August 31, 2004
Montreal Mini-Mysterium
Ri'Huai wrote to The Lyst: "Shorah all!
"This september a number of fans plan to have a mini mysterium in Montreal to visit each other, experience what Montreal has to offer and visit Ubi HQ! Come and join the fun!"
Date: September Friday the 24th - Monday 27th 2004, Lodging: The Hi-Montreal Hostel
http://www.mystobsession.com/mmmm/lodging.html
Montreal Mini Mysterium Official Site: http://www.mystobsession.com/mmmm/
Thread: Mini Montreal Mysterium Meet http://www.uruobsession.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=69&t=13119
Thread: Cheap fun in Montreal http://www.uruobsession.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=69&t=13277
Thread: Quick head count for the MMMM http://www.uruobsession.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=69&t=13279
"See you all in the largest francophone city in North America!"

Complete Chronicles is GCM Editor's Choice
Great review, by Mark Smith: "Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles is a spectacular adventure, and while I was sad to see the online component fail before I even got to login I am glad to see that Cyan came through and delivered some substantial content that not only enhances the original adventure, but completes the saga.
"If you are a Myst fan or just looking for an amazing adventure then purchasing and playing Uru is a no-brainer. Uru fleshes out the history of Myst and provides volumes of interesting details about the world of D’Ni while testing your powers of observation and logic. You’ll be captivated from beginning to end."



August 30, 2004
New Puzzle From Revelationist
And it's a doozy: "Week Four: Back Where it All Began..." It's a walk through the original Myst, with letters hidden throughout. So, far, 15 letters have been found but no one in the forum is saying what the solution is. Check back for details!



Introducing the D'Olympics From the D'LA
LaReh posted: "BIG NEWS! The D'ni League of Activities (D'LA) who were just getting off the ground when Uru Live ended, are gearing up back into action in a big way with the newly planned D'Olympics to be held on the DLA shard next month. Sh'aeri met me in Ae'Gura tonight and outlined her requests for participation.
"She's asking for the various shard groups to each send a group to compete in the various events, which you can read about here. She's also asked for players who won't be "athletically-competing" to participate as Judges, Ambassadors, etc.
"So what do you all think? She's trying to schedule this for the weekend beginning Friday September 10th so we need to get organized quickly. I'd like to schedule a meeting for all interested parties in the Greeter Live Chat room on Wed night September 1st at 8 pm ET. It sounds very exciting and could be the start of some great future inter-shard events." Post your thoughts here.



August 28, 2004
Myst T-Shirt and Riven Mouse Pad on eBay
These are great and at decent prices! Get 'em while you can!: Riven Mouse Pad and Myst T-Shirt.



Nineteen Images From Revelationist
In a thread titled "Looks Like the Start of Something Big..." Revelationist today posted the nineteenth image. Here's Revelationist's site: http://revelationist.com, and Zane's grid: Zane_Black's Album.



August 27, 2004
Put In Your Vote for Myst News
There's a poll being done at MystWorlds asking "Where do you get your Myst news?" and Myst News isn't doing very well! Show that you support this site by voting for it! Thanks!



Winners Announced in Futo's Italian Vacation Wager
futo posted: "This thread is to allow winners of Futo's Italian Vacation Puzzles to collect their winnings.
These are the only people allowed to participate, though you can feel free to comment.
All those involved please send me your avatar for your winnings now. It should be dressed and in the positon you want. It also should be taken in the pose and in the angle which would be appropriate for your picture. Please take a high resolution screen shot and post it here. The faster you get these too me, the faster I can complete them for you. Special requests are allowed if you want me to image manipulate your avatar in a certain way. There is not much I can't do."


Check Out "Path of the Panels" a Web Comic by PlantPerson
Goldah posted: "As many of you may know, Plantperson has been creating fun and whimsical comics based on Uru and at times our UO/MO members. Plantperson is changing web locations for this comic, you can now find them here: The Path of The Panels."



Future Monthly Guild of Greeters Gatherings to be Held in Cavern
LaReh posted: "Shorah. As a direct result of Until Uru's inception, all future Gatherings will be now relocated to the D'ni Cavern. GoG member Erandel will be coordinating various events, competitions, and fun-filled activities which will now take the place of the former Live Chat monthly Gatherings. The Live Chat Gatherings were created as a stop-gap replacement for meeting in Uru Live, and now will be superceded and replaced by actual scheduled events in Until Uru. Watch for notices from Erandel and/or myself in the GoG forums concerning the dates and times of these activities.



Revelationist Finishes Week Three's Puzzles (and Promises More)
Revelationist posted: "Final puzzle for this week: Find It! Enjoy! (The usual, 1st ten get a point, yaddayadda...)" Following that link takes you to a page from Tomahna. Clicking in a certain spot takes you here:

Later in the day, this appeared: "Ok! We have ten winners! Two of you had all five, four each had four and three points! Winners should have mail. Thanks to all! BTW-Next week will be a real killer."
Stedmister posted the image, as it should look:




