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Updated core compatibility for support with modern systems and features.

Fixed a serious internal item leak that was responsible for much of the recent lag.

*****

Updated Vita-Nex: Core to version 5.3.0.0;

Prevent data loss by ensuring that all asynchronous file write operations have completed before allowing the shard to shut-down.

Increase capacity of memory buffers for gumps and compression for larger data streams to minimize client crashes.

Fixed an issue with web API service where a bad request could receive an HTTP-OK (200) response.

Updated donation processor to support latest PayPal API data.

Optimized PvP Battles core system functions.
Overhauled the PvP Battles UI with a more user-friendly and intuitive design for both staff and players.

Fixed issues with special equipment sets updating their displayed attributes.

Optimized server-side client font loading at shard start-up.
Added support API for using Unicode glyph characters.

Updated gump support for Enhanced Clients and fixed an issue where text would appear below buttons when overlaid.
Overhauled common gumps to switch themes for clients at 7.0.50 and above.
Fixed an issue with node sorting in tree view gumps.
Fixed an issue in the gump animation engine that prevented animations from progressing or looping.
Added support for arbitrary gump tool-tips without the need for client file updates.

Removed unsupported and unused MOTD, Deceit Braziers and World Chat modules.

[Publish 51]

Publish 51


- Imbue Runes will no longer display extended information about the property they hold.
- Single-click an Imbue Rune and select Info to view an extended property description.

- Optimized output for extended property lists to reduce chance of client crashes.
- Fixed an issue with quests where they break after a restart, this will take effect on the second world save after this patch.
- Fixed an issue with escorts that can cause a server dead-lock.

- Optimized vehicles and improved collision detection, it's not perfect still, but getting close.

- Updated the player single-click menu with some new options and color coding.

- Blessed items held inside blessed containers will no longer be strewn across the backpack upon death.

- Geographical locations will now be publicly visible when the profile is made public.

Hi everyone, sorry for the abrupt warning, but we're moving to a new server at some point in the next 12 hours.
Expect some down-time, but not too much, I'll be working hard on the transfer.
The new server has similar specs to the current one, but we won't be hosted on the same slow network, you should see an average ping of 20ms to all of the US and 100ms for Europe.

- Battle System will be restored to full functionality.

- Lots of background fixes, tweaks and changes.

(I'll let Noll write this one up, since he made most of the changes!)

Some of you may already be aware, but if you aren't you probably are if you've read this threads' title.

Razor has been updated by Mark to support the latest client, this means that it is still a viable alternative to UOSteam for those of you who prefer it!

Furthermore, Mark has also given Pandora an opportunity to appear on Razors' default distribution shard list, which means that Pandora will show up in the server selection by default when people install it!

With that, I would expect at least a few new faces around these parts, so keep your eyes peeled and greet our guests with the common courtesy that this community is known for!

Many thanks to Mark for his support and continued development of the RunUO server software, without which, our world would not exist.

Long live Pandora, Long live the King :)

Razor Download: https://github.com/msturgill/razor/releases/

[Changes - Publish 49.7]

Changes - Publish 49.7
15th JAN, 2014



+ General

- Fixed an issue with overlapping houses on placement.
- Revised Medusa and changed the combat mechanics; she can now turn players to stone as well as pets and will do any of her special attacks faster as she loses health.
- Character name verification on login now uses an input gump with a random name suggestion when detecting duplicate names.
- Imbuable slayers that used White Pearls as a resource will now use Black Pearl or another appropriate resource.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Charybdis from spawning tentacles.
- Added Pyrotechnics crafting.


+ Technical

- Fixed an inherent issue with range checks falling short by a factor of 1.
- Fixed an issue with a specific property that prevents new PvP battles being created.
- Wireframes (currently used in vehicles) now implement more accurate collision detection.
- Fixed an issue with world-top-surface detection.

- More to come...

