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HI3 Client Update v.67b (May 11, 2024)
 | A Few quick fixes for the big update earlier today!
Bug Fixes: - Two Crash Exceptions Fixed - Flap sfx fixed |
HI3 Client Update v.67a (May 11, 2024)
| Ooooffffta! Gonna be some bugs in this one! But should be lots of new fun :) Enjoy!
Additions & Changes: + Pitcher plants provide a current quantity [55] now. + Shoveling dirt/sand/etc provide a current quantity [55] also now. + New Jump animation that matches Skyland physics. + New ability to crouch-walk! When crouching you will be able to get roughly 20% closer to wilds before spooking them. + Essence color now cycles through the rainbow for increased visibility. + New "Rump Cam" for zooming in on a horses back end in horse profiles and super token previews. + Allow campfires on mountains and sky lands now. + Birth notifications limited to one per minute now. + Can triple click any of your own chats within 10s to recant. (similar to %recant chat command) + Carts now reject overly pregnant and frail horses properly. + Trash cans now show a normal sortable inventory list. + Welcome Horse no longer comes with amulets. (Due to Abuse) Instead it includes 100 Vet protections to keep the Vet bills away from players for a good long time. (Or one blind desert run) Mail Delivery Mission Abuse Fixes: System tweaked due to some players abusing the system to get quicker money than intended. + Maximum of One mission per 60 seconds. + Must be more than one deliverable location at Post Office. + Players YOU Mute still are deliverable (Not players who muted you though) Notifications System: + Notifications and Pow's (Smaller twisting notifications) combined into a boring scrolling notification of left side of screen + They combine when any message is duplicated and hasn't begun fading out. (x2, x3, x4, etc.) + Changed due to request to stop blocking the center of the screen while competing, etc. Pegasus Wings: The discovery of Pegasus feathers in sky lands has enabled folks to learn how to craft Pegasus Wings tack! + Wings only work in the SkyLands, but are equip-able on land. + On Sky lands they enable horse flight by pressing spacebar for a flap. + Craft Normal Pegasus wings after finding 25 feathers in the sky lands OR Purchase via Mobia store. + Premium Pegassi wings for sale in Mobia store Include Ice, Fire, Earth, TriTone and Bluejay styles. Dyeable in case want to tweak the main color. + Feather Finder Award Added + New Distance counter: "Total Distance Pegassing" + New Pegassus Wing Craft recipe Due to new Navigational Techniques, Caves and Skylands are more reachable!: + Can now make journal locations and travel between areas. + Can now travel directly to a player who is in Cave/Sky while you are not. + Can now build campfires/seats in Caves and Skylands. + Can now build Courses in Caves/Sky > > Surrounding Club area still blocked. > > Added 'No Dustpack' Course Option. > > Added 'No GrappleBow' Course Option. Horse Animation Updates: + Amble animation has been redone for greater realism. + New and improved jump animation sequence. A New [highly requested] Sport Breed: + Malopolski Minor Morgan Update: + Added mealy to Morgans - >> "Morgan" and "Park-type Morgan" can have up to medium mealy intensity. >> "Foundation Morgan" can only have minimal mealy. + Added 'conformation' section to Morgan breed info. + Added performance metrics + updated breed info to new layout. Additional breed tweaks: + Added cream-dilutes, tobiano, and minimal-mealy to the Hanoverian (you can now order them via tokens or breed for them). + Added minimal mealy to the Hirzai. + Added the KWPN to the Knabstrup's and the Knabstrup Sport Horse's purebreeding lists. + Added breed info about the Cow-pony Chianina. + Fixed the glitch with the images of Finnhorses in the website's BBB. + Updated the website's BBB. Bug Fixes: - Fixed bug where Skyland gravity would be too strong when logging in directly to Skylands. - Fixed bug causing player in kayak to stand up when whistling for their horse. - Fixed Ghost Plushie bug causing a sudden jump in the plushie's position. - Fixed index out of range crash that occurred when clicking on the emoticon panel. |
HI3 Client Update v.66c (December 19, 2023)
| All known bugs fixed from the big Holiday Update! Hopefully nothing but fun now.
Dustpack Changes: + Was 100gd for 100 fuel units, now it's 250gd for 300units. (just to reduce transactions, and you get more vroom). + (fuel is not lost when switching equipment, only logging off) + Extended contrails from 20s to 30s - Dustpack contrail snap glitch fixed. - Dustpack forward Up arrow now stays relative to player rather than camera during cam rotations. - Dustpack makes efforts to keep the dustpack player pose and make sure equipment color set every 5 seconds now. Misc Bug Fixes: - Magic the gathered counter should work now. - Wilds in water rescued. - Land essence mismatched fixed. - Hang glider low air drag restored. - Esroh Debug IDs removed from camera:) - Wild horses no longer pretend to be esrohs in camera. - Timber trainer and store signs work now. - Timber Clock tower shrunk down to reasonable size - Timber Clock tower roof matches other buildings now. - New Club Gates match fence colors now. - Admin can now grab folks from Land into Sky biome without server denying rudely. so rude. - Ancient Horse Whistling bug fixed where super low odds of a horse not capturable and poofing. |
HI3 Client Update v.66a (December 17, 2023)
| Big Massive Holiday Update!! Enjoy!
Additions & Changes: + Updated Horse Shake Yes animation + Updated Horse Shake No animation + %MuteAuctions - Persistent now (No need to do it every login) + %AllowSnoop - Persistent now (retains it's setting between logins) + %MutePMs - Persistent and blocks all PM's from Everyone. (including you) + %BuddyBlock - Persistent and blocks all buddy requests. (all of these toggle on/off) + %Anomaly - Also resends a party invite now. + Horse deaths will include their prefix in the logging for future passings now. + 5 second mailing block after sending to prevent duplicates. + Sitar instrument sound got a tune-up to match notes better. + Tinkerbell sound got a big tune-up to match notes way closer. + %SuperSnoop should show personality and stats charts when original player sees them also. + Collecting Items and Crafting now shows total quantity you have in square brackets [x]. + Horse Conformation comparison against breeds will now offer "Previous Breed" at the top to make re-running easier. + Quick Travel to event club added to current event (QT Club) + 4 new horse traders added + Wheat Gardens Added. + Allowing resizing of game window. Naughty Horses Improve more with High Experience: + The Improvement remains the same at 0-10,000 XP. + The improvement will now (10x SLOWER) double from 10k to 100k XP. + So experienced bad horses should be a little more rideable now. Fencing Additions: + Clubs may now build fencing (but no gates, lets be friendly!) + New Bush Row Fence! (No closeable gate) Can ride through the small bushes. + New Hedge Fencing (No closeable gate) + New Stone Fencing (No closeable gate) New Poster Signs: + Sign that can have an Art Kit Design Applied to it. + Fills entire small billboard. + Both Ranch and Club Versions. New Course Obstacle Jumps: + Arrowheads - 3 sizes + Banks - 3 sizes + Brush Apexs - 3 sizes + Brush Arrow + Chevron - 3 sizes + FallenTree + Tall Log + Log Apexs - 3 sizes + Tiger Traps - 3 sizes + Scary Tree! Very Few horses will have the courage for this one. New Club Style: + Timber Frame Buildings! Build your Swiss/German winter wonderland! + They cost similar To castle but more wood than stone. Sky Lands!: + Yup. Good Luck! End Game Content here. + Don't get frustrated by prices, this is meant to be something for long time players. + Hot Air Balloons Improved lift aerodynamics for higher flying. + 5 Distinct Skyland Biomes: Ruined / Rocky / Normal / Lush / Magical + Expensive Sky Towers Buildable at Club or Ranch Shoot players into sky who possess new "Gem Dust". Placement and luck of the tower is needed to land successfully on sky lands. + 6 New Planter-ables + 10 New Photograph-ables + 4 new Sklands soundtracks by same original HorseIsle Composer! DustPack New Equipment: + Expensive! unlock for 80,000 essence OR store for 2,000 mobia. + Allows easier exploration of Sky Lands. + Burns 100 golddust per few seconds of thrusting. + Travel Stat and matching Award added Magic Nectar: + Rare Collectable in Sky Lands OR store buy 4 for 100mobia. + USE on a placed horse. IT WILL STERILIZE! no more breeding! + Reduces Horse's age by 1 year each time used. unlimited uses while horse >=3yo. + Associated Collecting Counter "Magic The Gathered" Esrohs: + Wild Esrohs rarely spotted in the Sky Lands! + Photograph-able, adds to a Award Counter: "Esroh Hunter" + No. You can not capture them :) New Pony Type & Breeds: Cow-ponies! + A while ago, some of you asked about adding cow breeds to Horse Isle, and we listened. While we can't add cows for technical reasons, we found a way to add the closest thing: a collection of very fictional cow-ponies that mix bovine and equine traits. + They have wacky conformations and are fully breedable. You can also crossbreed them to get even wackier results… + We hope you'll enjoy them. :) + The new breeds are: + Cow-pony Chianina (reaching a whopping 19.2hh) + Cow-pony Highland (curly coat & fluffy appearance) + Cow-pony Holstein (always tobiano) + Cow-pony Omby (interesting withers) + Grade Cow-pony (8.3hh to 19.2hh) [Before you ask, there are real breeds in the making. They just didn't make it into this update.] Updated Spotted Draft Horse Info: + Clarified breeding rules. + Added explanation about the Solid Class. + Added performance metrics. + Updated BBB info into the new layout. Additional breed tweaks: + Added silver-dapple to the Knabstrup and its subtypes (you can now order them via token or breed for them). + Added leopard to the Artistic Sporthorse (you can now order them via token or breed for them). + Added a clarification to the Anglo-Kinsky's BBB info regarding its conformation and metrics (they are identical to those of a Kinsky; the only difference between these breed is in parentage and quantity of TB blood). + Fixed minor typos in BBB. Bug Fixes: - Fixed clock hands on Castle Clocks to actually show time of day - "Too many folks" instrument immobility bug fixed - Fixed changing club text sign colors will update right away - Removed the Western/English needless log entries - Leaning tower of people Server Game payout fixed. |
HI3 Server Update (December 4, 2023)
 | Whew, families and responsibilities took us away from development this summer, but here is a quick update. We are sitting down to work hard for another update before the holidays here! Have A Happy December! :)
Additions & Changes: + %SUPERSNOOP + %ALLOWSNOOP Enables anyone to see your current super orders. + Anomaly automatically makes an adventure party and invites everyone to it. In an attempt to reduce chaos :) + <2yo no need to apply cruppers/collars + Snow Covered Pine Tree now Planter-able. + Added Current Course Description & Rules to top of COURSES menu. + Traders now hide Suckling Mares. New Traders Added: + Petite Petisos- Petiso Argentinos + Finnish Your Warmbloods, Dear- Finnish Warmblood + Blackest of Forests- Black Forest Chestnut + Voronezhhhh in the Library- Voronezh Coach and Sub + Kiger Spirit of the West- Kiger Mustang A New Sport Breed: + Artistic Sporthorse Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Ardennais + Argentine Criollo + Argentine Polo Pony + Hackney (including subtypes) + Selle Francais A Massive Mealy Update: Old breeds, new coats: + Started adding mealy (pangare) to many breeds except for breeds with strict color standards where the mealy might interfere with the desired color (e.g. Friesian, Mallorquin, Menorquin, etc.) + This will unlock new coats (e.g. sorrel and mealy bays) that show a subtle "mealy" effect that exists in many breeds. + Breeds that have this type of mealy added to them will have "minimal-mealy" listed in their BBB color info. Simply check your favorite breed's BBB info to see if they have the new mealy update applied to them. Penalties and limitations: + This means no more penalty for carrying the mealy gene, BUT there will be 100% penalty for horses who show excessive mealiness. [This penalty is not negotiable, and it simply replaces the original a 100% penalty for carrying the mealy gene.] + The mealy gene will still be rare in these breeds. + The darker the coat, the more visible the effect will be. Very light coats are likely to look the same. How to get these brand new coats? + Technically you "can" breed the mealy gene into these breeds, but you'll likely end up with a grade foal due to conformation penalties. + We recommend you use a super-token instead, because all you need is one stallion that carries the mealy gene which you then can breed to numerous mares without any conformation issues. + Among the breeds that enjoy this update are: Paint and Quarter horses, Appaloosa, American Miniature, American Dutch Harness, German Riding Pony, Groningen. This is a partial list. + This "mealy" update is still WIP, so not all breeds are affected yet. To know if your favorite breeds were updated, simply check their BBB "Coats & Height" section info for "minimal-mealy". Additional breed tweaks: + Added leopard and frame-overo (both extremely rare) to the Selle Francais. You can now breed for these coats aor order them via super tokens. + Added more info as well as a 'conformation' section to the Ardennais breed info. + Added the Campeiro to the Walkaloosa's parentage list. |
HI3 Client Update v.64b (July 24, 2023)
| Some bug fixes for yesterdays update. Anyone who supered a horse with an incorrect breed identification should be able to re-identify to fix. And if anyone imbued breast collars of cruppers, they can now disimbue :)
Additions & Changes: + Added Disimbuement ability! You lose all invested gold dust, and up to 10% of crystals may break, but the rest are refunded. Bug Fixes: - Walk backwards animation slowed down. - Windows 32 bit client issue fixed. - Previously imbued breastcollars and cruppers now display in the proper color. (but they should be disimbued :) ) - Fixed but then removed the birthday icons on buddy lists due to complaints. - Fixed back button breed mismatch on random supering. - Breastcollar attachment fix for certain shapes of horses. - Crupper now adjusts to cart and sled harnesses. |
HI3 Client Update v.64A (July 23, 2023)
| New Tack! Took a ton of work, but hopefully you enjoy the new options and styles!
Additions & Changes: + Can pet and feed prior to going over start line in a competition now. + "Build Again" Button for clubs. + Horse Profile (Infertile) tag made red. + Randomizable Super Tokens to try now. + Hid leased, surrogate horses from Trader Lists. + Refresh button added to Adventure Party lists and post office. New Tack! + Simple Endurance tack set (bridle, pad, and saddle) craftable. + Ornate Endurance tack set (bridle, pad, and saddle) expensive to craft. + Craftable Breast collar and crupper (simple or ornate) can be used with all tack sets. + Special Zebra Endurance 5 part set (Black is dyeable) (2000 Mobia in store) + Special Leopard Endurance 5 part set (2000 Mobia in store). Horse Animation Updates: + Brand new animations for Walk and Gallop. + Fixes and refinements for Trot and Canter. Two New Sport Breeds: + Finnish Warmblood + Finnish Sport Pony Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Connemara Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added new history sections to the Connemara breed info (the Spanish armada and what happened in reality). + Added new coats to the Selle Francais: cream-dilutes, dominant-white, linebacked, and rabicano. Bug Fixes: - Fixed club fire pit bonuses. - Added Birthday icons for Buddy and clubby lists. - Horse ride along should have less camera movement for passengers. |
Corniest Server Glitch Ever (July 8, 2023)
 | Still tracking down the cause (Believe it to be an integer rollover or similar) for the Corntagion that spread around the isles the last couple days :) But I believe all affected club buildings have been returned to their previous selves.
You all handled it awesomely. The Pun-nishing Cornfusion was excellent to see :) Here are just a few of the comments noticed: Quiet: thats so corny Nautilis: my corndolances Quiet: i feel a pop quiz about corn sizzling Nautilis: it reads almost like a prank, you know? whoever did it is gonna get a real earful Quiet: I bet they are Stalking Global now Nautilis: let's hope the perp isn't too husk-y KayLaGale: for just a kernel of information OhSoLovely: Too bad we can't have some silky races while it's like this Equilibrium: well don't reveal who they are, going on and tassel-ing on them Nautilis: these are a-maize-ing CruelSummer: agreed that we shouldn't cob-ble them KayLaGale: it's just the silken threads in our minds DesertDun: Aw, shucks! HauntedHallow: maybe this glitch will let us all live in peas and hominy HauntedHallow: these jokes have really been the cream of the crop Talia: You should never tell a secret in a field of corn because they have too many ears! Talia: A person who is crazy about corns is called a corn-ivore! Talia: Let me give you a kernel of truth, Haunted is absolutely correct. Talia: ah all i got was i'll seed you later "corndolences" And note, we have been hard at work at a complex content update :) soonish! Have a great day! |
HI3 Client Update v.63c (April 29, 2023)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Horse walk animation has been completely revamped. + Added a failed pregnancy check and fix(set back to mare) when you view an in-foal profile. (these happen when a breeding attempted and doesn't complete before a server crash or update) + New 'Blaze' Plushie! + Right clicking on horse profile summary now includes horse height and coat name. + Moved Horse whistling mobia item to bottom of list to dissuade accidental clicks. New Club Firepits: + New themed firepits by Shaman. + Limit one per club + Being within 10 meters gives +50 once per minute in random player stat up to 5 times each Game day. Horse Animation Updates: + New Canter Animation. + New Trot Animation Unity Input System Update + Potential fix for touchpad issues. + Potential fix for frame stuttering issues causing some players to get motion sick. + Potential fix for scrolling issues on Mac and Linux. A New Heavy Draft: + Polish Draft, including the subtypes: > > Sokolski > > Sztumski (the stronger of the two) A New Crossbred Pony: + Welshland (Shetland Pony x Welsh Cob; comes in an enormous range of colors & patterns.) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Belgian + Dareshuri + Missouri Fox Trotter (including subtypes) Additional breed tweaks: + Added seal-brown to the Dareshuri plus expanded markings range. + Expanded info about Missouri Fox Trotters - added info about their conformation, usages, subtypes, and curly coat. + Increased the max height of Belgians to 20.2hh. + Increased the frequency of grey coats in Connemaras. + Fixed some typos in the BBB. Bug Fixes: - Fixed crash that would occur when someone at the bottom of a ride-along stack was invited to ride on the top. - Fixed issue causing hind leg posture to show when horses were trotting. |
HI3 Client Update v.63b (March 8, 2023)
| Quick Update to fix timeout keys +
Additions and Changes + Added admin ability to block breeding and comp starts before a server reset. + Timeout system reworked to be less intrusive. + Sorting by age now secondarily sorts by horse id rather than name. |
HI3 Client Update v.63a (March 4, 2023)
| Bunch of long standing bug fixes and some hopefully helpful quality of life improvements. Spring is nearly here! (for some of us)
Additions & Changes: + Added mare names to pregnancy popups so you know which one completed when breedings delayed. + Smelter will only list your 50 worst shoes in order of imbuement now. + Trader will only list your 50 worst plushies in order of imbuement now. + Horse Order by Default, SellingTag, By Competitor, By tack is now sorted by name after rank to remove randomness. + Items should no longer sort randomly after imbuements match, should sort in consistent order now. + Topiaries, Directional Signs and Plushie Pedestals can now be built in ranch right-of-ways + Help Center now makes buttons of sub topics like website does rather than dumping the entire contents. + Horse Searching now can search mare with or without In-foal and In-foals on their own. + Left and right page buttons on top of panels stylized to match other buttons so they stand out equally. + Your own horse list will always try to retain last current page and sort method when you return to it. + Added a confirmation to FORGET button on specialties. + You no longer can trade a parcel with course obstacles on it. This is blocked to prevent course bugs. + Performing a sliding stop now deducts a very small amount of stamina. (Imperceptible change for most, but prevents an exploit) A New Pony: + Mogod Pony A New Horse Unique to Horse Isle: + Artistic Baroque (for those who want a royal horse by 17th century standards ;). ) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + American Bashkir Curly (+subtype) + American Shetland (including subtypes) + Barb + Bashkir (including subtypes) + Brumby Additional Breed Tweaks: + Vladimir Heavy Drafts can now come in white-spotted sabino up to their belly (with 100% penalty for overly sabino ones, though). + Added 'conformation' section to the American Shetland + explained why this breed is not a Shetland. + Added 'conformation' section to the American Bashkir Curly. + Fixed false roan penalty in Greytallics (they don't have a roan coat, but they can carry roan Rn). + Fixed the small ear penalty in Non-characteristic Appaloosas (they now have the same penalty as regular Appaloosas). + Updated the breed info about Friesian White Horses to clarify that this breed is not a Friesian. We apologize for the confusion. To clarify: it's simply a crossbred between a Friesian (hence 'Friesian) and an American White Horse (hence 'White Horse') that has a white coat (hence, again, the 'White Horse') and has a Friesian-like conformation (hence, again, the 'Friesian'). It is not a 'regular' Friesian. + Added pictures to, and updated info in, the online BBB for dozens of breeds (including those from last update.) Bug Fixes: - Hind legs and ears no longer move when flipping between horse profiles or super token horse previews. - Player Prefix Removal now properly case sensitive. - Horse Shoes can be Smelted now rather than "Certs" (wrong button title) - The fabric of space time has been fixed in the far far flung western lands where folks would encounter a crash-line due to angry maths. - Removing a horse from showpen will no longer sometimes say "not your horse" - Cape Mountain Zebras conformation bug fixed (10% pinto Amt) - BBB will no longer state that hybrids can be found in wild incorrectly. - Sitting still on a horse for a long time will no longer incur a stamina hit upon moving again. - Keys with control bindings for things other than playing your instrument will now play notes properly. - Kayak controls now update in game after bindings are altered. - Fixed issue when equipping lead rope when mounted on horse and not being able to feed the horse. - When you add or remove record, no longer state: "No records currently playing." incorrectly. - Show platforms limited to building one per club village to prevent bugs. - Back button fixed after looking at mane event now. - Gals! Gals? fixed from chat filter over aggression :) - Fixed "ABCD of Sport Ponies" breed challenge to only be ponies. - Fixed sunken course gates hopefully. - Potential fix for Game Timeout keys not working on some Macs. - Horse to Horse Conformation Comparison fixed. it was putting out incorrect info. |
HI3 Client Update v.62b (January 2, 2023)
| Couple of quick tweaks that do not require server restart:
Additions & Changes: + Active course gate marker made more opaque at close distances. + Moving jumps properly reset height when course starts. |
HI3 Client Update v.62a (January 2, 2023)
| Happy Holidays Everyone! Sorry this got delayed a bit, but should be some fun content.
Additions & Changes: + The active course obstacle marker has been fine tuned to be less intense at close range. + Horse Traders now can support up to 3 requirements. + Additional Complicated Horse Trader Options have been added. + Sorted Club names alphabetically regardless of case. + Esroh Tax will no longer reduce auction prices if no active bids. + Club Managers will now see Quests and Books needing moderation via %MOD Horse Movement Animations: + Walk and Trot animations have been redone to be more natural and physically accurate. New Terrain Based Stamina Reduction + Various Sand and much terrains have had their stamina reduction increased to make more logical sense. + Paths actually reduce stamina drain slightly. Course XP Payout increase: + Our intention is to increase the benefit of shorter courses some. Reasoning being is it's a lot of work to start and run a shorter event, so to make them competitive for folks looking for XP we have boosted the lower end xp. > > [LENGTH] = [XP Payout multiplier] (base= 25xp +number of players beat x 5) > > 30s = .75x (was .5x) > > 1m = 1.25x (was 1x) > > 2m = 2x (was 1.25x) > > 3m = 2.75x (was 1.5x) > > 4m = 3.5x (was 1.75x) > > 5m = 4.25x (was 2x) > > 6m = 4.5x (was 2.25x) > > 7m = 4.75x (was 2.5x) > > 30m = 10.25 (was 8x) > > 60m = 15.25 (was 13x) > > 90m = 18.25x(was 16x) Book System (Still a work in progress, may be some glitches!): + At Club Libraries you may compose and edit your books. Under new "Curated books section". or "%BOOK" > > We recommend saving the books in progress often, it will tell you how many chars left, and save in case of crash. + In order to create shareable book items, you need to publish by submitting for club manager+ and then mod review. > > Note That all Horse Isle rules must be followed in the content of these books. > > Be sure to select Fiction/Non-Fiction and category appropriately. > > The Publish cost will be lost when publishing rejected. You may fix, and republish for same fee again. + Once a book is published you can create book item copies of them. These get added to your inventory, can be sold or traded like normal items. Requires an "Empty Book" Item. + Club libraries may store selected books in their own collection for anyone to view. View these at libraries under top option "Curated book shelves" > > Managers+ only can add books. > > Can add or remove books by reading them, buttons at bottom when Manager+ and conditions met. > > If you remove a book a different manager added, it goes back to original manager's inventory Course System Changes and Additions: + Added a Checkpoint obstacle - Simply enter it to pass it in any direction + Added Moving obstacles. These move when they are the current obstacle in course: > > Moving Oxer jump goes up and down > > Moving Board jump goes up and down > > Two Moving Lasso targets, up and down, and spinning for some difficult challenges. + Added Heading of previous obstacle when viewing object + Added Heading of next course obstacle when viewing object + Added ability to delete the obstacle after current one. (possible to do this several times to remove remaining obstacles for re-working course.) + Added category sorting to obstacles, so the build menu is longer, but easier to read now. Updated Help Files: + Updated the help file about Traits and Comparions. It now details how the comparison works, how to read it, and when to use it. You can find it at: Horses > Pedigree and Lineage. + Updated the help file about Breeding Amulets to (hopefully) prevent confusions/disappointments. It now details the limitations of amulets (what amulets don't do) versus what they actually do, their relationship with base stats and performance metrics, and some tips for the road. You can find it at: Horses > Breeding. + Added recessive and dominant donkey coats to the lists of coats in the Heredity section. Mixed Breed Update: + Whether you like horses or ponies, gaited or pinto, crossbreds or not, this update has a breed for you. + Some of these new breeds will come handy in the 12 new breed challenges. + Unicorn lovers - we don't have unicorns in Horse Isle, but we added two breeds that come close appearance-wise, to start your new year with. ;) New Greek Breeds:: + Arravani (always gaited) + Zante Horse (always black) New Austrian Breeds:: + Austrian Pinto Riding Horse (always tobiano/pinto) + Austrian Riding Pony (sport pony) New Unicorn-inspired Breeds:: + Friesian White Horse (always dominant-white; read BBB for details) + Greytallic Moorland (always metallic white-grey; read BBB for details) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout:: Horses: + Carthusian + Finnhorse (+subtypes) + French Trotter + Pintabian + Voronezh Coach Horse (including subtypes) Ponies/small horses: + Andean (including subtypes) + Fell Pony + Dales Pony + Pottok (including subtypes) + Sumba + Yakut (including subtypes) Added Colors/Patterns to Several Breeds (you can now order them):: + Carthusians can now come in bay, seal-brown, sooty and [grey with] dark mane & tail. + Dutch Warmbloods can now come in cream-dilutes. + Finnhorses can now come in linebacked. + French Trotters can now come in black, seal-brown, roan, grey, white-spotted sabino, and dominant-white. + Tersky horses can now come in black. + You can now order Fell Ponies in white/light grey. + You can now order Sumba Ponies without dun/primitive markings. A Dainty Dales Pony Update:: + Increased maximal EarCurvature to make curved ears more visible. + Dales Ponies can now naturally come with snips (and even have a star + snip). + Updated penalties for excessive Markings in Dales Ponies (according to the Dales' real breed standard) to 100%. You can still breed them to have leg markings (as you can now), but ponies that have too loud markings (e.g. blazes and/or stockings) will receive the full 100% penalty. + Expanded breed info - now includes 'conformation' and 'today' sections + added info about their markings in Horse Isle. A Pretty Pintabian Update:: + Added double cream-dilutes and heterozygous grey (Gg) to the Pintabian (you can now order them or breed them penalty-free). + Expanded breed info to clarify what tobiano is (generally), why the Pintabian is not an Arabian, and to clarify the breeding rules. >> If you have Pintabians penalized for the coats above, then re-test their conformation at the Horse Expert to get the penalty removed. + Updated the Pintabian's breed standard to conform better to its real breed standard. + The following regards non-tobiano foals, meaning foals that don't carry Tobiano To. If a foal is tobiano/tovero, then they are tobiano. If not, then the foal is non-tobiano even if they have a pinto coat. + Added a new subtype: Pintabian Breeding Stock, for non-tobiano foals born to two Pintabians or to Pintabian x Arabian cross. + This means that those non-tobiano foals will now be identified as Pintabian Breeding Stock instead of as penalized Pintabians. >> Existing non-tobiano Pintabians can now be re-identified at the Horse Expert as Pintabian Breeding Stock. + Read the breeding rules in the BBB for Pintabian Breeding Stock for more info. Updated Breed Info:: + Andean subtypes - updated info to clarify what makes each subtype unique. + Carthusian - clarified the difference between Carthusians and Andalusians (aka why the Carthusian is special). + Danish Sport Pony - added general info. + Finnhorse - added conformation info and how this breed is doing today. >> Work Finnhorse - added conformation section and current status. + French Trotter - clarified the differences between Trotter and Chaser, and added conformation overview. + Fell Pony - cleared up info and added conformation overview. + Mountain Pottoks and Prairie Pottoks subtypes now have unique breed info (rather than generic 'Pottok' info). + Small German Riding Horse - added origins, breeding guidelines, and conformation overview. + Voronezh Coach Horse - clarified where the subtypes came from and added more info. + Other minor info updates for various breeds to include interesting details and make it more readable. Additional Breed Tweaks:: + Broke the massive paragraph in the Abaco Barb's info into smaller, readable paragraphs. + Fixed the issue causing Danish Sport Pony crosses to be born as grades. If you have horses who were born with 100% parentage penalty for DSP, then you can now re-ID them as DSP at the Horse Expert. + Fixed various typos in the BBB. + Removed all non-ACD draft breeds from the American Cream Draft's purebreeding list (won't hurt any of the ACDs in the game, as none of those non-ACD drafts carried champagne.) + Added pictures to, and updated info in, the online BBB for dozens of breeds (including those from last update.) Bug Fixes: - The "Disable Pretty Lights" setting now disables camp fire lights. - Fixed issue with Halloween Plushies crashing on Mac. |
Happy Holidays! (December 30, 2022)
 | We have not forgotten about you, and regret we couldn't get an update out before Christmas, But we have been working on several fun additions and tweaks. It should be ready early next week! Hope everyone is having a good holiday and staying warm!
Thanks! -Joe and team |
HI3 Quick Server Update (November 14, 2022)
| Insane summer and family responsibilities took away a lot of HI3 development focus, but I plan on strapping in to do some more proper devel here now. In the mean time here are some quick little bonus tweaks to get us going. And a lot of horse content! -Joe
Additions & Changes: + Fixed "Perseverance" Award to actually start recording. (Last place in a competition) + Fruit affinity horses no longer seek out dark lanterns and will seek out rhubarbs instead. + Holiday tree present opening now has half the odds of Coal, and a new 1/8th chance of a random plushie, and a 1/8th chance of random horse shoe. + Support can now fix occasional "stuck" horses in auction easily. + Added sub-sorting by horsename to the affinity sorted horse lists. + Put horses away now prior to them being put "into" a show pen. + Petting a horse during a competition will now not even notice you. + Max Buddies upped from 200 to 250 + Added minutes countdown to Photohunt server game A Sport Pony Update! + An update dedicated for sport ponies. + We hope the additions below will help you decide which sport pony will best fit your needs. :) New Sport Ponies: + Arenberg-Nordkirchen (decent jumper + unique confo) + Danish Sport Pony (like DW but taller) + Lehmkuhlener (lots of colors) A New Sport Horse: + Small German Riding Horse (like GRP but taller) A New Donkey subtype: + Pyrenean Donkey Breeding Stock (read breeding rules in the BBB). Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Belgian Riding Pony (including subtypes) + British Riding Pony + French Riding Pony + German Riding Pony + North American Sportpony + Swedish Riding Pony A Grand German Riding Pony Update: + Added linebacked to German Riding Ponies - you can now breed/order them. + Increased penalties for too long legs and too large size to 100% - this was mandatory to prevent too much overlap with the Small German Riding Horse. >> Most GRPs in game are within the range and so won't be affected. >> Too small GRPs are not affected. >> Existing GRPs whose legs/size are too high will not be affected as long as you don't test their conformation at the Horse Expert. >> Tall GRPs might be eligible for re-ID as Small German Riding Horses. Make sure to compare their conformation first before you decide whether to re-ID theme or not. + Added 'conformation' section to the German Riding Pony breed info. + Expanded history about German Riding Ponies (books/websites might forget to mention a particular piece of information, but not our BBB. ;)) Added/Updated Help Files: + Added a help file about Inferring the genotype of horses without genetic testing. You can find it at: Horses > Heredity. + Updated the help file about Breed Group Challenges. It now includes the rules and three tips for success. You can find it at: Game > Missions. Additional Breed Colors Tweaks: + Belgian Riding Ponies can now naturally come in splashed-white thanks to a registered BRp (you can now order them via tokens.) + American Paint Horses and their subtypes can now come in minimal belton (you can now order them via tokens.) + Increased odds for roan, tobiano and cream-dilutions in French Riding Ponies to better fit how common they are in this breed today. + Unlocked silver-dapple for North American Sportponies - you can now breed for them. + Unlocked dominant-black for Swedish Riding Ponies - you can now breed for them. Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added 'conformation' section to the breed info about British Riding Ponies and Swedish Riding Ponies. + Added to relevant ponies a note clarifying that ponies shorter than 12hh are not rideable in Horse Isle (even if they are sport ponies.) + Added pictures to, and updated info in, the online BBB for dozens of breeds (including those from last update.) |
HI3 Quick Server Update (October 19, 2022)
| Quick server reset to fix the following:
Bugfixes: - Players not in a club should now be able to see all auction listings |
HI3 Quick Server Update (October 18, 2022)
| A few quick requested tweaks to help friends not outbid eachother at auction.
Additions & Changes: + Auctions no longer anonymous to Buddies and Clubbies + Auctions no longer state who outbid you. + Easygoing Arabian trader has been set to pay out $500 more than a standard breed trader after much debate. |
HI3 Client Update v.61a (October 6, 2022)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Active course obstacle marker has been redone for better visibility and accessibility. + Riders on the sailboat will now be able to stack more riders on their shoulders from the crow's nest / stern. + Added a view all competitions to bottom of your COURSES tab. + Auctions are anonymous now unless it's your auction. > > "Current Bid" for someone else winning. > > "You Have High Bid" for you. + Added 18 Additional Breed Challenges. + Added Current Auctions and Horse Leases to Global Esroh Tax reduction. > > (The reduced lease payment is fair as is, and the owner of the horse should not expect additional $ due to tax effect) Horse Idle Animation Updates + Head Toss + Yawning + Resting on single hind leg (left or right) + Sleepy New Spooky Plushies: + Black Cat + Candy Corn + Pumpkin + Spider The Iconic Appearance Update - Part 2: + There are many lovely breeds with iconic appearances, and this update gives them another boost. + Added new help files about how to infer a horse's genotype from looking at their coat. + Updated the coat/breeding rules of some of those breeds (see below.) + Added 18 new breed challenges, some are super easy and require only two or three breeds, so get ready to acquire some beautiful horses. + Slightly broadened the conformation standard of some breeds (see below.) This does NOT affect any [perfect] horses (your horses will remain penalty-free.) It merely allows you to order/breed horses who have a slightly more refined conformation. + Hope you enjoy this update. The next one will be about a different (but requested) topic. :) New Breeds with Iconic Coats: + Auvergne (always brown/dark-bay) + Barraquand (always dark-bay; often sooty) + Monchino (always black/dark-bay; good stamina) + Suflinger (Haflinger x Suffolk Punch; always chestnut) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Cleveland Bay (always bay) + Desert Norman (always brown/black/grey) + Exmoor (always mealy brown) + Haflinger (always flaxen chestnut; including subtypes) + Nonius (always black/brown; including subtypes) + Norwegian Fjord (a range of duns) A Colorful Cleveland Bay Update! + Added Ee bay coats to Cleveland Bays, meaning they can come in plenty more bay coats than they used to! + You can either breed for these new coats or get them via tokens. + Added 'conformation' section to the Cleveland Bay's breed info. + Set 100% penalty for Cleveland Bays that exhibit markings out of standard (continue reading.) + Added two new subtypes: > > Mismarked Cleveland Bay - for bay Cleveland Bays that have white markings that exceed the breed standard (e.g. large stars, snips, and socks.). > > Mismarked Cleveland Bay - Chestnut Division - for chestnut Cleveland Bays that were born to two Ee bay parents. They can also have white markings. > > Both of these subtypes are in accordance with the Cleveland Bay book's Mismarked registry. > > Chestnut horses born to two Cleveland Bays can now be re-IDed at the Horse Expert as members of the Chestnut Division, and mismarked bay ones can now be re-IDed as members of the Mismakred Bay Division. > > Existing Cleveland Bays that have markings penalty will keep their original 'Cleveland Bay' registration as long as you don't re-ID them at the horse expert. > > You CAN use both subtypes as breeding stock for purebred Cleveland Bays. Read breeding rules in the BBB. A Fantastic Fjord Update: + Unlocked flaxen for Norwegian Fjords. + For ordered Fjords: increased the odds of tokening a Fjord with pangare PgPg rather than Pgpg. + Increased the dished profile and back arch of Norwegian Fjords to make them more visible. + Increased the stance of the hind legs. You can now order/breed Norwegian Fjords who stand with their hind legs further behind them (as seen in many real Fjord stallions.) + Lowered minimal croup height to allow a more rounder croup. + Added lots of information to the Norwegian Fjord's BBB entry: > > Expanded history. > > Added a 'conformation' section + a section about their unique manes. > > Added a 'colors' section + calrification why we allow double-cream diluted Fjords in Horse Isle. A Nice Nonius Update: + Added seal brown to Nonius horses (in accordance with real registered Nonius stallions.) + Nonius horses can now have markings on both their face and legs (although it is extremely rare; mosaic is still via breeding.) + Bumped up the Roman profile of Nonius horses for better visibility. + Increased the slenderness of their girth for better visibility. + Increased the sooty frequency (as Nonius horses are more likely to be sooty than not.) + You can get Nonius horses with all of the tweaks above via breeding or via tokens. + Removed FlFl requirement from Nonius standard (doesn't affect tha avatar in any way. Just makes it earier to breed them out of wild stock.) + Added more info to the Nonius' breed info. Added New Help Files to the Horses > Heredity Section: + These new files contain tips and tricks for inferring your horse's genotype just by looking at their coat. + The main files are: > > Recessive coats and how to master their brilliance. > > Dominant coats and how to harness their power > > Multiple-allele coats and how to rein their trickery + If you read all of them, you should have a good idea of how to tell most (if not all) of your horse's genotype ust by looking at their coat. :) Fixed Anglo-Trake Glitch + Updated ISH Parentage Requirement: + Removed Trakehners from Irish Sport Horse parentage rules in order to prevent a glitch with breeding Anglo-Trakehners. > > Existing ISHs with one Trakehner parent will keep their ISH registration as long as you don't confo test them at the Horse Expert. + Existing Anglo x Trake horses that were born as ISHs can now be re-identified at the Horse Expert as Anglo-Trakes. * This small tweak is essential for Anglo-Trakes breeders, and will have a minor effect on ISHs, as most of them don't have Trake parents, and there are plenty more warmbloods that you can use if you are after crossbreeding. Additional Breed Tweaks: + Increased sooty frequency in Exmoors. + Updated the Exmoor breed info: > > Added 'conformation' section. > > Corrected some inaccuracies + removed outdated info. + Updated the Haflinger breed info: added a 'subtypes' section (explained about the Haflinger subtypes,) a 'conformation' section, and a section explaining why Halfingers don't come in sooty. Bug Fixes: - Numpad number keys once again switch ride-along positions. - Smoothed out jagged faces in sailboat sail. - Primary mouse button setting in Windows is once again respected in game. |
HI3 Client Update v.60a (September 9, 2022)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Imbue effect has been removed from horse shoe icons to improve performance. + Breed group challenges have been fixed and are now enabled. (Those who clicked completions on them already, keep them, just lose some challenge :) ) New Tricolor Tails + Shaved Low / Shaved High + Braided + Braided and Banged The 'Iconic Coat' Update: + An update dedicated to all the breeds who have iconic coat colors. + Some have their coat/breeding rules updated, so read their BBB coat info carefully. New Breeds: + Non-chestnut Black Forest Chestnut (read breeding rules in BBB.) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Black Forest Chestnut (always flaxen chestnut) + Boulonnais (usually white-grey; including subtypes) + Camarillo White Horse (always white) + Fire Friesian (always chestnut) + Friesian (always black) Fire Friesians are here! And a Big Friesian Update + Increased the dished profile and ear tip curvature of Friesians for better visibility (you can order them via tokens or breed for it.) + Friesians can no longer come in chestnut. + Instead, there's a new subtype: Fire Friesian, for chestnut Friesians born to Friesian parents: > > This means that chestnut Friesian foals will now be identified as Fire Friesians instead of as generic Friesians. > > Existing chestnut Friesians can be re-identified as Fire Friesians, permanently, at the horse expert as Fire Friesians. > > If you already have a chestnut Friesian, they will keep their current 'Friesian' registration as long as you don't re-ID them at the horse expert. > > Read breeding rules in the BBB under the Fire Friesian's page. + Unlocked flaxen for Friesians (in accordance wit a real registered Fire Friesian stud.) + Fire Friesians can have larger markings than Friesians. This means that you can now breed chesntut Friesians who have snips, stripes, and socks. Additional Breed Tweaks: + Boulonnais horses can now grow longer tails penalty-free (in accordance with newly registered stallions.) + Fixed domiannt-black glitch in Quarter and Paint horses (shouldn't affect existing horses.) Bug Fixes: - Fixed "SnapToTargetTransform" crash that occurred with ride along stacks. - Fixed mini-map related crash. - Horse profiles now properly show updates to mane and tail after they are applied at the barber shop. |
HI3 Client Update v.59a (August 25, 2022)
| Happy 3rd Anniversary of HI3 Going Live! Thanks Everyone! Here is a Pretty Big Horse Update!
UPDATE: Temporarily disabled the breed group challenges as there is a bug. Additions & Changes: + The camera now shows a warning message if you are about to capture a photo of something already in your album. + The AGI Esroh blessing now requires that your horse is moving in addition to being on a slope. + Players riding on other player's shoulders now count as passengers on courses. + Beginner Bird 2 week horse leases may now be bought out prior to lease expiry for 5k from profile. > > (For those whose leases already expired, we're sorry they are gone) New Breed Group Challenges + You can now earn Breed Group Challenges if you own all of the required breeds. + You can view the challenges on player profiles below Awards. + When you believe you have the requirements you must click Attempt on the specific challenge. + Leased horses do not count. + Once earned the collections reward is permanent. + There is a normal Award for achieving the groups. + Completing groups earns 200gd and 10qp per number of breeds involved in specific challenge. New Horse Animations: + Fly Stomp Bite + Look Around + Look Left / Right Variations New Mane and Tail Styles + Several New Tricolor mane and tail variations are available at the barber. A Gaited Update! + Added an explanation about gaited horses to the help file about types of horses: Horses > Types of Horses > Horse Types and Definitions. + Added a help file about the inheritance of gaits (GaitKeeper gene + which gaits the foal can inherit): Horses > Heredity > Inheritance of Gait. + Updated the BBB info for plenty of gaited breeds (see below.) Added New Gaited Breeds: New Horses: + Campeiro (beautiful Brazilian breed) + Yanqi (a very long-framed horse,) including the subtypes: > > Mountain Yanqi > > Plains Yanqi New Ponies: + Chakouyi (12.3 - 13.1hh) + Mytilene Pony (11.1 - 11.3hh) + Spiti (11.2 - 13.2hh) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout for the following gaited breeds: Breeds with a large variety or unique coats: + Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse (has a pinto sub-registry) + Rocky Mountain Horse (usually silver-dapple or flaxen-chestnut) + Smokey Valley Horse (tons of colors, can be pinto) + Spotted Saddle Horse (always pinto) + Tennessee Walking Horse (tons of colors, can be pinto) + Walkaloosa (always leopard) Mules and ponies: + Pega Mule (also comes in many colors) + Peneia Pony (sometimes gaited) More Unique Breeds: + Cape Boerperd (often gaited) + Florida Cracker (sometimes gaited) + McCurdy Plantation Horse (including subtypes) + Nokota subtypes (sometimes gaited) + Rahvan + South African Boerperd (sometimes gaited) + Tiger Horse (including subtypes) Spotted Saddle Horse Update: + Added info about the conformation and patterns of Spotted Saddle Horses to their BBB entry. + Added a new subtypes: Spotted Saddle Horse - Solid Registry, for solid-colored foals born to two Spotted Saddle Horses. + This means that those solid-colored foals will now be identified as Solid SSHs instead of as grade gaited horses. >> Existing solid-colored foals born to two SSHs can now be re-identified at the Horse Expert as Solid SSH. + This also means you can now cross SSHs with solid-colored SSHs to get purebred SSHs (instead of 0% pure horses as it was up until now). + Read the breeding rules in the BBB for Solid SSHs and regular SSHs for more info. Walkaloosa Update: + Added a new subtypes: Walkaloosa Breeding Stock, for non-leopard foals born to two Walkaloosas. + This means that those non-leopard foals will now be identified as WBSs instead of as grade gaited horses. >> Existing solid- colored foals born to two Walkaloosas can now be re-identified at the Horse Expert as WBSs. + This also means you can now cross WBSs with Walkaloosass to get purebred Walkaloosas. + Read the breeding rules in the BBB for Walkaloosa Breeding Stock for more info. Additional Breed Tweaks: + McCurdy horses can now have curved eartips in accordance with newly registered stallions (you can order them via tokens or breed for it.) + Made socks, stockings, and blazes more common in Hispano-Arabs. + Added pictures to, and updated info in, the online BBB for dozens of breeds(including those form last update.) + Added conformation info to the Rocky Mountain Horse. + Added conformation info to the Tennessee Walking Horse. Bug Fixes: - Animated imbuing effect removed from plushie icons in an attempt to fix crashing for players with a large number of plushies. - Fixed stacked ride-alongs lagging in the middle of the stack when moving. - Reduced the server traffic produced by stacked ride alongs. - White-wolf ride along rider pose fixed. - Esroh blessings no longer create a duplicate horse in super horse preview. - The kayak supports the bow and stern ride along positions once again. |
HI3 Client Update v.58a (July 22, 2022)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Falling trees now have collision disabled to prevent sabotage during races. + The frequency of the rearing behavior has been further reduced. + Variety in horse behaviors has been improved. + A notification has been added for if your placed horse runs away from something scary. + Horse base stat chart now shows detailed breakdowns of each stat when cursor is over a column. (plus the total max the horse could ever have in parenthesis) + Cruise control now works for ice skates. Updated mushroom coat names: + The coat coloration stays the same. We only updated the naming. + 'Mushroom' will now be a prefix instead of a sole coat name. E.g., a coat will be named 'mushroom cremello' instead of just 'mushroom.' + This means that horses who had 'mushroom' coats prior to the update will now have a full coat name listed on their profile. + We hope it'll help you differ between the different chestnut-based mushroom coats that exist in the game. New Plushies: + Cactus + Red Mushroom + Sunflower New Bonus Stat System: + Horses may now earn Esroh Blessings. These are permanent increases to a horses stats. These are granted by the magic of these lands to horses that are enjoyed and ridden a lot. Not many horses will earn full blessings! + Blessings may occur when performing the following on a horse: > > Sprinting provides Speed bonus > > Following trails or Affinity tracking provides Intelligence bonus > > Steep slopes or jumping provides Agility bonus > > Pulling sleds or carts provides Strength bonus > > Otherwise Normal Riding may get an Endurance bonus + Blessings are permanent stat boosts to the horse. Their full +20 point effect is equal to that of max plushies. + These show on a horse stat bar now as the "Bonus" value. + The first point is 20x easier/faster to earn than the final 20th point. + Now a fully blessed, tacked, shoed, genetic, trained horse could get the absolute max 1000pts in a stat. Ride-Along Expanded: + Players can now give shoulder rides by inviting others to ride-along while on foot. + When shapeshifting as an animal that is sufficiently large other players can ride-along. Re-arranged Help Files for Clarity: + Information about all the types of equines in the game is now under the Types of Horses category. + Information about scrapbooks and rankings is now under the Profiles category. + Information about leasing, buying, selling, and training horses is under the new Acquiring and Selling category. + Added a new help category: Heredity. It is still WIP, but it will give practical information about: >> Calculating which genes the foal can inherit. >> Predicting which coats the foal can have. >> Picking the best parents to get the ideal foal. >> And more. An Update for the Rare Breeds: + We received a lot of questions lately about rare breeds in Horse Isle. + All of the breeds mentioned below are rare in Horse Isle. + We hope the following will help you decide which breeds you prefer to focus on. :) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: Rare horses: + Bosnian (including subtypes) + Iomud (rare for a sport breed) + Kushum (including subtypes) + Rottal (heavy sport warmblood) + Santa Cruz Island Horse (beautiful Spanish-type horse) + Xilingol Rare ponies: + Landais Pony (a small 'all-around' pony) + Messara Pony (extremely rare) + Timor Pony (extremely rare) + Sandalwood Pony (extremely rare) Or, Give a Try to these New [Real] Rare Breeds: NEW Rare, small horses: + Cukurova, including the subtypes: > > Harness Cukurova > > Saddle Cukurova + Megruli (small, squarish horse) + Tushin (small horse with good endurance; sometimes gaited) NEW Rare, larger horses: + Pfalz-Ardenner (heavy draft) + Uzunyayla (a long-framed horse) BBB Breed Info Additions: + Added info about the Santa Cruz Island Horse. + Added info about the Iomud. + Added conformation info to the Sandalwood Pony. + Added conformation info to the Timor Pony. + Added conformation info to the Xilingol. + Expanded breed info about National Park Cross Nokotas + clarified their breeding rules. + Expanded 'conformation' section for the Nokota. + Added pictures to, and updated info in, the online BBB for dozens of breeds. Updated the coats/appearance of the following breeds: + Rottal horses can now come in non-flaxen chestnut (you can order them via tokens.) + Shagya Arabians horses can now come in seal-brown (you can order them via tokens.) + Increased the eartip curvature in Nokota horses for better visibility (you can order them via tokens or breed for it.) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Fixed breeding glitch in the Kushum. You can now cross a generic Kushum with its subtypes and get a purebred Kushum foal. [Subtypes still have closed books.] + Fixed purebreeding typo in Walkaloosas (doesn't affect any horses, was just a typo in the BBB.) + Fixed a bug which prevented solid foals born to two Halter Appaloosa parents from being registered as non-characteristic Appaloosas (instead they were born as Quarter Ponies or AQHs.) * Solid (non-spotted) "Halter Appaloosa" foals can now be re-identified at the horse expert as Non-characteristic Appaloosas. Clarification about Base Stats of Non-Horse Equines: + Recently, there was a bit of a confusion regarding the base stats of donkeys, zebras, and hybrids. + Added a new help file to clarify how base stats work in those equines: Base Stats: Genetic Ranges and Caps (Category: Horses > Stats.) + Updated the help files about those equines to include their base stat max cap. + If you still have questions about how those stats work, please post them in Horses forum for Pathfinder to see. Bug Fixes: - Fixed injured horses flying off at super speed when lead rope disconnected. - Fixed bug causing horse cart passengers to warp away when cart is put away. |
Quick Server Update (June 18, 2022)
| A few Quick Fixes for yesterday's update.
Additions & Changes: + Fixed Button on Smelt Page + Fixed "%ReHead" Command to actually work. + Warn when smelting horseshoes and can't carry more iron |
Quick Server Update (June 17, 2022)
| Made a few Quick improvements to today's update.