August 26, 2004
And Another Puzzle!
Revelationist posted: "Easy one today: First ten to send an e-mail to bobogoobo@aol.com identifying everyone gets a point. Who Are These People?" The link goes to page of photos of various folks involved in Myst IV. Once it was apparent that the contest was over, mrm3fan posted the answers:
1. Genevieve Lord (Producer of Myst 4 Team, might possibly taken during Paris trip)
2. David Laquerre (Game Designer of Myst 4 Team, taken during E3 2004)
3. Patrick Fortier (Creative Director of Myst 4 Team, taken during Paris trip)
4. Khatie Postma (Community Manager of Ubisoft Myst Community, taken during Paris trip)
5. Jack Wall (Composer of Myst 4 soundtrack and other Myst titles, taken during Paris trip)
6. Patrick Fortier (possibly taken during Paris trip)
7. Jack Wall (possibly taken during Paris trip)
8. Patrick Fortier (taken during Ubisoft Presentation at Mysterium 2004)
9. Mary De Marle (Writer-Designer for Myst 4 Team, was also writer for Myst3, taken during E3 2004)
10. Pascal Blanche & Khatie Postma (Pascal is the Art Director for Myst 4 Team, taken during E3 2004)
11. Mary De Marle (taken during E3 2004)
12. Jack Wall, Mary De Marle , Khatie Postma (taken during Paris trip)."



Update to Revelationist's Puzzles
Revelationist posted: "Thanks to all for a great day! All ten winners have been determined. See you tomorrow!" Natika posted the correct answers:
1. A-Tomahna, B-Tomahna, C-Tomahna, D-Serenia, E-Haven
2. A-Tomahna, B-Haven, C-Tomahna, D-Serenia, E-Tomahna
3. A-Serenia, B-Tomahna, C-Tomahna, D-Haven, E-Haven
4. A-Serenia, B-Tomahna, C-Serinia, D-Serenia, E-Haven
Plus a new puzzle: Who Are These People?
Update to Looks Like the Start of Something Big...puzzle: There are now 16 images; all have been posted to Revelationist main page and there are several people creating grids, most notably Zane_Black.



August 25, 2004
New Puzzle From Revelationist
Here's the latest and it looks like fun:
"Correctly match the images to the age they belong to and send your answers to bobogoobo@aol.com
One entry per person (which means get it right the first time)."

The columns are labelled A-E and the rows 1-4.



August 24, 2004
Golden KI Round 4 Reminder
Alahmnat posted: "Remember, the Golden KI competition is running again after a brief downtime. Entries are due by the end of the day on Sunday, so get snapping! You can enter the competition after reading the rules here.
"Unfortunately, due to abuses in the past, we will no longer be allowing guests to enter or vote. This may change in the future, though, when I have time to implement a better entry/voting setup."



The Bahro: Photographed!
Gadren found (using PRPExplorer) the images used in the end scene of Uru. Here's the link to the images: The Bahro: Photographed!



Help Design a Logo for COBBS and H'Uru
LiquorCooChee has started a contest: "I would like to have a contest. I need people to design the following:
1.- A COBBS logo
2.- A H'uru logo
3.- A slogan or catchy phrase about COBBS or H'uru
Post your entries here in this thread.
"Next week I will take all the entries and create a poll. There will be three(3) winners, one for each of the above categories. The winners will be given the honors of public recognition, and have their avatar changed to one of the following on my shard. Zandi, Kodama, DrWatson, Victor, Sutherland, Engberg, Yeesha Glowing or Yeesha Not Glowing "



Myst IV at PAX
From GreyDragon: "As it looks now our graphics programmer Bob is going to be on a panel for Saturday. I wish I could make it, but I am only going to be able to go Sunday. Myst 4 Revelation will be showed at the expo along with some other Ubisoft games. You?ll probably see me at all the panel discussions on Sunday. Anyways maybe I?ll see ya there."

Click here to get more info on PAX.

And PennyArcade had a few things to say: " I might not be writing about Myst IV at all if, after completing the demo, something hadn't caught my eye. You know as well as I do that after one finishes the demo for a retail product, they are invariably buffeted by a series of advertisements that must be got through if one is to regain control of their machine. I am so used to disregarding information of this sort that each page of these presentations registers to my conscious mind as white light. Some piece of relevant data had apparently crept into that region, though - so I reloaded the game and quit it again just to see. True enough, Myst IV is being released only on DVD. To which I say, thank God."



More of inki's Avatar Portraits
We've added six more portraits to inki's Uru Avatar Portrait Gallery. We're now up to 58 portraits! Keep 'em coming, inki! And thanks to Eleri for her continuing help making the buttons.



Day Two of Revelationist's Week Three Puzzle
This appeared today: "Week Three, Day Two. The first ten who e-mail bobogoobo@aol.com with all of the correct answers receive a point. Again, one try per person - get it right the first time! Wrong?"
Here's the image that appears on that page:




August 23, 2004
We Now Have 14 Images From Revelationist
Since the last update, four more images have appeared, bringing the total to 14. To help follow the progress, Zane_Black04 has posted a grid. Thanks, Zane."

