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Alora Mobile Development Blog
You read that right! No, it isn't April 1st. Mobile is finally coming to Alora! We've been working on this for quite awhile now behind the scenes, and have held off on sharing the news until we were further along so that we are more confident in what type of experience we are able to provide on mobile devices.
 
We're so excited to finally be able to share this information with you, I know that it is something that has been requested time and time again, and up until now it was simply a pipe dream. Even if you haven't considered the possibility of playing on your phone or tablet, we're certain you're going to love the ability to do so!
 

 

 
 

I thought mobile wasn't possible?!
This was indeed the answer whenever someone asked about mobile, simply because we do not use the OSRS client, and their mobile client wouldn't work with our server. What we really meant to say was, the complex task of rewriting a mobile client from scratch was not worth the time and resources being taken away from other updates if it was not going to be available to all of our players (both Android and iOS). Over time, we learned of some potential solutions that could provide a proper mobile experience on both platforms, and we began exploring them in more depth. While it was a tricky endeavor (especially on iOS), we managed to find workarounds for nearly all of the obstacles that we knew existed, and are proud of what we have been able to accomplish so far! We can't wait for you to experience it.
 
An important caveat: While Alora's mobile app will not be directly available within the App Store or Google Play Store, you'll be able to visit our website and download the web-app directly to your device from there (see image below). You'll also be able to play directly from your browser if you'd like (without a download), but we strongly recommending saving the app to your Home Screen as that will ensure that you can utilize the full width of your display without the browser's URL bar/UI taking up unnecessary space.
 

Features
Let's get right into the nitty gritty! For starters, most modern devices should be supported! We've developed the client with backwards compatibility in mind, and have tried our best to ensure that most devices from the past ~5 years should be able to play without any problems. With that being said, the most recent devices will provide a better experience because we can use better technology and hardware to take advantage of the enhanced processing power on those devices. If you're keen on playing on your phone and want the smoothest experience, the best thing you can do is ensure you have one of the latest devices.
 
Both iOS and Android will be supported, including the iPad and other tablets. We'd like to note that we may have to make some UI adjustments on devices that we haven't tested with, so if you have an uncommon device, bear with us while we work out any quirks.
 
 
Vertical/Portrait Mode
Completely unique to Alora, we will be including the option to play on your phone vertically so you won't have to hold it sideways with two hands if you don't want to. You can easily rotate your phone to switch between landscape/vertical mode, and the game will re-size and re-position all of the UI elements accordingly. A highly requested feature on OSRS, with many people want to use their phones as a supplementary method of playing the game, perhaps to skill or do some low-risk PvMing while focusing on other things (watching a movie, for example). You don't need as wide of a field of view for these activities, and switching to your app to quickly click on a tree or monster is a lot easier in Vertical mode so you won't have to turn your phone every time you want to respond to a text message. We've always believed in allowing players to play the game their way with a customizable experience, and we're extending that to the mobile client as well :)

Plugins

As it stands, the mobile client will release very similar to the Vanilla client, having a limited selection of built-in plugins such as:

• Enemy hitpoint indicators
• Boost timers
• Boss respawn timers

In the future, we plan to expand upon the available plugins by recreating RuneLite plugins, but our primarily goal at the moment due to the sheer scale of this project is to simply get it out relatively bug-free and with full vanilla functionality.

Limitations
Due to the fact that the client is running within a browser engine, rather than as a native app, we do have a few limitations. We've already managed to get pretty good performance with all of the optimizations we've applied to the client, but we're also in the process of converting the rendering engine to utilize your GPU (via WebGL) rather than CPU to boost performance even further, though this may or may not be available upon release. In the meantime, we've included many different toggle-able settings for you to optimize your client's performance and reduce battery drain / increase FPS:

• Limit map render distance
• Limit NPC/Player render distance
• Enabling low-detail
• Enabling "many idle animations" to not animate players who are idling in populated areas
• FPS Limiter (the most effective thing you can do for battery life is to limit FPS)

Release Date
While there is still much to do for this project to be ready for release, we are aiming for a late October release (~Approximately October 28th). With that being said, we're going to open up beta testing even earlier than that (as early as the next couple of weeks!), and for those of you who were around during RuneLite beta testing, you may be familiar with the process: For the first week of beta testing, we will allow Staff members, YouTubers and Eternal donators to access the beta client. Then, every few days, we will expand this list to include the lower tier of donators as well as other ranks (eg. Veteran). Once beta is available, we will publish a timeline of when each rank will be able to access the game.
 
