How to get the devout pelt to stick.

January 25, 2009 - 4:01pm — Seele

**UPDATED**

Hello everyone! It's 2010 now and I see people are still linking to this blog.
It was made back in the time people were using the "permadevout pelt" exclusively, and a few of us decided to bring it out when we found out how it worked.

Though, times are a changing and The Endless Forest now works with server-side spelldata since version 3.4. In this version, permadevout does not work anymore. If anyone can prove me wrong on this, you can give me a description how to work it out in 3.4, but I don't think it's possible.

It does work in 3.31, and it works in this way:

Make sure your deer is carrying no pelt but the default pelt. Pray at the twingods statues, and wait untill you get the devout pelt. As soon as you have it, go into the menu by pressing ESC on your keyboard, or the little green dot in the bottom left corner of your screen. Then go to network, and click "disconnect". Reconnect again, but make sure your deer is standing UPRIGHT before TEF connects.
It may not work all the time, and you may have to try a few times, but this is how to get the permadevout pelt in 3.31

There is also a method that will work pretty much 99% of the time if you do it right.

Make sure your deer is carrying no pelt but the default pelt. Get someone else, or start the forest twice, to cast the devout pelt on you. As soon as the yellow bright glow start appearing on your deer, indicating a spell has been cast, but the pelt isn't visible yet, click disconnect in the network menu. It's a good idea to have your deer sitting and your mouse ready on the disconnect button before the other casts on you. As soon as every other deer poofs, you will get the pelt whilst disconnected. Connect, and the pelt will stay.

Again, I don't think this is possible in 3.4. But don't worry, we have many pretty pelts to choose from, and you are all very creative! I bet it's not a problem

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Misako.

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January 25, 2009 - 4:16pm — akio

OMGGG XD~ now i finally know

OMGGG XD~ now i finally know D8...
and it was fun to try and get it to stay on now we need to think of a new mission to complete xD
but most of all; thanks for chairing this with us ALL ^^..

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January 25, 2009 - 4:50pm — toboe

It took me AGES last night,

It took me AGES last night, but I finally got it! Fwee! -feels proud-
But yes, I agree. Everyone should know, it isn't fair for only a few.

January 25, 2009 - 5:32pm — Lyeekha

Aaaaaaaaaah. Ah. I -did-

Aaaaaaaaaah. Ah.

I -did- work it out, I -did-. I just didn't realise you had to have not pelt on underneath. Because I could keep endless devout spells that way, you see, but without the pelt.

Thanks, personally I think you did the right thing!

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January 25, 2009 - 5:41pm — Narina

I think you díd right thing

I think you díd right thing too. It was fun trying to figure it out, but the endless failing started to get on my nerves.

Thank yoo. 8D

January 25, 2009 - 6:07pm — Nala

Now that everyone knows,

Now that everyone knows, people will exploit the poop out of this glitch. o.o

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January 25, 2009 - 6:11pm — toboe

For a while I think everyone

For a while I think everyone will use the glitch, and it will be annoying.
BUT in good time, everyone will grow tired of it, and it will die down. I like the devout pelt to some extent, but honestly I think it's too bland and bright, and many players will tire of it quickly.

January 25, 2009 - 6:22pm — lemon

That was a very kind thing

That was a very kind thing to do, Seele.

And Nala, I ... can't say for sure, but I think that most players wanted to know how to keep the pelt because they felt neglected for the way this technique was kept secret; not because they actually wanted to keep the devout pelt and didn't know how. And at any rate, I have enough faith in the community to say that I doubt very many people will exploit this glitch on a regular basis. (Hopefully), they'll all try it once, have fun for a bit, and then forget about it.

I, for one, am not even going to try it out; I have no use for a white deer. :') I'm not fond of the Devout pelt anyway, so. <3

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January 25, 2009 - 6:24pm — onyxsoulclaw

wow many thanks i agree we

wow many thanks i agree we should all be sharing as a community many thanks it's a pitty the masks dont change colour as well.
Any way off if to try, so if you see a deer having a fit it's probly me!
Take care and happy galloping.