Word From a Former Cyantist, Steve Ogden
There were a few queries about "How's Og?" on The Lyst, so Jim Stephenson passed them along to Steve. (For those not familiar with Steve, he was until recently Lead Artist at Cyan.) Here's Steve's reply:
"Wow, it's nice that you people all remember me! I left Cyan about 18 months ago, and in this business, that's an eternity.
"It's been so long, in fact, that the first game I was hired to work on at Firaxis is nearing release - Sid Meier's Pirates! is a fun game, and has been looking better and better. It's awash in that Carribbean loveliness... white sands, aqua waters... and it's Sid's World. The Men are Men, the Women are Beautiful, and the Games are Fun. Arrr, matey, live the life. There is a very talented art team here, and I'm very proud to have been a part of it.
"The crunch... the guys are working some insane hours, no doubt. Fortunately for me, I've been moved off of Pirates in its final weeks and placed in charge of the art team for Civilization IV.
"In my spare time (there's always something, isn't there?) I've resumed working on something I've had in the back of my mind for a long time. I'm not sure if it's a book or a movie right now, I'm just having fun writing it. But it has a lot in it that the Myst community would enjoy -- a mysterious world full of interesting characters and intrigue, and fancy otherworldly gadgets that are capable of... who knows what? :)
"If any of you is interested, you should keep an eye on www.lunaentertainment.com and maybe I'll put up some information when it's a little farther along.
"But all in all, it's fantastic to be back here in Maryland. We have a nice home overlooking a farm in Maryland's Hunt Country. The kids are doing well (Lacrosse in the Spring, Soccer in the Fall...) and it's wonderful to be back near family.
"That said, I keep in touch with several of my friends who are still at Cyan, and I miss them terribly. Sometimes I'm even tempted to move back there, but I think I'm done with the TransContinental Moves now. We moved 4 times in 5 years, two of them cross-country, and that's enough. Time for this Hobbit to set down his pack, lie back in the green fields of Home and think about the Journey, (or There and Back Again...)
Thanks for asking about me.
Steve Ogden ("Og")"



Week 3 From Revelationist
This appeared this morning: "This week brings a new challenge. It's all about images; fixing them or just simply recognizing them. The first ten to send in the correct image/answer, each day, will get a point.
At the end of the week, the ten with the most points will receive a Myst IV T-Shirt. Here's the first puzzle: Come on in! Oh, and by the way, one submission per person, per puzzle. Get it right the first time! (And only those who have not won in the last two weeks can play)."
This leads to a page, that when clicked in the right place, gives this page:


This is a screen capture I've made; the page is actually a webpage, comprising 36 images. It sounds like this is just the first of several this week. Can you unscramble the image?



August 22, 2004
Dan'ni Visits Leipzig
And it sounds like he had a great time! He got to run the demo for Genevieve, as well as seeing the other game presentations. Here's the thread from MO: "Myst IV at Game Convention in Leipzig." Included in the report are links to images of the game and a linking panel to an area of the game not seen before.



August 21, 2004
Getting the Word Out About UU
inki posted: "Many of those that were in Live, or knew about it, may not know about about UU. I am going to start an email campaign to inform them. I will begin with the list of members here on UO forum. If anyone would like to help by taking one of the letters from the alphabet from the list, let me know so we get to everyone , but don't duplicate. If anyone here is also active on other forums, perhaps you could start one there too."
Several people have volunteered, including SuperGram, ipheon, Kathryn, Deius and Derrie. They've divided up the list of UO members (and there are quite a few) to send the word. If you'd like to help, join in here. Great idea, inki!



Sounds of D’ni Cavern
Soren Laulainen has created a wonderful soundscape. I'll let him describe it:
"Welcome to a subterranean cavern known as D'ni.
"Listen. You are hearing the distant voices of a thousand people, miles away, across the great lake within the cavern. They are all conversing, barely distinguishable. Listen more. The restoration is under way. Rocks slide, hammers drop, air guns fire. The earth moves. Let's move closer... Listening through the door... What are they doing? Listen. A generator. A button pressed. A voice. Answers...
"Caverns, dripping water, the lake... An explosion. Let's take a respectful step back from it. A life lost. A tragedy. Yet life carried on. Listen. A neighborhood. A game. A creature released into the cavern.
"Restoration was cancelled. The end was nearing. The commotion grew. Final goodbyes. The cavern flooded with sorrowful anticipation. Thousands who returned before leaving.
"And then the voices died. Silence overtook the cavern. The creatures left alone now. Stillness. They left the ventilation fans running, at least.
"After a time, people slowly came back down one by one. And all that was left was the pain of memory. The vitality and spirit of the living cavern... but it may grow again in time."

Revelationist's Week Two Puzzle is Complete!

	Read as follows: 1st letter, then last, then 2nd, then 2nd from last, etc. Then move letters up one space, ie, A=B, etc. This produces: first ten to e-mail bobogoobo@aol.com with "iwantmusic" in the subject line will win the prize! Turns out the prize is the soundtrack to Myst IV Revelation. Congratulations to the 10 winners!

There Will Be No "Longer" Demo of Myst IV
From Jürg at MYSTerium.ch: "It was mentioned earlier that the larger E3 demo would be hosted on the official Myst IV site later in August. However, the demo is now posted and it's the same one as already seen at Gamespot, Macwelt, etc. There's the rumour going around that because this shorter demo is newer, it's improved over the longer one, and therefore the devs won't show us an older piece of technology."



A Clue From Revelationist
jetuserX noticed this in the source code of Revelationist's main page: "<!-- Quick clue- we're about a third of the way there. -->" With ten images released, sounds like there are about thirty all together.



Interesting Discovery in Ae'Gura
M'buhir posted: "Earlier this evening I spent a great deal of time down at the Ferry Terminal in Ae'Gura. After a lot of digging, kicking, jumping, and sighing, I nearly gave up looking for the words written in the rock.