This allows us to slowly provide access to the client to efficiently test for any bugs, and also to give a sneak peak to the supporters in the community.

$3,000+ Mobile Tournament
Along with the full mobile release, we are planning to host one of our largest tournaments ever! You'll be on a brand new, mobile-locked game mode that will have the mobile limitation removed at the end of the tournament (so that you can continue playing on your account normally). During the tournament, however, you'll have to compete on mobile, for a chance to win over $3,000 in prizes!

Tasks will have a balance of PvM / Skilling objectives, some of them will be "First to achieve" style tasks, and others will simply be whoever has progress the furthest in certain areas by the end of the tournament. We'll announce more details soon once we are more certain of how the tournament will look :)

FAQ

• Will we get OSRS's proposed mobile UI rework?
  • ​We are planning on porting it over once it's released!
• What if I dislike OSRS's new UI?
  • ​We may be able to add a toggle between the new/old UI, but this is TBD.
• Will the app drain my battery if it's running in the background?
  • ​The app will drain significantly less battery when it's in the background, so if you're AFK skilling, you shouldn't have to worry much about battery usage.
• Will the mobile client have RuneLite support?
  • ​Full RuneLite support will not be available on mobile, but we plan to implement some popular plugins and rework them to fit on mobile.
• Will it have HD mode or 2010 mode?
  • ​HD mode is not currently planned, only GPU support is in the works. As for 2010 mode, it will not be available on release, but could potentially come at a future date if players request it.

This project would not have been possible without the help of a very talented programmer (who is not a part of Alora) that goes by the name of Chivvon, so if you know him or ever run into him, be sure to thank him for his hard work!

We can't wait to share more information with you regarding this project, and we hope you're as excited as we are to be able to log in on our mobile devices soon :)

Best,

Omicron

Finally achieved a huge goal of mine & achieved the Completionist cape on my Hardcore Ironman! 

It was a fun journey. Closest I came to planking was being teleblocked by Rag & Daz at Mage Bank, survived with a brew to spare!

Next goals are to keep gaining exp and be #2 living HC behind Olivia, get a few items such as DWH, Bowfa etc then move onto Chambers & ToB.

Cheers for reading & happy gaming!

Hello everyone,
 
We’ve been working quietly for awhile now on a major project, and today we’re ready to share it with you: RuneLite is coming to Alora! This has been kept under wraps for the past few months, as we wanted to ensure that we were able to meet your expectations before making an announcement. Hundreds of hours of development have gone into this client, and we're now at a point where we can confidently share this news with all of you. 
 
We'd like to highlight why this was an unrealistic task to begin with, and why we decided to focus on it. Initially, the task of making RuneLite compatible with Alora essentially involved rewriting most of the RuneLite client to be compatible with ours. Unlike other OSRS-based private servers which connect to RuneLite right out of the box with minimal changes, the Alora client is unique in that it is quite different than OSRS' client, as it is merged with a high-definition RuneScape client from 2008, which is how we're able to uniquely provide the HD mode. Unfortunately, this made the RuneLite job an extremely daunting task.
 
Nonetheless, we understand that this feature has been requested time and time again, and many of you have grown accustomed to the features provided by RuneLite, so we made it our priority for the past few months to properly connect most of the plugins with our client. We believe this will change the experience on Alora dramatically, and further cement us as the best option when it comes to RSPS. With our wonderful community and high update frequency, RuneLite is the icing on the cake that will make us stand out even more than we already have.
 
There is still a decent amount of work to do, so unfortunately we can't provide a guaranteed ETA, but what we can say is that we are working to bring it to you as quickly as possible :)
 
Without further ado, here are some previews of the functionality that we've already implemented:
 

We hope that you guys are just as excited as we are about this, and we're looking forward to sharing more details & progress soon :)

Edit: Not an April fools joke btw!

Regards,

Omicron

So after crying for 5 years to @Noobair to post his bank he did! so now i have to do it to! GIM BTW!

Congratulations to everyone!

