Hidden Updates

[Roanlo Zolo]

This thread is to discuss or mention any found or speculated hidden updates that you may find in-game; or even on the official runescape website.

Hidden updates, are changes to the game or website which are not announced on either the front page, the patch notes thread, or the forums.

I will update this thread periodically to add any found hidden update to the following list, leaving up to three months of hidden updates available for viewing. Previous months and years of hidden updates can be seen here.
2011

February
1st:
 Mining Sounds have been updated.
Ghorrock has received a western entrance.

3rd:
Corporeal beast can now be attacked via left click.

15th:
A new task involving urns was added.
Eastern Falador has become extremely foggy.

22th:
News Threads have numbers for unread new posts.

March

1st:
Daggers, spears and mauls attack and staves defence animations have been tweaked to make them smoother.

15th:
A Fremennik warrior has been placed near the Lumbridge Sage.
A new item, the Vecna skull, has been added to the game.

28th:
The Lumbridge Home Teleport, Lunar Home Teleport and Edgeville Home Teleport spells have had their restrictions of one use per 30 minutes removed.
Fury sharks have been removed from the game.
Goblins' sound effects (attacking, dying, etc.) have been updated.

[Ben]

May 20 2010:

> If you click on the "Clan" tab while in-game you can talk in clan without using the "/" button.
> Browser heading on the home page changed from "RuneScape - The Number 1 Free Multiplayer Game" to "RuneScape - MMORPG - The No.1 Free Online Multiplayer Game". (That's only on the home page though.)

[Roanlo Zolo]

-> Tree+fruit tree saplings have a sharper look (makes them almost the same....)
->Spade as a glint of shine on it's invent pic
->Grimy Snapdragons look clearer? Idk. They look sharper to me. ANyone else get that?

[Harley]

-Inventory picture of all potions changed
-normal emotes look more smooth

[Roanlo Zolo]

-normal emotes look more smooth

Was the 2nd update this week. All skill cape emotes+normal emotes got tweened and smoothed.

[Harley]

-normal emotes look more smooth

Was the 2nd update this week. All skill cape emotes+normal emotes got tweened and smoothed.

I thought it was hidden because I don't remember reading anything about the normal emotes getting changed

[Kate]

-Inventory picture of all potions changed

Let me added on to this one.
- Items including Potions, Runes, Defenders, Jewelery, and many other's pictures have been changed.

[Harley]

- Items including Potions, Runes, Defenders, Jewelery, and many other's pictures have been changed.

Oh yeah! I should've noticed that too. Also, teletabs pics have been changed slightly.

[Roanlo Zolo]

-normal emotes look more smooth

Was the 2nd update this week. All skill cape emotes+normal emotes got tweened and smoothed.

I thought it was hidden because I don't remember reading anything about the normal emotes getting changed

All standard emotes have now been ‘tweened’ (a process that blends together existing frames of animation). This process results in much smoother animations without changing how they look.

Seems to be a lot of small invent item changes.

[Ben]

-Inventory picture of all potions changed

Let me added on to this one.
- Items including Potions, Runes, Defenders, Jewelery, and many other's pictures have been changed.

I'll add on again:

Feathers in the Inventory had a graphical update.

[Roanlo Zolo]

Hey all,

As most of you have noticed, some inventory items are looking a little “warped” and “tatty”; don’t worry, this was not a deliberate change!

Basically, the problem is that our models have been increased in size due to the resolution changes, and the compression acting on the icons to reduce their size is now acting slightly differently.

Unfortunately, there’s a little more to it than just changing a setting, so our Graphics Team will have to fix the items individually. So here’s where we would like your help to let us know about the critically damaged items.

The obvious items are:

• Teleport Tablets
• Lava Battlestaff
• Runes
• Vials/Potions
• Crystal Bow
• Partyhats

Please, don’t reply to this thread with “all of them need fixing!” as that won’t be helpful as we will be working on a priority basis.

Many thanks in advance!

Seems to be a glitch  all those invent pictures

Please post on the thread located here to help contribute to the fixing of these items.
Quick find code: 15-16-495-61034058

[Harley]

Skillcapes are now shorter D: Wonder if that's deliberate.

[Roanlo Zolo]

@ harley. Yeah people got angry at that on rs forums

There is a new Runescape Client you can download. When installed, it automatically loads the game (don't need to press 'play now'), it also has a copyright line at the bottom of the window.

[Ady]

-Dungeoneering Brutes, no longer block you from walking/running past them. (Don't know if it was hidden or not :p)

[Roanlo Zolo]

9 June 2010
Change to potions, runes (except combination/astral/essense) empty pots and charm runes. They are now more 3D like.

Legends cape now 'lays down' in your bank (imo, it looks really really bad now)