To recap the image name/hidden letter combo: 4X, 26D, 16Z, 28M, 9J, 7G, 21E, 20D, 12Q and today's image, 10L.



Another Until Uru Server Release
From chip: "This Server Release is a quick update from the 0.38.9 release from a few days ago. Changes from 0.38.9:
All Servers: NetCore Logging Enabled by Default
All Servers: Enable all HTTP Operations. You will not want to allow Public Access to the Server's HTTP Ports. Please correctly set your Firewalls up!
All Servers: New Global Configuration Var, 'StatusLogMask'. This is a Bitmask that sets which log types are written to your disk.
kStatusLogShowNone = 2
kStatusLogShowAppMsg = 4
kStatusLogShowErrorMsg = 8
kStatusLogShowWarningMsg = 16
kStatusLogShowDebugMsg = 32
The default is kStatusLogShowAppMsg(4) + kStatusLogShowErrorMsg(8) + kStatusLogShowWarningMsg(16) + kStatusLogShowDebugMsg(32) = 60. This default will give you the same level of logging that was present in 0.38.8. To disable all logging, set StatusLogMask=2. The value in the configuration file must be in Decimal.
AuthServer: Small fix for Server Status Support
0.38.10 is available from our download page now."



Guild of Greeters Has a New Until Uru Server
Tijara wrote: "We are pleased to announce that the new server is online. For those that are interested and understand the lingo, we now have... 100mb handoff with 10m/s burstable. I know it's double dutch to me, too, but I am assured it's awesome. The UU shard is now running from this new server, the website and forum will be moved over soon. Thank you all for your support, patience and donations."



Four Days, Four Clues
Revelationist has now left four images (resized for viewing here) in the MystWorlds Forum:

From the way the coded lines are staggered, the code lines up like this:

Presumably, the fifth image will "fill in the blanks."



Tay Visits Revelation Team
From MystWorlds: "Earlier this week, AVID Myst fan Melissa "Tay" Goss was invited to visit the Ubisoft Montreal office and spend some time with the Myst IV Revelation Development Team. As you read her report, you can feel the excitement she had meeting the team, discovering Ubisoft and most of all, exploring Revelation!" Read her journal here.




Preview of Myst IV at IGN.com
Myst IV: Revelation Hands-On. Good article, new images, lots of spoilers. Here are a few comments: "Revelation has been under in-house development at Ubisoft Montreal virtually since the previous installment was released, and the fruits of their labor are looking damn tasty.
"Fans of the series, rest assured, because Revelation retains the same ambience you've come to know and (hopefully) love. From the art style of the expansive, fantastical environments to the familiar characters and story arc, Revelation looks like a true heir to the throne-- while introducing a much higher level and amount of visual and sound quality." Thanks to briley for finding this.



August 18, 2004
GameRankings Previews Myst
Featured preview by Russell Frushtick, contributing editor. Here are a few comments:
"For Myst fans, Revelation returns to the traditional style that we last saw in Myst III: Exile. Gone is the 3rd person camera, real-time 3D environments and online play. Instead, the forgotten art of prerendered backgrounds returns in full force. Now, I know that everyone is "all about" real-time 3D these days, but for a game like Myst, the return to prerendered is a good one. See, as good as graphics are these days, modeled polygons will never look as good as the "painted on" stuff, since your processor doesn't have to, well, process it all. The end result is that you're able to explore environments that are just as detailed (if not more so) than some Hollywood special effects jobs...and all without a top-of-the-line PC! I can tell you that the locales you'll be visiting in Myst 4 easily top anything we've seen thus far, as they're filled with indigenous wildlife, swaying plants, rippling water, and god knows how many other minute details.
"The adventure genre is dead? Balderdash! When Myst 4: Revelation hits later this year, folks will be clamoring to get back into the world of impossible puzzles and weird creatures."



Patch Available for PotS/CC "Until Uru" Users
Posted by chip: "A patch for owners of Uru: Complete Chronicles is now available from our downloads page. It is important to note that this patch will make Uru: Complete Chronicles unplayable, and that no content added in Uru: Complete Chronicles is available in Untìl Uru. Have fun, and I will see you in D'ni! -chip."
Check out the download page.



Library Updates at UruObsession
Dan'ni wrote: "Since URU Online is back we've uploaded all of the online content back to the Library. New Until URU pages feature the following:
D'NI - BEVIN: New Journals added!
GAHREESEN: The Wall Journal and Manual added!
D'NI - REZEERO: New Journal and GZM and CGZM Marker Guides added!"



Updated Forum at MystWorlds
In response to requests, the forum "Uru - The Journey Continues" has been updated to "Uru - The Journey Continues - "Until Uru." Keep in mind that the moderators in this forum cannot support technical issues related to servers; this is best done at the Until Uru forum at CyanWorlds.



Myst IV Mugs Available at French Ubi Store
But they're expensive: 29,99 € plus shipping. Anyway, it's worth a look: Mugs Collector. Thanks to kakarotto2k for finding this.