[Changes - Publish 49.6]

Changes - Publish 49.6
9th JAN, 2014



+ General

- Starting location for all new players is now central Luna.
- Tweaked vehicle movement and mouse control, should be more responsive.
- Champions will drop gold again.
- Fixed gargoyle flying movement.
- Fixed Armor Ignore ability on Composite Bows.
- Fixed idle animations for creatures.
- Fixed issue with sea horse improperly toggling riders' swimming.
- Fixed a bug where ranged weapons crashed server on hit.
- Refined ranged weapon automatic ammo loading and retrieval.
- Fixed an issue with Serpent's Pillar tearing boats apart when teleporting them.
- Updated healing stone spell and healing stones to be more useful.
- Mystic Arc ability should now properly hit the target and return the weapon to the owner.
- Updated tigers with new official tiger sounds.
- Upgraded pet healing potions with a bonus applied based on user's average tier.
- Refined Oracle of the Sea and Charybdis fishing system.
- Scalis Enforcer will spawn Eels in a more controlled manner.


+ Technical

- Optimized spawners and XML Spawner system.
- Fixed reported XML Attachment bugs.
- Disabled item drag effects for SA clients (client crash prevention).
- Added more support for Enhanced client features.
- Installed new speed-hack detection service.
- Installed Vita-Nex: Core 2.1.0.0
- Installed new WebStats module.

[Changes - Publish 49.5]

Changes - Publish 49.5
13th NOV, 2013



- Added new imbuable attribute, Accuracy, which allows you to strike for additional damage based on target's weakest armor.
- Removed archery changes for using wrestling when target is too close or you run out of ammo.
- Fixed issue with Evasion and Perception breaking stealth.
- Perception now cancels out Evasion, if you have 10% evasion and a target within range has 50% Perception, you'll have a 40% chance to bee revealed.
- Gargoyles and some monsters now bleed black blood, just because.
- Thrown weapon damage bonus has been increased significantly to match other ranged weapon damage output.
- House welcome notices now have a standard 2 second delay before appearing.
- Vehicle movement has been cleaned up, boats should no longer think you are inside after recalling or gating away.
- Whirlwind Attack should work as expected now.
- Fixed an issue with Ihara Soko ToT turn-in vendor not offering the turn-in menu.
- Targets must be within 3 paces range of the original location they were at when a ranged weapon attacks for it to count as a hit.
- Fixed a small issue with vehicle keys not receiving proper names.
- Added bonus damage to using your fists in combat, the bonus is based on your average tier.
- Corrected an issue where packets are being sent to the client too fast causing client freezes or crashes.
- Spell Cast Bars have been re-designed and should work perfectly now.

***TECHNICAL***

+ Vita-Nex: Core 2.1.0.0

- Fixed an issue with the SuperGump double click detection.
- Reduced the SuperGump instance poll timer delay down to 10ms to increase accuracy for gumps that use fast (auto-) refresh rates.
- Rune Codex Gump support double click action for category selection and recalling.
- Refactored RangeExtUtility ZipRange to ScanRange.
- Moved various extension methods to relevant files and classes.
- Added Parallel tasks support to Clilocs for loading files.
- Added Parallel Tasks support for SuperGumps that have lots of input entries.
- Added Parallel Tasks support for BaseEffects to speed up the Point3D caching algorithm.
- Added support for Int64 to TimeStamp construction and implicit conversion to keep RunUO compatibility between 2.3 and 2.4+ 'TickCount' Core impl.
- Added Block3D, a geometric struct representing a box on a single point by giving it height.
- Block3D allows for more precise intersection calculations when used in a component matrix such as multis.
- Added more generic static construction methods to PollTimer.

[1st NOV, 2013]

