Multiplayer Updates/April 2014

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19th to 22nd

  • An emergency restart was done to replace a faulty processor.
    • Memory capacity has also been doubled during the downtime. Server went from 16gb to 32gb.
  • Fixed Dreidel Victory/oVictory messages.
  • All non-local stats set by forms are now set as 'formstat/Form Name/property:value'.
    • This helps unify stats under a common directory for future debugging.
  • Nanite Shielded given small buff to 135 self repair.
  • Task command should work nicer with 'cost' blocks.
  • +census cred now uses commas for ease of use!
  • The selling price of salvage greatly increased.
  • Various outdated wiki pages trimmed.
  • New information added to both Durable and Nanite Shielded on the wiki.
  • Fixed bug in lion avatar's mane color.
  • New Damage type: Lust Damage.
  • Fixed a bug with Intense Training.
  • Fixed a critical error in calculation of auto upgrades of special skills for all natural talents.
  • Abysmal Aura given some LustDamageResist.
  • Fixed many Eureka and Clairmont room descriptions not showing up due to recent changes to the local stat system.
  • When crafting a craftmod, ALL your proficiencies are stored, just in case the recipe uses it.
  • Dropped/craftmod key/+reward craftmods now have a value set for every proficiency.
  • "No Trade" items can no longer be auctioned.

8th to 19th

  • Vulpine Touch upgrade line fixed.
  • The MUD was upgraded again.
    • The MUD is now using ProtoMUCK 2.0b9.17.4.
      • This fixed a potential race condition that could happen under rare circumstances.
  • System clock corrected by -58.557342 seconds.
  • F15 Girl Kemonomimi description up.
  • Major changes made to Mako for theme and clarity.
  • German Shepherd correctly marked as knotted.
  • [local stat X of Y] now reads from the "_localstats/propdir", instead of the base.
    • This is a security update.
    • You will need to re-locate any local stats on your person there.
    • There will be a command to easily set such stats soon.
  • Exploit in [if local stat X of Y = Z] fixed.
  • Color Chooser field in editplayer updated.
    • You will need to re-assign the colors manually.
  • Local Stats helpfile updated.
  • You can now use lset or localset to set your local stats.
  • Fixed String Parsing bugs in the Water Hydra, Werezompire and Yama Inu forms.
  • Pregnancies should no longer default to eggs.
    • Does not affect already existing pregnancies.
    • This should also fix impregs on infertile folks.
  • Fixed broken String Parsing in the Rept-taur and Sa'iryim forms.
  • Fixed several bugs in the Latex Suit form.
  • Raccoon Guy made Kemonomimi compliant.
  • VTOL Lady and Sa'iryim updated for Kemonomimi compliance.
  • The descriptions of Prized Jewels and Size King have been updated to give a better idea of what you get with these perks.
  • Love Box, Overpenetrate, Milk Squirt, Bukkake Blast, Cock Slap, Endless Flow and Erotic Dance given the marker of being a sexual power.
    • More to come (potentally).
  • Fixed several bugs in the Kitsune Victory/oVictory messages.
  • Added the heat to a few forms.
  • Craft Bounty system is now a little smarter; setting Recipes and Recipe Modifiers to not be used in bounties as gotten a bit easier.

8th to 17th

  • 50 mako was sent flying around the various mako pools due to wonderful support.
  • Many transformation messages no longer mention your bits becoming internal if you already own Internal Genitals.
    • Added multicock and multicunt support to certain TFs.
  • Modules now give a 20% penalty to damage, and 33% penalty to status mag.
  • In theory, using the terminal search next to a terminal should now be free.
  • Abnormal Breeder debugged.
  • Cat Girl kemonomimi fixed.
  • The puzzler will no longer give +patrol rewards if you have a lot of patrol points already.
    • When he does so, he will give you more refreshment as he has gone all out and hired buxom girls with palm fronds and well sculpted males for those who enjoy that sort of company.
  • "Help salvage" updated with up to date down convert rates.
  • New avatar: Snake!
    • If you run into a form that could use it, let us know and we'll assign it over.
  • The effect of the vampiric combat skill much more meaningful.
  • Arm Divider support added to Shadow Dragon.
  • Arm Divider and Tail Divider support added to Candy Canid, Candy Dragon and Raccoon Guy.
  • Raccoon Guy groin TF fixed, now accounts for herms and females.
  • The Fey Folke have been discovered to be the next to be able to harmonize their nanites while in total form, granting them a Warming Chill.
  • Removed several broken look traps in the Zephyr Inc building.
  • No Commission recipes properly can't be commissioned.
  • Cock Milker fixed to properly account for ball size rather than the non-extant "cock width".
  • +pregtime locked until it can be looked over to prevent confusion by popular request.
  • New premium avatar color: indian-red.
  • New profession: Bouncer.
  • Digitized Books research complete. Result posted.
  • Having the oviposition flag will cause any females you impregnate to become pregnant with an egg.
  • Research proficiency is now taken as its raw value when checking for infection vial drops.
    • This means that mentoring down will not impinge on it, but it also means bonuses to research won't apply.
      • Group skill still applies.

