Site Manager Posts: 464 Joined: 13 Aug 2004 | Publish 29 contains the following changes, fixes, and additions:
General Fixes/Tweaks/Enhancements
Moved Britain starting location from The Sweet Dream's Inn to the Wayfarer's Inn in east Britain
Damage numbers are now shown for you and any pets or controlled NPCs that are in your range
NPC job titles, "(Paragon)", and "(General)" now appear in "allnames"
Fixed an issue when a member of a faction guild quit made most guild members removed from the faction
Holiday gifts will no longer be distributed
Passive detect hidden no longer reveals group mates and allied faction members in Felucca / Siege
Pet ghosts no longer stay around for days. Pet ghosts will now only exist for 24 hours, after which they will vanish, even if their owner is online
Pets with high Magery were casting invisible on themselves too often. Pets will now cast heal or greater heal instead of invisibility.
Added the ability to unfriend pets via the context menu
Pet hit points will no longer refill when crossing server lines
Fixed an issue with crossing a server-line having a value of 0 in a stat would refill that stat
Can no longer create a blank alliance name
Weight will no longer remain if gold is in 2 piles when tithed
New characters will now default to having show guild invites turned off
Fixed the misspelled sign at the Bank of Trinsic
Also fixed Britannia Provisions misspelled sign
Setting a blank InvokeVirtue macro will no longer cause the client to crash
Fixed a crash bug in 3D client involving the name macro field
Fixed a crash bug in 3D client related to trying to delete 2 skill groups at once
Fixed a crash bug related to renaming a book's title
A warning message was added to the guild invite gump informing players that they are attackable if they accept
Attempts to recall into west Britain will be redirected to a safe location
Attempts to open gates into west Britain from outside the area will be redirected to a safe location, Gates opened from inside west Britain can be used normally
Item Fixes/Changes
Reuse delay for wands is now the equivalent of casting a like spell. Fast-casting will apply to wands.
Clothing Bless Deeds now work on SE clothes
Fukiya Darts and Shurikens can no longer be thrown at yellow NPCs
Dread Pirate Hat has been improved
Spirit Speak is now a possible skill bonus on magic jewelry
Gold Bricks can no longer be fed to pet White Wyrms
Soulstone: Skill absorption animation will no longer play when skill points are flushed
Hearth of the Homefire no longer turns after exiting house custimization mode
Bolts now have a chance to spawn in dungeon chests
Corrected typo when trying to re-deed mistletoe with a non-house owner
Add-on type items will no longer disappear when a house is demolished
Players can now uninsure items that were blessed after already being insured
Big Fish should provide more fish steaks when cut up (now its weight / 5 will determine number of fish steaks (minimum of 4))
Fixed two issues with Event JP Finnigan Prize Giveout
Stackable loot is now distributed proportionally between instanced corpses involving two or more party members in the top attackers list
Combat Fixes/Tweaks
Fixed an issue that could allow archers to fire while on the move
Players can no longer throw bolas while in Animal Form
Bola throwing now correctly prevents re-mounting of Hiryu and Lesser Hiryu
Fixed an issue causing the No-Dachi Riding Swipe, when used to dismount a murderer or criminal, to make the player become a criminal.
Provoked and controlled creatures should no longer heal aggressors
Fixed an issue that allowed a player to activate Moving Shot, then before the arrow hit, activate Armor Ignore
Fixed an issue that allowed special moves to automatically hit when a spell landed
Fixed an issued allowing Lightning strike to allow a player to ignore disarm timer
Spell Casting Adjustments
Summoned daemons will now take 4 control slots instead of 5.
Improved AI and damage for Air and Water Elementals
Ninja Mirror Images are now affected by multi-target spells
Fixed an issue causing criminal's Mirror Images to appear blue
Fixed an issue with Mana Drain not restoring the target's mana after 4 seconds in rare cases
Mage field spells cast on ships no longer cause the ship to stop moving
Creature and Spawning Fixes/Adjustments
Male Ronin will now give as much loot as female Ronin
Reduced amount of loot dropped by Fan Dancers
Lesser Hiryu no longer give quite as good loot
Doom Guardians will now spawn treasure map of random level (1-3) instead of spawning level 3-4 maps
Can no longer use Animate Dead to turn Dark Father corpse into bones
Slayer Changes
Blood Elemental Slayer weapons / instruments will now spawn as common slayer weapons / instruments
Snow Elemental Slayer effect has been improved to now include Ice Elementals
Added Sand Vortex and Efreet to Elemental super slayer group
Repond, Wolf, Reptile, and Daemon Slayer groups have been updated
Yomotsu and Fan Dancers have been removed from the Repond group
Fan Dancer has been added to the Demon Slayer group
All Daemon Slayers will become demon slayers
Daemon Slayers will no longer spawn
Changes not announced until all shards were published
House Placement: Locked down items will no longer vanish from house when boat is backed under corner of house
Can no longer ban a pet while riding it
Hiryu dismount special move can no longer be used to separate a Chaos Dragoon Elite from his mount
When attempting to make yourself a friend while in the middle of transferring your pet to another player, you will receive the following message: You cannot friend a pet with a trade pending
Necromancer familiars and animates can no longer be stabled
Murderers can no longer use Virtues via a macro
Fixed an issue with pet slots after logging out while on a Hiryu
Fukiya Darts and Shurikens no longer give gains in Ninjitsu for non-entitled Samurai Empire accounts
Fixed an issued allowing Lightning strike to allow a player to ignore disarm timer
Fixed an issue that allowed special moves to automatically hit when a spell landed
Can no longer use a Soulstone if character is located on a different sub-server
Locked-down rune books can no longer be dyed by other players
Player characters are now able to equip a sword and torch at the same time |
Publish 29 contains the following changes, fixes, and additions:
General Fixes/Tweaks/Enhancements
Moved Britain starting location from The Sweet Dream's Inn to the Wayfarer's Inn in east Britain
Damage numbers are now shown for you and any pets or controlled NPCs that are in your range
NPC job titles, "(Paragon)", and "(General)" now appear in "allnames"
Fixed an issue when a member of a faction guild quit made most guild members removed from the faction
Holiday gifts will no longer be distributed
Passive detect hidden no longer reveals group mates and allied faction members in Felucca / Siege
Pet ghosts no longer stay around for days. Pet ghosts will now only exist for 24 hours, after which they will vanish, even if their owner is online
Pets with high Magery were casting invisible on themselves too often. Pets will now cast heal or greater heal instead of invisibility.