Additions and Changes: + The quick score message when crafting was showing a smaller value than the actual total points horse shoe was given. (would have said +35 max instead of +50) fixed. + You can Smelt down old horseshoes now at furnace, costs shoe+coal+500 focus. + Removed horseshoe exporter missions as they would have grabbed randomly stat-ed shoes from inventory. + Fixed a bug with the horse shoe crafted stats being overly lower than should have been. Fixed to being pure-balanced-random now. + Added "Shoe" category to inventory sorting. |
HI3 Client Update v.57a (June 17, 2022)
| Happy Summertime! We're adding the second to last stat boost so the rarest horses can almost get to perfect 1000 stat score. (Current max is 980 with this update!) And happy hunting cave dwellers!
Additions & Changes: + Everyone learns to share better. All ranch craft buildings are usable by everyone now. + Added a chat command: %Rehead to restore previous heading in case accidentally lost. + Specialty Tomes list is now alphabetically sorted. Horse Shoe System: + Added Horseshoes tack-able now + Bottom hoof texture change upon applied horseshoes + When crafting Horseshoes now, they gain a random imbuement similar to found plushies. + Horseshoe crafting focus cost increased to 1000 to account for the imbuement. + Added Specialty "Blacksmith", doubles the minimum imbuement a crafted horseshoe can be. (+10 total rather than +5 pts) + Imbued horseshoes have up to 10pts of each stat effect on horses, equivalent to plushies and pads. + Shoes do not wear out as high stat ones will be exceptionally rare. + A Horseshoes Exporter Task added. New Plushies Bandicoot, Capybara, Catfish, Dingo, Echidna Fennec Fox, Frill Necked Lizard, Jackrabbit Javelina, Jellyfish, Jerboa, Kiwi, Leopard Macaw, Meerkat, Monitor Lizard, Mousedeer Mudskipper, Numbat, Orangutan, Otter, Piranha Quail, Salmon, Seagull, Sea Turtle, Shoebill Tuna, Vulture, Woodpecker New Animation + New whistle animation when player whistles for their horse. You can now complete your Japanese horse collection! + New Breed Miyako + New Breed Misaki (The other Japanese breeds are Hokkaido, Kiso, Taishu, Tokara, Noma, and Yonaguni.) A New Appaloosa Subtype: + Appaloosa Halter Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added warning notes to the BBB height info of small, non-rideable breeds (still WIP). + Added full breed info about the Tokara. + Added full breed info about the Taishu. + Changed the Taishuh's name into Taishu (in accordance with updated Japanese translation rules). + Added conformation section to the BBB info about the Pindos Pony. Bug Fixes: - Fixed an issue causing horses too rear uncontrollably in Dark Forest or Decay biomes. - Fixed broken roof sections in Western club buildings. - Shift+M will no longer try to show a heading if none active. - New Colt Foals will also no longer register as mares for the Lineage System. - Fixed a few hundred Lineage system horses incorrectly marked as mare back to sire where the horses still existed. |
HI3 Client Update v.56d (May 28, 2022)
| The Mac download of this version was glitched yesterday. We tried unsuccessfully to fix with a partial fix for just mac last night and failed. So, this morning is a proper new build including the mac fix. This is a non-reset update. Mac players will likely need to completely uninstall and re-download the game.
Bug Fixes: - Fixed various exceptions on Mac. |
HI3 Client Update v.56c (May 27, 2022)
| We finally found a workaround for a Unity bug that caused some mac players to crash upon login. For those who were using a special version, you should now work fine with the normal mac update. Thanks for your patience with that! It was a nasty glitch.
Additions & Changes: + Added functionality so that current participating horses should show up when arriving mid-show now. + Added Chat Command %HidePrefix - Toggles showing prefixes in your various horse listings. + Overall chances of horses rearing has been reduced. + Higher mood value will reduce the chance of horses rearing. + One can look at Furnace crafting menu now without firing furnace. + Added Top100 Button to website header a couple days ago. + Added time in game counter to the F3 Menu. New Horse Search Added: + You can now search through your own horses by partial name to aid those with a name in mind or a custom naming system in place. + At the bottom of a horse list is a "Search" button, otherwise you can type %Search into chat. + You can search partial names, partial prefixes, age rank , rank range, genders. + All of the fields must match, leave fields blank that aren't needed. + The last search performed can then be used on most horse selection pages by sorting via the new [?] button. New Emote: + A "Dab" emote can now be unlocked. A Big Update for the Tiny Horses! + You can use the new "max weight" course rule to limit competitions for small horses and ponies. + This rule is far more effective than height restriction in blocking small yet bulky ponies from entering competitions. + Setting max weight to 100kg will block all horses except for miniature ones. + Setting it to 220 will allow most small horses who are unrideable while blocking most of those who are rideable. + Setting it to 250 will allow small horses, including rideable ones. + Now that you know this, which small breed should you focus on breeding? We hope the additions below will help you decide. :) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout (shortest > tallest; hh): + South African Miniature Horse (6.2 - 9.1) + Petiso Argentino (10 - 12) + Yunnan (11.1 - 11.3) + Pindos Pony (11.1 - 12.1) + Piquira Pony (11.1 - 12.3) Or, try one of these New Japanese Small Horses/Ponies (hh): + Tokara (9.3 - 12) + Taishuh (10.2 - 13.1) + Yonaguni (10.3 - 12.3) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Clarified breeding rules for NPC Nokotas in their BBB info (about why you can't cross them with AQH/APH). + Fixed all "Westaphlia" typos in Rhenish German Coldblood's breed info. + Fixed small glitch with Namib Desert Horses having random eye sizes. + Updated breed info about Namib Desert Horses. Bug Fixes: - Registering an Ancestor if currently gelding now records as a Sire, rather than Dam. - Fixed the "Disable Pretty Lights" feature. - "Applied Infinitum Amulet" no longer added to horse history in a narrow case when it actually wasn't successfully added. |
HI3 Client Update v.56b (May 6, 2022)
| Additions & Changes:
+ A sharp line that formed on the front foal legs has been smoothed out. + Ranch/Club Lamps now auto-shut off during day. (Except for dark forests) + Tab key now moves focus from email input to password input on login screen. New Horse Animation: + The elusive rear animation has been redone and made more common. + Probability of rear behavior occurring is: > > Higher for stubborn or ornery horses > > Lower as horse experience increases > > Higher when near something scary, such as the vet. If horse is left scared for too long it will wander away! > > Free Roaming Horses now rear when they encounter something scary. This will interrupt their movement for a brief time. Experienced horses rear less frequently when free roaming. New Horse Trick: + Horses can now learn a controlled rear on command. + This animation is distinct from that of the naturally occurring rear behavior. + This command cannot be given when mounted. Horse Show Fix: + Fixed a bug where newer horses would not show up for recent horse shows. A (long awaited) Heavy Draft Update! + The new 'Min Weight' course rule allows draft breeders to set competitions only for heavy drafts. + Simply set the minimal weight of 650 to allow all heavy drafts while excluding most warmbloods. + Setting it to 700 will allow only heavy drafts to participate, although it'll exclude small individuals even if they are heavy drafts. + If you want only the very mighty ones, set it to 800 (any higher will exclude most or all heavy drafts). + Which draft breed should you compete with? We hope the additions below will help you decide. :) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Ban Ei (perhaps the best draft horse for sled pulling) + Sugarbush Harlequin Draft ('appaloosa' spotted heavy draft) + Dutch Draft (another super-strong draft) + Poitevin (unique conformation & colors) + Schleswig (a good breed to invest in if you are after top ranking list) + Suffolk Punch (unique breed, read the BBB) Or, Try Out a Brand New Heavy Draft Breed: + Rhenish German Coldblood Additional Breed Tweaks: + Updated online BBB with the new breeds + info from last update. + Added conformation info to the Ban Ei. + Added brindle and sooty to the Schleswig (can now token them). + Rephrased from "breeding" to "horse-breeding" in the Restoration Tarpan's info. + Fixed pearl glitch in Shire Sport Horses (they can now carry ccp). * Ccp horses with a conformation and parentage of an SSH can now be re-identified at the horse expert as SSHs. Note: Ccp and cpcp are not allowed because Shires always carry cream c. + Expanded breed info about the Suffolk Punch: > > Why 'Punch' and why does it make the Suffolk Punch unique? > > How did people in the 18th century found the Suffolk Punches? (And who said that "they could trot no better than a cow"?) > > What is a 'modern' Suffolk Punch and why is it the oldest draft in England? > > Added conformation section. > > All that and more, now in the BBB. Bug Fixes: - Toggling lamps no longer loses color. - Instruments and Emote menu no longer show incorrect labels. - Fix for alternate language keyboards crashing the idle timer key prompts. - Fixed issue where horse would be looking at their owner on remote client, but not local. - Fixed horses showing up stuck in ground after a conformation report. |
HI3 Client Update v.56a (April 21, 2022)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Can no longer do conformation reports on Leased horses. + Radial menus now show a text hint for the selected option (Emotes, Tricks, Instruments) + Current competitions now says "started 3m ago" instead of just "already running". + For those who had conformation tests while leased out: %REMOVECONFORMATION is new command when desired horse is placed. + Cruise control is now disabled when switching between different types of travel (on foot, mounted, kayak, etc.) + Cruise control indicator text now visible in lower left of screen when cruise control is active. + Inverted vet sign colors to not be confused with red cross Horse Course Rule Additions: + Min Horse Weight = horses must weigh at least this many Kilograms + Max Horse Weight = horses must weight less than this many Kilograms + Min Breed Conformation = horses must have conformation % known, and meet minimum % + Min Breeding Purity = Breeding purity must meet minimum % New Expert Horse vs Horse Trait Comparison + Can now compare a horse vs another horse and get a full list of traits and how they differ between them. + Same fee as Genetics test ($10k normally). + Button at bottom allows copying the numerical values to computer's clipboard for pasting into a spreadsheet. Ranch and Club Lights + Ranch and Club lamps are now deco permit based. + Client can disable "All the pretty lights" if it's too much. + Added ability to set lamp colors now. Click MANAGE on a club or ranch light. A Few New Breeds: + Lac La Croix Indigenous Pony + Namib Desert Horse (interesting conformation) + Restoration Tarpan (& myth busting… read BBB for info) New Crossbreds: + Canadian Rustic Pony (Welara x Restoration Tarpan, read BBB for breeding & color rules) + National Park Cross Nokota (Nokota x AQH/APH/NPC Nokota, read BBB for breeding rules) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Canik (gaited) + Flemish (draft) + French Chaser (strong jumper and racer) + Guanzhong (light-draft) + Konik (an only-grullo) + Nokota + Noma (smallest Japanese breed) Additional breed tweaks: + You can now cross two Arabo-Trakehners and get a purebred Arabo-Trakehner. + Added 'conformation' section to the French Chaser's breed info. + Added sooty and wild-bay to the Guanzhong (can now order them). + Updated breed info about Koniks in accoradnce with 2021 review about this breed's true origins. Bug Fixes: - Shiny player emojis now hide properly when "Hide Player Names" or "Hide All GUI" option enabled. - Horses with flower affinity will now seek out desert roses. - Potential fix for horses losing their tack bonus after mane or tail styling. - Potential fix for Enter key submitting button clicks for purchase buttons. - Keyboard keys no longer get stuck in a pressed state when switching between game window and other windows. - Fixed crash when quick travelling while in placement mode for ranch or club objects. |
HI3 Client Update v.55a (April 1, 2022)
| Game Engine Update:
This update includes a minor patch to our underlying game engine. Hopefully this will address many of the input issues. Bug Fixes: - Moving between the game window and other windows no longer causes button clicks to be lost. - Fixed crash that would occur if Disable Particles option was checked in Video Settings. - Possibly fixes trackpad issues. - Possibly fixes MacOS "HI3 Quit Unexpectedly" crash. |
HI3 Client Update v.54a (March 31, 2022)
| Known Issue
! The "Disable Particles" checkbox is will cause the game to crash upon login if checked. Fix coming shortly. Additions & Changes: + Propeller Beanie Hat available for April Fool's Day in Mobia Store. + Unicorn Player Hats (rainbow or fully-dyeable) will be available for Horse Isle Anniversary (May 4th) in Mobia Store. Horse Animation Improvements: + New and improved Levade animation. Video Settings Changes: + Various settings have been moved out of the Gameplay settings and into the Video settings > > Graphics Quality > > Limit FPS > > Disable Pretty Lights (Torches, Lamps) > > Disable Particles **Please keep this box unchecked for now! Will cause the game to crash upon login! + A new option to disable shadows has been added. This allows shadows to be disabled even in higher quality modes. + A new Limit FPS option has been added that disables V-Sync. + All Settings in the Video settings are stored per computer. An New Feral Breed: + Sable Island Horse (a small horse who survives on a bleak island mainly thanks to seals! More info in the BBB.) A New Sport Breed: + Arabo-Trakehner (read breeding and registration rules in BBB). + Anglo-Trakehner (read breeding and registration rules in BBB). American Saddlebred Height Tweak: + American Saddlebreds can now be as short as 14hh (in accordance with its current description by the breed's association). + You can super-order those short Saddlebreds. + BodySize penalty is now 100% instead of 50% (as it's now possible to breed short Saddlebreds penalty free). > > The new penalty affects only Saddlebreds who are born after this update, or having their conformation assessed at the Horse Expert. > > Most Saddlebreds are not going to be affected. > > If your Saddlebred is 14hh and has size penalties, then you can check their conformation at the expert to see if they still have the penalty (they probably won't). > > The fact your Saddlebred had 50% penalty prior to this update doesn't mean they will have 100% penalty after this update. It can be anywhere between 50 to 100 (or, if they are 14hh as mentioned above, they might have 0% penalty), with 100% being extremely rare. > > This new penalty is essential to maintain the same penalties for most Saddlebreds that exceed the size standard and were penalized for it before this update (in other words, to not reduce the existing penalties from Saddlebreds who are below/above the standard). + Updated the performance metrics in the American Saddlebred's breed info. Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Curly Sporthorse (including the smooth division) + Racking Horse + Trakehner Bug Fixes: - Shrunk oversized baobab colliders. - Reduced the dead clicks when switching back to game window to just one! - Fixed texture scaling on newer plushies (Server Horses, Pet Rock, Ghost). - Fixed spelling error (Halemdia to Halimeda). |
HI3 Client Update v.53d (March 17, 2022)
| Thanks for your patience as we still work through various issues with the new Unity Game Engine.
Additions & Changes: + Key bindings can now be completely cleared (Click red X button next to the binding). New Plushie: + A spooky new Ghost Plushie has been added. (Happy Birthday HauntedHallow!) A Small Appaloosa Update: + Set markings range for Foundation Appaloosa in accordance with the breed's real standard. > > This range already exists in all the other Appaloosa types. + Foundation Appaloosas born with excessive markings (usually wide 'pinto' blazes and/or stockings) will receive a large penalty but will be registered as Foundation Appaloosa if they have proper conformation. > > The new penalty will affect only Foundation Appaloosas born after this update, or having their conformation assessed at the Horse Expert. + Updated Appaloosa breed info in accordance with questions and replies that came up in the forums more than once: > > Clarified the Appaloosa's origins. > > Added 'Breeding' section for the Modern Appaloosa. > > Added information about solid-coats in Appaloosas to Appaloosa and Foundation Appaloosa info. > > Added further clarifications to the breeding rules of Non-characteristic Appaloosas. Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Appaloosa subtypes + Chilean Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added full BBB breed info to Ljutomer Trotter. Bug Fixes: - 'e' key no longer cancels key binding for movement controls. - Fixed duplicate key in dictionary crash for instruments and recording kit. - Fixed error in magic string that occurs when using Grappling Bow. - Mint now found by spice affinity. - Fixed rare bug affecting horses with mushroom coat causing their red legs to not display. - Potential fix for the "Ghost Chats" on MacOS. |
HI3 Client Update v.53b (March 11, 2022)
| Most of the remaining bugs from the Game Engine conversion are very difficult to track down and reproduce, we are doing our best. Here are hopefully some fixes, and we hope the better performance in general has been a win!
Known Movement/Keybinding Issue: + Anyone not being able to move after this new update, uninstalling -> re-downloading -> re-installing should fix the issue. + If the above step doesn't work, try reloading the game, and resetting all your keybindings. (Don't close the news, go directly into settings menu) Bug Fixes: - "Ghost Emojis" have been fixed. Some ghost typing issues are still present on Mac. - Chat input is no longer cleared when going back to game mode, as it was before last update. - Clicking the title bar of the game window no longer closes your in game menus. - Restored the ability to single click using trackpads and touchscreens. - Hot air balloon hotkey now defaults to 'o' key. - Clicking the List all Art button on the Art Kit no longer brings up world object menus. - Clicking the List all Recordings button on the Recording Kit no longer brings up world object menus. - Fixed the vertical alignment on the Art Kit button labels. - Genes are now sorted alphabetically in Gene Report. - Fix for instruments and recordings not being audible. |
HI3 Client Update v.53a (Game Engine Update!) (March 7, 2022)
| Big Game Engine Update From Unity 2018 to Unity 2020 (Latest stable). Unity has made tons of improvements of their game engine, so many of you should see FPS increases, and/or CPU usage decreases. The following are additional changes beyond this huge change.
Additions & Changes: + Second clicking the Help [?] buttons now closes those info windows. + Sunflower Seeds come out in 1-5 bunches now. + PREV and NEXT buttons added to Website BBB pages. + The Brown Horse Plushie that was lost in the shuffle has been added. + Holding the Modifier key when paddling in the kayak will keep your kayak moving straight forward. Game Settings Changes: + Some Video Settings have been moved to a new section, and are stored on computer. + Can now adjust video resolution during game. + Key Bindings have been added to the game's settings menu, and are adjustable during game. + A new Cruise Control function has been added (Replaces Numlock hack). This does not have a key binding set by default. An New Harness-racing Breed: + Ljutomer Trotter An New Champagne Mule: + Amber Mule (Austro-Hungarian Albino Donkey x American Cream Draft) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Appaloosa + Garrano (dark-coated gaited pony) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added full BBB breed info to Kabarda + subtypes. + Added full BBB breed info to Karachai + subtypes. + Added full BBB breed info to Anglo-Kabarda. + Fixed purebreeding glitch where the main Karachai breed gave non-pure foals when crossed with its subtypes. Bug Fixes: + Any long standing Unity bugs/performance issues should be fixed or at least different now with this new engine. Many bug posts may no longer be relevant to this new engine version, and so will be removed. |
Server Bugfix Update (February 22, 2022)
| We have been hard at work on upgrading the game to a newer game engine version. Still have a ways to go before all the glitches are fixed. In the mean time, here are several bugfixes and a bunch of new breeds.
Additions: + Topiaries are now buildable on Ranches. Bug Fixes: + Added a messaging fix when attempting to buy an adjacent parcel to club. It will no longer make up a random playername :) + Ostler will no longer charge for caring for unborn horses when the rank range used happens to include your newborn rank. + Kladruby Trader will accept subtypes now. + Post Office delivery quests now run off the post office location rather than possibly lagged player location. + Added nursing protection for mail horse purchase offers. + When clicking music on other houses/clubs it will no longer show your own, but instead show their current playlist. + Prevent crafting an invisible placeable bench, etc. when you cancele the first time. + Default comp start time set to 10m (again?) + Fixed long standing planter bug where some planter plants on outside edge of parcels wouldn't show up upon login. An "Albino" Donkey: + Austro-Hungarian Albino Donkey (Interestingly, this donkey is not albino. More about its unique coat in the BBB.) New East-European Breeds: + Local Moldovan + Karachai, including the subtypes: >> Basic Karachai >> Massive Karachai >> Saddle Karachai A New All-grey Spotted Breed: + Grey Spotted Sport Horse * This breed comes in all 'appaloosa' patterns and is always grey. * The spotted pattern can fade away because of the grey gene. For info about how to conserve the pattern, read breed's info in the BBB. Blocked Grey Color from Knabstrup Sport Horses: + Knabstrup Sport Horses (KSH) will now have a 100% penalty for carrying the grey (G) allele. + This was added in order to comply with the real breeding guidelines of KSHs. + If you already have a grey KSH, they will keep their current registration as long as you don't re-ID them at the horse expert. + This change affects only grey KSHs who are born after this update. They will be born as Grey Spotted Sport Horse instead. + You can re-ID grey KSHs as Grey Spotted Sport Horses, but remember that this re-ID is permanent (you won't be able to re-ID them back as Knabstrups). + This tweak affects only bred KSHs, not tokened ones (as they never carried the grey gene). Updated Breeding Rules for Appaloosa Horses: + Updated the Appaloosa's breeding rules to fit the rules of the Appaloosa Horse Club: + Added a new breed subtype: Non-characteristic Appaloosa. >> Non-characteristic Appaloosas must have at least one Appaloosa parent. >> Non-characteristic Appaloosas can be used as breeding stock for Appaloosa horses as long as they are crossed with a spotted Appaloosa. >> Non-characteristic Appaloosas can be crossed with each other but not with QH/TB/Arab. + Regular [spotted] tier-3 Appaloosas and Modern Appaloosas now have 100% penalty for not carrying the leopard (L) allele (previously was 30%). + This means that solid-colored Appaloosas born to an Appaloosa parent will now be registered as Non-characteristic Appaloosas. + This also means that QH/TB/Arab x QH/TB/Arab crosses will no longer be eligible to register as [regular] Appaloosas. + Breeders can cross their Appys with QH/Arabian/TBs as usual. If the foal is born with a solid coat, it'll be registered as a Non-characteristic Appaloosa. >> QH/TB/Arab x QH/TB/Arab "Appaloosas" and solid-colored Appaloosas born prior to this update can keep their current registration as long as you don't re-identify them at the horse expert. + Foundation Appaloosas are not affected by this change (solid-colored foals born to two Foundation Appaloosa parents are still eligible for registration as a Foundation Appaloosa). + Those changes affect only bred Appaloosas, not tokened ones (as they never had a solid coat). Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Chernomor (nice combination of speed, jumping, and stamina) + Hanoverian (excellent sport warmblood) + Corsican + Norman Cob + Spanish Norman + Syrian (excellent stamina) + Waler, including all subtypes (good stamina + all-around) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added conformation section to Chernomor's breed info. + Added conformation section to Waler's breed info. + Added Waler vs. ASH vs. Brumby clarification to Waler's beed info. + Updated info about Waler subtypes. + Removed mushroom penalty from Appaloosas (thanks to the new breeding rules listed above). + Corrected Spanish Norman's height info (max height is 18hh). + Added images to dozens of breeds in the website BBB. Note on Big Upcoming Conversion Update: For those that haven't heard, we have been hard at work upgrading our game engine to a more efficient and newer version. (Unity 2018 -> Unity 2020) This has been a huge project taking over a month, but should be worth it for most folks. So far reports of FPS and CPU improvements. For this we tweaked the settings interface a bit so it will allow key rebinding and resolution changing while in the game on the upcoming new 2020 version. So, just ignore the broken looking selection page until using newer client. |
HI3 Client Update v.50a (February 3, 2022)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Musical instruments now support more than 3 keys down at once (for keyboards that also support) (up to 6 now) + Musical note max duration increased to 4 seconds from 3. + Login screen now respects your FPS settings (was unclamped). + Castle Clock Tower Bell Enabled. + Added default sorting of competition bars by Player ID now to take out any chance of randomness (dancing) + Sorting competition progress bars by current progress now. (not necessarily who is winning(differing start times), but might be nice) + Default start time for Shows reduced from 20min to 10min. + Removed the Gelded horses block from adding a notable Ancestor. Horse Certification Changes: + If a horse profile has more than 3 certifications, now there is a [Certs] button to view them all. + There is a rule of no changing existing certs so that they would change who it applies to. (Grammar/Clarification edits only) + There was a support mix-up where a few certifications were edited too broadly. These cases we will manually remove the certs from horses. Otherwise Certs are permanent. Club Music Added: + Club music system added similar to ranch music system. + Managers+ may add and remove any records. + Upon Removing a record it goes back into original "adders" inventory. Horse Isle 1 Server Inspired Plushies Added: + Bay, Black, Chestnut, Cremello, Dun, Grey, Palomino, Pinto, Roan, and White Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Toric Sport Horse Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added conformation section to Toric Sport Horse's breed info. Windows Patcher: + We have disabled the auto-launch toggle and "Launch HI3" button on the Windows version of the patcher. + This is the only solution we found for the patcher overwriting fullscreen/windowed settings of the main game. + For some players this fix may not take effect until the next update. Bug Fixes: - Fixed buzzing that can happen at Petal Push games when petals are pushed in rapid succession. - Fixed instrument notes getting stuck when using octave shift. |
HI3 Client Update v.49a (January 19, 2022)
| The "Music to your ears" update. We thought this would add a fun creative outlet for those who enjoy instruments and those who enjoy listening to your fellow players creations. Excited to see what you guys come up with. Enjoy!
Additions & Changes: + New clubs now need to be ~20k away from existing clubs(previously ~5k). No change to the size of protected club areas, just makes it so new clubs space themselves out a bit more. + Players may now convert more than a single parcel to preserves. This is useful when you want to make some courses and have the area protected. Still 100k for first, then 3x more for each additional. 300k, 900k, etc. + We have added [?] Info boxes (beside [X]) to many windows. click the button to get some hints on the current window contents. + Courses can now enter up to 20 competitors rather than 16. This is untested and may not format correctly, but we can just see how it works :) New Music Records: + Crafting a permanent record costs 25 mobia each, so be sure to factor this into your sale price and make sure the music is worth it. + Records may be listened to directly from inventory, or placed in your Ranch house for playing on your properties. + Records placed in your house's record player list will replace the background music for all of your parcels. + The records will loop in the order you add them and play for anyone on your parcels. + Records can be removed from your ranch house and go back into your inventory. + Ranch Record Playback is mostly synchronized across clients. (You can ask what's playing now). + Records may be bought and sold as normal items via trading and stores. + QUICK MUTE NOTE: Remember you can quick click the monkey-head to right of [?] on button bar to mute the game if you ever encounter an annoying ranch :) (Or leave the ranch) this is nicer and easier than disabling instruments altogether, so you can still enjoy the fun ones :) + If your instrument volume is muted in settings, this will prevent Ranch BGM music from fading into the custom music. (It plays at same BGM volume normally) New Instrument Recording Kit: + Players may now make multi-track recordings of their instruments and then sell them as records. + Creating recordings requires the Recording Kit. Shortcut for it is on the ";" instrument wheel. + Create recordings by pressing the record button (or Left Control), and then live-playing your current instrument. + Stop the recording and then repeat again with a different instrument for another track, playing along with yourself. + If you record an existing instrument track you clear all that instrument's notes and re-record that part. (only 1 track per instrument) + There is a max of 10min (600s) recordings and 1000 notes/keypresses per recording. + You can manage your recordings by clicking the "List Recordings" button in the Kit, or by typing chat command: %MUSIC + You can only edit your own original recordings, and can only re-save if no records exist for that recording name. + Be sure to set Genre appropriately to help others find music they may be interested in. + Players may also do commissions and Trade UN-CRAFTED recordings. Note that even as a buyer of this, you wont be able to edit recording, only unlimited record crafting and resale. Be sure to NOT craft a record for commissions. + NOTE: Once you craft records from recordings, you cannot trade the recording or delete it (unless all records destroyed) + Records are analagous to stickers from Art system, While recordings are like the original Art. Recordings DO NOT require mod approval. A New Donkey Breed: + Bourbonnais Donkey (read coat breeding rules). > > Bourbonnais Breeding Stock (read breeding rules). A Small Draft Horse: + Pechora New Sport Breeds: + Kabarda, including the subtypes: > > Basic Kabarda > > Massive Kabarda > > Saddle Kabarda + Anglo-Kabarda (Kabarda x TB; read breeding and color rules in BBB.) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Anglo-Danubian + Skyros Pony + Toric Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added splashed-white to Fondation Morgans (can now token them). + Re-classified the Merens as a draft horse (rather than a pony). + Fixed typos in BBB ('rabicnao', 'breedm'). Bug Fixes: - Fixed incorrect horse tilt when mounting on a slope. - Beginner Bird hint text is now hidden if beginner mode is disabled. - Prevent modifying sell status or train status for leased horses when using commands %SELLRANK, etc. - Fixed a rare wrong-horse-learning-trick bug. - Fixed Lead Rope Equipment null reference bug. - Fixed crash that can occur when exporting horse profiles. - Added prevention for horses going underwater when players quick travel to a water location. - Fixed bug causing horse ears to display at an odd angle during profile export. |
HI3 Client Update v.48a (January 4, 2022)
| Additions & Changes:
+ You gain 10PP for completing Favorite Human challenges now. + Added EXP back for horse injuries, ranging from original 50 down to 5 for the "avoidable ones" (Ivy and cactus, etc.) + Horse bond can now exceed 32,767 but has no actual benefit past 10k New Beginner Bird Game Intro Quests + BB shows new players the basics of the game + If a player has no horse BB offers a temporary saddled horse lease. + Hopefully will make it a little easier for new players, and take load off helpers! Animation Improvement: + The Capriole trick animation has been redone by Honeybuns. A New Saddle Horse: + Ukrainian Saddle Horse A New Draft Horse: + Mezen Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Ponies: Esperia Pony, Jeju, Kerry Bog Pony, Priangan. + Horses: Danubian, Hirzai, Jaca Navarra, Jutland, Merens. Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added dun to Jeju and Halla (you can now token them). + Added chestnut and bay to Hirzai horses + they can now have lighter coats (you can now token them). + Added conformation section to Hirzai's breed info. + Added conformation section to Esperia Pony's breed info. + Jutlands can now have a louder dappling pattern (can now token them). + You can now breed manchado into Priangans. + Re-classified the Anglo-Arab as a European hotblood (rather than an Oriental one). + Added images to dozens of breeds in the website BBB. Bug Fixes: - Castle Fountain stray water polygons fixed. - Castle Player store missing face on door border fixed. - Emoji input panel no longer gets cut off below screen with some resolutions. - Renamed Deepest Ocean to "Over Deepest Ocean" for Server Spotlight. - "Grinch trees" prevented for next xmas. (A (repaid) club got 0 presents due to rare bug) - Xmas trees will now show the total presents under the trees. |
Injury Exp Reduction (December 31, 2021)
 | A few days back we disabled getting EXP for vet services cause some folks were injuring horses purposefully to gain EXP. Not exactly something we want to encourage. So, We removed the exp bonus and today we just removed 50% of the XP gain for the 50 horses that had this done more than 100 times to them. These horses will also receive free counseling :)
If anyone paid for these trainings and had the xp half removed, fairest case is to work together to refund half the fee. Thanks Much! And Happy New Year! (I'll be on the game soon to spread some cheer) |
HI3 Quick Server Update (December 22, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ 150 minute default completion time for courses now. + Club Member max gets +1 per medallion level now. + +500 horse slot limit on shiny player system. A New Russian Breed: + Orlov-Rostopchin (dark coat + can be slightly metallic; read breeding rules in BBB) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Baladi + Falabella + Halla + Henson + Losina + Russian Trotter + Sorraia Mustang Additional Breed tweaks: + Added more info about the conformation of Falabellas in Horse Isle. + Added conformation info to Sorraia Mustangs. + Russian Trotters now have full breed info. Bug Fixes: - Re-home quest to new club button should work properly now. |
Shiny System Tweak (December 15, 2021)
| So, folks have jumped onto the Shiny system with gusto!
That's great, but we've decided to make a small tweak to ensure that our gold sink doesn't turn into a factory :) (Thanks Nerve) We will limit the Bonus horse slots to +500 (same as subscriber benefit) I didn't see folks buying more than a few hundred of these, and did not realize the income extra horse slots can add. As of today, three players have exceeded this, at the time of update, I will refund them their current over 500 (Doc=90, Incarceron=50, HeroStormGirl=20) (no one else, don't buy more than 500). Folks are free to buy more than 500, and will get the score benefit, it's just the slots will not increase past 500. Thanks for your understanding. |
HI3 Client Update v.47b (December 10, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Added Castle Tower Ruin to be buildable! (Expensive) + Added Ruby Slippers shortcut at top of travel page for current Shiny Players. + Castle Horse Expert Scaled up 25% larger + Castle Store Sign fixed to center. + Castle Stores now align properly when placed in a row. + Castle Fountain made shorter. + Castle Auction house enlarged 25%, square section in back raised up. + Castle Import/Exporters Shrunk 10% + Castle Clock tower shrunk 50% + NEW Convert Style building option - can convert an existing placed building to new style (other than clubhouse) , keeps settings/content. + Increased building tear-down refund from 80% to 90% Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Brazilian Pony Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added images to dozens of breeds in the website BBB. Bug Fixes: - Added a Forced %FIXPAGES every time Traders looked at, so that particular horse list will not go back to last page you were on. Hopefully fixes majority of cases. - Potential fix for shiny player effect being lost after events or appearance change. - Shiny player effect shows up for yourself now upon newly adding to list. - Castle Trainer building centered better (Sorry, may throw off existing placements.) - Fixed missing face on Castle Club door. - Properly turned on the spigot for the castle water fountain. - The word "thick" no longer accidentally blocked! - Castle buildings made more efficient by removing interior faces. |
Bug Fix Update Friday (December 9, 2021)
| Just a heads up, i know most of you have already started playing with some of the castle buildings, but note, we are changing the size/position/scaling slightly on some of them.
Also a heads up, we are trying to add support for CONVERTING style without a teardown, this means player stores can keep their content, etc. Sorry for those that already did this, but there was strong request for this last night. So, if you havent converted all stores yet, may want to wait until tomorrows update. We also fixed a few bugs with new Shiny system, so that will work better tomorrow after update. Thanks, -Joe |
HI3 Client Update v.47a (December 8, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ New Big Head Goofy Server Game :) Will randomly occur, and just for funsies. + New Club Village Building Set: Castle (Expensive!) + Helper chats now increase by +1 per minute per every 25 Mod Trust you have. > > It was +4 for folks with over 100 and that was it. > > Now it's +4 @ 75, +5 @ 100, +6 @ 125, +9 @ 200, etc. + Turning Dressage Course Obstacles now give a visual indicator for those without sound on. (The pulsing green column thins) > > If in first person view, it alternatively shows 25%, 50% and then 75% hint messages. New Shiny Player System: (Similar to Golden Player System from HI2) + See current status via Players -> view Shiny Players + Buy points for $50k each. + Top 100 Shiny Point owners are given "Shiny Player" Status. + Every Month 10% of shiny points are removed from everyone. This allows future players to compete. + Every point adds another horse slot and +1 to maximum for players even if not top 100. + Top 100 Shiny Player Benefits: > > Bolded name in player list. > > Listed in Shiny Player Rankings. > > Ruby Slippers equipment for free travel back to ranch. > > Name plate glows differently > > Select your glow color within edit profile (Body glows with this color) > > Select your optional emoji icon for name prefix which shows above your avatar. New Sport Breeds: + Hungarian Sport Horse (Kisber-Felver/HSH x sport warmblood; read breeding rules.) + Hungarian Sport Pony (Kisber-Felver x sport pony; read breeding rules.) New Crossbreed: + Anglo-Kinsky (Kinsky x TB) A Big Kinsky Update: + Increased max height to 17.2hh (in accordance with approved breeding stock). + Expanded eye conformation to allow larger, 'cleaner' eyes. + Unlocked StySty sooty & removed previous penalties (in accordance with approved breeding stock). + Made sooty and dun rarer (as they should be). > > New heights, eyes, and StySty-pattern are available in super orders. + Updated Kinsky's breed info: > > Expanded the breed's history (now among the longest in the game!). > > Added a conformation section. > > Updated breeding info. > > Added performance metrics. + Updated the Kinsky's breeding rules to fit the current rules of the Czech registry: > > Kinsky horses with one Thoroughbred parent will now be registered as 'Anglo-Kinsky'. > > Anglo-Kinskies have the same breed standard as the regular Kinsky except for parentage & purebreeding rules. > > The Kinsky now has a closed book, meaning that a Kinsky must have two Kinsky or two Anglo-Kinsky parents in order to be pure. > > These tweaks are essential to prevent too much influx of TB blood into the Kinsky. > > If you have an existing Kinsky x TB cross, you can re-ID them at the Horse Expert as an Anglo-Kinsky. > > These tweaks will affect only Kinsky horses who are conceived after this update, or who are re-identified after this update. They will not affect existing Kinskies unless you take them to the Horse Expert. For example: if you have an existing Kinsky x TB registered as 'Kinsky', you can use it as a regular 'Kinsky' breeding stock. Your horse will remain a Kinsky unless you re-ID it at the Horse Expert. > > Read the breed info about the Kinsky and Anglo-Kinsky for more details. Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Small horses/ponies: Galiceno, Kiso. + Sport breeds: Brazilian Sport Horse, Kinsky, Stationbred. + All-arounders: Deliboz, Senne, Sindhi. Additional Breed tweaks: + Added Norwegian Warmblood to purebreeding lists of the following breeds: Austrian Warmblood, Canadian Sport Horse & Pony, Canadian Warmblood, Zangersheide. + Added Standardbreds as an allowed cross to create Stationbreds. + Stationbreds can now be gaited (available also via super tokens). + Added conformation section to the Senne's breed info. + Brazilian Sport Horses can now be crossed with several different sport warmbloods. + Added cream-dilutes to Brazilian Sport Horses (you can now order them via super tokens). + Unlocked dun, dominant-black, dominant-white, frame-overo, linebacked, manchado, roan, and splashed-white - don't naturally exist in this breed but can be bred into it. Added New Help Topics: + Category: Horses > Breeding > > Parentage - what parentage requirements are & how to work with them. > > Purebreeding - what purebreeding requirements are & how to work with them. > > Creating a breed from scratch - about creating breeds from a wild/grade stock. + Category: Horses > Genetics > > Inheritance of performance metrics - about the logic and mechanics behind inheritance of performance metrics Full Screen Bug + The issue with the game running in full screen after updates has been partially fixed. + The issue may be fixed for some players, and we will continue to look for a fix for all. Bug Fixes: - Inbreeding warnings should be more reliable now. - A further attempt to fix occasional traders horse list bug. Still use %FIXPAGES if not fixed :) - Horses with minigame affinity now ignore completed games. |
Black Friday (November 26, 2021)
| We never run Mobia discounts, as we don't like to devalue previous purchases and cause people to worry about timing purchases. But know that we appreciate your support!
We hope everyone has happy holidays, and know that we are hard at work on your horse world! P.S. I had a desire to have Black Friday today be completely Night all day long ;) But I was told that would cause mass upset ;) oh well :) we can pretend. |
HI3 Client Update v.46a (November 23, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Cave affinity will find open caves properly now. + No more equine escape artists! Free roaming equines no longer pass through fences. + Giving horse trick commands will now cancel free roam or affinity seeking. + 0yo and 4yo horse profiles can now be exported. Climbing Improvements: + New player climbing animation by Honeybuns! + Upward movement now starts immediately instead of a slow transition. + Colliders added to sides of tower ladder to prevent slipping off the side. + Can no longer spin around and climb backwards. New Hat: + The slouch beanie is now available in the shop. A New Hungarian Athletic Breed: + Kisber-Felver (good stamina & will be essential for breeding future breeds…) A New Semi-feral Breed: + Dulmen Pony Kladruby breed now has three subtypes: + Black Kladruby (a.k.a black herd) + Grey Kladruby (a.k.a grey herd) + Red Kladruby (chestnut Kladruby) + Each subtype has its own breeding rules and color restrictions, so make sure to read their BBB info before you start breeding for them. + Re-identifying your existing Kladruby horses at the horse experts for "best match" will register them as their proper subtype (if they fit any). Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Azteca + Kladruby + Standardbred + subtypes Added New Help Topics: + Category: Horses > Genetics >> Which conformation and hair traits do we have? - a complete list of conformation traits and their roles. >> Inheritance of conformation - how inheritance of conformation traits works, and recessive traits. + Category: Horses > Type of Horses >> Re-identification: what it is and when to use it - types of re-identification, when to use, when purity will be reset to 0%, and more. Additional Breed tweaks: + Added clarification to Azteca's info regarding not using AQRH/APRH as breeding stock. Bug Fixes: - Potential fix for flying foals - A fixed trade-unprefixing certain prefixes that used to fail. - Fixed issue with game not loading in windowed mode after a game update. (Might not take effect until next update). - Fix for unknown chat type crash. |
HI3 Quick Server Fixes (November 11, 2021)
| Quick minor server bug fixes.
Changes and Fixes: + Attempting another shot-in-the-dark fix for horse listings. (I need repeatable steps to test fixes yet) + Added a "Reset to Current Club" for moving existing quests while in the EDIT state. + Fixed the back button when clicking Courses > Mane Event possibly. + Added logging when doing rank and All Oster cares. |
HI3 Quick Server Reset (November 5, 2021)
| Difficult to recreate horse paging bug fix attempt here...
Bug fixes & Changes: + Possibly fixed new horse paging bug? I give it 40% odds of success :) + If not fixed, added command %FIXPAGES which SHOULD fix without having to relog in mean time. |
HI3 Client Update v.45c (November 4, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Free Roam icon in trick menu now has a small lock to clarify the meaning. + Poison Ivy Affinity searched out when full grown ivy also. + Wild Horse Affinity reduced to 10x less common to keep horsie sense still valuable. + Free Roam and Affinity Seeking are now blocked when using lead rope. + Some chat filter tweaks. Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added cream-dilutes + white-spotted sabino to Standardbreds. + Removed markings penalty from Standardbreds. Bug Fixes: - Minimap exception fixed (caused by LOWEST Quality mode + placing a horse) - Increased the minimum distance for learning critter affinity (now 7 meters) - Potential fix for horses moving in bizarre patterns when seeking affinities |
HI3 Client Update v.45b (November 3, 2021)
| NOTE: There is an exception that will be fixed tomorrow, LOWEST quality + placing a horse will likely crash.
Immediate bugfix to our large v45a update, we missed one little debug message removal.. doh ;) Bug Fixes & Changes: + Removed affinity ID POW (Was a debug not meant for live game!) + Reset all current horse affinities and re-rolled them + Fixed re-identification overlap problem + Fixed a certain riddle allowing all 3 possible breed names. |
HI3 Client Update v.45a (November 3, 2021)
| Welcome Winter! Big update with lots of Quality of life improvements, and some fun new horse behaviors! Hope you enjoy!
Additions & Changes: + Removed default 1-100 for ostlery care for rank to prevent accidental clicks. + Horse Overmax now comes with a one-time-per-login 5 minute grace period before penalties start. + Added reidentification expert warning about purity possibly being lost. + Added a bell-alert message when a horse passes and you are online, in case doubled up and missed. + Reduced Palm tree collider sizes. + Max of 25 current active auction listings per player. (limit overload) + Auctions now highlight "Lost" auctions in Red and specify your previous bid amount on details page. + Added 14 day Lease term option for trades. + Replaced the chewing with bridle sound effect to be less metal clangy. + Stranger Things Event now does a Quick POW Message to everyone telling them their stranger in case system chat not active. + Too frail to ride may now be overcome by an Infinitum Amulet. + Essence Star event will attempt to not place on owned parcels now. + NPC Quests now POW the items taken or given during missions. + NPC Quests now do a bell alert when completed and report QP, dust, items gained. + Horse dirtying message stopped after groom all gone. + More than one horse may be submitted to certifications now. (No longer pops back) + More than one horse may have genetics report unlocked. (No longer pops back) + Big Book of Breeds default equipment shortcut "[" added. + Releasing back a wild horse will now pull up another wild horse profile that is eligible for release in case folks want to release all easily. + Added horse list sorting by prefix. + Added horse list sorting by new affinities. (info below) + Horse listings will return you to last page you viewed most of the time. resets when a new type of horse list viewed. + Horse listings reformatted with page numbers up top also, and sorting methods shown in title instead. + Can now sell parcels WITH buildings on them. For those who wish to go into the Parcel layout business. Remember the cost of the buildings will need to be included in your pricing! And also note you may go over horse max upon sale due to barn decrease. + Allow window shopping of horse orders even if lack the mobia for purchase now. + Customizable camera reset option added to bottom of option panel. current Double right click / previous Single right click / or R key are selectable now. New Adsimilo and Transmutio amulets can now be used on stallions as well: + If one of each, they cancel each other out. + If two of same, they will double up and make the effect stronger. about 50% stronger for Transmutio and even less variation with Adsimilo. + The effect will be recorded as "Doubled" in history if it was the result of two amulets. + Amulets are not removed from stallions upon breeding like mares. New Horse Wandering System: + Horses may slowly wander around when "released" via the new unlock icon of horse tricks wheel. (Shift+Z) + Antisocial horses may move away from other horses, while socials toward each other, etc. + Hungry horses will look for a spot to graze and thirsty horses will look for water. + Happy healthy horses will run and play and gain some mood in process! + Your horse now shows up on minimap with a Red Diamond showing current position (hard to see without zooming in once on minimap) + Your horses can now be up to 100m away rather than previously 50m before being put away. New Horse Affinities: + Your horses each have a random affinity now. This is something they will seek out in the world if within range. + Range is 100-200m usually + Activate affinity seeking via the magnifying glass icon of horse tricks wheel (Shift+Z) + Occasionally Seeking will activate while the horse is wandering also. This is more likely to happen if affinity not yet discovered. + Affinity will list as Unknown until the horse shows you what it likes by reaching an object while seeking. + There are 20+ Affinities that horses may have, some rarer than others. > > Common: Berries, Cloth, Critters, Essence, Flower, Fruit, People, Poison Ivy, Rocks, Sticks, Wild Horses > > Half as common: Caves, Course Starts, Epics, Gemstones, Mushrooms, Quest Tables, Spices, Sweets > > 10x rarer: Minigames, Ores, Tappable Trees. > > 200x rarer: Crystal, Treasure New Offline BBB Content! + The Big Book of Breeds now accessible via HI3 website. including screenshots of breeds and all the breed information. + It is a work in progress with additional breed screenshots being added weekly. + Reachable via BBB Button at bottom of website. A New Tiny Pony Breed: + Carneddau Pony A New Black & Tan Mule Breed: + Noirquin Mule (read breeding & color rules in the BBB) Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + American Walking Pony + Arabo-Boulonnais + Arabo-Friesian + Arabo-Haflinger + Australian Draught Horse + Australian Pony + Friesian Sporthorse + Mallorquin + Menorquin Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added seal brown to Arabo-Boulonnais. + Added linebacked to Australian Draught Horse. + Added wavy hair to Menorquin. + Added clarification to the Foundation Quarter Horse regarding why it can have champagne and double-cream diluted coats. + Added breeding tips to the BBB info about American Walking Ponies. + Added history and conformation info about Australian Ponies. + Added full breed info about the Menorquin. + Edited conformation section in the Australian Draught Horse's breed info to make it more readable. + Fixed mushroom penalty for Trakehners (100% instead of 95%). Added New Help Topics: + Category: Horses > Genetics > > Why did my horse change its coat color/pattern?! - greying / fleabitten / leopard / roaning [donkeys] and aging. + Category: Horses > Type of Horses > > Breed standards and penalties - how breed standards work in Horse Isle. > > How do I tell which type/breed my horse is? - a bit about identifying horses. Bug Fixes: - Fixed null reference exception related to stickered glasses. - Added collision to melody rock puzzle. |
HI3 Client Update v.44c (October 8, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Quilted overalls are now available to craft and design. A New Heavy Draft: + Croatian Coldblood Added Performance Metrics & Updated BBB info into the new layout: + Andravida + Groningen + Italian Heavy Draft Additional Breed Tweaks: + Groningens can now have sabino markings extending all the way to their barrel. + Groningens can now have louder dappling. + Added history and conformation sections to the Italian Heavy Draft's breed info. Bug Fixes: - Infertile hybrid breeds removed from newspaper search options for studs of certain breeds. - Added another block for ivy to not spawn on ranch/club parcels. - Item sorting of imbuements should be accurate now. - Crafting Stickerable items should no longer stack with existing stickered instances. - Fixed the stretched pixels at the edges of some stickers on player clothing. - Potential fix for crashes at anomalies and other crowded areas. - Possibly fixed "Select Item to add to store" messed up items. (removed npc-only clothing options) |
HI3 Client Update v.44b (October 5, 2021)
| We quickly fixed a few bugs from today's update. For this update, just disconnect and reconnect to download. There is no need for us to restart server for this update.
Fixes and Changes: + Quilted shirts craftable now. + Proper stickers and patterns apply to clothing now. + Exporting horse profiles now filters filenames that would otherwise fail. Additional Breed Tweaks: + Friesian Sporthorses can now come in leopard. |
HI3 Client Update v.44A (October 5, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ New Minimum Night Light options setting. Allows the darkest nights not to be so dark anymore. + Added "My Art" button to Myself menu. + Shift+f will now place your last used horse in front of you. + pressing F with a foal will place them instead of failing to ride. Horse Profile Export: + Horse profiles can be saved to an image file. + Press Control/Command + E to export. + The image save location can be found in the system chat after export. New Art-kit Customizable Clothing! + Quiltable Shirt - Craftable + Quitable Breeches - Craftable + Stickerable Black Round Glasses (Lenses show stickers) - Craftable + Stickerable(On back) Black or White Tank Tops - Craftable + Stickerable(On back) Black or White Hunt Coat - Craftable + Stickerable Black Top Hat (Mobia Store Only Oct) A New Sport Warmblood: + British Warmblood (geared towards dressage) A New Draft Breed: + Posavac, including the subtypes: > > Heavy Posavac > > Light Posavac Added Performance Metrics & updated BBB info into the new layout: + All zebra "breeds". + All donkey breeds. + European sport warmbloods: Austrian Warmblood, Bavarian Warmblood, Oldenburg (+subtypes), Slovak Warmblood, Swedish Warmblood. + Other sport breeds: Anglo-Arab, Einsiedler, Slovak Sport Pony, Tersky. + Stock breeds: all AQH subtypes, Appendix Horse (+subtypes). + Draft breeds: Auxois, Burguete, Hungarian Coldblood, Murakoz. + Additional breeds: All Arabian subtypes, Murgese. Sport Warmblood Tweaks & Additions: + Added more information about Bavarian Warmbloods. + Updated color & patterns info about Austrian Warmbloods. + Austrian Warmbloods can now be crossed with Latvian Sport Horses. + Oldenburgs + Modern Oldenburgs can now have dun and linebacked bred into them. + Swedish Warmbloods can now be crossed with: Belgian Warmbloods, Dutch Warmbloods, Danish Warmbloods, and Selle-Francais horses. + Swedish Warmbloods can now come in rabicano, and can have roan bred into them. + Slovak Warmbloods can now (read BBB for details): > > Be crossed with more sport warmbloods. > > Have more colors & patterns bred into them. Additional Breed tweaks: + Added a 'conformation' section to the Egyptian Arabian BBB info. + Added a 'conformation' section to the Murgese BBB info. Bug Fixes: - The art kit can no longer be equipped together with an incompatible controller using %ART command. - Changed art kit incompatible message to use proper grammar. |
Internets down and us?! (October 4, 2021)
| Facebook, plus dozens of other sites were having troubles today, so after briefly looking into it earlier today I assumed our down-age was just a side effect. Upon digging deeper tonight though, I found a glitch and restarted server... I guess that fixed it. My mistake for assuming it was all inter-related. I will extend all subs 24hrs.
Sorry for the troubles! |
Development Update (September 8, 2021)
| We are taking a bit of a break to accomplish some needed real world projects prior to winter after several years of intense work. Our plan is to get back into heavy development in 6-8 weeks. In the mean time, we are still working, just not devoting full time. So please be patient with our updates for the next bit. A break will help fuel the creative energy to look to the skies this winter :)
P.S. We have added a render of current map exploration to Road Map page at bottom of website :) |
HI3 Client Update v.43b (August 31, 2021)
| Rushed this bugfix update out once it was clear quite a few folks crashing when gathered together in big groups. This should help!
Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added more information about the Coffin Bay Brumby. + Added performance metrics to the BBB entry of more breeds. Bug Fixes: - Anomaly crash issue fixed. - Camera no longer locks up when emotes/tricks/instruments menus are active in classic 3rd person view. - Back button fixed on Weekly Challenges page. - Stores sometimes not buying items fixed for future added items. > > Caused by adding items to store that you had zero quantity of. > > These entries need to be removed and re-added by seller unfortunately. |
August 31st Planned Server Downtime. (August 30, 2021)
| UPDATE: This has been completed and was done in under 10 minutes, thanks!
Our server host needs to perform electrical maintenance of some kind on August 31. They have estimated 30-40 min of downtime, but did not state what time. (Sometime after 9am PST) |
Quick Server Update (August 27, 2021)
| Postal Horses had a bug where the payment wasn't received properly. This quick server update fixes.
- Fixed Postal Offered horses not paying seller. (Open a support ticket if it was a large amount for you to lose) - Added %NoSellRank command (opposite of %SellRank) |
HI3 Client Update v.43a (August 26, 2021)
| This update finishes up our Halter and leading support with some fun alternatives! Also quite a bit of other additions and fixes to enjoy. Thanks everyone!
Additions & Changes: + Lead rope no longer snaps when horse is pulling. Snapping still occurs when player is dangling off a cliff. + Lead rope can now be used on snow, and equipping no longer sends horse flying! + Collisions with other players and horses is now disabled during competitions. New Halters Galore: + Lined Halter - craftable and dyeable. + Ornate Halter - craftable and dyeable, in same style as ornate saddle/pad. + Strap halter - craftable and dyeable + Quilted Halter - Custom Art! (Not dyeable, but is craftable) New Custom Art Kit Halters: + For the Quilted Halter, you may apply custom art created with art kit, using the new type "Halter Art". + There are a few patterning options to make your halter unique looking. The pattern you make repeats 5 times in each segment of halter. + You can also specify the hardware color of the metal parts of halter within art kit! There is no way to see what this color is from the icons unfortunately. Horses Going Postal: + You can now offer a horse through postal system. + The horse will need to still be available and owned for the transaction to go through. + You can charge mobia or gold dust for offered horses (or free). Adding Performance Metrics to the BBB! + Still work in progress, so please be patient while we add the metrics to all of the breeds. + From now on, breed info will include a new section about performance metrics + It will list the range (min to max), average (mean), standard deviation, and margin of error of performance metrics. + These metrics are relevant only to ordered [tokened] horses and to lucky finds. Bred horses, as well as horses who have conformation faults, might deviate from the numbers listed. + For more information about how to read/work with this new list of numbers, please read the new help file: The Big Book of Breeds (BBB) (under Horses > Types of Horses). Added New Help Topics: + Category: Horses > Types of Horses > > The Big Book of Breeds (BBB) - what info the BBB contains, including performance metrics. + Category: Horses > Breeding > > 4Yo and 0Yo: their importance in breeding - how to use 4Yo and 0Yo for your advantage when breeding horses. > > Crossbreeding - a brief guide about the meaning, advantages, and disadvantages of crossbreeding. + Category: Horses > Genetics > > Markings: terminology, genetic control, and FAQ - how markings work + examples. > > Eye colors - which colors do we have + genetics. > > Hair genetics: feathering - about the genetic controls of feathering. > > Hair genetics: manes & tails - a brief explanation of genetic control of manes and tails. Updated the Following Help Topics under Horses > Genetics: + What color and pattern traits do we have? (lists all genetic pattern traits) + What noninheritable mutations do we have? (lists the somatic mutations) Easing Color Restrictions for [some] Sport Warmbloods: + Relevant particularly to the leopard pattern, but also to other colors and patterns (e.g. TB patterns). + This upcoming tweak will enable Sport Warmblood breeders in Horse Isle to possibly breed new colors/patterns into their stock without penalty, even if these colors/patterns are not documented in real, registered warmbloods of this breed or in approved breeding stock. + This tweak will be applied only for breeds who fit the following: -- the new color/pattern is in accordance with the real breed's standard color-restrictions wise (or rather the lack of such restrictions), -- AND the breed in question can be crossed with other sport [jumping/dressage/eventing] warmbloods (via open studbook policy) who naturally carry this color/pattern (e.g., currently, for leopard: Wielkopolski or Knabstrup). + The colors section of the reviewed breeds will be updated to the new 'colors & height' section once they are reviewed. + This is still work in progress, so please be patient while we review all of these breeds. A New Sport Warmblood: + Norwegian Warmblood A New Small Horse: + Coffin Bay Brumby Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added performance metrics to info about horse breeds that were added recently (Castillon, Vyatka, etc,). + Fixed parentage bug with Syrian horses (don't need to have two Syrian parents to get a Syrian foal). + Various sport warmbloods, stock breeds, and other breeds: updated breed and color info to new format + added performance metrics. + Leopard pattern can now be bred into Zangersheides, Canadian Warmbloods, and Canadian Sport Horses & Ponies. + Dun, linebacked, roan, tobiano, and white-spotted can now be bred into Swiss Warmbloods. + Cream (C) dilutes added to Swiss Warmbloods. + Canadian Sport Horses and Canadian Sport Ponies can now be crossed with Sport Knabstrups (thanks to an approved 2021 Knabstrup stallion). Bug Fixes: - Lease returns getting "Backed up" have hopefully been fixed. - Potential fix for horses appearing underwater at anomalies. - %SELLRANK and similar commands no longer affect unborn foals which will be in those same ranks. - Correct gene names should be shown on Expert Conformation Comparisons when a non-horse equine now. - Expert Conformation comparisons not performed if not same equine type. |
HI3 Client Update v.42c (July 30, 2021)
| Sorry... Bug fixes for the bug fix update ;)
Fixes and Changes: + Hovering horses brought back to earth + ! shortcut key no longer applies lead rope + Lead rope will snap if too much tension (dangling off mountain, etc) + Floating lead ropes removed. + Lead rope hotkey now works when carting. Additional Breed Tweaks: + Heavy Pyrenean Mule - Breton Type is now properly listed as a 'mule'. |
HI3 Client Update v.42b (July 30, 2021)
| Quick bug fix update to our massive update earlier this afternoon.
Additions & Changes & Fixes: + Can't mail yourself money or Mobia anymore. + Leading Exception Fixed + Floating Horses while leading fixed. + Applying bridle and halter at same time fixed. + Vyatka Breed actually in game properly now. |
HI3 Client Update v.42a (July 30, 2021)
| We can now lead our horses to a brave new world.. of leading! And wow, what a bunch of new equines to lead around!
Additions & Changes: + Separated player store item stocking into same categories as item searching. + Player Stores now offer to stock items with 0 inventory for buying. + Craftable Rope Halter added to workshop > > Can be applied to any age horse for leading > > Can be dyed > > Does not give the riding control of a bridle + Horse whistling improved! Horses will now go through start gates, under bridges, etc... + Horsie Sense is now more visible in lighter biomes (Ice, Salt Flats, Savanna, Snow) + Added Center grid to building interface (yellow lines) and a second set of lines 24m off center in cream color. + Confirmation click required at ostler for 'Care All'. + Travel distances by Air, Skis, and Leading now shows in profile stats. New Leading Equipment: + Leading equipment allows you to guide your equine. > > Note that the horse will attempt to stay to the side of your dominant hand > > Turning around will cause horse to try to adjust. If you want the horse not to move around much, try not to turn much. + Hotkey is 'U' (represents a dangling rope). + 'ctrl/cmd' keys will signal the horse to jump. + Equine personality will affect leading behavior. > > High stubborn, lazy, and leader values will cause equines to lag behind or refuse to move when led. > > Donkeys, Zebras, and Zedonks will tend to move slower. > > Equines with high ornery, leader, or just a bad mood might actually pull! > > All equines will have perfect leading behavior with a Bond or Experience value over 5000. + Low stamina will cause equines to slow down and lag behind while being led. + New course transport rule: Leading Only + New course obstacle: Yellow Leading Halt. (Must stop 4 seconds while leading) + New travel distance 'Leading' tracked > > Earn horse 25exp per kilometer while leading > > New Award added 'Adventure By Leading' RAM Reduction: + RAM Reduction feature was accidentally rendered non-functional in a previous update. It has been restored. + Art Kit texture data is now cleared periodically when RAM Reduction feature is enabled. New Light-Draft Breeds: + Castillon + Vyatka (read color info in BBB.) A New Crossbreed: + Gypsian (Friesian x Gypsy Vanner) A New Donkey Breed: + Pyrenean Donkey, including the subtypes: (for all: read breeding & color rules in BBB.) > > Catalan Donkey > > Gascon Donkey A New Mule Breed: + Pyrenean Mule, including the subtypes: (for all: read breeding & color rules in BBB.) > > Light Pyrenean Mule (Catalan x Anglo-Arab) > > Medium Pyrenean Mule - Castillon Type (Catalan x Castillon) > > Medium Pyrenean Mule - Merens Type (Catalan x Merens) > > Heavy Pyrenean Mule - Breton Type (Catalan x Breton) > > Heavy Pyrenean Mule - Percheron Type (Catalan x Percheron) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added champagne to Australian Stock Horses (thanks to RL registered stock). * Champagne horses with a conformation of an ASH can now be re-identified at the horse expert as ASHs. + Re-wrote BBB info about the Australian Stock Horses to fit the new format + added more information. + Updated BBB info about the National Show Horse: is now one of the most in-depth entries you can find on this breed. :) Added New Breed Help Topics: + Breed Blood Percentage (how to read & calculate): Horses > Pedigree and Lineage + History Page (horse ID, BBP, parentage, etc.): Horses > Profiles + Wild Horses (usages, advantages & disadvantages): Horses > Types of Horses Bug Fixes: - Animalistic Event occasionally not offering an animal should be fixed. - A possible fix to the occasional world-server crashing. - Newly placed horses will no longer refuse whistles for 10 seconds if previous horse refused. |
HI3 Client Update v.41a (June 28, 2021)
| Whistle while you work.. . This fun update adds the feel of true intelligence to your horses! (those that have any INT that is ;) )
Additions & Changes: + Item sorting mode retained when same page is displayed again (Selling plushies for instance) + No Particles Setting: stops player effects, bubbles, fireworks, weather, hoofprints, etc. makes for a sadder game! BUT- may be good for troubleshooting crash problems. + No Auto Emote Setting: no longer auto player-emote if chat text matches. + Right clicking no longer resets camera, must double click now. (too many accidents) + Poison ivy won't spawn between a course prep time and the running through of first gate. (between time of clicking TRY, and timer start for instance) anymore. + Poison ivy injuries not counted while running a course. + Adventure Quests - changed 60 and 100 char limit for buttons to 70 for both. Whistle-able Horses! + When you are far away from your horse, press F to whistle. + Whistled horse will attempt to walk towards you, even going around things in their way. + Less intelligent horses are less capable of finding paths to you. > > 0% INT is worst, improving up to 50%. and then 50%-100% is fully capable. + Certain personality or equine types will increase the chance that your whistle is ignored. > > Stubborn (up to 25%) > > Lazy (up to 25%) > > Leader (up to 25%) > > Donkeys, Zebras, and Zedonks (up to 50%) > > All of these factors are reduced with experience or bond. (5000 of either means 100% reliable whistling). > > Once a horse ignores a whistle there is a 10 second countdown before they can be whistled again. + Exerted horses may move more slowly when whistled. + Players do not hear other whistles. (would be annoying likely :) ) A New Donkey Breed: + Grand Noir du Berry Donkey (READ coat info in BBB) Updated Breed Info About: + American Dutch Harness Horse + Dutch Tuigpaard (now has one of the longest entries in the game!) Bug Fixes: - Scrapbooked horses from before Art Kit System now show their tack again properly. - Removed HI3.gc.log file that caused unnecessary game update after fresh install. - Editing signs should now update right away. (no need to QT away and back) |
HI3 Client Update v.40e (June 10, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Doubled breeding servers. Should provide 20-50% faster breeding when lots of folks are breeding. In general, please try to not rush through all 20+ of your breedings at once. If it continues to bog down server from this, we will have to limit how many horses you can breed without waiting. + Horizontal rules properly show now between news posts when you look via Myself -> Current News + Ice tree and sapling may now be planted. (assume steady supply of ice cubes in these planters :) ) A New Harness Breed: + American Dutch Harness Horse (Read breeding guidelines in BBB) Bug Fixes: - No more ocean critters in Animalistic Shape Shifting :) - No sprinting above % rule now should work properly. - More consistent ordering on the new horse tack sort. - springing => sprinting spell fix. - Stopped item sorting on 'Current Missions' exporter listings. |
HI3 Client Update v.40d (June 9, 2021)
| Whoops, v40c added a couple serious bugs. This should fix them.
Bug Fixes: - Fixed new Elk Cows crashing folks - Fixed a new server crash introduced 2 hrs ago ;) |
Quick Server Bug Fix Update And Breeds (May 19, 2021)
| Addition:
+ Planterable Baobabs now. Two new breeds: + Zhemaichu + Large Zhemaichu (READ breeding guidelines in BBB) Added the following guides to the Horses Forum on Website: + Zebra Color & Pattern Genetics Bug Fixes: - Prevent identifying leased horses. - Properly count art instances in stores to prevent art deletion. - Fixed conformation report bug for quaggas. - Fixed rare flowers quest. NPC will now accept pimpernel flowers. - Block identifying leased horses. - Properly say Hybrids are unbreedable in library now. - Super Horse Orders not properly charging when using %super fixed. |
HI3 Client Update v.40b (May 4, 2021)
| This minor bugfix update did not require a server restart, so players will get it upon relogin.
Bug Fixes: - Fixed crash when viewing the genetics report of certain zebras. - Capitalized "chestnut" in zorse coat names. - added apostrophe to Grevy's Zebra. - Accidental shift to blue in Grevy's Zebra right eye fixed. - Closing map while on horseback no longer dismounts horse. |
HI3 Client Update v.40a - The Zebra-ing (May 4, 2021)
| Zebras! It's here! The zebra update! A huge amount of work went into this by Pathfinder and WiseBlueberry. We hope you enjoy their attention to detail and variation. Please note: These are new, so it is possible bugs may exist, if a Zebroid looks entirely goofy we may have yet to fix that case, just let us know. Otherwise enjoy the random mixings!
Additions & Changes: + Highlights redone on high shaved / low shaved tail to make dark tails less flat. + Reduced the sensitivity of the single click reset of camera angle in default 3rd person view. Seasonal Mobia Items: + Zebra pattern pants added to Mobia store. They are frightful, so making a store item to reduce quantity! :) (white + dyeable stripes) + Horse Isle Anniversary Zebra hat added for sale at Mobia store for May 4th and 5th only. (white + dyeable stripes) Zebras & Zebroids: + Several breeds of Zebras and 4 types of zebroids added! + NOTE: All hybrids are infertile, and cannot be bred. > > Zorse is from a Mother Horse and Father Zebra. (Infertile) > > Hebra is from a Mother Zebra and Father Horse. (Infertile) > > Zonkey is from a Mother Donkey and Father Zebra. (Infertile) > > Donkra is from a Mother Zebra and Father Donkey. (Infertile) + Different types of wild zebras spawn commonly in Savanna, seldomly in mesa and rarely in salt flats. + Note: you cannot get "Perfect" persona in Zebras, they have a different min/max for some of the traits. They have slightly different personalities from horses, so they don't use the full range on chart for everything. + Zebras can have 'white' somatic mutations (flash/bird/bleach) although these are hard to see. + Zorses/Hebras can have all of the somatic mutations found in horses. + Zedonks/Donkras can have all of the somatic mutations found in donkeys. New Donkey and Zebra Behavior: + Donkeys will stubbornly resist starting to move, or accelerating commonly while < 5000 exp now. + Zebras will buck often just due to general orneryness when < 5000 exp. Seven New Species And Subspecies Of Zebras: + Grevy Zebra + Mountain Zebra, including the subtypes: > > Cape Mountain Zebra > > Hartmann's Mountain Zebra + Plains Zebra > > Burchell's Zebra > > Rau Quagga (READ breed info) A New Zorse Breed: + Zetland (read breed info). (Infertile) Two New Hinny Types: + Miniature Hinny (Infertile) + Saddle Hinny (Infertile) + Draft Hinny (Infertile) Bug Fixes: - Tail bow is no longer floating on equines with a shaved tail. - Cart passengers no longer ride horse when in hidden mode (F9). |
Server Upgrade Completed (April 29, 2021)
| We upgraded the main HI3 Game Server Today from 2:13pm to 2:33pm (EST)
This is the highest end server hardware we could rent. (16 x 4.5ghz threads, NVMe SSD, etc) It's only a 10% to 50% improvement depending on where bottlenecks were at the time. But still should help. These upgrades may help menu-click-lag and server delays which sometimes show up. It will NOT benefit low FPS lag or similar issues, these are on client end. Thanks! -Joe and Team |
Server Update (April 24, 2021)
| Quick Server Update:
+ Ostler Rank Care only requires enough $ for the horses within the rank range. + Big bug fixed with breeding from mare page. Folks that took advantage of it, may lose the resulting foals. |
Server Update (April 22, 2021)
| Here's another quick server update to fix a few minor server issues and some random improvements. No need for a client download for these quick updates.
+ Added a button to return to last Super Token Horse Viewed at super order startup (In case you close window). + Improved to retain last Super Token Horse across player disconnects (NOT server restarts though). + Notification upon sending mail (for sender). + Ostlery care within Rank Range added. Enter a min and max rank to care for all within. + After breeding at a barn, the bred Mares page should be jumped back to rather than stallions. + If you have bred and not fully closed the window panel, you will be able to breed from mare profiles as a shortcut. + Viewing a player's artkit contents now also shows original works that were sold (Created by:) added to differentiate. + Leases properly prevented prior to trade partially completing if an active competition involved now. + Exactly 75 modscore can now review art, rather than 76. + Higher categories offered for course rules now (Grade Pony is one). + Refresh back rather than closing window after after registering notable ancestor. |
Quick Server Update (April 19, 2021)
| Added tracking of original artist when commissions are sold. We overlooked this, so added in the tracking ASAP, but the few art works sold for commission prior to this fix, will not reference the proper original artist.
In the future, clicking on an art Icon will say "Originally Created by: player" if it was sold as commission. |
HI3 Client Update v.39e (April 19, 2021)
| Whoops, we apparently stopped counting plushie stats towards metrics in 39d.
so, some quick fixes: Additions & Changes: + Item Store listings now default to price order. + Cottonwood planterable. + Green Apple Tree planterable. + Plushie stats re-added to horse metrics. + Refresh button added to art review mod page. + View All Club News button overlap fixed. + Refresh back after applying a horse profile sticker. + Spelling fix (publshed) |
HI3 Client Update v.39d (April 19, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Art Kit - Trading Art Designs directly for commissions added. + Art Kit naming allows more spaces total (5 instead of 3) + Naming also will allow Colon : Parenthesis () and apostrophe ' now + Esroh Stallion Plushie Added (More purple-ish) + Esroh Mare Plushie Added (More pink-ish) Bug Fixes: - Exception with "Apply Sticker" Fixed. |
HI3 Client Update v.39c (April 15, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Login banner updated. + Poison Ivy no longer places in ice or snow biome, or while running courses. + Clicking art Icons now shows a bigger clearer version of them. + Can now see other players PUBLISHED art from their profiles. + Scroll Position on Window restored when you press back button most of the time now. + Added Buttons Plush and Art to Shopping board to break up search more. > > Art searches both stickers and quiltable tack + Feathers now go under bell boots. + Removed all existing poison ivy placements to clear courses back up. Bug Fixes: - Fixed issue with mouse clicking breaking if new window pops up while a dropdown is open. - Crafting Quilted Items will no longer 'stack' on an existing pattern. (blank instead) - Fixed course status yellow bars not stuck open if forfeit a course. - Clicking 'List All Art' in Art Kit No longer clicks background. - Fixed the instance counting of art content to allow deleting once published (If no instances exist in world) > > Note: Once you have sold an Art item, you cannot force someone to get rid of their instance of it. You can ask, but at that point it is theirs. - "Missing Horse id" nonsensical popup warning removed. |
HI3 Client Update v.39b (April 14, 2021)
| Bug Fixes:
- %ART command actually works now. - Reins are now the color of bridles again. - The application name Fixed back to HI3 Which should prevent lost install settings for more players. - Shortcuts in map equipment and art kit fixed. - Seahorse travel distance no longer "by foot." |
HI3 Client Update v.39a (April 14, 2021)
| NOTE: This update reset the game quality setting and possibly hotkeys. Note that you may have to fix those upon login to get it back the way you prefer. Sorry! not sure why it did this.
Additions & Changes: + Starting Leases no longer permitted while you are competing. + Double click confirmation time reduced from .25s to .1s (We still suggest single clicking to prevent accidental clicks.) + %MUTEAUCTIONS added to stop adding auction announcements to ads channel. Resets upon login. + F5 Distance timer enabled always now, not just for horses, and fixed the minute glitching. + Improved the accuracy and repeatability of Horse Metrics Math, so that the minor .001 values shouldn't "wobble" anymore. + Auction Bid button will show on horse profiles now if you have pigeon and are out of town. + Dye Shop format changed with names on right side instead. Required for the new sorting system. New Quick Inventory Sorting Options: + Some buttons are added to the top of inventory lists now + Sorts Alphabetically by default (ADDITIONALLY Sorts colornames secondarily by default also) + Sort by Reversed Alpha ?meh? + Sort by Color/art name - sorts by them primarily, allowing you to see matching sets grouped alphabetically. + Sort by Imbuement - sorts items by total imbuement points higher up. allowing you to find most powerful plushie, etc. easily. + Sort by Quan - sorts greatest quantities of items higher up. + Art name sorting takes until all of the art icon assets have loaded, then you can click sort by art again. New Poison Ivy System: + Poison Ivy may now occasionally sprout up baby ivy in traveled areas. + Removing it with a shovel will earn you a counter towards a new Dr. Isley Award. + It takes an hour or two to become a bigger poisonous version. + If you run your horse into fully grown, expect a dismounting and injury similar to cactus event. + Salus will protect from injury but not dismounting. + Poison Ivy will not spawn directly on Ranch or Club Parcels. Barber Options: + Low Shaved Tail + High Shaved Tail New Art Kit Equipment: + Purchasable Art Kit tool, 10k essence. Shortcut: ! (looks like a brush) + %ART will let you review your content, (as will clicking LIST ART in kit) + Before Art may be used in any way, it must be "published" which requires a fee and waiting on player moderator review. + Publishing fee starts at $2k and increases by $250 for each art in your art kit (Whether published or not, this is meant to encourage limiting quantity. + Stickers can be used on profiles or horses for "rump art". + Items with art will show the art as an icon rather than normal icon. Click to see the original artist. + Items with art load the first time after display, so you will see their icons and names load in after. + Note: Flag Art is currently unsupported in game. It is a future option we are considering. New Sticker Art: + Blank Stickers are now craftable at Workshops (Paper + Honey) + Creating requires Blank Stickers And passing publishing prior, then "Create Sticker" in %ART. + Be sure to select an Art Category before publishing, as this will help folks find your art if put in stores. + Stickers for Rump art have an option "Right pixels face head" which is useful if you want it to be flipped on the left side of the horse, so that the right side of the art faces forward, for instance, Arrow designs or similar. Text, etc will be backwards in this mode, so leave normal in similar cases. + Stickers are like normal items or tack and can be sold or traded like any other item. + Once you sell a sticker, you lose control of that copy of the art, it is no longer yours. + An artist cannot delete or change art once published. The sticker design will remain permanently. + You can click sticker art icons to see name and artist. + Player Profiles and Horse Profiles can have stickers added to the top via bottom of profile editing. + Club Profiles can have a sticker added, but in this case, a copy of sticker is made, so shared-management issues are simplified. + New Printing Press Award tracks each time you assign art to a blank sticker. + Note: Stickers will not show for LOWEST quality mode. New Quilting Pattern Art: + For Quiltable art in the Kit, there are several different creative methods for tiling the pattern you design. Be sure to turn tiling up above one usually :) + Quiltable versions of Simple Blanket, Western pad and English pad added. + 3 Quiltable tack craft recipes added similar to dyeable tack versions. + Click a Quilt button next to a published Quilting Pattern to apply to quiltable items, or to de-quilt an existing. + Note: Players on LOWEST quality, will not see any quilted patterns. Players on LOW will see the 5+ tiled versions reduced to a max of 3 or 4 (3 replaces 5 or 7, 4 replaces 6 or 8) Art Kit Player Moderation: + %MOD allows any players 18+ with mod scores 75+ to moderate art submissions prior to them being visible in game. + a total of 250 mod score must approve of art before it is Usable. If anyone flags, it will be removed and reviewed by staff. + Moderating artwork earns $250 gd. But be careful and do it correctly, or you could lose mod points, or worse if abused. + We have added some clarifications to the bottom of Game Rules (bottom of website) specifically for the ArtKit. A New Breed: + Leutstettener ('Sarvar', good for cross-country) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added the following colors to Banei: silver-dapple, tobiano, sabino. + Added a clarification to the American Mustang's breed info regarding the breed's history. Bug Fixes: - Fixed issue with players on benches seen standing instead of sitting. - Properly includes counts Gilligan Barns when building new ones. - Clarified pastures offer +1 horse spot when building. (+ cleaned up other descriptions) - Fixed issue with 3rd person camera getting stuck on top of ice when using Seahorse or Diving Bell. - Fixed Auctions sorting by bid amount to include minimum bid values when not yet bid on. - Radial menus (Emotes, Tricks, Instruments) now close automatically when other menus open. - Competition progress updates (yellow bars) not sent to forfeited or reconnected players anymore. |
Update Update (April 11, 2021)
| Hellooo! Just a little information update.
So, the Big Zebra update is still progressing, but not quite ready, still weeks away unfortunately. Zebroids are endlessly complicated ;) In the mean time, we are finishing up work on a big Art-Kit Equipment Update :) So, save up your essence, and prepare to be creative. Rump art will come to HI3 probably within a week! Also, the host for our game servers is working on acquiring slightly faster hardware for us that is now available. So, we'll be doing a server upgrade probably within the next month. It's hard to gauge, but I'm expecting a 10%-50% speedup when menu-lag would otherwise previously occur. Thanks! -Joe and Team |
HI3 Client Update v.38b (March 16, 2021)
| We are still a few weeks away from Zebra update. Zebroids are quite complicated and varied, and we are taking the time to do it as best we can manage. In the mean time, here are some squashed bugs and minor tweaks.
Additions & Changes: + Space before [T] tags + Fixed PROFILE button from warning under Clubs By Distance. + Quarter second delay added before confirmation clicks register to prevent possible mouse-glitches. + Competition max time length upped from 120 to 150 minutes, We do not recommend over 90m however. Competition Exp Payout Tweak: + Races now pay additional experience at a lower rate. + Previously Exp paid out till 30min and then cut off at 8x bonus. + Added 30min to 60min pays out up to another 5x. + Added 60min to 90min pays out up to another 3x. + a 90min event can now pays out double bonus (16x) what a 30m (8x) event pays. Bug Fixes: - Fixed "dragon drool" button to "dragget drool" - Horse sliding stop glitch while in Shift-M map shortcut fixed. - Alligator plushie centered. - Horses gain bond while in pens now, just like all other horses in barns. - Count horses > foal separation age, rather than >= for current horse max calculations. - Fixed active course list from losing club headings sometimes. - Fixed QP to PP abbreviation under player profiles. - Course Max Hands Height setting fixed to not compare against a hundreths-decimal version of hands high, thus failing sometimes. - Foals < 2yo may not be tacked with saddle pads or bridles anymore. |
HI3 Client Update v.38a (March 3, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Plushie Pedestals - a New Ranch Decoration! > > Note: Plushie Destroyed after affixing to pedestal, so take care not to use high-stat ones. + Added Plushie-on-pedestal photography challenge. (104 to collect!) + Broke up list of current competitions by club. + Transmutatio and Adsimulo amulets automatically are removed upon breeding and placed back in Mare owners inventory. + Liriope Diggable + Added 12hr lease option. + Reduced tags [Tack] to [T] and [Saddled] to [S] in horse lists for less used space. Colored them purple and green respectively. + Common Dark Forest Trees now choppable. + Trader List now shows actual money you would earn (+$200 and tome taken into account) + F9 Toggles temporarily hides all other players and non-wild horses for performance boost (Especially during Mane Events) + Hiding shopping board Sell-To stores who have full quantity (9999) + Horse store purchasing includes confirmation clicks now. + Added Quick Travel Buttons to players-by-club listing. Ostlery Improvements: + Ostlery Fees reduced in half + "Ostlery Club" tome available to learn for 50% discount at Ostlers. + Ostlers now offer a CARE ALL option, priced at $400 each per all your horses. ($200 with tome) Certification Improvements: + Normal entire list is broken up into category pages now. + Additional option to search certifications by player offering them if know the name. + New Option of listing certs by certain keywords present in the details. + Removed the distracting formatting tags shown in summary listings. + Adding ability for HI3 Support tickets to fix grammatical or clarification errors on Certs one time. No meaningful changes allowed. New Saddle Breeds: + American Cream and White Horse, including the subtypes: > > American Cream Horse > > American White Horse + Carolina Marsh Tacky (can be gaited, read breeding rules) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added more info about the Lithuanian Heavy Draft. + Re-categorized some types of grade ponies as 'grade ponies' instead of 'warmblood horses'. Bug Fixes: - Limited store inventory quantity to 9999 in a missing spot. > > Note: for those few players with over 9999 item quantity in an store, please reduce by selling or removing soon as a future update may wipe the overage out. - Hitting x while rotating an existing building will replace it now. - Clicking right mouse will no longer improperly allow repositioning of an existing building now. - Quantity of Horse count tracking lost when using trader fixed. (should be fewer cases of going over horse max) - Ranch and Club re-colorings will not mess up the planter's plants. - Horses Will state "Saddled" when applied via Tack Set properly now. ( [S] now instead of [T] ) - Allow inbreeding via trade after warning given now. - Plushies are now properly hidden when horse is in proxy mode (transparent sphere). - Proxy spheres are now more efficient. |
HI3 Client Update v.37a (February 10, 2021)
| Hey everyone, we are still hard at work and many weeks away from any end-of-alphabet equine additions. But in the mean time, this update should add some fun content for everyone, Enjoy!
Note: A side effect of the Unity update this time, folks may have to reset their resolution and window options at startup. Then all should be normal. Additions & Changes: + Prevent having too-similar of pants or top colors as skin tone. > > Anyone who has "flesh" colors is asked to change to allowed colors now, or face a ban. + Added Maximum Items you can hold to [Myself] page info. + Instruments may now have their octaves shifted, Left Shift presses move lower, right shift for higher. + Limited to 50 players nearby to start an instrument now. + When About->Rotate-ing existing ranch and club objects they now start at current rotation, and correctly show planters, etc. + Bug-Fix Updated our Unity Build Platform, hopefully some random issues/crashes will be reduced. + Transmutio will no longer randomly tweak Genes for non-horses. It will still increase trait and other variations, but can not safely tweak proper genes since many combinations are invalid for non-horses. More Planterables: + New Huge Planter option. + New Huge Options: acacia, giant flower, mushroom, cypress, oak, mohogany, sitka spruce, kauri + Added plantability: barrel cactus, mangrove, snow ghost, candy cane, snow ghost, honey tree, strangler fig, mushroom, campion, ice berry, artemesia, spider bush, prickly pear, mushroom + Planters also allow custom rotations properly now. 49 New Plushies!: + Arowana, Bat, Beaver, Bighorn, Camel, Carp, Clownfish, Cobra, Coyote, Crab, Crocodile Dolphin, Emu, Gila Monster, Golden Eagle, Gorilla, Horned Lizard, Kangaroo, Kingfisher Koala, Kookaburra, Lobster, Manatee, Orca, Panda, Peacock, Pelican, Platypus, Possum Pronghorn, Quokka, Rattlesnake, Red Panda, Seahorse, Sea Otter, Snapping Turtle, Squid Swan, Tapir, Tasmanian Devil, Tiger, Wombat + Fantasy: Pegasus, Unicorn, Dragon (Earth), Dragon (Fire), Dragon (Ice), Dragon (Water) Two New Riding Breeds: + Costa Rican Saddle Horse (gaited, comes in dominant white + frame-overo) + Fleuve A New Crossbreed: + Aegidienberger (Icelandic x Peruvian Paso; gaited) A New Heavy Draft: + Lithuanian Heavy Draft Additional Breed Tweaks: + Removed penalties for frame-overo, white-spotted, splash-white, and manchado from Irish Sport Horse. + Percheron tweaks: added seal brown, added flaxen [chestnut], increased maximal limit for white markings (=> Perchrons can now be mosaic). + Updated color info in BBB for both of these breeds to the new format. + Curly coat is now more common among Lokai horses. Bug Fixes: - Essence Star heading location should now work. - Store icons no longer disappear with Ram Reduction enabled. - Potential fix for "Set Blend Shapes" null reference error when playing instruments. - Seahorse no longer rotates with mouse movement in Classic 3PV. - Mobia-Max-Horse unlocks fixed to require 50% of YOUR horse max, rather than a global max. (Does not require subscription) |
Gypsy Vanners Poll Result (January 31, 2021)
| Per the poll about whether to change the name of Gypsy Vanners to Just "Vanners" The following will result:
1) Since the Poll was in favor of keeping the name (57% of all players after 48hrs) The name will stay for now. 2) This is the end of discussion over it. Anyone causing drama or grief over this will get a ban. This is one of those issues that needs to just "Stop". There is no perfect answer, other than, letting it go. 3) Unhappy with the result?: Research your arguments fully, then take it to the actual registries. If they change the name we also will. Alternatively, if folks want a RE-Vote, we can consider after 2 Years have passed. 4) Playernames, profiles, and conversation may use the term Gypsy in context with the horses and positive cultural appreciation. Anyone using it in any disparaging way towards the people, will receive an instant and permanent ban. CONTEXT is what matters most in this and many similar issues. Thanks for your patience folks. Remember in the end, this is just a little horsie game, let's focus on that ;) |
HI3 Client Update v.36a (January 13, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Crashing? Experimental memory cache clear feature added. Select "Ram Reduction" near bottom in your settings under wrench icon. It may add a lag every couple minutes, but may also reduce out-of-resource crashes. If you never have crashing problems, it will probably be no benefit. + Logging improved for Player Stores - All transactions are added to "Event Log" with a "STORE" prefix. + 1200 Maximum horses may now be extended to 1500 through additional permanent Mobia unlocks. > > The absolute max horses now come from: 300 free, +500 sub, +700 mobia unlocks. (requiring barn space also) See Horse? Seahorse!!: + Expensive Seahorse mount (Equipment) now available! 25,000 Essence. + Move faster underwater and hold depth. + Use crouch (C) to sink, and jump to raise. + You need to start underwater with underwater helmet. + Shortcut:% added for seahorse. (Press 0 for helmet first to sink) New Breeds: Barbs are here! (READ breeding & color rules in BBB) + Barb + Barb-Arab (Barb x Arabian) + Spanish Barb (Barb x Andalusian) |
HI3 Client Update v.35d (January 7, 2021)
| Additions & Changes:
+ your Horse listings show [Saddled] instead of just [Tack] when applies. + Reduced far Quick Travel costs by half. + Maximum Quick Travel Reduction Reduced by half. (half a bar for nonsub, 1/6 for sub) + Shooting stars no longer block player movement. Donkey Correction: + Donkeys with RnRn and Ws or mama no longer turn grey with high dapple strength. + If you owned a light grey donkey, it may be white after this update. + If you ordered a light grey donkey for the coloring and it changed, you may return it (losing donkey) for a refund by contacting support if unhappy (include hid). + This does not affect the white mosaic donkeys. New Trader System: + Each day visited traders are added to the index automatically. + Index viewable via Shopping board and newspaper. A New Crossbred: + Imperial Heritage Horse (Friesian x Knab/Appy, read rules in BBB) > > NOTE: please check the new coat-colors layout in the breed info, and write your opinion in the "BBB Color/Height Info" thread in Horses forum. Bug Fixes: - Markings on white donkeys no longer enabled (May have been slightly visible). - Fix for WearTack null reference exception crash. - Potential fix for lasso going into bugged state when starting throw. - A few dye color name removals. - Western Pad no longer clips into back on Large Southern Yakuts. |
HI3 Client Update v.35c (December 30, 2020)
| We focused on bugs for this update. Managed to slip in a new minigame though!
Additions & Changes: + The lasso is no longer put away after a course obstacle is lassoed. + Dark forest Fog view distance increased 50% + Clarified store Mobia and item stocking text for buying and selling. + Added store stocked item sale transactions logging to sellers. + New [Deceased] log view from bottom of HORSES page. + Added kinder, random messages if online while a horse passes. + Added a notice if you log in and horses have passed right above the "You have mail" check. + Prevent most cases of horse whistling over ice. + Add a quest popup upon crediting a shooting star if you are on a collect-star player made mission. + Prevent tags in certification names, removed existing color tags + Partial alphabetical listing of clubs option now. (A-E) New Puzzle Game: + Tree Rings! Find them around the Alpine Biomes. + Hopefully you wont get "Stumped"... sorry. + Added SHIFT+Click to reverse rotation for Tree ring, Number Lock and Turtle Shell games. Added More Info To BBB For: + Asinara Donkey + Belgian Mule + Poitou Donkey A New Miniature Pony: + Brazilian Pony New Mule Breeds: (READ breeding & color rules in BBB) + American Cream Draft Mule + Appaloosa Mule + Poitevin Mule Bug Fixes: - Transmutio Amulet prevented from transforming donkeys to mules - Blanket adjusted to fit donkeys properly. - Plushie positioning fixed for donkeys. - All tack that rests on the forehead adjusted to fit donkeys (Unicorn hat/Bridles/etc..) - Prevent cave dwellers from winning "Highest Terrain" server game. - There is no longer a one second lag in control after lassoing a course obstacle. - Fix for object not set crash for certain instruments. |
Quick Server Update (December 23, 2020)
| Players noticed Lucky Finds were broken! So, this quick server update fixes!
Changes + Fixed Lucky Finds back to working! Those wild donkey's must have knocked it out. + Shopping Board searching by breed now pre-sorts by equine type into categories. (scroll to bottom for donkeys) + Horse cart equipments now block when over horse max. Added the following guides to the Horses Forum on Website: + Donkey guide: donkey coat colors + donkey hair types |
HI3 Client Update v.35b (December 21, 2020)
| A few quick fixes for the big Donkey and Mule update.
A New Mule Breed: + Percheron Mule New Mule Type: + Draft Mule Bug Fixes: - Fixed tack fitting for donkeys. - Fixed issue with girth strap not fitting properly for flat backed horses. - Rare Pink Donkey Tails fixed. - Potential fix for GUIManager null reference crash. |
HI3 Client Update v.35a (December 18, 2020)
| (UPDATE: We will work on the tack not fitting the new equines for next update -- whooops :) )
Whew! Donkeys! Mules! Chris and Shir (Pathfinder) worked tirelessly to get Donkeys and Mules done by the holidays here. We hope you enjoy them! Additions & Changes: + Minor performance boost in procedural horse coat generation + Mobia Store Horse Ordering now has a pre-category button to narrow the options. + Applying tack lists are now sorted alphabetically. + Listing horses by Breed places Donkeys, etc. At bottom. + Listing Horses by Gender now sorts by equine type firstly. Course Management: + Added EquineType course setting. You can require Horses only or Donkeys only or Hybrids only. + If you leave at Any, or Horses-Only your course is still considered non-narrow rules. + Fixed a problem where once you edited a course rules it would forever be marked as narrow for Mane Events. + If this may apply to your course, simply resave the settings and it will update properly. Plushie Additions: 13 New Plushies! + Alligator, Blue Whale, Chameleon, Crow + Dove, Frog, Giraffe, Lion, Monkey + Octopus, Pigeon, Sloth, Squirrel Donkeys Added!: + Several Breeds and types of donkeys added. + Some different genes will be reported in genetic reports. + Smaller Wild Donkeys may spawn in Any Caves 25% of the time. + Larger Wild Donkeys may spawn in Dark Forest Land 10% of the time. + NOTE: Several Places in the game will still refer to donkeys as horses. This will remain the general term covering equines simply because this is a horse game, and switching the term to equine everywhere would feel less horse-based even if more technically accurate. Mules and Hinnys Added!: + Mules come from Horse Mother and Donkey Father + Hinnys come from Donkey Mother and Horse Father + They are infertile and cannot be bred further. + Some different genes will be reported in genetic reports. A New Gaited Pony: + Piquira Pony (read colors and height info in BBB). Donkey Breeds: + American Mammoth Jackstock, including the subtypes: > > Dark American Mammoth Jackstock > > Sorrel American Mammoth Jackstock + Asinara Donkey + Pega Donkey + Poitou Donkey Mule Breeds: (READ breeding & color rules in BBB) + Belgian Mule + Pega Mule Bug Fixes: - Tack sets cannot be applied to foals - Potential fix for orphaned plushies and other tack - Potential fix for showing puzzles as completed more reliably. - Fix for horses walking backwards after jumping into cave ceiling - Minimap Mesa wall transparency long term bug fixed. - Hang glider put away during quick travels. - Hang glider does not jump forward when blocked by cave walls. - "Buyable" quantity fixed back in shopping board lists again. - Camera no longer inside elephant's head during shapeshifting. |
HI3 Client Update v.34d (December 4, 2020)
| Most of our effort has been wrapping up Donkey work (Which is mostly done!) BUT we need to get mules squared away now prior to releasing. So, This is mostly a bug fix update with a few new features.
Additions & Changes: + Doubled the sprint slow-down when sliding stop activated, should be closer to how it was, just a little slower from a full sprint now. + Added confirmation for plushie sale clicks. + Fixed tack menu formatting if Salus amulet applied + Added support for world object quest photo steps. + Added support for breed quest photo steps. + Put saddle pads above saddle in Tack window to remind to apply them first. + Ability to remove Tack Sets and Apply to other horses (Saddle/Pad/Bridle). Buttons at bottom of tack list. + Added owners name to end of player store descriptions. + Enforce the max distance between obstacles when adjusting them. + Increased max distance between course objects from 500m to 2000m + Added Content Flagging buttons for Club profiles and Sign texts (Look at sign for flag) + Added Store searching via player names or partial store names to bottom of Shopping board. Additional Donkey Tweaks: (NOT LIVE YET!) + Added more donkey types to preview in BBB Added the following guides to the Breeding Forum on Website: + Horse Expert's Re-identification System - What is it, and When to use it Bug Fixes: - XP Tome now awarded at 10m XP, not 1m accidentally last update. - New horse identification treated as re-identification fixed. - Fixed the sit position on stone slab benches. - Potential fix for bottle blow null reference crash. - Potential fix for "TryPlacingWMO" Exception crash. - Clubbies must properly be leader+ to promote anyone now. - Fixed incorrect hang glider distance calculation when stuck between objects. |
HI3 Client Update v.34c (November 25, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Allow clicking TACK on other horses, to view imbuements. + Super Orders will now try to show same horse if you open up a different window, or help center opens up, and then you go back. (still resets if you close windows) + Horse Traders will now also buy plushies at $500 gd each. + Tack Interface has been completely redone to only show one type of tack at a time. + Club owners now have an expensive option ($100k) to delete buggy quests by ex-clubbies. [Manage Quests]. + Added a big speedup for common breed identification when mother/father are same breed. (only check if same breed valid) + Course list limit increased from 100 to 200 on Comp Board. Additional Re-Identification Options Added. You may toggle to: + Mother's Breed - Will offer identifying to mother's breed if within conformation specs. + Fathers's Breed - Will offer identifying to fathers's breed if within conformation specs. + Other PureBred - Will attempt to match the best conforming purebreeding option. (Rarely applies) Nearly Unreachable Long-Term Goals for Additional Tomes Added: + 2nd XP Tome @ 10 million XP (someone has 8mill now) + 2nd QP Tome at 100k (several have +70k now) + 2nd PP Tome at 100k (someone has 85k now) Donkey Preview: + Donkeys are not yet fully complete (not orderable). But this update will allow you to see them in the Library. + Lots of work under the hood is being done to support alternative equines :) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added curly to Missouri Fox Trotters (thanks to a RL registered stock). Bug Fixes: - Prevent going over inventory max when you have none of an item, and acquire beyond max of item. - Fixed Critters occasionally showing up at water level, separate from horses. - Added Back Button To COURSES Button when applicable. - Fixed [?] Help menu to not break back-button functionality. - Fixed [HORSES] Button to not break back-button functionality. - Two awards were called "Challenger". one renamed to "Weekly Challenger" unfortunately, the previous counts will be mixed up! |
HI3 Client Update v.34b (November 13, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Fixed the mosaic horses impacted from v34a earlier today |
HI3 Client Update v.34a (November 13, 2020)
| Fun additions for this update! The oceans should feel more alive and Plushies should be a fun addition.
Additions & Changes: + Removed the "Bareback Pro" Message from popping up when conditions met. + Minor Boost to Red Imbuement Crystal Spawn. + Tea Leaves show up on Lowest setting now. + Mane Event: Increased random spawn position from +/- 5m to +/- 20m from course start. + Picnic Bench and Park Bench Club colors changed to Custom Trim colors instead of green. + Wonderland small mushrooms have had colliders removed. + After 7 days Certifications may now be "Canceled" refunding the application and acceptance fees back to player. + Shopping Board Item searches are now pre-divided into 4 sub categories for easier browsing. New Land Critter!: + Elephant and Baby Elephants added to Savanna! + New elephant photo and shapeshifting opportunities. Ocean Mega Fauna Added!: + Blue Whales and rarely Giant Squids may now be spotted swimming the deep oceans! + Great Whites and Sword Fish may be found in Temperate oceans. + Dolphins, Dugongs, Mola Molas, Sea Turtles, Hammerheads, and Manta Rays may be found in warmer oceans. + Rarest are the Mola Mola :) + Also photography challenges for all of these. Plushies Added!: + 42 different plushie animals added. Non-dyeable and non-imbueable. + New "Plushie" tack slot with same possible tack bonuses as saddle pad. + These little guys sit on the horses rump and are clipped in place safely. + Plushies may be discovered randomly in new "findable" crates in Caverns. + Cuddly Collector award tracker added for each crate opened. + Discovered plushies also come with a random imbuement that can not be modified. + Plushies with high imbuements will be rare and valuable finds! + Plushies are found with a minimum of 7 random imbuements. (no max) + "Lucky Plushie" Tome Added -- Doubles the permanent minimum random imbuements of found plushies from 7 to 14. (max not changed) + Library reference for plushies added. A New Sport Breed: + Latvian, including the subtypes: > > Latvian Riding Horse (read color & breeding info). > > Latvian Sport Horse (read color & breeding info). Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added info about the history and conformation of the Latvian Draft. + Added Belgian Halfblood to purebreeding list of Zangersheides (Zangs x B. Halfblood can now born 100% pure Zangs). + Foundation Morgans can now rarely have louder markings (thanks to a RL registered stallion). + Updated color list for Nez Perce Horse in the BBB. Bug Fixes: - SPD and END Village trainer sign colors swapped properly. - A Few other misc fixes |
HI3 Update Progress (November 2, 2020)
| Rest assured we are hard at work on content for a big update. But it is complicated and slow going. So, will just have to have patience with us.
One addition will be Elephants. I mean, that alone is worth it, right??? :) Thanks for being kind to each other! This is a unique and challenging year, and so much better when you treat each other with patience, respect and kindness. Thanks! -Joe |
Horse Isle is an escape from the Real World. (October 17, 2020)
| Some folks keep being confused about this and think we are stifling free speech, etc. Here are the facts and the point of our rules:
Our Community respects that folks of all ages may be playing, and we have always offered a rare safe place to escape the real world. It is NOT a comment on our personal beliefs or how we think the world should operate. Simply, that in the Lands of Horse Isle, politics, relationship pressure and religion are all avoided so that folks can get along and simply enjoy the horses and comradery. If folks WANT to share their beliefs, that's great. Go out and talk in person/on your social media accounts/go protest/do whatever, BUT NOT IN OUR WORLD -- Not because we are horrible folks who don't care, simply because THIS IS AN ESCAPE FOR ALL and everyone. If you want a place where both sides of vitriolic arguments are constantly at odds and fighting, LITERALLY LOOK ALMOST ANYWHERE ELSE. Just NOT here. Simple. If you cannot handle that, I'm sorry then do not play in our world, please. The only outcome of being pushy and over the top for any argument is to have folks lose respect and care about your cause. Horse Isle has not changed its stance on ANYTHING in 15 years. Nor do we plan to. If you want to play our games, it is simple: 1) No Public Discussion of Politics. It just never goes well. Horse Isle is an Escape from politics. 2) No Public Discussion of Religion for or against. It never goes well. Horse Isle is an Escape from these topics. 3) No Public Discussion of Dating or your Sexual Orientation (no one cares/needs to know). Horse Isle is an Escape from dating. Personally, I have loved making these games, but the ONLY thing you guys protesting/mobbing does is cause me to want to stop developing early and walk away. Also especially lately, I'm losing respect and tolerance for folks who are overtly pushy with their politics. You are being very rude and disrespectful. There is a place and a time for things, simple as that. Our moderators do what they can. When an entire mob of folks is breaking our clear simple rules, they often have to be harsher and swifter, as we have a limited team and it is difficult to keep stuff under control. Try to show them some patience as well. It is very difficult sorting out who is causing what, etc. Just step back and breathe folks. -Joe |
HI3 Client Update v.33b (October 16, 2020)
| Horse stamina handling has been improved several ways with this update. Unfortunately it will have an impact on comparisons against previous race times for those who were taking advantage of the "jump" bug. And the future race times of sled races will go up likely. But Going forward this should make competition more fair and improve realism slightly.
