Releasing Fast Travel!

2016-03-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC by Admin-Team

Our brand new Fast Travel System is finished! It has replaced the hot air balloons that have served as a placeholder for quite some time. We knew that the old system of only teleporting to major cities wasn’t as convenient as it should've been. With our new system, it’s now much easier to warp around the map.

The changes include:

  • Introduction of local and global fast travel
  • 11 unlockable regions which will be added to your personal map to use for global travel
  • Three new types of fast travel — land, sand, and water in addition to air
  • New fast travel vehicles — boats, trains, airships, jeeps, ostrich horse carriages, snowmobiles, and sand-sailers
  • Over 60 new fast travel “nodes” (a.k.a. destinations) spread throughout the world
  • An intuitive destination selection system using hand-held maps
  • Custom built stations and outposts for you to explore and enjoy

We’ve come up with a cool way to teleport around without having to type your destination in the chat window or pull up the website to check the fast travel routes. Upon entering a vehicle, you’ll temporarily be given a map which will show the nearby routes and nodes and allow you to choose your destination by using the scroll wheel. Your current destination is indicated with a grey marker and the selected destination will be shown as a red marker. Scroll through the options until you land on the correct choice and right-click with the map in hand. The fee will automatically be deducted from your balance and you will have used fast travel for the first time!

Anyone can use the new local travel nodes to travel short distances so long as they have sufficient funds. Global travel can still be used to teleport to cities and landmarks.

A more detailed and informative explanation of how to use the new system and the limitations of local and global travel has been added to the Fast Travel help page.

As of now, all fast travel nodes are up on the live server. You will still need to unlock regions if you wish to use global travel; we recommend using local travel to do this. If you need any help finding local and global stations, use the /ft command or let us know!

Have fun!

The Admin Team