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

12/19/01 v212

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

12/5/01 v210

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Ore, berries, and most other things sitting on the ground should let you run over them if you can't pick them up.
• /speak now accepts partial matches for language names. For example, /speak d will let you speak dwarven, if you know it.
• The wooden parrot has been cured of its annoying termite infestation.
• You can now /examine a sunstone, just as if you'd equipped it and typed /use /inspect.
• The /tune command is now obsolete. Equip the sunstone you want to tune and type /useitem sunstone /tune # instead.
• /info has been improved.
• Hamish is better about spotting the name tags attached to post office boxes.
• The Purple Tor Inn has been mostly soundproofed.

11/24/01 v208

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Circle tests now slow down with the rest of the world during prime time.
• Inventory shortcut keys (Cmd-0 thru Cmd-9) for clothing and other special items should now work correctly, or at least better than before. This comes at a small price: you'll need to reestablish your inventory keyboard shortcuts, since the old ones could not be converted to the new method.
• Shortly after you log on, you will get a list of your currently-online "friends", similar to the existing list of clanmates. The new list is displayed as soon as the players window is done filling up.
• Fixed scroll wheel support in OS X -- hitherto, it had been scrolling the wrong way.
• Added a copy of the "Try the Demo!" button to the select-character dialog

11/7/01 v206

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Try the new /examine command.
• Storage lockers now accept clothing and some other things they couldn't take before.
• Wiktus and Smythus no longer make sales from across the room.

10/24/01 v204

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Wiktus now accepts returns, with a hefty restocking fee.
• Tangleberries and togron nuts are edible.
• Fallen people don't heal while they're studying any more.
• Spriggins should jump into the grey even less often now. Please continue to /bug it.

10/10/01 v202

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

9/26/01 v200

• We crashed on 9/13. Fist time in 120 days. The old record was 100 days. One of the world gerbils needed its cage cleaned. It's a happy gerbil now.
• All changes for this update are secret. Enjoy!

9/12/01 v198

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• You will no longer be healed after an upate. You will still be moved to your temple.
• Major changes to everything under the hood. All new gerbils in all new cages. Hopefully, this will be for the better in the long run.
• Fixed bug leaking memory after playing for a long time.
• You may now try hair dyes before purchasing them.
• Healer shirts can now be made into cloaks and vice versa.
• There is no longer any need to put a weapon away when you don a cloak.
• Johnny treeseed has been very busy.

8/22/01 v195

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• As of v198 you will not be healed after an upate. You will still be moved to your temple.
• All other changes are secret.

8/8/01 v193

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Fixed silly bug not displaying status bars correctly.
• You can now shorten the /pose pose to the smallest piece that's unique. /pose k to kneel, /pose leanr to lean right.
• /unshare now only requires a name that's unique among the people you are currently sharing with. When both Frederik and Frederica are on, but you're only sharing with Frederica, /unshare fred will cut her off cold.
• Three clanmembers can force someone to resign as clan treasurer.
• Intaglio Klest remembers who has done the best on his quest.

7/25/01 v191

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Added /report command - Compla on the go.
• The assistant manager in the bank is more willing to remove clan treasurers who have since left the clan.

7/11/01 v189

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Auto-downloads have been improved. They might even be acceptable. Read me.
• You can now hold a training ledger from more than one trainer at a time, and switch back and forth without penalty.
• Check out the new hut on the west side of the fairgrounds.
• Pathfinding will change slightly in this chaos storm. Exiles should less frequently find themselves unable to pass through some hard paths they could pass through a short time before. On the down side, exiles may find themselves unable to pass through some paths that they were able to pass immediately before the storm.

6/27/01 v187

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Auto-downloads have been improved. They might even be acceptable. Read me.
• One cause of scroll-lock was found and fixed.
• New /whoclan command lists members of your clan currently online.
• The gerbils in charge of healer items (moonstone, caduceus, sylphstone ring, mercurial staff) have been retrained. They should work exactly the same as the old ones, only without the obscure bugs.
• Shoes became items. You can change that, for a small fee.