@Noobair Thanks binny! goodluck to u on the ely grind, hope you'll get it soon!!

i'll let the picture's do the explaining for me :)

Shoutout to Maro for helping me out with adding the pics<3

Hello everyone,

As you've probably already noticed, our website has been completely redesigned! We felt that it was time for a change, and although our old theme certainly served its purpose, we've outgrown it and feel that the new one represents Alora's game and community more appropriately. We made sure to use some warmer colors, especially on the forum, so that the pages are a bit easier on the eyes. The new homepage is also mobile-ready, making it far easier to navigate on your phone or tablet.

There are too many changes to list, but we've made sure to keep the important elements the same as before. Forum functionality has not changed, and the other pages should be just as easy to navigate as before. With that being said, there may be some bugs as with any new update, so please let us know if you run into any.

We will slowly also be updating to use our new logo in certain areas (Discord, game client, etc) in the near future.

Big thanks to @Slyther, the talented designer who I've worked with the past few weeks to bring this design to life. He also designed our first website, and has come a long way since then.

We hope you guys are pleased with the new design, and we'd love to hear your feedback on it!

Best Regards,

Omicron

Hey guys,

We are back with another week of promotions. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Also, be sure to check out this months vote competition here: https://www.alora.io...-december-16th/


Promotions:
IM Moe has been promoted to Event Manager.
Paddewwa has been promoted to Server Moderator.
Fiji Drip has been promoted to Server Moderator.
Morgen has returned to the team as Server Moderator.
maximum gim has been promoted to Server Support.
Real Try has been promoted to Server Support.

Secondary ranks/Name Changes:

Fiji Drip has added a secondary rank to Dead Fiji.

elite yin has added a secondary rank to ult raider.
Death Kid has changed his name to A.

 

Lowkey
Alora Administration Team

Hello everyone,

We're rolling into the Holiday season with many new updates, ranging from bug fixes to QOL and brand new content! Some long-awaited content such as the Zulrah death box has been added, and some recent suggestions such as matching the Realism PvP point shop to the normal one (with a few small changes). We've also included a ton of bug fixes and QOL, but we'll let you check that out for yourselves:

• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a long-standing bug that caused HCIM to lose all of statuses other than Ironman when they died.
  • Tzhaar city lava forges now function as furnaces.
  • The amulet of bounty now only works on Allotments/Herb patches.
  • Auto-cast spell saving no longer works if a player is in combat with another player.
    • This includes non-wilderness situations such as castle wars, LMS, etc…
  • Fixed a bug that caused players to no-clip if they went up gnome stronghold ladders from the wrong side.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed players to solve multiple clue steps of different difficulties by doing the same step over and over.
  • Fixed an issue where you would be told you can’t reach the arial fishing spot if your cormorant was already flying.
  • The entrance to the ogre enclave from the ogre city now functions properly.
  • Items with negative weight bonuses will no longer reduce overall weight if they are not equipped.
  • Fixed an issue where players could not deposit the rune shield h(4) and h(5) into their POH treasure chests.
  • Fixed a bug which caused Name changes to bug accounts if they typed in a username with more than 1 space between characters.
  • Fixed an item drop bug with Ironman accounts.
  • Log balance / Tight rope bug fix:
    • It was previously possible to get stuck on log balances if you clicked to pick up an item while crossing.
    • This bug primarily affect the Tightrope in Chambers of Xeric, where it is detrimental to get stuck.
  • Fixed Elysian spirit shield (or) placeholder:
    • The ornamented spirit shield (divine) would show up as a Magic sapling placeholder when you withdrew it from your bank. This will no longer occur.
  • Fixed knives/ammo not stacking when thrown by Ironman or Realism mode players.
  • Fixed an Ironman loot bug with degradable equipment dropping in PvP (eg. PvP armour).
  • Pet metamorphosis bug fixed:
    • A bug which caused your morphed pet to revert to the main pet when you log out has been fixed.
      • For example, if you had the ToB pet and morphed it to the Lil' Maiden but logged out, it would be Lil' Zik again upon logging in.
  • Fixed double smithing bug:
    • You'll no longer be able to smith 2 items in one tick.
  • Fixed Herblore double-potion creation bug:
    • A bug which allowed you to quickly spam create options without waiting the 2 ticks per potion has been fixed.
• Theatre of Blood changes:
  • Pet changes:
    • Xarpus' size has been increased to match other pets.
    • Maiden's size has been increased to match other pets.
  • Loot changes:
    • The chance of obtaining Metamorphic dust has been significantly increased (30%) due to only 1 player obtaining it in the past 12 days.
• Skotizo drop changes:
  • The non-wilderness version of Skotizo (spawned in Catacombs) will now drop a Hard clue scroll 100% of the time.
• Scroll of redirection:
  • The scroll of redirection can now be purchased from the Vote shop for 4 Vote points.
  • The scroll allows you to change the next destination of the Home teleport tablet to any PoH portal, with the following locations to choose from, depending on your Construction level:
    • Rimmington
    • Taverley (10)
    • Pollivneach (20)
    • Hosidius (25)
    • Rellekka (30)
    • Brimhaven (40)
    • Yanille (50)
    • Prifddinas (must have access based on quests/skill level)
  • The scroll is not reusable, and you will need to purchase more of them to set more than one teleport.
  • After teleporting to this location, the next teleport tablet will go to your default location (which is either your house, or your home-town location (usually Edgeville)).
  • Using the right-click option to select between your House or Edgeville will also remove the effect of the Scroll of redirection.
• POH Portal Addition:
  • The Player-owned House portal in Prifddinas is now functional.
• Experience drop stacking:
  • XP drops will no longer be sent multiple times for multi-combat attacks, and rather will all be sent together.
    • For example, if you use Ice barrage to hit 5 different monsters, previously 10 different XP drops would be sent (2 for each monster). Instead, it will now add up all of the Magic/HP additions and send it all in 2 XP drops.
  • Affected combat methods:
    • All multi-combat spells
    • Chinchompa ranging
• Quality of Life:
  • 300 Empty vial packs have been added to Trader Stan’s Trading Post for 1050 coins each.
  • Name change tickets can now be transferred to other accounts of all game modes.
    • To do so, just use the name change ticket on another player, and players will be prompted with an option to transfer the ticket.
  • Players can now use items on the treasure chests in their POH to add deposit them if they don’t already have the item/set stored.
  • Added a tool leprechaun to the Trollheim farming patch.
  • Added a tool leprechaun to the Hosidius farming patch.
  • Item overlay changes:
    • More than 1 item overlay filter can now be added/removed at a time.
      • To do so, just type in the items you wish to add/remove from the filter separated by a comma.
  • Players can now exchange coins/platinum tokens by using them on the Trading Post.
• Realism PvP shop:
  • The Realism PvP shop has been overhauled, and now contains similar items to the normal PvP shop.
    • There are 2 key differences in the Realism PvP shop.
      • The prices are all 30% higher than the normal PvP shop.
      • Pegasian, Primordial, and Eternal boots have been removed from the Realism PvP shop.
• Lizardman shaman changes:
  • Lizardman shamans will no longer use the jump attack if there is an obstruction near the player.
  • Lizardman shaman spawns will now stop moving for 2 ticks before exploding.
  • Lizardman shaman spawns shamans now cover a 2-tile radius instead of 1-tile radius when they explode.
  • Lizardman shaman spawns will now last 1 tick longer to give players slightly more time to react.
• Zulrah Death Box:
  • Players who die at Zulrah will now lose their items when they die.
    • These items are not permanently lost, and can be re-claimed by speaking to Priestess Zul-gwenwynig.
      • A fee of 100k must be paid to reclaim your items.
        • This fee is omitted for Immortal donators.
  • NOTE: If a player does again before they claim the items in their death box(a dangerous death, or another death at Zulrah), then their items being held by the priestess will be permanently lost.
• Farming timer changes:
  • A little while back we polled a change that would make farming timers 1/4 as long as they are in OSRS, which has now been implemented.
    • All farming timers have been effectively doubled in length.
• Slayer reward shop additions:
  • Loop half of key:
    • Costs 75 slayer points.
  • Tooth half of key:
    • Costs 75 slayer points.
• The Falador patch teleport has been removed from the farmer's blessing.
  • This was an oversight and shouldn’t have been added, since it renders the explorer’s ring useless to players who have both items.
• H.A.M Hideout:
  • Players can now access the H.A.M Hideout.
    • It can be accessed by going through the trapdoor near the Lumbridge farming patch.
  • H.A.M pickpocketing:
    • H.A.M member(male):
      • Requires level 20 thieving to pickpocket, and provides 22 base experience.
    • H.A.M member(female):
      • Requires level 15 thieving to pickpocket, and provides 18 base experience.
    • Rewards:
      • The rewards are the same for both the male and female H.A.M members, and the full list can be found here: https://oldschoolrunescape.fandom.com/wiki/H.A.M._Member
      • One of the main purposes of the HAM Hideout was to be able to provide non-donators with access to a supply of topaz/jade/opal.
        • For this reason, we’ve added uncut topaz to the reward table for H.A.M members(these are not on the list provided in the link).
• Zahur potion decanting changes:
  • We’ve added the option for players to decant their potions into various sizes through Zahur.
    • This feature, as before, is a donator+ only feature.
  • Due to the nature of these changes, we now require that players have the necessary amount of empty vials to decant their potions into lower doses.
    • We also now reimburse the empty vials from decanting potions into higher doses.
  • Decanting potions to 1, 2, and 3 doses only works for noted potions.
    • Un-noted potions can still be decanted into 4-dose potions.
• Lizardman temple:
  • Players can now access the Lizardman temple under Molch.
  • The temple is a multi-zone, and contains 3 separate rooms, each with 2 Lizardman shamans inside of them.
    • There are mystical barriers the player must pass through to access them, and these barriers deal damage if players pass through them too frequently.
  • The temple also contains the stone chest, which requires 64 thieving to picklock, and provides 280 base exp upon successfully doing so.
    • The chance to picklock the stone chest increases by 10% if the player has a lock pick in their inventory.
    • The possible rewards from the chest can be found through the link below:
      • https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Stone_chest
    • There is a small chance upon failing to picklock the chest that the player will be teleported out of the temple, back above ground.
  •  
• Xerician robe crafting:
  • Players can now craft Xerician robes by using a needle and thread on Xerician fabrics.
    • Xerician hat: Requires 14 crafting and 3 Xerician fabric, and provides 66 base crafting experience.
    • Xerician robe: Requires 17 crafting and 4 Xerician fabric, and provides 88 base crafting experience.
    • Xerician top: Requires 22 crafting and 5 Xerician fabric, and provides 110 base crafting experience.
• Sound effect additions:
  • Sound effects for the following actions have been added:
    • Mixing potions for herblore
    • Sacrificing bones on the altar for prayer exp
    • Smelting bars
    • Cannonball smithing
    • Crafting jewelry
    • Fully chopping down a tree
    • Eating Dwarven rock cakes
    • Digging with a spade
    • Modern spell book teleports
    • Ancient spell book teleports
    • Potion timers running out (stamina, anti-fire, super anti-fire)
    • Cleaning herbs
    • Pickpocket success
    • Pickpocket failure

