Development Log

• Some stables have been added outside the Burgundy House. -- Jirato 19:46, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
• The Burgundy House has been released as a place to enjoy luxurious food, inn rooms, and gambling. At present there is a shop that sells dice and a dice cup. Further additions including an automated game system may be introduced in the future. -- Jirato 19:31, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
• A new SHUFFLE command has been added which, when used on a container, randomizes the order of its contents. -- Jirato 17:15, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
• Looking at a town/guild post board with unread posts will now show unread posts only. Looking at it a second time (when there are no unread posts) will show all posts. -- Jirato 15:22, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
• If there were a secret den of assassins somewhere in Mistral Lake, then you would no longer be able to ride/lead a horse through the entrance. -- Jirato 03:25, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
• Town/Guild post board posts are now logged and sent to all online GMs and included in our daily eventlog emails for easier tracking. -- Jirato 03:14, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
• GM-controlled NPCs will no longer count towards the player login skill bonus - sorry! -- Jirato 03:08, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
• The EFFECTS command now shows the exact percentage of bonus skill multiplier (for the player login bonus only). -- Jirato 01:14, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
• Fixed a bug where halos would fade even while maintaining an active thaumaturgy channel. -- Jirato 19:48, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
• Fixed some bleeding ANSI color codes in the Guest nickname notice on the login screen. -- Jirato 15:46, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
• It is now possible to dismiss a thaumaturgic halo by entering 'DISMISS HALO'. -- Jirato 13:10, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
• Fixed a bug with channeled targeted spells such as spirit healing and the new non-integer critter IDs. -- Jirato 12:58, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
• CHAT and QUESTION, which were reverted to be usable while dead some months ago, are now also visible while dead... whoops. -- Jirato 13:50, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
• Changed item and effect spawning behavior to be a bit more efficient. -- Jirato 13:11, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
• Changed critter spawning behavior to be a bit more efficient. -- Jirato 12:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
• POSE has been added as an alias for the new DESC command. It will now also automatically EMOTE your pose, prefixed with "(name) is". -- Jirato 20:03, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
• Temporary descriptions now show up in the room occupants list (and OCCUPANTS command), are limited to 30 characters or less, and automatically include "He/She is" when your character is LOOKed at. For example, DESC sleeping soundly will make you show up as "Jirato (sleeping soundly)" in the occupants list, and when you are LOOKed at, players will see, "(He is sleeping soundly.)". -- Jirato 19:44, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
• Players in the Discord channel may now respond to the question channel by prefixing their message with !answer. -- Jirato 15:43, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
• The Question channel is no longer visible to un-logged in users, since they can't use it. -- Jirato 15:43, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
• Monks should no longer get healing tasks at Westbrook. -- Jirato 14:36, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
• Utasa should no longer get copy document tasks at Westbrook. -- Jirato 14:36, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
• Key copying services at locksmiths are once again available. Simply hold a key in your right hand and ASK (locksmith) ABOUT COPY. -- Jirato 14:19, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
• Lost Soldiers and Man-at-Arms in the Redlead Hills and Lost Meadow areas did not take special damages as nethrim. They now have the proper resistances and weaknesses. -- Noctere 5:48, 7 March 2017 (PST)
• It is now possible to set a temporary, one-line, description to your character using the DESCRIPTION command. Please be very mindful of the warnings displayed when first using this command. If I find it commonly misused, I'll remove it. -- Jirato 18:08, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
• The varnished wooden counter in the Mistral Lake Post Office's room description is now functional as a proper usable surface. -- Jirato 15:43, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
• The granite counters in the Haiban Post Office's room description now function as a proper usable surface. -- Jirato 15:40, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
• The long counter in the Shadgard Town Hall, Post Office's room description is now functional as a proper usable surface. -- Jirato 14:41, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
• Modified the description of bronze chisels sold in Corvus outpost to reflect their proper material. -- Jirato 14:37, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
• Fixed a recently introduced (about last week) bug that was preventing the use of chat for pre-login characters. -- Jirato 17:18, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
• Fixed a bug that allowed a player-cast haunting to overwrite a critter-cast haunting. -- Jirato 18:02, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
• The body of in-game mail notification emails now includes the contents of the mail, and a note about contacting support if the email was sent in error. -- Jirato 15:53, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
• The subject line of in-game mail notification emails now includes the sender. -- Jirato 15:53, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
• Email based in-game mail notifications will now be sent regardless of whether or not a character is logged into the game. -- Jirato 15:53, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
• The PAY command no longer has 'roundtime' in the list of preventative states. -- Jirato 14:21, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
• You can now specify LIST when LOOKing on an item to get the text outputted in a list with each item on its own line. For example: LOOK ON BOOKSHELF LIST -- Jirato 14:15, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
• Re-added the STATS command, but made it an alias of the new (guest nickname) version of WHO rather than the old one. -- Jirato 04:42, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• ESP is no longer visible while in rooms tagged as OOC such as the tutorial, mentor lounge, OOC lounge, battlefield, GM lairs, or consultation rooms. -- Jirato 04:32, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• Fixed several grammatical errors and typos in the tutorial rooms, added instructions for EMOTE/ACT, and added directions to backtrack in the "new to text-based games" room. -- Jirato 04:26, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• There is now a notice when using the NICK command that nicknames are temporary and must be set upon each login. -- Jirato 04:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• It is now possible to craft bookshelves through carpentry. -- Jirato 04:07, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• The large reclamation crate in the Templar Armory has been renamed to a reclamation bin. A new large donation crate (which is not a trashcan) has been added. -- Jirato 04:03, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• DEVLOG updates should now echo to all connected clients and the Discord channel. -- Jirato 03:53, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• Added a DEVLOG command. Type it by itself to see the last 25 development log updates, or try DEVLOG LATEST, DEVLOG LAST, or DEVLOG X where X is a limit of how many entries you want to see (up to 25). -- Jirato 03:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• Removed some extra text at the end of the WHO command. -- Jirato 03:07, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
• Made some internal changes to how we handle GM guruship and areas of responsibility. Placed several areas on an "Open Guruship" list. See the GURU command in-game for more information. -- Jirato 14:56, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
• Removed the STATS alias to the WHO command, which was bypassing the new guest nickname system and showing the old who list. -- Jirato 04:03, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
• Fixed an issue that was causing use of emoticons and emojis in the Discord chat to crash the in-game text output function. -- Jirato 03:50, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
• Created a bot for the Discord server that links up the #general chat channel with in-game CHAT. -- Jirato 04:30, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
• Completed firearm repair code and added firearm repair tags to Mistral Lake, Shadgard, Haiban, and Corvus Outpost firearms shops. -- Jirato 03:18, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
• Added info text about current guest nickname and how to change it to the new client connection text. -- Jirato 21:05, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
• Updated pottery, leatherworking, and carpentry to include a hyphen in the term "masterfully-crafted" -- Jirato 13:47, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
• Added coal to "Infested Mines, Level One" and "Haiban Mines" areas. -- Jirato 13:47, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
• Added extra tin, quartz, and lead to the "Haiban Mines" area to reduce the frequence of rarer materials. -- Jirato 13:47, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
• Created this development log. -- Jirato 03:32, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
• Earlier today, re-released "Town of Tarueka", fixed non-spawning critters in "Infested Village, South Bank", added damage types to weapon examination code, fixed tell recent and tells to pre-login characters. -- Jirato 03:32, 13 February 2017 (UTC)