Dedicated Server Update Now Live

Dedicated Server Release Now Live

Realmwalkers, our new Dedicated Servers are now live. To get started, download this update and create a new character or download one of your online characters to play. You can choose to play solo, join, or host a Friend.

Your online characters will continue to be hosted by Inflexion and will be available to download for up to a year. For more information about this update, please check out our last blog post here.

Release Highlights

• Dedicated Servers - Use our new Dedicated Servers to host or join a friend! We have also partnered with GPortal for paid hosting.

• Start Menu - The start menu has been re-organized to make it easier to create a new character and then choose how you want to play

• Online Character Download - You can now download your online characters to be used offline directly from the Start Menu.

• Admin Panel - You can enable some of the debug tools and cheats our team finds helpful if you want to experiment with Nightingale. You can find more information about how to do this on our FAQs page here: https://playnightingale.com/faqs

• Monikers! - You can now earn titles for your Realmwalkers that are displayed under your username. Find the Moniker that represents who you are in Nightingale—from the classic Realmwalker and the accomplished Network Weaver to the whimsical Chuckaboo and the chaotic Rapscallion.

Nightingale Dedicated Servers – Powered by GPORTAL

Our upcoming Dedicated Server release gives you the flexibility to play Nightingale how you want, whether you prefer to host your own Realm or play with friends.

To make this possible, we’ve partnered with GPORTAL to provide easy-to-use servers around the globe. With GPORTAL, setting up and managing your own server is quick and seamless so you can focus on exploring, building, and surviving in the Fae wilds.

Additional Bug Fixes and Updates

Gameplay

• Item Rewards: Players now automatically receive the Cleansing Card when its requirements are met

• AdjustedFishing & StoreFishing mini-games have been adjusted and issues in the Porter Pistol shop purchase have been fixed
• AdjustedWeapon EffectsThe Ultimate Sickle weapon’s bleed damage has been reworked for clarity

• Updated outfits and appearances of several NPCs

• Building swapping - In placement mode, added the ability to swap targeted structures with the new structure, with resources being refunded and/or dropped to ground. Tileset pieces and hanging lights/decorations can be swapped out with tileset pieces of the same type (eg. doorframe and a doorframe, but not a doorframe and a wall). Freestanding structures can be swapped if their size matches.

• Improved issues when swapping weapons

UI & UX

• Connect Screen: The Continue button on the host/connect screen now only activates when an address is entered

• A Previous/Next host button has been added for easier navigation.

• AddedMoniker SupportA new Moniker tab in the player Inventory lets you set custom name titles, and those monikers now show on player nameplates

• Profile Picker: You can now create more then 4 characters in profile creation

• Travel UI: Clicking the opposite arrows on the travel map will now cycle travel direction, and the travel HUD groups “Accept”/“Decline” actions together for clarity

• Ultimate charms now use tier coloration

• Fix for BodyTypes in character creation

Social Features

• Parties: Parties are now based on who is on a server.

• Players now see on-screen notifications when someone joins or leaves their party

• AddedParty VotingA new Party Voting system lets group members vote on quick travel destinations.

• Friend Join: Steam friends can now join your game when you host (via Steam relay)

• AddedTravel InvitesNew safeguards automatically deny a travel invite if the host is still on the Continue Journey screen

• Removed non-functional respite permissions

Performance and Stability

• Addressed a GPU crash that was occurring on some systems.

• Optimized creature spawning

Audio

• New spatial audio for Provisioners Borough, the Docks, the Portal Transcept Spire in The Watch

• New audio for The Watch Pale Suppression Quest

Bug Fixes

• FixedQuests & RewardsCorrected a quest description (“A Gate to the Void”) and fixed a bug where a reward room’s teacup item was missing
• FixedEnvironmentResolved several minor world glitches (e.g. blocked holes in city districts). Players can no longer get stuck in a hidden room due to level geometry issues

• Other Fixes: The portal activation button in the Vaults area now works correctly, and various UI tooltip and text issues have been cleaned up (such as leftover “XP/Masterwork” labels)

• FixedAudioFixed an echo-related audio bug in one quest area (Sunken Hope cathedral)

• Fix for collectible busts that weren’t previously collectible

• Fixed missing teacup from reward set

• Fixed characters falling if attacked while swimming

• Fixed zone control VFX not happening in multiplayer

• Fixed magic realm card buff to correctly apply damage bonus

• Fixed item stacking not taking into account all characteristics

• Fixed the torches in the Crossways to no longer flicker

• Fix bug where crafts would not finish in offline mode after restoring from persistence

• Fixed a mismatch of tiers for Dumplings

• Fixed the description of Immolation

• Fixed the description of Tudor Stove and Regency Stove

• Fixed an issue where Masterwork Bow Arms could be used as Poles

• Fixed incorrect recipe component for Masterwork Longbow

• Fixed an issue where dialogue options were missing when multiple players turned in a quest at the same time

• Family lineage will now persist

• Memory puzzles being solved concurrently will no longer interfere with each other

• Rescue NPCs who get stuck can now return to navigable terrain

• Fixed portal activation not working in Boss champers and Vaults