This page generally only reports changes to the client, and not additions to the world. You'll have to explore to find the additions to the world.

Latest What's New

12/18/02 v264

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• All changes this update are secret.

12/4/02 v263

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• All changes this update are secret.

11/20/02 v260

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• All changes this update are secret.

11/6/02 v258

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• All changes this update are secret.

10/23/02 v256

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• The macro construct .letter[N] has been fixed.
• Macro files no longer need to end with a carriage return.
• You can now use /* C-style comments */ in macros. Comments can span multiple lines, and text inside the /* and */ markers should be completely ignored.
• Click macros have been significantly redesigned as a result of player feedback from v254. See the even newer macro documentation for details.

10/9/02 v254

• We crashed several times on 9/25. First time in 119 days. The record is 154 days. An unhappy gerbil didn't want to share his cage. He's been given separate quarters and is much happier now.
• You can now use /label <player> none, as well as /forget, to remove a label.
• Macro files now accept Unix line-breaks, such as you might find or create under OS X, as well as Macintosh line-breaks.
• Macros now offer more features for multi-button mice and scroll wheels, under OS X. See the new macro documentation for details.
• If you change your mind within a reasonable period of time after resetting a character, you can recover most of your lost experience for $9.95. Email joe.

9/25/02 v252

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• There are now 5 labels for friends: red, orange, green, blue, and purple. You can change a friend's label with the /label command, or by control-clicking on them. The "Befriend" menu command has become "Label Red," for now. Any label counts as friendship for the Text Styles. The "*Blocked*" and "*Ignored*" files are no longer used. All labelled friends, blocked people, and ignored people are saved in your character's file in your Friends folder. However, you can make a "*global*" file in that folder to hold labelled, blocked, and ignored people that will be used for all your characters. Each line should hold a character name, a tab, and that character's label (red, orange, green, blue, purple, blocked, ignored). Labels in a character's file override labels in the global file.
• You will now get a message when your shares are no longer fallen.

9/12/02 v250

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• You'll see a random tip each time you log in. Type /tips to see another, or /options tips off to disable them. You can also read the full list of tips.
• Login welcome messages now include your name, to make it easier for programs to interpret saved logs.
• All other changes this update are secret.

8/28/02 v248

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Karma is a liquid asset, even though you can't sell it.
• Koppi has decided to be more open with his records.

8/14/02 v246

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• All changes this update are secret.

7/31/02 v244

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Shares, skinning, and shared kills should no longer be confused.
• All other changes this update are secret.

7/17/02 v242

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• New /name command allows you to set a custom name on items with data (ones marked <#1>, <#2>, etc.).
• New /options command allows you to control npc speech speed, skinning, and other options. You may need to re-set your chosen speech speed. The earlier choices correspond to slow, medium, and zoom. Fast is new.
• You should be able to /equip items by normal or custom name, possibly including an index number (<#1>) if the rest is still ambiguous.
• /useitem now accepts locations other than left. For example, /useitem shoulder will use the item you have equipped there.
• Shiny daggers no longer break while you're being chained.
• Fighter skills no longer decay while you are fallen.

7/3/02 v240

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• admin.clanlord.com was unavailable for a while on 6/28 for an unexpected change of IP.
• All changes this update are secret.

6/19/02 v238

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• The server machine now has more RAM than the clan lord server uses. This should be a big improvement.
• All changes this update are secret.

6/5/02 v236

• A UPS lost power for about an hour on 5/29. We apologize for the inconvenience.
• Plain, bold, and/or italic text has spiffy new smoothing, for people running the latest update of Mac OS X (10.1.5).
• All other changes this update are secret.

5/22/02 v234

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• All changes this update are secret.

5/8/02 v232

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Added wheelup and wheeldown to macros to support wheelie mice on OS X.
• The coliseum master's hourglass has been repaired.

4/24/02 v230

• We crashed on 4/8 and again on 4/10. A poor lost gerbil confused his tail and his nose. He's been retrained and is a very happy gerbil now.
• For OS X, there should be no more dash-to-the-dock for click-and-holders.
• Clothing should stay on when you try to change too quickly.
• /drop /mine to drop something that only you can pick back up. Select your purse and /drop <#> to drop a pile of coins.
• Rafflers can now accept any item you can sell, including clothing, bags of kudzu, and so on.
• /use an empty bottle to fill it from a barrel of water you're carrying.
• /use /combine while holding two sewing kits to combine their supplies into one.
• Court records of fines and jail time have been fixed.

4/10/02 v228

• We crashed once on 4/2 due to gm intervention. Bad gm. No biscuit. Fortunately, a few memory leaks in the server were found and fixed.
• We suffered major ISP disruptions 4/5 through 4/8. Apparently one machine wasn't updated to a new IP address about a year ago. The old address stopped working last weekend. Bah. Three days have been added to everyone's account. Three days or so of library experience have been added to eligible characters. We apologize for the inconvenience.
• As you improve, you will dispatch opponents before slaughtering them.

3/27/02 v226

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• /whoclan Clan Name will show which members of that clan are currently online.

3/13/02 v224

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• All changes this update are secret.

2/27/02 v222

• Numerous crashes between 2/14 and 2/17. First time in 154 days. The old record was 120 days. Some individuals were trying to borrow jerseys from the pushball court. These heinous actions caused the captains to blow up the world. Guard gerbils have now been trained and posted on the field.
• Problems with /drop and loaner items like shoes and bard instruments have been fixed.
• Khar Fe'rakh has learned about Grey and Brown Ferals, as well as their larger cousins.
• Team jerseys can be carried anywhere, but only worn in appropriate places.

2/13/02 v221

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• HUGE thanks for player contributed artwork updating some of the old cartoon monsters. Keep up the great work!
• Team jerseys for pushball and capture-the-flag are now droppable and sellable but if you /depart you will lose them.
• Fighter belts are now sellable like healer clothing.
• The player and inventory windows have a new look with OS X.
• The bard icon is no longer missing from the player window. The bard badge no longer obscures the regular icon.
• /thinkto confirmation messages are now more accurate and they are saved properly in movies.
• Fixed ability to turn off bard music broken in v218.
• Messages were added to the text log when you start and stop viewing a movie so that post-processing can handle them more efficiently.

1/30/02 v218

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• \DROP will drop the item selected in your inventory. Items vanish after a short time. Some items can only be picked up by the person who dropped them.
• The bank has hired a new clerk.

1/16/02 v216

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• When someone signs up a new account and puts your account name in the referral field your account will be credited one month.

1/2/02 v214

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Happy New Year!
• A locksmith repaired the doors at the Purple Tor Inn.
• New command /whofriend similar to /whoclan.

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