January 25, 2009 - 6:48pm — Lyeekha

Quote:I ... can't say for

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I ... can't say for sure, but I think that most players wanted to know how to keep the pelt because they felt neglected for the way this technique was kept secret; not because they actually wanted to keep the devout pelt and didn't know how. And at any rate, I have enough faith in the community to say that I doubt very many people will exploit this glitch on a regular basis. (Hopefully), they'll all try it once, have fun for a bit, and then forget about it.

Yup, that's what I reckon. I remember when air-sitting first came out, there was a big hoo-ha about that, people getting annoyed with deer not coming down from trees, then it ws spilt, everyone took to the air, got bored and now there are always enough deer on the ground to have a social event. Seriously, a lot of the time there was no-one to talk to cos they were all up trees. XD But it's fine now, and pretty quickly too, so I reckon it won't be too much of a problem.

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I, for one, am not even going to try it out; I have no use for a white deer. :') I'm not fond of the Devout pelt anyway, so. <3

Again, same! All my deer seem to be evil, lul. BUT I'll send PTH a link to this, because he is practically dying to know! XD It's his deer's character already, you see.

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January 25, 2009 - 6:54pm — IoRez

(agrees) Cool glitch, but

(agrees)
Cool glitch, but not very useful.
I mean, it's not really "permanent" if you lose it when you log out.
Plus, you have to start off totally naked!

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January 25, 2009 - 6:55pm — bubblywums

Nala, I trust the community

Nala, I trust the community is not a group that will run around in all devout. I for one have no desire to, but I'm glad someone finally let it out. A lot of people were getting unusually and unnecessarily angry over it.
It's no different when people first learned how to air sit, or sit slide. Everyone tried it out for a week, and now they're rarely used. What is wrong with keeping your pelt white anyways? Is long as people aren't casting it on me, I don't care.

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January 25, 2009 - 6:56pm — SarieBearie

Ooooh thanks so much o: <3 I

Ooooh thanks so much o: <3 I don't think I'll ever use it though, since half of my deer are scared to death of it. XD <3 SHUT UP. -shudder- Eep... BUTLOL this'll be fun ilu Seele eeeee e evecfdmn,sfn<3 cB

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January 25, 2009 - 8:33pm — Seele

Phew, I'm happy about the

Phew, I'm happy about the positive responds! I was getting ready for war XD...
I don't really intend to use it, but I see it as another possible option. Like, a "new" pelt. And I absolutely love the sound the pelt gives you when you moo, heheh. I really wanted to find it out for Raiakira, since I knew she had a nice set idea with it. And yeah, we had fun making it a mission and figuring it out XDD

I also think there will be loads of devouteés in the beginning, but that'll pass. I actually don't really like the red nose/ears/etc it gives, almost like the poor deer is sick, lol. But I know some people, indeed, who could really use it because they have an awesomesauce deer-design who's totally white. And I don't know why those shouldn't be able to know it, in opposite to those who don't really have such a design but were just in the friendly-area of those who know. And for myself, I hate not-knowing something, and I love glitches 8D

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January 25, 2009 - 8:59pm — mazey

wow thank you so much for

wow thank you so much for this information, i really appreciate it

January 25, 2009 - 9:20pm — Blackhoof

-exhales- Thank goodness

-exhales- Thank goodness this white coat thing is
over.

... But then I guess you could say it's only just begun...
Anywho, I would wear the coat but sadly but so,
none of my deer are quite devouted enough to the twin gods,
to actually wear it. I'm glade though that Seele
decided to share it -nuzzels- < 3

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January 25, 2009 - 9:33pm — toboe

That's weird...I can't do it

That's weird...I can't do it anymore...Hm...

January 25, 2009 - 9:39pm — Flyra

You told us! Thanks very

You told us! Thanks very much! I was mad about figuring this out because it was suuuch a secret, too, not because I really wanted to use it. So I agree with you, someones will try this out now and have fun a while, but it won't be for long.
Thank you again Seele, it was very social of you to share this secret finally. <333

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January 25, 2009 - 10:15pm — Fenqua

I can't believe that it was

I can't believe that it was only known by 'a select group' of people. I didn't know this, I'm just hearing it now but it sounds like utter crap. I thought our community was better than that!