New public recipe added to RSX Solutions: M4 Carbine. +pregtime reactivated and more accurate. Fixed White Siberian Tiger Defeat message for active male Tanuki dedicants. Kickstart style goal added to Leg Splitter Mako Pool. Modern Day Warrior Profession added. New research: Draught of Calmness.

  • Fixed Talakai's buggy Tail Divider support.
  • Improved String Parsing logic in all ass transformation messages with Tail Divider support.
    • These TF messages now properly check if you have a tail/tails in advance and read accordingly.
  • Fixed critical bug in Charlie the German Shepherd's quest line that prevented completion.
  • Fennecs now have their own avatar.
  • Added a vaginal (receiving) scene to Alex the zebra.
  • You can no longer perform fellatio on Alex if you have the mouthless flag.
  • Eureka's Scrapyard now reports correctly the Roboticist and Inventor jobs.
  • Fixed Bronze Imp skin 'solid' local stat.
  • Few minor changes to Bullet Spray.
    • Charge upgrade decreased to -250, DefenseDebuffMag upgrade decreased to 5.
      • On the upside, base Charge decreased to 750.
  • New role: Clever Footman.
  • Page history is now stored on the SQL server.
    • The server will store a minimum of 30 days worth of history.
    • The default display for "page #last" is still 20 entries, but you can request up to 300 (Example: page #last 300).
    • Existing page history will be erased and cannot be copied to the new system.
  • The "page #last" command will now only display page history.
  • A strange force coming out of the Shrine in the far west side of Fairhaven.
    • It seems someone there is toying with the powers above and beyond their understanding!
  • Implemented new multi-threaded SQL client functionality to increase overall load capacity.
    • Some systems may act up until they've been optimized to use the new system correctly.
  • The POT system will no longer pause and wait for the SQL server to respond after logging new text.
    • This includes the page and ooc programs as well.
  • The avatar editor on the web page is generating an absurdly large amount of MySQL queries, and as such is being very slow to load under the new system.
    • We are working to address the issue as quickly as possible.
  • Corrected an issue that was causing a superfluous 1 second delay between SQL requests.
  • Upgraded to ProtoMUCK 2.0b9.17.2.
    • Implemented real-time message passing system, allowing immediate retrieval of completed SQL queries.
  • MUF programs with pending events in their queue now go to the front of the execution order instead of the back.
  • Revised "+help string parsing/case" for clarifying points.