Changes - Publish 49.4
1st NOV, 2013


- Houses will have a welcome notification when entering.
- Donation Animal Trainer will display correct names for Llama/Chargers.
- Pandorian Llama will accept commands again.
- Magical Shortbow now uses Mana as the ammo, the amount of Mana needed to fire it is scaled by it's tier.
- Magical Shortbow base damage is based on the amount of Mana used to fire it.
- Character Creation enforcement for first account character only to receive specific items.
- [Where command will display house name as current region, if used in a house.
- Abyss facet wilderness regions will now display entry notifications.
- MOTD system internal clean-up to prevent merging of messages.
- Unravelling Tier 0 items will no longer yield bonus resources.
- Added Oceanic Coin Vendors to replace the current vending stones, they will also buy white pearls and big fish from you.
- Added Magic Scroll Box to hold Spell Scrolls.
- Added Spells category and Spell Scroll storage support to Resource Box.
- Added Glass Staff to Glass-blowing craft menu.
- Regen rate caps for all stats is now 50.
- Whirlwind Attack will no longer spam messages for multiple affected targets.
- Weapon durability loss has been normalized and will decrease slower.
- Toxic Essence can now be stored in Resource Boxes under the Imbuing tab.
- Critical Hit Chance Increase chance caps have been increased by 10%.
- Evasion and Perception have been revised.
- Threat is now available as a reduction factor as well as an increase factor.
- Threat has been moved to the Misc Imbuing category.
- Bonus Tier XP will no longer count towards rating or runes.
- Imbuable stat bonus caps have been increased by 5.
- Imbuable stat regen caps have been increased by 2.
- Critical Hit Chance Increase cap has been increased by 2.
- Quivers should no longer gather millions of arrows.
- Peerless bosses will no longer teleport you back after you have left the area.
- Neira's hit points have been normalized at 140,000, down from 1,400,000
- Neira will now drop guaranteed imbuing resources.
- Houses will no longer be able to overlap each other when placed by players.
- Spider Crab Pies will now use the correct resources.
- Service Repair Deeds no longer require the user to be in a town.
- Added double-click support for Rune Codex category select.
- Added double-click support for Rune Codex entry select, will perform recall action.
- Ranged Weapons will now only deal damage when the ammo strikes the target, the speed of the effect is faster when the weapon has Velocity and your Dexterity is higher.
- Ranged weapons will now make you wrestle your enemy if they are within 1 pace, or if you have no ammo.
- Using your fists to fight will now use your average tier rating to increase your base damage.
- PvP Battle Necklace will now have +50 Hit Point Increase and 3 other random properties with random values.
- Hell Armor is now repairable.
- Stabling pets is now free.
- Increased SDI cap to 50%.
- Increased LMC cap to 50%.
- Donation reward Water Quiver of the Sea Horse now has 5% HCI, 5% DCI, 15 R.Hits, 15 R.Mana and 10% DI
- Treasure Map Chests will now spawn random Imbuing resources based on chest level, anything from essence to crystals.
- Detect Hidden, Hiding and Tracking Power Scrolls are now available.
- Drop rate of Sabrix' Eye increased to 50%
- Added donation reward Everlasting Ammo.
- Added new Halloween 2013 Pumpkins and Pumpkin Carving Kit.
- PvP Battle seasons will return to the 4-week duration.
- True smooth boat movement, including mouse control.
- Disabled item insurance on mount items.
- Removed invisible items from the item insurance menu.

***TECHNICAL***

- Added 7.0.33.1 protocol changes, for new MobileIncoming packet.
- Changed refuse trades option to only show in appropriate clients.
- Changed the new context menu packet to only be used when necessary, until assistants are patched.
- Fixed null ref in BaseFamiliar.
- Fixed items not being placeable on tiles occupied by hidden staff mobiles.
- Corpse packet fixes.
- Make corpses private containers.
- Don't trace innocuous network exceptions unless debug flagged.
- Fix props gump serial display.
- Assistant feature negotiation.
- Sync feature negotiation flags.
- DawnsMusicBoxGump null ref.
- Implement client bandage macro handler.
- Thread safe random methods.
- Aggressive rewrite of core random number generation.
- Prep constants for rdrand parallelization.
- Add RandomImpl.
- RandomImpl display and additional interfaces.
- Fix pre-AoS OPL Spellbook display.
- Implement Core.TickCount.
- Convert movement, actions (lift/use), combat, and spells to use Core.TickCount and avoid DateTime caveats (performance, system time dependency, etc)
- BaseCreature/AI Core.TickCount
- Core.TickCount for some AI actions.
- Timers use Core.TickCount.
- Refactor DateTime.Now to DateTime.UtcNow across entire project.
- Cast disturb recovery fix.
- Correction in NewAsyncSockets.
- Send locking for NewAsyncSockets.
- Add crash report packet handler.
- Implement double checked locking.
- Packet processing parallelization.
- Parallel delta queue processing.
- Thread safe packet construction, compilation, compression, gump compilation, sending, coalescing, etc.
- Additional network level parallelization.
- AI target acquisition parallelization.
- Limit pooled enumerables and timerchangeentries to 200 (arbitrary)
- Generic pooled enumerators.
- Guild event bcp.
- Better pooled enumerator thread safety.
- Handle speech events with some parallelism.
- Don't place disposed items back in the pool.
- Delta recursion protection.
- Flush in send completion.
- Proper NextDouble.
- Direct RandomBool.
- Thread safe parallelized timer changes.
- TileMatrix thread-safety.
- Main WaitHandle timeout removed.​

