Changes on Ansalon MUD!



Changes made to Ansalon during 1999.




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sat May  1 04:28:49 1999
Subject More fixes!



OK, I believe TRACK and HUNT have been fixed.  I hope I'm not wrong.

Also, no longer will a space be put after your name in your title if you have 
a ' as the
first character, (I.e:
[  Minotaur  ] Auschmal's thwack ===[ MarinATES ]=== you!
(loves that title!)

You can thank Auschmal for the title fix... I saw the old one and said: "Easy fix!"

Next up: infravision, dropping spaces from emotes (like titles), and other
sundry things.

Have fun,
Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sat May  1 23:42:20 1999
Subject Languages



I know you've all be wanting this:

Races now have their own languages.

That's right!  To say something in the room in your language, use the
'speak' command, or a leading doublequote ( " ).

To say something to everyone (IC), use the command
'icspeak'.

Humans and half-elves speak only common ('say' and 'ic').

Coming soon:
   The ability for thieves and rangers have a chance to understand
   another language, based on level.

   A spell "translate" for mages to understand others.

   Maybe an object that will allow it, too?  Who knows!


OK, _next_ is infravision... unless I decide my other idea should come
first.... :)

Reorx

PS: Oh, and you might be able to get a skill in another language soon, too!




Sender  Reorx
Date    Wed May  5 02:10:02 1999
Subject Gambling?



If you want to play dice games amoungst yourselves, try "dice", a new
function I wrote.

If you can find the casino, maybe you can play "craps"?
(Casino coming shortly!)

Reorx (Soon to also add Three Card Monty!)




Sender  Reorx
Date    Thu May  6 02:16:22 1999
Subject Gambling hall is in



There is now a gambling hall in Tarsis.

Enjoy!

(Currently, it only offers craps, but more will be added.)

Reorx




Sender  Shinare
Date    Thu May  6 23:48:21 1999
Subject hi



Added help mercenary
changed qnotes from 2 diamonds to 10

Shinare




Sender  Chislev
Date    Sun May 16 11:13:17 1999
Subject helps



Help Builder and Help Wildrunner is in.

Chislev.




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sun May 16 20:57:50 1999
Subject A couple changes



First off, you might be seeing people with the following clan titles:

[Solamnic] [Crown] Joe Solamnic
[Solamnic] [Sword] Jim Solamnic
[Solamnic] [Rose] John Solamnic

Also, I fixed the problem with color in the speak/icspeak commands.

The other changes are imm stuff, so you probably won't notice.

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sun May 16 21:00:59 1999
Subject Induction change



Now, to induct into Crown, you type:
induct player crown

Now, to induct into Sword, you type:
induct player sword

Now, to induct into Rose, you type:
induct player rose

Note that a "induct player" with no subclan argument will induct them into Crown by default.

The only way to change from one to subclan to another is to discharge and reinduct.
I might make it easier later, but it's a low priority.

Oh, and each subclan has their own titles.  So have fun.

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sun May 16 21:06:38 1999
Subject Some changes for you imms



First off, subclan flags had to be rearranged.
White Robes, Crown Knights, and Lily are "subclan1"
Red Robes, Sword Knights, and Skull are "subclan2"
Black Robes, Rose Knights, and Thorn are "subclan3"

This was necessary as we were running out of flags.

Also, there's a new optional modifier for the "join" command.
For Solamnics, "join player solamnic rose" puts a character into Rose.
If you don't add the subclan, it defaults to Crown.

Also, those with the "set" command, there's now the "bsteel" and "bgold" options for
banked steel and gold, respectively.

Reorx/John




Sender  Gilean
Date    Mon May 17 18:54:27 1999
Subject Just a little admin tool



Ok, I added in a little (very) function that everytime we type 'omni' it
will record the total count in a file with a time stamp on it.

Eventually I hope to end up with a database (and some graphs) of when we
have the majority of the players on and what not, so maybe we can schedule
some Imm shifts so at least one Imm is on during those peak hours.

Anyways, what I'd like from you all is for you to type 'omni' without any
parameters at least once a session if you could.

