The next day, the players received a new system notification when they went online.
[Ding~ The online update package has been automatically opened for download.]
It had only been a few days since the server opened and there was an update? It was also an online update!
Players waited with interest while watching the download progress bar move forward slowly. The fast ones had already posted screenshots to the forum to attract popularity.
[Ding~ The update package download and installation are completed. The content of this update is as follows:]
[1st new thing: Clothing Self-Creation Function.]
[Clothing Self-Creation Function: Players can design their own clothing. After putting the drawing + materials into the designated position, the costume maker will automatically generate a finished product according to the player’s figure. 100 diamond coins are required for each use.]
[2nd new thing: Traditional Style Costume Collection Event]
[Event Period: From now until June 30th.]
[Content: During the event, if you complete a mission in the five main cities of the Roland Empire, you will get an event box in addition to the original mission rewards. Killing the interstellar beasts near the main cities also has a probability of dropping it.
Open the event box to get a blueprint of clothing parts with a local traditional flavor. It will be divided into eight qualities: wood, iron, copper, silver, gold, epic, legend and myth.
There are one to five sets of clothing for each quality.
Boxes of the same quality can be stacked infinitely and can be traded between players.
Boxes of silver quality and below can be opened freely. Boxes above the silver quality need a certain amount of diamond coins to open. It is 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000 respectively.
Collect different costumes to light up different achievement badges and get corresponding achievement rewards.
Note: the style clothing drawings support a second modification. We welcome players to use their imagination. The game group will show the situation and hold a selection activity in the Starry Sky Forum.]
At the same time, a book with a slightly classical and heavy atmosphere slowly emerged in front of each player. There were the gold-encrusted words ‘Roland’s Scenery Record’ written on it.
After opening it, they could see the unlit clothing sets. The wood, iron and copper qualities were basically civilian clothing. Starting from the silver quality, the costumes gradually became gorgeous.
As for the myth quality, it could no longer be described as gorgeous. Just the unlit gray and white pictures gave people a sacred and elegant atmosphere.
The achievement reward for the myth quality made many players drool on the spot. It turned out to be a clue about the myth set parts!
In front of this reward, the large amount of reputation and experience point rewards weren’t worth mentioning.
However, this was only the reward for collecting five sets of myth quality costumes. There was a more ultimate achievement than this.
Collect the achievement of all quality costume sets in the five main cities.
In other words, it was the clothing of the five main cities. If they collected a set of clothing of each quality, the ‘Roland Empire Scenery Noble’ would light up.
After receiving the badge and on the basis of gaining a large amount of reputation and experience points, they would be awarded the title of Baron of Roland by the emperor, obtaining a fief in any main city.
A noble title? A fief?
Was Starry Sky Age engaged in wholesale land sales? It took out land as a reward at every turn.
Many players couldn’t help complaining.
OF course, they complained but the rewards were still eye-catching.
The City of the Braves was already under construction and everyone would probably have a piece of land, but it still wasn’t comparable to the land in the five main cities.
In particular, the land of Imperial City. How much reputation would they gain just by having it?
In addition, if they were neighbors with NPCs then the chances of triggering missions were much greater!
It was even more amazing if they lived near the palace. The people who entered and exited the palace were high level NPCs. They could get in contact with Roland’s upper class.
Still, everyone could see that this achievement had nothing to do with ordinary players. Only the rich and powerful had an opportunity to realize it.
After all, just five sets of myth quality clothing needed at least five myth quality boxes, right? One myth box cost 10,000 diamond coins. The five boxes added up to 5,000 yuan.
In addition, the box could only open a clothing part. If the hairstyle, top, bottom and shoes were all separated, one box definitely wouldn’t be able to open a complete set.
The collection of five sets would definitely cost more than 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.
[I mistakenly blamed the dog planners. Of course, it is impossible not to earn money. They just changed the method of earning it.]
[Hey, my 100,000 diamond coins aren’t enough.]
[Have any of you found out that the box just gives blueprints? Can blueprints without the physical part light up the badge?]
[F*k, do we have to buy materials to make them?]
[Hahahaha, this activity has the flavor of traditional online games.]
That being said, some players had already started to try the new clothing customization function. After all, the proportion of female players at this stage was high. The attraction of this feature to female players could be imagined.
As a qualified streamer, Ah Caizi also conducted a live trial.
She followed the game guide and clicked on the new costume maker in the lower right corner of the game interface. Then a transparent light curtain appeared in front of her.
There were only three options on the light curtain: blueprints, materials and production.
She roughly studied it.
The design blueprints can be drawn online or imported from outside. There was a booklet next to it and she could click on it to see existing blueprints.