[10th AUG, 2013]

Changes - Publish 49.3
10th AUG, 2013


- Imbuing Craft Kits will no longer crash the client.
- Vampiric Embrace will now offset Fire Resistance by -25, instead of -65.
- Reptile Slayer will now display the correct name, instead of "Gargoyle slayer".
- Added imbuing property "Tier XP Bonus", capped at 100% total.
- Added missing black background in PvP Profiles List gump.
- Donation Vendors will now log all purchases.
- Armor and Weapons will never fall to the floor when they reach 0 durability/hit points, they will always drop in your pack, even if it is full, if you have no pack, it will end up in your bank.
- Added Dragon Lamps, Tall Lamps and Glass Lamps to Vote Vendor, Battle Vendor and Donation Trinket Vendor.
- Revised the Stable Stone and corrected all of the horrible grammar/spelling mistakes.
- Stable Stone no longer has a risk of randomly deleting pets from your stable when claiming.
- Stable Stone is now naturally Blessed.
- Pandorian Llama pet now displays instructions to change colors.
- Donation pets that resurrect you when double-clicked will no longer tell you to do it whenever you talk near them while dead.
- Spell Cast Bars will be back!
- Taming Bulk Orders will be accessible on player vendors when double-clicked.
- Some visual glitches fixed for Character Status Bars.
- Token/Donation vendors will now allow reds access at all times.
- Increased drop chances for Prism of Light keys.


- Refined House Resize/Demolition:
- Owners who Resize their house will now have 60 minutes to place another house in the same plot before it becomes public land.
- Placing a House in a Resized plot can only be done if you are the previous Owner of the plot, or a character of the same account as the Owner.
- Owners who Demolish their house will not be able to place another house on the same plot for 60 minutes, when the plot becomes public land.
- No one can place another house in a Demolished plot until it becomes public land.
- Added Resize button to House Sign gump.

[5,356,227,047]

Total at time of this writing is 5,356,227,047 Gold.

That's 5 Billion, 356 Million, 227 Thousand and 47 Gold.

Coins: 820,714,113 Gold
Bank Checks: 3,715,266,393 Gold
Platinum Bars: 152,500,000 Gold
Check Books: 667,746,541 Gold

[6th AUG, 2013]

Changes - Publish 49.2
6th AUG, 2013


- Action delay tweak.
- Bank Stone can not be used while in combat.
- Shrunken Pet Idols now have 1 stone weight.
- Vendor Stones should now stack purchased items in your pack, if you pack is full, purchased items will fall at your feet.
- Quivers have been returned to their previous container-style state, but the enforcement of ammo amount is still present.
- The handler for 3rd party bandage request packets has been updated to prevent everlasting bandages from being consumed.
- [Grab command player options supports toggling the Trash Items option.
- [Grab command player options no longer supports the Priority Types list as it is not needed.
- Normal Pet Heal potions now have a 5 second use delay and do 25 to 50 healing.
- Greater Pet Heal potions now have a 10 second use delay and do 50 to 100 healing.
- Fixed an issue with Rune Codex not displaying last (10th) row.
- Soul Glaives and Composite Bows have been balanced...
- Soul Glaive strength requirement is now 45, down from 85.
- Soul Glaive speed is now 4s, down from 4.92s.
- Composite Bows minimum damage is now 20, up from 13.
- Composite Bows maximum damage is now 25, up from 17.
- Composite Bows initial hit points max can be up to 100, up from 70.
- Added Mallet and Chisel to Tinker Crafting.
- Added Remote Bank Stone with uses remaining (10 uses default).
- Added Remote Bank Stone to Vote/Battle Vendors.
- Transmutation and Imbuing now have a better chance of successfully crafting.
- Added new items to Vote/Battle Vendors.
- Added donator Garden Shed deeds to Trash Vendor.
- Renamed donator Garden Shed deed to include donator tag.
- Added Origami Dragon and Bunny.
- Gold Check Books will not count towards gold total display, it causes too many issues to be worth doing.
- Added Dragon and Stained Glass Lamps.