Anyway, thanks for sharing, I guess I'm gonna try it sometimes!

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January 26, 2009 - 12:31am — PsychedelicWow

I'm glad someone finally got

I'm glad someone finally got it out in the open, thank you.
It frustrates me that, whenever there is a glitch or neat trick is discovered, there's this period of secrecy, as if they would "ruin" the game, although it doesn't apply to the few number of people who know how to do it, of course.

I also find it interesting that this forbidden knowledge mainly has to do with the appearance of the deer -obsolete spell data, pelts on minis, permanent sets on fawns, etc.- I think some people are way too concerned with the way they appear in-game.
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January 26, 2009 - 12:43am — Pegasicorn

...so I WAS doing it the

...so I WAS doing it the right way! Having to be "naked" first is the only detail I didn't know. XD
Well, like others, now that I know, I probably won't use it much. I only have one idea for using this pelt, and I don't see it happening now. XD; (Having the ghost of a white deer who passed on follow one of my deer around. But I'd need to play Phase 2, and I don't know if I could run that in a window at the same time as Phase 3...)

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January 26, 2009 - 4:06am — Draak

xD *envys your guts to spill

xD *envys your guts to spill the secret*
Oh lol I remember that, I'm surprised I didnt break my TEF when we spent all that time trying to do it xD

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January 27, 2009 - 6:20pm — Nala

I'm absolutely with you when

I'm absolutely with you when you say that people shouln't freeze out others and just tell closest friends. But I do think this was so unnecessary, cuz' somehow you think people were freezing out others that din't knew the secret. But that so wasn't the case, it used to be a fun game many eer "play" in groups, you all try to keep it permanently, an when somene succeeded, everyboy was amaze, an it was all the more fun trying to figure it out. An so what if you tell a friend how to do it?? People WASN'T freezing out others just because they knew how to o it, an the others didn't?
Now befoer you hate me, I just wan't to say, I DO think it was unnecessary to spill teh secret, BUT, I'm NOT juging jýou in any way so on't be mad!

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January 27, 2009 - 6:31pm — Seele

..Well except that I didn't

..Well except that I didn't really get the most part of your comment Nala, I'll try!
We played the game ourselves too. Crashing our computers, TEF, etc etc, and after hours it just wasnt' funny anymore. But we did have fun spying on others! I do think it's quite unfair, that if you get the secret, you only tell your closest friend because they asked and you can't say no. That way, others will feel excluded. Especially if you ask them, and they say "No I won't tell", actually saying "No, you're not enough of a friend." It was necressary to get that secret out, because there was getting too much tension over a small, childish thing.

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January 27, 2009 - 7:56pm — Cata

Tried it out yesterday and

Tried it out yesterday and after some tries it worked! It was a good idea to share this secret, Misako.

It's the nicest thing to do. It shouldn't have been this "big secret".
But... I'm happy we figured out. =)

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January 28, 2009 - 9:12pm — Enkou

I'm with Nala on this one. I

I'm with Nala on this one.

I admire your generosity to let everyone in on this secret.

However, those who found out firstly have, in a way, spoiled the whole point of the Devout pelt and by frequently using it have built tension and drama amongst our peaceful community. It disappeared after a certain amount of time for a reason. It's supposed to vanish; it's supposed to be rare. Personally, I think glitches completely destroy The Endless Forest's main reason of creation - I always thought it of an idyllic escape from stressful life and a good oppurtunity to interact with others. Now with all these glitches buzzing about and being used a lot, it seems like everyone's target is to figure each one out instead of just enjoying the peacefulness of the forest.

Although this is my view on the subject, I am not judging you. I didn't even want to keep the Devout pelt myself, but you were very kind to share to those who were curious.

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January 28, 2009 - 10:45pm — Flyra

Yeah Enkou, I agree, your

Yeah Enkou, I agree, your point is absolutely true. But it wouldn't work like that when some of us doesn't tell how to do it but USE it. Then it would be better if nobody ever found it out and if, then never use it. But in fact they DID use it and so the whole thing became complicated. That was the unfair thing. Your idea is right if nobody would ever have used it, but the truth looked different... -.-
I said too much "use it" in this statement. Sry. xD

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