Additions & Changes: + Epic discovery range has been improved. Large epics will be discovered when players are near their top. Horse Stamina Gameplay/Reality Fixes: + Horses lose more stamina if jumping while sprinting, NOT less anymore! (was a bug where stamina did not drop while in air) + Horses lose up to 4x more stamina while pulling sleds at max weight and max sprint. (was no additional stamina drop for pulling heavy things) + Horses lose a bit more stamina while pulling carts and riders. (Pull strength of horse determines drop. Horse cart equivalent to .2 sleds, pony cart =.1 sled. ) + The Stamina Bar is now continuously updated to give players immediate feedback to help pace. A New Heavy Draft: + Latvian Draft |
HI3 Client Update v.33a (October 14, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Can no longer upgrade barns you do not own. + Added DEPTH: similar to AGL: when underwater at least a couple meters. + Added 0yo profile viewing option in addition to 4yo for reviewing stats at birth. + Adventure Quests also offer an all-listing that is alphabetical now. Additional Ocean Adventure: + Added new message in a bottle findables on the Oceans. + It is surprising how many folks take to writing messages in bottles in horse Isle, but you can read them when collected. + Some rarely contain some Gold or a small item also. Plus you get a bottle to reuse from each. New Minigames: + Coconut Follow game can now be found in the Mediterranean. + Pet A Mole can now be found in the Taiga. + Towers of Hanoi can now be found in Sandstone. A New Small Horse: + Yunnan (non-rideable.) A New Riding Horse: + Moyle A New Sport Breed: + Slovak Warmblood A New Sport Pony: + Slovak Sport Pony Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added mushroom to Icelandic (thanks to a 2019 paper). + Added roan to Westphalian (rare, thanks to a real registered horse.) |
Climate Challenge Results (October 6, 2020)
| Member Climate Challenge:
About a month ago, we carbon offset our electrical usage for developing and for those playing HI3. We did this in order to do our small part to help reduce climate change. We offered members to help with their own small steps and many of you followed through. Any one who submitted and followed our steps has been given 30 days free membership extension as of now. Thanks! A Few Efforts By Our Fellow Players: "For the challenge, I decided to invest in a durable thermos that can keep liquids hot or cold for long periods. I can make coffee at home and carry it with me instead of buying one at the price of a couple of dollars and another wasted container. I can take my own water to my day job without wasting more plastic bottles or my employer's money." "This Week i've made an effort to ride my skateboard around town to get to places instead of asking mum for a drive! I Also planted our veggie garden too." "I will be biking to school instead of driving from now on! I will also start using eco bags instead of plastic bags when I go grocery shopping! Once again, thank you for inspiring me to make these changes in my life." "I wish to help with the carbon emissions. I plan to limit my meat consumption. I'm also going to plant trees in places that need it. I also plan to grow a small garden, consisting of flowers, vegetables and fruits. Im going to reuse plastic bags and limit the amount of non decomposable items. I've already started to collect plastic waste that's been floating around the neighborhood. Thank you for this opportunity, and I hope that what I do will help the carbon emissions." "To help reduce emissions, I bought a bike and started using it to go places near our house as opposed to driving. I've actually found it's just as fast, has reduced our gas usage, and is overall good for the environment!" Thanks everyone for participating with us! |
HI3 Client Update v.32a (September 28, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ 6 track Original Background Music added for Decay Biome! Now all 25 Biomes have their own music. + A new Epic Discovery music effect added. + Added a "Frame Lock" Transition, simply continues to show current view until the 4s transitioning is complete. + Transitions skipped if traveling very short distances. (lassoing party, etc.) + World map initialization speed drastically improved. (You can view your map after login sooner now) + Hide Extra button line in horse profiles when no buttons actually showing. + Mares sorted in Horses Gender list now show most pregnant first. Epic Medallions And Club Interface Improvements: + Use these medallions to unlock additional club building permits. Each level will give you +1 build and deco permit. + First level costs 10, then 20, then 40, then 80, 160 , 320 ,etc. + For those not interested in clubs, the medallions will be worth gold dust soon to clubs that do want them, so enjoy the profit. + We intended these to eventually add roughly 10 extra building permits through a reasonable effort across adventurous club members. + Invest medallions via normal club investments. This interface has been redone with icons and cleaned up. + Upgrade medallion level via club BUILD page. + Club build permits now = Max Members + Medallion Level. + Added current number of club permits left to top of build menu. + Club build menu now sorted alphabetically + Club Manage Members and Member Info now have NEXT/PREV navigation arrows. + Prettied up the club Investment page Upgradeable Barns: + Can now UPGRADE barns and shedrows by clicking on them. + Costs 2x normal build materials to upgrade. No Refund of these materials if you sell barn. + Upgraded barns house 5 horses rather than 3 and they have a bigger look to them. + Definitely cheaper to just build more barns if you can find room for them. + NOTE: The Absolute Horse Limit still applies so there is a limit to the number gained through extra barns/upgrades. New Saddle Breeds: + South African Boerperd (sometimes gaited, read color rules) + Cape Boerperd (sometimes gaited, read color & breeding rules) A New Crossbred: + Andaloosa (Appaloosa x Pure Spanish Horse + subtpes) > > Solid Andaloosa (read breed info in BBB) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added champagne to Foundation American Quarter Horse (thanks to some real-life registered and approved breeding stock.) + Bolded the breeding rules in the BBB for: (Rules are the same, but are now bolded.) > > Appendix McCurdy > > Shire Sporthorses > > Sardinian Anglo-Arabs + Added clarification to NASP info that breeders should avoid crossing them with feathered breeds. Bug Fixes: - Epic Shipwrecks actually pay out Gold Dust now. - Missing imbued tack icons fixed. - Potential fix for players crashing in they Appearance Editor. - Potential Fix for Lasso repeatedly throwing when first equipped. - Fixed snowshoes failing to auto-equip when dismounting a horse in snow. - Removed epics from caves, they were not meant to spawn :) (maybe custom cave ones will replace someday) - Fixed glider not being the right color when players glide in from out of range. - Item trade listed max quantity reported sometimes inaccurate fixed. - Refreshing Data on live will no longer wipe out HI3 Stars - Moderator edited playernames updated instantly on game now. - Fixed hand positions for instruments when riding horses or riding along. - Instrument notes display restored. |
HI3 Client Update v.31b (September 17, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Parcel boundary preview now allowed even if do not have another parcel unlocked yet (v31a) + Reduced new transition fadeout time by 20% (4s instead of 5s) + Solid Black (boring) transition option added for those getting motion sickness. + Found a 50% performance improvement during transitions + Slightly enlarged Epic Discovery Range from 16m to 17m away from center. + Added a New Missing Taiga Epic + Attempted several fixes for missing text. We were not able to reproduce so can't be sure. |
HI3 Client Update v.31a (September 16, 2020)
| A nice big adventurous update! This update adds some more reasons to get out and explore the world. Enjoy.
Additions & Changes: + Fireworks sound effects volume is now controlled by the World Volume setting + BGM reduced to 20% (Was 33%) when a Music FX played on top + Increased Camera Equipment "Detection" distance from 35m to 50m + Location panel now hides to give more room for long panels (Inventory, Horses, Etc.) Camera Transitions: + When Quick Traveling a Camera Transition has been added to fade to black, hiding some of the initial world-building. + You can select a preferred transition from the game settings. + A Whoosh sound has also been added. Favorite Human Tweaks: + Now ONLY OWNERS can trigger a favorite human, leasees will no longer be credited. + IF a horse earned a favorite human with previous owner, new owner can earn it and the 1000 bond bonus. Will say "Different Favorite Human!". + The award counter for favorite humans and the mood boost still require no-previous favorite human. + Added some emoji hearts. NPC Addition: + Horse Experts now have plenty to talk about. Savanna Soundtrack Added: + Horse Isles Composer has completed the Savanna Biome Original Tracks. + Drum beats and an occasional heavy melody! EPICS: + Epics are over 30 discoverable interesting things in the world (Previously marked by Obelisks). + For the most part, they are not interactable. Just to "Look at". + First player to walk near an Epic is recorded as the permanent discoverer. + "Epic Discovery" award added and earned for each initial discovery. + Discoverers will earn a valuable "Epic Medallion". Hold onto them for a future use! + Photography challenge added for each Epic Type. + Each Biome has it's own unique Epics. + Sunken shipwrecks in oceans also give a random gold dust treasure to first discoverer. More Gaited Breeds: + McCurdy Plantation Horse, including the subtype: > > Appendix McCurdy Plantation Horse (read breeding rules in BBB) New Draft Breeds: + Hispano-Breton + Voronezh Coach Horse, including the subtypes: > > Heavy Voronezh Coach Horse > > Intermediate Voronezh Coach Horse (read breeding rules in BBB) > > Light Voronezh Coach Horse Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added more info about the Merens. + Fixed glitch with non-flaxen chestnuts among French Chasers. + Updated "BBB" info about Anglo-Arabs (now lists which colors patterns are/aren't allowed). |
Responsible Action Taken For Our Kids And Young Players (September 5, 2020)
| All of HI3 Development and Enjoyment has gone Carbon Neutral
Chris and I (Joe) Core Developers of HI3 have young kids. It is clear to us that any action we can take to help leave ours and other kids a comfortable planet is worth taking. To that end, we are doing what we can for ourselves and players to reduce and repay our carbon use. HI3's development has been kept pretty efficient. We all have completely worked remotely in home offices, and made other personal choices to reduce our carbon footprints. The Games are inescapably going to use some carbon, however, simply due to using electricity. Our plan with this is to fund a reputable Carbon Offsetter (a company that supports projects that reduce the amount of carbon). We will do it for not only our personal and servers' carbon usage, but ALL OF OUR PLAYERS' time spent on the game for the year! So, you can feel a little better about your own involvement in this issue. Additionally, we would like to give each of you the opportunity to take a little of your own action! To this end we will be offering free 30 days membership added to your account upon taking some additional action of your own, See details below! It's important to take direct action when possible as carbon offsets are not perfect. But if everyone does what they easily can, It would make a huge difference. Thanks Everyone! -Joe 30 day free membership climate challenge: To be credited, simply make a real and additional effort due to this challenge (don't tell us about something you already do) and email climate@horseisle.com with your playername (PlayerID also helps) and a brief message explaining what you did to earn the bonus. Options include: + Planting a tree or native flower bed on land you own or get permission. + Riding a bicycle or walking when you would have otherwise driven several times. + Reduce some meat consumption by replacing a few meat meals with veggie alternatives. (Joe's Favorites: hummus, blackbean burritos, & Indian sauces! Chris has veggie shakes for some lunches). + Committing to using reusable grocery bags, or otherwise reducing plastic waste. + Other clearly impactful actions welcome as well. Email by October 1st, 2020 and then we will review and credit soon after! ======================================================================================== For those who are interested in our math, we will share it below for the sake of transparency: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total electricity usage for entirety of HI3 Game: + Our Personal Workstations: 4pcs x 500watts x 12hrs x 280 work days = 6,720kw hrs + HI3 Servers: 3machines x 500watts x 24hrs x 365days = 13,140kw hrs + Past Years HI3 development: roughly above (20,000kwh) x 2.5yrs devel = 50,000kw hrs + ALL HI3 Players: 128k hrs/mo x 12 mo x 250watts avg(50% laptops) = 384,000kw hrs Total: 450,000kw hrs x 200% over estimation to cover networking and misc = 900,000kw hrs (over estimated) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Offsetting that carbon usage: + We decided to go with CoolEffect.org. After research they appear legit and 90%+ of funds go directly to projects. + We used their calculator for power usage and entered 75,000kWh monthly. (900k/12mo) + This resulted in 501 tonnes of carbon needing offset @ $7.78 each TOTAL: $3,897.78 we paid to offset emissions for us and everyone enjoying HI3. Payment certificate linked on Road Map page at bottom of HI3 website. |
HI3 Client Update v.30a (August 25, 2020)
| August 25th One Year Live Anniversary Update! We have focused on some fun and goofy additions plus lots of new breeds to celebrate :) Thanks to everyone who is kind and patient and understanding with each other, you make the Horse Isle player community awesome!
Additions & Changes: + Discover Guano (And Collect? Ick!) in caves! + Discover Sulfur in caves. + Craft Black Powder at furnaces. + Craft 9 different colored fireworks at workshops to celebrate! + Anniversary Login Banner + August 25th Login Fireworks instead of butterflies. + Ranch Clown Cannons! Enjoy "punting" your friends. Exp Contracts Lease Option Added: + You may now offer an Experience contract by only offering a lease in a trade, along with payment of gold or mobia. + You can set any exp gain amount you wish, along with the normal lease terms. + Payment is held in Escrow (Server holds it) Until lease completed. + If trainer only completes 50%, they will only get 50% of payment, the rest will be refunded to owner, etc. + 10 most recent Exp Contract details are shown on player's profiles now. So you can gauge if they are reliable. Seasonal Mobia Item: + Goofy Horse Hat purchasable ONLY on August 25th, HI3's Live Anniversary! New Rain Forest Background Music: + Our Composer has completed 7 original tracks for Rain Forest Biome! (previously was same as volcanic) New Gaited Breeds: + Sindhi (has curved ears) + Smokey Valley Horse New Sport Warmbloods: + American Warmblood + Einsiedler + Swiss Warmblood New Sport Ponies: + French Riding Pony + North American Sportpony New Light Draft: + Merens (read conformation info in BBB) Bug Fixes: - Combined "Item Re-Dyed" and "None Found!" bug fixed. - Fixed null reference exception on character builder. Note: Also added a rendered exploration map of HI3's world so far to the RoadMap link on bottom of website. |
HI3 Client Update v.29b (August 19, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Accelerating on a horse now immediately exits any trick in progress. + Yearling horses are no longer able to learn and perform tricks. Horse Trick Improvements + Improved Capriole by adding a bit more height and some smoothing. + Fixed Piaffe eye problem. Chat Input Line Font Size: + The chat input line font size is now the same size as the lines in the chat history. + This may change the chat input size from what you were used to, if so, you can change it in the settings. Bug Fixes: - Fixed "Horse.Update" crash. - Fixed horse in horse profile disappearing after viewing 4yo version. |
HI3 Client Update v.29a (August 18, 2020)
| Pretty big update! Hope the new tricks system is enjoyed!
Additions & Changes: + Inventory Page Reduced by one line to fit on one page again (Dye Ingredients placed after dyes) + Dye color names completely re-filtered for appropriateness. A Few color names may change. + A few chat filter tweaks and fixes + Club Course Selection now shows up to 200 entries and hides courses that have not been "Completed" at least once. + Club Course Selection now shows your own courses first. + Inbreeding warning added to breeding trades for final person clicking ACCEPT. They will have to click ACCEPT again. + [Genes] Button moved down to it's own new line to keep them all left aligned. + Horse mane and tail shader code optimized to improve overall performance when many horses are on screen. + Trade Leases now offer a 30 day option also (Previous longest was 7 days) + Added [Treat] button to horse-click menu + Added [Make Again] Button to Treat Crafting. + Rebuilt Treat crafting interface to be more efficient. + Treats now cost 100 focus to create. + Removing Suckling status from foals one age-cycle sooner now to hopefully line up better with protected status removal. + Trainer reduces actual training fee if partial training performed due to hit max. + Prevent adding certifications with the same name. + Camera is now locked in place while navigating radial menus. Instrument Models and Animations: + Remaining Instrument models and animations finished. + Violin, Cello, Acoustic Base, Steel Drum, Vibraphone, Xylophone + Marimba, Tubular Bells, Harp, Glockenspiel, Piano, Accordion, Bagpipes + Radial Instrument Menu toggles using ; hotkey NPC Addition: + The Ostlers are waiting to talk with you now. New Horse Tricks/Emotes System: + Horses can now be trained to perform various emotes/behaviors. + SHIFT + Z Brings up a radial menu with the available horse actions for the horse that is out. + The following tricks/emotes are supported: Shake Hands, Shake Head No, Shake Head Yes, Piafe, Bow, Levade, Capriole, Front Stretch, Look at owner & Pin Ears + "Don't follow trails" behavior is one that is supported for all horses, and stops the horse from following trails until put away. + To teach a horse a new trick: > > 1) Have patience. Place or mount a horse. > > 2) Shift+Z and select an unlearned (grey) action. > > 3) Watch the horse carefully, If the horse fails to perform properly, Keep trying. Some mood is lost on fails. (INT helps!) > > 4) After a horse has done the trick properly, Feed them a treat that they like. The more they like it, the better odds that they will permanently learn the trick. > > If they failed to learn, will have to start the process over. Otherwise the trick will no longer be faded and will consistently perform when asked. + Added "Trickster award" for tracking tricks taught. New Ponies/Small Horses: + Garrano + Jaca Navarra A New Draft Breed: + Burguete Added Colors to Tier3 ("generic") Spanish Mustang: + Thanks to a player who found examples of Spanish Mustangs in colors which we didn't have. + Added: champagne, dominant white, silver-dapple, and tobiano (all are extremely rare). + Doesn't include subtypes. Bug Fixes: - Fixed crash in My Appearance menu. - Fixed horse "pose for profile" crash. - "Not Over 4y/o" Text for Next Page Bug - Fixed emotes menu index out of range crash. - Fixed bug that caused two horse models to be drawn on top of each other if the 4yo button was clicked before horse profile was loaded. - Bottle instrument null reference crash fixed. |
HI3 Client Update v.28b (August 4, 2020)
| A Quick Update fix to the crash introduced with v28a.
Bug Fixes: - Petting horses crash fixed. |
HI3 Client Update v.28a (August 4, 2020)
| Alas! Chris tried his best, but these are likely the end of style-able manes for foreseeable future. Hope you enjoy hunter braids!
Additions & Changes: + The physics and animation of the original tail model were redone. This fixes the unnatural jagged end of the tail that occurred when horses were running. + The dye color "Vodka" was replaced with "Morning Sky" + Dye Station now offers dyeing/bleaching items broken up into sub categories for easier browsing. + Dye Station now alphabetically lists items for dyeing/bleaching + Un-prefixing can now be accomplished via player trading. Simply offer an unprefixing WHILE trading with prefix owner. Much safer than exchanging horses to accomplish same, and no bond reset. + Horse Absolute Max Finally adjusted from 400,+400,+400 to 300,+400,+500 discussed months ago. most folks will not notice. + Updated the logout screen to make it clear when the game has ended due to connectivity issues. (Internet/Wifi Disconnections) New Manes: + Hunter Braids Mane + Tricolor Standing Mane + Polka Dot Standing Mane Instrument Models and Animations: + Half of instruments now show in game for a nice touch. + Banjo, BottleBlow, Dulcimer, Flute, FrenchHorn, Guitar, Harmonica + Oboe, Sitar, TaikoDrum, TinkerBell, Tom, Trumpet NPC Addition: + The Trainers now have lots of information to share with you. A New Draft breed: + Vladimir Heavy Draft A New Leopard Breed: + Altai Bug Fixes: - Fixed "Throwable Object Splat" crash. - Convoluted bug which would mis-direct horse stamina display corrected. - A few chat filter fixes. |
HI3 Client Update v.27c (July 23, 2020)
| Changes to Composite Chart Clipboard Copying:
+ Added Mass to Clipboard clicks on Composite Stats. + Ordered clipboard copied stats same order as displayed on chart. (Sorry if this messes folks up. Hopefully you can just drag and drop existing columns in spreadsheet) + Fixed the 4yo Composite chart not copying glitch. Bug Fixes: - Fixed tack bonus duplication for placed / profile horses. |
HI3 Client Update v.27b (July 23, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Show natural hair color and style on 4yo profile view + Show height on 4yo profile view also now. + Correctly display horse patterning and size in 4yo profile view as it was at 4yo + Harvester Specialty now applies to digging also. Bug Fixes: - Restored checkered tail horses. - Restored the length of the original and natural horse tails. - Hand raise emote no longer triggered by "I won't". New triggers are "I won!", "I won ", "I wonnn" |
HI3 Client Update v.27a (July 22, 2020)
| Whew! Big changes today! The world will get a lot more colorful today. Horse hair is dyeable and stylable now. Please understand, with our 100% dynamic and genetic horses the hair styles are extremely difficult to produce. So, They will be limited in scope. But should be a lot of fun. We made sure to identify which horses are now "Fake" Or stylized with both a Profile Text at bottom right of horse, and it says as much in horse profiles now. So folks can still value natural genetic coloring easily. The Dye Palette attempts to include many natural shades plus a full rainbow of options to have some fun.
Additions & Changes: + Personality charts also copy to clipboard when clicked, a readable, and spreadsheet format now. + BareBackPro requires 50k horse experience now (was 100k) and 250k player exp still. + Improved FPV mode when playing as a critter. + Quinoa Diggable New Equipment: Auction Pigeon + Allows you to participate in all non-village specific auctions. + 1000 essence to unlock + Shortcut: & (looks like a pigeon?) New Equipment: Newspaper + Allows you to search all village stores. + 1000 essence to unlock + Shortcut: $ (shopping!) Courses Rule Adjustments: + Now by default all course rules penalize using sailboat/hot air balloon/hang glider unless specifically allowed. + Added a new "Any Transport" rule option which allows any equipment like the previous default. + This is to prevent main-events from turning into goofy hang gliding matches :) Horse Barber: + Ostlers now offer horse mane and tail dyeing and styling options! + When a horse has their hair modified, it says so on profile both in text and Styled at bottom right. + You may return to original style and color via Ostler also. New Crossbreeds: + Andalire (Shire x Pure Spanish Horse & subtypes; read breeding rules.) + Andalutois (Comtois x Pure Spanish Horse & subtypes; read breeding rules.) Copy Pasting Stats Bug Fix: - When you click on composite stats chart it copies values to clipboard, however, some were incorrect units. - Sprint/Speed/Reverse Speed tweaked to be in same units as chart. - If you wish to convert existing Sprint data, multiple by 100 - If you wish to convert existing m/s data into mph multiply by 2.23694 Bug Fixes: - Fixed spike on the legs when wearing overalls and riding boots. - BareBackPro enables reliably now. - Hot air baloon unlock requires Alpine Essence now. - %ReRank command now moves the xx99th ranked horse also. - Only Leaders+ may demote lesser ranked members now. - Surrogacy and breeding trades only offer age appropriate horses now. - Fixed players getting caught in walking animation when playing as critters and using menus. - Fixed dead spots when clicking to copy stats on horse profiles. - Fixed inventory quantity showing 0 rather than blank when clicked on. - Course transport rule: Horse Kayak Foot Only should now save properly |
HI3 Server Update (July 9, 2020)
| Whew, lots of little glitches from yesterdays update, sorry about that. The recent heatwave must have melted our brains some... :)
Bug Fixes: - New Scrapbook entries fixed. (Unfortunately any entries made since yesterday's update will need to be deleted) - Removed Nav Buttons for 4yo views since confusing with young horses. |
HI3 Client Update v.26b (July 8, 2020)
| This is a quick built version to fix new crashing and color problems caused by v.26a
Bug Fixes: - Common Exception fixed caused by mane-less horses within range of player. - Mane and Tail coloring bug fixed. - Bareback Pro bucking fixed. - Misc minor tweaks. Additionally Late Night: - Super order bugginess fixed. |
HI3 Client Update v.26a (July 8, 2020)
| Here is another update with lots of random changes, many of them suggested by fellow players.
Additions & Changes: + New NPC names will be properly 3 worded more often now. + Crafting now offers a x10 quantity option + Upcoming Course Name included at top of courses window. + Horses that are at least 4yo may now have their stats and metrics viewed as they WERE at 4yo WITHOUT any bonuses, simply genetics. + Super Orders may now "peek" at up to 4 basic stat charts per hour (Same pot as personality, so can only do up to 4 altogether) + Courses now require at least 2 obstacles to run. + "Bareback Pro!" Enabled with 250k player Exp and 100k Horse Exp. Fully removes the penalties. (although you get no tack stat benefits) + Club Bleachers now takes a decoration permit instead of building permit. + Attempting to sort Inventory Treats by flavor in a sub-optimal way. + Horses no longer come to a stop when completing a weight sled course. + When clicking an item icon it will tell you the quantity you own also (Handy for crafting menu) + 2x helper chats when modtrust score > 66 + 4x helper chats when modtrust score > 100 + Trail following now takes 5 seconds of manual trail following before smart horses "Catch on" and auto-follow (was .5 sec before) + Players now dismount on the left side of horse consistently. + New Command: %MOVERANK [from] [to] moves all horses at a certain rank id to the specified. + New Command: %RERANK [from 100] [to 100] moves all horses within the specified 100 to the new one. keeps their position in the hundred. > > %RERANK 500 1200 will move horses ranked 502 to 1202 and 505 to 1205 and 599 to 1299 Certifications Disabling: + Added ability to temporarily (or permanently) disable new applications for certifications + Your own certifications are highlighted in yellow on the certification list now. + When viewing a certs details, you can toggle whether disabled. + Disabled certs will lack an "Apply" Button. + When player accounts delete, will automatically disable applications in future. Technical Players Stat Clip-boarding: + Added clickability to Stat panels to copy stats to clipboard. + Works on both base stats and metrics. + First click copies human readable spaced values. + Second click copies Spreadsheet-usable tab-separated numerical values. + Click panels in the 4yo view if you want standardized genetics only. NPC Addition: + The Librarians definitely have lots of stuff they want to talk about and teach you now. New Small Horses/Ponies: + Landais Pony + Bosnian, including the subtypes: > > Glasinacki Bosnian > > Podveleski Bosnian Bug Fixes: - Garden oats now show the proper growth to wilt sequence. - Movement of the brim of Ascot Fair Lady hat toned down. - Warning message for players over the new "Horse Max" (300 vs 400 for nonsubs) Fixed! Unfortunately it's been broke the last month or so. Will leave in place for a while now so folks can adjust. - Cases of not getting EXP while riding horse carts fixed. - Color picker boxes are now vertically aligned. |
HI3 Client Update v.25b (June 24, 2020)
| Hey everyone, thanks for your patience the last few days. Hard to juggle everything, but I think we have a decent update for you. Some of these changes were from player suggestions, and we will continue to work through some for the next update.
Additions & Changes: + Added a single optional course rule allowing On Horse/On Foot/Kayak, So Hang gliders and Hot air balloons and Sailboats should all give penalties. + %ANOMALY will now offer the heading again if one is active. + Conch shells quantity increased by 4x in world. + Equipping of snowshoes now prevented while gliding. + Equipping of kayak or sail boat is now prevented when in the air. + +2 club wagon slots added. + Ability to set your Quick-Travel Landing spots for each of your parcels now via Parcel Settings. (not ranch/club houses, just parcel travel) + Course owners can now add a single-line description. (Will reset scores this update, will try to NOT next update) + Horses and studs in stores may now be bought right from viewed profile for safer tracking. + May now edit Travel Journal names, and can add an optional description line. + Travel Journal Entries are now alphabetically sorted. + Horse Ordering NEXT/PREV/BUY buttons all are disabled until current horse fully loaded now. There was possibly an extremely rare bug caused with paging quickly through horses before fully loaded, so this is to prevent that possiblity. + Renamed all monotone tack to start with monotone for better alpha sorting. + Added some purple to Horsie Sense to be able to see in desert better. + Added NEW tags to BBB that fade out over 30 days now. + Added 1 hour auction term option + Attempt to "go back" to original horse list after a breeding. + Added Shift+M hotkey to open map centered on heading. + Added Shift+F hotkey to dismount and put away horse. + "At Your Horse Max" Displayed upon catching a wild or other horse acquiring that puts you at max. + Can now save Text Changes to Courses without resetting scores. NPC Addition: + The Horse Traders would now like to discuss some things with you. Clothing Additions: + Overalls craftable and dyable. + Ascot Fair Lady Hat in the store for a limited time. Stat Boost Party: + Anyone can now buy a Stat Boost Party for the whole server from the Mobia Shop. + Everyone online will gain up to 1000 in each Energy/Travel/Focus. (DOES NOT redistribute if travel already full, etc.) + 1000pts = 1/10th of stat bar. + Price varies from 100 to 500 mobia depending on how recent it was previously purchased. + After someone buys, it will cost 500 mobia to do again. 1 hour later=300, another hour=200, 4 more hours=100. + So 6 hours after purchase it drops back down to cheapest price. + Upon purchasing a little random message crediting buyer is shown to everyone. Two New Breeds with Iconic Coats: + Losina (metallic; read color info in BBB) + Sorraia Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added grey coat to Galiceno Bug Fixes: - Fixed gap in front door of Victorian Post Office. - Mares giving birth offline gain experience bonus fixed AGAIN and BETTER and for real.. - Age shown in Horse Ordering was sometimes off by .1yo, fixed for consistency. - Fixed ski jump stats running while spamming jump button going uphill. |
Horse Isle 1 Compromised (June 23, 2020)
| Please note! Anyone who had an account on Horse Isle 1 with a similar username/password as HI3 should change their password ASAP. We are sorry for this trouble, but some folks had nothing better to do than cause havoc on HI1. Assuming login/password info on HI1 will not be secure.
HI3 is fine and unaffected, UNLESS you have a similar name/password, then the attackers could possibly gain access to your account. so please change if this is the case. Thanks! Sorry for the trouble. We are going to be working as best we can to rebuild HI1. |
HI3 Server Down (June 22, 2020)
| Sorry about the server downtime this evening.
Roughly 7:40pm-9:20pm CST. Took our server hosts a bit to fix the issue. This was on our end, nothing to do with your computers during this time. |
HI3 Client Update v.25a (June 11, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ NPC animation system smoothed out. No more pop when ending some animations. + Control tips added for the tag equipment. + Increased the likelihood that horses will drink from trough until thirst bar is full. + Prevent Mutee Parcel Prevention while a course is being run. + Ranch Full Mute Protections disabled due to competition abuse. We can try to come up with an alternative replacement next update if warranted. Alternatively, folks could just play nice and get along :) + Reduced Long Mail Mission payouts slightly: -0 from shortest ones, up to -300 for longest runs. + Horse History will now list the last horse bred to for breedings from now on. + Added $100 to challenge placement payouts so 1st = 10k instead of 9.9k New Clothing: + Mobia Holiday Hat Addition - Ascot Top Hat. (Maybe for next year we can make a fancy flower hat) + Librarian Glasses craftable now. (round glasses with retention string) NPC Addition: + The Post Office workers will happily speak with you now! + NPCs can be replaced after 30 real days, if a club manager decides to. Any in-progress quests will just be lost. (But they are minor and quick so should be a worth the ability) A New Small Horse: + Northlands Horse A New Sport Pony: + Belgian Riding Pony, including the subtypes: > > Large Belgian Riding Pony > > Small Belgian Riding Pony (read breed info.) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added more info about the Kushum. + Added silver-dapple to Swedish Warmbloods (thanks to a player who found a relevant academic paper) Bug Fixes: - Challenges should pay out more reliably now. - Equinition Specialty will payout double even if offline now (mare births) - Removed hotkey warning message that occurs when snowshoes are auto-equipped. - Improved wild horse path finding. Should eliminate wilds getting stuck in rocks or cave walls. - Fixed mysterious faults that could occur for courses with stamina or one horse rule. |
Horse Isle Fan Art! (June 9, 2020)
| Thanks to everyone that participated in the 2020 Fan Art Contest.
Everyone that submitted artwork has been credited 500 mobia or a month sub on HI1/2. It was all very creative and fun to look through! The various media is great. Socks and Chocolate and more! We did not bother trying to rank or sort in any way, it was all good! And some real talent in the submissions. See the submissions for yourself: http://HorsesAreAwesome.com/ Also added a button at bottom of website: [Fan Art] |
Art Contest Review and Competitions (June 8, 2020)
| We Will begin reviewing art contest today! Not sure when we'll be done but will post results here. Thanks to all those who entered!
Some players on HI3 are taking the fun away from the game. Here is the deal. Competitions are for all to participate. There is no such thing as club-only, etc. If we DID add a club-only option you would not earn wins, etc. because it is not a "Fair" and "Open" Match. Folks abusing the Full-Mute system and other techniques are quickly bringing me to either remove full mute ranch-blocking or remove the horse win stats altogether or possibly just limit full mutes (As anyone with more than a handful is clearly being troublesome.) So, do note, I consider any techniques that limit entry into a competition to be cheating, and I'm getting tired of policing this, so going to start getting more strict about it. Remove your fake full mutes and stat competing openly and fairly or i am forced to take drastic action. (Possibly simply removing these horses with wins gained through cheating. Horses do not like cheating owners on HI3) Consider this final and full warning, If you try to harm other's enjoyment of this game, expect to have yours harmed also. For everyone else, thanks for the art entries! and we are hard at work at another NPC profession. Thanks for your patience! |
HI3 Client Update v.24a (June 3, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ An equipment cool-down timer was added. This will prevent the same equipment from being activated rapidly. + Players may Revert a Live Quest back to edit mode (for tweaking or removal) for 1000 essence. This is being done to limit removal of quests, but still allow if needed. + Horse wins require at least 3 finishers now of a competition, not just entrants. + Course experience payout based on course finishers not just entrants. + Clubby removals not broadcast to all members. (Reduces drama) + Renaming player-made quests "Adventure Quests" Rather than "Village Quests" + The area where horses can drink from trough has been expanded. + Wagons no longer usable while carrying postal mail. (Set the minimum wagon fee back to 100) New Village NPC Quest System: + It's a new simple quest system with random scripts and variations to those that get applied to professions. + ONLY Vets currently exist so far. We will add other professions in the future. + Simply click TALK button on the Vet Buildings to open up conversation panel. + Vet buildings cost more and more (like trainers) now. (Limits spamming them) + Most NPC's have a simple quest to complete one time. (Good reason to visit other villages) Two New Polish Breeds: + Konik + Silesian, including the subtypes: > > Old Silesian > > New Silesian A New Saddle Breed: + Kushum: > > Heavy Kushum > > Saddle Kushum Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added info about Kiso horses. + Fixed splashed-white glitch with SMSH + Note: existing SMSHs with 100% splash penalty will need to be re-identified at the horse expert. + Added a clarification in the breed into about American Cream Drafts that they must carry two copies of Ch. Bug Fixes: - Mustache and Monocle no longer visible in FPV - Shape-shifting no longer breaks player character when they are underwater - Fix for horses remaining in ghost mode when placed while simultaneously viewing their profile. - Fixed the World Map ruler showing up at incorrect scale based on render quality setting. - Fixed index out of range exception for wild horses (PathScore) |
HI3 Client Update v.23b (May 21, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Internally Track certification timing to allow for future timeouts for applications. + Full Mutes block mailing now, even if muter is offline now. + Closing markup Tags in text areas now require proper opening tags as well. (prevents occasional crashing) + Hang glider can now be launched off of buildings, towers, etc... + Chatfilter updates + Ride-Alongs now penalized during competitions unless course has passengers additional rule set. + Mail Missions avoid giving you missions to a Full-Muters ranch. (Can't enter) + Horse Trader for Breeder Horses now verifies age of mares acceptable. + Can't perform invites with PM Muted players in addition to Full Mute now. New Player Style Options: + Monocle - Available to craft alongside other glasses now. + Mustache A New Gaited Breed: + Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse, including the subtypes: > > Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse - Type A > > Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse - Type B > > Spotted Mountain Saddle Horse - Type A (read breeding rules in BBB.) > > Spotted Mountain Saddle Horse - Type B (read breeding rules in BBB.) A New Japanese Breed: + Kiso Additional Breed Tweaks: + Unlocked tobiano for Swedish Warmbloods (thanks to a player who found an approved stallion). + Added way more info about Yakut horses (has now one of the longest breed infos in the game). Bug Fixes: - Mane Event after server restart should behave now. - Fixed "Boats work better in water" message when getting out of kayak on land. - Fixed bridle warning that occurred after mounting a horse that was bridled while carting. - Fixed rare crash occurring when dismounting horse in water / lava. - Fixed problem with seeing other players who are diving under ice appear on top of ice. - Fixed exploit allowing players to ride foals by spamming the horse cart hotkey. |
HI3 Client Update v.23a (May 15, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ 1+ obstacles now required to show up in course list for competition setup. + Ice Skates shortcut info updated. (~) + Rain forest ferns diggable + Palo Verde Mesa trees diggable + Genetics report displays horses through normal sortable panel now. + Adding a horse to store displays via sortable panel now. + Added Horse Page Shortcut buttons to the bottom of all sorted lists now. + Horse hunger, thirst, and stamina bars now update more accurately for placed horses. + Decreased the likeliness that wilds will wander into the water. + Appearance editor now has buttons for removing certain clothing items or resetting to the default. + Clothing items in appearance editor are now grouped together by type for more logical browsing. + Added a Mane Event button to [COURSES] at top when active. + Surrogate mares can now be put in pens. Horse Terrain Poll: + Poll was almost an exact even split between reverting vs improving. But, we're just taking the simpler path of reverting for now at least. There are some unfortunate bugs that may become more of an issue in the future that this was the only solution for, so, in the future we may still have to find a balanced solution. New Player Hairstyles (More Bangs For Your Buck): + Shoulder Length With Straight Bangs + Short Crop With Bangs + Messy Bangs + Angled Bangs New Weekly Challenges System: + 3 different challenges will be running for a week until payouts + Random different challenges, from Horse ridden distance to essence collection, etc. + Type %CHAL to see current status, or click [PLAYERS] and it's at bottom. + Payout is 4 Esroh Essence for top 10, 2 for top 100. And 100 dust for each player beat in the top 100. (max = 10k) + Tie handling: ties get same placing, but push back others. So you might see: 1st, 1st, 1st, 4th, 5th When 3 tie for 1st. + NOTE: Any placement changes take up to a minute to update after increases to score. A New Cob Breed: + Norman Cob A New Feral Breed: + Kaimanawa A New Small Horse: + Yakut, including the subtypes: > > Middle Kolyma Yakut > > Larger Southern Yakut > > Smaller Southern Yakut Additional Breed Tweaks: + Fixed "????" in Hungarian Coldblood breed info. Bug Fixes: - Hot air balloon hotkey fixed, no longer triggered by magic string hotkey in caves. - Ski and Hang Glider sounds now controllable via the World Volume setting. - Fixed issue where player would be bucked, or horse would get scared/injured before it was fully loaded and would leave a ghost horse. - Potential fix for riders being placed under their horses! - Fix for Player InitializeMesh exception. - Fix for repeated MapClamped Inverted Warning. - Potential fix for players shape-shifting to a ghost after they were an animal. - Fix for not being able to feed horses after removing a cart. - Fixed issue with horse stat bars flashing different values randomly. - Fixed the %pokehorse while in ocean exploit. |
HI3 Client Update v.22c (May 8, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Improved horse collision with steep mountain / canyon walls. Horse head no longer gets embedded in the terrain wall. + Holiday tree no longer buildable until Nov 1st. Should be removable also. + Surrogate breedings will now (for future breedings) state "Bred By" the stallion owner. + Alpha'd Club member list. + Alpha'd Party member list. Two New Draft Breeds: + Hungarian Coldblood + Murakoz Bug Fixes: - Horse Lists should no longer repeat a horse from last page. - Optimized the performance of non-player horses. - Active course obstacle marker now visible at start gate when re-trying course. - Can no longer chicken dance on hang glider. - Fixed issue with certain cave entrances causing player to get stuck inside cave walls. |
Horse Isle Art Contest (May 5, 2020)
| To celebrate our One Year Anniversary for HI3 and give folks a fun distraction, let's have an art contest! Devs will select winners based on several different criteria, from most original, to happy feeling, etc. So selection will be slightly random but will favor effort and creativity.
Rules: A) Make something inspired by the world of Horse Isle. B) Any thing that can be captured in a digital image. C) Submissions must be all age appropriate. D) New artwork created BY YOU for this contest. E) Single submission per person. F) By submitting you are giving Horse Isle full permission to display and use the image. Awards: A) Selected 25 (or more) submissions rated through an unscientific yet unbiased manner will receive 500 Mobia (Or Sub on HI1/2). C) Winners (and possibly more) will be featured on the Website. Submit Via Email By JUNE 6th 2020 to artcontest@horseisle.com : A) Player Name B) Which Game: HI3 / HI2 Eternal / HI2 LifeCycle / HI1 C) Title of art if one D) Attach a jpg or png of reasonable size (<1mb) |
HI3 Client Update v.22b (May 5, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Added AGL (Above Ground Level) Altitude display when in the air. + Added "Essential Essence" Tome: +1 to essence collection. subs go from 3 to 4 , or 1 to 2 if non sub. + Added "Focused Training" Tome: 50% increase to cost AND training benefit. So, 300 rather than 200 points earned, but costs 50% more also. + Essence Anomaly should spawn at more reasonable distances now. Randomly picks a club, then a random direction 20-35km away, and tries to place the anomaly on un-owned land. + Added 3 second grace period for hang glider courses on the equipment being out. + We changed default mapping of Ice Skates to Tilde (~) to avoid Classic 3PV issues. + Cart hotkey improved > > Cart type adapts to the size horse that is out. > > Horse Cart vs. Chariot preference is retained. Breed tweaks: + Added more info about Camarillo White Horses (both white and non-white divisions) Bug Fixes: - Fixed issue with player being shot under water when they are on the edge of the ice. - Ski jump stats are now reset when you land on world objects (trees, buildings, etc...) - Fountain surfing game now disabled when player is not on foot. - Ice skating swizzle top speed exploit removed. - Succulents def removable this time. - Skates volume adjustable now (world vol) - Library Item Icon formatting fixed - Fix for "SetControllerForLocal" crash when horses being put away. - English saddle gap between saddle and girth strap when galloping fixed. - Fixed bug preventing diving bell to be unequipped while underwater. |
HI3 Client Update v.22a (April 30, 2020)
| Major Adventuring Update! A Full 3 new Adventurous Equipments! This concludes most of the planned equipment we had. Hope you guys enjoy! Some mechanics may still need some tweaking, but for the most part, seem enjoyable :)
Additions & Changes: + Prevent breeding with Leased Stallions. + Prevent scrap booking Leased Horses. + Added Glowing Magic Bulb trees to Mesa Cave Tops. These interesting trees orient themselves to the cave winds to collect magic infused moisture passing by. + Added click verify when essence cost>500 for courses/buckets/scrapbook/travel journal. + Fall forest magical tree colliders reduced to simply the trunks to aid travel through the forests. + Added New Walloping Willows to Swamp Caves (Just for looks). + Course rules for Horse Heights now deal in proper hands, rather than decimal hands. Existing rule values scaled accordingly. + Now preventing the equipping of certain equipment when underwater (torch, lasso, hot air balloon, etc.) Hot Air Balloon Improved Fuel Discovered: + Burning lantern fuel is no longer an option. + Combining Corn + Coal + Tar = Hot Air Balloon Fuel. + Fuel Burns 3x longer than previous. + Balloon now moves many times faster. (up to wind speed(knots) nearly the same in mph), + past 20 knots wind speed gets reduced somewhat due to storminess (and preventing going past loaded terrain too much) + Must be 25m or so off ground to achieve max wind-stream + Jump button also fires fuel now in addition to Forward button. (just for ease) + Player animation added (lever pull when fueling). Tweaked Absolute Horse Max Limit Warning: + This tweak affects less than 20 players currently. No changes to anyone with a sub. + We are putting the base maximum horses back to 300 that it was at launch. + Instead sub bonus is boosted to 500 to keep maximal horses the same for most players with many horses. + So Only change is we shifted from 400free & 400sub to 300free & 500sub. + This is done to help reduce horse hoarding on lower-used accounts. (anyone who plays lots can always pretty easily earn a sub in game) + Added a notification if player is exceeding the new horse-max they will get a warning message saying such, without penalty for this update. + We will not lower this again. We are putting it back to where it originally was at launch. + In general, We suggest only keeping the horses you enjoy and need and not to get frustrated with trying to manage too many at a time. + Penalties likely to apply next update. So this gives the very few affected non-subs who exceed time to prioritize. + We came to this balanced approach weeks ago, after discussions on "Help Jor" forum to prevent future projected lag and other issues. + We definitely appreciate our "free" players! But some balances have to be made since we also extended time before account wipes. And are still waaay more generous than HI2:LC ever was :) New Equipment: Ice Skates + Fast way to travel across ice areas. + Alternate pressing Left/Right with good timing to skate fast, or hold W for an automatic slower skate. + Press Space to Jump. Hold backwards (S) to brake. Hold Crouch (C) for Swizzle move. + Now we allow floating course gates to be built on ice. New Equipment: Skis + Travel down steep snow slopes fast. + Hold Space to power for jumping with release. + Press Forward to Pole push when moving slow enough. + Press Backwards for slowing snowplow. + If you get over 1.5 seconds of air, it will show you the stats briefly. New Equipment: Hang Glider + Must find a high point to launch from. Launch succeeds when open air roughly 3 meters in front of you. + Hang glider automatically pitches down to prevent stalls. + Pitch Forward (Descend) with Up Arrow (W) + Pitch Backward (Go Up) With Back Arrow (S) + Steer with mouse/Arrows + "Super Woman" award added. First level achieved with 1000m of total hang gliding distance. + Added 3 Course Air Rings 10m, 25m, 50m high + Added course requirement which will Auto-Start the Hang Glider equipment if owned. + Courses For Hang Gliding will be quite difficult. Expect to have to forfeit a lot :) + Hint: Record a location at the top of mountain before jumping so you can quick travel back if want. A New Crossbred: + Stationbred (TB/AA/CR x Clydesdale) A New Sport Breed: + Moravian Warmblood A New Swiss Breed: + Franches Montagnes, including the subtypes: > > Old Franches Montagnes (read purebreeding rules in BBB.) > > Modern Franches Montagnes A New Breed with a Rare Color: + Camarillo White Horse, including the subtype: > > Camarillo White Horse - Non-white division (read breeding rules in BBB.) Bug Fixes: - Fixed fountain collision issue that caused cart horses to be able to get into fountain. - "Essence star poofed" heading bug fixed. - Fixed double collection tome working on gems. - Fixed issue with ice textures jumping position when traveling. - Fixed issue with certain horses being able to "swim" - Show html color for black (#000000) recipes. - Magic String hotkey fixed. - Major Exploit Trading Bug Fixed. Reported by "Adventures" who did not abuse and kept quiet about it, Good Job! |
HI3 Client Update v.21a (April 22, 2020)
| A Solid Adventuring Update! New Equipment to help you in your explorations!
Additions & Changes: + Slight Increase for Gold Ore placements. + Increased Sapphire placement slightly. + Fixed Victorian Fountain water collision. + The Magic Forest Trees have had their clickable areas cleaned up. (Wisteria was worst offender) + Added "Go back to previous Location" Under travel Locations (half cost travel, like ranch). Available after you QT somewhere, to go back to previous. Lost after logout. + Succulents Diggable + Scrapbook sortable in order taken now. New Equipment - Magic String: + Only usable in caves. + Imaginary, only you can see it. Requires Mind focus, cannot use Horsie Sense at same time. + Shows the last 3 minutes of path taken by leaving a purple trail behind you. + Cleared if you put the equipment away. + Aids navigation in caves that might be disorienting, helps search new parts. + Default shortcut is @ since looks like ball of string. New Equipment - Snowshoes: + Improves your speed on snow. + Will auto-equip when you step onto snowy terrain. New Equipment - Grappling Bow: + Only usable in caves. Helps with navigating difficult cave terrain. + Left click to shoot bow into ceiling, Hold Left mouse to ascend. Crouch descends, Jump Releases. + Tarzan Single Award for 25 separate shot swings in a row without touching ground. + Default shortcut is ^ since looks like arrowhead. A New Splashed-White Breed: + Abaco Barb A New Sport Breed: + Czech Warmblood A New Gaited Breed: + Rahvan Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added the American Saddlebred to the purebreeding list of Georgian Grandes (parentage rules remain the same). >> Existing GGs: If your GG was born with 0% purity, then go to the horse expert and re-ID them as a GG. It should update their purity. Bug Fixes: - Fixed issue with small horses remaining out in a bugged state for players who don't own pony carts (mini-centaurs). - Potential fix for pony cart remaining out and stuck with player. - Blood ruby geology now photograph-able. |
HI3 Client Update v.20b (April 16, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Slightly darker purple on amethyst jewelry/gems. + Can no longer use kayak to dive underwater in caves. Bug Fixes: - Stopped resources from being refunded from selling player stores. - Victorian Store Slab clickable - Possibly Improved some cave object issues (previously collected ore taking it's time to slide down and not disappearing when clicked) - Kayak no longer remains semi-underwater after bumping into cave ceiling. |
HI3 Client Update v.20a (April 15, 2020)
| The Blingy Update!
Additions & Changes: + Course obstacle jumps all get a 2meter height increase in valid detection area for terrain-based course jumps, etc. + Improved All Cave Performance by reducing view distance ~30%. + Improved Decay crystal performance. + Quartered respawn time for Ores (1.75-3.5 days now) + Quartered respawn time for imbuement crystals (3.5-7 days now) + Cave Gems to remain where they were (7-14 days) + Added some Cave Photography Challenges. + Improved Taiga Cave structure slightly, And Added Giant Spikey Shrooms. + Adobe Club Style material costs now adjusted (Costs more stone now and less wood). We kept it cheaper when there were no alternatives. + Exporter quests added. + Server Quiz Questions filtered quite a bit more. New Jewelry: (Takes many gems to craft each piece to get the slight glow and perfection) + Silk Dyeable Neckbands craftable with each of the 8 gems (+ plain). + Silver Dyeable Pendants craftable with each of the 8 gems. + Gold Dyeable Circlets craftable with each of the 8 gems (+ plain). (takes the place of a hat) + Dyeable & craftable Puka necklace. + Furnaces now run off Coal instead of Wood. + Copper, Silver, Gold, & Platinum are all refine-able now. New Club Village Style: + Victorian building style + Quite an expensive style to build in. Be sure to collect plenty of materials before removing existing buildings. Three New Breeds: + Deliboz + Estonian Native Horse + Toric Two New Crossbreds: + Halla (Jeju x Thoroughbred) + Toric Sport Horse (Toric x Hanoverian) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added more info about Jeju ponies (history, conformation, current status). + Corrected Jeju's breed info about colors (replaced "dun" with "primitive markings"). + Clarified the breeding rules for Walkaloosas in the BBB. + Fixed a glitch with breeding Karabakh horses. > > Existing horses: can now be re-identified as Karabakh horses if their only major penalty was wrong parentage. + Added Canadian Warmbloods to the purebreeding list of sport warmbloods that can be crossed with CWBs. > > Existing sport warmbloods: If you warmblood has low purity because they were crossed with CWBs, then go to the horse expert and re-ID them as the breed you want. It should fix their purity. Bug Fixes: - Added protections for exception encountered when using instruments when riding along. - Stat chart doesn't hide sleds for foals anymore. (from 19b) - Smoothed out some sharp water coloring spilling over from wonderland into bamboo, etc. - Fixed issue with horse / player falling through bridge sections in low FPS. - Fixed null reference exception experienced in scrapbook. |
HI3 Client Update v.19c (April 6, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Reverted the tweaks to the Performance Metrics. Most folks thought a good idea, But in practice it's too big of a change. And I'm in no need of drama ;) One of those tweaks that would have been nicer from the start, but too late to bother now. |
HI3 Client Update v.19b (April 6, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Dragget Drool (100 Mobia) For those who prefer not to use teamwork. Melts cave entrance obstructions. + Added "Cave" inventory listing. + Streamlined Building materials and Imbuement materials in inventory listing. + %ShowAll retained between game sessions now. + Traders have realized how special ordered horses are, now they give an additional 15k Gold Dust bonus for them! Cave Balancing: + Reduced Diamonds & Platinum a bit + Increased Iron 10x and Red Imbuement Crystals 2x + Increased Blue Imbuement quite a bit, and purple a little. + Opening Energy Cost: 15,000 instead of 12,000 (will cost 2 subbies 2,500 each rather than 2000) > > We want cave opening to reflect a big effort and encourage teamwork. (This whole section below was removed/reverted, does not apply) Horse Foal Stat Reductions: (Quick Poll had 76% in favor of this) + Point of this is to make stats shown for foals to be more accurate, and prevent them from going down in jump strength etc. which bothered many folks. NOTHING that affects performance of horses has been changed at all. + In order to make the foal performance stats a little more realistic, we are scaling them down for foals. + The following displayed performance stats are reduced: Sprint/Speed/Turning/Accel/Stride/Stopping/Reverse/Jump/Pull/Fear + Compared to Previous values they will now be: 50%@0yr, 68%@.5yr, 85%@1yr, 96%@1.5yr, 100% @ 2yr > > We kept the math easy for those that might have been recording values. > > (TMI: actual scaling applied=Sine(min(1,age/2)*Mathf.PI/2) * .5 + .5 ) + Has no effect past 2yr old, so no usable horse stats were affected. + Example: If you have a new foal now, it might say 8mph speed now, that was 16mph previously. So just multiple by 2 to get previous values you might be more familiar with. A New Pony: + Jeju Bug Fixes: - Clicking Heading Distance to remove headings fixed now from v19a. - Lava Ouchies only inside caves. - Removed Middle buggy Party List Quick Travel Button - Double-Click Protection for unlocking caves fixed. - Fixed issue with camera getting stuck in front of player's face when leaving caves. - Quests prevent setting locations in caves. - Quest Item setting fixed. - Quest Cave Horse Requirement fixed. |
HI3 Client Server Update (April 4, 2020)
| A few quick fixes to the Giant Cave update yesterday.