[4th AUG, 2013]

Changes - Publish 49.1
4th AUG, 2013


- Your average tier now gives you a hit-points bonus.
- Donation equipment now comes with tier 5 as standard.
- Added body animation support for new Lord Blackthorne and future Tiger mount.
- Decreased delay between actions to 250ms to compensate for upgraded network speed.
- Unravelling will return up to 50% of each properties' required imbuing resources, minus rough stone and crystals.
- Champions have had their generic loot packs reduced to reduce the amount of less useful items.
- Pet healing potions will do up to 10 extra healing compared to before.
- Pet healing potions will now have a use delay of 10 seconds for normal and 20 seconds for greater.
- Healing pets with bandages will now be 5x more effective when the healer has more than 5 control slots used up.
- Rough Stones and Crystals of Elements shouldn't drop on champion sub-spawns.
- Champion sub-spawns won't display extended hover-properties.
- Enabled Unravelling and Repairing on Tinker menu.
- Implemented Chain Lightning (beta) on Serado.
- Rune Codex can now be recalled from, the last place selected is used, or the first place in the default category if none selected.
- [Grab command delay increased to 10 seconds.
- [Grab command can now be configured by players using the [GrabOptions command.
- Craft-specific vendor stones now have menus with separated items available for purchase (beta).
- Fixed a minor display issue with skill names in craft item information gumps.
- PvP battle regions will now sweep and delete items on the floor every second, so don't drop anything!
- PvP battles can now be configured to give points for separate actions, instead of just kills and on the final win.
- Linked Garden Shed Container security to the visible Garden Shed components.
- Fixed an issue with time over distance calculations for effects when travelling over a long z-range.
- Old Tool Boxes will convert on double click and drop the new Tool Box in your pack.
- Fixed a major issue with notoriety causing server lock-ups.
- Fixed quiver storage, should no longer count towards pack items or weight.
- Check Books can now hold up to 2.4 billion gold each.
- Check Books now support deposits and withdrawals in platinum ingots, loose change is given in gold coins.
- Check Books and have a flashy new animated gump interface.
- Control Slot Unlockers now give +1 slot when unlocking.
- Crafting Kits framework installed.
- Added Imbuing Craft Kits.
- Added standard Soul Forge tool with uses.
- Gold and Platinum Bars are now weightless.
- Added extraction amount input for Tool Boxes.
- Any equipment with tiers will attempt be normalized if found to be "overpowered".
- Donation Sphinx now has Lethal Poison Immunity.

[Crafting Kits are available from the Abyssal Merchant in the donation house.Crafting Kits are bags of crafting tools and resources that will help you with your crafting supplies.The kits come in 4 levels; Beginner, Amateur, Professional and Expert.The higher the level, the more resources and tool uses you will receive.]

Crafting Kits are available from the Abyssal Merchant in the donation house.

Crafting Kits are bags of crafting tools and resources that will help you with your crafting supplies.
The kits come in 4 levels; Beginner, Amateur, Professional and Expert.
The higher the level, the more resources and tool uses you will receive.

[Changes - Publish 49.0]

Changes - Publish 49.0
28th JUL, 2013

+ Core Updates:

- Updated Gumps to support new Item Properties entry.
- Removed possible stack overflow threat in core Gumps.
- Optimized code for racial body values.
- Updated context menus to support latest client localization ID's.
- Updated expansion info with new High Seas byte flags.
- Update containers property display.
- Added new status packets and members for mobiles and weapons.
- Added an event to Regions for processing all regions when they have been loaded.


