Updates in 2013

Latest Updates

18 Dec (for Eftv)

• changed 'don't have any potions' to 'don't have anything to drink'
• no logout cooloff for turn based
• moved large toggle into lua 'largeBossSetup'
• changed "search ..." to "search (and open) ..."
• added ammo filter 'a' for viewing inventory
• 'f' key now fires ranged weapon (when not captain of ship)
• fixed bug where missile shooting sound was always playing at full volume
• renamed script_level_up() to script_level_up_at_shrine()
• added new script_level_up()
• option to disable meditation & hiding

16 Dec

• NG players get's 1/4 the gold for xp obtained from quests (eg quest gives 20k xp, you get 5k gold)

15 Dec

• scrapped random maps 17 and 18

14 Dec

• disabled AC coin transfer from alpha

27 Nov Moa 1.3.7

• added special items mana pylon and spawner skull
• fixed supertinted offhand items not giving stat bonus
• fixed %s crashing the client when logging chat

9 Oct

• fixed MD bugs: fangs, dragons, macro demon revenge

2 Oct

• fixed bugs in maped where couldn't click on item/feature when offset active in small map

1 Oct

• revised logging format of sales
• logging of all non gold currency sales
• started Apoc new sosaria map
• clan leader can rename chests in hall (if not originally placed by him)
• SOD hall now AWD

• maped: (build 101)
• pan with middle mouse button+drag
• middle click on map to center
• zoom in out with wheel
• zooming now keeps map centered/focused on the same part of the map
• changed key for toggle region visibility to alt-r
• changed delete region by number to alt-e
• changed key for dump png of map to shift+ctrl+d
• added dump a small png of map: ctrl+d
• fixed missing void, darkness tiles in palette
• fixed bug with setting map vis in properties dialogue

30 Sep

• pushed a test run of MD map
• fixed bugs with LUA running scripts
• Ripley no longer disappears when eggmceye logs in

26 Sep

• fixed large models in the shoppe
• fixed problem with VAMT
• fixed problem with redbeard & the ticket
• flower can have glow
• made undead lord greyscale so it can tint

25 Sep - Patched Moa 1.3.6

• maped optimisation & bugfixes

24 Sep

• maped again
• MD ctd

23 Sep

• maped dialogs, help
• finalised dyeable racial avs + set up shoppe
• MD ctd

22 Sep

• more maped featuers
• MD ctd

20 Sep

• fixed bug where can't unlock a chest with a pick when it is on a locked door
• update item code chking, can now make items with code 0x800+ (since 500 series is fast running out)
• can now have tinted fountains (that stay tinted)
• MD ctd

18 Sep

• finished tile work for tintable non human avs
• fixed digestion
• fixed a bug where gems never drop from chests - thanks shrike
• fixed a bug in poly pile wand when it is meant to fizzle - thanks shrike
• MD ctd

17 Sep

• AC player merchant, for my wierd stuff
• more reporting

16 Sep

• MD ctd

15 Sep

• maped: converted edit spawner and edit map properties to dialogs
• started a feature text editor using php
• MD ctd

14 Sep

• maped: in item mode, click on item to edit it's code
• ctrl click on item to copy it
• MD ctd

13 Sep

• MD ctd

12 Sep

• worked on CIA's Matriarch's Domain

10 Sep

• added heroic Nethaterra
• enabled Blood Minotaur halls & Blood Mountain Pass for all players, no sub needed
• splitav rare spawn bosses

2 Sep Moa 1.3.5

• added dyeable drake + horse to premium mounts merch
• subscribers don't get hungry in basement (requires subscriptions made live)
• removed bones from Ikea
• fixed more split av bugs (barrier, maptile, tome)
• fixed fel/dun/etc upgrade wand soulbound transfer bug

