Project Zanaris
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| Type | Update |
| Videos | 1 (first 2024-12-29, latest 2024-12-29) |
| Main source | Is This Good For Runescape? - Project Zanaris - OSRS |
Project Zanaris is an update topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2024-12-29. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.
Stats and numbers
- A roughly two-hour Discord stage Q&A about Project Zanaris mostly consisted of 'can you do this' and 'hopefully yes', and that Jagex mentioned no scripting, modding or custom content, only features they can implement.1
Gnomonkey's opinion
- Gnomonkey says the servers need some form of monetization to survive long term and that completely disallowing it would not work, and he is unsure whether 'no pay to win' means no monetization at all.2
Events
- The Project Zanaris news post and its Reddit thread were met with mostly negative feedback, with the Reddit post in negative karma, and he describes his own position as neutral.3
- Project Zanaris is Jagex's planned system letting players create and customise their own Old School RuneScape worlds as paid private servers that hosts pay for and other members can join.4
- As of the December 2024 update, Jagex's team was working on the groundwork of basic parameters so hosts can mess around with settings on a private server.4
- Jagex sent a feedback form asking what one parameter players would want at launch, asking people not to include XP multipliers, drop rate modifiers or custom content like quests, bosses or NPCs.5
- Jagex stated in the December update that it was not ready to discuss monetization, including server costs, and that it would not allow pay to win or features breaking the rules of RuneScape.2
- Jagex said in the update that one of its biggest priorities is parameters, that some parameters reconfigure numbers or redirect code while others need engine or game systems updates, and that choosing which parameters to include first is one of the team's biggest next steps.6
- Jagex said Project Zanaris tinkering will not directly affect main game content but could provide benefits to systems and tech; Gnomonkey considers that a huge missed opportunity.6
- Jagex said that custom content such as brand new bosses, areas or editing core systems is its highest aspiration but it cannot yet say how it would proceed, with its immediate focus on parameters.7
- Jagex said Project Zanaris worlds will not be hosted in the same areas as Old School worlds and will not allow any interaction with the main game, and that an idea touched on previously is under investigation and not guaranteed.8
Revision history
| Date | Video | Change |
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| 2024-12-29 | Is This Good For Runescape? - Project Zanaris - OSRS | Page created: 11 statements (event, opinion, stat) |
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Category: Updates