Multiplayer Updates

The following is a list of updates made to the game since it entered open beta in 2011.

For planned future updates, see Nuku's six month plan at http://checkvist.com/checklists/97925-six-month-plan.

Need up-to-the-minute updates? They're over here!

August

18th

• @viewparse and connected functions now support time-statements. Also [area].
• Remaining use cases of Zephyr Inc. and Zephyr Incorporated standardized to Zephyr Inc, to minimize confusion.
• New Staff Monster added to Shady Keep area: Kage Fiend.
• New Research Available.
• RP items added to nanite shielding requirements.
• Bonuses given to a pet as a result of adding modifiers to it when crafting, will now be adjusted by the rank of the pet.
• New Monster added to The King Stables! Ahkal Teke is now available there.
• New Player Monster added to Shady Keep area: Wild Cannibal
• New Area: Sweaty Jungle now exists in Fairhaven (North of the River).
  • New monsters added: Ribbed Frog, Swamp Stalker, Anery Stripe Cornsnake, and Staff-made African Rock Python. Woo, leezards!

17th

• Staff may now use the hunting territory item to destroy it and gain 10 mako.
  • Staffers now get 50 for a hunting territory.
• Medusa Dedication is now available on-grid.
• Petrifying Gaze inflicts RechargeDebuff instead of ChargeDebuff, since ChargeDebuff is no longer in use and replaced by HasteDebuff.
• Shady Keep area now added in Woodfield. Level 57-63. Current mobs include the staff-made Bogart Knight and the player-made Fire Sprite.
• Solar Dragon now has an avatar all its own.
• Corporate Cougar now has flags.
• Area in and around Zephyr polished again.
  • Non-existing look traps are no longer mentioned, or have the proper placeholder.
  • Stat-checks are better integrated with a character's perception of the environment.
  • Numerous cases of past-tense phrasing changed to present-tense.
  • And, of course, the area has been spell-checked.
• Fixed display error in energy amount in sa list.
• Players will be less likely to be set idle if they are partaking in combat.
• Updated Unrelenting Suckle.

13th

• New area added to the Woodfield Sewers.
• Woodfield City Sewers and the Underground Tunnel polished. Better grammar, looktraps, and more.
• Friend-locks and enemy-locks have been tweaked to more reliably inform those with editing-permissions about the +lock command.
• New premium accessory, an assault rifle, available for 1 mako for all characters forever.
• New, free, avatar accessory, a baseball cap!
• The RSX Square in Woodfield has been rewritten for legibility. Navigation should now be easier.
• All dangerous areas in Woodfield are now clearly marked as such at their respective entrances.
• New section of Woodfield Sewer is now actually accessible.
• New Form added to Rolling Hills: Mootaur.
• Fairhaven Zoo rewritten. More to come in the near future.

12th

• Result for Packmind Research added, new item for sale in [RSX Solutions]: Operative Floor, Basement.
  • The new item is called the Radio Static Device. Functions as a low powered Static Broadcaster (See and compare to Anti Nanomagic)"
• New Modifier: Windup.
  • Makes an item take an exact amount of time longer to use. The trade-off is that the item uses significantly less energy.
  • Available in the Token Store.
• Modifiers that reduce something by a percentage now have two soft caps and a hard cap(-80%).
• Negative recipe modifiers are now, after some debugging, capping at 75%, then again at 40%, with a final, hard, cap at 20%.
• Long-term idle player purge performed.
• If/when a status ends up with 0 mag or duration due to upgrades, it will not abort all other statuses from being applied after that one.
• Charm and "insta-kill" type powers can now work in web combat.
  • However they will give no charmed pet and no talk script associated with them will run.
• Charm and "instant kill" type powers now can generate battle clear messages.
• Fixed broken string parsing at the NeoGAMES Lab in Woodfield.
• New NPC added to RSX Promethean Studies lab: Albert Stross.
  • He has a hidden quest associated with him. Expansion pending.

11th

• Woodfield General Hospital updated with better grammar, fixed string parsing, and more details to look at. Big ups to Osiris for helping out.
• Refunded mako for Ejaculating Limbs mpool. The same functionality will work with the Rainmaker item.
• @viewparse and related commands revamped behind the scenes. Also more error-checking added.
• Rainmaker item added to token store.
• When two females have sex, if both have rainmakers (without being renamed) they will both get filled!
• Fixed bugs in talk script editor (and a few other web apps).
• Level 2 and 3 actions for Librarian added.
• All the references of a removed critter removed from the mission Road to a Cure.
• Vibrator recipe's cost and ingredient adjusted a bit.
• +request/rename option added.
• Toys in latex factory updated to use new filled code.
• Feral Dragon now has its own avatar!
• +census amounts for money should be more accurate in theory.
• +census values for cash well and truly fixed.