I wanted to put the function in 'who' but realized that with differing
levels of invis I'd get conflicting values at the same time and it wouldn't
be accurate.

sorry for the sloopiness, but I suck at notes :P

-Gilean




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sun May 23 18:30:38 1999
Subject Detect evil



Some of the classes were having a hard time PRACTICING the detect evil spell.

Shouldn't have that problem anymore.

So, all you Paladins, Rangers, Bmages, and Templars can have fun, now.

(As if you weren't having fun already!)

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue May 25 22:33:11 1999
Subject An easy fix



The  or  promoting a character now sees what title the character has been
promoted to.

(I thought it already did that.  Silly me!)

Reorx





Sender  Reorx
Date    Wed Jun  2 00:11:41 1999
Subject Imm command changes



OK, added "hours" to the set command.

Also, there is a new command, usable by 103 + that sends the character to their recall place.

Reorx/John




Sender  Reorx
Date    Wed Jun  2 01:32:31 1999
Subject "send room"



"send room" command now sends everyone who is in the room back to their recall.

Great for ending a quest.

Can be used by 103+.

Reorx/John




Sender  Reorx
Date    Fri Jun  4 01:19:59 1999
Subject Quest items to buy



The "quest list" has been quite updated.

Enjoy!

Reorx, Chislev, Sirrion, and others.




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue Jun  8 03:22:17 1999
Subject Infravision



Infravision is now 50% working as advertised ("help infravision").

Those with infravision will now see exits in dark rooms.  Those without
infravision, while in a dark room, won't get to see the exits.

The other 50% of infravision will come at a later time.

(Wonders who wrote the spell/affect then never made it work...)

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue Jun  8 03:26:47 1999
Subject New flags...



I got bored.

There is a new room flag, "SILENCE".
You can't say, speak, ic, yell, or shout while in a room marked silence,
unless your an immortal.

I'll also make it so you can't cast a spell in a room marked silence unless you're
an immortal, as well.  (I'm tired, and I forgot that part).

So, in the works:  "silence room" spell, which flags the room silent.
And yes, once aff2 is added, "silence person" spell.

Other flags:  Added imm, resist, and vuln fear flags.
Right now it doesn't do a damn thing, but it will, soon.

Oh, and there's a room flag, fear, as well.  For "grisly scenes"....

(That doesn't do anything, either, but I thought I'd tell you about them
so you wouldn't get confused.)

And yes, Kender are IMM_FEAR automatically....

Reorx (tired, and needs to sleep)




Sender  Reorx
Date    Wed Jun  9 03:28:30 1999
Subject Race/flags



I added "undead" as a race.

Also, there are new room flags, SILENCE and FEAR.
SILENCE means no talking, etc, or casting spells, unless you're an imm.
FEAR, well, doesn't do anything RIGHT NOW.

There are also IMM_,RES_,VULN_FEAR flags.

Have fun.

Reorx/John




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sat Jun 12 02:15:29 1999
Subject Lots of minor changes (and some big ones)



OK, first thing you probably notices were the *'s in the who list.
That signifies which ones of you are Pkill.

Next, a small command that a few have wanted: "title default"

Another change was the clan title changes for Grey, where each subclan has their own titles.

Speaking of clans, the "clan" speak command has been changed a lot....
Let me know if you like it.

Another small fix:  You can no longer hear yells and shouts while sleeping.

Oh, and a small change to the "charm" spell:  A charmed mob loses all aggressiveness
after being charmed, so if it loses charm, it won't accidently get you in trouble for a
OOL PK... (had a couple requests for this one, and I was happy to do it.  Sure, it has
a down side, but still....)


There were also some other changes, but you probably will never notice them, until we
decide to permanently imp them.... some features I have in but aren't really used.

That's about it for now.

Expect the next BIG change to be even BIGGER!

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Mon Jun 14 01:47:15 1999
Subject Minor stuff



OK, here's some more changes.

Shield block now works as advertised:  Flails can't be blocked, whips can get around,
and axes can now split (destroy) your shield.  Watch out!

Dodge now generates several different messages.

No space after a , or ' if it's the first character of an emote.

You will no longer be quested to kill a mob that's charmed.