18 Aug

• fixed chair sitting bug

15 Aug Moa 1.3.4

• split avs + miscelanary

14 Aug

• dyeable drake & horse
• improved inventory and bank synching such that a huge bank or inv won't cause client to disconnect
• fixed a case where BR lockpick can break - note cursed probes always break
• BR probe will auto disarm
• fixed 'no torch' message when key is bound to both ignite and a spell and key is held down
• fixed enchanted weapons not working when choking
• started split avs

12 Aug

• dyeable mounts (req patch)

10 Aug

• removed guard from newbie island

9 Aug

• scrapped greater wands of petrification - ie removed from the merchant, tho ingame ones still work and won't be deleted
• selling normal wands of petrification for 1 addy coin
• new wand: wand of orientation, 75 AC: use this on any statue to change its pose

6 Aug

• necromancy get staff equipped benefits
• cold hands etc (and An Mani / GP) no longer show attack anim when failed
• tested cone of acid and it is ok
• fixed lesser summons to last 20 sec, greater summons upped to 30 sec
• (greater summons simply summons anything from 'monster family 5' which is basically anything from a wight to a dragon - I might change it so it just summons higher end mobs)
• updated ICK (giblet golem curse) such that the giblets are greenbar allys and that it's only PvM - and that they should give the caster xp
• updated PvP checks and disabled vs neutral for soul Transfer MPT

5 Aug

• fixed NG subclass bug
• a killed player vamp drops vamp dust instead of corpse
• for non dragon pets excluding skel & undead dragon, when a pet is tamed or evolves it gets minimum stats based on how good your taming skill is - this significantly beefs up non dragon pets and makes them comparable to a red or black dragon - guna test this on alpha for a bit, and looking for feedback: base stats proportional to taming are hp: 725, int 750, MR 375, AS 38, AC 40, dmg 5d7, speed max 500ms
• added support for server side player lua scripts
• /vamp is now /script vamp (alpha only still)
• use /script necro to convert a sorcerer to necro on alpha (and back again)
• necros get bonus xp from summons: up to a max of 50% (normally the xp you get from a summon is 10%) - the necro xp summon bonus is proportional to your skill in necromancy
• added create undead charm spell for taming undead pets
• diseased monsters lose 25% def, 25% MR (and diseased mobs don't spread it like zombies or diseased players)
• finished spread disease spell - changed to AoE - moved to circle 6
• added diseased 'Z' to the <> above heads - might change to avoid confusion with sleep
• updated Kal Xen such that it no longer spawns undead
• made ICK (giblet golems) and FGC (exploding corpse) AoE mass curses

1 Aug Moa 1.3.3

• new spell fx for necros
• put stat cap on NG up to 1000
• note too that sorcery skill points is listed with an indent - that is part of the upcoming necro revision - remember, sorcery is now a subclass of magery (and necromancy is too)

30 Aug

• armoury copy chars from reg & pd to alpha

23 Jul

• added GWOT desc to the little book
• nordhaven entrance to addy coin cash shoppe has had a makeover
• armoury delivery bot interface

22 Jul

• spawners now count by a unique id - such that (for example) scripted blood spawners count properly and don't over spawn
• blood mino halls map requires subscription

19 Jul

• revised auto repeat - toggling readiness is slowed
• more sub stuff

17 Jul

• sigils have no effect in arena

15 Jul

• vamp buff, ie black drag pudding, works vs undead
• subscribed accounts don't need to put tokens on their player merchs
• worked on subscriptions

13 Jul

• house bankers are 24 hours

12 Jul

• disabled auto key repeat when readying weapons/armour
• logging of equipment changes in arena

11 Jul

• damage reduction by hitting a piece of random heavy/medium armour is disabled for pvp

10 Jul

• fixed gouge
• scrapped the .dat encoding of spells & named items
• touched on necromancers (MPT script)

4 Jul Moa 1.3.2

• fixed get_auxbox_height()
• added get_highlighted_item() for client lua to call - returns code of currently selected item in any mode