8th

• Lustful Pheromones upgraded to be a real power.
• Fixed a couple interactions with Zephyr Coffee Lounge NPCs. WIP
• Rod Trained feral mode mutants now reduce the upkeep of their overall equipment by 1 per level!
  • If you're level 20, and have 30 upkeep worth of stuff, it becomes 10 upkeep worth of stuff.
• Extra Filling and Well Filled perks are now available
• When using the fuck command, a confirmation asking if you want to proceed is now always given.
• Warning! Many mutant powers will now cover you in goop/fill you, as per their descriptions!
• Were Arachnid added.
• @viewparse updated to account for extra parsing, both new and old.
• High freecred social actions given two soft caps in terms of freecred reward.
• Social action freecred cap is now influenced by the energy required.
  • An action that takes 5 patrol points softcaps 5 times higher than an action that only requires 1.

5th

• Misplaced upgrade for energydamage on Costume Slip removed.
• Bug in party mentoring code fixed.
• When the judge who turns off OOC chat in a room leaves, the chat is automagically enabled again.
• Coyote who are not currently coyote will now show <Coyote> when TFing people.
• Typing +mako will now list your mako to two decimal places.

4th

• Hero points should no longer refresh randomly.
• XP rewards while fighting should no longer be a bajillion digits precise.
• Recipes available in the premium store now shown if known or not when viewed via web.
• A lot of fresh answers posted to the ask page, http://ask.flexiblesurvival.com.
• Help supporter updated.
• Fixed a progression error in the Ember Matriarch questline. Playtesting encouraged!
• Help Botting updated to show exactly what is meant by 'play the game when you're not there.'
• Sci is now usable as a command for the science channel.
• Auc now works for Auction channel.
• All future combat engergizers purchased are non-tradeable.
• Pets can now accept the new fuck commands.
• When leaving a party as the leader, reassigning the leader of a party, kicking yourself from a party as leader OR when the leader drops offline, combat should no longer go haywire in that room.
• Demon Lunar Touched added.
• Badger avatar created and applied, if you can think of related species that would benefit from using that avatar, pop up a request.
• Oral, anal and breast sex request messages now a little more ambiguous, in case a female is asking a male for such.
• The next winner of +lotto gets a dedication.
  • The dedication will be publicly available, but you get to design it!
  • So run, do not walk, to +lotto and grab up some tickets!
• People with a Color Chooser can now set their colors with editplayer.
• Lotto 'splosion fixed.

July

30th

• Fixed bug in global research that could cause expensive projects to read as unfunded incorrectly.
• New options added to fuck command. fuck <target> mouth fuck <target> ass and fuck <target> breasts.
  • NOTE: if the fucker has a darwin's pass, they CAN impregnate the target with this.
  • Using the new fuck options does not remove Virgin status.
• +prove mouth|ass|breasts will now show your filled status for these areas.
• Breast descriptions now include filled/Breasts values.
• When a new player is created using the Child Liberation Device, their virginity is pre-set.
• New stringparsing (only for infections since it needs to write data): [fill the <whatever> of [target] by <number>]
  • For obvious reasons, only cunt, ass, breasts or mouth will work in 'whatever'.
• +prove will now work with the filled/<body part> options.
• Unfinished NPCs moved out of the Zephyr Coffee Lounge. Until they are complete, that is.
• Functional Miura Mercedes NPC added to the Zephyr Coffee Lounge. Expansion of dialogue to come.
• Functional Louis Ledoyen NPC added to the Zephyr Coffee Lounge. Expansion of dialogue to come. Playtesting encouraged!

28th

• afk command added as alias for goidl.
• Commend no longer works on new, not even placed, forms.
• No more overflows in +census.
• +roll now factors in group purchased skills.

27th

• Fixed crash in AI code when using Renew.
• Many very very old requests(6+ months) closed out to clear the air.
• Not to be outdone, Rod has joined forces with the Prometheans to cook up a new feral training scheme.
  • 'How to be cool', is what he calls it, and it's available to all feral mode agents, allowing them to keep their cool and not forget how to use doorknobs.
  • This training is available at the mall.
• Area in and around Chandler Hospital updated.
  • Obvious exits now marked in white, spacing issues fixed, and spellcheck has been employed vigorously.

25th

• Non-staff cannot change the status of a request that is set Completed, Denied or In Progress.
• New nanomagic, rpinfo biomonitoring nanomagic.

21st

• Finder prop no longer set on finding vials.
• Nanomagic with requirements show this requirement in their rpinfo.
• Setting your birthday made more intuitive, hopefully.
• New avatar accessory, made by our very own Glitch, a pair of fairy wings.
• To make a matching set, he also made bat wings, cause why not?
• Fixed stacked item exploit with craftmod upgrades.
• Fixed a crash with a recent fix to web crafting.
• You can no longer use builder nanites from your backpack.
• Chimera Serum will no longer crash if you have no mastered infections.
• Chimera Serum will no longer infect a body part if the infection it rolls has no parts of that slot.