Demilon's area has been added.  (He won it in the Deck of Many Things quest).

You can now see what you're sending during a clan message, and you can't clan when
sleeping, as the page won't wake you up... :)

You can no longer hear a "speak" when sleeping. (*bonks self*)

Fixed a few minor bugs here and there, as well.


OK, the NEXT one will be big, I promise.

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Thu Jun 17 22:23:15 1999
Subject Wayreth added.



OK, old Conclave hall is OUT.

Wayreth Forest and Tower is IN!

Way to go Solinari!

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue Jul  6 03:14:25 1999
Subject CHANGE IS IN!



OK, it's in.  Thanks for being so patient.

So, with no further ado, here we go:

Mariner is IN!

The following are new skills:
sharpen
endurance
languages (human, silvanesti, qualinesti, etc)
swim NOTE:  Doesn't work yet due to areas.  I'll let you know when it works.

The following are new spells:
detect neutral Added to detects
flameshield Added to protections
conceal align
confusion
corpse visage
fear
silence
translate
understand tongues All added to new group, mental
flood waters
thunderclap
thunderstorm All added to "weather"

Misc changes:
gravity will now affect your items, so don't drop something in the air
sharp weapons will now lose their edge.  Sharpen them with a whetstone
vorpal weapons will now do some extra damage
clan channel should be somewhat less spammy
Disarming someone with two weapons will cause them to switch the secondary to primary
web-based who is now IN COLOR!

*sigh*  That's the majority of it.

Should work fine,  If now, let me know.

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue Jul  6 03:41:35 1999
Subject Languages



Sorry, forgot to say this, but to switch languages, type:

"language silvanesti"  (for example)

"language" by itself will show you what you're currenty set for.

"language common"  will switch back to common.


Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sat Jul 10 04:30:22 1999
Subject ANNOUNCE act2 flag



OK, new flag added.
It's an act2 flag, "announce" for NPCs only.

When that NPC is killed, a gecho is sent to the whole mud announcing its death
and the person who killed it.

Good for quests, et al.

John




Sender  Reorx
Date    Mon Jul 12 18:58:37 1999
Subject Rules



Please read the following helps:

  1) help rules
  2) help pkill
  3) help multikill

Some of the rules have been fine-tuned.  You need to know these.

Ignorance is no excuse for rules violation.

Thanks,
The Management




Sender  Reorx
Date    Mon Jul 19 23:04:07 1999
Subject extrabit



You might have noticed that I added no_ident to the extrabit flags.
If you change any flags on a quest item make sure to put the no_ident back on.

Thanks, John




Sender  Gilean
Date    Wed Aug 18 12:58:29 1999
Subject Traps on Objects, and 2 skills to match



Just put in some new code for Traps on objects.  Now, before you open
that neato chest you just killed the head monster to get to, you might want
to get an expert to check for traps first.  Any object that
can be opened, can be trapped.  And some of the traps are pretty
nasty.  Thieves now have two new skills available to them:
Detect Traps, and Deactivate Trap.  Detect traps works like peek, when you
look at a container, it checks your skill, and if you make the roll (and the
object is trapped) it tells you.  To deactivate a trap, you just type
"deactivate " and if you make your roll, bingo, no more trap.  However,
if you don't make your roll, the trap is still there.  And if you really 
buffoon it up, you set off the trap.  There should be help files on
both of the new skills as well.

Just a little modification to make your day more fun :P

-Gilean




Sender  Shinare
Date    Sun Aug 22 03:32:15 1999
Subject HELP PRICES



Added some things to HELP PRICES
Shinare




Sender  Shinare
Date    Sun Aug 22 13:58:36 1999
Subject toned down EQ



I toned down several pieces of EQ:
Crushed Velvet Cloak
Shinare's Perfect Diamond
White Gold Ring

There will be more toneing downs as soon as I get to them.
Shianre




Sender  Reorx
Date    Mon Aug 23 15:20:03 1999
Subject Small changes to make you imms happy!



OK, a couple changes:

  1) You can now see color while switched.
  2) "act" triggers now work for mob_progs.
Other little changes also happened, but no big deal on them.

