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Q.) Do you think that there could be a possibility of stopping items from poking through each other in the future, as well as more realistic footing in game? E.g. legs + feet positioned realistically when on uneven ground?

- Certainly! Updates to our animation system are very high on the priority list for the graphics team and we're keenly aware of the need for better interaction between your avatar and the environment.

I think that the current features in game such as water are excellent for a browser based game right now and I’m wondering what further possibilities there are for the engine in the future

- The browser itself doesn't really limit us (you could release a AAA game in it if you wished, it's more that we aim to work on so many PCs that means we can't use the latest and greatest hardware effects)

Q.) What CPU would you advise as the minimum for adequate gaming experience (i.e. good FPS) on RuneScape?

- Anything within the last 5 years or so should play well. Personally at home I have an oldish Core2 which runs the game fine.

13-Apr-2012 17:40:15

Hi Ivan Strife:

"Will we ever see tweaks to Clan Chat so that players that wish to turn they're chat off from time to time won't appear as logged into the Clan Chat while sitting in the lobby?

I ask this since It's already possible to exit a Clan Chat while in game what if anything is currently hindering the ability to do so in the lobby?"

That's certainly something we could look at!

13-Apr-2012 17:40:15

Can't have favouritism on the Q&A vote Evil Chicken.

Wees

How many times!!! Vote Chocatrice!

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
Follow me on Twitter - @JagexJane

13-Apr-2012 17:43:51

i Zaros:

Hello mods of the GE and CM-teams,

If you can't answer a question please ask the other mods doing the Q&A to take a look.

So I heard the “bot nuke” didn't kill the bots permanently, are there any plans to permanently get rid of them?

If the next nuke will be permanent why all the secrecy? If it will disable bots there is nothing they can do to fix it right? So there would be no harm in letting the community know some details.

I won't bother you with the SoF, there are 9001 other people who want to rant about that so I won't waste my post space with that.

What's up with locking bot threads in the general forum? Shouldn't we encourage people to talk about issues like this instead of hiding it in the least active forum? Yes I'm looking at you “Other - Discussion & Suggestions*

What can you tell us about IVP, and in which way do they affect runescape's updates?

Why did Runescape's updates change so much? What happened to stuff we have all been waiting for like more metal dragons, more dragon equipment etc. Runescape is getting more and more updates that introduce new content and lore to the game instead of focusing on finishing and expanding existing content.

Why didn't you keep the old armor graphics? It would be really easy to make everyone happy and add an NCP that can trade you armor, much like how legs and skirts worked in Classic. For example to get the old graphics of a Rune med helmet you'd trade it for a Rune med helmet (old), it would have the same stats but the old graphics and it would be untradeable.

Thanks for answering the questions
I will leave you with a quote:

"We don’t want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn’t affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape."

~iZ

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We are certainly planning on getting rid of the bots in the game. The reason for the secrecy is that we don't want to give them too much info about how we are going to get rid of them. Making the removal permanent is going to be an ongoing challenge. We expect to be constantly adding more and more blocks in the way of the bot writers, so that they have to spend more and more effort to get around this.

I'll leave the rest of your questions for CM Technical Director

13-Apr-2012 17:43:57

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13-Apr-2012 17:46:35

To Mod Jane:
1) Is it allowed to make multiple posts, if a questions falls in my mind I forgot in my first post?
2) What do you like most about a Q&A?

• 1) Yes, I want you guys to get as many questions answered as reasonably possible.


• 2) Seeing the Community getting answers directly from the horses mouth, so to speak.

Mod Jane - Community & Events Director
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13-Apr-2012 17:46:35

Hi Collin892:

"In your opinion, what was most challenging for you while coding the core system for the Grand Exchange, if any at all? You did an excellent job on the Grand Exchange, and both the old and new Clan Chats. Thank you for all you have done and will do."

That's a good question. It's been quite some time since I originally worked on the GE, and I have a lot of good memories about it! There were many challenges along the way in getting it from design to launch, but I think the most challenging aspect was writing a core system capable of dealing with such a massive number of trades. When we first launched the GE, it was dealing with millions of exchanges an hour - that's a lot of processing! I was very pleased with the code I came up with to handle that!

To this day the Grand Exchange is the feature I feel most proud of and so privileged to have built from the ground up with such awesome content developers. I'm glad it's been so useful for so many people.

13-Apr-2012 17:48:18

To Mod Stevew:

If one were to be recruited as a player moderator on a voluntary basis, what types of activities other than help the community abide by the rules does he or she have to perform? Also, would there be more powers given to a player moderator in the future such as temporarily banning a disruptive player from RuneScape?

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Our P Mods are all voluntary so we don't have any things that they 'have to do'. Generally speaking P Mods will choose to support and be involved in community activities and of course they do have some limited tools to deal with serious rule breaking if they happen to come across it.

We don't have any immediate plans to extend P Mod 'powers' but I would be interested in giving them tools to be more involved in the community. For example, if a P Mod is running an event it might be handy for them to have a tool that tells them how many people are at the event - so we can get an idea of how successful they are. That's just something that popped out of my head, but you get the idea.

Steve

13-Apr-2012 17:50:09