+ Server Updates:

- The [Where command is now accessible to players and uses a notify Gump to display information.
- Blessed Item/Potion Bags now have more security against holding items they shouldn't.
- Price adjustment for donation based shrink potions.
- Optimized everlasting bandage code.
- Good Luck Deeds will now properly delete when used.
- Pet Skills Deeds will now properly raise your pet's skills cap, preventing random skill loss.
- Check Book capacity raised from 200 to 500 million.
- Guards will not instant kill any more, but they will kick your ass.
- Regions will notify you with details about the region upon entering them.
- Region entry notifications are color coded according to their danger level and guard status.
- Shrink functions and idols optimized.
- Updated properties of Fish Pies.
- All artefacts can now be imbued. ALL of them, including old ones.
- Chaos/Order shields for each race can be imbued, but can't be unravelled.
- Oracle of the Sea and Charybdis have been updated, the mission should be easier.
- Updated Scalis resistances.
- Creatures will now display certain stats when hovering over them, pets will display extended stats.
- Ore Dyes will now dye clothing-based talismans.
- Fixed shard crash when using specific Master Runebooks.
- Fixed typo on Vial of Vitriol.
- Pet Leash now has remaining uses.
- Added new donation vendors - Abyssal Merchant, Trinket Vendor.
- Updated and optimized global chat service.
- Prepared chat service for use with IRC.
- Updated creature AI's and fully optimized pathing algorithms.
- Added missing glass equipment to Glassblowing craft.
- Fixed typos and cliloc errors in Faction Gumps.
- Organized hover properties on all equipment, they should be in a logical order now.
- Optimized quivers and their properties.
- Optimized Camp Fires.
- Fixed a targeting issue with taxidermy kits.
- Optimized fishing pole attachments and prepared them for unique additions.
- Logs should properly register as wood (alias of boards) when crafting.
- Optimized bandage code, no mechanics were changed.
- Fixed a display issue with animal lore Gump.
- Updated detect hidden skill to include the new Perception and Evasion properties in the formula.
- Fixed issue with discordance persistence on shrunken/stabled pets.
- Fixed potential issue when casting spells with wands or scrolls where an item leak may occur.
- Upgraded Crafting Tools Chest interface - no, shovels are still not supported because they use a different kind of craft system that is incompatible with all other tools.
- Added Lord Blackthorne's Throne add-on (NollKoll)
- Added Piano add-on (NollKoll)
- Fixed a bug where XML-based quests do not register creature kills (NollKoll)
- Updated MapUO API.


+ Housing

- Fixed issue with house resizing where original owner can't place a new house in the old region.
- Added house categories - Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Military.
- House categories each give different bonuses to skills, stats, resistances and income.
- House categories can only be changed once every 7 days.
- Fixed an issue with garden sheds being inaccessible when placed on small plots.
- Added ability to sell house directly from the sign - enter your price and submit.
- People can buy your house directly from the sign when  it is up for sale.
- Fixed an issue with house painting Gump where the last row on both axis would not be shown.
- Fixed Ogre Thrashing Slayer typo.
- Fixed issues with placement of unique houses - the farmer's cabin may still have issues on certain terrain.
- Updated labels on house placement Gump.


+ Imbuing and Unravelling

- Optimized all crafting systems, updated interfaces and Gumps.
- Imbuing now requires Crystals of Elements (CoE) as a main resource.
- Blank Imbuing/Unravelling Runes have been removed, you only need Rough Stone to craft runes.
- CoE's can be found on any enemy creature in the World.
- CoE drop rates are dependent on the elemental damage types that an enemy creature has.
- Added Transmutation craft to allow other ways to get CoE's.
- Rough Stones drop rate has been reduced.
- Gargoyles can craft Rough Stones from Granite.
- Full item unravelling has been revised, the resource return rate has been increased slightly.
- Some craft systems allow you to unravel an item instantly upon crafting it.
- Added Slayers to Imbuing craft.
- Revised equipment min/max rune slots and ratings.
- Equipment with properties that are above their imbue soft-cap will not count as extra runes.
- Talismans that previously counted as clothing will now be counted as a talisman for imbuing.
- Added new properties - Perception, Evasion, CraftSuccess, BonusHealing, Threat
- Added an actual portable Soul Forge with the correct art ID, not the brazier style, these are 2 separate items.


+ Abyss

- The Abyss awaits you all and will be opening in the near future.
- New monsters, new areas, towns, cities and challenges for those who seek glory or will settle for an honourable death.
- Tiered regions to suit your current game pace, choose to stay in your comfort zone, or venture in to the unknown to attain higher challenges!
- Everything in Abyss is scaled to a Tier range, with a wide variety of separate areas at different Tier ranges to cater to all game styles.
- A new player-run town, Dimitto, the only area safe enough to place a house in Abyss, but requires a minimum average tier rating upon placing.
- Aide the King's Guard and help defend the portals back to Pandora from being overtaken by the Abyssal Legion and used for universal destruction!