Reorx/John




Sender  Shinare
Date    Tue Aug 24 00:44:27 1999
Subject New Area!



I finished the main and upper levels to teh temple of Takhisis.
I added that in and took out Hell since it didnt really fit in
the theme here anyway.  

Enjoy!
Shinare




Sender  Reorx
Date    Wed Aug 25 21:43:40 1999
Subject Fixes



OK, the following bugs are fixed:

  1) Receiving a clan message disables AFK.
  2) If you're AFK and you go into "the void", your AFK flag stays.

Some other minor fixes (typo corrections, etc) also took place.

Your friendly bug-chasing imm,
Reorx




Sender  Shinare
Date    Sat Aug 28 01:52:26 1999
Subject push



Fixed small problem with the push program.  wont trigger falsely
now.
Shinare




Sender  Reorx
Date    Thu Sep  2 20:47:20 1999
Subject Clerics



Seems there were some problems with the Enhancement group for clerics.
It is now fixed.

Reorx




Sender  Gilean
Date    Wed Sep  8 17:00:58 1999
Subject new skill for Mages and Battlemages



Ok, origionally mages and battlemages were not supposed
to have dodge, and it was only added after mages didn't have enough
exp/level.  This is why they had it but Templars and Clerics
did not.  To rectify this situation, I made a new skill: Phase
It will only be available to Mages and BattleMages, and those two classes
will loose the dodge skill.

Phasing works like this.  When you're high enough level to get the skill
(exactly same levels that you got dodge before) you can type 'phase'
and this will turn your phasing 'on'.  You will attempt to phase out
to avoid melee attacks by confusing your opponent with your vast intellect
(IC here :P), it's borderline psionics but this is as close as we'll ever get
to psionic spells so DON'T ASK!  Anyways, this concentration costs a little mana
each time you're attacked and you try to phase.  This will also cause you to
take just a _little_ bit longer to cast normal spells, again because you're
concentrating on phasing.

Bottom line, works a lot like dodge, but is more realistic for mages and
battlemages.

-Gilean




Sender  Gilean
Date    Wed Sep  8 17:13:06 1999
Subject Phasing for Dummies 



Ok, I wasn't very clear on just how phasing works.  It works like this:

Normally, your phasing is 'off', you don't try to phase in combat.
When you type 'phase', you turn your phasing 'on'
Now, whenever you are attacked, each melee attack you will attempt to phase out.
Each successfull attempt will cost you a little mana, and each
unsuccessfull attempt will cost half as much.  If you don't want to
attempt to phase, just turn it off by typing 'phase' again.

Hope this is clearer.




Sender  Shinare
Date    Sun Sep 12 18:59:47 1999
Subject temple of tak



added a handfull more objects to the area and a new "feature".

Shinare




Sender  Gilean
Date    Fri Oct 15 10:51:54 1999
Subject Pkill/non-Pkill/clan/non-clan corpse looting



Ok, I _finally_ fixed the corpse looting thing, here's what it is:
1) If you are pkill, your corpse can be looted by other pkill players,
regardless of if they're in a clan or not, or if you are in a clan or not.
2) If you are non-pkill, you and only you can loot your corpse.
3) If you are below level 15, you can only loot your corpse.
If you have any questions, or if you find that the code does not
work as advertised, please let me know and I'll answer/fix whatever is needed.

-Gilean




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sun Oct 17 01:26:10 1999
Subject Little change



OK, ALL classes now have poses!

Yea!

Thanks to those of you who helped come up with them!


Reorx




Sender  Gilean
Date    Sun Oct 24 02:02:07 1999
Subject Stringable Individual clan titles



Ok, the Imms can now string your clan title if it is necessary.  This is not
like hotext in where you can RP and get yours changed.  If you are in a
situation where it is appropriate (i.e you retired as High Justice, we'll
string your clan title to "Retired Justice" or something like that) for your
clan title to be changed, then we'll do so.  Same rules as whotext 
apply.  No wierd colors, or titles that make no sense RP wise.

hotext = whotext :)

-The Management




Sender  Solinari
Date    Tue Oct 26 00:49:33 1999
Subject Sanction



Hello all, after a couple months of work, I've finished Sanction.
I hope you all enjoy it, but good aligned people beware.
Consider that your warning :P

Solinari




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue Oct 26 00:59:03 1999
Subject New imm command



OK, an imm command that should have been in a long time ago:

        psave

Basically, lets you save a character without having to force them.  Great for when we
have unstabilities (yeah, right!).  Some of us have "psave all", for short.

