Updates in 2012

Latest Updates

29 Dec

• possible crash fix (wrong index in party list update)

17 Dec

• updated existing client with music and options for turning off shadows and splat damage
• started aux box lua client support

9 Dec

• client any res rewrite started

8 Dec

• mp3 music

7 Dec

• finished smooth scrolling (not moagl)
• wall shadows (not moagl)
• moagl updated with menu+keybinds
• option to swap G and shift G actions
• decreased base new player speed by 100ms (ie it's faster)
• roar is a combat message (which can be switched off)
• added player levels to party list in statsbox
• fixed scavenger hunt typo
• you can now use wolf form as a vampire (bug fix, it was always intended)
• fixed crocskin boots level req
• fixed XMP mana & cooloff (reduced to level 5)

1 Dec

• started smooth scrolling

26 Nov

• splats and magic effects now show actual damage dealt (and taken) on screen
• newbie island updates

13 Nov

• new map feat type 'res-square' - res a player at full hp but doesn't make map bindable - used for newbie island only
• added res squares to newbie is+dungeon
• remove code that stops mobs attacking lowbies in non pvp areas
• When dead spam alt f1 message to Resurrect
• no res sickness when below pvp level
• send 'res f1' msg when die

12 Nov

• newbie island Max tweaks
• fixed a mouse bug where you could scroll a list by clicking adj to your av

9 Nov

• armoury player page consolidation / revision

7-8 Nov

• eggs, scars, chives

5 Nov

• newbie island fixes
• scrapped the annoying newbie island popup and replaced with a standard message down the bottom

4 Nov (0.99.9.1)

• completed instance visitor timing
• fixed f12 not working when dead
• expanded blueprints so that you can craft nonbasic items with them

(todo - add makeblueprint code function to items)

• added blueprint items blackrock mining pick, blackrock shovel, blackrock axe - all of which never break, but are soulbound
• force fields with custom maptiles show correct name when looked at
• added LM's Sagittarius map to Maeondir: 36, 61

maped:

• fixed maped crashed caused by poor handling of low res & lots of palette items
• maped t key now not shows black palette if no tiles to show
• maped config feature: if put autosize=1 in maped.cfg and use windowed mode, maped will try and open a window almost as big as the desktop
• tiles in terrain palette that have transparent bg displayed correctly

3 Nov

• added load_instance_%03d lua hook
• sigils in chests now unidentified
• started instance timing limitiation (or something)

2 Nov

• sigil drop tweaks

1 Nov (0.99.9)

• polished off keyboard changes, updated manual etc
• added some basic sigil drops
• shoppe cheap monster av fix, thanks Josh

23-24 Oct (pre3)

• more keyboard, blueprints, sigils updates
• slighly darker colour lower lines for item stats
• using white stone on weekly maeondir will open a portal to Nordhaven
• binding spell to key unbinds all other keys that that spell was bound to

22 Oct (pre2)

• binding to items/spells does not erase action keymap but just overrides it
• added option to disable block messages
• shift-fkey is for binding wordspells to f keys - overrides use item->direction if item bound to f key
• binding item to key unbinds all other keys that that item was bound to

13 Oct

• Daren's sigil system
• added ctrl+f12 to toggle fullscreen
• dead can no longer access inventory / bank

12 Oct

• blue print requirements for certain recipes

8 Oct (pre 1)

• added more reserved keys
• moved keymap.cfg to dat
• when filtering with / use ctrl+d to toggle drop & shift+ctrl+d to drop immediately
• get error message when trying to bind to ctrl, shift or alt
• bound move keys work for scrolling inv - and if they coincide with filter key then that key is disabled (eg L for leg slot)
• item list shows what letter item is bound to
• can now bind items to ` - = [ ] ; ' , . : and keypad * - + .... hopefully this covers most keys on non english keyboards

3 Oct - More Multi Drop / Keybinding / Menus

• you can bind items to the A-Z keys by hitting alt and a-z in any of the item menus
• menu access via f12
• added ignite / extinguish key (default i and shift i)
• not allowing mapping one key to multiple functions
• fixed bug where garbage text was being shown when binding
• fixed shift-d remebering qty
• fixed shift-d dropping toggled items - shift-d now cancels bulk drop
• shift-d won't ask for qty if only have one item
• added error message for dropping readied item via bulk toggle
• better networking for multi drop (fixes 2 second error)