+ Vita-Nex: Core (VNc)

- Removed created/edited fields from all file header regions.
- Optimized SuperGumps and added pure black background to standard UI SuperGumps.
- Added new notifications Gump and [Notify command.
- Added new items to Vote Token vendor.
- Added new items to Trash Token vendor.
- Optimized Auto PvP battles flow and fixed minor bugs.
- Added Capture The Flag battle scenarios - fully tested!
- Geo-Location is back! - Use The [GeoLoc command to manage your profile.
- Revised casting bars, improvement action to be taken.
- Updated MOTD module.
- Players will no longer earn PvP Points in Ranked battles if they kill someone who shares the same IP address.
- Optimized [FixMe, [MyCommands, [Say commands.
- Changed file output path in 2D/3D [ExportBounds commands.
- Added [Notify command for staff.
- Added Rune Codex.
- Added Hue Deeds.
- Added Strobe Lantern - this will be upgraded in the future, perhaps to allow customizing the hue range.
- Added Shadow Lantern - this shadow lantern holds a dark secret.
- Added Heal, Cure and Mana Bobombs.
- Updated broadcast scrolls after trying to use one and finding it was virtually useless.
- Optimized BBCodeUtility.
- Automated donation service will no longer increase world save time, it is now asynchronous.

The test server is going to be on-line from now for some final changes before the patch goes live.
It will be subject to constant restarts so don't expect to stay logged in without  a restart for longer than 30 mins or so.

Connection info:

82.39.183.226
2593

Everyone gets a GameMaster (Staff) character, you will have an Access Cloak in your pack, equip it to simulate being a Player for testing, otherwise feel free to create and explore as  you like.

Had a few unexpected technical difficulties the past week, glad to say I'm back on track and we'll be be patching #49 this weekend!

[Publish 48 - Hot Patch]

Publish 48 - Hot Patch

- Good Luck Deeds should now apply properly on items.

- Rough stones now drop on any Felucca creature, more if Paragon, Peerless or Champion.

- Imbuing craft max skill increase to 150, which decreases success chance, 100% intensity runes have 70.3% base success. (Ex. +100 Luck = 100% intensity = 70.3% success)
* Chance based on 120.0 imbuing skill.
* You can still receive crafting bonuses from different Soul Forges, we are looking at other ways to allow you to increase your success rate. If you think the chance is too low now, point your cross-hairs at Kon :P

- Soul Anvils now display unravelling craft menu.
- Soul Forges should not say "can't be seen" any more.

- Factions are back. Find the stones in town and join them.
- Faction skill loss disabled.
- Factions re-named to Game Of Thrones houses (because we can)

- Added Currencies to storage types and resource box.

- Renowned creatures will now teleport back to their spawn point if they wander 30+ tiles away.

[Publish 47 - Crafting & Imbuing]

Publish 47 - Crafting & Imbuing

Here we are at last, after the past week or so of tolerating a semi-working imbuing system, we are happy to finally announce the arrival of the new and unique imbuing rune crafting system.

Imbuing has always been a complex feature, very hard to balance, but after some thorough testing, we believe everything is on-par! (we - myself and the player testers who took part)

With the new system overhaul, comes a few logic changes, but nothing too drastic or confusing.
Of course, such a big change may seem disorientating at first, but it's really easy to begin crafting Imbuing Runes!


First off, just some quick notes on the crafting menus, as this globally affects all crafting systems;

The item crafting menu appearance has been enhanced dramatically;
It now gives you all of the feedback you could possibly need in order to make your crafting decision.
Everything from detailed descriptions about the item to special functions, special requirements (recipes, heat, forge, etc) and extended skills and resources information.

Everything has been color-coded to make your life easier - red means you don't have something you need, yellow means you're cutting it fine (in the case of skills) and green means you have filled the requirement.

We've even added a small box next to certain entries on the menu that link directly to UOGuide - click the link in the menu to be taken to the page with information. It's a simple help feature for your convenience. We may some day link this to our own Wiki instead of UOGuide, but it's good for now!