Ah Caizi chose to draw online, ready to try it first.
She selected the brush tool and a pencil appeared in her hand. She very casually drew a skirt on the blank panel and clicked the ‘done’ button.
As a result, something magical happened.
The game system actually automatically corrected her drawing according to her figure and generated a 3D simulation blueprint!
At the same time, there were also options for cutting and sewing methods on the panel. The first three methods were free. After selection, different details would appear on the 3D simulation immediately.
“F*k, this is too much fun!”
Ah Caizi’s eyes lit up.
She originally just drew a few strokes casually and didn’t put much thought into it. She didn’t expect that after correcting it and choosing different tailoring methods, this skirt could be seen immediately!
[66666 It simply turns decay into a miracle!]
[F*k, this is the skirt that the streamer just drew? I don’t believe it!]
[Maybe it is just that the 3D picture looks good and it will be average when it is done?]
[Ah Caizi, go ahead! I want to see the finished product!]
Ah Caizi nodded. She confirmed the finished draft and named it ‘Simple Skirt’. Then a blueprint appeared in her booklet.
Then she clicked on the materials option.
Materials could be added independently or materials provided by the system could be used. However, the free materials provided by the system were only coarse cloth, linen, nylon and polyester.
As for fabrics of other materials, they could be purchased from the system mall.
Ah Caizi chose linen and clicked ‘Confirm.’ Then she received a system message reminding her that new items appeared in the materials bag. Please check it in time.
She opened her backpack and found that there was an extra piece of primary-colored linen in it. It showed that it was bound and couldn’t be traded.
Soon, prompted by the barrage, Ah Caizi discovered that there was also a dyeing option.
She clicked on it and a color palette appeared in her hand.
Similarly, there were ten free base paints that could be a single color or mixed. She could also use her own blended paints from her backpack.
Meanwhile, her linen was spread out in front of her, waiting for her to color it.
Ah Caizi had learned to draw and was no stranger to color grading.
She replaced the pencil in her hand with a brush. Then she dipped it in yellow and white to create a very gentle pale yellow. Since she touched the brush to the linen, new options emerged.
[Automatic Rendering]
[1. Solid Color] [2. Gradient]
[3. Plaid] [4. Stripes]
She chose the gradient out of curiosity. Then the operation interface appeared, asking her to set the strength and starting point of the gradient. She could go back even if she dyed the cloth.
If she didn’t choose automatic rendering then she could dye it manually.
What was more convenient was that manual rendering wasn’t just limited to the brush tool. In addition to various large brushes, it could be soaked in a dyeing vat like traditional dyeing cloth.
Of course, there were only a few free tools. The others charged for the use.
In the end, Ah Caizi lazily chose the automatic rendering. She dyed the linen with a gradient and got a dyed linen.
From the backpack interface, she could see that the cloth had changed color. Then she took out the cloth.
“The texture is no different from real cloth!”
[The finished product, the finished product. I want to see the finished product!]
[Gkdgkd! I’ll gift you with rockets!]
Ah Caizi had to stop observing. She put the linen back in her materials backpack. Then she returned to the main screen of the costume maker and clicked ‘Make.’
A new page popped up. She followed the instructions, selected the blueprint and then dragged the materials she wanted to use into the materials grid. Then she directly chose to start.
In less than a minute, the system alerted her that the production was successful.
In her wardrobe, there was a freshly made yellow linen skirt. It was named ‘Simple Skirt’, just like her blueprint.
Ah Caizi couldn’t wait to try it on.
Then she found out…
Not only did it fit perfectly, but it also looked unexpectedly good!
[Ahhhh, this function is amazing! I want it so much!]
[F*k, I specially took a screenshot of the design drawing that the streamer drew in the beginning. Are you telling me that this is the same skirt?]
[Starry Sky Age is my eternal god. This perfectly pokes my girlish heart. Ahhhh, I can play for a year with this alone!]
[So when will the second batch of game cabins be released? This scenery collection activity seems to only last half a year 55555. I want blueprints, I want to play with homemade clothing 5555.]
At this time, players with strong mobility had already completed the daily missions and successfully gained event boxes. Then they posted feedback on the forum.
“Dog planners, do you dare to make this event more difficult? The event box can be traded but the opened blueprints are directly bound! How many boxes do I have to open to collect a set?”
The moment this post came out, it became a hot post in less than a few minutes.
It turned out that it was as the players guessed. A set of costumes was indeed divided into many parts.
At present, according to the feedback in the past, in addition to the four major components guessed before, there were also earrings, necklaces, backpacks, etc. Whether they were present or not depended on the traditional costume.
