Publish Notes from 2008-03-27

Publish 51

UO Team 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

Publish 51 went live on all shards on March 26, 2008:

• Fixed a NPC Grammar Error
• Greater Dragons now drop scales and leather when skinned
• Properties on the ML recipe bows should now stack correctly with runic, exceptional and material bonuses
• Fixed an additional bug that caused properties to be dropped on some ML weapons
• Body sculptors and hairdressers should no longer wander too far away
• Recipe bows that previously had a 0% exceptional chance now have a 5% exceptional chance (In order to allow for an exceptional chance greater than 0 at GM skill, the success rate and minimum Fletching skill have been adjusted. Success rate is now 50% at GM (was 40%.) Min Fletching is now 70 (was 75%.))
• Ships will no longer catch fire around the island of Magincia
• Leather and elf armor will no longer lose properties when runic-crafted or spawned as magic loot
• NPC animated corpses should now deal damage and take damage in the Trammel ruleset.
• Players should now be able to complete the summon fiend quest chain.
• All bunnies will spawn in their normal colors again
• Pet summoning ball changes:
  • Pet summoning balls unhide the summoner when attempting to summon their pet.
  • Pet summoning balls have a disruptable casting animation like other spells
  • Pet summoning balls have a reuse delay of 15 seconds.
• Pet AI changes:
  • Guard: The pet should guard as it does currently.
  • Follow: The pet should follow. It will not attack anything, even if it is attacked.
  • Come: The pet should come. It will not attack anything, even if it is attacked. (If the pet cannot pathfind to its owner, it will not become passive.)
  • Kill/Attack: The pet will attack its target as it does currently.
  • Stop: The pet will stop attacking. It will not attack anything, even if it is attacked, and may wander.
  • Stay: The pet will stay where it is currently, and will not attack anything, even if it is attacked.
• Fixed an issue where Talismans were occasionally spawning without any properties
• Players can no longer place Insured items on a player-run vendor. (Existing Insured items on vendors will not be affected.)
• Quest items will now untoggle if the player dies while carrying them
• Players will now receive a ‘You have too many pets guarding you' system message if they already have more than 5 pets guarding them. (Note: pets in the stable that have been commanded to guard may count towards this limit.)
• Each pet that is guarding a player will have a “Guarding” note on mouseover.
• Fixed issues with the list of guarding pets not being maintained correctly
• Provoking onto a creature will no longer cause those in combat with that creature to stop fighting
• The Darkwood Armor set bonus now has 100 Luck instead of Night Sight
• Acid Proof Rope will no longer remove a spell from a spellbook when crafted
• The “Bless” spell icon will no longer incorrectly disappear if the player logs out
• Regina in Castle British now lets you know if you are on the wrong stage of the quest rather than just saying you are too busy
• Fixed system message upon creating an alliance to correctly show the alliance name
• Exceptional crafted chocolate will have the maker's mark attached correctly
• Salvage bags will no longer recycle Age of Shadows gift clothing