Hello, everyone! Meech here with the second installment of our Zonica Gazette! We’ve been a bit quiet this week, but that’s because we’ve been working tirelessly on key quality-of-life features to make sure our launch goes as smoothly as possible.

Welcome to the second official issue of the Zonica Gazette. Let’s dive in!

As usual, this last week was one insane week here at Zonica, and because of that, we have so much to show you, so let’s dive in!

(Fixes and Updates 10/4-10/2024)

First, our list is (can we get a drum roll, please!)

Customizable Presets

This week, we started enhancing and rewriting our preset manager to help players jump into combat more efficiently. I’ve explored a few options and landed on the following system. Let me know your thoughts!

Features:

• Multiple Preset Slots: Supports multiple slots for full customization.
• Spellbook, Prayer Book, and Quick Prayers: Manually adjust these settings.
• Overwrite Gear: Easily update presets with current gear.
• Skill Adjustments: Modify skills manually within the interface.
• Inventory & Equipment Management: Full control over managing your inventory and gear.
• Auto-Banking: Items in inventory and equipment are automatically banked when switching to a new gear set.
• Item Swapping: Swap items through the preset interface with ease.
• Skill Checks: When selecting items, it verifies if your current skills allow you to use them.
• Skill Requirements: Prevents setting skills that are lower than required for any equipped items.
• Preset Swapping: Quickly switch between presets in the list.
• Slot-Specific Item Display: Selecting an equipment slot shows items relevant to that slot.
• Skill Requirements for Weapons/Shield: Checks two-handed conditions for weapons and shields when applicable.

Next, We have completely rewritten the way Slayer is handled,

Slayer Rework

Started Reworking on a Slayer task manager to help players complete assignments more efficiently. After looking into different approaches, here’s the setup we are aiming for to optimize the Slayer experience. Let me know your feedback!

Features:

• Current Task Display: This shows the active Slayer task, monster type, quantity, location, and assigned Slayer master, making it easy to track assignments without needing to visit the Slayer master repeatedly.
• Correct Task Display: This will ensure you don’t get a task you can’t complete.
• Quick Access to Slayer Masters: Option to teleport directly to Slayer masters or task locations if the player has the required items or runes.
• Progress Tracker: A Slayer Helmet was added to help track kill counts and display remaining monsters in real-time so players know how close they are to completing the task.
• Slayer  Equipment and Slayer Shops: Provides items to help slay monsters.
• Faster Task Switching: The system allows quick access to task skipping and blocking options for players who frequently skip tasks, saving time and enhancing efficiency.
• Rewards: This is still in the works, but we have some really cool ideas that I can’t wait to showcase.

Smaller Updates and Fixes

• Removed Command Scripts: Streamlined and removed unused command scripts to improve performance.
• Teleportation Enhancements:
  • Added teleport locations for TzHaar Fight Cave (TzTok-Jad) and Jadinkos’ Lair, allowing quicker access to popular training and combat areas.
  • Added Glacor Cave to the dungeon teleporter list for easy PvM access.
• Grand Exchange Clerk Relocation: Moved the Grand Exchange clerk to Edgeville Bank, with clipping adjustments for smoother interactions.
• Inventory & Equipment Restoration Bug Fix: Resolved a bug affecting the restoration of inventory and equipment for smoother transitions.
• Bingo: Nearly ready for testing
• Last Direction on Login:
  • Added features to remember and restore the last direction faced upon login for enhanced immersion.
  • Updated direction variables (lastdirection, direction facing) to save and recall accurately.
• Other Notable Fixes and QoL Enhancements:
  • Friends List Null Check: Fixed a null pointer error in the friends check for server owners.
  • Loot Boss NPC Start: Created initial framework for loot drops from boss NPCs, paving the way for future content.

No recent changes to go over.

Here we have the first of many opportunities to earn OSRS GP and Zonica Bonds!

PSA: We have decided to extend the Bug for Bond event until November 20th!

Zonica’s Invite Competition for 1 Billion OSRS Event

How does the event work?

Players will invite as many users to participate in Zonica’s beta/discord in order to win a lump sum of OSRS GP!!!

Event Details

The Event will start officially tonight and run until the Server launch, giving players a chance to help advertise Zonica. We are adding new features regularly and could always use more testers to ensure quality in our updates. For that reason we decided to invest a bit into our community and gather 1 billion OSRS to distribute to three members for leading the community in invites come launch. 

Event Rules and Important Information

• Anyone caught cheating (Bot invites, alt-account invites, etc.) will be disqualified, there are various ways to investigate this.
• All invites will be tracked through the invite bot on discord to ensure fairness

🥇First place will receive: 700m

🥈Second place will receive: 200m

🥉Third place will receive: 100m

As always, much thanks,

The Zonica Team