13 Jun

• fixed tile 262 not casting shadow

12 Jun

• offhand mythic (etc) weapons no longer add stats as if they were a shield
• updated dionea script (thanx Lord Mort)
• ancient vamp av has better tintability
• fixed 'scarebare' name typo
• fixed glowtoggled named items not defaulting to purple on armoury
• removed succubus and evil lord from statue hunt

31 May

• notice when login to say xp rates are altered

28 May

• clan name max size up to 25 chars

27 May

• disabled IF masters on newbie island
• updated gobbo quest - no requirements, fixed dialogue

23 May

• scrapped LOTL helper leprachaun

22 May

• new rangers start with 500 arrows
• renamed mage tute to spellcasting tute and revised a little
• Naomi has more newbie help dialogue
• message about healing is before the rats and treasure is after rats

21 May

• if new player goes straight to journey onward and char not found take them back to create character screen (req patch)

• LOTL Is Now Off By Default, But Can Be Turned On By Lvl 1 With Xp==0
• LOTL can now be turned on on all servers
• new mages get An Mani prebound to f7 so they can cast with RMB + get message about that
• 2x2's can't spawn on non pvp maps (eg newbie is, towns)
• rats don't drop corpses on newbie island
• changed the insect spawner on newbie to a rat
• if you are encumbered then your load: line in stats is displayed in red (req patch)
• if you have xp<500 and are encumbered you will get a message about it
• added little quest in Nord jail that teaches a newbie about cooking

17 May 1.3

• grey areas in dark dungeons (and ambient light level)
• minimap/grey areas should reset less often
• fixed uncurse / id all descriptive text

16 May

• casting / ability cooldown bar (which you can turn off of course)
• minimap colours revision for visibility of ladders etc
• min walking speed increased
• fixed bug with repeat use of non usedir items (such as food)
• attack anim is triggered when attack result received back from server, not from when keys pressed
• fixed bug with mouse equip and the cursor jumping to the top

14 May

• possible new clan not saving fix
• human enemies have a chance to drop their visible weapon
• plus their weapon now has a chance to be tinted (it's low)
• if spawned human has ranged weapon it will shoot it
• added a ship connection between olde porte and underworld - for vamps (and as a byproduct) skeletuns only

13 May

• fixed Greybeard's vamp related chat
• fixed bug with petloading - all golem's MR should be back up to at least 2k (and 2.88k if both wands used)
• pet MR capped at 3k (golems with both INT wands applied will give them 2.8k)
• removed mark restriction from graveyard
• respawned the underworld full of drakes and corpsers
• polymorph (VYR) time up to 60 sec, from 20
• changed thieve's guild/Katorina quest to a simple kill, claim item, return - rather than get the item on the floor - which is causing problems for newbies

10 May

• harold talk fix re museum
• fixed preservation buff - taking 20% less damage instead of more
• added loot to fire golem boss (but not power crystals)
• fixed Joe 'gratatude' spelling mistake
• fixed mino halls 'labatory' spelling mistake on sign
• renamed 'wand of pet dying' to 'wand of pet dyeing'
• updated house deed description

9 May Moa 1.2.1

• fixed arrow keys & escape not working in drop+dir
• fixed ctrl-d canceling /search
• added vigour change from mystic items to the stats inside item list
• using keyboard in inventory to scroll will hide mouse
• added /glowtoggle command to disable the new colours on named mythic items - ie you can keep your purple tint if you want - it's free to use and only works on named mythic, mystic and astral weapons - works only on whatever is equipped in main hand!
• when naming an item you can add an _ to the name at the end to keep the purple glow if that item is made mythic, mystic or astral

8 May Moa 1.2

• yes/no clickable in dialogue
• finished mythic, mystic and astral
• reduced ghenta's flask requirement to 3, down from 15
• med scavenger hunt will now never ask for tinted items
• added NPC's quest start message to the /aq quest log
• fixed an alt tab bug in client where alt-key stayed pressed
• fixed wand of petrification on dyed monsters
• help file updates
• added a messages for new chars about using page up and down to go back thru messages
• split one of sir larant's lines that was too long into two
• shoppe upgrades