19th

• New, premium, avatar color, Psychedelic!
• New recipe and modifier created (Piercing design and targeting device) due to stretch goals.
  • Both are available for +rewards.
• Staff viewing of alts on other games via +account now MUCH faster.
• When you master a form it will now suggest you commend it if you like it.
• Spring Parsing templates and examples on the Monster Maker wiki page have been updated for form-authors' convenience.
  • Also, comments about the 'commend' command added at the beginning of the page.
  • Remember to read this page to help you through form creation!
• Social actions that cost resources to do (cash, xp, etc) will no longer cost MORE if you critically succeed.
• Fixed critical error in web patrol missions.
• The update link on the page now shows how many days ago each update post was made.
• Result posted for rocket facility.
• New research available: Construct Rocket.

17th

• Update to the Monster Maker wiki page to provide support for Taur and Serpentine form creation.
  • Also, Color Chooser support templates added to the string parsing section of the page.
• Arm and Tail Divider tempalte added to the string parsing section of Monster Maker wiki page.
• New Staff Made Monster added to the Jutting Peaks as per Stretch Goals: Minkitsune!
• New Area Built in Woodfield: Wax Museum - Apocalypse Exhibit with New Staff Monster within! Death (Skullbot)
• Child/roo pet training upgraded!
  • You can now buy extra levels of training for your pets (100 tokens or 5 mako per extra level increasing by those amounts per level purchased.
    • 100/5 for the first, 200/10 for the second, 300/15 the third, etc).
  • These levels can, on a child, be used to buy any further upgrades (masteries, roles or power upgrades).
  • On a roo pet, power upgrades and extra roles (beyond the first free 3) can be purchased.
  • Additional xp will be required for each level.
• Some fixes made to pet level indicators for first and second level.
• Roo pets now gain xp like children.
• You can now buy additional power upgrades in the same power, but only once per upgrade.
• Level expanded pets will become no-trade once the first level is purchased (it warns you).
• New stringparsing options for [if and [case blocks. 'is feminine' 'is not feminine' 'is masculine' 'is not masculine' 'is hermy' 'is not hermy' 'is neutral' 'is not neutral'.
  • Each will take into account not only the gender but will also obey the perks.
  • To be considered either masculine or feminine, the target must either be pure of one gender OR have the perks to force it.
  • To be neutral you must either have NO gender or have the Uncertain Gender perk.
  • To be hermy, you must be a natural herm and have none of the perks to specify a gender-view.

15th

• New Mako-purchaseable form: Demonic Fox, now available in the mako shop!
• Added few more level 0 actions.
  • Artisan (design) added to Clairmont Marketplace and Eureka Landing Spot.
  • Diplomat (socializing) added to Clairmont and Eureka Embassies.
  • Banker (academics) added to Clairmont and Eureka banks.
• Vast majority of references to Rsx, as opposed to RSX, cleared."
• Top misspellings in the English language cleared from all room descriptions. Big thanks to the Oxford English Corpus' list.
• Exploit with craftmod selective keys fixed.
• Enhanced Training group benefit now affects XP gained via RP.
• For personal desc use, the public/<whatever> local stat will work in your base propdir.
• Major change for string parsing.
  • Text is parsed in order of reliance and from left to right.
  • So a piece of string parsing like [if [if 1]1[else]0[end if]][local stat skunks of [player]][else]boo[end if] will parse the [if 1] block first, then the outer if, and finally do the local stat section last.
• Rolled back the String Parsing changes. After review the code is infeasible.

13th

• Level 0 Nanomagic Researcher (arcane) added to Paranormal Classes in Clairmont and Eureka.
• Bartender (socializing) added to New Ireland Pub in Clairmont and to the Internet Coffee in Eureka.
• Inventor (research) added to Clairmont's Garage and to Eureka's Military Workshop.
• Storyteller (legends) added to New Ireland Pub in Clairmont and to the Internet Coffee in Eureka.
• Added level 1 action for Shopkeeper.

