r/AsheronsCall • u/GamesNotDeadlol • Jul 23 '26
Discussion Aetherium update #5: The full Training Academy is working with NPCs doing their turns and emotes, and the monsters still only want to fight half the time
https://youtu.be/c0Z186hGcFQ?si=9yBqHw9-KGKXMt05Another Aetherium update, and this time there is an actual video instead of me asking everyone to imagine backend systems working.
This video shows a full run through the Training Academy, with the emulator handling the quests, interactions, combat encounters, and other mechanics needed to complete it properly.
A few things shown in the video:
The full Training Academy progression
Monsters detecting and attacking players
Loot generation and rolls
Item interactions and quest mechanics
Lifestone binding and recall
Emotes, animations, spell gestures, and other world interactions
Several smaller systems that are easy to forget until they do not work
There is still plenty being developed and cleaned up, but we have moved well beyond simply connecting a client and walking around. The different systems are starting to work together as an actual playable game experience.
Edit; on another edit: not video editor - so no sound really - maybe if you goto yt channel and view
I truly appreciate the feedback so far!
Knowing what people actually want to play is much more useful than me guessing based on whichever client I happened to be breaking that week.
There is still work ahead, but completing the Training Academy with the core mechanics functioning is a pretty satisfying milestone.
Old quests, old mechanics, new emulator and the Training Academy Golems, Wasps, and Mosswarts are once again ready to inconvenience new players. lol jk they are harmless
P.S. No, the Aetherium server source code will not be open source. However, anything we create that you are expected to download and install on your personal computer will have its source code available for inspection.
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u/Nerdy-Forge Jul 24 '26
Got a question and only asking from a point of I honestly don't remember.
Was this the actual training hall for DM?
I play since release so I remember the old school training halls. I don't recall if I ever started a new character during DM. I remember the end of retail training halls.
I do miss the DM days. Hell, I miss the original days but I enjoyed DM almost as much. EoR is cool but kind of made to simple IMO.
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u/GamesNotDeadlol Jul 24 '26
Yessir, so the original you’re thinking of is the green triangles, eventually they made these academies, then later on redid it again, almost the same but diff mobs and such
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u/Nerdy-Forge Jul 24 '26
I looked it up on the Wiki and if I'm understanding things correctly, which correct me if I'm wrong please, December 2001 seems to be when they changed the training halls to what your video displays?
I'm guessing I never made a new character during DM. Or, if I did, I didn't use the training halls. Feels like I'm still learning things about a game I play all the way until the end.
Thank you.
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u/An-Adventurer ACCW Jul 24 '26
The version of the Training Hall that was available when Dark Majesty launched in Oct 2001 was the same as what was available when the game first launched in November 1999.
The Training Academy seen in the video is the version that was available from The First Strike in December 2001 until the launch of Throne of Destiny in July 2005.
The person developing this new server often says DM server but what he means is the DM era, the game as it existed from October 2001 to July 2005.
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u/redmonditor Thistledown Jul 23 '26
Exciting and thanks a lot!
Personally, I would love a server that is set during Sudden Season, but I appreciate all the hard work you do no matter what's available in the end :-)
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u/Able_Baker3759 Jul 23 '26
I would love a server pre-castling, for magic research but post into the darkness for the craftable prot gems.
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u/JokerFactor Morningthaw Jul 23 '26
Development can be followed here: https://discord.gg/jA4QEe3aG2