March 23rd to April 8th

  • Color Chooser support added to Skunk Beast and Christmas Skunk Chick.
  • Adding cards to your deck no longer spams the room.
    • This has no effect on decks mid-play, it should be noted.
  • +Card/give activated!
  • +Card/give added to the help file(of doom)
  • Attackdebuff now scales properly, like attack does.
  • New help file: "help long arcs".
  • Cap on how much a debuff attackdebuff does put in, same as the cap for the positive direction.
  • Wolfbane Meister Tail Divider code fixed.
    • Fixed additional breakage in the Bronze Imp tail type local stats.
  • Lion Within given some adjustments.
  • Nuke powers with AoE fixed up.
  • You can now put points in random pools.
    • Doing so increases your contribution 20%, gives you the supporter points for those free points, and gives full supporter points even if it's a pool you thought up.
    • To do it, joinpool random=(amount, at least 5) and enjoy being generous to the ideas and ambitions of others through the wonders of the RNG.
  • Amount poured into random pools tracked per account, and can result in badges!
  • Slinking Ferret Defeat message given a tune up.
  • Stalking Tigress Victory/oVictory messages fixed to work with all genders.
  • Trading Cards now has a sub topic, tank, see "help trading cards/tank".
  • New expansion, Resources.
    • This is for cards
    • What's in it? All the basic resources.
      • You want resources, this is the expansion for YOU!
  • Fixed Komodo Dragon's broken Victory/oVictory logic.
  • Fixed Iguana Herm's broken Victory/o
  • Fixed Iguana Herm's broken Victory/oVictory logic.
  • Sudden bounty: Fill the otter avatar pool.
    • Every 20 mako gets you a mysterious humming key.
    • 50 gets you a one time badge, 100 gets you an IC Nuku plushie!
    • All prizes stack.
    • Before the time of this page update, the pool was completed.
  • New string parsing! [^ X Y ^]. Will calculate X^Y. Remember, string parsing only permits integers, fractions will be rounded towards 0.
    • [^ X Y Z ^] will calculate X^(Y*Z)
  • Exponentiation in string parsing fixed.
    • Final change to exponentiation: Rounding towards zero takes place at the /end/ of the exponentiation.
      • In other words, [^ 1.5 10 ^] will work correctly, and return 57.
  • "Farpet" is now a thing.
  • New item for singleplayer: Singleplayer - Hour, used to purchase hours of work from the Writers for Hire.
  • The ratio for higher rarities of salvage when selling increased, meaning you get more for selling high rarity salvage(much closer to 50%).
  • "Rest" is now a command that triggers 'use rest'
  • Social Actions in Hare Town are now correctly displayed.
  • Scout first action added to Eureka's City's Eastern Gate and Clairmont's Watchtower.
  • Fixed typo that broke progression in a Chandler Hospital questline.
  • "Help string parsing/template forms" is now a thing.
  • Fixed several jobs listed as 'Not Available' to check for the right proficiency.
  • Feral Mode information on the Wiki brought much more to date.
  • Good News Everyone!
    • Mako for Wiki Edits will be starting up again soon.
    • Make a good edit to some part of the Multiplayer part of our Wiki, get a few mako for it.
    • Make a great new page? Get a bit more!
    • Please note, that these will happen on Saturday Evenings/Sunday Mornings PST.
      • Ensure that your Wiki Account name matches one of your in game alts, otherwise your Mako may not reach you.
      • The check for edits will happen on the above times, actual distribution may be delayed.
  • A number of minor network issues should now be resolved.
  • Fixed an abundance of malformed String Parsing [target]s throughout the game.
  • Avatar accessories can no longer be positioned on layers that are technically above or below the screen.
    • This effectively means you should no longer lose accessories if you accidentially move them to a layer that isn't being rendered.
  • The avatar caches have been cleared.
    • Avatars may be slow to load until the caches have rebuilt.
  • Corrected an off-by-one error that caused avatar accessories on layer zero to be completely transparent.
  • Two pairs of new premium accessories have been added, and they're all tentacles.
    • Right and Left of normal and crystal tentacles. Overlap for a really glossy effect. (See my avatar for example)
  • 'Incomplete' can only be applied to 'completed' requests.
  • Due to reports of inconsistency and unavailability of the original designers, the +gear/recover system has been retired.
      • The +gear/recover command has been restored.
      • There is now a strict 24 hour limit before items are permanently erased. -- Not sure if this is the case with a 60 minute purge time as mentioned below.
      • The command will now tell you exactly how long you have left.
      • Previously-expired +gear/recover inventories have now been purged.
      • The +gear/recover inventories will be automatically purged every 60 minutes.
      • Items that expire in the time before the purge occurs will be shown as EXPIRED, but are still recoverable until they are deleted from the database.
  • Changed Penelopia's gender.
  • Buffed the Pounce power on Parade Dragon to have PhysicalDamageResist status at 15 mag.
  • Nerfed the Flash Freeze power to no longer have InstantCooldownDebuff.
  • Added the EnergyDamage status permenently to Probo-Bot 9001.
  • Rebuilt Incite Riot, Chock Milk, Water Adaptation and Drain Vitae completely.
  • Updated Hair-bound Woman to have Invasive Implantation power.
  • Updated Penguin to have Ice Shards power.
  • Nerfed the Peck power to no longer have EnergyBreak.
  • Updated Polar Bear to have Spin the Dreidel power.
  • Added the EnergySalvage status permenently to Cuddlefish.
  • Removed Evening Song power from Ebony Raven.
  • Added the StatusBoostDebuff status permenently to Swordfish.
  • Updated Crystal Avian to have Festive Spirit power.
  • Added the HostileTrigger status permenently to Dreidel.
  • Removed Erotic Dance power from Fey Folke.
  • Buffed the Cum Squirt power on Monkey to have HealGain status at 14 mag.
  • Updated Manticore to have Maternal Love power.
  • Added the energymod status permenently to Gladiator.