7 May

• finished cmain (for time being)
• updated smyth bounty text

6 May

• fixed clan officer's invites not working
• cmain cleanup & turning into singleton

2 May

• improved inventory sorting with mouse wheel and highlighting any item
• when searching with / pres ctrl+filter key to instant cancel search and start filtering by type
• when bank / chest use shift+LMB to transfer 10, or RMB to transfer all
• right mouse button to flag drop when viewing inventory

30 Apr

• supertint/mythic expansion
• moved cowwys cheese
• added sign to torin's blacksmith on newbie Is
• logging whispers to chatlog
• fixed a bug in crafting where you could craft at 2 items per second if you ran out of ingredients, restocked and then f11'd
• greatly improved mouse+inventory
• option to always use word search when in inventory so you don't have to press /
• right click when viewing inv to drop, shift+right click to drop immediately

18 Apr

• finished chat logging in client
• added lua client key hit script auxbox_keypressed(raw, ch, scancode)
• new corpse tile
• purple portal tile (for future use)
• learning tomes: now moved into read (default r), added sfx when learned
• added number of achievements found+total to find to /eggs list
• clicking on a small sign tile will tell you what it says

17 Apr

fixed

• inv sync such that it syncs once and stays synched
• id/uncurse all such that items stayed stacked
• uncurse all such that no longer require sync after it's done with detect buff (which combined with above bugs would cause a server meltdown)
• client when click on screen when talking to npc, it wrote a number in chat
• lug's ruined base quests where killing some rogues didn't count
• maybe fixed monster names being visibly reused inappropriately

improvements

• when use alt+dir to use item (eg axe) f9 remembers that direction
• can unbind an item bound to key by just hitting that key again as if to bind
• don't need to press alt when binding items to f keys (meaning you can now bind an item to f4)
• added grey wizard avatar so can be dyed and used on various npcs (NFS yet)
• dropped use item cooloff to 1 sec, down from 1.5 sec
• slowed down visible missile speed
• trolls axe-missiles now drawn

clans

• scrapped /makekey
• halls can be opened with regular keys or skullkeys, as long as you are in the clan
• clan leaders can /movecontainer
• fixed bugs with leader changes and container ownership - new leaders should be able to move and remove containers
• clan ranks - set with /setrank

16 Apr

• finished npc chat
• fixed bug where IVPY enchants not dropping
• fixed kraken & crab not giving coins to all participants
• scav hunt medium requires only 10 items now (may require next day regen to take effect)

15 Apr

• scrapped wisdom
• client message box now groups repeated messages
• fixed large threatbox incorrect size
• scrapped use-attack toggle (just bind item to f2 and use alt+dir)
• fixed ancient client bug where anims would go nuts when lots happening on screen

13 Apr

• clan member ranking

12 Apr

• fixed: npc's whole keywords highlighted only, not part keywords
• hugecrab enabled on PD (but doesn't do power pince 1 shot move)
• added a 10k hp version of kraken spawning occasionally near shoreline
• when killed, crab and kraken give crystal coins to participants
• disabled disconnect timer
• fixed a bug where stoneform probably didn't fix bleeding

10 Apr

• more cron, comma separated time units, matching moon phase in euo time

9 Apr

• added NOTHING argument to /nameweapon - so you can remove a name from an item - ie /nameweapon NOTHING
• crontable
• automated double xp reg, 1.5 xp pd, first weekend of the month

8 Apr

• giant bosses kept from birthday weekend

1 Apr

• updated egg hunt event script
• cleaned up and archived event scripts

28 Mar

• fixed a crash related to drawing tiles, hopefully fixed other tile drawing glitches

27 Mar 1.0.1

• not showing grey areas for unvisited areas
• option to turn grey areas off altogether
• you can click highlighted words in converations with NPCs
• fixed wall shadows being shown by walls in different regions

