Author Topic: Major Update Today (Read 2235 times)

orth · « **on:** December 30, 2005, 12:09:00 PM »

Sometime before the New Year (Pacific Time) there will be an update. There will be a new hak and tlk to download. Though they shouldn't be more than 15mb. I'll get those uploaded as soon as they are finalized.

At that time the server will be down for an hour or so depending on test results.

I will be detailing some of the changes in this thread. So keep your eyes open.

Rotagon · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2005, 12:16:00 PM »

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orth - 12/30/2005 12:09 PM Sometime before the New Year (Pacific Time) that's 36 hours away, there will be an update. There will be a new hak and tlk to download. Though they shouldn't be more than 15mb. I'll get those uploaded as soon as they are finalized. At that time the server will be down for an hour or so depending on test results. I will be detailing some of the changes in this thread. So keep your eyes open.

Tease

orth · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2005, 12:24:00 PM »

Crafting System Revamped

The Crafting System has been significantly altered from both the backend and some of the functionality.

The recipes are now dynamically loaded from the DB, so they can be editted/added/deleted while the server is running.
All players must possess a Crafting Badge of Certification or an Advanced Badge to use appropriate devices. These are for sale on the Crafting Vendor for around 500-750gp and 21500-32250gp depending on which town you buy it.
Players can now only craft a max of 1 item at a time. This has been set system wide, if there are arguments for certain items being able to be made in multiples. start an individual thread in Bug Reports (DON'T POST IN SOMEONE ELSE'S THREAD). Currently there are exceptions for missile weapons, melting nuggets, potions, essences, food and drink, oils, some gemcrafting, infused gems, scribing inks, molds, some tailoring, some alchemical and we're examining others.
Exceptionals now work like a Critical does. If you roll a 20, you then roll again and must beat the DC of the craft to get the exceptional, otherwise it's just the normal one.
Speed has been upgraded, menus should not be as slow after the server's been up a good while.

This is for information purposes, if you have a concern, create another topic. Please keep in mind we thought and discussed these changes for quite a long time.

orth · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2005, 12:42:00 PM »

New Look for Elemental Protections:

One of the most guilty hogs of everyone's video capabilities is the elemental protections. Those glowing and bouncing balls of light covered in a party can crunch NWN to it's knees. Thak has provided us with an awesome new look which is hopefully a lot less laggy. And yep it rotates. Check it out!

Nyralotep · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2005, 01:15:00 PM »

Very cool!

Variable · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2005, 02:52:00 PM »

OOOH! My video card is happy now!

Filatus · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2005, 03:00:00 PM »

*just smiles*

Shadowblade225 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2005, 03:02:00 PM »

Very Nice

KageKeeper · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2005, 03:08:00 PM »

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Filatus - 12/30/2005 3:00 PM

*just smiles*

Ditto.

orth · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2005, 04:56:00 PM »

Major Upgrades to Thirst System

Many people contributed to this change. Thak did some spiffy new bottles for juices and really nice custom ones done for the alcohols. Talan and Lalaith spent a great deal of time on assessing the DCs for alcohol, assessing the proper charges for drinks (ie more drinks from a bottle of wine then an ale), doing the same for the nutritional values (the quench factor), and also a few custom effects for certain drinks. G-452 also helped with the various histories/descriptions for each alcohol, make sure to read the descriptions!

All Juices, Alcohol and Milk, Empty Juice/Brewing Bottles stack in 10s
Bartenders now sell beverages, not the innkeeper
Adjusted Quench Factor based on ingredients
Adjusted Drink Charges
Adjusted Prices
Adjusted Alcoholic DCs to beat, and the effect on failure
Added a couple well stocked barkeeps in a few remote bars who sell all beverages (they don't sell infinite)

Nyralotep · « **Reply #10 on:** December 30, 2005, 05:04:00 PM »

Wow, you guys have done some awesome work!

Guardian 452 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2005, 06:59:00 PM »

Props to Lal as well on the drink descriptions!!!

and Props to Talan for fixing me not knowing how to spell!!!

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2005, 08:45:00 PM »

You'll tell us half an hour before ,right?

slipperhero · « **Reply #13 on:** December 31, 2005, 02:57:00 AM »

You guys never cease to amaze me! Keep up the good work!

orth · « **Reply #14 on:** December 31, 2005, 10:05:00 AM »

Clerics now have a Cantrip "Divine Relation". This lets them know how their god feels about someone else. Works on anyone, living or dead.

orth · « **Reply #15 on:** December 31, 2005, 11:12:00 AM »

With a library of spell fx of various colours I found on the vault I decided to apply it to our Deity System. This is how it works. Each god has been assigned one of the following colours, based on their symbols and what they represent.

PURPLE
BLUE
CYAN
GREEN
YELLOW
ORANGE
RED

Aeridin - Yellow
Aragen - Cyan
Az'atta - Red
Baraeon Ca'Duz - Green
Beryl - Orange
Branderback - Green
Corath - Red
Deliar - Yellow
Dorand - Orange
Folian S'pae - Green
Goran - Yellow
Grand - Red
Grannoch - Orange
Ilsare - Red
Katia - Green
Kithairien - Cyan
Lucinda - Blue
Mist - Cyan
Prunilla - Orange
Pyrtechon - Orange
Rofirein - Yellow
Shadon - Purple
Shindaleria - Blue
Sulterio - Red
Toran - Yellow
Vierdri'ira - Purple
Vorax - Red
Xeen - Purple

Implosion
Protection from Evil
Protection from Good
Death Ward
Spell Resistance
Ability Score Buffs (Bulls Strength etc)
Shield of Faith, Mage Armor, Shield
Haste
A couple others that are used in a lot of places

Plus, your Summons become the ones based on the Deity, the Clerical ones

steverimmer · « **Reply #16 on:** December 31, 2005, 11:16:00 AM »

Wow that is very nice...especially like the fact that Bil will be able to summon the summons of his new goddess

Nyralotep · « **Reply #17 on:** December 31, 2005, 11:27:00 AM »

That rocks! The personalization to a diety is very cool!

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #18 on:** December 31, 2005, 12:37:00 PM »

Duuude. Now all I'm begging for is a way to make thread out of cotton...

GO PROJECT TEAM!

orth · « **Reply #19 on:** December 31, 2005, 01:52:00 PM »

Food Updates

Pie Usages has changed. Using the pie creates a slice (6 slices a pie), then you can eat the slice yourself or hand them out.
We've got some great new pie images and slice images done by Thak.

Also included are changes to the meat you acquire when skinning animals. It is now based on the animal you skin and gives a random amount of shanks based on the size of the creature. You can now make roasts on the Bakers Oven out of each seperate kind of meat. Bear, Beef, Boar, Deer, Hound (Canine), Feline. Pepper is for sale on the vendors for this and Butter can be made on the Farmer's Press from two Cow's Milks. Big thanks to G-452 for working this all out.