OK, the juicy bits;

Blank Runes

Blank Imbuing/Unravelling Runes are essential to crafting Imbuing/Unravelling Runes.
In order to craft a Blank Rune, you will need 1 Rough Stone.
To begin crafting Blank Runes, use a Scribe's Pen.


Imbuing Runes

Imbuing Runes are small stones that carry special property inscriptions that can be applied to a wide range of items; Spell-Books, Glasses, Talisman, Armor, Clothing, Jewellery, Ranged Weapons and Meleé Weapons.

Each Imbuing Rune carries a unique property that can be applied to an item.
To use an Imbuing Rune, simply double-click it and target the item you wish to imbue.
Using an Imbuing Rune is always successful and doesn't require any skill to apply them.
There is no chance of destroying your equipment when applying an Imbuing Rune.

To begin crafting Imbuing Runes, you can double-click a Soul Forge.
You will require at least 1 Blank Imbuing Rune for each Imbuing Rune you wish to craft, each craft requires different levels of different resources, depending on the intensity of your selection.

Imbuing Runes that show a 0 (zero) Imbue Rating may still be imbued (if available) but will not count towards the Rune Count or Equipment Rating on an item.

The ignored/zero-rated properties are;

• Night Sight
• Luck
• Increased Karma Loss
• Battle Lust
• Blood Drinker
• Lower Stat Req
• Hit Fatigue
• Hit Curse
• Hit Mana Drain
• Self Repair
• Durability Bonus
• MageArmor
• Reactive Paralyze
• Soul Charge

Unravelling Runes

For every Imbuing Rune craft group, there is an Unravelling Rune craft.
When you use an unravelling rune, the property on the item is wiped and you have a chance to recover up to 90% of each resource used to craft the imbuing rune for that property.
There is no chance to destroy your equipment when unravelling individual runes.

To begin crafting Unravelling Runes, you must use a Rune Chisel.
You will require at least 1 Blank Unravelling Rune for each Unravelling Rune you wish to craft.


Resource Recovery

It's possible to recover up to 90% of the resources used for a specific Imbuing Rune when using an Unravelling Rune on an item, but you can't unravel an entire item just yet.
The resources you recover are the same resources that would be used to make an Imbuing Rune for the property you are Unravelling.
You aren't always guaranteed to recover resources, but you will more often than not!


Limits / Caps

Specific pieces of items have certain limits for imbuing, as before, there is a cap on how many runes (slots) can be taken up by imbued properties.
There is also a cap on the maximum rating (total property weight) that specific items can have.

The current limits/caps are as follows:

• Spell-Books: Rating: 800 - Runes: 6 - Max Imbues: 50
• Glasses: Rating: 1,200 - Runes: 10 - Max Imbues: 50
• Talisman: Rating: 1,000 - Runes: 8 - Max Imbues: 100
• Shields: Rating: 1,000 - Runes: 8 - Max Imbues: 50
• Armor: Rating: 1,800 - Runes: 15 - Max Imbues: 100
• Clothing: Rating: 800 - Runes: 6 - Max Imbues: 20
• Jewellery: Rating: 1,500 - Runes: 12 - Max Imbues: 50
• Ranged Weapons: Rating: 1,500 - Runes: 12 - Max Imbues: 100
• Meleé Weapons: Rating: 1,500 - Runes: 12 - Max Imbues: 100

Equipment Rating

Equipment Rating is the combined total of all of your equipped items' ratings and is displayed on the list under your character's name.
If someone has  a higher rating than you, the color of their rating will sway towards red, if they are below you, it sways towards green. -This should give a good indication of what you can do when faced with an unfriendly player, but don't rely on the rating, you might just be able to take out the guy who's double your size!


Foot-Notes

-All current Removal Runes (formerly crafted with Inscription via the Rune Chisel) will be wiped.
We have decided to wipe them because writing a conversion algorithm for each individual Removal Rune simply isn't worth the time and effort and extra delay to this patch.

-Slayers not currently available on Imbuing Runes, but will be added in later this week!

-For some reason, some Talisman are classes as clothing, we can't change this without wiping them, so we'll just leave it at that for now.

This should be enough information for you to get started, more information will come available as people ask for it, so get going and have fun!

Preview (Applies to ALL craft systems):

Ignore the chopped title in the menu, it will not be like that in release.