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Valrei International: Holy 2023 Map Dumps!

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Hello Wurmians, and welcome to another issue of the Valrei International! It’s that wonderful time of year that many of us look forward to… the release of the new Map Dumps! It’s always interesting to see how the servers have changed throughout the year, and these ones will be even more fun, being the first dump since we released the original maps for the Northern Isles last year and the first to show all of the terraforming and progress you have all made on those servers since their creation.

 

You can find the map dumps at the link below:

 

https://wurm.gg/MapDumps

 

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The Road Through 2023

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve also published our roadmap for the coming year. We plan to do a lot of QoL stuff and bug fixing this year, as well as finalizing our work on Goblin Camps for Exploration Part Two! You can check out the post below:

 

 

And speaking of Exploration Part Two….

Holy Sites will be going live on March 7th!

 

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We want to thank you all for the feedback you’ve given us during testing of Holy Sites, and we are ready to go live with them! Prepare your priests and followers for wonderful adventures and pilgrimages to these sacred places, and reap the benefits each deity provides for each kind of site.

 

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A Colourful New Way to Cozy Up Your Place!

Coming soon, we will be adding a long-awaited and frequently requested feature; the ability to dye colourful carpets! You’ll be able to customize all sizes of colourful carpets, with two colour zones to get just the right combination of colours to fit your aesthetic. Carpets freshly made will resemble the default colours we have always had, and will need to have that colour removed to become lovely new white carpets that can be dyed any colour you like.

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Skin it up!

Starting later in March, we will start making skins from previous months available on a rotating basis. Details are still being finalized on this and will be posted separately.

 

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Pvp Changes and PMK Introductions to Defiance

 

Along with Holy Sites, we will be introducing Player Made Kingdoms to Defiance on the same date. We have also laid out some other proposed changes for PvP that we would love everyone's feedback on. Checkout the link below for more information and a discussion thread on these changes:

 

 

 

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Thanks for checking out this issue of the Valrei International! We’re going to finish it off with a lovely list of quite a few community events coming up in the next few months. It’s always exciting to see the things you guys put together for these! 

 

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Nirav’s Rockcliff Museum Expansion

Ongoing on Independence (SFI Only)

 

Nirav is looking to expand the beautiful Rockcliff Museum on Independence, and is looking for help from SFI Wurmians to fill it with even  more history!

 

 

 

 

 

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Deliverance Renaissance Festival Easter Weekend Impalong

April 7th-9th on Deliverance (SFI Only)

 

Get ready to hop over to Deliverance for an Easter Celebration if you live on the Southern Isles! 

 

 

 

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Lame Horse Fair and Limpalong

May 12th-14th on Cadence (NFI Only)

 

Kick summer off in style with the hosts of the Lame Horse Fair! 

 

 

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Heathen Trading Co. Summer Solstice Bash

June 20th-23rd on Cadence (NFI Only)

 

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with an event-filled Impalong on the Northern Isles!

 

 

 

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Friendship Bay Summer Impalong

July 20th - 25th on Pristine (SFI Only)

 

Southern Wurmians can also celebrate the summer with friends during the 6th annual Friendship Bay Summer Impalong!

 

 

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So excited to hear a bout the dyeable rugs! So many options! 

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the ability to dye colourful carpets!

 

Dyeable carpets and map dumps on the very same day?!  I'm weeping tears of dye out of sheer joy!  😭

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I am so excited to finally realize my dream of dyed rugs!

 

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3 hours ago, DemonaNightshade said:

We want to thank you all for the feedback you’ve given us during testing of Holy Sites, and we are ready to go live with them!

have they changed or are the previous notes still the up to date version

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42 minutes ago, Oblivionnreaver said:

have they changed or are the previous notes still the up to date version

As of the last post, we have added in some metrics to track the use of the different features so we can get a good idea of what areas are clearly not attracting people after the initial rush.

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this is greate, looking forward to holy site and thanks for making carpets dyable, small changes like this means alot.

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39 minutes ago, Finnn said:

So, can we hang rugs on walls?👍:ph34r:

 

That was a top down image of the carpets, they will not be hangable. I was flying as my GM to capture that image 😁

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I created differential images of all map dumps that have a 2022 and 2023 version. If a pixel changed since the last map dump it'll show up with its new value.

 

Thumbnails below the spoiler:


 

Spoiler

 

Cadence: 6oMMwjP.png
Defiance: S0WOVQL.png
Deliverance: oryYhX4.png
Desertion: YPvFE7h.png
Elevation: 8qBREvg.png
Exodus: rD1HxI1.png
Harmony: EP4xzXW.png
Independence: 07xP7Tg.png
Melody: SLiw1Tf.png
Pristine: avdVhTj.png
Release: eL6BZVC.png
Xanadu: HaY5NCn.png

 

 

Since image hosts really don't like 8192x8192 PNG files I have dumped a tar file of all diffs on one of my servers. I'm sorry in advance to whoever wants to download this in 5 years: https://fb0.eu/wurm/Wurm Online Diffs 2023.tar

 

And in case anyone is interested, here's the script I hacked together for this, executed directly in the Maps folder:

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for d in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -name '.'); do
        A="$(find "$d" -regex '^.*terrain.*2023.*$')"
        B="$(find "$d" -regex '^.*terrain.*2022.*$')"
        OUT="$(basename "$d")-diff"
        OUT_TMP_FILE="${OUT}_tmp.png"
        OUT_FILE="${OUT}.png"
        if [[ -f "$A" && -f "$B" ]]; then
                echo "Processing $A -> $B = $OUT_TMP_FILE"
                magick "$A" "$B" -compose ChangeMask -composite "$OUT_TMP_FILE"
                # Typical reduction is 8%
                echo "Compressing $OUT_TMP_FILE"
                optipng -o3 "$OUT_TMP_FILE" -out "$OUT_FILE" && rm "$OUT_TMP_FILE"
        fi
done


 

 

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So excited for the carpets!! This will really help make our spaces feel more complete, cozy and unique! Can't wait!!

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6 hours ago, DemonaNightshade said:

 

That was a top down image of the carpets, they will not be hangable. I was flying as my GM to capture that image 😁

sad

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Great news- many thanks to all involved.

 

I always try to make my own dyes but for carpets I feel that I will need to consult an expert. Thank goodness on Pristine I live close enough to Auntie Sid to give her a shout.

 

Now our homes can be truly individual / unique.

 

Just need dyable glass now :)

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DYEABLE RUGSSS!!!!!!!!
and yes - @Sidereal is going to be more popular than EVER :D

 

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Thanks devs and well done on the customizable carpets!   

 

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On 2/27/2023 at 5:48 PM, Madnath said:

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It's beautiful

now I see you're horrified why I just wing it when I'm terraforming

 

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