Improvements for New Players
Sep 24 2024 CEST
ear Tibians!
To improve the experience of new players in Tibia, we have made some changes with today's update.
- We have overhauled the layout of the Compendium for better clarity, renamed the tab Game Contents to Player Guide, and expanded it to include various tutorials that explain basic game mechanics for beginners.
- Now, individual information points or instructions are unlocked progressively as you advance in the game and achieve higher levels. This progression applies to every character on an account.
- For existing characters, all entries are already unlocked.
- We have also added subcategories to better organise entries within each category.
- All existing entries from the Compendium regarding game content, including the Wheel of Destiny, Hunting Tasks, and Daily Rewards, have been integrated into the Player Guide.
Furthermore, we have added a new widget to the game's interface.
- The Player Guide widget is crafted to offer new players fast and straightforward access to essential game information.
- For new players, the widget is integrated into the interface by default in the second sidebar. It can be closed, moved, or resized as usual.
- The widget shows two different types of entries:
- Player Guide: The top half displays the most recently unlocked entry from the Player Guide. You can access the corresponding entry in the Compendium by clicking on the button. The bottom half shows the two prior unlocked entries, which also link to their respective Compendium entries.
- Level Up Notification: When a player character levels up, a notification displays in the widget for 15 seconds. If the level up also includes unlocked spells, these spells appear in the same notification window.
In addition, there are a few minor changes for the convenience of all players:
- The player character now automatically turns when moving in a direction, even if attempting to move onto an unwalkable tile or one blocked by an object. For example, if the character is standing sideways to a wall or a monster, the character will turn toward it when trying to move in that direction. This feature can be enabled in the settings and is only activated by default for new client installations.
- The Quest Tracker is now integrated into the user interface by default for new players, positioned in the second sidebar below the Player Guide widget. Players can move or remove the Quest Tracker from the interface as usual.
- The control buttons area in the interface has been expanded to include a plus button, which opens the 'Manage Control Buttons' option (still accessible via right-click).
- The server messages you receive on every login about your offline training progress and the boosted creature and boss have been shortened.
- You can now open your Cyclopedia map with the hotkey "M", unless you have assigned this key to a different function.
See you in Tibia,
Your Community Managers