26 Sep - Vamp Fixes

• fixed binding reset problems to kurnisgburg
• added vampire to sizeup stats
• disabled any benefits to meditation in sunlight (if vampire)
• mobs that are bosses or immune to glassing are now immune to vamp drain
• vamps get +2 nightvision

2 Sep

• options menu
• did most of total key-mapping

1 Sep

• fixed bug with shields of slaying not adding dmg
• fixed: removed leeching non-wep drops
• can polypile 3x crafting materials of +1 and above into one +2, etc - eg 3x veno ingot of def+1 into 1x veno ingot def+2 - has restrictions of course
• codex of infinite dimensions - see Nestor in the library
• wand of petrification removed from adamantium coin shoppe
• greater wands of petrification and transferrance added to the adamantium coin shopp

-- greater wand of petrification will create as many statues as a monster has animation frames -- greater wand of transferrance works like a normal wot, but does not require a shard or enchanting skill, and has double the chance that a wot has to retain the item bonuses

31 Aug

• finished vamps
• codex of inf dims, no quest yet

20 Aug

• finished AI hacks for scripted factions
• can tinker cloth into mesh
• leeching: now leech a little mana from spell casting, and leech a lot less from melee

9 Aug

• all hours merch option for the vamp towns

3 Aug

• vamp quest
• scripted custom alignment for mobs - not working for pets and needs more testing

26 Jul

• vamp quest work
• quest hacks to make a quest giver (eg foveaux) killable
• good aligned vampire NPCs will hide during the day

25 Jul

• newbie island reworking: creatures no longer passive but less of them, plus there is a newbie quest to complete

23 Jul

• fixed monster names fleeing etc
• fixed clones not having correctly cloned weapons
• took out half of the chests of the vot & valor shrine treasure rooms
• treasure chests now respawn at a much lower rate - the better the chest the slower it respawns
• fixed a bug with leeching+x gloves where the +x wasn't adding any value

18 Jul Moa 0.9.88.7

• ready box now shows your stats so you can see them change as you ready/unready items
• only UA shield off attack adds to magic damage
• open/search now works on the tile you are standing on
• scavenger hunt gem requirement changed to body parts
• respec certificate can now be used to /respec2 - which as well as letting you rejig your stats, strips 38 levels which you an remed at versatility, or wherever
• horn renamed to shadow horn
• added base UA shoe 'sandals'
• added Ironfist sandals
• tranquil/sanguine/adept/apprentice lesser arties are now based on the UA sandals
• added snake & crocskin boots of str & int to the glass coin merch
• fixed portal animation in moagl 2d mode (too hard basket 3d mode atm)
• added MR to medium & light armour

- medium head/torso slot items: 20mr
- medium leg slot items: 10mr
- light head/torso slot items: 10mr

16 Jul

• fixed another couple mythic bugs
• mobs can equip weapons and they are visible - however it's cosmetic and has no effect yet on AI or damage they do
• monster blood item

15 Jul

• scroll of galvinisation no longer fully heals
• fixed philosopher stone spelling
• mythic imbued item nolonger s/b
• better low-skill fail message when using the facilitator
• fixed mythic not showing on armoury
• when using facilitator, it will fail if there are more than just the required ingredients (so the extras are not destroyed)
• fixed some problems with WoT
• plus you can now WoT slaying onto shields

12 Jul

• fixed Old Sam & his gremlin quest in Tangled Forest
• updated rewards for all of the first 3 town's guard quests - including silver coins to spend on newbie artifacts
• finished mythical crafting
• fixed bug where MR from weapons (eg walking stick) was not being counted
• crafting ingred list is back to one item per line, max 12 ingredients (which covers just about everything)
• fishing now about 2x as fast (as in the cast->reel time)
• shields & orbs with +AS/dmg now actually add damage (magic & normal)
• reagants now drop

11 Jul

• weekly: not rebuilding continent if there is no winner & wipe (it really only just needed rebuilding just this once since it was gammy)
• you can only get beer from polypile if you are a dwarf
• added support for leeching & enchanted weapons to polypile
• fixed chests tinting like regular items
• items left behind on weekly should decay faster, and not decay to 'no owner'
• crystal shields and jewelry can now drop
• tint rarity changes: diamond & BR more common, crystal MUCH rarer