12th

• 6644 long-term idle players purged.
• Made renaming of characters be a little more forgiving with new names.
• Aquatic avatar added and assigned to many aquatic forms.
  • If you run into a form without it, submit a request to get it added.
• tport command now obeys rooms that are set 'no summon'.
• If the party leader of a party you are joining is mentored, you will mentor down to that level (if your level is higher) automagically.
• Item-based toggles will now not keep getting turned off by the AI system.
• Minor updates in and around the Zephyr Inc building.
  • The Psych Department no longer goes full derp is you try to make a +room.
  • Huntermun no longer uses past-tense.
  • Traveling around the building no longer results in weird [end if] and [at random] bits of text.
• New recipe modifier added to token shop due to stretch goals, Bouncing.
• New, free, avatar accessory, a white cowboy hat!
• New, premium, accessory, a gold crown!
• New, free, avatar accessory, a fiery background!
• New level 1 actions added.
  • Supernatural Researcher (arcane) added to Eureka and Clairmont schools.
  • Technician (computer) added to RSX center in Clairmont and to the internet coffee in Eureka.
  • Security Officer (security) added to Eureka's Military Compound and Clairmont's Police Station, Soldier job moved to Military Cantina.
  • Bureaucrat (red tape) added to Eureka and Clairmont's Town Halls.
• Significantly improved accuracy and detection rate of the [redacted] software.

10th

• The Ember Sanctum zone and Ember Matriarch questline have been fully rewritten.
  • You will not have to redo the quest if you have already finished it. Playtesting is encouraged!
• Local stat can now work with directories.
• Komodo Dragon added to the Reptile lunar touched forms.
• Commission Tax should be calculated more accurately.
• +census request now shows stats on incomplete requests.
• Fixed a bug introduced with my last fix for web crafting!
• New, player purchased, avatar accessory, shackles.
• Two new red collars available.
• Updated the theme & policy room to encourage people to type terms.
• New option for +monster command, +monster clear all will remove all +monster created enemies in the room.
• New Area added past Deeper in the East Forest called Jutting Peaks.
  • New monsters lie in this area, including a Staff created Monster: Chi Lung.
  • Other monsters include: Gryphoenix, Sandfire Dragon, and Storm Dragon.
• Direct Connect is now functioning again.
• New, free, avatar color, Goldenrod
• Avatar caching system has been enhanced.
  • This has necessitated erasing the existing cache, so avatars might be slow to load for a little while.
• Spoilers: The Coatl High Priest should no longer require you to lose twice to progress. 'Twas a bug, but playtesting is encouraged.
• Quetzalcoatl Quest updated for grammatical errors on mobs as well as fixing bugs in the quest process. All should run smoothly, now!
  • It will now require you to be fully Coatl when accessing the idol.
• Fixed critical error in web missions.
• Roboticist (computer) job comes with actions up to level 3.
  • Also, multiple choices available for the level 3 action.
• The Long Way web mission is now locked to level 60+
• New Staff Monster: Okami Boi now available in the Petshop of Cuteness!
• Fixed bug in how web combat objects representing players are processed.
• Scientist job available.
  • It comes with actions up to level 3, included multiple options based on the skills.
  • The job is available (for now) in Eureka School and Clairmont College.

6th

• Minor update to the Church of Promethea.
  • Players now warned that it is a dangerous place, grammar fixes, and certain directions no longer teleport you.
• New command added, convert.
  • Will convert salvage rarities in game.
  • Note: can move multiple steps, so "convert 1 rare chemical to common" will give you a butt-load of common chem salvage!
  • Can convert both up and down. Converting down still incurs the usual taxes.
• New string parsing added for [if] and [case] blocks, <string1> ~= <string2> will do a regex on string1 using string2 as a pattern.
• River now properly connected to the highway outside Fairhaven. References to a nonexistent bridge removed.
• Alex the Zebra has received an update.
  • Hir sex scene should now be a bit sexier (less typos, proper spacing, etc.), and it will dynamically respond to whether you've... frisked, with hir before.
• Clairmont, Living Museum, and New Ireland updated.
  • They have been given more legible spacing.
  • Obvious exits in the description are now marked in white.
  • All jobs in Clairmont now only show up if you possess the right skills.
  • Most minor bugs in these areas have been ironed out.
• Public sector of the Department Store updated.
  • As with Clairmont and New Ireland, obvious exits are now marked in white, commands in green, and viewable items in yellow.
  • Work on standardizing the older zones this way will continue throughout the month and all new areas will be color-coded accordingly. Polish, polish, polish!
    • Exceptions for some special locations.

4th

• If you are already logged in, say via telnet, you will not be given the direct connect on viewing the main page.
• +register now shows, approximately, how much cash you have gained on the muck (game specific) for that day.

2nd

• When visiting the main page of the web page, you are now given the direct connect screen
  • This is instead of the Facebook news. Hopefully it will encouraging new players to get further into the game.
• New accessory available, red collar.
• Code changes in an attempt to make the game more gracefully handle multiple text connections to the same character.
• Newly created characters on the web can now agree to the ToS correctly.
• Subscription 'days remaining' counter now working correctly.

1st

• Dusk Dragon questline improved.
  • Fixed typos, axed glitches, and fixed a tiny exploit.
• Spacing and format issues in several areas fixed.
  • Behind-the-scenes code cleaned up.