Added the ability to unfriend pets via the context menu
Pet hit points will no longer refill when crossing server lines
Fixed an issue with crossing a server-line having a value of 0 in a stat would refill that stat
Can no longer create a blank alliance name
Weight will no longer remain if gold is in 2 piles when tithed
New characters will now default to having show guild invites turned off
Fixed the misspelled sign at the Bank of Trinsic
Also fixed Britannia Provisions misspelled sign
Setting a blank InvokeVirtue macro will no longer cause the client to crash
Fixed a crash bug in 3D client involving the name macro field
Fixed a crash bug in 3D client related to trying to delete 2 skill groups at once
Fixed a crash bug related to renaming a book's title
A warning message was added to the guild invite gump informing players that they are attackable if they accept
Attempts to recall into west Britain will be redirected to a safe location
Attempts to open gates into west Britain from outside the area will be redirected to a safe location, Gates opened from inside west Britain can be used normally
Item Fixes/Changes
Reuse delay for wands is now the equivalent of casting a like spell. Fast-casting will apply to wands.
Clothing Bless Deeds now work on SE clothes
Fukiya Darts and Shurikens can no longer be thrown at yellow NPCs
Dread Pirate Hat has been improved
Spirit Speak is now a possible skill bonus on magic jewelry
Gold Bricks can no longer be fed to pet White Wyrms
Soulstone: Skill absorption animation will no longer play when skill points are flushed
Hearth of the Homefire no longer turns after exiting house custimization mode
Bolts now have a chance to spawn in dungeon chests
Corrected typo when trying to re-deed mistletoe with a non-house owner
Add-on type items will no longer disappear when a house is demolished
Players can now uninsure items that were blessed after already being insured
Big Fish should provide more fish steaks when cut up (now its weight / 5 will determine number of fish steaks (minimum of 4))
Fixed two issues with Event JP Finnigan Prize Giveout
Stackable loot is now distributed proportionally between instanced corpses involving two or more party members in the top attackers list
Combat Fixes/Tweaks
Fixed an issue that could allow archers to fire while on the move
Players can no longer throw bolas while in Animal Form
Bola throwing now correctly prevents re-mounting of Hiryu and Lesser Hiryu
Fixed an issue causing the No-Dachi Riding Swipe, when used to dismount a murderer or criminal, to make the player become a criminal.
Provoked and controlled creatures should no longer heal aggressors
Fixed an issue that allowed a player to activate Moving Shot, then before the arrow hit, activate Armor Ignore
Fixed an issue that allowed special moves to automatically hit when a spell landed
Fixed an issued allowing Lightning strike to allow a player to ignore disarm timer
Spell Casting Adjustments
Summoned daemons will now take 4 control slots instead of 5.
Improved AI and damage for Air and Water Elementals
Ninja Mirror Images are now affected by multi-target spells
Fixed an issue causing criminal's Mirror Images to appear blue
Fixed an issue with Mana Drain not restoring the target's mana after 4 seconds in rare cases
Mage field spells cast on ships no longer cause the ship to stop moving
Creature and Spawning Fixes/Adjustments
Male Ronin will now give as much loot as female Ronin
Reduced amount of loot dropped by Fan Dancers
Lesser Hiryu no longer give quite as good loot
Doom Guardians will now spawn treasure map of random level (1-3) instead of spawning level 3-4 maps
Can no longer use Animate Dead to turn Dark Father corpse into bones
Slayer Changes
Blood Elemental Slayer weapons / instruments will now spawn as common slayer weapons / instruments
Snow Elemental Slayer effect has been improved to now include Ice Elementals
Added Sand Vortex and Efreet to Elemental super slayer group
Repond, Wolf, Reptile, and Daemon Slayer groups have been updated
Yomotsu and Fan Dancers have been removed from the Repond group
Fan Dancer has been added to the Demon Slayer group
All Daemon Slayers will become demon slayers
Daemon Slayers will no longer spawn
Changes not announced until all shards were published
House Placement: Locked down items will no longer vanish from house when boat is backed under corner of house
Can no longer ban a pet while riding it
Hiryu dismount special move can no longer be used to separate a Chaos Dragoon Elite from his mount
When attempting to make yourself a friend while in the middle of transferring your pet to another player, you will receive the following message: You cannot friend a pet with a trade pending
Necromancer familiars and animates can no longer be stabled
Murderers can no longer use Virtues via a macro
Fixed an issue with pet slots after logging out while on a Hiryu
Fukiya Darts and Shurikens no longer give gains in Ninjitsu for non-entitled Samurai Empire accounts
Fixed an issued allowing Lightning strike to allow a player to ignore disarm timer
Fixed an issue that allowed special moves to automatically hit when a spell landed
Can no longer use a Soulstone if character is located on a different sub-server
Locked-down rune books can no longer be dyed by other players
Player characters are now able to equip a sword and torch at the same time