Beta 10.0 already features a great many improvements over the current public beta, including a new rendering system that's free of the graphical pop-up that sometimes occurs in beta 9.0. Beta 10.0 also features far more flexible perspective controls that let players freely rotate and pan the camera, and also zoom it back far enough to see entire zones at once (which can be extremely helpful if you're lost). What's more, the alternate beta features a great deal of extra art and graphics, including more items, weapons, and armor. The alternate beta also features all-new scenery, including environmental objects like trees, bushes, and grass. Public beta testers have already seen that areas like the Omni-1 forest seem practically empty; we saw a much more fully-fleshed out version of the same area that was practically unrecognizable, as it was heavily populated with polygonal trees and foliage.

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