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Over the past 10 years, RuneScape has made substantial progress, both Graphic and Community wise. Such as, improving the graphics to Z-Buffering, and allowing Open-GL, and Direct-X, to run their High Detail mode. Also, RuneScape is currently on RuneTek-5. It originally started on RuneTek-Beta[The games Engine]. Community wise, runescape has added features from their community forums, and they have also finally realized that the community wished the 'Wilderness' back and is set to return, Febuary 1st 2011.