10 Jul 0.99.8.5

• finished glass coin merchant & lesser artifacts for sale
• new trailer park - down near the shrine of Justice SW of izumi - it has a more gridded placement system and should fit 36 homes
• house deed borders reduced - you may yet be able to squeeze into a spot in the existing trailer parks
• fixed moagl names not centered in 2d mode, book colours
• fixed moagl fullscreen toggle being really buggy esp in 2d mode
• WoT can now transfer slaying off/onto gloves & jewelery

8 Jul

• scripted merch support (to make adding massive glass coin armour lists easier)
• mythic bit/tint - +10% dmg for weps, +2 ac, +1 MR for wearables
• MR is calculated on per item basis
• MR is shown in the item stats box
• glass has a visible tint (like a light blue/green)

6 Jul

• glass coins armour list added

5 Jul

• sin vrall sceptor soulbound
• scavenger hunt npc part #1, rewards to be added

4 Jul Moa 0.99.8.4

• polypile weapons & armour (excludes leech, ench but includes named, fixme)
• dm can look inside player chests
• steel shields add a bonus to block & mitigate damage (same value as copper)
• you can disable the IVPY/quake effect by putting dont_show_quake=1 in your client.cfg (thunderclap still shows however)
• weekly pd: if no winner, rebuild the continent & random maps even though not wiping everything
• got moagl working again

1 Jul

• fixed charge bounce
• disabled strength req for equipping items
• added grey bits to all weapons & armour so that tints show
• fixed client not showing artifact armour tints
• fixed (hopefully) client health bars going black when overflowing
• all chars get +25 load capacity
• added vigour line to stats display

26 Jun

• grappling hook now drops (also quest reward no longer sb)

25 Jun

• started putting in old polypile but gave up when lua returning Item object crashing
• addy coin purchases are now logged for market research purposes

24 Jun

• added detailed stats for when you look at your pet - includes monster type, hp, MR, Int, perks, spells, etc
• dropped gold on death will now decay
• newbie dungeon update - made easier, added signposts, scrapped Hydra's Island which was my least favourite map
• search will not attempt to auto open if chest locked
• redid the phantom spawners in Goblin Crypts
• brown pot now lasts for 5 mins, improved lasts for 10 mins

23 Jun

• cross server global chat
• tweaked item decay / maps unloading to make them reset more aggressively
• monk trainer only spawns when fighting unarmed
• monk masters can't stone form when chocking or asleep
• uncursed all permacursed braziers --;
• made ignore and global off work for cross chat
• searching a untrapped chest will automatically open it
• added pet intelligence wand - bumps pet int by 20% - craftable by enchanters, ingredients: essage rage, ench wood, brilliant blue shard. Skill req 82.
• pet const wand: replaced bril blue shard req with bril red. Moved it's skill req to make to 60.
• added improved pet INT and pet HP wands - available at the Cashe Shoppe - they again just add +20% but they stack on top of the crafted wands.
• all pets can now level to 75
• fixed Tristin's neg xp bug on PD ... XP is now capped at 2,147,483,647 (2^32/2-1)

21 Jun

• wearing a spiked collar will make throat strikes against you ineffective

20 Jun

• weapons now have a maximum effective +9 even if they are labelled as being greater than +9
• hell cat's OG replaced with VOG
• changed Freezing wind dmg to 3d8+int/15 (it's now more influenced by INT)
• frost mephit's GP replaced with Freezing wind
• fixed some black tiles in Mountain Pass
• added new orb artifact 'Eye of the Beholder' (pray it doesn't shatter! didn't test that XD)

19 Jun

• mob range now copied to each mob, not referenced from the db - for lord morty
• fixed sanctity title bug

16 Jun (not Uploaded)

• fixed a bug where house signs weren't getting saved

15 Jun

• improved pd death logging: added account name, and also saved by stone log entry

6 Jun

• fixed a crash related to long named items
• VEU can drop on weekly now

5 Jun

• added VEU to the trainer in bucc den
• allow tomes to go beyond spell id 0x7f (needs patch - then add VEU drop to weekly)
• meditation on lava with dragonscale boots now regens mana

