"A New Light," Episode 6 of Myst Online: Uru Live to release Saturday, June 23rd through GameTap.




If this episode follows the same format as the previous episode, there will be new story content released via roleplay as the episode begins, with Er'Cana opening for explorers near the end of next week. For more information, visit the Myst Online website.

You can play Myst Online: Uru Live for free through June 27th by getting a free TapID on GameTap. You must be 13 years of age and have a broadband connection to get a TapID. As far as I can tell, the free TapID is available to international gamers.

We were just signing on to MOUL and it said Welcome to First Light--episode 6. Do you suppose it released early?

Thanks for the alert, Becky! (soooo happy!)

I don't know, L4L - I'll have to check it out - sometimes the updates take forever, so they start them ahead of schedule

They've probably released the update early to test it and to give people a chance to download the file before the big day (so not everyone is downloading at the same time on Saturday morning). But the new content won't be available until the 23rd.

I like downloading in advance -- less frustrating when you want to get right in there and see what's going on.

BTW -- if this is Episode 6, and Scars was Episode 5, what do you think Episodes 1 thorugh 4 were?

Downloading episode 6 as we speak. I think it will take at least 15 minutes.

Chief

Correction: around 13-14 minutes

Well, if anyone gets on let me know. We downloaded, but now cannot connect to MOUL. Hubby thinks it's trying to connect to the new stuff, and since it can't, it just won't let us in.

Sigh, I guess it just wasn't in the cards for us to play tonight.

L4L, by the time I started downloading and to get to Takota Alley, it took 40 minutes with all the updates.

Chief

Chief -- good point, it isn't just the initial download -- you should try to get into the city if you can because that may also have an update.

I take it you got in and in one piece tonight, Chief?

Okay....hmmmm it's been over an hour and I'm still at that "Updating" black screen with the progress bar at the bottom. When it gets to the end, it starts over again - I wonder if it's a bug and if I should abort the update and try again....(just thinking out loud )

Becky, got in OK but then decided to use a linking book to go elsewhere and it took some time also. And the scenery is very bad tonight.

If you can Renee, wait some more.

Will there be a book for this????

And I'm still looking for some craters (if the word is good) in Minkata. Only saw one.

Chief

Chief - I was able to get into the city finally (I linked into the Kadish Gallery from the brown book in my relto) - But, whoa !!! Someone call the police -

Kadish gallery has been robbed!

I think I'll just reboot and try again....

I just got in with no problem. The initial update took 12 minutes. It took a couple of minutes for the progress bar to start -- I was worried that maybe the update had crashed, but fortunately it hadn't.

Getting into the main city instance involved a 2 minute download. I was only there briefly -- something has changed, and I should have watched my step.

Chief -- which linking book did you use? (You may want to put it in a Spoiler tag, as an update in an Age implies that there's new content in that Age.)

For Er'Cana -- yes, there should be a new book, but we probably won't see it right away -- maybe later in the week is my guess.

Craters is a good description. I call them holes, but I think others call them caves. I've found four, but can't always find my way back to them.

Renee -- somebody stole all the textures! Graphics in the city didn't look different to me. May go back in and check out the gallery. And I meant to check if the Ki coordinates have been changed. That spot just to the side of the line of the Great Zero where they suddenly go wacky.

Becky, I should have said one of the books in the City that bring us back to the Nexus Room. I thought it would go faster than to run back to the Alley. It took 5 minutes to update again.

Chief

Hmmm. Odd. Usually it's speedy getting to the nexus.

Yes...mine took about 15 minutes to update while logging in.....I hope that means LOTS of new stuff to do starting Saturday!

Regarding the update while linking from your Nexus to the city, it just takes a while. Mine took almost 5 minutes with several loading bars.


I got in very early, right after the site was up again after adding the updates. We had a lot of fun "line dancing" thanks to Ravenclaw's music!

A lot of people were experiencing unusual things in the public city last night:

Some people were seeing the blue GZ light and no texture in the city, and could not see all the people either.
This was usually resolved by linking out and relinking back in. We figured it was a glitch or maybe all the updates were not loaded the first attempt.

I really only noticed one change in the city....................




CHIEF: I would be happy to help you find the other holes in Minkata. You really should get those done before the new release of Ercana. I will be online tonight, so if you see me, give me a shout!
By the way....the round brown things on Minkata are called "Scars".....since they look like scars on the land.

Scars? I think they look more like blisters.

Well, first time into the city the bridge was missing (that's why I warned about watching your step). Second time in, the bridge was back.

Textures were fine in the gallery, though the stairs in the city instance were blocked off.

Only one cone? Maybe more people can make it into the city now because they've booted the cones? (And there was war with the hordes of Cone, and the Faction of Explorers was triumphant. And lo, the Cones were exiled from the city until only one was left as a memorial to their former greatness.)

New thing to do -- possibly a spoiler.

Well, glad to hear you all got in. After hubby's virus scan finishes I'll try on his puter again, I don't feel like crashing mine again

We started trying at 7 pm last night and gave up at 9:15

ARGHGHGHGHGH!

Very nice of you UruKat about your offer to find the Scars in Minkata.
Last night after a walk in the city, I went to Minkata and found a second Scars. The first one I had found a couple of days ago, when pressing the rock, get to light up the top left circle. The second Scars lighted up the buttom right circle.
But did not remember where the first Scars was.

So I just ran around the place to come back to the rock inside the bones and cords. Well, all the bones were on the ground and I could go in and touch that rock.
I thought you had to go in all Scars and in a certain order to have access to the rock.
Now the question is: do I need to find the other Scars and after touching the rock inside the bones, what next????

Urukat,I should be there tonight to find the two missing Scars unless it is not necessary since I got the bones down????


And about the city last night, the word texture is more appropriate about what I saw or didn't saw. It was funny to see the lighted square in front of all the lights. But the bridge was there.
So, a very strange visit.

Chief

Chief --

I followed Soot around like a little puppy. I'd never ever have found those scars without him.

Thanks L4L. Will do, if I can remember where the two scars I found are. If I can see Urukat tonight at the City, I will take on her offer to find them.

Chief

I thought all those round things scattered all over Minkata were the Scars and that there are 5 caves (some call them kivas) with ladders to go down inside. With help from hints at the MOUL forum I found 2 of them, but I never got the night scenes so I think I have to do them over again.
I was busy elsewhere yesterday so never made it here or online to the game, so of course, suddenly everything is happening, like wouldn't you know it!

Yes Chief....you have to find every hole in Minkata to finish the age. There's a few other things to do in there too before you finish.
I know you are in Canada right? Don't know the difference in time zones, but I will be looking for you and would be more than glad to help!

Glad to see you UruKat. I'm trying right now to get in the city.
Have tried 2 times this afternoon and all I get is upload after upload after upload.................and then a black screen.

Why? I do not know????

If I ever get there, I beleive Virginia is in line with Montreal, so we should be at the same time, 7H15 right now.
I'm trying..........

Chief

With my book, I can get into Minkata. But from Nexus, can get the City.

Is your name Chief in Uru?
I was just on, but I have to go out for about an hour and I will be back on.
Yes, the time is the same....cool.
Keep trying...the update is very big!