Bug Fixes: - Adventure party Quick Travel Within caves no longer plops you on surface - Obstacle building getting "Surface only please!" While on surface fixed - Allow anyone to enter caves on Club or Preserve properties (Bouncy Land Lava and non-removable heading bugs fixed Monday probably) |
HI3 Client Update v.19a (April 3, 2020)
| BIIG Update folks. We worked hard to bring you content to enjoy during this 'Down Time'.
+ SEVEN New Breeds! + New Village Style! + CAVESSSSS! Everyone keep safe and healthy! Additions & Changes: + Occasional Sunken Flotsam in Cold Oceans + During a course, Ride-along invites require you to be within 5m of player now. + Added "Deep Water Breathers" Spotlight, for players deeper than 10m at the time. + Added "Cave Trolls" Spotlight, for anyone underground at the time. + Selling club buildings gets back 80% rather than 75% of materials now. Horse Markings Fix + A rare bug that was causing a small number of horses to appear grey or white was fixed + We believe this affects a very small number of horses. Please let us know if this change has caused significant problems for you. DARKNESS DISCOVERED! Caves! + Work In Progress. We have yet to balance collectables and add some more content. + 25 Different Cavern Biomes to explore (One for each main corresponding biome above ground) + Some are very dark and require torches/lanterns others have an ambient glow to them. + Some caves are large and interconnect with other exits, some are narrow and go nowhere. + The 5 Imbuement crystals are no longer importable, must find them in their dedicated cave biomes. + Ores are no longer importable, find them in caves. Along with new ore: Copper, Gold & Platinum (no crafting yet) + 8 new collectable gemstones + icons. (No crafting yet) + A total of 19 of the 25 biomes have something to gather. + Added new ambient sounds to the caves. + A wild horse with "unique" genetic odds may be rarely found underground. + Added "Bug Eyed Buddies" Award counter for each cave wild captured. Cave Opening Requires Teamwork + Looks for all party members within 25m of Cave. + Divides 12,000 by the size of team. + Checks to see that each member has their energy portion. (Reports if not) + Then, Takes Energy from all & Adds "Subterranean Breach" Counter & Opens the Cave. + When open, top cave shows Boulder missing, Underground exit shows light. + Caves remain open for a full Real-world year after opening. + Added "Subterranean Breach" Award Counter for each opening you contribute towards. Cave Adventurous GamePlay + May not record locations while in a cave. + May not quicktravel From outside a cave to inside. + You CAN QT out of a cave, or to a buddy who is also in cave. + Logging off you will remain in cave Western Village Style: + Most club buildings can be built in an Old-West building style now. + Requires selling existing and rebuilding, so there is a cost. (Upped to 80% materials recovery though) + Western style costs more wood than Adobe did. A New Metallic Breed: + Tersky (excellent stamina, good jumping power) Two New Sport Breeds: + Anglo-Danubian (Danubian x Thoroughbred; read colors info in the BBB) + Gidran (good stamina, good jumping power) Two New Gaited Breeds: (for all: read colors and breeding rules in the BBB) + Walkaloosa + Tiger Horse, including the subtypes: > > Heavenly Tiger Horse > > Royalty Tiger Horse Additional breed tweaks: + Added more info about the Budyonny. + Added more info about the Camargue. + Increased a bit the maximal feathering allowed for Black Forest Chestnuts for better visibility. + Black Forest Chestnut's breed info now clarifies that they have light feathering. + Canadian Sport Ponies can now give birth to purebred Canadian Sport Ponies. > > Existing CSPs: Need to re-identify your ponies at the expert to upgrade purity (if one or both parents are CSPs). Bug Fixes: - Heading fully retained after re-login (couldn't share heading) - Fixed issue causing characters in large crowds to be displayed with no body - Put some sprouted new cave entrances from 18a? back away. |
HI3 Client Update v.18c (March 24, 2020)
| We are hard at work on the caves, but a number of bugs were getting impatient for crushing. They kept waving their hands about and jumping up and down. So here they are, Squished, and presented to you :).
Additions & Changes: + Diving bell now allows you to go under the ice. > > Under side of the ice now rendered. > > Will no longer see the "Climbing" message when near the ice with diving bell equipped. Bug Fixes: - Fixed additional rules selecting actual selected one. - Prevent fewest horses winners claiming negative horses, cause.. how. - Fixed Collecting Giant Clam Pearls - Fixed Collecting Conch shells - Fixed crash that occurs when switching graphics quality level. - Numerous performance improvements to the critter shape-shifting system. Should prevent crashes when critter events finish. - Fixed bug with incorrect message "Horse a little small.." for horse cart on their second birthday. - Pressing the diving bell hotkey while playing instruments no longer equips the diving bell. - Fixed crash that occurred when switching from spyglass to joust. - Fixed issues that occurred when pressing the horse cart hotkey during a weight sled course. - Fixed bug that caused 7 level clubhouses to appear pink in 3rd person. |
HI3 Client Update v.18b (March 20, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Alphabetized Breed Photography lists + Jousting system improvements > > Lance is now always on the left side of horse > > Focusing your lance by holding the mouse now points the lance further to the left > > Lance focus time now 0.5 seconds instead of 1 second (More competitive) + The rare Conch Shell made slightly more common A New Draft Breed: + Danubian Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added more info about Canadian Sport Horse and Pony Bug Fixes: - Animalistic Critters De-multi-horned - Stamina course Requirement fix. - Planted Candy Trees stand up again - Bladderwort moved a bit deeper. - Camera wont crash when you attempt to take a picture of underwater objectives from surface (will just reject now) - Horse can no longer get stuck in a sliding stop if ESC is pressed immediately after shift - Joust IK exception fixed - Reversing and turning when jousting no longer shows message about self jousting |
HI3 Client Update v.18a (March 19, 2020)
| We are hard at work on Caves. In the mean time we added some content that was "Nearly Ready" and rushed what we could so that folks stuck home can have some fun adventures :). Hope everyone is healthy, hang in there.
Additions & Changes: + LifeCycle Competition Rule can now also Set Gender (Natural Mare/Stallion or Gelding) + Competition Experience "Smoothed" > > Previously, same exp was paid out for a 1s or 60s course. > > Now, exp will pay 0 for 0s and smoothly ramp up to the previous 60s payout (1x). > > Past 60s a slower increase will happen smoothly up to 8x every 4 minutes. (Was sharp before. a 5 minute course got 2x, while a 3minute got 1x. now the 3 minute will get.. 1.5x roughly. Jousting! + Unlockable Equipment 1000 essence + May only de-horse others using the equipment at same time. + It is a foam Lance, no effect on horses, only direct player hits will de-horse. + New Award Counter "Lance A Lot" New Server Game: Jousting + Players must own Jousting Lance and equip. + Unique player de-horseings during the 5 minute game are tracked, Winner gains a "Jousting" award counter. New Server Game: Animalistic + Players offered to Shapeshift into a random animal for 5 minutes! + Just for fun. Oceans!: Work-In-Progress, much will likely change. But we wanted to release early for folks stuck home. + Several different types of seaweed added around the world. + Coral Reefs added to warm areas near shores, with various coral. + a dozen+ different weed and other creatures added to various ocean areas. + Giant Clamshell findable added with giant pearl inside. + Underwater photography objectives added. + Diving Bell Equipment added. 2500 essence to unlock. + NOTE: The ocean is vast, slow and pretty empty at this point. Just avoid if this will frustrate you :) Course Additional Rule: Added one more optional rule which can be ONE of the following + Keep Stamina above % + At least # of passengers + Min Horse Training Points + Max Horse Training Points + Min Hands Height + Max Hands Height + Min Horse Age + Max Horse Age More Brazilian Gaited Saddle Breeds: + Campolina (read colors info in BBB) + Mangolina (Campolina x Mangalarga Marchador read colors and parentage rules) Three New Sport Breeds: + Canadian Sport Horse (good for cross-country) + Canadian Sport Pony + Canadian Warmblood A New French Breed: + Camargue Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added seal brown to Orlov Trotters (extremely rare) + Increased odds for sooty in Orlov Trotters + Updated breed info about Mangalarga Marchador and Mangalarga Paulista (history, gaits, and conformation) Bug Fixes: - Many little server bitty bugs cleaned up from logs, very few impact gameplay. - Horse Cart and Pony Cart now stay stationary when looking around with the Spyglass. - Potential fix for horses being able to run into deep water indefinitely. - Potential fix for player characters appearing below horse when riding. - Fix for horse animation getting stuck if dismounted while in sliding stop. - Wishing coins were only paying out stat boosts when NOT needed. Derg... Flipped it! |
Big Picture Direction Feedback (March 13, 2020)
| Wow! I was surprised by the poll results.
Clearly you guys want more adventure! So, we are focusing on bringing you more areas of the world to explore and gather from :) Be patient with us as this will be several weeks of work without as many updates in the interim :) Thanks all! -Joe and Team |
HI3 Client Update v.17b (March 11, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ New Bamboo music actually plays now + Horse carts require 14.3hh horses + Added optional Horse Cart Requirement for courses. + Chariot is now slightly lighter than the horse cart. + All cart performance is now reactive to the number of riders (more riders is slightly slower). + Alpha-sorted buddy lists + Reduced maximum doppler effect from instruments by half. Essence Tweaks: + Reduced the Doppler Effect possible from swinging 3PV camera around them. + Made them move more towards where you are currently than where you were. (predictive) + Reduced max volume as it approaches you some. Bug Fixes: - Fixed 17a server restart missing clean disconnect. |
HI3 Client Update v.17a (March 10, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Multiple click protection for Horse Isle Stars crediting system added. + Added Admin drop-able presents. For entertainment options. + Chat Banned players may not send in-game mail now. + Full muted players wont be heard in party chats anymore. + Blocking/Collision area of Mediterranean bushes reduced + "Competitor" tagged horses no longer show in trainer horse lists. + Fixed photography issue with Przewalski Horses showing multiple times. + Grade horse and Przewalski Horses now shown in the BBB as a higher heirarchy. + Allow Super Ordering older horses. (10-15, 15-20, 20-25) + Natural Horse Deaths tracked via counter "Horses Passed" + Foals must reach suckling age prior to having Infinitum Amulet applied now. (don't want to wean forever) + Pressing Cart Hotkey '-' will attempt to reactivate the last used horse cart type. + Non sharp Instrument Keys can now be adjusted at start-ups key manager. (for non QWERTY keyboards) + Reducing the time volcano steam particles last, which should reduce the 'load' by about 25% + Added the Leased time remaining to the top of horse profiles. New Background Music: + Bamboo forest now has it's own new tracks rather than sharing with another. + Taiga's Music has been re-arranged to more seamlessly loop between tracks. Big Pony Cart Change: Halving the cart weight. + Is being done so some miniatures can have a chance at pulling more like reality. + This means only need a pull strength of .2 rather than .4 to "Budge the cart" + Also means all current ponies will pull a little faster. + Previous course scores will now get beaten. but that should be okay :) New Horse Ability - Sliding Stop: + Your horse can now stop slightly faster than normal if it is wearing all of the reining gear and you hold SHIFT. + Requires a horse wearing the following: Rubber bell boots + (One of: Skid boots, Splint boots or Polo wraps) + Horse will visually perform the sliding stop animation briefly. New Horse Equipment: Horse Cart + Unlockable equipment, 2,500 Essence. Includes 3 ride-along spots for friends. New Horse Equipment: Horse Chariot + Unlockable equipment, 10,000 Essence. Includes 2 ride-along spots for friends. New Gaited Breeds: + Mangalarga Marchador (good stamina; read colors info in BBB) + Mangalarga Paulista (good stamina & jumping, read colors and parentage rules in BBB) Additional breed tweaks: + Added sooty to Boulonnais (pretty rare, odds are low) Added the following guides to the Horses Forum on Website: + Intermediate Guide: Performance Metrics Bug Fixes: - Running Super Order Personality previews reset 2 seconds before the end of hour rather than a few seconds after. (likely more reliable) - Can no longer hold C to crouch when accepting a ride along invitation and remain crouched when riding. |
HI3 Client Update v.16d (March 2, 2020)
| Well, pretty clearly you guys would like to see a reining stop, so we'll prioritize that :) This update is mostly bug fixes. And now we start working on new content after this.
A New Italian Breed: + Roman Horse of Maremma in Lazio Added the following guides to the Horses Forum on Website: + Understanding Conformation Reports: The Complete List of Conformation Traits (Horses) + Types of Competitions: Overview (Competitions) Bug Fixes: - Horse nameplates no longer visible on horseback in 3rd person. (broke in v16c) - Critter Camera works again (broke in v16c) |
HI3 Client Update v.16c (February 28, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ horse Comp-Wins stat now requires only a 10s course time instead of a minimum 30s. Still requires 3 total competitors also. + Increased max number of obstacle objects from 33 to 40. + Path following disabled when a Course Starts (Rather than just after passing through first gate) + Mane Event now prioritizes earlier completions when a tie. + Attempted to add code for cleaner server update restarts. (less chance of losing in-process actions) + Wiley critters can no longer block you during courses, hopefully. Updated penalties for tier2 grades: Significantly reduced the penalties for small ears in tier 2 grades (Grade baroque, Grade drafts, Grade sport horses, etc.). This means the following: + Horses who are classified as: Grade Horse, Grade Cold-Blooded Horses, Grade Hot-Blooded Horses, Grade Warm-Blooded Horses, Grade Ponies, might now be re-identified as tier 2 grades. Re-identification will only happen if your horse had large penalties for having small ears. (You must manually re-identify at an expert) + Tier 2 horses will probably stay the same (might, but are not likely, to be re-identified as another tier 2 breed). + Tier 3 and 4 breeds remain the same (no change). Bug Fixes: - Taiga marshy terrain texture fixed - Logo lighting returned to normal - Horse paging reset to 1 when you switch looking at different players horses. - Dotted pixel artifacts fixed/reduced - Sign editing refresh may be fixed |
Max Horses Planned Tweaks (February 27, 2020)
 | Issue: In order to prevent future server lag, we need to decrease unnecessary future horses. After the couple weeks spent optimizing the servers recently I reran numbers and estimates and found the horses of HI3 are the "Heaviest" Part of the server load. In HI1 and HI2, we only offered < 10 horses for free accounts, so we never really ran into this issue. We also upped the expiry time for accounts due to hi1/2 complaints, and horses haven't started "passing" yet, and we hope to add more playerbase. All this equates to a perfect storm of horse load :)
Solution: We upped the non-sub max horses from 300 to 400 several weeks ago, but feel it necessary to reduce it back to 300 to prevent future issues. We will also increase the sub bonus from 400 to 500 to prevent subbed accounts from losing any slots. We are doing this now since most players have yet to take advantage of the non-sub room, and because our plan is to never touch these numbers again. We will give players a couple weeks to adjust to the new numbers before making the change. Explanation: We may take other steps as needed in the future, (Foreign Boarding, Account Cold Storage after a few weeks, Breeding only class of horses..) but this is an important first step for now. Our thinking is that if anyone is hard-core playing enough to need to manage over 300 horses, they have probably earned enough in game currency to sub anyway. We just want to prevent seldom-used accounts from hoarding. We looked at many other options, and this is the best balance we could come up with. (we will also implement account expiry soon, etc. But this is all to reduce/avoid future issues) We made a thread in the "Help Jor" Forum where I talked stuff over with some players. Apology: Sorry to give and then take back like this, But The game is only fun for all if it runs well, so this is for everyone's best interest. It's not that we do not value non-subs, In fact, that's why we are at this point, because I was trying to be too generous. Thanks all! And remember non-subs also have the option of permanently unlocking horse slots rather than being a sub. That can be done by trading for in-game mobia also. So, any player can permanently unlock slots if they do not want to commit to monthly subbing (and want more than 300 slots) Thanks, -Joe |
HI3 Client Update v16b (February 25, 2020)
| v16a had a few immediate bugs that needed addressing. Hopefully those who have been having patcher issues in the past have less with this update! We worked hard on improving the reliability for more computers.
Additions & Changes: + Life Amulets shown in blue on Horse Lists now + v16a's Terrain color problems fixed. + Oasis grazable fix for real. + Fixed "Please be on proper ground when mounting a horse" message. Updated breed info about: + Austrian Warmblood (full info) + Chilean (full info) + Standardbred, including both subtypes (full info for all) + Venezuelan Criollo (fixed some typos) |
HI3 Client Update v16a (February 25, 2020)
| Making some big amulet changes for this update. The main goal was to allow wearing both a Salus amulet and another viable one. To this end we've broken them up into two different types of amulets: Life(Red) and Protection(Blue). And added a few more amulets!
Additions & Changes: + Oasis Land now grazable. + Full muted players cannot view muter profiles. + Horse profile text box height enlarged a bit more for easier editing. + Changed name of "Unknown" blood percentages to "Untracked" to better represent the simple loss of detail that's at issue. + Alphabetically sort the store adding items list New Protection Amulets: + Salus amulets converted to a Protection Amulet. + One Protection Amulet may be worn with One Life Amulet (Infinitum/Gravida/Geminus) + Munditiae - 250mobia - Protects horse's coat from groom deductions > > Prevents normal groom deduction over time. > > Prevents groom deductions from riding in mud, and other dirty areas. > > Mood reduction due to low stats reduced in half. + Adsimulo - 1000mobia - Protects against mutation while breeding. Must be worn by a mare at conception. (Can remove after breeding to reuse) > > Prevents any recessive Traits from factoring in. > > Prevents all drift outside of parent's trait values. > > Higher odds of the in-between value Trait value being selected > > Gene combining left as normal + Transmutatio - 1000mobia - Protects against a boring foal :). Must be worn by a mare at conception. (Can remove after breeding to reuse) > > Boosts recessive Traits to 50% odds of factoring in. (Normally 10%) > > Much larger default drift outside of parent's trait values. > > Lower odds of the in-between value Trait value being selected. > > Gene combining has a 1 in 100 chance per gene of mutating (gene switching). > > Traits have a 1 in 25 chance of randomly mutating. Breed Tweaks: + Added linebacked (d1) to Maremmanos and Maremmano Miglioratos. + Breed info about Friesian Sporthorses now clearly informs breeders to not use Andalusian/Lusitano horses, because crossing a Friesian with these breeds will result in a Warlander. + Breed info about Georgian Grandes now clearly informs breeders that this breed is not gaited. + Fixed the classification of the Georgian Grande (from Grade Gaited to Grade Pleasure Horse) + Fixed Brabant's breed info (moved "Nederlands Trekpaard" to Dutch Draft where it belongs) + Updated info about the Maremmano. + Unlocked pearl (cp) to Akhal-Tekes and Akhal-Tekes Sport Horses. Patching Process Overhauled + Game window now closes itself more reliably before the patching process. + Anyone who was reinstalling the game for every update should now be able to just have the patcher update their game automatically (May need a fresh download and install) + The patcher will no longer patch if the main game window is still running. + The patcher will wait for the main game window to close patiently and then impatiently try to close it after 10 seconds. The main game window can also be closed manually. Bug Fixes: - Wagons no longer take money when otherwise cannot travel during a Journey Quest. - Pony Carts will respect horse injuries now. - Party hat no longer flashes in FPV - Black terrain corruption fixed where Beach Rock Met Beach Grass. - Chicken Coop now properly giving faults if the base is touched. - Clicking on club rank icons doesn't say craziness anymore. - Back button for quests in progress works now. |
HI3 Client Update v15b (February 19, 2020)
| Mac horse paging fixed with this version
+ HOPEFULLY. + UPDATE: NOPE. Failed again, Mac's stuck at 15a, will work on it tomorrow. Additions & Changes: + Preventing unrideable ponies from competing in sled competitions :) + Any rule changes on courses now reset scores. + A Pony cart horse size bug fixed |
HI3 Client Update v15a (February 19, 2020)
| Note: There is currently a known Horse list browsing error for some Mac Users. We are looking into this, and will publish 15b probably in the morning to fix.
Additions & Changes: + Horse Page Jump buttons added to the bottom of horse listings, to skip clicking the next page when you know which one. + Total base stats now shown beside genetic subtotal now on profile pages. + Upgraded to a newer version of Unity, which may or may not fix some long-standing crashes. + Added Admin Ability to boost Focus during events. (only Energy/Travel implemented prior) + Staff Moderators were given more tools to help them moderate profiles quicker. + Competitions verify entry fee at entering time and at start time and forfeit if lack. + Added START sign to floating start gates. + Added a floating course end gate. + Scrapbook horses now show the tack they were wearing when added to the scrapbook. + Text panel's BACK history increased from 7 pages to 12 + Chat filter fixes New Hairstyles + Lets hear it for the curls! > > Long Wavy > > Medium Curly > > Afro + Short Fine Hair + Long Beard Draft Competition Sleds + We now have a good reason for the biig horses! + Players may now make draft competitions. Simply select the number of weight plates everyone has to pull. + Horses list their ability to pull sleds with the speed factor on the bottom of their Performance Metrics. + "Sled spd/# 50% 25% 0 0 0 0 0" Would mean with 1 plate, horse can move at 50% normal speed. with 2, 25%. If the horse tried to pull 3 plates, it wouldn't be able to move. + Generally most horses should be able to compete while pulling one plate. Very few horses can manage 7 plates, and will be slow at that :) + The draft sled does not need to be unlocked, it is just provided during the competition and only usable during competition. + Competitions that require a sled, will give faults for not riding a horse with sleds out. + Course will be considered "Narrow" if a sled is set for the Mane Event. Two New Strong Heavy Drafts: + Ban Ei + Italian Heavy Draft More Italian Breeds: + Maremmano, including the subtype: > > Maremmano Migliorato (decent jumper, Read coat-color info in BBB) + Murgese Additional Breed Tweaks: + Unlocked seal-brown for Arabian (tier 3) and the subtypes Crabbet, Egyptian, and Polish. (Not for desert subtypes.) Bug Fixes: - Store maxed mobia bug fixed. - Strange tick in the right rear leg during horse turn animation fixed. - Players no longer float over club benches and hands don't go through legs. - Fixed crash that occurs when remote players are petting ghosted horses. - Fixed clearing Course Titles when running them sometimes. - Fixed missing ears in scrapbook horses. |
HI3 Server Update (February 11, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Horse Max Views reset message now shown if you have looked at any, rather than minimum 25 to help with confusion over not being told reset. + Esroh Fund reduces uncollected mail golddust balances also now. (To prevent sheltering monies) Two new breeds: + Austrian Warmblood + Venezuelan Criollo (sometimes gaited) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Fixed color info about Hackneys (removed false roan claim. Breed stays the same.). + Added a clarification about the lack of feathering in Argentine Polo Ponies. Read breed info for relevant breeding guidelines. Bug Fixes: - Prevent crafting an imbued item if that is the only existing stack. - Server game randomness enhancement? |
Quick Server Update (February 8, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Can now see current rating and quantity at the top of course score pages. + Can only rate courses you have completed (yesterday's update broke this). A New Sport Pony: + Swedish Riding Pony Horse Max Notice: With all of the last month's work on optimizing HI3 to avoid lag spikes, etc. It's clear that going forward we may be in trouble as the quantity of horses in HI3 grows. And the biggest danger comes from so many free accounts being able to amass 400 horses, especially since we also extended the time to removal of inactive accounts. So, we went from HI1 and HI2 of letting you have only 6 or so horses, to 400 here. I initially thought the servers could handle it, but after running more tests and numbers, I really need to take preventative action now before we run into trouble. Paid accounts are less of a problem due to fewer and covering their server cost/load. So we can leave them mostly where they are. I've looked into other options of improving hardware (only slightly possible), segmenting out active horses, etc. but it would be a huge change to the world. Right now, you can see folks' horses who are offline in their pens and profiles and that is a big part of the fun. so I do not want to remove that aspect. So, This is a heads up, that we will need to reduce max horses for base free accounts soon. I'm thinking: 200 base free horses +400 for subbies +400 slots via permanent mobia purchase (so the only change would be halving the base free horse level) This would leave a nice absolute max of 1000 horses for those horse-crazy :) Again, sorry for having to roll this back, but I feel it will be important to keep the game functional for all. I will be opening a 'Help Jor' Forum: Max Horse Slots if anyone wants to discuss this, Please be aware that SOMETHING needs to be done, so just complaining is no help :) |
HI3 Client Update v.14d (February 7, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ About and News profile paragraphs no longer indented with a space to allow full formatting. + Unmounted horses now show their owner's name on their name panel again. + More realistic grazing posture (front legs set apart in a triangle) + Courses only payout time bonuses based on ACTUAL time now, rather than including fault time penalties. + Courses send an invite to rate them upon completing ones non-rated + Course experience bonus re-enabled for long courses. (temp disable couple days ago) + Added a prevention to taking out torches when more than 10 folks within 100 meters of you. + Added a settings checkbox to disable all torches(other than yours) and lamps in game. please only check this if needed. (The tweak above should help with big groups) + Antlers hat is now Rudolf hat. It is also fully dye-able and comes with a Rudolf-nose. + A more realistic antlers horse hat is now available to craft and dye. + Added back button from quests state view New Crossbreeds: + Azteca (Pure Spanish Horse/Lusitano Horse x Quarter Horse/Paint Horse. Read breed info in BBB) + Petiso Argentino (any combination of: Argentine Criollo x Welsh Pony x Shetland) Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added info to the Argentine Criollo breed intro. + Added info to the Argentine Polo Pony breed intro. + Added info to the Brazilian Crioulo breed intro. Bug Fixes: - Overlapping lines of text in profiles fixed - Trot animation no longer has hind hooves sinking underground - Forward stretch animation polished - Fixed the player drifting problem that happened after dismounting - Pony cart hotkey can now be used when mounted on horseback of 12hh+ horses - Dismounting horseback and pressing pony cart hotkey no longer creates contorted player |
Competition Exp Abuse (February 6, 2020)
| We have updating server with a quick removal of all timebonuses for exp in courses.
Some folks noticed you can abuse faults to raise the time payout in last 48 hours. Tomorrow we will update the game with a proper fix that ignores fault time in the bonus calculations. --------------------------------------------------------- Steps taken to correct for the abuse: 1) All players who gained over 20k exp in last 2 days have had their exp reverted to 2 days ago. (Affected 15 folks) 2) All horses who gained over 10k exp in last 2 days have had their exp reverted to 2 days ago. (affected about 30 horses) 3) ANYONE may complain about this, but if i find a single instance of joining the high-fault competitions, I will double the penalty. This has already been a big time loss to cleanup. 4) the top lists will fix/update tomorrow In the future, if anything looks too good to be true, it likely is, please be patient and report. Abusing stuff just makes a mess. Thanks to players who reported early on. Also note, at our discretion the penalties for exploits/cheating could be much more severe, I felt this case did not rise to the "Nefarious" Level requiring more penalty. But it still wasted a full days development time from the game in cleanup. |
HI3 Client Update v.14c (February 3, 2020)
| Additions/Changes:
+ HI3 Stars actually pays out the wishing coins now... oops. + Added sub-breeds hierarchy info to each breed in the BBB. + Horses match terrain slope immediately when placed. + Mane Event courses must now have 25 ratings before being considered (was 4) > > Editing or resetting a course will reset all ratings. > > Doing this since more courses have lots of ratings now, and to increase rank meaningfulness + Top 8 only shown now in Mane Event Summary System Chat Additional Breed Tweaks: + Added info to the Costeno breed intro. Bug Fixes: - Bumpy mane issue fixed... for real this time :) - Ride Along "ParseCodes" exception fixed. - Reins no longer hidden on bridled horses after disabling pony cart. - Amble animation glitch addressed (rear left leg) |
HI3 Client Update v.14b (January 31, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Course Rule: Source (Wild/Ordered/Bred) Now properly enforces. + Course Rule: LifeCycle (Natural/Extended) Now properly enforces. + Course Broken Rule Hint now will show multiple when multiple rules are being broken at once. + Ride along exited upon entering a muter's ranch now. + Added better error display on Map Loading when something goes wrong. + Comma and Period keys now rotate placed objects by their rotation interval (example: 45, 90 degrees) A New Sport Breed: + Argentine Polo Pony (Argentine Criollo x Thoroughbred) Bug Fixes: - Only bold the first 50 Player Stars to show who getting bonus wishing coin. - Flying bridle potential fix. - Bumpy mane issue fix. - Fixed setting the "newly owned rank" even if you were offline during horse ownership change. |
HI3 Client Update v.14a (January 30, 2020)
| Okay! Been a bit since our last client update. We have surely injected some fresh bugs with these hopefully fun additions. Enjoy! And expect a quick bugfix update tomorrow for any new issues :)
Additions & Changes: + Fix allowing 71.7 in chat filter along with a few other fixes. + Full muted players (mutees) are prevented/pushed off of ranches belonging to muters. + New Quest Step Option: Critter Photography can now be required. + Essence Anomaly server event now runs for 30min. + Essence Anomaly random possibly distance from center reduced from 1000km to 750km. + Hearts Hat seasonal mobia item available for purchase (During first half of February) New Horse Tack: + Antlers Horse Hat + Craft Recipe + Icon + Mouse Ears Horse Hat + Craft Recipe + Icon + Rabbit Ears Horse Hat + Craft Recipe + Icon + Unicorn Horse Hat + Craft Recipe + Icon + Monotone English Saddle Pad Variation + Craft Recipe + Icon New HI3 Stars System: + New shooting star findables fall from the sky. + Upon grabbing them you are asked to credit a kind/helpful HI3 player. + Credited stars will time out after a couple weeks so the list is fresh and current. + Top 50 currently starred players get a daily wishing coin. + You can see current HI3 Stars listed under Players Tab. (updated daily) Competition Tweaks: + Can no longer use tags in course names, too many folks having visibility/reading issues. + Can now set breed requirement on Courses. This will penalize only when ON a horse, if not that breed. + Can now allow any sub breeds of the specified breed on courses as well. > > Grade Drafts + subbreeds would allow shires and clydes, etc. in addition to grade drafts. > > Grade Drafts + no subbreeds would only allow Grade Drafts to compete. > > Mongolian + sub breeds would allow mongolians and steppe mongolians, etc. + Setting narrow rules such as breed, or eternal only, or wild only will mark the course as "Narrow Rules" for Mane Event. + Mane Events will alternate between courses with specific narrow rules, and open ones every other hour. (even hours =one, odd=other) + Mane event odds of course selection leveled out, it was based upon number of votes rather than level randoms. (courses with more votes were being selected more) + Mane Event courses are still picked from any courses who have 4+ star average and 4+ votes and best time completions in under 10 minutes. + Mane Events now show course rules at the bottom via %ManeEvent so read before quick traveling. + Red on right message only shown when you go backwards through the current obstacle now. Crowd Performance Improvements: + Performance in large crowds improved by not showing everyone at lower qualities. + When too many players or horses are on screen, those that are further away are replaced by a translucent sphere. + Number of players and horses now limited by game quality setting. > > Awesome: Unlimited > > High: 80 > > Normal: 40 > > Low: 20 > > Lowest: 10 + These limits are for player and horses independently (example: Lowest = 10 players and 10 horses) + Wilds are always displayed in full. Breed Definition Tweaks: + Nonius can now carry the sooty gene. + Added a clarification to the breed info of Karabakh horses (coat needs to be light; no sooty) + Updated the info about Andean horses (added their adaptation and usage) + Updated the info about Peruvian Paso (now it has one of the longest breed info's in the game!) + Can now cross Dole subtypes and get a purebred foal. Several New South American Breeds: NOTE: read carefully their color-breeding guidelines! (last two "large" paragraphs in breed info) + Argentine Criollo (outstanding stamina) + Brazilian Crioulo + Chilean Bug Fixes: - Fixed stutter that horse would do if halfway on a placed object and normal terrain. - Reins exception experienced with ride along on pony cart fixed. - Bell boots now scaling to large / small hooves. |
HI3 Server Update (January 25, 2020)
| We have been working on additional game updates as well as the following, but they will have to wait until later next week for the client update. in the mean time, here is a another quick server update.
Additions & Changes: + A Few additional lag spike reductions and efficiency improvements. + Vanilla will sometimes collect for 2 rather than just 1 + Findables (Treasure chests / pots of gold) now are a photography challenge type. + Prevent putting unweaned foals in show pens. (Place mother instead to show them both) Mane Event Changes & Additions: + Main Course renamed to Mane Event + Mane Event results now send an invite to view them rather than possibly interrupt. + Mane Events run one per hour, every hour, starting on the :01 and ending on :59 + If a server reset happens before :30 a server event will start for that hour, otherwise it will wait until the next hour. + Payout reduced to 1200 + 150 for each bested player due to running constantly now. + On Server resets, Mane Event should still payout current winners at time of reset. + Chicken Dinner Award renamed to 'Mane Event Winner' A New "Sometimes Gaited" Breed: + Andean, including the subtypes: (all of them can excel as ice horses) > > Chola > > Chumbivilcas > > Morochuco (amazing endurance, mostly gaited) |
HI3 Server Update (January 20, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Additional Minor Lag spike reductions. + Added 50% more horse breed identification servers, since there was occasional max-outs. + Fixed a bug with photo challenge selecting nothing occasionally. + Fixed some alpine trees stuck invisible + Changed Essence Anomaly Time from 20 minutes to 25 Additional Breed Tweaks: + Updated color list in breed info about the Finnhorse (clarifies which colors and patterns exist) + Updated info about the Finnhorse subtypes |
HI3 Server Update (January 19, 2020)
| Additions & Changes:
+ Additional Lag Spike preventions A New Metallic Breed: + Agaba Dark Horse (coat is metallic and usually black) Reduced Penalty for Markings in American Quarter Horses: + AQHs will still be penalized for having too much white (usually a blaze + some stockings) + The reduced penalty makes it possible to breed for such horses though. + Solid-colored Quarters who were born with 100% penalty for markings can now be re-identified at the horse expert as Quarter Horses. + Foundation Quarter Horses are NOT affected by this tweak. Their 100% penalty for excessive markings remains the same. Additional Breed Tweaks: + Updated color list in breed info about ISH and TIH (clarifies which colors and patterns don't exist in these breeds) |
HI3 Server Update (January 18, 2020)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Added dye bottle check before focus deduction + Fixed Main Course numbering on summary + Sending mail to currently blocked/banned accounts is prevented. + Any invites (trade/buddy/etc) to a muter are prevented now. + Added additional tracking of occasional server slow-downs for troubleshooting. + Reduced the "Heavy" Top List updates from every 2 hrs to just once in middle of night. |
HI3 Client Update v.13b (January 10, 2020)
| Releasing a few quick fixes to the big new v13a release an hour ago...
Fixes/Changes: + Fixed 'HorseEquipment' Crash Exception + Fixed icon mapping for canvas + Increased boot crafting focus cost to avoid unfortunate subby numbering |
HI3 Client Update v.13a (January 10, 2020)
| Lots of changes and additions with this update! We are excited about the new horse leg accessories, and the new courses competition should be fun!
Additions & Changes: + Essence Star server game will now give a heading invite to anyone nearby(within 3km) when 4 minutes remain. + Spotlight Server Game Additions: Highest Terrain and Deepest Oceans + Preserves will now require 1000m rather than 500m from another preserve before creating. + 6hr lease time actually leases for 6hrs now rather than 5hrs. + Pony cart poles now widen for large horses or horses in foal. + Usage of pony cart now blocked unless a horse is currently out. + Lamps require Owners or Copper+ Clubbies to toggle now. + New Shortcut for Horsie Sense (Default: ?) + New Shortcut for Pony Cart (Default: -) + Club directional and info signs now color text based on club profile. Tack Additions! Horse Leg Accessories These are all just for looks, we may possibly in the future unlock some reining slide-stops or similar if you have the full reining gear on, but for now, it's just for looks. + New: Lined Boot Set + New: Splint Boots (Front) + New: Skid Boots + New: Rubber Bell Boots + New: Reining Knee Boot (Single front leg, prevents knee knocking) + New: Trail Knee Boots (both front legs) + Improved quality of existing Polo Wraps + Added Crafting Recipes for all and new category: Horse Leg Accessories at workshop. + Polo wraps crafting moved to workshop along with other similar leg accessories. Selectable Re-Identification Mode at Horse Expert + Can now select "Normal mode" or the new "Main Breed Match" Mode. + This will skip any sub breed matching, usually offering the "Main Breed" instead. + The most common case this will be helpful for is lucky wilds, which sometimes match sub breeds less than perfectly. In this case, using this mode should match the main breed perfectly. + This may also be helpful when breeding a main breed and foals match a sub breed when you'd rather not. + Just like normal mode, you can decide if you'd like to switch to the new offered breed. + Note: it's possible you won't be able to return to your current breed. + Note: it is also possible you could lose your pure bred status. + Note: It's rare but also possible the main breed will have a LOWER conformal score. New Photography Challenge: Breeds. + Capture each unique breed and sub breed in the game + Pays out half of others 5 qp and 10 essence + Has a separate status page next to existing on your profile page New Server Minigame: Snowball Fight + Must provide your own snowballs. + No limit on same-person hits. Simple 1 hit one score. + Shorter, three minute duration. + New 'Pummeler' Award tracks Snowball fight wins New Server Game: Essence Anomaly + A random spot (up to 1kkm from center, may be ocean) spawns an Essence Anomaly. + Every player who gets there in the alloted time will receive bonus at end. + Bonus is 150 to 250 essence + New 'Anomaly Researcher' Award tracks completions. + Hint: SoundFX is silent as you get near the heart of the anomaly. New Server Game: Photo Hunt + A random critter is selected, first player to photograph within 20 minutes wins. + Bonus is $5000 reward + New 'Wabbit Hunter' Award tracks completions. New Server Game: Main Course + A randomly well-ranked course is selected (4+ star with 4+ rankings with <10 min best completion) + Only times registered during event count. Simply TRY'ing the course will count. no need for proper competition. + You may make multiple attempts, best time counts over the 30 minute event time. + Award is $1500 for completing and an additional $250 for each player you ranked above at time up. + Type %MAINCOURSE for current status and leaderboard + New 'Main Course Completer' Award Tracks Completions + New 'Chicken Dinner' Award Tracks Wins Fencing Flexibility Improvement + You can now place fences through, and into other fences. + this means you can make T's again. etc. + If you want to join up with an existing fence run perfectly, recommend the following: > > The existing run should be following a compass direction. Can hold Left SHIFT to make sure. > > The Length needs to be an even number of meters, this will cause the posts to reliably space every 2 meters, enabling you to build a T precisely. > > Not doing either of these steps is fine, just means it will look slightly strange possibly. A New Sport Breed: + Swedish Warmblood (great agility; decent jumping) New Gaited Breeds: + Costeno + Peruvian Paso A New Chinese Breed: + Xilingol Additional Breed Tweaks: + Kladruby horses can now carry the sooty gene. Bug Fixes: - Hiding player names via settings menu now works properly. - Fixed occasional error in rider leg positions and rein holding style in remote players. - Fixed horse animations being cut short for remote horses with riders. - Fixed problem with first course gate being a "gait gate" and not registering - Full click menu now available for horses after pony cart removed. - Fixed issue with horses not being visible after pony cart removed. - Fixed horses by rank not showing ZERO-hour old horses. - Horse page counts properly calculated now. (fixes: page 3 of 2) |
HI3 Client Update v.12f (December 31, 2019)
| Happy New Year Everyone! Make your party hats and throw some Confetti Balls around to celebrate 2020! Wow. We'll need robot horses now that it's 2020. Big bunch of new breeds to also bring the new year in :)
Additions & Changes: + Club Buildings & Ranches missing at login FIXED! + Removal of Rank Titles by saving a blank title now actually works. + Fjords Blue Spruce Collision size reduced + Course slots upgrading shows price NOT taking specialty tome into account. + Camera equipment captures 'Geological Features' rather than 'Geology' now. + Snowman Hat seasonal mobia item available for purchase (During January) + Ability to quick stop on pony cart implemented + Club seating now jumpable, no longer blocking players. + New Workshop sub category 'Paper Products' for books/paper/film kits/etc. + Throwable and Craftable Confetti Ball to help bring in the new year. + 'Celebratious' award added for throwing confetti + Top lists for Horses: Competition Wins and Show Wins added. These ONLY show since we started tracking a few weeks ago. A New Sport Breed: + Sardinian Anglo-Arab New Small Horses/Ponies: + Giara + Giarab (Giara x Arabian/SAA; read breeding guidelines) + Java Pony (excellent stamina) + Priangan (Java x Arabian; read breeding guidelines) New Draft Breeds: + Comtois + Australian Draught Horse Additional Breed Tweaks: + Horses forum now contains a list of breeds that come in mosaic. + Updated info about Lundy Ponies. + Updated info about American Saddlebreds. + American Saddlebreds can now be non-gaited. Read breed info for breeding guidelines. + Updated markings of some breeds to enable mosaics (the markings themselves stay the same). + Supered Nez Perce Horses can now have average (50%) stubborn/leader personality. + Added to the Salernitano's breed info a clarification regarding this breed's personality. + Updated the color section in the Australian Pony's breed info (colors stay the same, but it's clearer which colors exist and which don't). Bug Fixes: - Unnecessary rider positioning error log removed. - Can no longer turn your character around when seated on bench in classic 3pv - Seating prevents same position as another player better - Seating prevents attempting to sit while sitting - Trades show 0 day-olds now. |
Game Update (December 29, 2019)
| Server Game Changes & Additions:
+ Avg stars rating shown on quests at adventure table + Avg stars rating show for nearby courses + Avg stars rating shown on individual courses when viewing scores. + Blocked postal mailing someone you have fully muted. + Blocked postal mailing someone who has fully muted you. + New Craftables book at library + Hooked up bug forum replies in-game notification + Dye Recipes now optionally sortable by a few shades > > They list greys first, then in rainbow (ROYGBIV) order. > > It is a rough sort, can't be perfect, but hopefully will help some players. |
Opening of club presents (December 24, 2019)
 | Quick Server Update today to support present opening tomorrow :)
CLubbies with Holiday trees can click on their trees and open the presents that were bought WHILE they were a member of the club. All presents will be opened sequentially, and might take a while if a lot of presents! so have a couple minutes free :) Club members have until end of December to open any presents at the club tree. Happy Holidays Everyone! |
Horse Server Limit Increased For All (December 22, 2019)
| Apparently many folks are looking forward to many horses, so we have adjusted the server horse max system via a quick server update. Few notes:
#1) This is not horse slots, this is NOT increasing your barn spots, etc. This is just adjusting the absolute horse max/server limit. #2) If the slim chance it starts causing server lag spikes and we cannot find a technical solution, we may need to decrease it. #3) In the future if all is going well, and folks need even more, and no lag problems, we could increase it. Changes Made: A) Max for everyone goes from 300 to 400 horses. B) Subs get a 2x boost to the 400 (800 max) C) Mobia unlock is still additional alternative option for permanent slots that do not require sub also. (not doubled by sub) So, This will allow up to 1200 horses for a determined player right now. We will see how it goes! P.S. If you bought the new horse extensions for 100 mobia, and no longer want them under the new arrangement, I can refund those if needed. Put in a support ticket, and then give me up to a week to process them. Thanks. |
HI3 Client Update v.12e (December 21, 2019)
| Another bug fix update to keep things smooth over the next busy week :)
Happy Holidays! Additions/Changes: + Fixed new bug of essence colliding and stopping players after doing a course. + Recalculating over-max-horses when you look at your horse list. + Properly removing over-max-horses if a trader sale does so. |
HI3 Client Update v.12d (December 20, 2019)
| Happy Holidays! Enjoy any family gatherings! We put some effort into several big cleanups. This next week will be pretty distracting with family, etc. for us, so don't expect any new content for a bit. Enjoy!
Additions/Changes: + Bridle now equipped when using the Pony Cart. + Decoration tack is no longer hidden when using the Pony Cart. + Ability to notify in game when bug forum post replied to. + Crosshairs are now hidden when viewing a photograph. + Over Horse Max (300(+) or number of barns spots) Additional penalties: > > No breeding anymore > > May not even browse Horse or Stud stores > > Breeding and Horse(Acquiring) Trades prevented > > Purchasing auctions prevented > > Future additional penalties involving dust and essence fines may be imposed. + New Mobia store item (100 mobia) Extends 300 horse max by 5. > > Limit of up to double. (600 total max) > > Only purchasable if you have over 50% of the max horses (150) to make sure folks aren't confused when they buy. + Put camera away when no additional film kits in inventory. + Critter noise volume now controlled by world volume. + Patcher no longer shows Unity splash screen (faster update process). Course Improvements: + Course obstacles with red markers now require correct player orientation to complete. (Keep Red on Right) > > This change will now allow the course designer to require players to approach from desired direction. > > Existing courses may require fixing if they were not designed with this in mind, But we feel the benefits to layout warrant the improvement. + Kayaks and sailboats no longer collide when a course is being run. Ratings System: + New 5 star rating interface added. + After completing a Quest, you can rate at the clubs adventure table. + After completing a course, you can rate at the top 100 time review, IF you are top 100. + Added an Opinionator Award for making ratings. + To start reviews are not being shown until we implement that in next update likely. New Italian Breeds: + Persano + Salernitano (good for Cross-Country and Show-jumping) A New Official Crossbreed: + Moriesian (Morgan x Friesian; remember to read parentage rules) A New Draft Breed: + Breton, including the subtypes: > > Heavy Draft Breton > > Postier Breton Bug Fixes: - Tack items now adapting shape for flat chested or shallow faced horses. - Wearing tack from Inventory on a placed horse works now! rather than saying "Missing Item" - Applying tack while horse is hooked up to cart no longer removes reins and harness - Missing bridle/saddle warnings no longer displayed when pony cart equipped - Fixed double photo snap if you waited 2+ seconds viewing photo and then click to put away photo - Treat crafting window no longer scrolled to the very bottom of the ingredients list after clicking Make button. - Scrolling library collectables only shows collectables now. |
Photography Challenge (DONE) (December 18, 2019)
 | 24+ hr photo challenge! (DONE)
------------------------------------------------ UPDATE: Wow, I can't believe so many of you completed this. Paying out 250 mobia to first 10 players, who mostly tied for first: Mads,Grimalkin,Joker,Skywalker,Blaze,LemonDrizzle,KittyCat,Parallel,Hop,Turtle! and 100 for the next 5 finishers: AzureDragon,Down,Jax,Aro,Bubble Congratz! Great Job Guys! -Joe ------------------------------------------------ On Wednesday Dec 18th (48hrs+) around 8pm CST I will award the Top 10 Players based on the Photographer Award (National Geographic). Each of those 10 players will get 250 Mobia. Get Snapping! |
HI3 Client Update v.12c (December 16, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Camera B&W effect and speed greatly improved for those having it take a while. + A Few general timing bugs also fixed with camera. + Camera shutter sound effect improved. + Icebergs brought back into world in deep ice oceans (+buoyancy effect) + Campion moss rocks dig-able + Date Palm stumps dig-able + Orange,Vanilla, Banana, Cacao, Coffee, Pineapple trees dig-able from fruit-less state New Years Hat: + New Years Hat is craftable now! Bug Fixes: - Improved handling of 'unknown' clothing items in the future to prevent future similar new years hats glitches. |
Quick Server Update (December 15, 2019)
| Doing a Quick Bugfix Server Update:
+ Hiding New Years hats as they weren't quite done yet! (anyone who bought one will get it in a day, Sorry! and thanks!) + Morel mushrooms glitch fixed to make them actually exist now :) + The Random new bones in decay removed. + a few more photo challenges added and clarifications. |
Discovery Challenge! (DONE) (December 13, 2019)
| Discovery Challenge: (DONE)
------------------------------------------ UPDATE: (A Few minutes into contest!) SwanFiesta and Turtle credited with discovery :) Congratz. Red Algae is gathered by digging near Volcanic pools. ------------------------------------------ Red Algae is a needed component for new Photography system update. However, no one knows where to get it from yet! First player to find it Wins 500 mobia! And then you can share the source with all the other desperate photographers out there. Submit a support ticket upon finding, and we will verify system log that you were the first to acquire. We will update this post upon verified winner. |
Photography Update: Client v.12b (December 13, 2019)
| Additions / Changes:
+ Current Polls are now mentioned when logging into game above current news. + Policy Change: Villages may rename up to once/yr + Horse Traders: Stay the same for 24hrs rather than 1 hr. for less confusion. + Horse Traders: Each have 5 options now instead of 3. + Horse Traders: More unique options added. + Preventing skylands access more reliably now. Player Stat Changes / Improvements + Crafting Dyes NOW takes focus (was an oversight) -240 focus (-80pts for sub) + Esroh Essence NOW fills up 3000 points where needed! (1000 for each, unless say focus is full, then 1500 for other 2 stats, etc) + ALL Clubs are half off travel now. Not just your own. Your own club is now quarter cost. + All Travel Per Meter distance cost calculations reduced by 60%, so further away travel will be cheaper. + Maximum Travel Charge is 9000 now, rather than full bar(10000). + Base travel cost reduced from 1200 to 900 for any travel. New Photography System: + New Camera Equipment available to unlock + Camera requires new Photo Kit item per each "photo". Crafted at Workshop. + Caribou Moss now collectable, and a photo ingredient. + Silver Ore now importable and a photo ingredient. + Red Algae collectable and a photo ingredient. + Currently Your photo albums can collect the various non-equine Animals in the world. Each unique critter photo will record it in your album. + Photos of Flowers,Plants, Mushrooms and Geologic formations also tracked now. + View Album Stats from your Profile. Shows which photos you have and have not collected. + A Black and white grainy photo replica is shown and saved to your computer HI3 folder with other screenshots for fun, but otherwise not accessible or shareable within game. The goal is collecting the shots, not sharing the photos. + Click Again after B&W photo shown to hide it and allow taking another. + New Award Added: National Geographic - tracks your number of album entries filled. + Each collected photo also gives 10qp and 20 essence. + Note: taking photos of already captured things still uses a photo kit, and replaces the screenshot stored on your computer. Bug Fixes: - Potential fix for being stuck inside pony cart when ice cracking scares your horse |
HI3 Client Update v.11d (December 11, 2019)
| Bug Fixes:
- Emergency Holiday Tree Crash The Club Patch :) Whoops. |
HI3 Client Update v.11c (December 11, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Pony Carts usable with horses up to and including 14.2hh now. + Club Holiday Tree ornaments enlarged a little + Club Holiday tree presents max set to 300 + Club Holiday tree initial color random rather than white now. + Orange/Lemon/Lime trees all now diggable at stump states. Presents: + A tradeable present similar to wishing coins added to game. Not purchasable. + Every subby granted 2 presents per day (like esroh essence) Dec 14th - Dec 25th (12 days) + Presents may be traded or USE'd from the inventory menu. + Opening presents may grant the following: Esroh Essence, Coal (double odds), Random Items, Gold Dust (double odds), Random biome essence + These are the same payouts as the Club-Tree-Presents, But those will NOT be tradeable items, instead a club member will open them all at once after Dec 24th. (each member gets to open all of the presents, duplicated for all members) A New Sport Warmblood: + Wielkopolski (excels at cross-country) Bug Fixes: - preventing RideAlong positions from getting messed up from players switching places. (sailboat mostly) - Ridealong improvements when players get same spot due to timing - RIdealong improvements with staying on ponycart instead of horseback - Pony carts no longer climb to top of bushes |
HI3 Client Update v.11b (December 10, 2019)
| Additions / Changes:
+ PONY CART USABLE FOR HORSES UP TO 14.0hh now :) (14.2hh tomorrow) + Pony cart harness now adapts shape to horse proportions + Critters reduced 25% for all. + Large Critters made more rare, especially bears/tigers, etc. + Moose enlarged to be closer to Earth Meese (yes, actual lame plural is moose...) New Glasses: + Cat Eye Style, dyeable frame + Square Style, dyeable frame + Round Style, dyeable frame + New Glasses crafting category added to Workshop. Holiday Tree: + Once Placed you CANNOT REMOVE (will auto remove sometime after Jan 1st). Place on flat ground. + Fun club addition, big tree for celebrating winter holidays. + Enables Clubby presents! Buy one for 50 mobia and ALL club members get to open it after Dec 24th. + The Tree shows the presents dynamically stacking below it. + Each present pays out similar to wishing coins, with the addition of COAL and Esroh Essence options :) + The tree magically responds to music played nearby :) Minor Horse Coat Modifications: + NOTE: If any of these changes are controversial, we can roll them back, Our priority is to keep your existing horses the way you love them, but try to improve any technical bugs. + Dark points on Dark Brown Horses would go *poof* - We have added a fix to keep those points on very Dark Dark brown horses. + Champagne effect now includes a small amount of metallic effect. New Mini Horses: + American Miniature Horse + South African Miniature Horse Other Breed Tweaks: + Reduced the frequency of silver in Highland Ponies (silver will be rarer) + Added a list of colors & height range to the Thoroughbred's info in the BBB (including subtypes) + Updated the info about Percheron subtypes Bug Fixes: - Fixed panning of camera when seated on benches and in 3rd person view - Removed next/prev buttons on library ancestor horse profiles since interfering with ancestors navigation - Fixed animation issues with the spyglass when riding along - Fixed display issues of breed book / scrap book horses experienced by some players - longer ' pow' messages put back to pow form. |
HI3 Client Update v.11a (December 6, 2019)
| Big Animal Update! The world should feel less lonely now! Many critters added. Also! Happy Holidays! We've added rare breed injection! Should help compensate for the low odds of finding breeds in the wild naturally :)
We also still plan on working on Pony cart more, (Hope to get up to 14.2hh pulling) Additions / Changes: + Big Speedup to Horse Identification when server busy, no longer "Piles up" + POW Notifications slower when longer text now. + Fixed NEXT PAGE on descendents. + Walking is now automatic when using the brush or petting. + Horse Show Wins tracked starting now. (need 3+ entrants) + Horse Comp Wins tracked starting now. (needs 3+ entrants, 30s+ event) + PROPER BREED GENETICS INJECTION INTO 1 out of 250 WILD HORSES NOW. (incl Whistles) + Taiga Rocks collectable now Critters! / New Animals: + Rabbits redone to include swim animations and variations. + 10 other types of critters for a total of 46 animal variations and types! + all 25 main biomes in the game sport unique critter(s) now. + NOTE: HI3 is NOT Earth, the big animals do not get scared or hungry, so you and your horses are safe from Wolves and Tigers and Bears :) They will simply watch you warily and wearily. + Library has a simple book on likely locations for the various critters. + There is nothing to be done with these animals currently, but we plan to add some photography soon :) + We also will try to improve the animal AI at some point in future, they still flee rather unrealistically sometimes ;) Seasonal Hat: + Santa hat is seasonally available now. (usable year round) > > Red part is re-dyeable. > > Like other optional seasonal hats, it is 'overpriced' at 1000 mobia to retain it's rarity. New Saddle Horse Breeds: + Florida Cracker (sometimes gaited) + Trocha y Galope (sometimes gaited - NOTE: read the breeding guidelines listed in the breed info) + Trochador (gaited) A New Pony: + Lundy Pony Bug Fixes: - Wild horses should now more properly respect genetic variation odds across biomes! > > Appears Wild Whistles were working correctly, but not standard wilds. - Pony carts now work on docks / bridges - Pony cart elevator bug fixed - Pony cart poles extended a bit (horse safety) - Horses now tilt to correctly stand on docks and bridges - Spyglass now functions properly for Pony Cart and Hot Air Balloon - Brush can no longer be equipped on the Pony Cart - Potential fix for missing horse view in Big Book of Breeds for some users |
Toplists Added (December 5, 2019)
| We are busy working on some more content for HI3. In the meantime, added some more toplists content
Top Lists Additions: + Grades by EXP Listed now + New missing breeds added + Some player stats added |
HI3 Client Update v.10b (November 27, 2019)
| There are still plenty of visual bugs with the Pony carts, but they are fun and not causing problems. Those bugs will just sit around till next week sometime. Today's update fixes some minor glitches that we could fix quick.