4 Jun (0.99.8.2)

• added mage spell VEU (lighter load) - adds up to 300 carrying capacity
• jewelry of attack now improves damage given as well as AS
• fixed named items (with spaces in names) not appearing on ground
• fixed named items in merchants/chests

30 May (0.99.8.1)

• slowed default client turn based delay to 200ms
• turn based speed client config option turn_delay to override default

29 May (0.99.8)

• cursed named weapons glow red
• fixed new style named items naming when size-up, on ground, transitions, etc
• fixed wishing well fortune typo
• fixed Leeroy incorrect quest message
• VM cooloff on NG fixed at 7sec
• thunderclap para up to 4 sec (from 3)
• shield bash para down to 3 sec (from 4)

22 May And Others (0.99.7.2)

• added /nameweapon and /nameshield command (scrapped /nameitem)
• improved item descriptions in stats area for named items and artifacts
• lotl players can now buy the smooth cut file, and buy stuff from the addy coin shoppe
• Willard's quest now req's Jacob, not kyle's shopping spree - for the LOTL players

10 May

• fixed a couple of food desc typos
• fixed 'bought the cursed training' message

24 Apr

• named item certificate
• moved /nameitem to command but need a way to name armour etc - needs patch to make non weapons glow. Added merchs, etc

23 Apr

• evict dm command to empty a house of items and chests

18 Apr

• new 32x32 bin tile --; still needs work around the edges
• continent midi number is 2 (not live tho)
• not showing charlist for alpha on player page

16 Apr

• scapped / rolled back 2h weapon speed increase - it didn't do anything to dps
• fixed berko stance giving +25% damage increase instead of increasing damage taken --;

14 Apr

• fixed the saving thing with new named items, thinking about tint priority

12 Apr

• added shield bash - paras mobs for 4 sec, players for 2, 50% block required, req 50 rage
• added dm_takes_damage server parameter
• nearly finished new style named items

- make named item priority over artifact (so you can name artifacts and they glow purple)

10 Apr (untested)

• started putting new style named items in
• berko stance: now +25% damage taken too (it has to balance, not just improve)
• all 2H fighter weapons 25% faster regardless of stance
• tactics reduces damage taken by up to 25%, scrapped the +2 def from it
• thunderclap now does 75% dmg per hit (up from 50%) and stuns mobs for 3 sec, while target players are confused for 3 sec (unchanged)
• shield users with block skill take reduced magic damage

2 Apr

• reduced machete base damage, increased speed (it nerfs backstab but it's still best backstabber)
• nerfed mani a tiny bit
• adjusted clone spells (for magrock)
• added beserk stance for fighters: +25% attack speed increase with 2H weapons

28 Mar

• compressed mini maps files (NOT LIVE)
• dps testing x.x

26 Mar

• allow multi logins from 1 account to allow for pet xfer betwen alts (ie dual logins)
• dual logged chars are stuck in stocks, ie hopefully useless
• taking damage from sunlight, lava etc does not add to combat cooloff, and thus does not force you to stay logged in 10 sec after you quit
• fixed pets called Huge Crab getting Huge Crab's on-hit abilities
• fixed green potion typo
• fixed aspects

LOTL improvements:

• woodcrafter can make alchemy bench at 55 skill
• also scrapped the alch bench requirement of the cure quest for all servers (you can still do it optionally but there are no clues, just say bench)
• added egg to turkey drop
• LOTL character using deconstruction wand gets 2/3 chance of full ingredient returns (up from 1/3)
• added oil, flour, sugar & salt to chest loot on weekly pd

10-17th Mar (for 7drl) 0.99.7

• turn based setting, fast movement for turn based
• client auto loads and connects to a local host
• server quits on empty when loaded by client as localhost
• option for random dungeon regen on every level change ...
• option for random dungeon regen on new player created
• server option to set player logged off reset time or disable it
• changed hard coded 'gold coins/pieces' messages to soft config
• up to 10 midis, 0 is intro

13 Feb

• player vampires / skeletuns no longer immune to XMP
• chest names are now max 17 chars to allow for the maximum player name length of 15
• fixed Giant Squid Shoreline typo

10 Mar

- added tyler's Anathema map (+heroic) (it's on an island in Maeondir (18,72) - added heroic Valley of the Trolls - added epic Mountain Pass - added 5 of akyla's (and tyler's) mini bosses (more to come)