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Announce News Post #1823

Misc Bug Fixes

Written by: Estarra the Eternal
Date: Saturday, August 20th, 2011
Addressed to: Everyone


(Note: we've been behind on announcements.)

o Discernment Itemlist now allows ITEMLIST SORCELGLASS.

o Environment Shaking can no longer be used from off the ground.

o Curios will never attack you, even if you have an aura of repugnance.

o Unwielding things will check if you have them before gripping.

o Fixed a bug that let you lift a tattoo from the wrong person (even
yourself).

o BACKSTAGE STATUS shows the production type.

o Tarot Inscribe won't cost mana or willpower if it fails.

o Weddingbands will no longer show up on ITEMLIST as having a decay
time.

o The AB for Pyromancy FireRain has been updated.

o Attempting to venerate your patron with a non-existent rite will now
correctly display an error.

o If you have multiple bandoliers, you can now refill empty vials in
your second/third/etc bandoliers.

o PotionList and its derivatives will now list vials in second/third/etc
bandoliers.

o Damage Buff Tattoos for Divinus/Excorable will now function properly.

o The obliviousness defence will be cleared upon login.

o It is now possible to send tells to anyone standing next to you in an
illusory manse. It is still impossible to send tells to people outside
of the manse.

o AB KNIGHTHOOD TARGETING now works.

o The list of a player's clothing in LOOK <person> will once more be
formatted correctly.

o Beast attacks once again function as direct attacks by their masters.

o The Demigod power Refresh Me was able to be used multiple times in a
game day. This has been fixed.

o Hunting Rustle will skip over cows and sheep that are already rustled
or otherwise unsuitable for rustling.

o Fixed a bug that could cause a design to come back with a rejection
but without any explanation in some unusual circumstances.

o The abbreviation T for the TELL verb will now not interrupt actions
that TELL wouldn't interrupt.

o Similarly, mortal design review panel members can review designs
without interrupting actions.

o It is no longer possible to link both yourself and your nexus to an
astral node through fancy footwork and careful timing.

o If you hold one of the objects from the Beauty domoth, this will no
longer prevent you from working with beauty enchantments.

o Illithoid Illdrain ego boosts will now be applied before effects
which halve (like aeonfield) or double (like crystalspire) max ego.

o GLANCE DOWN now only shows the DOWN exit of a room. To maintain
previous functionality, it is now possible to GLANCE GROUND, SKIES,
TREES, and ROOFTOPS.

o Obliviousness no longer lasts through logout.

o Obliviousness will no longer stop most people from seeing when
denizens raise a shield.

o Trueheal and Serpent's prismatic barrier will now drop when you fly.

o EvenHandedBlessing no longer affects everyone in the game when used.

o EvenHandedBlessing now resets on every month. It can be used five
times per month.

o Chasm will now cause shields and similar protection to drop on each
message, in line with other delayed kills.

o Ego boosts beyond maximium will be cleared on logout, as is with
health and ego currently.

o Shofangi Rake should no longer be able to reference strange objects
instead of the shofa.

o You will now receive a message if you try to TOTEMCARVE ELDER with
CONFIG POWERSTONES ON and now powerstones available.

o Attempting to dispell an illusion may no longer cause the "You must
recover equilibrium." message to display twice.

o In line with other room skills fading, the following changes have been
made:
--o Rubble will show a message when it crumbles.
--o Carcer will show a message when it fades.
--o Paradigmatics Flux will show a message when it fades.
--o Paradigmatics Eyesnare will show a message when it fades.
--o Paradigmatics Snafu will show a message when it fades.
--o Paradigmatics Reality will show a message when it fades.

o Paradigmatics Butterfly will no longer give maggot if you are in the
arena. This is because it could persist beyond the event.

o If you are wielding an object with a Rune of Gripping attached, and
you try to throw another object you are wielding that does not have a
Rune of Gripping attached, you can now do so without having to CONFIRM
the action.

o It is no longer possible to transmute less than 10 mana.

o If you try to use a two-handed weapon while off-balance, you will now
see a general, rather than arm related, balance message.

o The verb BEHEAD CORPSE will no ignore corpses that have already been
beheaded.

o Amnesia, Dizziness, and Scabies hexes will no longer give affliction
messages.

o You will no longer leave a body behind if you are resurrected by your
crystalspire.

o There is now a third-person message when a Sacraments user trueheals
another player.

o There will no longer be a strange powerful presence in the Serenwilde
Arena preventing some forms of forced movement.

o All rooms with invalid shrine influence have been fixed.

o Charisma, dexterity, intelligence and size can no longer be below
zero.

o Veneration Glory will now give experience to the caster.

o Winning the Combat Rankings will now give 2500 Family Honour.

o Paradigmatics Reality now counts as forced movement by the caster,
which should prevent being placed in an illegal destination
(specifically, org territory). There is also a message to the caster of
reality when forced movement is attempted.

o FAMILY RELATION should now work on siblings in the root generation who
are not founders.


Penned by My hand on the 18th of Juliary, in the year 303 CE.


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