Publish Notes from 2003-03-31

Bugfixes Mini-Publish

UO Team 31 Mar 2003 00:00:00 EST

Several more issues have been addressed in another mini-publish, including “blackholing” and dial-up lag. This publish also included:

• Fixed a problem that was causing too much data to be sent to the user. This fix will greatly reduce lag for players on dial-up connections!
• The Harrower will now perform its drain attack.
• We've added a fix that should prevent players from experiencing the “blackholing” issue.
• Pre-AoS items that add to stats will no longer add those stats permanently to characters, but will lose their bonuses after the charges run out.
• Characters who die while in monster form will no longer be lootable.
• The Doom boss gauntlet should now re-set itself correctly.
• Houses that have been re-possessed by an in-game support rep (in the case of a player being taken to jail, for instance) will now be able to be transferred back to the player.
• Fixed another issue causing some teleporters and doors to become static and unusable (note that this fix is separate from another door fix published last month!)
• Locking down an overWeight container will no longer cause “locked down!” barks to appear.
• The House Placement Tool no longer thinks it's a spyglass.
• Fixed a crashing issue

Additionally, the following exploits have been resolved:

• Players will no longer be able to steal from ghosts.
• Personal Bless Deeds and BODs will no longer be able to be smelted for ingots.
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to increase their hit points substantially through stat-increasing spells.