6/13/01 v185

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Auto-downloads! Cool, right? Sorta. Read me.
• Fixed silly bug not initializing a new prefs file correctly.
• More fighter circle tests.
• Monsters should no longer try to bite Agratis hitchhikers.
• Togron nuts should be easier to pick up.
• Pink Cat kicked PM butt!

5/30/01 v183

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Auto-downloads! Cool, right? Sorta. Read me.
• Fixed a silly bug on startup not knowing what version it is.
• There are a couple new text styles for time stamps and /thinkto messages.
• The combat gerbils had their cages cleaned. Most likely you won't notice. Some strange things were happening for a very small number of people.

5/16/01 v181

• We crashed on 5/9. Fist time in 28 days. The record is 100 days. The gerbil whose trick it is to create new clans had an accident. We believe we have trained this gerbil to not piddle on the carpet any more.
• Many gerbils have been retrained to make the world better when you connect to the world and when things bump into each other. We hope there will be no problems. Please forgive the cute furry things if there are. They are doing the best they can.
• We have added a random time element to when raw karma is awarded.
• Puddleby Town Hall has hired a new clerk.

5/2/01 v179

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• You will not be able to log on if we consider your account password to be insecure. If you received the insecure password warning when you connected in previous version then you will need to log in to the members web page and change your password.
• All other changes are secret. Enjoy.

4/18/01 v177

• We crashed on 4/9. First time in 78 days. The record is 100 days. A slightly confused gerbil filled all available space with silly messages. It was re-educated.
• /useitem left will use the item in your left hand.
• All other changes are secret. Enjoy.

4/4/01 v175

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Added Network Stats window.
• Enjoy.

3/21/01 v173

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• New client-side command: /selectitem <text>. The text must be an unambiguous substring of the desired item's name as shown in the inventory list. If there are spaces in the text, you can put it in quotes. Omitting the text will deselect all items.
• New movie command: /record on | off.
• New macro variable: @my.selected_item.
• Enjoy.

3/7/01 v171

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• We have become a bit more strict about the security of the master password to your account. You will receive a message when you log on if we don't like your password. Please log in and change your password. If you don't get the obvious message when you connect then there is no problem with your password. Passwords must be 8 to 15 characters long, must contain at least one non-letter, and be entirely composed of letters, numbers, spaces, or the following characters: ~!@#$%^&*()_+`1234567890-=[]{}\\|;':<>?,./. Some players were having trouble creating new characters.
• Visit the kitchen.

2/21/01 v169

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• We have added a voluntary hardware survey. You may choose to participate or not. If you do we will collect information about your computer - cpu type, clock speed, memory, hard drive size and usage, monitor size and depth, etc. See the Survey ReadMe file. We will use this information to give you cool new features and when we can stop supporting features no one is using.
• Progress was made on the Carbon version for OS X.

2/7/01 v167

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• Added cloak items, sewing kits, and a tailor trainer.
• Burst-healing is now on a separate item from distance healing. We expect this to be controversial but overall a good thing.
• Bracers are fixed so they only work if you have the training.
• Progress was made on the Carbon version for OS X. It will be made available as soon as is convenient.

1/24/01 v165

• We crashed inexplicably on 1/21 about 8:30pm.
• Your coin bounties will now be displayed graphically as a number of coins that float toward you. If the bounty is shared, the total will float near the monster corpse.
• Clothing has been turned into items. Check your inventory, or see Habille in the fairgrounds if you get a message from her when you log in. Clothing can be worn, changed, dyed, and sold.
• Clothing doesn't fade in color, but it will eventually wear out if you don't keep it maintained. It will give plenty of warning before it falls apart and disappears. Clothing only wears out while you're actually wearing it, not while it's in your pack or you're in the library.
• Double-click on an article of clothing to equip it, or use /equip shirt 2 or /equip shirt <#2>. /unequip shirt doesn't need a number.
• Rental cloaks don't work with clothing items. New dyeable cloak items are in testing.
• Progress was made on the Carbon version for OS X. It will be made available as soon as is convenient.

1/10/01 v163

• No crashes or deadlocks to report since the last update.
• A new entry in the list of text styles was added: speech - self (text window). This controls the color and typestyle of your own speech in the text log.
• Progress was made on the Carbon version for OS X. It will be made available as soon as is convenient.

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