Additions/Changes: + Horse List Pages fixed to not skip a horse between pages! + SHIFT+H for real now shows horse rank categories. + Ocean bunnies fixed + < 2yo pony carting disabled. + Centaur Prevention due to not owning pony carts. + Apostrophe directional sign placement slash fixed. New Pony Breed: + Gotland Breed Changes: + Updated info about Caspian horses (note: they are small enough to pull pony carts) |
HI3 Client Update v.10a (November 26, 2019)
| Thanksgiving Holiday Update Rush :) We are getting this out for folks to enjoy over the long weekend, but it is NOT bug free yet. We will polish it up a little more for another update next week. Just wanted to get you guys something new and fun to play with over Long holiday weekends (for US folks).
Additions/Changes: + Horse 'Too Ornery' message changed to 'Bad Mood' to be more clear. + Moved profile flag buttons next to title rather than page arrows + SHIFT + H will now bring up your horses by rank. + Upon clicking a flashing sub status (top left) it will no longer flash for that login session. + Dressage 90deg turns no longer improperly have colliders (raise you) + Added profile button to store stud listings, and hopefully on same line now for others. Pony Carts!: + Complicated system! Likely a few bugs so be patient with it :) + Unlock equipment similar to a kayak. + Pony cart will automatically trigger when a horse is too small to ride. + Currently only usable on ponies too small to ride. Will try in future to support < 14.2hh horses. + Pony cart has a ride-along spot also :) + Added Pony cart course transport requirement option. (Pony cart races) + Pony cart takes .4 sleds pulling power. If your stat is less than .4, pony will not be able to pull. It's its .41 VERY SLOWLY. If it's .8 it will be half speed, etc. New Ponies / Small Horses: + British Miniature Horse + Esperia Pony + Hucul (aka Carpathian Pony) A New Gaited Breed: + Trote y Galope Breed tweaks: + Updated info about British Riding Ponies. + Updated info about Colored Racehorses. + Updated info about the two Brabant subtypes. + Updated info about Quarabs (including subtypes). + Fixed a small glitch that prevented Quarabs from being 14hh tall. + Added grey coat to British Riding Ponies Bug Fixes: - Looks like sailboat requirement for courses wasn't working, fixed. |
Server Update (November 24, 2019)
| Quick Weekend update and info on our Top Lists Progress.
+ Player Awards and Breed Experience Top Lists Added to website. Find them at the bottom of main page (click HI3 logo). It's a Work-in-progress with formatting issues yet. And we will add additional lists soon. + Tree Taps moved out of Headwear for those with better fashion sense. + Pony Cart WIP re-hidden to prevent crashes ;) + AQH trader fixed to properly accept breeds |
Quick Server Update (November 21, 2019)
| Adding rank titles and browsing because we see folks DIY'ing it and to alleviate some of the frustration of the new horse pagination :)
Additions/Changes: + Crafting Sub categories reset upon close now. + Couple story problem riddles fixed + Added ability to set story problems to round down or up when decimal answers are possible. (Let me know if find any other decimal answers) Rank Titles: + Players can now edit rank titles (On your Horse List by rank). + Each 100 of ranks are title-able. So, you can make a title for 300's and 400's and 600's and 2500-2599. + Folks who have ranked all horses <100, etc. will need to renumber if they want to take advantage of this. + The Benefit of titles every 100, is it leaves optional room for sub-ordering within them. + You may also browse by titled ranks now. (bottom of Horse List) + Saving an empty rank title deletes it. + Rank Titles will not show when browsing someone's horses who are offline. (can still search by their rank titles) + A "cheat-sheet" of your ranks is shown at bottom on horse profile edit page. |
HI3 Client Update v.9a (November 20, 2019)
| Hey Guys! Bunch of misc improvements here and some fun additions. After this update we will work on trying to add pony carts apparently (Your poll direction was rather clear).
Additions/Changes: + Initial Login Map Loading optimized greatly. Those with big map data & mid computers should notice a speedier login. + Course Start Titles no longer Add "Course" to the end. + Removed the "Player removed you from buddy list" Notification. + Require Approval before Buddies Quick Traveling to them. + Clubs listable by "Location" (Biome description) now also. + Library Biomes now feature Next/Prev buttons + Library Items now feature Next/Prev buttons + Next/Prev buttons now are set at the edges of the window instead of beside title (so they don't move) + Horse Trades and Leases now offer a LOOK button. + Adding flagging button on panels for player content. + May Add/Remove amulets on penned horses now. + May Add/Remove tack on penned horses now. + Event log will now mention other players name when horses change ownership. + Surrogate contracts list by leased horse list now. + Gender Horse lists will sort in-foal mares by the state of pregnancy now. + Applying for certs will go back to certification page after submission rather than closing. + Possible to remove Prefixes now at bottom of Profile Page only when BOTH: Your Horse AND Your Prefix + First submission for new prefix just tells you it's available, submit again to buy. + Shopping board will not list mobia buyers unless they can afford at least one. (like items) + Crafting (Textiles and Workshop) now is sorted into sub categories when helpful. + Horse Lists for other players no longer show Mount and Place buttons. + The four magical trees of magical forests are digable with big effort - you monsters. + Hydrangeas are digable now. (Remember digging gets you nothing, it's simply to clear for building, if you do not build over them, they WILL GROW BACK) + Atoll Bushes digable + Blueberry and Raspberry bushes digable now (from non-berried states) Horse Lists Paginated + Horse Lists broken up into pages of 50 at a time now. + Use the Left and right buttons at top to browse to next page. + This should reduce some of the load for folks with tons of horses. Tack Additions: + Ornate Western Saddle & Workshop Recipe + English saddle model improved for short / long backed horses + English saddle strap no longer pokes through girth during jumps New Server Game: + Called "Stranger Things" - You have to meet up with a 'Stranger', then you get 'Things' :) + Server randomly pairs off all players online, and tells you who you need to get near. + Must be within 30 meters of randomly assigned player at the end of 5 minute timer + Both players get +1 Esroh Essence and +1 Wishing Coin. + When odd numbers of players online one player will be tasked to get near themself :) this is simply an "Easy Win" for them and not a bug. + Be sure to respect folks who may not want to play/are busy. It is an optional event, lets keep it fun and laid back. New Breed: Paso Fino is here!: + Paso Fino, including the following subtypes: > > Colombian Paso Fino (carefully read color restrictions in the BBB) > > Cuban Paso Fino > > Puerto Rican Paso Fino New Breed for western riding: + Chickasaw Breed tweaks: + Shire Sporthorses can now have Friesian Sporthorse and NRPS Horse as parents + Updated info about Arabo-Boulonnais + Updated info about Chernomor Bug Fixes: - All monotone saddles and bridles now have consistent color when using the same dye recipe - Hands no longer disappear when grooming a tall horse. - Performance increase when many player characters on screen. - Fixed strange knee position for riders on short backed horses. - Size of stirrups no longer being reset under certain conditions. - Potential fix for riders not sitting at the right height to make contact with saddle. - World map will no longer show partial history if shown immediately upon login. - Horses now buck rider consistently when in deep water. |
Referral Program (November 17, 2019)
| Lets try to get a few more folks playing HI3 so that we can support all of the additional content we hope to add over the next year(s)!
To this end, we will start doing some advertising, and can ask you guys to spread the word as well. We've finished setting up our HI3 Referral Program: [ Click the link at bottom of Mobia Store Page on website. ] You will earn 200 mobia when a newly-referred player subscribes in game. (They don't even have to buy the mobia themselves.) The referred player will also get 1000 essence and 10 Esroh Essence with first membership to help them get started on their adventures. You will be able to see your referrals and bonuses at the bottom of the referral page. (Can get there off bottom of the Store page) Program Details: + Only applies to newly referred players from today, who correctly use the links or enter your ID, as we are trying to bring in new folks. + Only the one time bonus occurs per account, we did it this way to allow payout without even a direct mobia purchase. Thanks much! -Joe |
HI3 Client Update v.8a (November 15, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Horse profile viewer now allows you to zoom in on both sides of the horse's face using the F key. + Auction House Now allows sorting based on Breed, bid amt, Gender. + Auction House now highlights your auctions in yellow. + Auction House now highlights your winning auctions in blue. + Award counters that exceeded requirements while offline will now credit the award when you look at your award list. + Chance of Twins with Store and Trade Breedings now also. > > Note: No chance of twins with surrogate breedings. + Added Crystals as an inventory list + Added referral system server support, To be detailed in a day or two. Tack Additions: + The existing western saddle model and texture improved. + An additional Monotone Variant has been added. (Ornate next update) + Monotone Saddle Craft Recipe added. + English Monotone Bridle added along with craft recipe. + Western Monotone Bridle added along with craft recipe. A New Miniature Breed: + American Shetland, including the subtypes: > > Classic American Shetland > > Foundation American Shetland > > Modern American Shetland A New Giant Sport Horse Breed: + Shire Sporthorse (Shire X TB or sport warmblood) Two New British Horse Breeds: + British Appaloosa + Cleveland Bay Updated breed info about: + All four Mongolian subtypes + Ara-Appaloosas + Karabakh Additional breed tweaks: + Added grey color to Karabakh horses Bug Fixes: - TWINS! Looks like odds of twins was broken. Fixed so that new breedings should now have 1% chance again (11% with double bubble) - Players no longer get stuck in turning animation when stationary. - Fixed issue resulting in horses remaining visible to remote players after rider has been bucked. - Fix for small horses with high necks and long silky manes (mane through chest). - "AllTacked" null reference exception fix - Possibly fixed bug with clearing progress when you "Give Up" a TRY on your quest. |
HI3 Client Update v.7a (November 8, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Player eyes made more vibrant. + Horse trader language and requirements improved: > > instead of "Was Bred" it will ask for a horse "Born in a Barn" i.e. not wild or ordered. > > for breeds when it will accept any sub breeds it will not say "BreedName or sub breeds" Tack Additions: + Monotone English Saddle variation added. (Takes more focus to get the leather to dye better) + Ornate English Saddle variation added. (Takes a LOT more focus to do all the tooling design) Clothing Additions + Riding Gloves (+Workshop recipe) + Plaid Rancher Shirt (+Textiles Recipe) + Hipster Glasses (+Workshop recipe -- And YES bottles make perfect lenses, don't cringe!) Holiday Mobia Item + November Only: Wolfenoot Hat - Show your support for Canines of all kinds. A Small (literal) Breed Addition: + Noma (not rideable) Bug Fixes: - Game Updater now displays a more understandable "Check your internet connection" message when unable to contact the update server. - Fixed issue with player character's wrists showing through long sleeve tops. - Exporter Showing black items when it actually requires "White" Fixed again. |
HI3 Client Update v.6e (November 5, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Mane Length Trait will no longer mutate at ALL beyond parent values. (no drift outside the initial range) + Pots of gold rainbows clickable for when otherwise unreachable + Skip rendering the equipment icon about yourself in 3d view (Instruments/Map/etc.) + Admin Ability to give essence to all nearby players. + Pasting to text areas (After a big Copy) Speed improved 100x+ :) + Prevent players from Muting staff :) A new pony breed! + Highland Pony New coldblood trotter breeds! (Carefully read the color restrictions for this breed in the BBB) + North Swedish Horse, including the subtypes: > > North Swedish Farm Horse (subtype for draft work) > > North Swedish Trotter (subtype for trotting races) Bug Fixes: - Reins no longer shoot out wildly if horse turns head. - Quick Traveling while seated no longer sends player skyward. - Owned horses now automatically put themselves away if they find themselves sufficiently underwater. - French Braids hair style no longer visible in first person view. - Rotate Buildings fixed. - Fixed incorrect rotation in directional info signs that point towards travel locations. - Fixed appearance of sliding when coming to a stop after strafing. - Horses are no longer allowed to fountain-surf. - Ride along jittery camera has been fixed! - Exporter dyed items reminder shouldn't show black anymore. |
Mobia Store Improvement (November 4, 2019)
| Faster more reliable Mobia crediting!
Tonight, we added instant mobia crediting on the payment "Thank You" page. And we still have our previous system as backup. So, Mobia should most always credit instantly now, or within a few minutes in rare cases. Hopefully no more delays to the Mobia. Thanks guys for all your support! -Joe |
Quick Server Update (November 2, 2019)
| A few important bug fixes for the horse expert. Plus a breed!
Breed Additions: + Corsican Bug Fixes: - Horse Expert Re-identification properly charges gold dust now. - Horse Expert shouldn't brag about increasing purity when she doesn't anymore. - Horse Expert shouldn't give purity in cases where it shouldn't have anymore. (new bugs since recent update) |
HI3 Client Update v.6d (October 31, 2019)
| Second Client update today. Fixes an unfortunate crash.
Happy Halloween! Last few hours to buy a witches hat for a year :) Additions/Changes: + unfortunate crashing after clicking Buy button on Horse Orders Fixed. |
HI3 Client Update v.6c (October 31, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Purity properly recalculated upon reidentification now if both parents still alive. + Permanent admin chat mutes supported now. + Show and link to the last birthed foal from a horse's history page. + Corn Roan color namings fixed to be consistent with normal Roan. > > (Black->Blue, Chestnut->Strawberry, Palomino->Golden, Bay->Red, Brown->Purple) + Added an "Amulets" Inventory page + Prevent sending Show Results to invited judges that did not accept. + "The Case of the Missing Princess" Quest sent back for review. Any players in progress on it have been reset to fix potential bugs. + In warning, State club members must be gold to purchase properties now. + Exporter shows Bleached items as being required now instead of black. + Camera "piston" effect now limited to Anti-Motion Sickness mode. + Camera is now locked on to hot air balloon and sailboat. Imbued Tack Visuals: + Tack now has crystals displayed, brighter=higher level + Crystals in stat alphabetical order: AGI / INT / END / SPD / STR + Imbued tack now "Edge" glows the combined color of the crystals used to imbue it Breed Changes: + Added roan to Hispano-Arabs Specification (low frequency) Bug Fixes: - Toy Mice for cat story problem redone/fixed. - Pottery Mugs story problem redone. - Extreme distances occasional misreports prevented. - Can no longer trigger petting animation when riding horse. - Various horse animations now stop immediately when horses start moving. |
HI3 Client Update v.6b (October 29, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Imbuery now requires a building permit. + Added hrs at state for quest club/mod review + Performance improvement when close to multiple horses + May now view a Horse's Ancestor Status from the profile lineage page. + May now pay to get a simple text listing of all descendents when exceeds max. + May now right click on menu multiline text boxes to copy to computers clipboard. (Paste into wordpad, etc to keep an offline copy.) World Changes: We are going to attempt to increase the puzzles spawned in the world, as a few recuded in quantity from Beta to Live. This may have unintended effects, so we will trial it, if there are problems, we will go right back to how it was prior. Increased placement of: + Turtle shells (a bit) + Targetted topple (a lot) + melody rock (a bit) + snake charmer (some) + ancient pistons (some) + glyphmatch (some) + festivus (doubled+) + petal push (some) Bug Fixes: - Solved the case of the missing trees! Tapped trees should be back in place. (with taps) - Fixed inability to click outside of UI windows to get back into game mode. - Tucked Rancher Jeans into Riding Boots - Disappearing bridle when grazing issue fixed |
Quick Server Update (October 28, 2019)
| Quick Reset to fix Amulets actually being delivered when bought! V6 update a few hours ago broke them. After this reset I will go through and Refund every single mobia purchase that failed. Give me about an hour.
+ Also fixing order of mobia items in store + And Allowing club building rotation to work + Pottok Breed Actually available for realz. Additionally Tapped trees and some other objects may be missing until we patch that tomorrow. Case of the missing trees!! |
HI3 Client Update v.6a (October 28, 2019)
| NOTE: This update broke tapped trees! and some other objects, they will be back in tomorrow's bug fix update :)
This update brings a new minor horse performance improvement source -Tack Enhancement. You may now imbue the core tack with minor improvements in each stat. Note that we tested this as best we could, but would recommend not putting tons of investment into these items until they have been testing in the "Wild" a bit :) Also, we are still working on ways for the tack to show itself as imbued within the game. That did not make the cut for this update :). Enjoy! And go get dressed up! Additions/Changes: + Store "Quantity Buttons" Now have a max value set to the stores quantity where applicable. (rather than 999 even if store only had 10) + Added Inventory sub listing buttons for dyed/white/imbued items. + Offloaded inventory rendering to clients for minor server speedup/less network. + Crafting sorted in focus cost order, and then by name. + Hot Air balloon max height properly enforced now. + Improved server quick-resets time from ~10 seconds to ~4 seconds. + May Rotate existing placed buildings. Repositioning was too complex at this point, for that, you must rebuild. But now can easily tweak rotations. + Horses should now be breedable at as soon as they say 4yo rather than an hour later. + Foals will stop accumulating bond while in the belly! + Newly placed Tree taps will permanently poof after a month rather than week from now on. Emoticon Additions: + Smilie Replacements: Puss in boots, Shrug, What!?, Face Palm, Evil Doer. + Near Animals Additions: Dolphin, Ferret, Cave, Rainbow, Lightning, Wizard hat + Right side Additions: Boat, HotAir Balloon, Hanglider, Mag Glass, Book + Hand Signal Additions: Love, Vulcan, Okay. + Far Right Additions: Sleepy horse, surprised horse, happy horse & rearranged horses a bit. Player Clothing Additions: + Rancher Shirt (completes the western set) + Hunt Coat (+ the following 3 items makes a full english riding set!) + Hunt Cap + Breeches + Riding Boots + Indie Fedora + Derby Hat + Pith Helmet + Seasonal Mobia Item: Witch hat, not craftable. After Oct 31st, no longer buyable till next year. (though remains with anyone who owns) + New Crafting recipes for each of the new clothing items (Other than Witches Hat) New Tack Stat Enhancement/Imbuing System: + Imbuer is a new Club Village building to perform imbuements at. + 5 crystal items added. Color matched to stats. + color matched stats to crystals, imbuement inventory display, and stats graph + Imbuements require crystals (from importers for now), and gold dust. + Tack can add stat points to horse when imbued. + Up to: Saddle 30pts, Bridle 20pts, Pad 10pts in each stat. + This is VERY expensive to max out, roughly 6million per maxed out piece. Note: saddles 3x more cost effective than saddle pads, etc. + Very minor benefits to fully upgraded ($6million!) Usually gain a fraction of mph. + Imbued item icons have a shimmer effect. + Imbuing items plays new magical sfx. + Tack now sorts imbued items on top, and then by color. + Must be careful when trading a horse with imbued tack as could be an expensive set! Breed Additions: + Dutch Draft + Datong, including the subtypes: > > Heavy Datong > > Light Datong + Pottok, including the subtypes: > > Mountain Pottok > > Prairie Pottok + Wurttemberg, including the subtypes: > > Alt Wurttemberg > > Modern Wurttemberg (NOTE: This is the subtype for jumping) Breed tweaks: + Updated the maximal height of Ara-Appaloosas from 15.3hh to 16hh. + Added Ch and cp to Welara Sport Ponies (thanks to Iberian Warmbloods. This tweak *doesn't* include Welaras). + Fixed bug with breeding Spotted Saddle Horses. + Added detailed breed info + breeding guidelines to Ara-Appaloosas Bug Fixes: - Horses now exit stretch animations immediately when they start moving. - Certain Shedrow barn wont go transparent purple anymore - Kung Fu beard and eyebrows now match various face shapes better - Ranch jeans belt buckle no longer pokes through adventurer shirt - Fixed viewing leased horses menu corruption. - Camera angle is now set properly upon logging in. - Can no longer do a strange dance if you mount a horse while crouching. |
Internet Goobers (October 22, 2019)
| Oct 23 UPDATE: Those In charge of internet routes near our servers fixed the problem last night at about 6pm PST.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looks like about 10% of you are having connection resets/difficulties viewing our website, etc. This is out of our control as it's certain portions of the net, but we have done what we could to alert those "Higher up" in the internet routings and can only now hope that someone fixes something soon. Sorry for your troubles today. |
Next Devel Focus! (October 22, 2019)
| You have spoken! Next devel focus is some more Player Clothing options.
We will also possibly be working on a tack stat improvement system. We will be hard at work the next 6-10 days. |
HI3 Server Update (October 19, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Remote BBB Back/Nav buttons fixed. + BBB Added Flat Alphabetical sorting option. + Fixed Quick Travel to a club parcel prior to club house being built. + Shopping show any stud fixed.. maybe + BUILD AGAIN Ranch button hidden better now when out of permits |
HI3 Client Update v.5c (October 18, 2019)
| This has been an extended bug-fix and usability focused update. Hopefully none of these tweaks are controversial. We know folks don't always enjoy change, but most of these should be good!
Additions/Changes: + Mac install script updated for Catalina. + Exporter now requires dyeable items to be bleached. Prevents exporter taking the wrong stack/color + Horse shaking head animation improved + Doubled the Crafty Award Requirements. Some folks will have already earned awards that they will keep, but will just have to "Catch up" for future levels. + Changed the order/timing of server startups, hopefully fix the "missing club buildings" on initial login. + Prevent Doing %PickDir, %Dice, %8ball from System chat. + Various chat filter tweaks + Lazy Horse Slowing message will show for a maximum of 30-seconds per time a lazy horse is brought out. So, reminds you, without forever bugging. + Adding %HARDQUIT Command for testing out an alternate way of closing HI3 (for those that it was taking a long time) + Added BBB Equipment for remote reference. + BBB Horses all ordered in fully tiered style + formatting improvements. + Kayak will now lazy auto-paddle if forward key is held. (~7mph vs ~10mph max) + Hint text transparency reduced. + When building in Classic Third Person mode the object is now placed under the mouse cursor. + The right mouse button can now be held down to rotate your view when building in third person view. Minor Game Tweaks Suggestion Forum Post Implementations: (We had a forum post for "Simple" Game improvements, and these reference the poster from that specific forum, I realize many of you may have already asked for these earlier, So, it's not perfect, just wanted to shout out for this specific request I made.) + Added Several sentences to each Puzzle Minigame Instructions (Trinity) + Add Confirmation click to Deleting Wagon Locations (Frankenstein) + Added Search all stud offerings at shopping Sign (HipsterGlasses) + Additional Profile Editing Tag Info added to Help Center (SquishyMoose) + Larch Trees Collision size reduced (Pastafossil) + Giant Ferns Collisions simplified to main stem (PastaFossil) + Larch Trees,Alpine Pine Trees,Fjord Spruce,Jungle Mohag,Fall forest,Magical forest 3pv Transparency Improved (MidMoon) + Skip having to click CLOSE button if you clicked QUIT. (LedZepplin) + See how long since online for fellow clubbies also (Magi) + Text Input boxes enlarged: Horse Profile, certifications, club rules/about/news (Frankenstein) + Menu window height decreased so chat channels visible when chat window at default size (Oryx) + Intelligent Horses will not attempt to follow paths during courses. (Oryx) + Ability to make dangerous buttons red (Infinitum amulets only so far) (Gaia) + added a little bit of space before buddy remove buttons (Gaia) + Added Store name to horse profile (Alt) + Current Auction bid page linked from horse profiles (Roojie/Aro) + Horse Trader refreshes same sell page rather than main page after a sale now (Willow/Aro) + Persistent ads/Global chat counters - chat right away if not recently spent (Oryx) + Putting heading mark above wind compass mark (PastaFossil) + Hide BUILD AGAIN button when permits used up. (Aro) Breed Additions: + Thessalian + Canik + Dole, including the subtypes: > > Dole Trotter > > Heavy Dole + Trakehner + Oldenburg, including the subtypes: > > Alt Oldenburg > > Modern Oldenburg (NOTE: This is the subtype for jumping/dressage) General Breed Tweaks/Fixes: + Updated breed descriptions (Nokota, MFT, Oldenburg, and more) + Reduced penalty for long manes in Welaras. + Fixed the glitch with CC in BSPs. Bug Fixes: - Removed extra text at bottom of BBB Breeds list - Tree Tapper Award counter counts sap collected, not Tapping trees now. - Horse Paw animation no longer reversed. - Fixed animation popping when feeding your horse from inventory menu. - Fixed issue with horse grazing (grazing sound, bar filling) with head away from the ground. - Minor twitch in horse look direction when swapping tack fixed - Horse now stops looking at player / horse when you mount and start moving - Fixed Club house going purple on 3pv alpha fade (turned out only lev3 clubs) - Phantom grazing noises fixed - Turning on mounted horse now pauses their unique behaviors for 2 seconds, then resumes (grazing, pawing, etc...) - Fixed issue with getting locked in walk animation when jumping into water from ice - Infinity Amulet renamed Infinitum on mobia store page. |
MacOs Catalina Problems. (October 16, 2019)
| 10/18 UPDATE: We hope that today's update v5c will work with MacOs: Catalina.
Just a heads up for anyone with a Mac Considering upgrading to 'Catalina'. HI3 Currently will not install. (without a ton of steps) We are looking into options. but for now, understand that if you upgrade, you may not be able to install HI3. In other news, We are busy working on a big bug fix update with lots of various fixes. Thanks! -Joe |
HI3 Server Update (October 12, 2019)
| Just a quick little reset to fix a couple of blatant bugs :)
Additions/Changes: + /s server chat shortcut removed :) Bug Fixes: - Fixed a wipe date calculation problem on player profiles. |
HI3 Client Update v.5b (October 11, 2019)
| A quick second update to fix a new common crash from v5a.
Additions/Changes: + The effect of bond on your horse looking at you has been reduced to more reasonable level + reduce horse profile buttons left side margin + Volume reduction on horse chewing sounds. + Store management page titles made more descriptive. + Store management fixed scroll positions on back button. Bug Fixes: - Crash Exception involving: NetClientBase.Update in message should be fixed. - Prevent building a ranch house 'again' |
HI3 Client Update v.5a (October 11, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ 20 second Server Startup Delay Improvement + 3 second faster game client startup by removing some startup logos. + Preventing triplets+ by marking horses as 'In Foal' Right away when attempting pregnancy. + Super tokens now also show gait. Movement: (NonGaited, Pace, or Pace + Amble) + The lasso rope doesnt sink into the ground so much/ looks a bit more natural on tossing. + Lasoo Capturing shows the horse being captured more often now rather than instant lasso close. + Certifications now takes full application fee up front. And returns it upon rejection/refunding instead. cleaner this way, and less cases of false money missing. + Shopping board allows you to see next page of results using the arrows at title bar. + Shopping board hides quantity when talking about horses now. + Shopping board formatting tweaks (bolded village names) + Managing stores back buttons function better + Stores block selling items to your own store now. + Markup tags blocked from prefixes now + Horse resting / rear / paw animations cleaned up + Period button for horse timer control moved to F5 instead. Help Center A.I. Integration: + Asking System Chat a question will sometimes hit a Help Center article and show it i.e. "How can i make money?" + Questions asked in Help Chat may also be answered by GAIA if an exact match is found. Improved Wild Horse Movements: + After spooking, they look back at the player that spooked them. + Within 25 meters they usually keep a player in their sights. + otherwise, wild horses wander on their own now sometimes, without being spooked. + Wilds when not wandering will spend most of their time grazing. + Wilds have various spook distances/look back angles/ and lasso-toss fright based upon that individuals personality now. There are several factors. It means now different wilds will behave slightly different. GENERALLY harder to catch wilds will have a "better" personality. New Horse Behaviors: + Personalities affect several differing behaviours now + Horses ears now move while you are riding them + Horses now graze for longer and more variable periods of time. + Added random stomps + Added random stretches + Grooming or petting your horse now may cause responses + After feeding, A horse will stare at you hoping for more. + Horses will usually look at new horses or players that approach. + The more bonded you are with your horse, the longer they will gaze at you. + Horses will now perform various actions, such as grazing, with a rider mounted. Breed Additions: A bundle of Greek ponies: + Messara Pony + Peneia Pony + Pindos Pony + Skyros Pony Two new sport warmbloods: + Belgian Halfblood + Belgian Warmblood Bug Fixes: - Random Spotlight fixed again, again, again? - Gallop animation touched up, potentially fixing the appearance of a limp. |
Our Next Focus (October 3, 2019)
| Thanks for participating in the latest poll to guide our development.
Per your request we will now focus on trying to add some more behaviours and some movements and other random things to make your horses feel even more alive! this is expected to take the next 7-12 days to develop. So, no updates while we are hard at work :) Thanks All! -Joe |
HI3 Client Update v.4c (October 2, 2019)
| This will be the first update fully utilizing our new Update servers. We switched from a single server for game updates to a Content Delivery Network, with locations across US and Europe. This means that this update should hopefully be faster for anyone with really fast connections :) Please let us know if you notice anything different. Will add a post to HELP JOR forum for any notes about noticing anything different. Thanks!
Additions/Changes: + Sepia and paper texture effect on Breed Book / Scrapbook removed on actual horse + Adjusting 3rd person view angle can now be done in classic 3rd person. Can alternatively use "left ctrl" key instead of right mouse. + 1 and 3 no longer pan the 3rd person camera, hold right-click (or left Control button) to pan the camera -also- comma and period still provide this functionality Bug Fixes: - Scrapbook pages left count fixed - Scrapbooker Specialization fixed to fully work. - Blocked breeding a mare multiple times due to lag, better ;) - Sailboat inertia fixes when transitioning from other equipment |
HI3 Client Update v.4b (October 1, 2019)
| We are putting a lot of effort into improving the update process. We hope to have both the download speed improved, and to fix the 5-10 minutes of laggy server after a big update. These changes will NOT be seen for this update, but hopefully for the next :) So most of our work of late is under-the-hood.
Additions/Changes: + Chat Icon fixed + Added confirmation click on breed re-identification + Ordered horses whose breed specs require them to NOT just have the same breed parents will properly have proper legal parents now. We will also fix existing horses. (some APQH and Curly Sport Horse) Breed Additions: + American Bashkir Curly, including the subtype: > > American Bashkir Curly - Straight Division A new heavy draft arrived at Horse Isle: + Russian Heavy Draft, including the subtypes: > > Massive Russian Heavy Draft > > Novoaleksandrov Russian Heavy Draft > > Ural Russian Heavy Draft Pony lovers, note that only the tallest ponies of this breed are rideable: + Kerry Bog Pony Bug Fixes: - Emotes can no longer cause the camera to be left behind when riding along / sailing / etc... - Rare terrain crash fixed - Screen blackout effect disabled when on ice or climbing - Show pens/pastures may properly feed and water once/day now. (every 60 minutes) - Tag crash fixed |
HI3 Client Update v.4a (September 26, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Server Spotlight winners fixed. + Auction horse currently busy text fixed. + Horses now move into the correct gait if loaded when trotting/cantering. + Canter animation polished + Reasonable Font Size Tags Added: < L>18pt< /L> < M>15pt< /M> Default=12pt Player Character Styles: + Player Hair Accessory Color has more color options now. + Order of various character style choices now more sensical. + New Hair Styles Added! French Braid & Top Bun + New Hair Accessory Variations Added: > > Space Buns with Butterflies > > Long Hair with Bow > > Bun with hair pins > > Medium hair with flower + Facial Hair Added: Light Scruff, Heavy Scruff, Kung Fu + Kung Fu Eyebrows Added Ranch Building Improvements: + Fixed the white size border to show properly for single width objects. + Added a BUILD AGAIN shortcut button to rebuild last built object again (beside BUILD). + Added Picket Fence Gate. + Added Split Rail Wide Fence Gate. Equipment Improvements: + Player Character Prefs include a Primary and Secondary Equipment color now. + Kayak now recolors to player equipment prefs, two hull colors. + Kayak is now more forgiving for paddle timing. if you paddle early before it would ignore the press, now it will queue up a press as long as it's within a half second of allowed paddle time. (Smoother paddling) + Sailboat now uses players primary for boat top and secondary for stripe. + Hot air balloon alternates the equipment colors for balloon wedges. New Hot Air Balloon: + Whoop! High flying adventure! The materials and lantern fuel can get up to 500m in the air. + The balloon will travel roughly 50% of wind speed and always face wind direction. + UP burns lantern fuel to heat balloon. DOWN Vents the heat out to drop. + While burning lantern fuel, there is a maximum balloon temp, so don't just hold down Up, but use it when needed to save fuel. + There is space for two others to accompany on ridealong. + It is EXPENSIVE. 25000 Essence. Breed Additions: + Library details on whether wild-catchable for grades fixed. (all=YES) + Sub Breeds can now allow specific main breed parentage requirements + Added information about the appearance and conformation of Newfoundland Ponies + Updated the breed info of various breeds (Colorado Ranger, Falabella, French Chaser, Flemish, and more) + Updated the breed info of Park-Type Morgans with breeding guidelines. + Fixed the glitch with breeding Solid Spotted Drafts. + Fixed issue with Thoroughbreds being penalized for having a correct short mane. Some Curly breeds have made their way to Horse Isle! + Bashkir horse (also known as Bashkir Curly), including the subtypes: > > Mountain Bashkir > > Steppe Bashkir + Curly Sporthorse, including the subtype: > > Curly Sporthorse - Smooth Division Bug Fixes: - Space Buns hair style no longer visible in FPV - Fixed horse getting stuck in tucked jump position if dismount during jump - Allow trading foal + mother again. - Horses now level out when on dock sections. - Camera no longer stuck in FPV when first logging in. - Chat unread labels update upon receiving chats again. - Prevent horse from getting stuck in Jump mode if hit ESC just right - Chat filter fixes |
Server Bugfix Update (September 21, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Added auto-cleanup of non-active player entries on server (should fix blank names on spotlights) + Added over-max inventory logging + Purity recompute when re-identification says you are the correct breed. (Only adjust upward, and only if both parents still alive) + Added another warning about exceeding inventory max when removing items from store. + Journey quests block QT for real this time. + Fixed a couple riddles |
Server Quick Bug Fix Update (September 20, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Cartographer updates without relogin now. + Fixed %Dice/%8Ball/%pickdir for Party Chat and not bring up help window + Fixed horse trader saying what's up with occupied horse + Fixed Horse profiles on scrapbook with line separation + Added Coat colors to scrapbook pages. |
HI3 Client Update v.3a (September 20, 2019)
| Bunch of improvements and tweaks for this Update! The hair styles are an exciting addition, next week we will add a few more options quick to give even wider selection.
Additions/Changes: + Max Buddies upped to 200 + Wild horses now caught with half hunger and thirst rather than empty + Ordered horses arrive fed, watered and happy to have been bought + Quicker chat history scrolling by holding up/down arrow for a second. + Minor chat performance boost, skip redraw if new chat in an unseen channel. + Other minor chat window potential speed up + Fixed fps drop on chat preview showing! Also added smooth alpha fade in/out. + Show all available Village Quests button at bottom of Adventure Station added. + Village Quests marked for club review can be reviewed after 50hrs by staff if club moderators fail to get to it. + Added Digging resources as a tracked method for Quest Collection. + Auctions now block horses with amulets on + Auctions now show horses who are currently busy, and then just tell you why they busy. + Prefixes themselves are now retireable (delete) if not applied to any living horses. + Fjord's Blue Spruces - improved art + variation + choppable and diggable! + BBB now lists some breed technical details for those breeds with special rules. > > Parentage requirements, in addition to conformation, some breeds require certain parent breeds. > > Pure breeding rules, most of the time it's same breed parents required, but some sub breeds, etc expand on allowed pure breedings. + Fixed playersteps doubled up corrupting the fx and wasted effort + Removed player steps on LOWEST quality for performance + Reduced Laugh Emote auto-triggers from several possible laugh texts(haha, etc) to only "rofl" + now blocking text size tag , (sure to be abused) + 2 to 4 seeds when garden goes to seed now rather than 1 to 3 + Shopping board clarified to be Searching Player Stores only, and now can search importer items (seeds in player stores) + Store items made a little less random in their sorting, should repeat existing order + Preventing horse trading a horse with amulet on. (rather than just getting it back) + Horse trader will now list more horses, but let you know what's "wrong" with them (In pen, etc) + Ranch buildable area extended 1m on 2 sides to match up with yellow property line + Ranch building property line no longer disappears when your object crosses it. + When building an object with variations (Pasture) The correct variation will be shown after first click now. (Variations are random based on location) + Added (INFERTILE) after non natural lifespans on horse profile Player Character Customization and Hair Styles: + Hair Color now has a main and highlight color + Some hair may also have accessories, with settable color also. + Players now can also set how wide-eyed they are. + Five New dual tone Hairstyles! Commands Just For Fun: These all have the server reply in the same channel they are done. Good for group events. Global/Ads/Private is blocked. + %Dice [max]- shows a random number in the chat, 6 by default, or you can set the max. + %PickDir - shows a random direction for desperate navigation + %8Ball - gives a random standard 8ball answer Map System Changes: + 2x faster map panning + Right click to center map on clicked spot + Cleaner looking km scale bar + CARTOGRAPHER! Can buy maps at Adventure stations at clubs. + Cartography map fills in 5kmx5km around a village. the edge of these maps will be hard, unlike the fading out of self-traveled areas. + Currently only areas around villages unlockable. + This addition also reduces downloads of player map data, since that gets replaced with single unlocked area. New Surrogacy Trade Option: + A surrogate breeding means that when the foal is born, it will go to the PLAYER who owned the stallion at the time of breeding. + Stopped canceling trade on mate mismatch, allow fixing now. + Surrogacy can be selected when you select a horse for breeding trade now. + Both horses for a breeding trade will need to match surrogacy or normal. + Once foal born, a surrogate will have foal given to stallion's owner automatically. + Once a surrogate, Mare will be prevented from being sold/given away. + Once born a surrogate foal will be in "Nursing" state until normal separation. and cannot be sold. New Horse Leasing System: + Leasing is accomplished through new trade option. + Leaser specifies lease term. + Horse automatically returns when time is up. + While Leased, Prevent horses from being: > > Bred if female, Gelded > > Certified, Recorded as ancestor > > Sold, Listed in stores, Auctions, Horse Trader > > Traded, Tack & amulet modifications > > Put in show pens, Profile editing + Current horse leases can be viewed by clicking button at bottom of normal horse list. New Scrapbook Feature: + Horse profiles stored forever as the are currently. Even if horse passes away. + View scrapbooks by viewing players profiles. + The horse is recorded as it is currently tacked. + Pages unlocked same pricing as Travel journal + New Specialty "Scrapbooker" Doubles the usable pages. + Next/Prev buttons work to navigate current book's pages. + Same horse may be recorded at multiple times during life. + View scrapbook button also added at bottom of your horse list Breed Additions: +Fixed issues with breeding Iberian Warmbloods. +Fixed issues with breeding POAs. +Eriskay Pony added +Newfoundland Pony added +Frederiksborg added Bug Fixes: - Possible fix for position movement after quick travel. - Old inaccessible global channel mute setting affecting a few players removed. - Fixed bug preventing players from removing their hat if they only own one hat. - Player character no longer flashes back when switching clothing in Character Builder. - Fixed center quests to enforce Journey mode again. - Fixed Club Managers+ being allowed to review quests AND see the available quests in list. - stopped showing incorrect discounted travel cost to non-house parcels - Wasteland references replaced with Decay - Can actually learn more specializations now when you unlock the exp bonus, etc. |
Our Devel Focus (September 12, 2019)
| Okay! You guys have spoken.
We will begin working on Player Hairstyles, Horse Leasing, and maybe Skates. Not sure when we will get done, but guessing 7-10 days. We will work hard to bring you more content :) ALSO: Added a few How-To Videos on complicated parts of the Game, find them under HELP CENTER at top, and then videos button at top. Hope it helps someone :) Thanks all! -Joe and Team |
HI3 Client Update v.2d (September 11, 2019)
| We made a big effort of clearing out some long standing bugs. Hopefully we actually got a few of them! We will likely transition to another content add cycle now, watch for a poll!
Note: Clothing was reset to improve the system, If you still owned what you were wearing, now you can properly wear the items again. If you had sold your clothes items, you will have to reacquire. more details below. Additions/Changes: + Alpine dead trees diggable + cotton plants diggable + plum trees diggable (no wood) + almond trees diggable (no wood) + Prevent replanting of same existing seed type in gardens + Everyone's worn clothing reset to make room for: + Clothing items now removed from inventory while worn. When taken off, they go back to inventory. no more confusion about dyeing or selling something worn. + Horse Jump Landing Animation Stutter removed Breed Additions: + Dartmoor Pony Bug Fixes: - POSSIBLE FIX for long standing missing wilds while group adventuring. - POSSIBLE FIX for Goomba Loomba (Findables not deleted). - Multiple Journey Quests at once supported now. (fixes travel quests broken for some players) - Membership benefits title fix - Hoofsteps sound effects Volume control works again. - Conformation against sub-breeds now works! (Was reporting against parent breed) |
HI3 Client Update v.2c (September 10, 2019)
| NOTE: Several Quest fixes below. If you have a buggy quest that is LIVE, open a support ticket and We'll set it back for editing for you.
Also: We broke Hooves sound effect volume, will fix tomorrow. Additions/Changes: + Mouse scrolling to ends of menu windows no longer bounces + Chat kept scrolling now reliably for all! + FPV mode no longer forced inside temples if anti-motionsickness option enabled. + Attempting to improve server resets during update (last few were bumpy) + We changed setting locations for digging and travel for quests to a button. should create way less problems and headaches. + There is now a TESTING phase added to quests. The process now, is: > > Editing: You build the quest > > Testing: You must complete it yourself, upon completing it goes to ClubReview > > ClubReview: Your club managers must deem it worthy and good for their club. > > ModReview: Staff makes sure content appropriate. > > Live: Anyone can permanently take on your quest. + Parcel buying actually blocks improper parcels now. + Footsteps. WIP will try to improve them a bit yet. Horses Change: + Personality breeding will be 50% less random. (more often between parental values.) (less movement) + All traits now are slightly more likely to select between parent values rather than outside. (less movement) + Odds of recessive traits being used dropped from 16% to 10% per trait. (Less surprises) Breed Additions: + Conformation dealing with mane length cleaned up a bit. + Added a clarification to the info about AQHs, that in Horse Isle these horses never carry pinto genes. + Arabians can now have more extensive sabino patterns. + Iberian Warmblood + Brazilian Sport Horse + Allowing Ordering of Main Breed Category Grades now. (Hot Blooded/Cold/Warm/Pony) Bug Fixes: - Item icons in Library fixed for some mixups. - Riddle post story problem titles - Sign "World Object Mismatch" fixed. - BBB PREV and NEXT buttons fixed to include all horses :) - Quests 'Club Review' state should show for all Managers+ now properly - Potential fix for Linux index out of range crashes - Horse Bond being credited again. (will attempt a +1000 for anyone who did favorite human without credit) |
HI3 Client Update v.2b (September 7, 2019)
| NOTE: We restored quests back to the early morning of 9/7 -- they werent paying out today anyway, so this way if you did any you can get paid doing them again ;)
Okay! Lots of rushed bug fixes from those found during start of LIVE and the recent expansion v2a. We will probably work on another mostly-bug-fix version before diving into more content additions. Will look into getting a POLL up soon for you guys to decide direction again :) Additions/Changes: + Sailboat Force Arrows Hidden when HIDE ALL GUI Mode enabled now. + SailBoat Only Course Restriction Rule added + Record horse history for first Infinitum amulet applied + Prevent sailboat from goofily going transparent in 3PV + Horsie Sense Effect Smoothed Considerably, hoping to reduce headaches? + Larch stumps clickable Horse Changes: + sbSb Horse coat will show as Sabino rather than Pinto now if it's the Lone paint gene. + Bonnet geometry improved + Corrected height range in the breed descriptions of AQH and APH + Roan is now a bit more common among APHs and AQHs (not including Foundation QH), though is still rare. + American Walking Pony added (TWH x Welsh) Bug Fixes: + Prevent number keys from affecting ride-along positions while in chat + Village Quest Courses supported properly + Village quest payout not correctly says the dust amount + RideAlong Crash/Exception likely fixed. + Sailboat put away when Quick Travel onto land + Standing @ sailboat re-enforced. + Many Chat filter false-positive tweaks + Conformation pricings fixed if you have discount + Essence gone message shortened to *poof* + Trading Parcels fixed + Horses with Sabino and no other Pinto are now properly labeled as "Sabino" + No more flying sailboat captains + Importers block after 8 items now rather than 9 + Fixed icyness on Docks + Fixed payout of Non Village Quests + Fixed Support Screenshots of Big monitors + Fixed classic camera angle on sailboat |
HI3 Client Update v.2a (September 6, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Ocean Waves Height Reduction. max 6' down to 3.5' (for reduced motion sickness) + Infinity Amulets warn more clearly with "NO BABIES" added text. + Halved the number of particles in Volcano steam for performance. + THREE New Default Horse Ranks! Set under Player Profile (Wilds, Foals, Others) + Cleaned up some profile menu text + Missions may be canceled after 30days (30 real hours) + Completed quest list shown on player profiles now + 3 new store shingle options (English or Western tack specific) + Switch positions While Ridealong if multiple seats with number keys: 1,2,3,4 New English Tack: + Dyeable English Saddle + Dyeable English SaddlePad + Dyeable English Bridle + Same type Saddles Enforced on same type pads due to fitment. + Craft Recipes added for each part. New Village Quests: + Any Silver+ Member may create a quest. Costs 1000 Essence! (reduce chaff) + Quests are a series of Required Steps player must perform along with text for each step allowing you to include some story elements. + After completing the first step, player prompted for next step, etc. until complete. + Payouts are determined by a Select box that determines how much effort a Quest entailed. + Once a player is done creating a quest, It falls to Club Managers+ to review, and then Support staff gives final Okay before it becomes LIVE in the game. + The review process will make sure quests make sense, and have a basic quality to them. + Anyone in the game can Accept Village quests once they are 'Live' at the new 'Adventure Tables' clubs can build. + A Maximum of 5 Village Quests may be in progress at once. + You can see your progress or cancel via [Myself]-> [Current Missions] + You can add/edit your quests via [ Quest Editor ] under Club + May not delete a course referenced in a quest step. New Sailboat Equipment: + Expensive! 10k Essence to unlock. + Travels well cross wind and downwind, It is not a high performance sailboat for upwind, you will NOT be able to travel upwind directly. + The keel is deep, you will get stuck in shallow waters. + New World Wind - Same for all across world for simplification. + World Wind Appears on compass with direction it's blowing from and speed (knots) + New Equipment icon and Boat Object + Default Shortcut: J (before K (kayak)) + Steerable Rudder A & D (Centering with W or S) + Settable sail boom SHIFT + A & D (Centering with W or S) + Blue Transparent Arrow towards mast shows direction of APPARENT wind. (this is the wind, minus your movement, i.e. if you are moving 10mph in line with a 10mph wind, apparent wind is actually Zero) + Red Transparent Arrow near mast shows current force direction + Up to Four Ride-alongs possible :) + Added Command to make it easier for sailboats %AddRider < playername> + Sailboat Does Zero up and down motion if you have AntiMotionSickness Set (For you and riders) Breed Additions: + Widened many breed definitions so slightly more wilds should match breeds + Plenty of new breed descriptions + Quarabs can now reach 16.2hh, to match the range of Arabians and AQHs + Haflingers can now come in darker shades of chestnut + pangare is now more common among them + Andravida added + Spotted Draft Horse added, including the subtype: > > Spotted Draft Horse - Solid Class Bug Fixes: - Support Screenshots stop resizing to 1 pixel tall (unhelpful!) - Fixed tab codes back to correct in player logs (/t) - Fixed Camera panning bug in 3pv where it would get very slow. - Linux troubleshooting code added. |
Quick Server Update (August 28, 2019)
| A few more quick bugfixes!
