From The Forgotten Server development blog:
As mentioned in our last status update, we would try to deliver the release with 8.7 protocol support before Christmas and so we have. The 9th version of 0.2 was released earlier today with full 8.7 support which includes: a mount system, spell cooldowns (because we were first with this, our spells.xml format differs a bit from the otserv format, but compatibility has been added so that both formats work!) and protocol changes such as allowing very high numbers for the experience (64 bit). The items.otb included is also the official one, so you should be able to map with it and use new items on your map.
Besides the 8.7 protocol support, there has also been work by our new developer Fallen on extended 0.3 compatibility support in 0.2. The changes that are included in this release are a set of Lua functions, Lua functions returning real Lua booleans (true/false) instead of integers (requires patching the first lines in global.lua!), and global events.
The release thread can be found here: http://otland.net/f18/8-7-forgotten-...spirit-113069/.
I know most users have already ditched 0.2 for 0.3 and would like to have a status update on how it's going. Unfortunately I do not have much information about how 0.3.7 is proceeding. I have notified elf that it's time to release it soon and he agreed, but it seems to have an amount of known bugs that must be addressed first.
Merry Christmas!
Besides the 8.7 protocol support, there has also been work by our new developer Fallen on extended 0.3 compatibility support in 0.2. The changes that are included in this release are a set of Lua functions, Lua functions returning real Lua booleans (true/false) instead of integers (requires patching the first lines in global.lua!), and global events.
The release thread can be found here: http://otland.net/f18/8-7-forgotten-...spirit-113069/.
I know most users have already ditched 0.2 for 0.3 and would like to have a status update on how it's going. Unfortunately I do not have much information about how 0.3.7 is proceeding. I have notified elf that it's time to release it soon and he agreed, but it seems to have an amount of known bugs that must be addressed first.
Merry Christmas!