Updates in 2006

1.1.9 (Dec 27, 2006)

• scrolling list filtering
• use = to set prices on player merchants

1.1.8 (Dec 22, 2006)

• increased item level requirments
• level req on health scrolls
• proper artifact levels
• fixed poly pile cheese
• better drops
• crafted high level enchs are soulbound
• repair scroll no longer craftable, only repairs 14%
• improved repair scroll found as a drop and repairs fully
• soulbound items can be dropped (and repaired or displayed) but are owned by the dropper and can't be picked up
• a bunch of new artifact weps
• adamantium weapons (drop only)
• 3 new weapon materials (drop only):
  • barbed - chance of wounding
  • runed - increased crits
  • addled - chance to confuse
• fixed create character avatar pink bg
• boss names back on
• can train skills at university to 50%
• tweaked a lot of client side delays, for example, you can bandage then med immediately now
• can't change levels when encumbered
• tinted jewelry drops (eg gold ring)
• NG: stats not bumped when skill is limited or capped (this isn't quite right but it fixes the basic problem/cheese)

(another couple of months off)

1.1.7 (Sept 18, 2006)

• packet encryption
• transparent background monster & player tiles
• bug fixes

EAO fork - 10 Sep

• saving cooloffs to player files
• more scripted quests

EAO fork - 3 Sep

• scripted mob loot
• searchable secret doors

EAO fork - 6 Sep

• races
• class reqs for armour
• configurable patcher

EAO fork - 3 Sep

• scripted spells
• scripted quests
• custom names for merchants
• added non-pvp option for server
• finished skills/classes linkages

EAO fork - 2 Sep

• added 'a' for activate
• added scripted switches

EAO fork - 31 Aug

• custom xp for mobs in monsters.txt
• attaching scripts to spawners
• giving mobs waypoints & patrolling
• monster heartbeat script hook

EAO fork - 29 Aug

• configurable mana types
• renamable stats
• finished first lua trigger (step)

EAO fork - 24 Aug

• rewrote food

EAO fork - 22 Aug

• gutted hard coded items ( to be scripted )
• rewritten crafting to be much more configurable

EAO fork - 20 Aug

• added LUA scripting engine
• more spells backend rewrite

EAO fork - 16 Aug

• added common.cfg

EAO fork - 8 Aug

• startd rewriting spells server side code so they are much more configurable

EAO fork - 4 Aug

• laser effect
• soft coded starting inventory

EAO fork - 3 Aug

• optional item requirement for using spell/ability
• fixed classes probably completed by now

EAO fork - 31 July

• added energy bar, rage bar to bottom right bar area of client
• more bindable moves - alt-drr, shift-alt-dir etc
• moved specials into spells

1.1.6 (July 17, 2006)

• home and end keys work when using the scrolling inventory screen move to top or bottom of list
• h-key pickup no longer spams server
• bug fixes

EAO fork - 17 July

• widescreen (to be scrapped Aug 31 2008 with 800x600 client)
• fixed items in client side maps
• ammo types in weapons.txt
• optional class restrictions on weapons

EAO fork - 26 June

Started work around this time on EAO, a fork in EUO codebase which eventually got merged back in 2007.

• scrapped Ultima casting of spells, added scrolling list of spells - using c (later changed to shift-c and ultima casting with c re-introduced)
• added wisdom

(6 months off)