August 17, 2004
Updated Server Software Release at Until Uru
Chip wrote: "0.38.9 Server Release. 08/17/2004
This is a bug fix and small feature enhancement release of the Plasma Servers. Changes from the Previous Release:
- All Servers: Disabled NetCore Logging.
- VaultServer: Fixed Threading Bug that different Linux Kernels exposed. (Thanks to the GoG Shard for helping me with this one!).
- VaultServer: Server Admins can now disable Saved Game Uploads. Just set AllowSavedGameUploads=0 in the Vault_Server section of the PlasmaServers.ini.
- VaultServer: Be more paranoid on the Vault Messages that it accepts as valid.
- LookupServer: Internal Changes for SystemView Information.
- Added several new NetMessages to gather Shard Status Information. The information from these new message types will be used to create a 'Server Status' page on this website.
- Fix Compiler Warnings and Portability Issues for Darwin.
Get the new Servers right now from our download page. -chip."
Winner Announced in Golden KI Contest at DPWR
Alahmnat posted: "Congratulations to LaReh, winner of the special Path of the Shell Golden KI competition with his entry, Let There Be Light. This round's first prize, graciously provided by Ubisoft and Cyan Worlds, is a boxed copy of Myst Uru: Complete Chronicles signed by Rand Miller and everyone at Cyan Worlds.
"Congratulations, also, to the nine other finalists in the Myst Worlds voting round: Poink, Branam, AJ3389, Natika, Kestryll, Exziler, Grizz, HannaGertie, and Elkae. These finalists will also receive a boxed copy of Complete Chronicles.
"My many thanks to the finalists and everyone who participated in this round. The response was absolutely phenomenal. Normal Golden KI competition rounds will begin again next week to give everyone a chance to recover from running this past round."



And More Riddles From Revelationist
In the thread called Week Two: Grid, Revelationist posted:
"Where are you
When you hear
What you hear?
TWO"
This led Zardoz to: http://www.revelationist.com/two/amateria.jpg.





Updated Images From Revelationist
Eight images, so far. Here are the image number/hidden letter matches: 4X, 26D, 16Z, 28M, 9J, 7G, 21E and today's image, 20D. This is an interesting development, as one letter (D) has now been used twice.

August 16, 2004
Tapestry Shard Has Been Expanded
This from Eric L: "I just wanted to send out thanks to everyone who's helped out in getting the new server online. As of 3:23PM today, the new shard server went live. I may have to bounce it one more time at some point to do some load distribution, but for the most part, we're ready to rock!"
Here's how his UruVision looks (it looks very busy!):






The Latest From MystWorlds
First, a poll: "Where do you get your Myst news? Myst Worlds, Myst Community Forums, Myst Obsession, Myst News, Riven Unofficial Home Page or The Lysts?"

Second, an official recognition: "Someone named "Revelationist" has been posting little rhymes which are clues to locations of pictures around the Myst fan community. Today, Myst Worlds received a list of 10 Weekly Winners, and were informed that the 10 winners have received a Myst IV Revelation T-shirt! Congratulations to the following fans:
brilers
TheThunder55
hobbes_19
UltraCube
Dodddef
alexrivadeneira
Zane_Black04
AFGNCAAP
murrayzpc
jetuserX
"Congratulations to all the winners! 10 New winners will be selected each week for 4 weeks, at the end of which, all 40 winners will be placed into a random draw for a "Grand Prize". Good luck this week!"

While on the subject of Revelationist, the start of a new week and a new puzzle: Week Two: Grid. Here's what Revelationist has to say: "First week is over. Now it's time for something new.
What do you see
When you hear
What you hear?
ONE"
The link leads to an mp3, music from the original Myst. What does it mean?
Update: brilers found the image at http://www.revelationist.com/two/mystbook.jpg
Here it is:





Update on Revelationist's Puzzle
In addition to the contest previously mentioned, Revelationist seems to be releasing an image a day; each piece is 285x285 pixels with a letter hidden in each piece. Here are the six images released, so far:

August 15, 2004
GoG's Guild Masters Page Updated
On the Guild of Greeters site, the Guild Masters page has been updated, giving a little info about all of the participants in this great Guild. Looks terrific!



Mini-Mysterium in Montreal
Dusante posted: "This September a number of fans plan to have a mini mysterium in Montreal to visit eachother, experience what Montreal has to offer and visit Ubi HQ!
Date: September Friday the 24th - Sunday 26th 2004. Lodging: The Hi-Montreal Hostel.
Montreal Mini Mysterium Official Site. Thread: Mini Montreal Mysterium Meet. Thread: Cheap fun in Montreal.
Thread Quick head count for the MMMM.



August 14, 2004
Join the Guild of Puzzle Makers
futographer posted: "Hi Explorers!
"Since I have just finished designing about 25 puzzles in Futo's Italian Vacation Puzzle, and of course the Triple Jigsaw Puzzle and of course Sharper's Spy Room Puzzle, I have decided to start a new Guild of Puzzle Makers.
"I am presently designing the Guild Hall for the Guild of Cartographers HERE, where I am putting all of the Guilds maps, I thought I would also create a wing for the Guild of Puzzle Makers and a place to store all of my puzzles for those who will want to play them in the future.
"So if you think it might like to join the Guild of Puzzle Makers, just sign up here by requesting. Everyone will start as an apprentice. After you have created 5 puzzles, you will become a Guildsman and move up from there.
" We will need to elect a Grand Master who will take on the role of leadership. I am open to anyone else who wants to lead the guild. I plan on "building" the site and will continue to make puzzles, I just wondered if someone wanted to join me.
"Eleri has already created some puzzles and is our first member. Do you want to join us? The guild hall will be a modification of the Pyramid Puzzle in Kadish unless someone else has a better idea. All of the doors will act as rooms to place different kinds of puzzles at first as well as one for the forum and so on.
"I am always available to help out anyone who has never created a puzzle before and wants some tips on how to begin.
"Here is to an exciting and fun new guild!"



