Patch Notes from 2007-03-30

Patch Notes from 2007-03-30

At 12:30PM PDT (7:30PM GMT) we will be publishing the following to TC9 (there will also be a patch, which should, in theory, patch itself in the normal fashion. Please post if you have issues.)

NOTE: We will also be copying Atlantic over to TC9 during the publish.

UI Changes

• Hotbar Improvements
  • The main hotbar area now allows you to scroll through several different bars
  • Can have up to six separate scrollable hotbars on screen.
  • Can remap the hotkey for each slot
  • Can select targeting method for each slot (target self, ask for target, target current)
• The Virtue menu has been added
• The Help Button menu will now give feedback telling you your report has been sent
• Group functionality added
  • Able to start a group
  • Able to bring up health bars (Health bars are still not yet targetable)
• Basic Guild functionality is in
• Chat emotes (the *emotes*) are now enabled
• UI Polish tool tips
  • Context menus
• Spells and items in hotbar now have tool tips
• Spells in spellbook now have tooltips
• The Sound Options slider bar is working – it controls the overall sound (effects and music are not split up yet)
• Circle of transparency is now in
• Many more gumps are working

Art Changes

• Many wearable fixes.
• Many monster animation fixes
• Many environmental animation fixes
• Further improved the smoothness of movement

World Changes

• Several crash fixes
• Trammel now exists
• Moongates are now active (Known Issue: if you use a moongate to go to the same city but on a different facet, you will crash. Going to a different city should be fine)
• Many fixes/updates to various parts of the world

Gameplay Changes

• Players can now create females and elves.
• All classic houses and foundations are now able to be placed
• Blacksmithy is available to test (Mining is possible, although there are known graphics issues with ore when it is in a backpack)
• Arms Lore has changed:
  • Arms Lore will increase when weapons and armor are crafted
  • When a weapon is exceptionally crafted, the damage increase modifier will increase by 1% per 20 points of Arms Lore.
  • When a piece of armor (not including shields) is exceptionally crafted, each resist normally available on that armor piece will increase by 1% per 20 points of Arms Lore

New Player Experience

• The island of Haven has changed substantially (known issue: there are many “pink tiles” in and around this area)
• NPCs in New Haven will now offer a new type of quest to help new players learn how to improve their skills in the following areas:
  • Anatomy
  • Bushido
  • Chivalry
  • Evaluating Intelligence
  • Focus
  • Healing
  • Inscription
  • Mace Fighting
  • Magery
  • Meditation
  • Necromancy
  • Parry
  • Resisting Spells
  • Spirit Speak
  • Swordsmanship
  • Tactics
  • Wrestling
• All starting templates now begin with 30 points in 4 different skills