It will also save a level 1, so if you need to copyover with level 1s on, just
"psave all" and then copyover, and everything will be fine.

Well, at least it should in theory.

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue Nov  2 00:27:19 1999
Subject Ranged attacks



OK, first, the new command breakdown.

fire
throw
dislodge

(Helps available on all the above, as well as bow, crossbow, blowgun,
arrow, quarrel, and dart.)


Also, some spells are now ranged.

Oh, and watch out for those mobs.


Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue Nov  2 00:27:51 1999
Subject Color coding



OK, "skill" and "practice" is now color coded, as well.

Hope you like it.

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Tue Nov  2 00:28:18 1999
Subject NOTITLE



New command: notitle.

If you have nochannel, you now have notitle.

John




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sat Nov  6 02:33:45 1999
Subject AOL Ban



Some of you may notice that I've changed the AOL ban to be a
NEWBIE ban only.  This is in preparation of my new code, which should allow us to
pick and choose players.

Let's hope it works.

Reorx/John




Sender  Chislev
Date    Thu Nov 11 14:36:37 1999
Subject Help File Additions



I just recently added the following helps.  Please enjoy.

Help Prices
Help Clanprices
Help Mariner
Help Grey Order
Help Handler
Help Pantheon

Thanks....Your local MA




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sun Nov 14 02:17:55 1999
Subject You guys, I tell you...



Some of you (no names, Zimrilim) have been teleporting into
clan halls.  Well, those days are done.  Now, a room isn't just "no_recall".
There are now "no_teleport", "no_summon", "no_gate", and "no_trans".

All Clan Hall rooms have been made no_teleport, and verified to also be flagged
LAW.

Oh, and some doors are now "secret", as well.

How will you know if there's a secret door?  *grin* Figure it out
yourself.

Reorx, who is looking forward to the next code change he makes as well.




Sender  Reorx
Date    Wed Nov 17 00:24:10 1999
Subject Holy Order



HO is now divided into Light, Balance, and Dark.

Enjoy.

Reorx





Sender  Reorx
Date    Wed Nov 17 23:55:24 1999
Subject Exits



Just a couple small changes.

Doors now show up in your exits.  If the door is closed, it will have
a set of <>'s around it.  If the door is open, it will have a set of ()'s around it.

If you have exits in your prompt, a closed door will be lower case (i.e. [NSd])

Secret doors that are closed won't show up at all.  And if you try to go in the
direction of the secret door, you'll get the "Alas,..." message.

Oh, and I fixed the web-based who, too.

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Mon Nov 29 01:37:28 1999
Subject Changes


First off, there is no longer the Grey Order.

      Dragonarmy has replaced it, to fit more with our timeline.

They have the Red, Green, White, Black, and Blue subclans.
Also, we now have writable notes.  Look at the helps for "write" for more info.
You can also now "escort" a non-clan-member into your clan hall. "help escort"
Lastly, there is a new prompt choice, %l, for language spoken. "help prompt"
Expect more coming soon.

Reorx




Sender  Reorx
Date    Sun Dec  5 02:12:14 1999
Subject More updates...



The little stuff:
     Clerics now have that one spell they were missing.
     Wizlist is updated.

Now, the bigger one....

Character creation has changed a bit.
You MUST now enter your e-mail address, as your original character password
is now e-mailed to you.  This will hopefully keep people who have been known to cheat
and abuse the system away.

Reorx, who has been waiting to get this in




Sender  Shinare
Date    Sun Dec 26 19:30:48 1999
Subject Throt



I added a new area called Throt.  Hope you like it. Let me know what you think.
Shinare




Sender  Shinare
Date    Thu Dec 30 00:18:33 1999
Subject 2 new areas



Two new areas imped today, written by Kagonos.  Happy exploring!

Shinare