Changes: + Horse Expert conformation reports fixed with regards to some improper penalties on pintoing + Selle Francais can now have tobiano coats |
HI3 Client Update v.1d (August 27, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Tabs fixed on genetics printout and player event logs + Some sprelling improvements. + Some more chatfilter tweaks. + Esroh fund completed implementation. starting rate @ 2% fee per game year. (~15 real days) + Support Screenshots sent with EITHER shift key now, not just Left Shift! + Screenshots saved with filenames based on dates now, so won't overwrite anymore. + Riddle Fixes Breed Additions: + Zangersheide Added Bug Fixes: - Added more debugging info for Linux crashes - Fix for null reference exception when spawning wilds |
Next Effort! (August 27, 2019)
| Per the poll, We will work on the 3 highest voted additions next.
Village Missions / Sailboats / English Tack After another bug fix update tomorrow, Expect 7-12 days before we finish these 3 projects and update again! Thanks guys! And thanks for all your support! LIVE is working well so far. -Joe |
HI3 Client Update v.1c (August 27, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Support Center Notificatons should Alert player in game at login, and At actual reply also if logged in at the time. + %PSA support for staff moderators + Chat filter improvements + Notifications support emojis now. I'm certain Joe will use responsibly... + Player Event Log format cleaned up + Riddle box Riddles are more "Accepting" of answers now. + Birthday Celebrations Added They celebrate at login as long as you login within 5 days of your birthday! - The Nothing! Fixed the black blob that would grow in the water near the horizon. - Transition between first and third person improved drastically. This will hopefully fix the crashes when using the scroll-wheel to zoom or when using the spyglass. |
HI3 LIVE Client Update v.1b (August 26, 2019)
| Launch of Live since yesterday is going great! We Hit 300+ Players online at once and everything is running smooth.
Additions/Changes: + Fairy dust made more rare! Like it was supposed to be... .. + Skip trying to add buddies if already buddies + Better message and instructions for system out of memory error + Web Polls upgraded with more options and subscriber only option for certain polls + the word good fixed to be good no matter how good(well) good used. (aka It's Good) + Ranch Prefs changes and Wild Whistles made a little more network efficient. + If more than 10 players win a spotlight, don't list the names. Breed Additions: + Added additional patterns for Knabstrups Bug Fixes: - Fixed a parcel trading check - Fixed chat input cursor moving to beginning of text on chat hide - Potential fix for scroll-wheel zoom / spyglass crash - Wonder Shrooms sub biome having flowers instead of shrooms fixed - Some Dark Forest Missing Stumps fixed - Fixed hole in western saddle pad when mare in foal |
HI3 LIVE - Server Update (August 25, 2019)
| UPDATE: Turned out the ordered horses were fine, it was just the conformation reports that were buggy. We are refunding the gold dust spent on those buggy reports right now.
Additions/Changes: + Buggy Horse Expert Conformation reports fixed + Only whitespotted also possible now for pinto-based breed ordering now. Bug Fixes: - Books math story problems fixed - Ear mites story problems fixed |
HI3 Client Update LIVE v.1a! (August 25, 2019)
| NEW faster physical server! And quite a few fixes. Brings us to HI3 Live!
No more horses or progress should be lost from now on. NOTE: We may still do Economy scaling/tweaking (resets in worst case) If needed to keep the game fun and balanced! New Map: The world is now completely reborn. With the new map, there are MANY protected areas within the first 20km of Horse Center. So, the initial travel required to get out of this dense area will take some time, but then it is back to the wide open normal adventure. Additions/Changes: + "good" allowed in chat again :) + F4 messages about horse missing now. + Defunct MOBIA warning removed from genetics test + Holding out a treat now automatically makes your character walk slowly + Lasso and torch can now be used simultaneously + Signup Anniversary Essence Bonuses Added at login. + Fixed Exp Bonus Taking Effect for +1 Specialization + Added PuzzlePoints Player Stat + Added +1 Specialization at 10k Puzzle Points (PP) + Payout rebalanced for puzzles. (Depends on puzzle and Easy 1x Med 2x Hard 3x) + Admin Moderators Support Added. + Max 100 Buddies enforced + Added character limits of 1000 on news, and 2500 on most profile types. + Moved HORSE button for profiles up to the top and highlighted + Added QuickTravel On Your RANCH Page + Added QuickTravel On Your CLUB Page + Switched Store Slots to Costing Gold Dust instead + Switched Dye Slots to Costing Gold Dust instead + Additional Story Problems Riddle Post Content + Additional Riddles and Fact and Anagram Content + Fairy Dust added as a usable item and throwable + Desert Ambient light less yellowing + Bone-white driftwood added to Mediterranean shores + Chat Command help (%?) now lists in alphabetical order + Candy Mountain Proper Candy Added (just for looks) + Desecration Levels implemented > > Can now collect things from preserves that do no harm! > > A Clubby < Manager can also collect things that do no harm. (Sticks but not Chop trees) Journey Quests: + From the horse head you can attempt a few simple Journey Quests. These have you search out locations without quicktravel by navigating yourself. We recommend waiting to try until progressed in the game a bit. Map Changes: + Map system completely rebuilt + Map data is now stored on server, so you cannot lose, and sticks with account + Fixes problems of different computers and multiple players on a computer. Horse Changes: + WhiteSpotted Now acceptable for breeds requiring Pinto + Pinto Requirement Penalty now detailed in applicable Conformation Reports + NO longer slightly penalize conformation when a horse has better stats (str/spd) or better Personality (easygoing/brave) than breed spec. + Removed very minor factor penalties from influencing Conformation %. + We now show smaller penalties and to one decimal point in conformation reports Breed Additions: + Danish Warmblood redone + Selle Francais redone + Westphalian Warmblood redone (including the two subtypes) + Various physical traits of Lippizaners are now more noticeable + Shagya Arabians can have a bit thicker tail + Welshes were tweaked so that their traits will be more visible + Max height of AQHs and APHs raised to 16.2hh (not including Foundation Quarter). + Can now order champagne and seal-brown Pintabians + Irish Sport Horse & Traditional Irish Horse can now be born with light feathering (they'll be penalized though). Excessive feathering will generate 100% penalty. + Adjusted the tobiano patterns in ISH & TIH so they'll fit the new range for tobiano patterns Bug Fixes: - Flying horses fixed - Underwater distorted object outlines fixed - Horse Comparison Conformation reports prevented from setting Confo %! - Now able to click on objects ahead of you when mounted on horse - Dye Slot sneak fixed - Hide horse/player name panels setting now working - Fixed ability to click on objects ahead of you when on horseback - Fixed being able to mail new members |
Horse Isle 3 to go Live Soon! (August 23, 2019)
| We are going to restart the world one last time at launch of the Live game soon! (In the next few days) There will likely be several hours where HI3 is down during this transition.
And signups and mobia store may be blocked even longer during the transition. No more planned resets of anything after this. Keep your horses after this Restart! HI3 is certainly NOT DONE however. We have loads of content and features to add, But wanted to let players keep their horses as soon as possible. We have made it to that point now. Please see our Development Road Map at bottom of website for some of the big features planned with your support over the next few years! Thanks to all the Alphas and Betas who helped during the process! -Joe and rest of HI Team! |
HI3 Client Update v.28a (August 19, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Viewing profiles for placed horses now 2x faster. + Flash mark horses now load faster. + Club names will now allow numbers,hyphens,apostrophe after first char. + Horse feathers smoothed out + Lotus flower stem lengthened + Halved the fog particles in Stone Forest. Should be a bit faster. Will revisit. + More color variations for horsie sense effect so it stands out on varying backgounds + Quite a bit cheaper Dye Recipe unlocks + Switched Genetics test to 10k dust(may raise in future) rather than 25 mobia + Horse height when 15.0hh shown 15hh now in Super Orders. + Added User Submitted Sunrise Poetry + Added User Submitted Horse Names (>5000 now!) + Added User Submitted Color Names! + [tack] or [amulet] tags now appear after horsenames, and are bolded and red for amulets + Added Gregarious Spotlight award for most players nearby + Added Randomly Selected Spotlight + Added Hydrangea Variation + Added Chatfilter test collapsing multiple letters. + Added border around objects while building, shows required space and orientation to compass directions. + Notifiers will now double up x2, x3 on a second to last notification as well as previous. + Notifiers also cover eachother up a little quicker. (Reducing notifier chains) + Gelding horse now more reliably updates gelded horse's stats + Mango Trees added + Mango Item and Icon (Dye & Feed) + Plum Trees added + Plum Item and Icon (Dye & Feed) Horse Updates: + Horse jump animation improved (Now includes landing sequence) + Horse collision system improved. Course obstacle collision is now more accurate. Website Changes: + Main horseisle splitter page now directs to HI3 also. + Improved HI3 Welcome/Splash Web Page + Put many player submitted screenshots on welcome page. + Added a mode to view all screenshots on website Breed Additions: + Increased max height for Finnhorses (17hh; not including the pony subtype) + British Riding Pony redone + German Riding Pony redone + Dutch Warmblood redone Bug Fixes: - Guitar no longer sounds like a bell - BBB Refresh button should be fixed |
HI3 Screenshots!!! (August 18, 2019)
| UPDATE: Thanks all! That's enough for now!
Hey All! Going to get some fun screenshots on website. If you guys want to help: 1) Shut off playernames in Wrench Icon Options. (HideGUI: Check ALL GUI) (cleaner screenshots) 2) Find a sweet place or group of players/horses to take screenshot SHIFT+F2 which sends it to support 3) Message Help Center letting us know you've got a good one for us :) NOTE: SHIFT-F2 REPLACES the screenshot on our end, so you can only submit one, give us time to retrieve it, don't do it again :) Thanks much! |
Another Server Update (August 17, 2019)
| Esroh Fund System Explanation:
Many folks are concerned about runaway inflation, HI1,HI2 style. While we have designed from the ground up to avoid "Easy" Money, there will still be some inflation especially as years progress. So, we have added a system to "Scale" everyone's Gold Dust down once per Game Year(~2 real weeks). This (Adjustable Rate, prolly 2%) affects all gold dust on hand and in stores. If you have 10,000dust, after the first of a year, you will be reduced 200! That's it. For folks with more money, it's a bigger hit(2k of 100k), but still plenty affordable. And it keeps our economy welcoming to new players, as newly-earned money will have more value. The Funds collected from Everyone are deposited into an "Esroh Fund". It's for care and maintenance of wild horses and other parts of our Infinite Wilds. It will also likely be used as a team-work server wide Feature-Unlock. So everyone directly benefits. For example: At 250m Players will be able to hug horses, Something like that :) Check out the post office to see the Esroh Fund. We will run the collection a few more times manually before the end of beta just for testing. Long Live HI3! Additions: + Dye Recipe slots now need to be unlocked (Pretty cheap till around 30 or so, expensive at 65) + Dye Recipe Slot Doubler Skill added + Quest Points Tracking + 5pts for each mail delivery + 5pts for each exporter completion + 4th skill unlockable via 10k QP? + Incomplete Gelding Bug Fix |
Server Update (August 17, 2019)
| Additions:
+ Showing RGB color code for recipes temporarily so folks can add unique names for -ish colors + Back buttons in Dye Recipes Improved. + Added GamePlay Terms and Conditions verbiage about continued development + Added a MacOS 10.11 Warning to upgrade OS. + Fixed Back Button on BBB + Added Esroh Fund System (Manually activated for testing) + Fixed Supered Horses < 4yo being considered Filly/Colt instead of adult. Breed Additions: +Increased range for convex profile on Lusitanos for better visibility +Increased height limits for Arabian horses (NOT including desert strains) +Holsteiner redone +Hanoverian redone +Bavarian Warmblood redone |
HI3 Server Update (August 16, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Website Change PlayerName tool now offers a check if available first. + Lengthened Profile Editing window + Can now view all club news and Managers can Delete Entries. + Star Flower Collectable +Icon +Dye + Desert Daisy Collectable +Icon +Dye + River Driftwood Added to most riversides + Remove Suckling Foals from Show Pen/Pasture Options. (Place mother instead) + Ads Chats Bank 3, +1 every 10minutes now. (Was 2, and 15min) + Exporter converted to Mission Based. > > Everyone gets an individualized request. > > It will not change until after 30hrs (game month) OR completion. Then you get a new one. > > Each Village Exporter offers a separate mission. |
HI3 Client Update v.27a (August 16, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Win32 Build now available for older computers to try. (Older 32bit Computer with Decent video card should be playable) + HI3 Rules updated and clarified (See [Rules] at bottom of website) + Kayaks now follow wave height better again. + Body Width Conformation Taken into account for jumping performance now. + Added Parental Chat Block Modes! (Block All Chat / Block Private / Buddy Only) + Improved color variations range slightly for many objects in world + Ancient Cemeteries Sub Biome added to Dark Forest + Beavered Trees Sub Biome Added to Bamboo + Red Steppe Plant added to Tundra shore whirls + Added Collectable Driftwood to half the Biome beaches + Added Burro Tails to Sandstone Highlands + Added Star Flowers to Magical Forest (not collectable yet) + Added SOME big trails into Snow Biome (Not all, don't want to break future skiing!) + F4 will bring up profile of last caught wild. + More Profile Editing Tags added to Help Center (Including Centering! < align=center>) + Halved the Mosquito Sounds in Marsh, And limited them to occuring over the Water only. + 2.5x Zinnias in world now. + 5x farther Krumholtz Wind Orientation changes. Horse Additions + Tobiano pattern variety improved + Star pattern variety improved Breed Additions: + Tweaked penalties on Knabstrup Sport Horses, so it's easier to breed them. Bug Fixes: - Ride Along bounciness fixed - Slight jittering in player animation when running down hills fixed - Mounted horse petting at high speeds no longer breaks arm - Gaitkeeper horses no longer lose their gait after bucking! Wahoo! - Horses no longer lose their hind leg posture when switching between profile and breed info - Gelding should now actually affect personality: +10% follower, +10% easygoing |
LIVE Restart! Incoming! (August 16, 2019)
| Hey All, Consider this notice!
Looking at roughly a week for Live Restart. We are polishing up and nearly ready to restart here. All accounts will be reset, Any mobia purchased with USD$ will be given back to you. Everything else will be lost. We have to re-build the genetics of all the horses one last time, so no option to keep any. This Update does not mean we are done working on the game, Clearly not! The only Two things we needed to complete for this stage was the natural world (land) And the Horse Genetics. (not breed defs) This update simply allows us to not destroy all horses/Ranch parcels again. So you guys can settle in and enjoy your horses and the world as it grows around you :) Thanks all! |
HI3 Server Update (August 14, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Allow Viewing Ranch Build Menu when not on owned parcel. + %MUTE + %FULLMUTE + Alpha sorted dye ingredients list during experimentation + PREV/NEXT added to dye recipe browsing Flagging More Complete: + Now properly requires >100 Mod Trust to remove a chat and take action. + Back end admin review supported now with Flagger penalties for incorrect action. Breed Additions: + Falabella + Mongolian, including the subtypes: > > Forest Mongolian > > Desert Mongolian > > Mountain Mongolian > > Steppe Mongolian |
Server Update (August 13, 2019)
| + Increase Global Time per chat to 60sec from 30sec
+ Fixed Ads chat +1 every 15min |
HI3 Client Update v.26a (August 13, 2019)
| Chat Changes:
+ Whisper chat distance increased from 10 to 25m + Area Chat Distance increased from 200 to 500m + Global Chat now limited to 1 per 30 sec, Banks up to 5. + Ads Chat now limited to 1 per 15min, Banks up to 2. Additions/Changes: + HI3 is now playable on Linux! (See Downloads Page) + Course Jumps detection areas raised higher + Re-Allow using your own studs at your own stores. + Larch stump/saplings diggable + Added Collectable Desert Wildflowers to Desert shorelines + Item +Icon + Added Collectable Rare Fire Flower to Warm Caldera, +Item +Icon + Added Collectable Rare Crystal Flower to Snow +Item +Icon + Added Collectable Cloudberry Plant to Tundra +Item +Icon + Ocean Rocks variations added to Stone Forest Shores, they also appear on land also now. + Durdle Door formations possible on Stone Forest Shores now. + Added Welwitschia Plants to Stone Forest + Improved snow transition into Winter Wonderland. + Brightened a bit + Added Candy Canes for no good reason. + Added Purple Sage upon Mesa Tops + Mesa valleys are now safe enough for wilds to be found + Better Mesa Sub-biome naming (Mesa Shores/Floor/Wall/Top) + Taiga Bog now varies from little to lots of bog holes. + Added Jungle Cenotes + Added Silver Ferns Near The Kauri Trees + Added Lithops plant to Badlands + Improved Large object placement, makes sure area flat enough for placement. Horse Changes: + Horse Exp will remove lazy effect from 75% up to 95% Lazy Personality + Cleaned up fear notifications, removed numbers, converted to hint display + Fear reaction is equivalent to hitting brakes now, recovers better once not facing fears now. + Previous Horse Training Stat Bonus of up to 400pts Broken up into: > > 300pts Normal Training Max available per stat > > 40pts Experience Factor (0-10k exp) > > 30pts Extreme Experience Factor (0-100k exp) > > 30pts Bond Portion (0-10k bond) + Chestnuts: Lightening of mane and darkening of tail now happens at variable amounts. It is now possible to have same color mane and tail. + Ear tip color effect moved under pinto effect (No dark ear tips on white ears). + Jump Height Performance Stat Adjusted to take into account more realistic confirmation. + Re-identification will now RESET Purity if the new breed does not match parentage requirements. (it will NOT give back purity if that was lost with assigned birth breed parentage rules) Breed Additions: + Calabrese + Canadian + Hokkaido Pony (Dosanko) + Senne + Dutch Riding Horse and Pony (NRPS), including the subtypes: > > Dutch Riding Horse > > Dutch Riding Pony Bug Fixes: - Ride-along chompy plant slingshot effect removed. - Fixed Goat Loop Monetary Loop - Fixed Mothers not getting off the suckling state once pups > 111 days old - Genetic test + skill should cost 13 mobia with proper accounting. - World Center region fixed from showing anywhere but center - FallForest and other multiple word biomes now space them more consistently - Micro horses (< 7hh) are now more easy to pet and groom - Double use of bucket of water fixed |
Server Update (August 9, 2019)
| Fixing a few bugs:
+ Properly published the server fixes mentioned in previous update now :) + Removing amulets now properly warn that must not be in a Pen. + Player Store Horses now must be Weaned to be put in. + Confirm foal still exists for a Mare to be kept nursing. |
HI3 Client Update v.25a (August 9, 2019)
| Doing some final base-horse tweaks. Your horse patterns and markings will likely have changed. (Yea! Beta!)
Additions/Changes: + Water Balloon Fights now show up to 5 winners. + Added smoothing to mount / dismount rider positioning. + Bleach mark odds bumped up slightly. Horse Changes + Greater variation in Tobiano patterns. Homozygous Tobianos also have more randomness in their patterns than heterozygous. + Bottom strap of western saddle (girth) no longer pokes through in-foal mare bellies. + "Skin Stretch" areas of grey horses now grey at the same rate as the rest of the horse. + Polo Wraps now displaying properly on feathered horses. + Dark tipped ears and muzzle effect for Dun horses. + Colored ear tips for horses with Extension E allele. + Frame Overo patterns reworked to give more variation and detail Breed Additions: + Increased the frequency of splash and roan patterns in Welsh ponies & cobs + Increased odds for feathering on Warlanders + Increased odds for feathering on Haflingers + Increased odds for feathering on Friesian Sporthorse + Increased odds for roan and rabicano in PRE and Lusitano (doesn't include Carthusians and Alter-Reals) + Increased odds for sooty in PRE (doesn't include Carthusians) + Manchado fixed for Appendix Horses + Crossing a Friesian with PRE/Lusitano will generate a Warlander rather than a Friesian Sporthorse + Fixed penalties for crossbreeds who had feather problem Bug Fixes: - Crazy horse laugh animation fixed - Various null reference exception fixes - Reins now receive shadows. They now match the rest of the horse and tack when lit by torches / lanterns / etc... - Fixed occasional rider height miscalculation causing riders to appear to be standing over saddle - Kayak put away when sky-born |
Server Update (August 6, 2019)
| Changes/Additions:
+ The four mushrooms from earlier Update should all be gatherable now. + Tea Leaves gatherable now. + Properly ignoring sucklings in Horse Spot check now. + Add # of sucklings to your horse list. |
HI3 Client Update v.24a (August 6, 2019)
| UPDATE: (Just as of 3:30 CST) uploaded a new Mac installer that may finally work.
Trying to clean up the recent game/patcher issues, most of you may have to run the patcher manually for this update! WINDOWS: Manually have to run patcher this time: By Default Patcher should be at: C:/Programs Files/Horse Isle 3/HI3/Patcher/HI3Patcher.exe Otherwise download and reinstall at: https://hi3.horseisle.com/www/downloads.php MAC: Download and install fresh if you were having troubles, otherwise patcher should work. Additions: + New Goofy Sub Biome :) + Esroh Essence! Members get +1 per day (Regardless of logging in) These give +1000 to all 3 player stats when used and may be traded. Bug Fixes: + Filly Foal / Colt Foal fixed + Installers cleaned up some. + Prevent buying from own store + Prevented from resetting anyone's breed blood percentages. + Null Reference Exception around show pens hopefully fixed. + Mac install issues hopefully improved. + Put auction back buttons back to how they were working. + ADDED a "Auction horse is not the same as profile you've last looked at" |
HI3 Client Update v.23a (August 5, 2019)
| Bunch of fun additions here, In the true spirit of Beta, not all of them
were tested much, leaving that up to you guys :) We are also switching to the optimized version for everyone on windows now. Full reinstall needed. We recommend uninstalling previous installs first to avoid possible problems. AND! Mac players may have to manually run the HI3Patcher to get to v23! New Blood Percentages System: (Only valid for breedings going forward.) + Horses Show their blood percentages on History Page. + Wilds have completely unknown history. + Ordered horses have 100% that breed history. + The percentages mix and track through the generations to come. down to 1.5625% + If you have a 100% Purebred Horse of any source, you can reset it's Blood History on the bottom of history page. This will set it to 100% that breed. (For existing ordered horses, and wilds mated to purity) Additions/Changes: + Wild Horses switched to 0% pure always. Just confusing otherwise. + Aloe plants vary in size more and generally bigger. + Moss Covered Rocks to Taiga Larch Forests (not collectable yet) + Tea Plant added to Volcanic Hot Springs (not collectable yet) + Chanterelles in Taiga Larch (not collectable yet) + Shiitake Mushrooms in bamboo forests proper (not collectable yet) + Eringi Mushrooms grow along Dark Forest rivers now (not collectable yet) + Reishi Mushroom RARELY found in most non desert/non ice biomes. (not collectable yet) + Hydrangea added to Magical Forests. (never collectable) + Dark Forest Occasional 2x Bigger versions of dark trees + Horizontal Text area of signs reduced slightly + Gold Panning controller instructions more helpful (Mouse up note) + Added Club Location profile line, added it to top of club profile for FAQ + Added a notification for new mail while online. + Added a notification of new mail while logging in. + Cleaned up mail interface a bit. + New Show Pen Variant: Pastures. Less structure & placeable in your Right Of Way & Shows foals as well! New Foal Additions + New Genders added: Colt Foal and Filly Foal while suckling until Separation Age. + Minimum Foal separation upped from 72 to 111 days until suckling over. + Sucklings do not count toward Horse Total (no barn space) + Sucklings no longer get hungry or thirsty. + Block Trading Suckling Horses unless you do pair together. + Block Trader Suckling Horses + Show Pens now auto feed and water over time (boosted once / hr) + Show Pens auto show sucklings with moms! Horse Updates: + Riding gaited horses is now less bouncy + Different horses now have subtle differences in eye shape + Better odds of getting a horse with high socks and no face markings + Better odds of getting a horse with high socks on back legs or font legs only + Better odds of getting a bleach marked horse Breed Additions: + Fixed issue with breeding Georgian Grandes + Baluchi + Hirzai + Noriker + Sugarbush Harlequin Draft (Sugarbush Draft Horse) Bug Fixes: - Allow Exporter Re-clicks for selling more than one - "Launch HI3" button fixed on Mac client update window - SkyWalker's Major "Crash The Planet Cactus Bug" Fixed. |
HI3 Server Update (August 4, 2019)
| Additions:
+ Player horse experience added. Whenever your horse gets any, you get same. (non bonused) + Earn another Specialization at 50,000 player exp! (avg= 3 months for players) Changes: + Added auto-store removal when a member removed from a club + Builder Skill increased to 10% off club and ranch building costs (not club level unlocking) + NEW SKILL: Horse of Course = 2x course slots + NEW SKILL: Learnid Equine = Doubles Experience bonus for your horses + NEW SKILL: Horse Heart = Doubles the rate of bond for your horses + NEW SKILL: Savant = 50% bonus on puzzle payouts + Tree Tap Sap Collection must be done within 3 days now, instead of just 2. (75hrs) + Added Tree tap warning about becoming public property after 3 days to tap description. + Exp for Course Trying Bug fixed (pays out now) |
HI3 Server Update (August 3, 2019)
| A few economy tweaks based on Help Jor forum and some Quick Polls.
Additions/Changes: + Informal Poll System for admin (answer via %Yea or %Nay) + 2x Exporter $ Payouts + Increased Dust payout from gold panning. + Gold panning takes Focus instead of energy now. + Rarely a 10xpayout "Rare Patch" is found while gold panning. + Removed wild mustang trader def, as unrealistic. + Wishing Coins: Added a payout for Player StatBoosts also. (+500 to 1000 for all 3 stats (unless less than 1000 cumulative points needed) + Wishing Coins: Upped the random item quantity payout a bit. 2-6, now 3-10 + Shopping board: Only show items buying if store has at LEAST the balance to buy one item. + Shopping board: show the quantity of items a store can afford to buy. + an Extra 1000m of space required between building clubs. Does NOT extend the club region. Was a 3km gap with club regions bordering each other, now 4km apart with a minimum 1km gap between regions. |
Bonus Server Update: (August 2, 2019)
| Mac client is functioning for several folks! It's still a little bumpy, but we are on track for getting Proper Mac support soon. Here are a few quick, fun additions to horse Profiles:
Additions: + When < 4yo profile states how many REAL days until adult. + When Pregnant profile states how many REAL hours until birth. + Bond is now shown (1pt per hour, resets at ownership change - we will do more with it later) + +1 bond every 3km ridden on average + +1 bond every 10 sec on average while petting + Applied Amulet is now shown next to Bond just for easier knowledge. |
HI3 Client Update v.22a (August 2, 2019)
| Major Horse Change: The lands of HI3 have a magic which causes things to grow quickly, whether that is trees you have chopped down, or your foals! YOUNG horses now age 2x. After 4yo horses return to normal aging.
Additions/Changes: + 2x Aging for young horses (in utero also) until 4yo! + Gravida Amulets reduced from 1000 to 800 mobia, also only 3x benefit now + Geminus Amulets reduced from 500 to 400 mobia, also only 3x benefit now + Building now takes into account object size to not let you place them outside of boundary lines on ranch parcel etc. (Barns cannot go out past fences now for new building) + Feather Gene shown in standard genetic report now. + Smoothed out some sharp biome water coloration edges + Mac Support - adding some additional error handling to ease install. + A Few more Dark Forest Tree Variations + Basil plants and items + icon Breed Additions: + Desert Normans have higher odds for white leg markings, though they are still rare. + Welsh Cobs can now be as tall as 16.1hh. + Spanish Norman (Percheron X PRE/Lusitano Horse) + Arabo-Haflinger Bug Fixes: - Seams under player arms and on inside of legs fixed - Pants and shorts no longer poke through adventure shirt when mounted on a horse |
Another Server Update (July 31, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Super Tokens in Standard browse mode, allow 4 personality "Reveals" per hour + Auctions do not allow going "back" to an auction page, only to the main page now. to prevent mis-bids + Support Prev/Next buttons on shopping board horse lists. + Support Prev/Next buttons on lineages + Breeding records history to mare + Rank max set to 9999 instead of 999 + Horse age was rounding to nearest tenth! now it shows the lowest tenth. + Fixed PREV button to work on second super order horse shown. (was taking till third) |
Server Update (July 31, 2019)
| Changes:
Super Tokens balanced with following: + Browsing option added: > > Standard = back to the way it was. > > Show personality = shows personality, but limited to 100 rolls per hour. Stats removed as being too over-powered. System is still a WIP. |
HI3 Client Update v.21 (July 31, 2019)
| Note: Anyone who installed the test client will need to delete that and go back to previous for update. We will bring those performance improvements back soon in the standard install in a few days.
Additions/Changes: + Elephant Cactus Patches in sandstone added + Ocotillo are proper pokey now. + Fence Height math bug fixed for optimized clients. + Screenshot Support added. Press F2 file saved in HI3 application folder. Multiple may be taken, but are overwritten upon relogging in and taking more. + Pressing Shift-F2 Stores a single screenshot on server viewable by support. (Running again replaces the screenshot on server) + Pow Notifications do not cover up line notifications when come at same time. + Website Account shows additional info to help with troubleshooting + Added Login logging and review on account page plus other account management. + Future Puzzle Placeholders Boulders added to biomes without puzzles so we can add after live. Let us know if they are in any bad places for future puzzle placement :) + Odds of big wild herds reduced by half + Super Orders now show Base Stats and Personality -- BUT! Now you are limited to 100 [Next] Clicks per Hour or Order. This is to prevent server load, and OCD hours lost :) + If you had used over 25 NEXT clicks of Super Order Browsing without buying, you will be notified of hourly reset once. + Snowflake Appaloosas now have variable snowflake coverage Moderation Additions: We are working towards an open and fair relaxed moderation system, where folks who likely value their account (paid for things, played a while, etc) have a higher base trust score. These scores will determine how many folks are required to team up to mute another player, or mute global, etc. For instance it requires 100 trust points to flag a chat. That requires 3 players with a score of 35 or 1 will 100+, etc. + WIP Moderation/Flagging Trust scores and policies viewable via: %Mod Breed Additions: + Fixed a glitch which allowed to breed Warlanders with more than 75% Friesian/Andalusian blood. + Can now immediately get purebred Warlanders when crossing a Friesian with an Andalusian (+subtypes) / Lusitano (+subtypes )/ Mallorquin / Menorquin. + Arabo Friesian + Friesian Sporthorse + Desert Norman Bug Fixes: - Vertical seam starting just behind withers on foal fixed |
Some Forum Questions (July 31, 2019)
| We are *possibly* getting close to Live.
So, added both an economy and horse questionaire to "HELP JOR" Forum. Please reply if you have something to add. Otherwise, We are in final stretch, and Hope to go live within a Month. (no more losing your horsies!) |
HI3 Client Update v.20 (July 29, 2019)
| Over the next few days we are going to test some experimental versions, and maybe see if we can get mac computers running :)
Additions/Changes: + Block consuming horse feed with stamina if a course active WITHOUT removing item. + 100m elevation max for some ranch objects upped to 500m + Better user interface sizing for ultra-wide monitors + Player Store Items now have a sort value that can be set to determine sorting of them (numerical order). -100 to 100 default=0 + Improved back-end version reporting for easier troubleshooting Breed Additions: + Blocking random lacing unless horse has dapples trait + Dutch Tuigpaard + Georgian Grande + Hackney, including the following subtypes: > > Hackney Horse > > Hackney Pony Bug Fixes: - Major scaling bug with foals of minis not being shown small enough :) roughly 7hh instead of 4hh = Horse Rats Now! - Tobiano patterns restored - On screen notifications no longer block clicking on world obects - Funky horse neck bending when grazing/drinking has been fixed - Jiggly reins when looking away from horse and back to horse fixed - Preventative checkups remove warning on sorting - Store Stud Price - editing fixed |
HI3 Client Update v.19a (July 27, 2019)
| Biggest addition is new Puzzle Mini Game For Ice Biome. Don't get too frustrated :)
Additions/Changes: + ACCOUNT page on website now shows your Mobia usage log for assurance. + Holding SHIFT while building fences locks them to cardinal directions & 45 Degrees between! + Ice Festivus poles moved to Snow Biome, and doubled their quantity + Ice Carving Puzzle Minigame! + Petting / Brushing targeting improved + Ability to pet your horse on the head added + Ability to pet your horse while riding added + Third person view now adjusts camera height to accommodate different size horses + New roan pattern added that allows for dark mane effect + Prevent placing horses in deep water. + Fountain surfing challenge Breed Additions: + Black Forest Chestnut + Grand Gypsy Vanner (subtype of the Gypsy Vanner) + Henson Bug Fixes: - Subs now benefit actually increase 30.5 days per month rather than 30. - Wild Whistles prevented on Owned parcels, this caused wilds to not show up after relogin. - Shopping Board: All Horses now shows profile button - Competitions properly base all time bonuses off the winner's time now. - Arms no longer vibrate when petting horse that you are facing away from. - All horses in preview windows will now show all four legs - Camera now retains angle when mounting and dismounting horse |
HI3 Client Update v.18a (July 25, 2019)
| Normal 3PV Camera Changes:
+ Targeting point moved higher up on player, close to top of head rather than neck. + Focus point moved up while on horse + Hold Right Mouse button to adjust Camera Angle both height and rotation. Released, the angle will remain. + Click Right Mouse Button to Reset Camera to behind player. + Removed the Ratcheting effect while RMB held + 3PV Click to interact sends a scan at foot level also now for lower objects + ESC, Click now works again at a 16 meter distance around player to activate objects. Horse Experience Additions/Changes: + Horse Experience hooked up to Reduce Fear slightly (0-50% less scared @ 0-10k exp max) + Horse Exp can improve Total Horse Stamina by up to 5% @ 10k + Up to 3x rarer injuries with 10k exp (max) + Up to 5x fewer ornery Bucks with 10k exp + Up to 5x less stubborn leader directing themself with 10k exp + Up to 5x more players allowed nearby before antisocial freakout with 10k exp + Added Experience payout for TRYing courses. Math is: > > 1 exp/30 sec of course time (max 10xp) DOUBLED if a new personal best time. + Changed Horse Experience Payout for Competitions to: > > (# beat x5)+25 multiplied by 1+(minutes winner took*.25) (8x max=32min ) + Changed Horse Experience Payout for Shows to: > > (# beat x3)+10 multiplied by 1+(number of judges*.25) (3x max=12 judges) Additions/Changes: + Improved Obstacle detection greatly. Shouldn't miss passing through gates/jumps anymore! + Alert panel enlarged so competition results of 16 players readable + Scale chat down on disconnect so the Reason for disconnect shows. + Many Fixes to get Mac and Linux clients possible in future. + Mail missions pay additional $250 per mission in addition to the distance payout. + Auction Prices reduced. Global by 50% and the longer terms by up to 3x. + Clubs viewable by distance order + Breeds in stores show plain Grade Horses also. + Shopping board also offers to show ANY horses for sale now. + Added Additional water rules for differentiating between actually IN water and being In or over a water body. + Added a Startup message reminding course rules. + Moved placement of competitor names during event to fit all 16. Breed Additions: + Fixed a glitch which allowed to breed Hispano-Arabs with more than 75% Arabian/Andalusian blood. + Can now immediately get purebred Hispano-Arabs when crossing an Arabian with an Andalusian. + Pony of the Americas + Boulonnais, including the subtypes: > > Large Boulonnais > > Small Boulonnais + Arabo-Boulonnais Moderating Tools: Note: I'm proud of you guys, we have gone months now without the need for any moderation. My feeling is that over-moderating can be fuel for bad feelings and more rebellion. Less moderating is better. Only use when definitely required. If something is borderline, just politely explain to them why. If you are annoyed by someone, just ignore that chat, etc. Banning is only for severe non-family friendly chat. + Got basic chat banning functionality in place. Please use responsibly. Greater penalties for MISUSING bans than for the actual offence! Interface for flagging is clicking an offending chat 3 times. + All users have a Mod-Trust score. It is a Work in progress. But it depends on many factors that indicate you play a lot and value your account. We will show this score more in future. + Most users score ~30-60 Once a combined value of 100 points worth of players have flagged a chat, the average requested action will be applied to the offender. + Admins also gain a Global Mute to completely silence all global chat for a time. Bug Fixes: - Fixed 3pv Clicking to not hit a fat horse head in front of you :) - Collecting via E improved while on horse. Worst case push E again and it will try other nearby objects for collection. Also reduced the range to prevent mis-collection also. - Grape collection doesn't bounce now. - Fix Club payouts for shows - Fix "Both Paid" Comp Payout type having first place get the proper amounts. - PlayerControllerBase Exception prevention - Improved AFK message randomness - Ridealong Torch issues fixed - Ridealong seated position recommended again |
HI3 Server Update (July 24, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ "Both Paid" Comp mode, 20% for club, 55% for winner, 25% for 2nd place. + Prevent text wrapping on Certification basis. Breed Additions: + Chincoteague Pony Bug Fixes: - preventative care doesn't stop breeding now! |
Another HI3 Server Update (July 23, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Shows now allow invited judges to rejoin upon logging back in. Bug Fixes: - Fix Shows paying out Experience |
HI3 Server Update (July 23, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Store Listings allow higher tier listings (Grade Horse) + Improved judge logout notification handling for shows. + Both Dye Delete buttons protected now. New Breeds: + British Spotted Pony, including the following subtypes: > > British Spotted Miniature Pony > > British Spotted Riding Pony > > British Spotted Pony of Cob Type > > British Spotted Pony - Solid Color Bug Fixes: - Mare breeding list fixed back. |
HI3 Server Update (July 23, 2019)
| Note: Horse experience still affects nothing, just a work-in-progress. If having click problems, read the previous post about new 3rd person camera we are testing.
Additions/Changes: + Horse Shows pay out exp as follows: (10+5 per horse beat) Multiplied by every two judges. (4 judges will have a double exp payout of a 2 judge show) + Grooming gives a random 1 to 3 exp every ~10 seconds on average. (only credited while grooming improved) + Birthing a horse grants mare +250 exp + "Horse occupied" message improved with saying what the horse is busy doing (show/pen/auction, etc.) for Tack and amulet application. + Horse Profiles now state what horse is busy doing (Show/Auction/Pen) + Breeding horse lists no longer hide horses in pens, etc. they will instead tell you why they cant be used when attempting. |
New Camera Operation! (July 22, 2019)
| The new third person camera we are testing operates as follows:
(Make sure Classic and anti-motion sickness options are both off for this behavior) ** Use Mouse movement up and down to adjust vertical angle of camera to player. ** Use Scroll wheel or PAGEUP/DN to adjust camera distance from player. (can go farther now) ** To activate a building, etc. now simply have player in front of building and click mouse. (DO NOT HIT ESC) Just clicking will activate whatever is in front of player. We will test this out for a couple days and see what folks think. Still a Work in progress. -Joe |
HI3 Server Update (July 22, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ 16 max competitors trial + Reduced unnecessary logging (server performance boost) + Bones of Horse Experience. has no benefit and only competitions pay out currently. Testing Formula: (25+10*number players beat) multiplied for every 2 minutes of event best time length (max 20min) + Horse Learns from injuries (50 exp for injuries) + Horse gains 10 exp per km ridden roughly + Horse learns 25 exp via training sessions. Breed Additions: + Selle Francais + Shagya Arabian + Orlov Trotter + Russian Trotter |
HI3 Client Update v.17a (July 22, 2019)
| This update trials another, more standard 3PV camera to see if it's more generally preferred. If it's not widely preferred, we will post a poll and sort out what you guys would like to see. Thanks for your patience!
Additions/Changes: + New 3pv Camera (Normal not classic) Has the following behavior: - No smoothing at all with positioning, zero lag. - For camera height, it has a 1 meter "no adjustment area"/"dead zone" where the camera will not adjust to match player right away. this allows for minor bumps, etc to not shake camera. It currently causes a kinda weird effect while moving mouse up and down, but we may fix that. - Up and down movement of mouse now also adjusts the camera height angle directly. If you set the "Anti-motion sickness" It prevents this ability. - Zooming in and out with mousewheel is now smoothed. - Zooms out farther. - Clicking when in Normal 3pv now hits whatever is in front of player. + Classic camera has the same no lag/no smoothing applied but no camera height adjustment. + Binary boulder text darkened + Grapes click area enlarged + Lotus flower click are enlarged + Course Beacon enlarged and no longer vertically shrinks |
HI3 Client Update v.16d (July 20, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ New splash pinto pattern variation added + Specializations system fixed to not let you click an extra specialization + 3PV camera In-progress attempt #34 (Still a work in progress, just less shaky) Breed Additions: + Neapolitan + San Fratello + Sicilian + Australian Pony + British Riding Pony + Spanish Mustang, including the following subtypes: > > Baca Chica > > Cerbat Mustang > > Pryor Mountain Mustang > > Sorraia Mustang > > Wilbur-Cruce Mustang > > Santa Cruz Island Horse Bug Fixes: - Fixed Exception: "Must specify valid information for parsing in the string" |
HI3 Client Update v.16c (July 19, 2019)
| Quick Update to fix a couple bugs. There is still Jitterness in the 3rd person camera for roughly half of players, still tracking that problem down.
Additions/Changes: + Removed the out-of-center lagging for Classic 3rd Person view Camera. Bug Fixes: - AFK Message crash fixed. (20% random crashes every 30 min) |
HI3 Client Update v.16b (July 19, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ 3rd person camera movement and adjustments limited + AFK messages no longer block navigation controls while up + Additional AFK Messages added + Jute Diggable now + Fences clear more completely when deleted, for rebuilding. + Fence gaps prevented from stuff dug up. + Dye recipe delete protection Horse Updates: + Mane and tail roots patterns polished (Dun manes and tails now look more natural) + Long manes no longer intersect with side of horse's head for horses with high neck angle Breed Additions: + All height glitches are now fixed + new patterns are assigned or blocked from breeds + Syrian + Standardbred now includes two new subtypes: > > Pacer Standardbred > > Trotter Standardbred + Clydesdale is fixed to allow horses with less than 4 stockings Bug Fixes: - Throwable items no longer go in the wrong direction for other players. - bucket double emptying possible fix |
HI3 Client Update v.16a (July 18, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Fences changed to be harder-to-place, but stop stuff from growing back under them. (Mode B in the recent poll) + Vets now offer preventative checkups (which can "Absorb" One injury) + Warning added for putting Amulet'ed horses into stores. + Horses are NOT tradeable if wearing an amulet. (to prevent accidental trades) + Pregnancies reduces by 1hr to not show "0hrs left". + AFK dialog now scales properly for wide monitors + Notification text a little sharper and bigger + Gulastra Plume minimum lightening levels increased + Alternate face darkening pattern for Grulla horses + Zoned Sooty Dapple implemented Bug Fixes: - Fixed Mohawk mane style. No longer pulls away near the withers during head turns. |
HI3 Client Update v.15d (July 17, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Roan horses now vary in the amount their tails lighten + New Gene RarePatn (Rare Patterns) added to support a few unusual tail and main color variations of uncertain genetic cause. (requires Homogenic combinations) + Gulastra Plume effect added (RarePatn gpl&gpl) + Rare dark mane and tail on grey horses effect added (RarePatn dmt&dmt) + Rare grey mane and tail effect added (RarePatn gmt&gmt) + Proper tack blocked from placing on < 2 year olds + Club management actions logged and reviewable by managers+ + Poll system formatting improved + Course obstacles (Jumps and gates) have had their detection areas doubled to reduce non-detections on pass throughs. Breed Changes: + Grade Gaited Horse was updated to Grade Gaited Saddle Horse (including its avatar), to prevent confusion with gaited non-saddle horses not being labeled gaited grade horses. + Name changes (to prevent confusion between these two breeds): Appendix Quarter Horse changed to Appendix Horse Original Appendix Quarter Horse changed to Appendix Quarter Horse |
HI3 Client Update v.15c (July 16, 2019)
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Additions/Changes: + Found smoother math for 3pv camera that still follows players when they are falling off cliffs now. + Fixed volcano steam effect to not pulse altogether. |
HI3 Client Update v.15b (July 16, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Your Horse Profiles now update after training, and we no longer "Cache" a horse profile you do not own. So, they should be more up to date now. + 3rd Person Camera now better tracks the player, when falling you can no longer get out of view. + Appaloosa spot patterns expanded. Random patterning system overhauled to give more desirable results. + Alternate White Spotted face marking pattern added Breeds: + Original Appendix Quarter Horse = a subtype of the Appendix Quarter Horse, for those who want to breed according to the AQHA's appendix rules. Bug Fixes: - Breedings done via trade will now reliably record "Bred By" Mare owner in history. |
Server Bug Fix Update (July 15, 2019)
| New Breed:
+ Schleswig Bug Fixes: - Big bug allowing tack to be removed off non-owned horses! (Lasicity reported) - new Gardens not plantable bug fixed. |
HI3 Client Update v.15a (July 15, 2019)
| A herculean effort went into cleaning up the seams on the backside and inner legs of horses. Many patterns were not smoothly joining together. So, most of you may not notice, but all of those seam problems should now be fixed. As we get closer and closer to final horse. (Which will mean we can go Live!)
A lot of additional work went into roughing out final cave structures (So that the entrances will not move after live!) It's going to be a year+ before they get added, but they should be a hit. 25 Different cave biomes similar to the above grounds :) Additions/Changes: + Club name punctuation removed and blocked for future -- cleaner look + Cave Entrances More Properly Permanently Placed. + Moved Debug Info to F3 from Tilde key + Plant Planters clickability improved greatly + Wild Whistle calls wilds of same biome you are in. + Wild Whistle sparkle Effect seen by all now + Root to tip transition on Dun manes adjusted (shorter transition) Breed Additions: + Caspian + Colorado Ranger + Connemara + Gelderland + New Forest Pony + Chernomor + Budyonny + Sulphur Springs Mustang + Spotted Saddle Horse + Kladruby + Suffolk Punch + Jutland + Nonius, including the subtypes: > > Large Nonius > > Small Nonius Bug Fixes: - Treat system fixed to actually work again... been broke month+! - Sign edit protections and exception prevention - Mares should foal one hour sooner to match text now. - Prevent foals from appearing BEFORE birth, and then having prev ownership. |
HI3 Client Update v.14a (July 11, 2019)
| This update is a core performance tweak, not a lot noticeable, but we have to make sure everything still runs proper.
Changes: + 14% memory savings on world + :smilie: replacers improved performance + Cactus bumps players away also. + Cactus prevented from spamming injury messages on horses. + Prickly Pear Icon added + Cinnamon Tree added to Volcanic + Cinnamon Item + Icon + Coffee Bushes added to jungle mountians + Coffee berry item + Icon + Coffee Bean roast craft recipe added + Coffee Bean Item + Icon + Apple pie now also requires cinnamon bark. + Fountains block giving random stat bonus when full + Doubled the time gap between server games (was 5min, 10min now) + Magic Wild Whistle new mobia shop option. + Texture seams fixed for all Appaloosas. |
HI3 Client Update v.13b (July 10, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Doubled the party essence share distance from 100 to 200 meters + Juniper stumps removable + Prickly pear collectable and shovelable + Lavender removable Bug Fixes: - UV mesh error fixed! |
HI3 Client Update v.13a (July 9, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Many random minor code tweaks improvements were made to cleanup our code base. This may result in random bugs! + AFK Timer system put in place. (Every 30 minutes, have to hit a certina key, Though folks shouldn't mind the intrusion since +250 energy) + Prevented shoveling stumps etc automatically with E key, now must click to dig stumps, etc. (since usually an accident) + Travel location [Delete] button requires confirmation click. + Terrain textures retain more as weak fall forest mountains begin. + Graphics hardware memory now displayed on onscreen statistics (GFX Mem) + Courses say random verbiage beyond "Have Fun!" + Riddle boxes reduced to 30% their previous density. + Added 3 new awards to separate riddle boxes from puzzle completions. + Additional Riddle box content! + Character loading speed improved + Alternate Brindle pattern added + Extra River Weed variation + Prickly Pears added Shovelability Additions: The following objects are now removable for building in their place. (Note: cleared objects do grow back in a few days unless built over) + Decay: Meh plants + SaltFlats: Leafy Spurge + Tundra: Krummolz choppable for measly wood and clearing, Caribou Moss + Snow: Pine stumps/saplings + Ice: both iced trees (big one for measly wood) + Black Sands: Dead bush and Artemesia + Mesa: Tumbleweed and ocotillo + Taiga: Marsh Grass and Cattail + Alpine: Pine Tree + Fjords: Spruce and lodgepole + Badlands: Mesquite + Plains: apple tree, cottonwood and canary grass + Rainforest: Small Fern Plants + Sandstone: Barrel Cactus + FallForest: Oak, Apple, Maple, and Birch Trees + BambooForest: Eucalyptus + Mediterranean: Canopy Pine + Jungle: Jute + Atoll: Palm Tree + Water: 3 types of seaweeds Bug Fixes: - Misc Riddle Fixes - Parcel Owner names update after name changes and relogin now. - Throwables Physics: now able to throw when running or on horseback, and General Relativity is respected - Fixed potential issue of wilds not animating |
Quick Server Update (July 8, 2019)
| Changes:
+ Artemesia coloring and description added. + Riddle boxes reduced to 1/3rd + Anagrams remove extra spaces + Case sensitivity should be fixed for riddle box answers |
HI3 Client Update v.12a (July 8, 2019)
| Today's big addition is the return of Riddle Posts! With a vengeance!
6 types found throughout the world. Story Problems, Numerical Series, Facts, Riddles, Math Problems, Anagrams Each of these comes in 3 difficulty levels, just like all puzzles. The content is still a Work-in-progress, but should mostly be working. Note: Quantity will be reduced in the future. Additions/Changes: + Require clubhouse for Free Party Travel + Randomized club warp placement a bit. + New NeckHeight Gene added to horse height calcs + Fountain Physics + Stud stores now require age>=4 + Rider positioning rework. Much greater accuracy for all rider bums and horse sizes. Horse Breeds Added: + Belgian + Flemish + Exmoor + Kiger Mustang + Dutch Warmblood + Holsteiner + Groningen + Don + Guanzhong + Galiceno + Menorquin + Mallorquin + Tennessee Walking Horse + Norwegian Fjord + Danish Warmblood + American Cream Draft + National Show Horse + Icelandic + Rocky Mountain Horse + Racking Horse + Tchenaran + German Riding Pony + Barock Pinto, including the subtype: > > Foundation Barock + Westphalian, including the subtypes: > > Westphalian Horse > > Westphalian Pony + Missouri Fox Trotter, including the subtypes: > > Missouri Fox Trotter Horse > > Missouri Fox Trotter Pony Bug Fixes: - Horse grazing animation smoothed out to eliminate the shaking necks seen in some horses - Chat input no longer gets out of alignment when typing long chats - Can no longer click through world map onto world objects behind it - Hair colored lipstick removed - Neck through Mane penetration fixed for medium silky amblers - Club owners joined date now set for future club creation. |
Server Update (July 4, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Geminus now provides 4x aging benefit (instead of 2x To mirror 4x Gravida bonus) + Elemental Award Added for Card Games + Show ages of horses in days as well on profiles + Water Balloon, Star Search and Trading Cards all offer free travel to random club. + Water Balloon tweaks: 200 balloons, allow +1 for up to 5 more hits on a player after the first +5 per unique player. (-1 only counts on first hit.) Breed Additions: + Bavarian Warmblood + Rottal |
HI3 Client Update v.11d (July 4, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Player Specialties should now take the full timeframe to "Learn" Changing specialties will leave you without the old bonus until the new one learned. + A warning added about specialty being disabled if sub expired. + One Level BACK ability on super horse orders. + Horse Order Horse previews state coat color. + Horse Names Huge 5x Addition for wilds, etc. + Horse Profile now has a random name picker. + Added More info on website Account Info page. + Black horse coat colors adjusted to avoid overly flat blacks + Fresnel effect added to give horse body more contour + Sharp edges on front shoulders of the horse rounded + Removed Controller input support. It has been too buggy, and not sure if anyone was using it. Later we could add it back properly if desired. Breeds Added: + French Trotter + Furioso + Hanoverian Bug Fixes: - Spy glass flashing fix attempt - Chameleon Mosaics banished - Destroying buildings will update current club values. - Ice essence art fix |
HI3 Client Update v.11c (July 3, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Website Mobia purchases auto-update and effect added in client. + Server Spotlight Addition: Loners (fewest other players nearby) + Where the party at? Number of players per club region shown + Horse riding position moved a bit back for larger horses + Stirrups rotated into correct position for very wide horses Breeds Added: + French Chaser + Standardbred + Akhal-Teke Sport Horse, including the subtype: > > Anglo-Teke + Appendix Quarter Horse + Welara, including the subtype: > > Welara Sport Horse Bug Fixes: - Feather progression adjusted for extra large hooves (Fixes mesh intersection) - Maple Trees Centered better for planters |
Mobia Shop Open! (July 2, 2019)
| Whew! It's been nearly 2 years of long days on HI3 for several of us :) Thanks for all of your interest and enjoyment of the game. You guys always are the core ingredient to our awesome Horse Isle Communities :) The best Players!