As for a myth quality set, it didn’t have too many parts.
This also wasn’t the most deceitful thing. The most deceitful thing was that after the event box was opened, the blueprints directly entered the design book. They couldn’t take them out even if they wanted to.
In other words, even if they wanted to challenge this activity, they could only open the boxes like they were opening blind boxes. This process was repeated.
However, according to the content of the activity, it seemed that the repeated blueprints could be used for a second modification. This required further experimentation.
The only thing that was more conscientious was that after the blueprints entered the design book, the icons of the ‘Roland Scenery Record’ were lit up accordingly. They didn’t need to produce the parts to light them up.
[Am I the only one who thinks that these traditional costumes are really beautiful?]
[Hahaha, I feel that a hundred sets of fashions aren’t enough. It is really embarrassing to encounter the same shirt on the road! I used to play games where the virtual characters wearing the same style are all over the street, but a holographic game really feels different.]
[Yes, it is perfect now! I’ve already started changing!]
[Look at the full server announcement. Someone has already gathered a set of scenery costumes!]
[F*k, so fast!]
[Yes yes, that person posted on the forum. It is Orchid Moon City’s iron quality outfit. In addition, each set of scenery clothing seems to have a story behind it. The first person to collect it can get the relevant hidden mission.]
[F*k, then I will quickly clear the daily missions. I just got kicked out of the Sixth Army.]
For ordinary players, this event was quite friendly. Just collecting the wood, iron, copper and silver suits were enough to keep them busy for a while.
The corresponding achievement rewards also weren’t bad, not to mention there were hidden missions.
Of course, the price of the gold set was also quite beautiful. A gold box only needed 10 diamond coins to open.
Opening a few hundred was only a few hundred yuan in reality, which was still affordable for most players.
As for higher quality sets, there was no need to worry about a lack of players.
After all, the game cabin was so expensive to buy. Among the 100,000 players of the open beta, the proportion of wealthy players was still very high.
It was likely that the final result would be the same as Escher coins. Even if they had money, they wouldn’t have enough event boxes!
This directly led to the fact that no matter whether it was the open beta players or the fans of the game, they couldn’t wait for the officials to launch the second batch of game cabins. Even more people were looking forward to the cheaper game helmets.
They could sacrifice a bit of the gameplay, but they really wanted to play Starry Sky Age!
Xu Yuheng saw the demands of the players. In fact, he also had a headache about the increase in production capacity of the game cabins.
Due to the substantial increase in orders, he was already preparing a new factory but it wasn’t something that could be built in a short time.
Originally, due to insufficient funds, it was impossible to open too many factories. He wanted to take the high-end route of fewer but better quality.
The price of 100,000 yuan for a game cabin was quite risky in the domestic market where games that cost thousands of yuan were generally considered expensive.
Unexpectedly, the game was so popular from the beginning of the open beta. Now the backlog of orders had reached 700,000 units, far exceeding the load of the existing factory.
Fortunately, there was still the financial support from the Yin family. Yin Hong helped to bridge the gap. They just needed to survive this period of time and should be able to sigh with relief.
Xu Yuheng was still optimistic about this.
As for the overseas companies that constantly came to contact him and wanted to seek cooperation, he just ignored them.
So far, Starry Sky Age had no intention of developing foreign servers. It also wasn’t possible to do so. It was because Starry Sky Age had only one server.
In any case, he wouldn’t consider overseas players for the time being. He couldn’t say for sure what would happen in the future, but it was certain that even if a way was opened for them, he wouldn’t take too much care of them.
In the game, Xu Sili could obviously feel that the players involved in the battle today were much more excited.
He paid a bit of attention and heard their discussion about the new event.
The game group finally made a move. This was also expected by him. After all, he was now an NPC. It was impossible for him to arrange every event.
He had just returned to Imperial City after the battle when he received a reminder from Xu Yuheng.
Xu Yuheng didn’t say too much. He just posted the content of the events and the rewards that players could get for every achievement. He let Xu Sili see it for himself.
Xu Sili took a general look and understood what he meant.
His second brother probably knew that he could issue missions. This reminder was given in order to avoid the mission rewards he provided from overlapping with the official event rewards or weakening the attractiveness of the rewards.
He secretly noted this down.
In short, the land and noble titles of the main city couldn’t be issued casually.
He replied to his second brother, telling his brother that he knew. He was ready to continue arranging the card illusion space with Si Sheng, but before he left the palace, he heard Li Zhecheng’s report.
“Your Majesty, we’ve just captured an assassin in the palace.”
Xu Sili raised an eyebrow and listened to this person continue saying, “The other party seems to be… an elf.”
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