August 13, 2004
Ten Myst IV Fans Win T-Shirts
Revelationist posted the final clue:

Today's the day we call it quits, The final piece is almost here. Look to where Dusante sits, Topic named "Hear, hear! brilers, as before, found the second clue (from MO): To find it you must move quickly, But where would we have hid it? It can be found, quite easily, In the gallery made just for it. And, of course, brilers was the first to find the last piece: So, ten folks wound up with a free shirt! Good going!

UruVision Server Software Available
UruVision, which appeared a few weeks ago on the CyanWorlds Cam page, has been released on the UntilUru Downloads page. Thanks, chip!



It's Time to Support Until Uru
As demand is reaching the bursting point, several people hosting UU servers are looking to expand. Now's the time for all of us who said in February that we would gladly pay for Uru Live to put our money where our emails are! Here are just a few hosts looking for assistance:

Eric L's UruTapestry, a popular location.
Tijara's very popular Guild of Greeters.



The Latest From Revelationist
A four image appeared. Here are the four images released, so far:







Myst Reader is Now Available
Kahlis wrote to The Lyst: "I just wanted to notify everyone that the Myst Reader (A compliation of all
three books.) is now in stock at amazon.com. It was previously on pre-order only. So if you want your copy, it's now available!" Thanks, Kahlis!



Myst IV Collector's Edition Box




August 12, 2004
Path of the Shell Screensaver
Announced on the main MystWorlds site August 6th, the screensaver was actually the Myst IV screensaver that had been out for awhile. Well, the right one is there now and it's great: The Path of the Shell Screensaver. Thanks to Kevin8020 for letting me know!



Today's Revelationist Updates
A new image appeared, in the "Looks Like the Start of Something Big..." thread. Here are the three images released, so far:

Image named 4, contains the letter X	Image named 26, contains the letter D	Image named 16, contains the letter Z

As for the "Five Pieces" thread, brilers found the "hidden" image before Revelationist could leave the clues!

Here are the clues: Today, in the MystWorlds Forum: "Have you found the first three? It's not as hard as it may seem. Piece four is in the tree, Topic name is 'Yeesha's team.'" This led to The Great Tree Forum: "I'm glad you found this latest hint, I'll send you back to home once more. There you can get just a glint, Who's who on the team of four." This led to the Myst IV Revelation Production Team Profile page. On that page, there's a link in the section about Patrick Fortier: Anything else to say to the community? Your dedication & enthusiasm is a constant source of motivation for the Revelation team. brilers put them together:

Until Uru No Longer Requires a CD Key
This from Ryan Warzecha: "To quote Chip:
"The current license agreement requires you to own your own copy of Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.
"So, if you do not have (1) full CD-Rom copy of Uru Ages Beyond Myst for every single Auth Key you Purchase and use, you are in violation of the License Agreement.
"Why did we remove the CD-Key at this time?
"Mostly to make it easier on people from .au (who never got keys!), and so we can possibly make a patch for CC. Note, that this is NOT a promise there will be a patch for CC, it is just keeping our options open.
"Does this mean anyone can Pirate Uru Ages Beyond Myst?
"No. To legally use Until Uru, you must own Uru Ages Beyond Myst for every account."
Ryan."



In-Character Development for UntilUru?
A post by Tweek at MystBlogs suggests this: "An IC story is being planned and developed for the Force Elite Shard of UU; Members of The Third Path's RestorersGuild are Slowly restoring D'ni after the DRC left visiting the hoods and ages, chatting to the explorers."



Strong Review for Myst IV Revelation
From SunHerald.com, Jesse Brown writes: "Revelation has a very polished look. You can tell that a lot of time went into making and producing it. Graphically, the game is along the lines of "Myst III: Exile," where players can look around in a 360 degree manner, so it is a "real" world. Almost all of the objects in the Ages (worlds) can be manipulated in some manner, so players really have to take the time to look around and see what can be done.

"The game is geared for all types of players. The staff said they wanted to bring it to as many people as possible. The puzzles can be challenging, but certainly not impossible. There are many ways to solve them, and they leave you with a sense of accomplishment and reward when you do.

"I hope you are excited, as I know that I cannot wait for this great game to be upon us!"



August 11, 2004
Update to the Previous Something Else™ Story
As mentioned earlier, rumors are running rampant that Something Else™ will be out by Christmas. Well, leave it to RAWA to bring us to our senses: "Those of you who've been on the Lyst awhile will know that I give this little disclaimer/reminder just about every time a Myst-related article is mentioned: "Don't believe everything you read."
Stephan is not referring to Something Else here.
The only thing that fits "just finished" and "out by Christmas" is "The Path of the Shell". Maybe the author mistook Stephan's description of TPotS for a "sequel" to Uru rather than an expansion.
Something Else, to contrast, is not finished and will definitely not be out by Christmas.
Hope that helps, RAWA" Thanks to the guys at UruObsession for staying on top of this story.