26 Mar

• patched moa 1.0.0
• removed vamp dust from polypile results array
• fixed BR poly pile wand breakage :fp:

23-25 Mar

• 48 x scaling completed
• lots more polish & bugfixes

22 Mar

• fixed assassins not getting backstab
• mobs won't spawn on doors & secret doors
• no phase beasts in non pvp maps (ie towns, newbie island) or instances
• fixed exit of double phase anomaly
• fixed typo with Artannis
• fixed: ironfist GM's no longer have weapons
• finally uploaded dionaea script --;
• gave Lord Nubis job keyword
• fixed henry quest typo
• removed noblink from montors, and added locked secret door to a certain npc's jail cell
• started 1.5 scaling func
• added 1440x900 to selectable resolutions

21 Mar

• player attack animations
• ebony wands (unbreakable) of disench, deconstruction, polypile, craftable via blueprints
• BR lockpick, probe, superior fishing rod
• vermilion neko de
• magic speens sometimes found when butching
• alchemy recipe 'essense of magic' (from magic spleen)
• wand of magic amplification : craftable by enchanters, req magic spleen and other stuff, used to add +1 to any STR,DEX,INT item up to 14, and DEF up to 3, and AS up to 4
• adamantium transmutation apparatus: tinkering item, made with blueprint, can convert any glass weapon into adamantium
• aux box enhancements and newbie default auxbox

20 Mar

• beta: bright health bars in dark areas
• agro rings are smaller, and are transparent red
• fixed shadows when adjusting terrain
• for named items and artifacts etc, scrapped parent item in ()
• tweaked blueprint naming in stat box and inventory
• background image for intro
• fixed mouse not working in non 800x600 res during create
• started new intro anim
• intro background

19 Mar

• maped: alt g - replace all of the tile you are hovering over in the entire map with random tile from paintset

18 Mar

• vigour drops now up to +15 (from 14)
• snakes & water demons won't spawn on newbie island

17 Mar

• upgrade wands - craftable via blueprint, which you can buy for crystal coins - lets you upgrade a +14 vig item to +15, or a +4 MR item to +5
• added range of vermilion weapons (and gloves) blueprints at the crystal coins shops - vermilion items are blackrock weapons with a Vas Flam enchant
• added blackrock dragonscale saw blueprint at the crystal coin shop
• added scroll of demythification to the addy coin scroll shoppe that strips mythic of an item and gives you the ingredients (and item) back

• LOTL no longer needs to use destroy sigil scroll to replace a sigil (they get no warning however so be careful)
• polypile now places resulting item in inventory
• can't ID items in other people's houses
• new characters now start with 20 pieces of bread (up from 3)
• pets res with 1/3 health via standard raise pet scroll
• vamp in sun fixes - s/b more dangerous, bandage doesn't work nor any of the regens, med, HoT etc - please post any other sun workarounds in the bugs thread

16 Mar

• incandescent prism: craftable (enchanting) non-depletable lightsource

15 Mar

• statue hunt - make a statue a day for crystal coins
• /nameitem max length increased to 20

12-14 Mar

• worked on new tileset

8 Mar

• /sendcoins command

6 Mar

• sigil level requirements
• sigil must be destroyed by with a scroll before new sigil applied (this stops accidental sigil removal)
• unequip sigil scrolls: remove the sigil from the slot and return it to inventory: 20 addy coins
• finished reviewing+pasting Morty's map fixes

3 Mar

• added potion shop to newbie island
• newbie island merchs are now all-hours

25 Feb

• multiclass changes
  • if you have points in fighter, then you can hide successfully in medium armour
  • the cooldown for mage spells when casting w.o staff is reduced a little, but staff still gives best cooldown
  • monk aspects stack again with other classes - ie aspect is not reset when weapon changes nor requires hands equipped when setting
• beta changes
  • added g_dpst and g_dtpst (I should rename these) - count total damage given and taken
  • removed g_dps and g_dtps since there were innacurate (apparently)
  • added a bunch of item database funcs to the API
  • disabled 48x size tiles, back to either 32 or 64x