  • Removed Enduring Spirit power from Orthom Brute.
  • Updated Uddertaur to have Mesmerizing Recovery power.
  • Nerfed the Lunge power to no longer have EnergyDamage.
  • Buffed the Maximized Effort power on Dusk Dragon to have HasteDebuff status at 22 mag.
  • Updated Psilocybe Dragon to have Constant Focus power.
  • Nerfed the Crushing Coils power to no longer have Attack.
  • Buffed the Gigantic Body Slam power on Secretary to have DefenseTrigger status at 5 mag.
  • Added the DebuffClear status permenently to Manticore.
  • Added the DebuffResist status permenently to Latex Succufox.
  • New level 1 actions for Adventurer Job.
    • Started to rebalance the gain of XP/Freecreds/Influence/Salvage got from social actions.
  • New vanity perk: Wildly Famous.
  • Given god-mode to Anbessa.
  • Turned Desdina into a Latex Succufox.
  • Changed Grannec's gender.
  • Millhiore no longer can speak in pub chat.
  • Added the Aggro status permanently to Blue Gryphon.
  • Added the EnergyBreak status permanently to Tiger Shark.
  • Scattershot 2000 now has some Self Repair, meaning it costs less to keep working.
    • The Amplifier joins the Self Repair club, making it cheaper to keep going.
      • Blood Extractor and Ultraquench given similar treatments.
      • Note, this does stack with things like Durable for even better salvage to repair efficiency.
  • New NPC in Hotel Oblivion: Ellie the Latex Fox.
    • Offers an abundance of sex scenes for interested parties.
  • Louis Ledoyen and Miura Mercedes removed from the Zephyr Coffee Lounge due to broken and unfinished content.
    • Expansion pending.
  • Added an anal sex variant to Alex the Zebra.
  • Fixed error in craft modifier salvage display in rpinfo.
  • How social action rewards are reported in the list changed.
  • Your rut no longer passively changes while within a no heat zone.
  • New research added.
  • If you are researching and qualify for leadership, you have a 50% chance per progress point of putting in an extra progress point!
    • When viewing a research, you are now told both leadership and minimal requirements, so you know if you qualify as a leader or not.
    • Leader counts now given when viewing a research topic.
  • Speed of research command increased!
  • Due to public demand, the Beyond the Horizon expansion was recalled.
    • All mako invested has been refunded in full to all parties.
    • If you got other goodies, you get to keep them as a token of good faith.
  • 'Minimal' changed to 'Assistant'
  • Changes were made for the following social action areas: Adventurer, Architect, Artisan, Banker, Bartender, Bodyguard (2), Bureaucrat, Diplomat (3), Executive, Geneticist, Inventor, Nanomagic Researcher, Philosopher, Sociologist, Supernatural Researcher and Worker.
    • All of them got a level 1 action, the ones with (X) means that got more than one.
    • All of them got their freecred/XP/influence.
    • City stats as well.
    • Not sure it's bulletproof, so feedback and reports will be appreciated.
  • A long last, a path to Junkyard Mountain has been cleared!
    • But... many an adventurous agent got completely lost trying to get there. Maybe you can find it?
  • After so long with the various infections, something out of the ordinary has been found to begin to happen.
    • Forms seem to be, in some ways evolving.
    • The nanites for the form changing in this way seeming to be able to work to produce more or great powerer and effect while their host is completely that form!
    • The first discovered so far is the Female Husky.
    • To note, this power or effect is completely lost if the harmony of the form is lost.
  • NPCs can now be configured to become (in)visible based on a schedule.
    • Set the RP stat "showonlywhen" to a comma-delimited list of time names (Example: "Day,Afternoon") and the object will be visible only during these times of day.
  • The "showonlywhen" stat will no longer affect players.
    • If "showonlywhen" stat is set to Never, the NPC will be invisible forever.
    • This might be useful if you wish to toggle a monster or NPC's visible status using talk script or string parsing.
  • Cow Girl groin TF no longes mentions a dick for players without dicks.
  • Cat Girl cards now being printed as a very rare card in the base set.
  • Feed the Puppies added to list of milk powers.
  • New Combat Mechanic, 'Take Cover'.
    • This is a talkscripted command that will appear along with select bosses.
    • Said bosses will have some warning when you should use this command.
    • Use of this command will reduce most effects from the user to near 0, and can be used off your turn.
      • This only makes sense because you are no longer in LoS with your target.
    • Taking cover will allow you to avoid some horribleness that would otherwise befall you.
    • To use the command, type 'Check Take Cover'
  • New power Type, UntilStruck.
    • Power's status will fade next time the target is hit by any effect that is not self or ally targeting.
  • Finished mako pool: rpinfo abnormal breeder
  • Avatar rendering is temporarily being handled by a new server for the purposes of endurance testing and load analysis.
    • Please report any problems via +request.
  • Restructured Ellie to view cunnilingus and rimming as oral options.
    • In addition, some interactions now vary depending on how many times you've boinked him (and in what manner).
  • Stretch goals now create +requests when reached automatically.
  • New (free) avatar color: Orchid.
  • Blocking recipe modifier added to the token store.
  • New (free) avatar accessory: beach background
  • Infectious Cum added to elite store and handed out to those who put in 40+ in the pool.
  • Fixed a bug in @viewparse where using [if \(statement\)] would put it into an infinite loop. (crashing when the string becomes too large)
  • Fixed a bug in @viewparse that would crash it if the statement within an [if ] fit certain very specific conditions.
  • More bugs in @viewparse's logic-checking subroutine eaten.
  • Fixed Umbra Shakhal's Victory/oVictory String Parsing logic.
  • Nanite Barrier Schematic added to the RSX Shop.
  • Pose Order Tracker (POT) and OOC Chat have been purged of stale records (older than 30 days).