Line-of-Sight Beta

Line-of-Sight Beta
Open date		15 August 2019
End date		28 August 2019
Update blog		Small Game Updates and Betas
Removal update		None

For the last 15 years, the way the algorithm calculated line-of-sight was not symmetrical, meaning that a player might be able to range/mage their target without the target having line-of-sight to range/mage back. The reason for making these changes is to have more accurate and fairer PvP and PvM challenges.

In June 2009, RuneScape released an update that changed the way line-of-sight was calculated in order to make it symmetrical. As we all know Old School was released based on a 2007 version of the game, and as such, we still have a non-symmetrical algorithm. We plan to implement the updated line-of-sight algorithm in Old School and as a result, we have opened up the beta worlds to allow you to test it .

The algorithm change could affect a number of things, including but not limited to:

• Line-of-sight minigames such as: Sorceress's Garden, Piscarilius Thieving Challenges, etc.
• NPCs attacking you and vice versa from a distance while not being blocked by scenery
• NPCs such as the Pestilent Bloat in Theatre of Blood

Please go out and explore all of Old School Runescape in the beta and provide us feedback via the channels at the end of this blog post.

Note: As usual, the Inferno is closed on these worlds, since we'd prefer not to enable free practice runs there for all players. The Inferno itself is still being adjusted to handle the line-of-sight changes, since we would prefer the update not to affect how players fight Zuk in there. However, these changes are not yet ready, and when they are, we'll need to arrange a more selective test, rather than sending in the entire community. The Last Man Standing Beta is now open again. We have made the following changes since the last beta:

Gear Changes

• Removed Occult Necklace from opening load out. This has now been placed in the offensive loot table for crates and keys.
• Starting positions of the Black D'hide top and Mystic top have been swapped.
• The number of Morgan's Javelins has been increased from 10 to 1000.

Capped Food in Inventory

Players will no longer be able to have more than 11 sharks in their inventory at any time. The same applies for having more than 2 karambwans.

Infinite Run Energy

Players will no longer have their run energy decreased inside Last Man Standing. As a result, the Stamina potion has been removed from their inventory.