Progress With Revelationist's Puzzles
More added to what seems to be two different puzzles (or could they be connected?).
Here are the first two images released:



There is a letter in each image, and each image is numbered: First shot: 4 and X, second image: 26 and D.
There is alot of speculation about the meaning of this, but no way to know until more images appear.

In the other puzzle, another clue appeared:

"When this piece is found, We'll be over half way there. Next we go to Jerle's town, The title will be 'Fair's fair.'" This led brilers to the MystCommunity Forum, where he found: "To find the third out of five, We return to the home base. If there was a pic from UruLive, What would be it's showcase?" Looking in the MystWorlds Uru Gallery, he found:

TheThunder55 put them together and got:

Something Else ™ News
As reported by EyeDE at UO: "Bill Slease has made a very interesting post on his Gigagiggles blog page:
"Ubisoft comes to visit tomorrow. They've been pushing us in a few places that needed pushing, and it's making us make Something Else better. For the upcoming milestone, we're focusing on the first 30-60 minutes of gameplay - making sure it's engaging. By the end of the month, about half the game should be through it's first pass in production (including modeling, texturing, lighting and scripting). We're moving fast, but the first 95% of a game is the easy part...it's that last 5% that'll get ya."



Reminder: Mysterigon---Oregon Mini-Mysterium Aug 13-15
This is to remind you of what K'laamas wrote to The Lyst: "I'm happy to announce the upcoming "Mysterigon", a Mini-Mysterium to be held Friday Aug 13 through Sunday August 15 in the area of the cities of Bend & Sisters, Oregon. It's nothing big, fancy, and formal like the official Mysterium--there's just a few of us Myst fans who are all going to be in central Oregon for various reasons, so we decided to get together (especially since I'm one of the many people who can't make it to Toronto :'( ). And we'd like to invite anyone who would like to attend to come :)

"Bend and Sisters are 2 towns, about 25 miles apart, in central Oregon, just east of the Cascade mountain range. Bend is named thusly because it was built on a "bend" of the Deschutes (deh-SHOOTS) river, and Sisters is named after the "Three Sisters" mountains directly to the west of it. From Portland OR, it's about 155 miles and a 3-hr drive to Sisters, and 180 miles and a 3.5 hr to Bend. From Boise ID, it's about 340 miles and a 6.5-hr drive to Sisters, and 365 miles and a 7-hr drive to Bend.

"We don't have a really structured schedule--we just want to get together with our fellow Myst-fans and have a good time as friends :) With that in mind, we do have a few ideas for things we can do in the Bend/Sisters area, which I'll put at the bottom of my post. If anyone has any suggestions for what we can do (whether you plan on attending or not ;)), don't hesitate to speak up.
"I'm gonna post this entire thing over at the Myst Community and D'ni Linguistic Fellowship Web Boards."

Myst IV Revelation Site Wins an Award
From MystWorlds: "Myst IV Revelation's new site has won the coveted Site of the Day Award from FWA, which recognizes some of the latest and best cutting edge website designs. FWA is listed as one of the World's Top Award Programs, one of the elite awards. It's a regular surfing hot-spot for leading designers, news editors and Flash masters worldwide. Congratulations to the Myst IV Revelation Site Team!"



More Until Uru Info
Not only are avatars imported from "Path of the Shell" and "To D'ni" corrupting the Until Uru servers, avatars imported from a game using Uru patch version 1.2 are, as well. Jaimie sent a note to The Lyst that covered a conversation he had with Chip, the Cyan employee helping coordinate Until Uru: "When I reinstalled ABM over the last couple days, so I could try out UU, I posted a message on Dni Guild, asking whether I should update ABM to 1.2 before I used the UU patch. Chip from Cyan Worlds replied to me and said that, NO, I should -not- use the 1.2 patch. He stated that the fixes that were implemented in the 1.2 patch are accounted for in the UU patch in some form, and that the 1.2 patch (or the Update tab in ABM) should not be used, because it might break UU." So, be sure and use an avatar from a clean install of ABM, without the patch.



August 10, 2004
More from "Revelationist"
Another riddle appeared:

"Where to go to find part two? Those who like to say 'Hi.' Once you're there, what to do? Look for topic named 'KI.'" brilers went to The Guild of Greeters to find: "We're not quite done yet, One more trip to take. Go to where two have met, Where Jenny talked to Miss Kate."

Which led him to: http://mystworlds.ubi.com/us /penguin.php

And Revelationist left another clue, this time just an image:

`Myst' and `Doom' share almost forgotten connection
From the Chicago Tribune. It's a long article that requires registration, so to save everyone the trouble of registering, I've created a page for it: `Myst' and `Doom' share almost forgotten connection.



Important Notice to Until Uru Users
This from grey dragon: "Do NOT import characters who have done any of the expansion packs. The one reason the servers are getting corrupt are people importing characters that have done some of the x packs. Because these ages don't exist in Until Uru. They equal a null value and thus break things...
Just please don't do it..GD."



edog's Uru pictures
Zardoz posted: "Eric Warman (edog) is an artist at CyanWorlds (can't remember if he has a more official title). His website (www.shagwall.com) has a "hidden" (not very) link to lots of Uru and other pictures that represent his work. With edog's blessing, here's the link: edog's portfolio. Be sure to look at the wood burning pics, they are fantastic. The cover of the Uru soundtrack is one of them."
The site is just incredible. Thanks, Zardoz!
Here are my two favorites from the site:


This is in a section with the Noloben Mudpie shot. Is this Noloben?



