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Star Wars Galaxies: Test Center: Chapter 3 update notes

| 14 Sep 2006 23:06

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TC: Chapter 3 update notes


Major Features

Smuggling System: Smugglers can now smuggle! There is a Broker named Barak in Bestine on Tatooine who can hook smugglers up with work ( -1049 10 -3538).

Smuggler Expertise: Smuggler Expertise has been added to the game!

Officer Expertise: Officer Expertise has been added to the game.

Galactic Civil War Ranks and Rewards: Military ranks and rewards have been added to the game.

User Interface Upgrades: Star Wars Galaxies now has a radar display that is re-sizable, a combat log, options for a second toolbar, a DPS meter, an improved windowed mode, a moveable quest helper window and more.


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Update Notes

Chat

  • Note: A combat log has been added to the game. To prevent any possible issues, all existing chat window settings will be reset to their default settings.

Loot

  • Camouflage clothing (stealth bonus) will drop as loot again.
  • Elite insects will drop loot.

Quests

  • Trials of Obi-Wan: Doombringer in the Operational Droid Factory will activate more consistently after his hands have died.

Profession: Jedi

  • The three Heightened Speed Expertise abilities that were available in the original Jedi Expertise template will be automatically allocated.

Profession: Officer

  • Officer Expertise has been added to the game.

Profession: Smuggler

  • Smuggler Expertise has been added to the game.
  • "Camouflage Ally" can no longer be used on yourself, only your ally.

Profession: Traders

  • Wookiee Vendors should now wear Wookiee Armor.

User Interface

  • Character Select Screen: Scrolling happens more smoothly when scrolling up and down the list of available galaxies.
  • Character Sheet: Added a Galactic Civil War page to the character sheet.
  • Character Sheet: Experience Point bars are thicker.
  • Inventory: An option has been added that will allow you to drag-and-drop items into containers. You can choose to have the option to drag-and-drop items into containers or to use the new sortable inventory mode.
  • Radar: Radar is now smaller, cleaner, and resizable.
  • Radar: The symbol for North on your radar display is more clearly visible.
  • Radar: The display for location coordinates has been detached from the radar display. It now has its own window that is moveable.
  • Radar: Added an option to turn the location coordinates display on and off.
  • Radar: Radar is no longer transparent when standing in a multiplayer space ship.
  • Radar: Radar screens no longer have white backgrounds in a variety of adventure zones while the "show terrain on radar" option is turned on.
  • Toolbar: An option to turn on a second toolbar has been added to the game.
  • The main menu button is now moveable.
  • Star Wars Galaxies can now be moved to any monitor when running in windowed mode on multi-monitor systems.
  • Star Wars Galaxies can now be minimized when running in windowed mode.
  • Added 4 new sliders to control the sizes of various types of combat fly-text.
  • You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out on your radar screen, even if you don't hold down the control key.
  • Added a menu option to control the opacity of the Command Button.
  • The Quest Helper window is now moveable.
  • Clicking the right scroll bar on your datapad will no longer cause datapad tabs to disappear.
  • The help window correctly stretches all the way to the bottom of the window.
  • The font for fly-text now uses the Star Wars font.
  • Pressing the escape key to skip an in-game move will no longer log you out of the game. The "back" button on loading screens is now labeled "Exit". You can press the "Exit" button to skip in-game movies. This was done to help prevent players from accidentally loging out of the game.
  • A DPS meter has been added to the game. This meter will add a small informative window that will display your character's current DPS along with a running total.

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  • Milk is harvested by milking creatures.
  • You can examine a creature to find out what type of milk it has. If it has none, the description will say "None".

Kurt "[font color=red][b]Thunderheart
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Community Relations Manager

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