21 Feb

• stealth: all races will not leave the shadows when holding the walk key down if stealth skill is 100% - however your stealthed movement speed is exactly the max speed at which you could optimally move by tapping the move keys, not your walking speed

race changes:

• orc: scrapped tactics bonus, scrapped rage->mr, replaced with +10% MR, +15% rage gain
• troll: dual wield slight speed increase : 10% faster
• shadowfolk: scrapped skill bonuses, added 10% str, +3NV. Changed shadowmeld to give 20 sec of regular invisibility (you can walk, med etc)
• skeletuns: fully scrapped fire weakness, but put MR down to 15%
• gnome: walk 15% faster than all other races while stealthed

20 Feb

• finished titles, and have all titles appearing on armoury
• scrapped future high scav hunt, changed references to medium hunt to high hunt

17 Feb

• title selection, still need to get sizeup working and the fixme msg + bug with gender & lua

14 Feb

• big start on necromancers

10 Feb

• adamantium res stones (unbreakable)
• players with addy res stones won't appear on scoreboard
• added sigils to armoury player sheet

9 Feb

• corrected a typo in named.dat - battle sigils now have mr or def too
• added more /nameslots

6 Feb

• minor artifact & sigil updates
• removed damage bonus from offhand items (AS bonus remains)
• added AS bonus from offhand non-weapon items
• reenabled phase beasts inside phase anomalies & other temp maps
• added blank rods & runes to drops (you can WoT onto them)
• fixed scavenger hunt still requring rings, etc (you won't see it fixed tho until it resets)
• you can now polypile orbs, rods and runes

4 Feb

• updated rogue tute errors
• shortened & prettied up newbie island, map updates, got rid of max
• revised starting 'classes' ... instead of fighter there is swordsman, macefighter, spearman, axeman, and so on: each is a class package with a bunch of skills
• newbie dungeon beautification

3 Feb

• added never_retreat flag to monster table, applied to all dragons - effect is to have them not fall back to cast - such that they cast & melee more or less in equal amounts

1 Feb

• added tab/target cycle to bindable keys

28 Jan

• added map name to above minimap
• changed / inv search to match actual the name in list, not long name
• added inventory filters: G for gems, R for reagants
• added binds & inventory to client lua API (unsure of its usefulness)
• added key unbind - you can hit enter when binding to clear a keymap

26 Jan

• reviewed subclassing
• can now disenchant sigils
• added epic Cassandra's Tower, Tangled Forest
• added heroic Dead Forest, City of Shadows
• added some glass coin jewellery

24 Jan

• fixed dateline scrolling
• finished scrapping collapsed mines, making rand caves diggable
• finished med scav hunt ... reward is crystal coins
• excluding rings, amulets and necklaces from scav hunt (due to ambiguity)
• fixed cash shoppe innekeeper selling to LOTL
• added crystal coin merch (via portal in nord)
• added blackrock tools that don't break: axe, shovel, mining pick - these are made by blueprints purchasable with crystal coins
• added parent item names to size up for named items and artifacts
• artifact updates:

-- Warrior, rogue and magebands now have attack+5 instead of def +5 -- Faulinei felblade is now leech+3 (up from 0) -- added 3 new rings (+15 stat, +6 AS)

• renamed Shamino to Oenishi
• can WoT sigils

23 Jan

• hardcoded list of resolutions, scrapped autodetected

22 Jan

• when in menu mode you can still see play window (it's darkened)
• tweaked auto tile sizes
• added current display info to #res

16 Jan

• remorted chars ok on reg

15 Jan

• decided to scrap 48x tiles
• using arrow keys to turn book pages
• added thick crosshair to options
• fixed no shadows option not working
• started making all rand caves diggable (think abt gems)

14 Jan

• fixed party crash bug on old client (0.99.9.4.1)