Lots of Updates at Guild of Greeters
Here's a summary of the changes: Updated Notebooks, How to Guides, D'ni Technology and Walkthroughs pages. Check out the site here. With the release of Until Uru, some of their resources are more useful than ever before, including the KI and Nexus Instructions and the Gahreesen Training Wall Instructions.

Another Uru Journey Cloth on eBay; and a PotS Cloth, Too
Mr Fibbles, who sold an Uru Journey Cloth earlier, has returned with another (URU: Ages Beyond Myst JOURNEY CLOTH .... !!!) and one from PotS (URU: Path of the Shell JOURNEY CLOTH .... !!!). Both have a starting bid of $39.95USD.



Puzzle Solved!
brilers (in the MystWorlds forum, briley and GallifreyLady in the MO Forum) deciphered the clue and found the image! The second part of the clue:

"To find the first piece, Think of a forum that died, Yet was given a new lease. The topic is 'I cannot hide.'" Led them to D'ni Guild Forums, where this was found: "One more place to go, Back to where we began. Where would your picture go, If you were a Myst fan?" They went to: http://mystworlds.ubi.com/us/fangallery_monday.php Because the image is named "monday" and the first clue says "There are five pieces you must locate, Some are easy, some are hard. One piece a day, early or late, The last day brings the reward." So, one a day, "reward" on Friday?

August 9, 2004
Another Puzzle?
Someone posting as Revelationist has left two curious clues at the MystWorlds Forum:
"There are five pieces you must locate,
Some are easy, some are hard.
One piece a day, early or late,
The last day brings the reward."
and
"To find the first piece,
Think of a forum that died,
Yet was given a new lease.
The topic is 'I cannot hide.'"



UruObsessions "Cavern Today!" Returns
Dan'ni posted: "Perhaps you noticed but a section of the forums called Cavern Today, which was used to summarise the events of Prologue is BACK! Now it'll be used to post summaries of events from Until URU.
SO! If you have some cool stories to tell, some great shots of your journeys and explorations with your friends POST 'EM! You know you want to! We'll be putting some of those stories to Cavern Today daily. Dan."



New Screenshots and a Preview at Gamespot
And they're only for those of you who don't mind being spoiled: Myst IV Screenshots. Of the first twenty or so, I'd say more than half have not been seen before, including great new animal shots. The preview contains many, many spoilers as well. Update: I've added the new animal shots to my Revelation Animals page.



August Guild of Greeters Gathering Will Be In-Cavern!
LaReh posted: "UPDATE - - Since the recent inception of UNTIL URU has meant a limited return to the D'ni Cavern for many explorers, the location of this month's Gathering has been changed, by popular demand, to the Guild Of Greeters Neighborhood on the GOG Shard. Same time and date, August 14th starting at 9 PM ET. Hope to see you there!"



Follow the Third Path to D'ni
Tweek posted: "The DRC have gone..for almost a year now The Third Path (Now RestorersGuild) have been working down in D'ni. Paths are now open and The Third Path has been working with an explorer called The World to bring you a path down to D'ni. The Force Elite Shard. A new stage of the restoration begins...its time to witness D'ni grow and prosper once again. Find the updates of The RestorersGuild at their Forums. Tweek."

Myst IV Demo is Out!
Thanks to Aquila for alerting The Lyst: "The Revelation Demo from Gamespot is now available for download at the URL below. The Demo is for both Mac and PC, and is 196 mb in size. You'll need to register and download the DLX plug-in, to get the file. http://dlx.gamespot.com/pc/myst4revelation/moreinfo_6104372.html
Cheers, Aquila."

August 8, 2004
Read Srikandi's Explorer's Journal
Titled "Being One Explorer's Forays along the Path" it's a great read but does contain spoilers.



Plug for 'Inkarri' in Until Uru Setup
Several folks noticed this go by during the install:




Your Vote Counts!
And your vote is needed in two places:
DPWR.net's Golden KI. Don't forget this contest is sponsored by Myst Worlds and the winner will receive a copy of Myst URU: Complete Chronicles signed by Rand Miller and the Cyan Worlds development team.
Just Adventure's Fav Adventure Developer Contest. Cyan is in the lead with 1155 votes, 37% of the total. Sierra is second with 559, or 18%.



Something Else ™ for Christmas?
This from EyeDE at UruObsession: "The Union.com has published an interesting article on Stephan Martiniere, the article talks about his recent work on I-Robot, Star Wars II, and Star Wars III.
The article then goes to make the epic statement "He just finished a sequel to "Uru" which should be out by Christmas."
Could this be Something else ™, Is this Correct? Well only time will tell."
Here's a link to Stephan's website.



August 7, 2004
The Guild of Greeters Needs Your Input on Fund-Raising
Tijara wrote: "With the advent of Untìl Uru, we desperately need to upgrade our bandwidth capabilities. Due to your generosity we have a good chunk of funds in the bank which we as yet have not used because we have been saving it all for this upgrade, but as yet do not have enough. Now that we are running Uru on the servers our need has become urgent and we would like to upgrade as soon as possible so that everyone can access the servers and fully enjoy Untìl Uru whilst still having a functioning website and forum (anyone noticed how slow
the forum is today)