EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha Change Log

June 30, 2014

• Battle and Combat: Many skillup chances were improved from 1/6 to 1/5 in combat. Also removed a double-skillup chance for Reflexes, which was in error.
• Empire Creation: Your starting character archetype now determines the rank name when you create a new empire, replacing the old default “Leader”. The default ranks are now also colored the same as the random color chosen for the new empire.
• Vampires: You can now choose to start as a vampire with Vampire 20 / Battle 10, city clothes, and a short sword. Character creation has been adjusted to ensure the vampire is set up correctly.
• Archetypes: Character creation archetype choice is now stored permanently. A new PLR flag is now used to track players who need new-player-setup, instead of using the presence of a creation archetype.
• Apiary: Now requires 8 beehives to build.
• Info: Updated sewing information on the info command.
• Woodworking: Updated the resource requirements on crafts to use lumber and nails rather than trees, ingots, and sticks.
• Mount: Will no longer say that you clamber onto “someone’s” back in the dark.
• Typos and help files: Various updates.

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EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha Change Log

May 31, 2014

• The new player message now mentions the HELP and INFO commands.
• Tweaked the message shown on the affects list when you have a stored mount.

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EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha Change Log

April 30, 2014

• Avoid no longer works on NPCs; this was not its intended function.
• Scrape is now boosted by haste and Speed of Undeath, like saw.
• Adjusted the level of hunger/thirst required for those conditions to show up on the “affects” list; they now match the prompt and score, rather than showing up early.
• Added vampire starvation to the affects list.
• Added a missing CRLF to the end of the “designate” room list, to the “show site” list, and to the end of the build list in certain cases.
• Removed a double-CRLF on dismantle.
• Spearhead now stores at the arsenal/armory.
• The inside of a mine (and some other special buildings) can no longer count as being sunny if the building is incomplete or being dismantled.

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EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha Change Log

March 30, 2014

• Fix to mob pursuit, which was crashing in some cases.

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EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha Change Log

February 28, 2014

• Fixed the commands list on the baker.
• Fixed a broken message in the “skills” command which would cause unusual output and, in some cases, a crash.

EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha Change Log

October 15, 2013

• Added more information to the ability list when you type “skill <name>”

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EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha Change Log

September was a slow month as I spent most of it quite sick, but here’s its changelog:

September 30, 2013

• Fixed the screen reader mode to show dark tiles as dark, and fixed how it computes mapsize.
• Added season info to the “weather” and “time” commands.
• Fixed a ruins icon that had the wrong color.

September 29, 2013

• Improved screen reader support.

September 28, 2013

• Added the start of screen reader support for visually-impaired players.

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EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha Change Log

August 31, 2013

• You can now get an extra skill at level 75 if you keep two skills at 0. HELP SKILL CAPS has more information.
• Updated High Sorcery, Natural Magic, Stealth, and Vampire so that you can no longer acquire the first point for them if you have too many specialized skills.
• Raised the skill requirement on Tunnel to 80.
• Fixed a bug where the craft time on pottery was not being reduced by the Potter’s Hut.
• Updated some help files.

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EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha changelog

July 30, 2013

• Added rice and redistributed the crops (on unclaimed land only). You can store rice in the granary.
• Added pigs, oxen, and bulls.

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EmpireMUD 2.0 alpha changelog

June 30, 2013

• Only arrows can be put into quivers; some players were circumventing inventory limits using quivers as generic containers.
• High Sorcery should now trigger “mage” checks, like the one that puts mana in the default prompt.
• Fixed a bug in “transport” where it was finding your own cemeteries instead of a ToS.
• Added 1 citizen to each of the havens. This will also allow you to set them as a home.
• Moved craft to a new file called trade.c for trade skills (skills.c is very full of stuff).
• Moved all the pottery items to the “craft” command. They now require any fire (kitchen, touch of flame, etc) but will take much less time in a Potter building.
• Hestian trinket now requires a seashell and a crystalized flower.
• Shields now require 2 clay + skin.
• Clay can now be found near ocean and digging will result in clay 4/5 of the time when adjacent to water.

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