Forum updates:

• Previously, if you tagged a username that was less than 3 characters (Eg. @22), it would not highlight the name and tag the user.
  • Additionally, if you manually typed out @22, it would highlight the name but never send them a notification.
    • Both of these issues have been fixed and tags will now work properly for both 1 and 2 character usernames.

We hope you enjoy this update :) Please report any bugs that you encounter immediately.

Regards,

Omicron & Chad

Pm me if you want to be more efficient, this is the fastest anyone's ever comped I believe.

Hello everyone, thanks for taking the time to vote on the community awards, here are the results.

The Signatures will be added once Dumbshit finishes them up!

Hello everyone!

As most of you can tell, today we lost 3 very talented Administrators. The staff team wishes them nothing but the best in the future and thank them all for their countless hours into Alora and the Staff Team.

This also opens up some positions for those of you who would be interested in being part of our staff team, so don't hesitate to submit an application if you feel that you'd be a good addition! Apply here: https://www.alora.io...f-applications/

With that being said, we have a few promotions this week as well. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Promotions:
22 aka Kaamea has been promoted to Administrator.
Mhc has been promoted to Administrator.
sycamore aka Sassafras has returned to the team as Global Moderator.
Jisoo has been promoted to Forum Moderator.
elite yin has been promoted to Server Support.

Secondary ranks:
IM Moe has added a secondary rank to Moe.
Jisoo has added a secondary rank to Edelgard.
EIM Zarox has added a secondary rank to GIM Zarox.
J boogs has added a secondary rank to Not boogs.
Death Kid has added a secondary rank to gim deathkid

Resignations:
Mack has resigned from his Administrator rank. More info can be found here: https://www.alora.io...my-resignation/
Kharyrll has resigned from his Administrator rank. More info can be found here: https://www.alora.io...my-resignation/
Draisaitl has resigned from his Administrator rank. More info can be found here:  https://www.alora.io...my-resignation/


Lowkey

Alora Administration Team.