 censor_chat = true collada_animations = 3 color_black = 0.0,0.0,0.0 color_cyan = 0.0,1.0,1.0 color_error = 1.0,0.3,0.3 color_fuchsia = 1.0,0.0,1.0 color_green = 0.08,1.0,0.08 color_grey = 0.5,0.5,0.5 color_lime = 0.0,1.0,0.0 color_maroon = 0.5,0.0,0.0 color_navy_blue = 0.23,0.39,1.0 color_orange = 1.0,0.5,0.0 color_purple = 0.5,0.0,0.5 color_red = 1.0,0.0,0.0 color_royal_blue = 0.23,0.39,1.0 color_silver = 0.75,0.75,0.75 color_system = 0.5,1.0,0.5 color_teal = 0.0,0.5,0.5 color_white = 1.0,1.0,1.0 color_yellow = 1.0,1.0,0.0 compressed_textures = false compressed_textures_S3TC = true contribution_culling = 150 custim_timer_source = 1 customTimer1 = -1|-1 customTimer2 = -1|-1 customTimer3 = -1|-1 customTimer4 = -1|-1 customTimer5 = -1|-1 debug_mode = false depth_clamp_enabled = 2 disable_select_all_shortcut = false display_settings = false:true:0:1024:768:32:-1:false:true enable_contribution_culling = false enable_debugs = false enable_lod = true enable_shift_drag = false enable_vsync = true engine_multithreaded = 0 event_log_rotation = 2 exec_source = 0 fast_yield = false fbo_enabled = 2 first_person_mode_disable_on_close_component = false first_person_mode_disable_on_combat = false first_person_mode_disable_on_open_component = false first_person_mode_sensitivity = 10 fog_coord_src = 0 font_antialias = 2 font_bold = 11 font_default = 11 font_header = 24 font_italian = 11 font_monospaced = 11 font_static = 11 fov_horizontal = 80 fps_limit = 60 fps_limit_background = 30 fps_limit_enabled = true game_client_thread_priority = 2 glsl_debug_loading = false glsl_enabled = 2 gpu_skinning = true gui_opacity = 3 gui_skin = 1 has_read_eula = false hide_inactive_friends = false hide_menu_examine = false hide_menu_no_target = false hide_menu_spam_mode = true hide_menu_stop = false hide_personal_goal = false high_res_binoculars = true hint_texture_scaling = 1 impColumn = true inverse_mouse = false irc_log_rotation = 2 irc_notif = 0 item_creature_render_distance = 3 key_bindings_source = 0 keyboard_layout = 0 loadInventoryStartup = true local_list_in_event = false lod = 1 log_extra_errors = false log_gl_errors = false mark_text_read = true material_as_suffix = true max_texture_size = 2 mega_texture_size = 6 model_loader_thread_priority = 2 model_loading_threads = 1 mount_rotation = false multidraw_enabled = 2 no_brightness = false no_terrain_render = false no_world_render = false non_power_of_two = 2 occlusion_queries_enabled = 2 offscreen_texture_size = 2 other_log_rotation = 2 outline_picking = true player_texture_size = 2 reflection_texture_size = 2 reflections = 2 release_context = false release_context_on_jogl_sleep = false remember_password = true render_distant_terrain = true render_glow = false render_sun_glare = false resident_models = false save_skills_on_quit = false screenshot_file_format = 1 season_override = 0 send_extra_tile_data = false setting_timestamps = true settings_version = 3 shadow_level = 0 shift_drag_default = 10 showKChat = true show_body_in_inventory = false show_old_quickbar = false silent_friends_update = false skillgain_minimum = 1 skillgain_no_alignment = true skillgain_no_favor = true skydetail = 1 sound_al_gain = 15 sound_buzzlevel = 2 sound_cache_enabled = true sound_doppler_enabled = false sound_engine = 2 sound_footstepslevel = 10 sound_music_level = 5 sound_play_PMAlert = false sound_play_ambients = true sound_play_buzz = true sound_play_combat = true sound_play_door = true sound_play_emotes = true sound_play_footsteps = true sound_play_music = true sound_play_weather = true sound_play_work = true start_dedicated_server = false stipple_enabled = true structure_render_distance = 3 submit_client_data = 0 terrain_bump = true terrain_res = 2 test_attach_equipment = false test_mode = 0 thirdPerson = false tile_transitions = true tiledecorations = 2 togglePushToTalk = true treelist_outline = true trees = 3 update_optional = true use_alpha_particles = true use_anisotropic_filtering = 2 use_antialiasing = 1 use_color_picking = true use_fast_clock_work_around = true use_fbo_color_picking = true use_nagles_algorithm = false use_nano_timer = false use_non_alpha_particles = true use_phobia_models = false use_tree_models = true use_weather_particles = true vbo_enabled = 2 viewport_bob = true water_detail = 2 Setting up Collada Model Loader Executing PlayerFiles\configs\default\keybindings.txt Translating legacy key PAGE_UP to PRIOR Translating legacy key PAGE_DOWN to NEXT Translating legacy key ENTER to RETURN Word filter loaded: 23 Starting job manager with 2 worker threads Failed to create window (Depth=24, AA level=2) Failed to create window (Depth=24, AA level=0) Failed to create window (Depth=8, AA level=0) Retrying main resolution (1/4) Failed to create window (Depth=24, AA level=2) Failed to create window (Depth=24, AA level=0) Failed to create window (Depth=8, AA level=0) Retrying main resolution (2/4) Failed to create window (Depth=24, AA level=2) Failed to create window (Depth=24, AA level=0) Failed to create window (Depth=8, AA level=0) Retrying main resolution (3/4) Failed to create window (Depth=24, AA level=2) Failed to create window (Depth=24, AA level=0) Failed to create window (Depth=8, AA level=0) Retrying main resolution (4/4) Failed to create display: 1600:900:0:0 (false) Wanted mode: display_settings = false:true:0:1024:768:32:-1:false:true Execution aborted at connection 0, iteration 0 Run time 0s, local time Sat Jan 23 18:48:35 EST 2016 Destroying game window ====== CLIENT CRASH ====== Could not create window with selected width and height. org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method) at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52) at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:252) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:306) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:848) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:757) at com.wurmonline.client.LwjglClient.initRegular(LwjglClient.java:458) at com.wurmonline.client.LwjglClient.initWindow(LwjglClient.java:101) at com.wurmonline.client.WurmClientBase.run(WurmClientBase.java:1491) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2016 Update your graphics drivers dude, your have graphics drivers that don't support OpenGL and there is no reason to post it multiple times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2016 1 minute ago, athamoboy said: is it me you talking to? yes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2016 21 minutes ago, bigsteve said: Update your graphics drivers dude, your have graphics drivers that don't support OpenGL and there is no reason to post it multiple times. so just new graphic card ok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2016 Just now, athamoboy said: so just new graphic card ok with the up to date drivers for it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 17, 2016 With the new skill gains some servers 5x some 7x has anyone found any new tricks for skill gain? I've found creation to be great for some of the smithing skills, BUT it EATS ore. Every creation is 100% a skill tick. And it's higher than the imp skill tick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites