House of Commons from 2010-06-03

House of Commons from 2010-06-03

Zephenia	Welcome EVERYONE to the 122nd Ultima Online House of Commons chat on Stratics. The team will introduce themselves and we will begin! Remember, only send your questions to the 2 [QT]'s.
Mesanna	Hello everyone, I am Mesanna, Associate Producer
Mythic_Uriah	- *waves* ... I bring the bagels
MythicMark	This is Mark (sometimes know as Shade) and I'm a designer on Ultima Online
Axel_Mythic	- Hey all! I'm Billy, software engineer.
Mythic_Phoenix	- Howdy folks! I'm a designer-type as well.
Logrus_Mythic	- I'm Logrus supposedly a designer and I break stuff.
Bleak	Hey Everyone, I2019m Bleak, Software Engineer
brian	I'm Brian, another software engineer.
Nightcrawler	What is the status of the faction test server? Will we be seeing more attention to factions in the next few months?
Mythic_Phoenix	- Factions updates are currently on hold while we go over the feedback we've received thus far. I can't offer a firm answer on when we'll be making further updates.
Xevei_GL	- Additional House Storage upgrade? I desperately need one. Support your local packrats!
Mesanna	That is a subject we are discussing and its something we should have an answer on before the end of summer.
Adesteria	A question for Mesanna. If she going to be doing another event? And Is she coming back to Napa?
Mesanna	Yes I will be doing an event on every shard sooner or later, and yes I do want to return if they will have me.
Nightcrawler	Is the possibility of a classic shard under consideration? If so, what time period would it be geared towards?
Mythic_Uriah	- The classic shard is under consideration, As stated in the letter earlier this year we would have an answer before the end of the year, There is no other update to its status
PotionMaster	So I hear you guys are going to activate all old player accounts.. Are you guys also thinking about reactivating a pre Trammel server?
Supreem	*gears grinding*
MythicMark	see previous question on that last one
Supreem	*chuckles*
Mythic_Uriah	- o.O
GvP	With party-enabled features such as Mysticism's cleansing winds and the new bardic abilities, can we get a party option for instanced looting?
MythicMark	There is not a plan to do instanced looting right now but it is not out of the question.
Basara	Question for the server tech types: I was in the Underworld on Lake Austin, killing Gray Goblins for music gears last friday, when I had UO lock up, and I had to abort out of the program. When it restarted, I was by Ter Mur moongate, hidden on a character with no means to hide. Did something happen to the server that resulted in my being "Telestormed" to safety, like at old-school events?
Supreem	I'm not exactly sure what happened there. It sounds like the server might have crashed and you were restored back to your last saved location.\
Supreem	If it happens again, send in a bug report with as much information that you can come up with. :)
Axel_Mythic	- We got a large art patch coming up for Pub66.5 to fix some of the Gargoyle armor issues. For Pub67, we're gonna continue to focus on bug fixing. Post away on the Enhanced Client forum on Stratics. Our eyes are always on that.
Adesteria	Are there any plans for another expansion in the future? Or is the focus on the content at hand?
Logrus_Mythic	- If we were working on super secret expansion content, it would no longer be super secret content if we said we were focusing on it.
Spoon	Are you still planning to changeover to the enhanced client and stop support for the 2d?
Mythic_Phoenix	- Where'd you hear that? Someone tells dirty lies! We've never had plans to abandon the 2d client and we will continue to support it.
Zephenia	Please post your questions to [QT]Aesop and [QT]Faerunner - they are waiting!
Supreem	*whistles a tune*
Bleak	*dances a jig*
Logrus_Mythic	- Will Logrus ever get to put giant mutant ninja chickens in the game?
Logrus_Mythic	- probably should have submitted that to a QT
Supreem	Not on mesanna's watch!
DaKaren	Could the ability to unlock individual items in a locked down container be restored? Having to unlock the entire container and then reset permissions on each individual object is very carpal tunnel unfriendly.
Mythic_Phoenix	- We are investigating this and hope to fix it soon.
Adesteria	Any plans for new Vet rewards? Or are they super secret too?
Mythic_Uriah	- Mutant Ninja Chickens are now working on Fiction for the Live game ... and will be replacing the Server Backend by next November
Mesanna	Yes we have plans for new Vet rewards =)
Logrus_Mythic	- lol
Axel_Mythic	- halp
Spoon	are there any plans to revamp theiving skill as its pretty much useless?
MythicMark	We realize we haven't been giving the devil his due with the thieving skill, we hope to put more of your neighbor's gold in your pocket soon.
Lost	Will the Magincia rebuild be coming soon?
MythicMark	Magincia will be back by the end of the year, we are hope you enjoy the story of its triumphant return in the upcoming live events.
Supreem	So New's Years party will be in Magincia this year?
BeefSupreme	When does the next part of the current fiction start? (Pt2) Are there any plans to have Mesanna stop stalking me in game?
MythicMark	The next part of the current fiction will begin with 66.5, it is the beginning of a new plot thread that is leading toward the return of Magincia. Also, Mesanna says she doesn't know who you are but she will gladly kill you.
Lint	Will the EC map ever be able to display houses, custom houses? The EC seems to have a smaller housing cache than the classic client. Each time a house comes into view, even if I was just there 10 seconds earlier, it is slow to reload. Any plans on improving this, or an explanation why it happens?
Axel_Mythic	- The EC map is a different beast from the CC map, so we use some image compression tricks to get the houses on there. Because the compression is costly to the cpu, the update rate takes a hit.
Llewen	These days everyone is moving faster, computers are more powerful, connections are more reliable and faster. Is there any plan to speed up the movement rates of mobs in the game?
Mythic_Phoenix	- Yes, we'll be taking speedhacking away from players and giving it to the mobs. :)
Mythic_Uriah	- heh
Supreem	*bonks phoenix*
Anon155	Any chance of a future embroidery kit that would allow "embroidering" clothing items much like other engraving kits?
Mesanna	Thats a great idea I think we will steal it =P
Mesanna	*grins*
JoO	I will name my first born after the dev team member that spear heads the effort to fix riding swipe not working on faction horses. Any Takers?
Mythic_Uriah	- Actually there was a developer who attempted this and ended up in a rubber room describing the smell of Blue ... it's tough to fix, so we have to tread carefully on this one
JCtheBuilder	Could something be done about upping the max resolution in the Classic Client? 800x600 makes everything look so tiny on today's large resolution monitors.
Supreem	The Classic Client uses a custom software rendering engine that is very complicated and only designed to run on specific resolutions. We decided a long time ago that it would not be feasible.
Supreem	If you want a bigger resolution, try switching to the Enhanced Client. Running the game at 1920x1200 on a 24" widescreen monitor is just beautiful.
Supreem	./end shameless plug
Lost	Can we have Dev named Voodoo dolls for Halloween? *evil grin*
Mythic_Uriah	*sound of the ding of gleaming teeth here*
Mythic_Phoenix	- Sure. Since some of us already have player-named Voodoo dolls on our desks, that would only be fair.
Mythic_Phoenix	- And...it's a wrap. Thank you everyone! :)
MythicMark	Goodnight everyone, thanks for coming!
Logrus_Mythic	- Now its time to say good bye to all our company
Axel_Mythic	- Good night all!
Logrus_Mythic	- and the nice HOC
Mesanna	Later everyone, I will be seeing you soon!
Mythic_Uriah	*meanders off most likely to be eaten by a grue*
Bleak	Goodnight everyone
Logrus_Mythic	casts invis on a grue somewhere
brian	Bye everyone!
Supreem	Night fellas... *goes back to server fixes*
Zephenia	Thanks for coming everyone! Logs will be posted shortly. Join us in #ultima-online if you wish to chat!