We are taking payments now, both to fully test those systems, and to support the development as funding has pretty much ran dry :) BUT understand you will Be given the mobia back to spend again once live rolls around. So, We aren't offering you to pay to play beta as much as pre-pay for Live :) Thanks again all! Note: Clicking [SHOP] in game will refresh your Mobia balance off servers. (Wait a few minutes after payments.) Mobia Policy: No refunds - Make certain you enjoy playing the game as it is now, and through the many changes we will be making before LIVE. We will RE-GIVE any mobia purchased with REAL $USD (Not acquired in game) At Any And Every Restart, including the Final Live Restart. So, you will Re-get the same mobia to spend again when we go live. It's a win-win you get to enjoy spending the $ a couple times, and support the Continued Development of the Game. |
HI3 Client Update v.11b (July 2, 2019)
| Since the restart a few days ago, we've had an account glitch where we lost the birthdays and recovery questions for the new accounts made during that time. So, in game, every 5 minutes a message will pop up asking you to fill the missing info out. Once submitted, it won't pester you anymore :) MOST of you will not see this, just the new accounts in the last few days. -Joe
Additions/Changes: + %SHARELOCATION [playername] - offers your location to player as a heading. + Water balloon fight reduced to 5min duration + Water balloon fights show and award top 3 winners + Throwing objects is now animated for your avatar and shows in hand + Throwables show charge percent + Grapes added as DyeIngredient Bug Fixes: - Horse Order invaders prevented! (double horses shown) - Tilty profile horses hopefully reduced. - Horse Marking Strength 0.35 - 0.4 fixed, star or snip now guaranteed > > This change may have tweaked existing horse's markings - Smoother face marking patterns in some cases |
HI3 Client Update v.11a (July 1, 2019)
| Horse Aging Change:
We have just put horse aging back to Live rates. 60x slower aging now. Also removed ability to "Edit" the horse age in profile. Eternal Tip - Wear an infinitum amulet, no aging! Faster Breeding Tip - Wear a Gravida amulet for foals to be born 4x faster.(under 4 real days) New Throwing System: New throwing system - Hold down mouse to strengthen the "Lob", release to Throw. It is purposefully awkward to not feel very violent and just be goofy fun :) (Currently not super polished, but working) + Craftable Snowballs, + icon, throwable (only counts on buddies/party) + Craftable Marshmallows, + icon, throwable (only counts on buddies/party) + Craftable ApplePies, + icon, throwable (only counts on buddies/party) + Pie Plaster Award for times hitting friends with pies. New Water Balloon Fight Server Game Rules: 10min, +5pts every unique player hit, -1pts every time hit by unique player. + Temporary Throwable Water Balloons +icon + Luftballons Award for winning Balloon fights. Additions/Changes: + Ordered Horses now show parents as same breed. (fixes some re-identification) + Trades won't cancel on errors, instead will switch back to edit mode + Trades alpha-sort item selection list now + Essence has a greater collection range in the vertical direction (Help in ocean) + Club Investment page now shows what you currently have available also. + Added club homestead equipment icon + Club names prevent punctuation. (only ' allowed Beyond first char) + Mail system offers REPLY button + Mail Message Delete button now requires confirmation + Yellow Hint Text Max Font size reduced + QuickTravel Cost % added to end of Travel Invitations + Fairy rings *Poof* you away rather than Zzzzoom you. + Actual Creepy Whisperings removed and replaced with corny creepy(goofy) wind sounds. + Remove judges from shows if they disconnect + Mohawk / Horse hair Tweak: We had to fix some rules on presentation of hair. (some existing horses may have their hair change.) + Shopping board now also shows grades Breed Additions: + American Saddlebred + Lipizzan + American Mustang + Brumby + Pangare Brumby + Australian Stock Horse + Kinsky + Baladi + Iomud + Karabakh + Indian Half-bred + Shetland, including the subtypes: > > Shetland Pony > > Mini Shetland + Welsh Pony and Cob, including the subtypes: > > Welsh Mountain Pony > > Welsh Pony > > Welsh Pony of Cob Type > > Welsh Cob Bug Fixes: - Attempt to prevent pink ghost horses #78 - Storage bins color correctly - Profile buttons should now work on Horses in Shopping Index - Sub breeds properly searchable on Shopping board now. - Horse Tokens skip listing sub breeds again. |
Yet Another Server Update (June 29, 2019)
| Changes:
+ Dye Shed button correct + Essence Star payout 250 essence rather than 100 now. + Leaving a club regain 40% donations now. (that you can carry) Breeds Added: + Fell Pony + Dales Pony + Warlander |
Mobia Plans (June 29, 2019)
| Thanks everyone for your interest and support!
This restart is mostly under control, We are just going to finish up a few last tweaks and then open up Mobias purchases. Here is our plan: #1) Soon(tomorrow or monday) going to set Horse aging back to normal (60x slower) and remove age setting. #2) going to make sure nothing else major needs adjustment. #3) Then we will open Mobia Purchases on website. Mobia Policy: No refunds - Make certain you enjoy playing the game as it is now, and through the many changes we will be making before LIVE. We will RE-GIVE any mobia purchased with REAL $USD (Not acquired in game) At Any And Every Restart, including the Final Live Restart. So, you will Re-get the same mobia to spend again when we go live. It's a win-win you get to enjoy spending the $ a couple times, and support the Continued Development of the Game. Note: See the Road Map at bottom of website. It gives a rough idea of our future plans. |
Another Server Update (June 29, 2019)
| Changes:
+ Fixed Shopping Sign icons + Fixed club buying parcels ranging + Prevent non-managers from buying parcel + added Admin command %EssenceAll + Added Friesian Breed back |
HI3 Server Update (June 29, 2019)
| CHANGES:
+ Flax added near savanna shores + Block Tweaking tack or amulets while horse is "Busy" in Auctions/Stores/etc. + Fix item sheds showing up + Fixed enforcement of club gap distance + Several Ranch buildings allow finer rotation + ^ of those some also required more space now(non Shedrow Barns). + 10 minutes for server card game instead of 5. + Exact player stats shown at top of [Myself] + Added Crafting Materials Inventory List + Inventory listings alphabetized Breeds Changes + Tobiano gene was removed from Thoroughbreds + Colored Racehorse (TB + Tobiano) + Added Poitevin (Mulassier) |
HI3 Client Update v.10b (June 28, 2019)
| Additions:
+ A Few more breed definitions added back. Bug Fixes: + Mouse cursor doesn't take two clicks to rid anymore. + Pink Horses alleviation attempt + Previous Server Games added back + Fix some server errors. + Horse kicks off rider in deep water again. + horse regained reasonable fear of water + Prevent lasso'ing yerself smartypants + Slightly adjust horse profile angle so can see hint of 4th leg. |
BIG HI3 Client Update v.10a and RESTART (June 28, 2019)
| NOTE: About half of the breeds previously available are still being finalized for this Run of Beta. Most of them should be back available in a few days.
Boom! Big Update and Account Restart (ALL of your stuff has been wiped to allow horse genetic changes, etc). Not all of this was tested much, so expect bugs with several of the new features. Horse Changes: + new Mohawk wild horse mane style (CsCs) + All existing breed definitions reviewed and touched up for new genes. + 25% more fun wild horse names added via player suggestions in game. + Fear maximum effect reduced for cliffs (.8+ may be able to jump!) + Fear of water based on height of horse now, so taller, braver horses should go deeper) + +75% Stubborn & Leaders now will direct themselves based on the extent of those stats + +75% Lazy horses do not hold speed, they always slow when controls released. + Antisocial horses will stop when too crowded (takes 5 players@100% 12@75% antsocial) + Horse Orders can now select grades also (with a warning!) + Rank limited to 1-1000 and default changed from 50 to 100 + Rank shows headings for each group of 100 + 6th personality trait: Playful vs Ornery added + Ornery 80%+ has chance of bucking (higher chance with more ornery). + Horses permanently show their conformity% after having a report. + Horses perfectly conforming to breed show [ PERFECT ] on profile. + Protected against WIP Horse Breeds matching now + Breeding lists interface offers PROFILE button now also + Rare random Bleach Marks effect added + Rare random Bird Catcher spot effect added + Rare random Bend-Or spot effect added + Rare random Tetrach spot effect added for grey horses + Rare random Mosaic coat effect added + Rare random Flash Marks effect added + Closer horses are now prioritized when loading large groups of horses + Independent hoof-size gene added + Tinyhooves 30% slower in snow, massive hooves=30% faster in snow + Big Hooves also give swamp muck speed boost + Brushing/Petting upgraded to follow horse more closely + Horses can now have flatter bum in low range of ScShb trait + 300 horse slots max limit regardless of barns & bonuses + upon exceeding max horse slots cannot ride or place horses either. + Max blanket amount reduced for Snowflake and Varnish Appaloosas + "Zoned" Sooty effect added + Horse ears angled forward more in relation to head for profile pose + Curved horse ears should now be able to touch with certain ear angles and sufficient curvature + Curly coat effect retouched + Shading on right side of horse cheeks corrected to match left side World Changes: + World Center has a massive ancient ruin + Ocean Bottom darkened properly based on realistic 50% per 150m depth + Mesa cliffs have have some feint orange and black splashes now. + Mesa tops have a slight height variation now rather than perfectly flat + Essence has equal chance of spawning over water now + Pineapple plants added +Pineapple fruit item + Marshmallow Plants added +Marshmallow root item + Giant Amazon Lilies added to sunken swamps + Doubled the decay Bones Variations (Dinos) + World Object Random Pitch Placement Support (Bone angles vary) + Mystical Fairy Rings + Mystical Anti Social Massive Fly Trap Plant + Can now toss 100 essence in fountains to get +10% randomly in either travel/energy/focus + Star Search Server Minigame - Similar to Find-A-Jor but automated :) + Server Card Game - Collect the 4 element cards via trading in time limit. Ranch/Club Changes: + Club news can now set visibility level (member levels) + Added club news posts a chat message at the time. + Logging in show most recent club news if within 3 days. + Modifying signs/show pens takes a little energy + The Lamp Post Buildable @ Ranches now, limited to 4 per parcel. + Info and directional signs buildable @ Clubs now. (50% bigger) + Can now build Storage Bins + Storage Bins now add +100 maximum item stack to inventory. (Start with 500) + Shedrow Barn Option added! + Stores now list and track breed of Horses for sale and stud. + Allow building permit-less construction even if have negative permits + Club buildings mostly standardized to 25 degree max slope placement. (dye shed fix) + Clubs now can offer a Shopping board where can search player stores across world. + Fixed back button on conformation comparisons + Can now click on planted objects in addition to planter to manage. + Certifications now broken up into categories + All Certified Horses may be listed at Post Office as well. + While player balance max = 2b, club max now extended to trillions. (though we will try to avoid needing that!!) New Mail System: + Send and check mail @ Post office (eventually mailbox at ranch also) + May include dust or mobia as well. + May Make duplicated letters by comma separating recipients(up to 10) (Costs x recip) Misc Additions/Changes: + Kayak Ride-along re-added to share travel effort + Clarified quantum foam message to be loading and added variations. + Added Flashing Subby expiration notice when 48 hours before expiry. + %AUTOREPLY command added for automatic PM reply. + Lassoing other players limited to Party Members now. + m/s speed switched to kmh + Frangipani and almond icon fixed. + Building Materials Inventory listing to quickly check wood and stone. + Duplicate breeding prevention to prevent additional pregnancies if Gaia busy + %RECANT added - It removes your last submitted chat, for cases of mischat. + Admin commands %Punt and %Drown for entertainments sake + POW messages (spinning text) made more readable and emoji support added + Reduced server memory usage for horse viewing + Trimmed server awards memory usage + Beginner Bird Rotates back and forth on very first login until clicked. + Increased amount of caps and punctuation allowed before chat filter kicks in. Bug Fixes: - May have fixed findables not clickable (Gorilla Goomba message) - Fixed ear gestures not showing up for remote player horses and wilds - Manes no longer disappear when viewing grazing horses up close - Wonderland Puzzle (Petal Push) no longer breaks other sound effects - Potential fixes for game becoming unresponsive or crashing when zooming in or out - Maximum texture samplers error fixed for horse coat shader - Seating will kick you off when seat deleted - Kelp and Mint fixed as not horse treats - Ride Along Bugs Fixed - Fixed Classic 3rd Person View clicking. Context menus for object under mouse cursor now shown. |
Upcoming restart details. (June 24, 2019)
| Tentatively This Friday Morning or Monday Morning
we will restart progress for the new updates. |
Upcoming restart (June 23, 2019)
| Just a heads up, we are working hard on a big game update.
it's horse-breaking changes so we are going to restart everything in 6-12 days for that update. We will still be in Open beta, Subject to yet another restart. Mobia/horses/etc will be lost at restart, only your name/password will remain. -Joe |
Beta was down (June 21, 2019)
| Beta server was down,
It is back up now! It took a nap for a couple hours. Found and fixed the problem for future. |
Final Update has happened for this round of beta. (June 13, 2019)
| We will be reworking some horse genetics and other things over the next 1-3 weeks. Once we are done, a full server restart will happen to move us to version 10. In the mean time, there won't be any more bug fixes, etc. while we work hard on the next update. So, we will give you guys a couple days warning when we know the exact date, but otherwise, just expect it :)
This next restart of Beta will be for testing again, and will be a full restart of everything. We will not start taking money for mobia at least not to start. Thanks all! |
HI3 Client Update v.9d (June 13, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Hair Colors Added more Wild Hair Dye Options (Existing hair colors will be messed up!) + Ear "Gesture" system added (Forward, Pinned, Random Search) + Horses in profile view always have ears forward + Horse body animations now have coordinated ear gestures + New Club Deco: Infinite statue, Flame Hedge, Cat/Pegasus/Spiral Topiary Bug Fixes: - Bravery Stat slider shown correctly - Fig trees removed from planter options - Candy planted trees clickable now - Planter size increased slightly. - white trees size reduced slightly - Horse ear angle now showing in profile view - FLAXEN sooty mane and tail colors fixed |
HI3 Client Update v.9c (June 11, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Planters say what's planted in ABOUT + Prevent negative horse aging in edit profile + Updating parcel color options doesn't paint the potted plants also... Bug Fixes: - Candy Trees Stand Straight - Viewing a store no longer brings up the chat window - Wear Tack exception fixed hopefully. - Club Decorations clickable |
HI3 Client Update v.9b (June 11, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Club Planters! Can select from many plants or Trees to place in planters for Decor + Club levels pricing reduced: was (5^levelx1000) now= (4^levelx2500) + Added number of lifetime breedings to horse history page. + Added birthed date to horse history page. + Added confirmation on name change purchase + Horse Trader is less verbose! (notifications won't get so backed up) + Couple additional icons + Reduce "Climbing" Message to appear more often only when, well, climbing. + Switched parcels back to unlocking via Gold Dust rather than essence + Ranches can add the same planters that clubs can also. + Horse socks improved (Possible to have 0-4 socks now) + Horse face markings improved. Blazes now more like real life. Patterns will tend to be more symmetrical / regular. Bug Fixes: - Can place Obstacles on your own preserve now - Very Edges of preserve parcels were blocking placement. - Apply Tack Exception possibly fixed. - PositionHorseRiderless Exception possibly fixed. |
PlayerNames may be changed NOW! (June 10, 2019)
| We have removed the preventions on existing HI1/HI2 playernames.
Also added a Playername change tool to: Website -> Account -> Playername Change Feel free to try for that old account you were locked out of etc. -Joe |
HI3 Client Update v.9a (June 10, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Beta Notice Clearly on login scene about horses lost, yet another reminder. + Super Horse Orders no longer have Sepia Effect + Trails Bump reduced in center, made bumpier on trail edges / sides + Horse List sorting titles highlighted in slate blue (yellow = current horse) + cleaned up MYSELF by breaking it up profile into a sub page + Added wipe date calculation to MYSELF->View Profile tab. + Added Co-Owner as another club membership level. They are the one rank able to promote up to themselves (for future self replacement). + Admin can now: %InviteAllToMe and %ShareAllHeading for funsies. + Prevent building obstacles on main club parcel. + 50% horse injury odds reduction for all types. + Many Club Decorations Added! Examples of Topiary/Columns/Hedges/Seating/Statues + Removed item deleting from inventory for safety, now done through garbage cans (clubs) Bug Fixes: - Player clickability improved while on horse - welcome pen blocks construction in bigger area - Horse Height Calc Order preview bugs fixed - Fixed "Bones do not match bind pose" bug |
Server Update (June 7, 2019)
| Few Quick Fixes/Improvements:
+ Converted decimal hands to hh in Super Order preview. + Added inbreeding check on store breedings + if you have 0 materials it should say 0 now rather than *blank* + highlight each heading of horse lists. + make sure identified horses are grouped together (bidsort applied) |
HI3 Client Update v.8a (June 7, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Super Horse Orders (Tokens)! Get exactly what you preview. + added close button [X] to first two login windows when fullscreen mode. + Mane and tail darkened for Sooty Horses (Chestnut and Palomino) + Max server pkt increased (for Morrigan's Horse Hoarding) ((But we will need to impose lower horse limits eventually here)) Bug Fixes: - Horse Control fixed if hold space for another jump before landing! (long time bug) - Fixed RemoveAllTack Exception - Reduce PlayerAppearance.LoadComponent Exception - Reduce times caught in "quantum foam" - Dragonblood taps behave properly after parcel bought with them on it. - Snake charmer stops short of flying into sky now. - Improved randomness of various traderdefs to prevent consistent duplication. - Turning no longer interrupts crouch |
HI3 Client Update v.7b (June 6, 2019)
| We've reduced the possible errors greatly in this bugfix update!
So hopefully fewer error disconnects! Bug Fixes: - Stop Horse ejecting you into sky upon Quick Travel with horse. - HorseManager long time exception finally fixed. (~12 crashes per day) - Must be manager to collect objects ON the club property also! - Attempt PropertyLine Exception fix. - Fixed flash of inside of character when moving from first person to third person view mode - Stopped feet from shuffling when first logging in - Keep property line from going red when building, also hide floating sign - Club permits more properly accounted for when building/destroying - Fixed overly wide face markings under eyes for horses with Blaze marking pattern - Can feed smalls after failing to mount |
HI3 Client Update v.7a (June 4, 2019)
| Big breeding tweak, and Huge club management tweaks.
Additions/Changes: + Added Devel RoadMap to bottom of HI3 website. + Players lists includes nearby players also. (shows you who will see Area Chats) + Horses will now set Breed ID to same as parents if both parents match - UNLESS way out of specs. (Previously foals were assigned to best matching BID regardless of parents) + If above fails, and parents are sub breeds and share same main breed, foal will be set to that. + You can now RE-identify at Horse Expert, he will tell you what your horse is most-like and ask you if you want to permanently change. + Club Region Radius Enlarged from 1.0km to 1.5km (move than doubles area!) + Clubbies have a who-invited tracked (existing = Jor) + Clubbies now track how long they have been member (existing = monday) + Clubbies now show how much invested via INFO button (only visible for same or higher ranks). + Clubbies now show how much their stores have earned the club in fees. + Club Member Rank broken up into Copper/Silver/Gold > > Copper = allowed stores > > Silver = Can run Courses And Shows (still only leaders+ auto invite to judge) > > Gold = Can buy a parcel within Club region and build obstacles in region. + Clubs now require permanently unlocking levels. after which they can more cheaply upgrade club house. > > Upgrade cost now goes up by factor of 5 per level (3 before) > > All the buildings remain at first level rather than getting 10x more expensive per quan. > > New building permit enforcement of max club buildings rather than huge costs. > > Most buildings take 1 permit each, a few go up by a factor of 2 for each quantity to limit them per village (Trainers, etc) + Club buildings now refund 75% of building materials. + Club houses are destroyed one level at a time now, for safety and refund purposes. + Club members should get a message when promoted and online now. + Redwoods moved to coastal patches. + Sequoias replace the once redwood forests with even more grandeur. + Giant Ferns Added below redwoods + Move certifications review to top of list rather than bottom. + Saps used to take 24hrs min and were "takeable" at 48hrs sharp. -- Now they take <20hrs and will not expire until >53hrs, so there is a full 2 day window to collect now. make a habit of daily collection or risk losing :) Bug Fixes: - Reins fixed in profile view - No longer including "Dappled" in horse coat names to avoid confusion - Non-grey horses with dapples now maintain dapple intensity throughout their lifetime - Fixed horse feed window moving down when chat preview comes in - Roan gene no longer affects the pinto patterns of Sabino/Tobiano horses - Mottling patterns refined - Removed Copper and Platinum custom hi3 color naming to avoid confusion - Fixed Equipment Icon Text overlay being centered - Update horse's stats if out at the time a training occurs - Can no longer walk through buildings after ride-along :) - Mounting small horse doesnt happen for others viewing you now - Player position now includes height. Fixes issue with logging in inside of buildings or on same spot as another player. |
HI3 Client Update v.6a (June 3, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ You can now build Docks and Hay fields in the Right-Of-Way surrounding your ranch! + Buddies can now lasso while player on horse to de-horse them. + Buddies can now lasso while player not on horse to "rescue" them. + Alpine Mtns steeper and more mtn now higher you go. + Ability for admin to give mobia to just those nearby/helping. + Preserves should now only let owner build obstacles. + club regions should now only let members build obstacles, etc. Bug Fixes: - Fixed clicking players to Private chat - preps chat line again. - Rounding trader personality values to hopefully avoid not accepting some horses that look like they should. - Hay Fields don't just let anyone harvest now. - Loop at end of lasso now connecting properly to trailing rope - Horse on the shore will no longer get jealous and steal your kayak! - Horses in profile no longer lose their pose after viewing library horses - Duplicate click on store breeding now prevents octuplets... |
Quick Server Update (June 1, 2019)
| Bugfixes:
- Club Roles fixed more - New Clubs updating fixed. - New Network Disconnects fixed. - Pitcher Plants fixed for quan 1 |
HI3 Client Update v.5c (May 30, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
Nothing! Nada! Zilch! Stuck in bug land... Bug Fixes: - Pitcher Plant Proper Pluralilty Presently - Property Purchasing New bug fixed to allow clubby to buy within club region - < Managers blocked again from collecting on adjacent club lands - Ice cracking Exception Fixed. - lasso cursor size restored when done - stacking horses ridealong fixed - more centaurisms prevented - fixed namepanel update when switching some equip - SkyJacking reduced - New club causing exception hopefully fixed. - Camera mode restores upon login again. - Player bums less bouncy on horses loading around you - Using equipment on horse puts the reins down |
HI3 Client Update v.5b (May 29, 2019)
| Fixed a slew of new bugs from v.5a. Also, Preserves are mostly functional now!
Max 1 Preserve per player, expensive, lose all $ if revert, no collecting or buying parcels on a preserve (For owner also!). Additions/Changes: + Preserves block collection and purchasing. + Any Single Ranch Parcel may be converted to a preserve via Ranch-> Parcel-> Settings. + Selling of Parcels moved to Settings page also. + Quicker click blocking for illegal properties. + Giant Pitcher Plants + Random Collect + Lasso works on Essence now - Why? I donno. + Lasso works on critters - VERY difficult, and NO benefit. + Example Lasso obstacle added. Must hit the top with lasso to continue. + New award counters for Essence Sniper and Critter Capture. Bug Fixes: - Fixed Horse Trader Height Requirements being more accurate (probably). - Fixed Alert box font layouts New v.5a Bug Fixes: - X when no equipment doesn't lock you up anymore - Mounting while Mounted promotes less centaurism. - F key now doesn't put horse away. - When you catch a wild while on horse, the horse ridden is put away no longer. - if on a horse and place horse, no longer have controls borked. - Put Trading bag away when done. - Controls work after kicked off ice now |
HI3 Client Update v.5a (May 28, 2019)
| Huge Complete Equipment/Controllers rewrite. Now you can dual-use most things.
Kayak + map? = you bet! Sit in front of campfire and play instruments? = you bet! Play your horse driver music while adventuring? = you bet! Lasso while riding on back of another's horse? = you bet! We have also started adding support for Player Preserves. Not quite purchasable yet. These will let you convert ONE PARCEL to a preserve which will block all harvesting and ranch purchasing within 500m of the single center parcel. (including owner, the parcel itself will operate like a normal ranch.) Additions/Changes: + Equipment/controllers improved to work together when sensical. So, you can be on a horse, with a torch and horsie sense all together. + Hitting 'X' will now remove the last activated equipment. + Each active equipment gets it's own icon. Click on any to close the specific equipment. + Added "Adjacent to club" When next to a club (to know you can't collect) + Added club village to region text when within 1000m of a club, so you know you can't buy a parcel. (unless a member) + Added players Preserve to region text when within 500m of a Preserve, so you know you can't buy a parcel. + Added chat filter check pass that better handleds accidental punctuation workarounds. + Add a (x bred) to store Stud services, to tell popularity. + Added Selectable player store icons for suggesting general store types (manage) + Added breeding Icons to differentiate horse sales + Added icon for New Certification Purchase + Replaced some Mobia Shop Icons + Changed how the Quantity button code works, It should be easier to reset if it does get stuck for some players now. Also slowed down the tick speed, as it was awfully fast. Just hold the mouse down to have it auto-count for you. first by 1's then 10's then 100's Patcher Changes: + Reduced redundant logging + Enlarged logging text area and reduced font size slightly. + Allow resizing on Patcher window now for the few players it kept shrinking on. Bug Fixes: - Prevent capturing wild horse via insta-click when lasso landed in line of horse. - Fixed client to be patient and say "Loading yourself.." until receive first location rather than loading end of world briefly. - Fixed recent crash on bad email/pass login - Fixed editing Stud fee in stores - [M] removed from beginner tips for mounting - Fixed Mauve and Moraines SubBiome spellings - Shader position consistency across clients improved. - player store stud lists will now allow prev/next like horses for sale. - fixed player store slots cost to match advertised price - Fixed mesa valley to have a grass texture for grazing/hay - Additional possible FPV-3PV crash protections |
Server Update (May 24, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Allow adding Stud Item types to stores. Players can breed mares by paying fee right there. + Show stamina adjusters in library info (only cacao & super feed i believe currently) Bug Fixes: - Make sure we give back what items we can even if not enough room for entire quantity during store removal. |
Another Server Update (May 23, 2019)
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Additions/Changes: + %ShowMyProfile [playername] -- invites player to view your profile. + %ShowAll -- allows anyone to do %Look [playername] + %PutAway -- put away currently placed horse. + Limit Ancestor research to 100 living horses to show individuals, in either case, show # of descendents + Only show uncertified horses in horse certification select list |
Server Update (May 23, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Ancestor research, list all living descendents at library + Added Breeding trade option - each party provides exactly 1 mare or stallion + Clear out Certification status reports once looked at. |
Horse Paperwork! Server Update (May 22, 2019)
| Two big additions to Horse Life in HI3. Notable Ancestors and Certifications!
Additions/Changes: + Notable Ancestors System - Register a very important horse in your breeding stock for 25 mobia at library, and it will be tracked through future breedings. An ancestor is tracked for unlimited generations until newer notables dilute her out. + Ancestors button on horse profile lets you see the 6 youngest Notable Ancestors. + Certification System - Set up your own Horse Certification program via the Mobia Shop (1000 mobia). Certification can be for anything from conformation to performance to You may setup the rules and decide which horses meet your requirements to earn the certification. Certification review has fees to cover your time reviewing horses and maybe even make some dust. + Players may apply for Certifications via the Post Office. + Cert Managers may review applicants at the Post Office. + Horse certifications viewable at the top of horse profiles. + "Certifiable" Award added for each certification added to a horse. + release wilds up to 6hrs after catch rather than 2 Bug Fixes: - Stop adding Foal's foal's foal to foals ;) - Stop auto-closing news at start! - Fixed using same stallion for breeding |
HI3 Client Update v.4b (May 21, 2019)
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Additions/Changes: + New Region Tracking fixed since broken yesterday + Called Mediterranean Sea even when rocks under now. Bug Fixes: - Prevent double clicking breeding. - Return store balance returned if delete store through looking at object instead. - Confirm Deleting club structures - Prevent deleting club house when level>1 - Hide cross-hairs setting now immediately applied - Horse profile view zoomed so that largest horses fit - Partial Gait-Keeper horses stuck in gait pose fixed |
HI3 Client Update v.4a (May 20, 2019)
| Pretty big changes to Beach Biome (Now Called Mediterranean) If you had a ranch /club there, it may be pretty wonky now, just have to rebuild/sell.
Additions/Changes: + Massive Mesa arches added back. + Current Heading retained through logout + Map Pannable via Arrow Keys, SPACE to reset + Map can now zoom out more and shows 10 km scale when zoomed out sufficiently + Some breeds may require Differing parents now. Ex: TIH can come from TB x ID cross but not from TB x TB + removed skeeters from rainforest, they have migrated to marshes now. + Beach Biome Name Converted to Mediterranean + Mediterranean Biome now has an inland Sea + Added Mediterranean Evergreen Scrub + Added Choppable Mediterranean Canopy Pines + Added Mediterranean Secret Almond Trees + Added almonds item and Icon + Additional End-Of-World Protections + Cream Chestnut Champagne is now Lighter/More Diluted + Cream Pearl Seal Brown color fix Bug Fixes: - Horse Order double-click protection doesn't take mobia anymore! - Auctions > 50k fixed up weirdness. - Prevent non club members from buying properties within 1km again. - Added enforcement of max 60m event start time - Removed Cypress Wood Gathering since un-choppable - Potential fix for First Person to Third Person change bug - Change from First Person to Third Person no longer shows half built player |
HI3 Client Update v.3f (May 17, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Yet another regressing to game code to hopefully fix the login crashes some players experiencing. Bug Fixes: - Buddy login notifications back - New Player welcoming club notification back. |
Still crashing for some of you (May 17, 2019)
| We are still hard at work attempting another version of the game to hopefully fix the startup crashes. We are not able to replicate the problem directly, so it is challenging to imagine the cause and lots of work to test fixes.
But We are trying! :) [[ Oh, and it was the squirrel's fault. He told me so. ]] |
HI3 Client Update v.3f (May 16, 2019)
| Maybe about 10% of you are having weird crashes with the latest versions of HI3, so we've tried reverting some of the changes. Hopefully the problems go away!
Additions/Changes: + Reverting Font system to previous version in hopes of some players crashes go away. + Renamed AdventureAwards to Spotlight + Got Most barn spots category to show for spotlights. + Added Distance by Horse Challenge + Tree Tapper award added for collecting sap + Chat filter exceptions + Mesa: More chimney Rock variations + Mesa: More Vasquez Rock Variations + aligned in similar nearby directions + Mesa: Massive Random Arches added Twice as big as previous + Clear Lavender pools: Reduced the Rainforest fog at Lavender pools Bug Fixes: - GUI SFX volume minding again! - Challenger Award payout possible fix |
HI3 Client Update v.3e (May 16, 2019)
| Bug Fixes:
- Potential fix for some players crashing on login |
HI3 Client Update v.3d (May 16, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Updated to Unity v2019 -- may fix some random crashes? or introduce new ones. + Cleaned up compass to not have white dots which were confusing with map marks. + Rusty Dark forest Cliffs are proper rusty now. + Switched Rainforest to another "Lighter" Fog Technology to save FPS hopefully. Bug Fixes: - Fixed Ambient SFX to not stop playing on Awesome and high mode. - Fixed journal locations showing on Big Map - Black Cream Pearl lightened to be more accurate to real life |
HI3 Client Update v.3c (May 15, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Most Adventurous award added for winning server game. + Challenger award added for winning server challenges. + Added support for ties in both AdventureAwards and Challenges + Added most barn spots AdvAward also + Added Findables to server Challenges + Login/Logout messages only show for Buddies/Clubbies + Testing Alternative Fog for Rainforests Bug Fixes: - Wilds Challenge should actually work now. - Demoting clubby affect clubby, not yourself! - Fixed most horses adventure award. - Pixelation mane and tail textures fixed - Pixelation on metallic horses reduced - Occasional crash on Horse spawning fixed |
Server Update (May 14, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ New Server Game: Random Challenges! (Either Most collected Essence or Wilds in 5min) + New Server Game: Adventure Awards! (Small reward for being farthest in a direction, or having most/least horses) + Saffron usable as dye for real |
HI3 Client Update v.3b (May 14, 2019)
| Full map is improved for exploration now!
Additions/Changes: + Journal Locations shown on Big Map + Click MAP to set compass headings! Click map to clear headings. + Big Map Heading X slightly smaller, put under player arrow. + Property buying switched to a 1 second mouse button hold down rather than P key. + Website: require meeting new password requirements even if a protected account now. Bug Fixes: - Kelp in library - Saffron works in dye now - Fixed issue for players running out of memory during long sessions - Smoother game startup process that should eliminate game appearing to be locked up - Red Dun mane and tail coloring fixed - Tobiano mane tips now showing white when their roots are in a pinto white area - Many Ride-Along bug fixes - Reduced Ambient audio effects and prioritized them to try to maintain effects(failed) |
HI3 Client Update v.3a (May 12, 2019)
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Additions/Changes: + Headings show on Full Map now as red X + Player arrow enlarged on full map. + Pansy Flowers + Item + Dyeable + Icon + Saffron Flowers + Item + Dyeable + Icon + Wishing well Added Random Item Payouts & removed tiny mobia payout + Horse Petting P shortcut + Translate Unknown Error to more helpful. Plus Try 3x to get server list @ startup + Horse Placement much more accurate + Send horse stats quicker in some cases. Bug Fixes: - Prevent placing horses for others when owner would otherwise be blocked from placing. - Placement blocked by same horse *Reduced* - AntEater Game fixed to not crash LOW/LOWEST quality modes. and made more efficient - Couple chat filter tweaks - Infinite Mobia Bug! Good Find Xray! - Multiple travel journal entries for the same spot blocked - Duplicate adjectives in horse coat names fixed - Classic vs Sable coat names fixed - White Spotted + Manchado horses now properly labeled as Pinto - Points color on Wild Bays fixed - Dun stripe now always darker than or equal to points color - Black Pearl (Classic Pearl) more accurate to real life |
Second Server Update (May 11, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ Inventory full message when you collect beyond what you can stack. + %INVITETOME [playername] added. + Can now click show platforms to view current deets Bug Fixes: - Rounding of conformation report penalties made consistent. - Selling and rebuilding clubhouse charges properly now. - Lowered mahogany cost slightly. - Clear out HorseLists when panels closed (should prevent horses showing prev/next arrows) |
HI3 Server Update (May 11, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
+ TWINS! 1% of pregnancies may get fraternal twins. + Double Bubble Specialty Implemented. (+10% twins) + New command %SHAREHEADING [playername] invites player to get your current heading + Put mother away when foal births. + Increment horse count when foal births. + Additional Performance Tests + Comparison Breed Conformation Reports! (against any specified breed) + Added Exception for tree taps to prevent Specialization Harvester from giving 2 back. Bug Fixes: - Black Corn and Lettuce Fixed - Taking essence when Prefix unavailable fixed - Additional attempts and cleanup to fix End Of World Strandings |
HI3 Client Update v.2c (May 10, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
- Alphabetized Collectables list in Library - Added missing items to collectables list - Switched to circular distance from clubs requirement rather than square blockage. - Block new clubs from building within 1km of anyone's ranch parcels as well. (other than owner) - Club property purchasing controller customized with: shows full extents of parcel, requires more above-ground-land, and pre-checks for more neighbors. - AntEater Minigame - PaloVerde Trees - Frangipani Flowers and items added - Volcanic Rumbling Ambience - Bamboo Creaking Ambience - Prevent Entering a Jenga Tower initial area. Bug Fixes: - Selling a store will refund Mobia in store to store owner. - Selling a store will refund Gold in store to owner. - Further refinement of coat color and name determination. |
HI3 Client Update v.2b (May 9, 2019)
| We are working hard to finalize the horses. Please watch for any coat names that seem incorrect.
Additions/Changes: - Mute button added (upper right of screen) Bug Fixes: - Crazy mane and tail colors fix - Various corrections to horse coat determinations and naming |
HI3 Client Update v.2a (May 8, 2019)
| Mostly a bugfix update. The ghost horses fix took lots of work to track, and we spent a long time making sure server can handle maximum load. Also worked on some horse coat corrections. Challenging crafting added for those interested.
Additions/Changes: - Wonderland Mushroom biome Mushrooms Remade more efficiently and more variation - Leather removed from importers - Leather now collectable off Giant Mushrooms =) - Honey now collectable - Dun mane and tail highlights more realistic - Splash horses now have more reliable patterning for better breed definitions - World Map saving and loading now 40% faster - Removed some unneeded server actions for performance. - Fixed server backups around 5am PST to not lag out server noticeably. - Added more room around future cave entrances - A few questionable colornames removed. - Horse Coat naming reworked for Cream Pearl related coats - End game crafting challenge for "Super Feed" which can raise horse stamina! - Prevent feeding stamina boost while competing Bug Fixes: - Ghost Horses Fix. Hopefully for all cases? - Jumpy content when opening menus fixed - Floating Chopped Trees Fix - Missing faces on Marsh Grass Fix - Alpine trees discoloration Fix |
Minor Server Update (May 6, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
-Added "A journey" as a textual distance, and listed them in help center for ref. -Club members list now shows whether online/offline -Added more server performance monitoring -Horses require 40% more feed for full hunger. (correcting overcorrection) Bug Fixes: -Horse Spots update upon activating membership -Player List Fixed -Horse Tack Layout fix -Getting Started cleanup |
HI3 Client Update v.1c (May 6, 2019)
| First update with our new Open Beta folks! The server has been keeping up pretty well. We've hit 150 folks online at once, that's exciting.
During update, The "Patcher" will attempt to run to update your game files. Be sure you allow it. You may see an HI3 icon on task bar if it doesn't pop up automatically, just click on it. Accept any "unknown publisher" warnings. Additions/Changes: - Horse Petting! Raises horse mood. - 1 & 3 rotate camera on normal 3rd person camera now temporarily. - When reversing with horse or kayak, normal 3pv swings back - Basic Ostlery Services Implemented. - Beginner Bird Easy-Click for First Steps. - Avoid spawning new player at club with over 40 players within range. - Player list switches to 4 columns @ 100 players online - Update players online # more frequently. (and set to 0 on server reset) - Flagging now pops up window, still WIP Bug Fixes: - Breeds match pinto requirement correctly now. - Pinto Breeds definitely spawn with at least one pinto marking now. - Menu reload is no longer interactive during cool-down period. |
HI3 Open Beta! (May 4, 2019)
| We are going to attempt to leave the doors open for signup now on this, Horse Isle's 12th birthday! If the servers start getting overwhelmed/need more work we will prevent access until sorted. But hopefully everything holds together :)
Current state: Long way to go to Live yet. Until that point we WILL reset accounts when we need to. This means you will lose all your horses, etc. And we will definitely reset before Starting Live game. So do not get overly attached :) Note: Horses currently aging at 60x normal speed. this means your horses could die within a week. To avoid, you can modify a horses age in their profile during this testing period. You could also place an Infinity Amulet on them. (prevents breeding though) Thanks, -Joe And Team |
Minor Server Updates (May 4, 2019)
| Changes:
- Added more welcome new player messages - Welcomed players state which club they landed at. - Added sunrise notifications - Fixed new icons to show |
HI3 Client Update v.1b (May 3, 2019)
| Just some quick bug fixes
Bug Fixes: - Bumped SubBiomes put back - "Horse Very Tired" messages blocked on mounting - Allow clicking quantity buttons again in 2 seconds after a rejection - Cleaner X for equipment closing icon - Show "Myself" on Map Equipment tooltip - Prevent furnace taking wood if out of energy |
HI3 Beta Client Update v.1 (May 3, 2019)
| We have the tech now to allow you to clear small objects and build in place, but it will be a dozen work hours+ to configure all stumps etc for digging out someday. In the meantime we configured normal Palm trees as an example.
Additions/Changes: - Ranch parcels now say "Near" ranch name, when in the 14m ROW - Allow building when a world object has been collected/completely removed. - Allow digging up palm tree stumps/saplings for building in place. - Rubber trees now require tapping to collect - Crafted Fire/benches now removable by creator - New! Mint gatherable in Rainforest - New! Non-gatherable Canary Grass near plains rivers - New mini sub-biome!: Dragon Grass with Dragon Trees! Tappable for DragonTree Sap. - 5 more icons for items Bug Fixes: - Removed admin requirement on map... dum di dum - Fixed a 1m inaccuracy in parcel title showing - Reduced Ocean wave Artifacts (Decay Spires, etc) - Map marker scaling and location fixed |
HI3 Client Update v.4b (May 1, 2019)
| This update may require a fresh install as the patcher might be crashy from last update..
Additions/Changes: - Horse Lists now sort Breeds alphabetically and include sub breed mixed in. - Horse orders now intermix sub breeds, and include short names. - Tree Taps allowed on unowned parcels. (others can collect after 48hrs uncollected) - World Map now includes notes for each marker that can be viewed by hovering mouse cursor over marker - World Map now includes your location and facing Bug Fixes: - Prevent Grazing underwater - Prevent grazing when world Objects might be blocking. - Prevent drinking when world objects might be blocking - World Map now under chat and menu windows |
HI3 Client Update v.4 (May 1, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
- World Map added (M Key) - NON collectable Kauri Trees Added Near Volcanos - Added random gold panning fail messages. - We probably reduced some of the waves once/minute jumping around. - CARP Emoticon!! ;) - Docks and ramps Buildable ON RANCH PARCELS ONLY - Many more exporter requests. - Patcher disk size reduced by ~8.6MB Bug Fixes: - Get Magical Trees out of the water and kept in their biome more. - Fixed mesa arch floaties - Weak attempt to fix floaty-in-air-chopped trees - Panning icon improved - Dye names not diluted when put on bleached items - Lantern facing pitch fixed for lefties |
HI1/2 Account Protection (April 29, 2019)
| (BETA IS NOT OPEN YET) NOTE: If you are happy with your current HI3 account, you can ignore this. In preparation for HI3 Open Beta, If you want the same playename as HI1 or 2 we have setup a way to update your emails for protecting those names. By entering the email you will want to use to signup, that email will have to be used to gain the playername. IF different people have the same name on 2 servers, it's whoever signs up for open beta first that gets it. If you want the same playername as your HI1/HI2 account: (you must be logged in): HI1: https://hi1.horseisle.com/web/reservehi3.php HI2e: https://hi2.horseisle.com/www/reservehi3.php HI2lc: https://hi2lc.horseisle.com/www/reservehi3.php |
HI3 Client Update v.3d (April 29, 2019)
| Bug Fixes:
- P key no longer assigned to Gold Pan as to not interfere with parcel purchasing. |
HI3 Client Update v.3c (April 29, 2019)
| Additions/Changes:
- Tap Maple trees ON YOUR property - Felt Craft recipe and Icon - Felt now used instead of leather for Cowboy hat - Less jagged Ocean suds via tessellation per depth direction added - Entirely New Rare Subbiome "Magical Forest". Good luck finding! new objects/ambient sfx - New Fog effect for swamp/stone forest/decay/rainforest. Improves atmosphere. - Can now easily collect kelp using 'E' key while in kayak. - Marshes got new dead trees and swamp rocks just for looks - Mesa gained ocotillo's just for looks - Gold Panning in rivers! Bug Fixes: - fixed beach spiral vs mediterranean nether battles. - Fence placement fixed for allowing fully closed fence loops (build in snake order) - Lantern brighter than torch at distance - Terrain Normals fixed -- Lighting was dark/broken from some directions on terrain, especially noticeable with lantern at night on hills! Fixed! - Jungle Mountains labeled as such - Fixed bright squares on torch in Dark Forest. - Take Focus while crafting again. - Lantern orientation fixed for Lefties. Notes: - Due to adding World Objects and Adding new biome, some terrain may have changed some. Just beware, side effect of Beta :) If your ranch is suddenly a mountain, sorry, just have to rebuild elsewhere :) |
HI3 Server Update (April 28, 2019)
| Player Specialization Alpha Testing! Learn via library. Currently each specialization is instantly learned and active for testing.
Additions/Changes: - Doubled focus cost of all craft defs - Flax slight spawn density reduction - Player Specialization! 15 Current selectable bonuses. Pick 1. (2 if sub'd) Bug Fixes: - Digging doesn't say -50 twice anymore |
HI3 Server Update (April 27, 2019)
| Server reset today brings the following changes.
Additions/Changes: - Reduced Tar Splats by 5x in tar pits - Added message saying what club new players welcomed at - Classic Ranch style stone and gold costs reduced to half - Flax found 3x more Bug Fixes: - Dye stations won't take your materials if you lack jar now. - Crafting Dyeable items will get you white items rather than stacking on existing Notes: - A Reset just means we reset the server, it is NOT a full restart, where we restart your progress :) we make those more clear. |
HI3 Client Update v.3b (April 25, 2019)
| Basic Crafting is mostly finalized for now. All recipes should be working and completable. Some other fun additions as well!
Additions/Changes: - Update Checker Debug Text Improvements, reduced and sped up. - Lantern Equipment Added -- burns Lantern Oil! (Lantern is still WIP) - Y key shortcut added for lantern activation - Ostler club building added (Services NOT IMPLEMENTED yet) - Craft recipes added for all Clothing and deco tack - Rest of new crafting icons added - Importing of craftable items now fails. - Determination of horse eye color has been rewritten. Probabilities for each color are now more realistic and reflective of genetics. - Kayak now unequipped when warping from a water area onto a land area. - Equipment that provides light is now persisted when warping between map types. Bug Fixes: - World objects appearing in white for some players fixed - Torch and Lantern no longer fading out when in 3rd person view mode - Bucket made more reliable in filling/using - Bucket prevented from filling with dirty waters (tar) - Kayak slowed down in thick dirty water (tar) - Added Line Breaks between news posts - Skin stretch area for horses with CC or Ch genes present is now ivory color - Hoofsounds on ice sound like stone rather than Water now! - Ranch house centered on build spot better (cant build outside parcel) - Several misc minor fixes Notes: -Club managers will need to remove all clothing and tack from importers, since now we rely on players to make. |
Patching issues (April 25, 2019)
| We seldomly update the Patcher, today was one of those times, and it did not go well. We will work to improve this for next time.
In mean time, just let it cycle through a few times if it needs to, or , re download via DOWNLOADS at top if you need to. Thanks! -Joe |
Client Update v.3a (April 25, 2019)
| We will start posting Server and Client updates here from now on.
Additions/Changes: - Removed Changelog support from Patcher, using news system instead. - Added a Ranch Textile crafting building - Added Flax Plants to world (craft linen from them) - Added some of the missing new item icons (not all yet) - Icons clickable to show item names - New stat bar graphical style Bug Fixes: - Stat bars start at 0 now! Way more readable and meaningful - Better icon spacing with less wasted space to the right - Underwater fog now follows time of day Notes: - Basic crafting support is still being finished up, but getting closer. Still are unfinished parts, so ignore the missing parts for now :) |
Let's keep this effort a positive experience for all (April 22, 2019)
| Just to be clear, and I HATE to waste time on this, There's several hurt feelings and complaining going on. Lets go over the facts again, If you don't enjoy it, please come back when the game is more polished.
#1) Game isn't close to complete. We are in early beta I have a todo list 1000 items long. I am doing them in critical order of system needs. Not focused on even game play yet. #2) I am IDLE/AWAY for HOURS at a time. I am not ignoring you. I am ALL DAY every day, either changing a diaper or low level panic attack coding as fast as i can. It's all I am doing is working. If you buddy request me, I'm not adding as 1/2 of buddy chat is distracting, nothing personal. #3) I can only work single-tracked and focused, so, I WELCOME input, but only for subjects I open up because that means i'm ready to deal with it. I.E. minigames ideas the other day. THAT is helpful. Imagine trying to write a book and 100 people shouting plot ideas while you are trying to write YOUR story. Same situation. People have started posting ideas on forums etc. And that's fine, but I can't promise to get to them, As I can barely keep up with bugs posts, but we will definitely ask for input from EVERYONE when the time comes. #4) WHEN we get to balance time, then will be more concerned about specific little issues. but for now, the core game, and big components are all I'm focused on. Getting those up and running and BUGS. Always fixing and tracking bugs. #5) The vast majority of you are helpful and understand the process takes patience. THANK YOU and You've helped a ton!. For those that complain about Helpful folks, Stop it. THEY are helping others learn and make the game better and more enjoyable. Lets keep this a positive experience for all. Just add patience and enjoy what you can, or come back once it is polished and balanced. Thanks much! -Joe |
Starting Closed Beta (April 15, 2019)
| World Resetting very soon! We are beginning a new phase of development and testing. Thanks to everyone for helping so far. For the start, everyone will start with nothing in a fresh new world. We will be eager to see how things work out, and plan to tweak accordingly. Thanks for helping! And remember, try not to get attached to your horses as we will likely have to restart several times before the final reset for Live. |
Our focus right now (April 3, 2019)
| 100% just trying to fix bugs and performance issues. Eventually we will ask for input on ideas and additions, but right now we are just buried with fixes and core additions we need to make. Thanks! Biggest help right now is just playing, it helps us see performance needs, and report bugs to bug forum in a detailed manner, best case includes steps to reproduce the bug :)
Thanks everyone!! |
Start of Pre-Alpha and Future Beta Plans (March 13, 2019)
| While we cannot provide dates, we will provide our general plan for getting to "Live" state of HI3.
#1) Pre-Beta. Starting soon, this will involve bringing more players into our existing world. This will give more players a chance to check out the game and start doing load tests on servers, etc. #2) Closed Beta. Not too long after Pre-Beta we will reset the server and world and start clean. We will also bring in additional players as needed. #3) Open Beta. Eventually we will open the beta to let anyone in who wants to try the game out. We may have to completely reset the world or horses, or both during this time as well. Our priority will be in balancing game play and economy. Eventually we will allow some Mobia purchases to test out those systems and the game in this way as well. While everything bought with Mobia during this time will be lost, the beauty is you will get them Mobia once game goes Live to spend a second time! Mobia traded from other players, etc. WILL NOT stay on your account. Only the actual USD purchased currency will be given anew. #4) Launch. Once all is determined to be working and balanced we will Reset EVERYTHING, the world and horses will all go *poof* Any Mobia purchased with Real money will be Given to the Original Live account to be spent again like new! |
Welcome Alphas! (October 18, 2018)
| New Website, New World, New Horse, Spic and Span |
New News system. (October 14, 2018)
| Initial HI3 Website setup!
Lots of work to go, but here we are. |
