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The following is a list of updates made to the game since it entered open beta in 2011.
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For planned future updates, see Nuku's six month plan at http://checkvist.com/checklists/97925-six-month-plan.
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=Full archive of updates can be found in the [[Multiplayer Updates Archive]]=
 
 
Need up-to-the-minute updates? They're over [http://flexiblesurvival.com/index?webupdate here]!
 
 
 
==September==
 
'''18th'''
 
* The Cow Girl social action job rolls are now influenced by the breast size stat.
 
** Having a lot of breasts gives a fixed bonus to the roll.
 
** Remember that if you have Chock Milk power, you have a special action as well.
 
* New NPC added to New Dawn - Professor Kale.
 
** Expansion pending.
 
* Kitsune wiki-page tweaked to give more info about the different settings for the form.
 
* Fixed and reformatted some old talkscript in New Dawn.
 
** Many NPCs also do not smell like neuters anymore.
 
* Removed dead statuses on Zephyr and RSX NPCs.
 
** Said NPC's names should no longer be highlighted.
 
* Seeker of Puzzles now has a Template form added to replace their normal skin: Zoot Suit.
 
* Devil form does have a Variable penis type.
 
** It can be changed by the local variable Devil/Dick on yourself.
 
*** Default is still horse-flared. Try different values to find new shapes.
 
* The beachfront has been rewritten.
 
 
 
'''16th'''
 
* New bounty system enabled.
 
** Different critters in different zones will be called for culling and you get extra cash for doing so, and a reward token(once per day).
 
** All future bounties will give more currencies.
 
* Three new merits, [[Big Boned]], [[Large Tendencies]] and [[Overblown]], for those who insist on going big or going home.
 
* If you need some perks nuked to make room for the new size perks, submit a request, mako free!
 
** They will be done free of charge until next Saturday.
 
* New system for FS lore added.
 
** Check out the Whiteboards in the Zephyr and RSX triages, or the Chalkboard in New Dawn, to get started.
 
* Powers can now be epiced to ULTIMATE power (an extra upgrade that cannot be something already upgraded).
 
** They require 6 boss vials of the right type, an amount of tokens, Freecred ''and'' XP!"
 
* Feathery Hide has more upgrade options now.
 
* New Area Added: The final section of the [[Wax Museum]], the [[Afterlife Exhibit]], is up and ready.
 
** This is a TOUGH area. If you thought the Apocalypse area was hard, this is harder.
 
** Level for area ranges from 65-72 for the mobs.
 
** Mobs include: [[Bronze Imp]], [[Soul]] (Crude Drawing), [[Chubby Cherub]], [[Seraphim]], and the hardest: [[Devil]].
 
** Warning, warning, this area will kick most solos' butts. Have at it!
 
* New avatar colors, tanned and light tan!
 
* New racerbuck item, silver plated supply crate.
 
* Reward token removed from racer buck catalog.
 
* New Recipe Modifier avalible for Racer Bucks! [[Computerized]].
 
** Due to potential exploits, Computerized changed to static energy penalty for scaling charge reduction.
 
** More changes as it gets more evaluations.
 
 
 
'''15th'''
 
* Small Felinoid supports Color Chooser now.
 
* Fixed a string parsing error in the Slinking Ferret skin transform.
 
* Having a Color Chooser should no longer make editplayer cry in the corner.
 
* +census job now displays job levels.
 
* New flaw, [[Inverted]], causes the size of your infection to flip around, so small forms are large for you and large forms are small.
 
* Updated the web page on Promethean Nanites for clarity.
 
* RPinfo for [[Talakai]] updated to be much more clear.
 
 
 
'''14th'''
 
* At long last The Puzzler has made himself more known to all willing to seek him out!
 
** The Seeker of Puzzles dedication has been added to grid, form pending.
 
* Talakai supports Arm Divider now.
 
* Bunny Boy supports Color Chooser now.
 
* Enabled web-combat 'overclicking' detector again.
 
** If you refresh the web combat page faster than once a minute you may get a temp ban (from web combat).
 
* CritHPBuffer will now work again.
 
 
 
'''13th'''
 
* Getting a talk script approved earns you mako now.
 
* New Staff-created Monster added to the [[Shady Keep]] area: [[Spectral]].
 
* Passive abilities will not work in an AoE fashion unless in combat.
 
* Updated the staging area ([[National Guard Airfield]]) with better grammar and clearer phrasing.
 
* New players (not characters) to the muck will find their income not affected as much, negatively, by cred energy.
 
* Powers, items, etc, can no longer be forced to target people who are ooc, jdg, idl or wiz status.
 
* You now cannot use or be forced to use a power if you are ooc, idl, wiz or jdg.
 
* Refreshing the page too many times within a minute will now give you a 1hr web combat timeout.
 
** Please click responsibly.
 
*** Note: You should never get this just by clicking the site.
 
** That was in regards to web combat refreshing.
 
* Web combat bans reset. Exception added for mobile webkit-based browsers.
 
* Fixed a typo in the [[Medkit]] description.
 
* [[Cat Girl]] now supports the color chooser.
 
* Requisition Clerks in Zephyr and RSX, as well as [[Doctor Ed]] in New Dawn have been rewritten.
 
** They should now explain the basic equipment and combat commands more clearly.
 
* New Monster located in the [[Creepy Forest]]: [[Vespikitty]].
 
 
 
'''10th'''<br>
 
''This list is compiled from the last 5 days of updates.''
 
* To reduce load, the system will no longer permit multiple connections to a single web battle.
 
* [[Tarragon]] and [[Behemoth]] victory and defeat messages altered slightly to fit theme.
 
* "Help string parsing/flags" tweaked to reflect the recent changes.
 
* New public chat channel "links" has been added.  Please use this if you wish to share off-topic links with the public.
 
* Median level of money generation altered. Those who have not accumulated 5,000 for the day are ignored(but will continue to accrue to the next day, where they may count).
 
* You can now spend 100k xp on money at a time on the page.
 
* Quake in fear, there is now a function that can strip buffs from things.
 
* New status, Buffclear, works like Debuffclear, but, you know, buffs.
 
* Buffclear will now ignore statuses with a duration greater than 100, to avoid terminating statuses that are not meant to ever go away.
 
* Expect more challenge from high rank monsters, especially hard and final bosses.
 
** Editor's personal thought: End-game mobs may be using Buffclear to combat players more effectively.
 
* You now have more hitpoints(yay), but so do the bad guys(boo).
 
** MaxHP status is now soft capped at two points, and has a hard cap.
 
* Stretchy modified with lower AoEMag to assist in game balance.
 
* Bug with craftmod selective trade item fixed
 
* The [[Panther Taur]] description and scenes have been polished.
 
* [[Tanuki]] updated with polished transform messages and part descriptions.
 
* Player size now has 2 soft caps and a hard cap(20).
 
** Those who are actively [[Kaiju]] ignore the hard cap (but still experience soft caps).
 
* Due to size restrictions, monsters/npcs can now be created that are larger than we are comfortable PCs being without exploding things.
 
* How Kaiju interacts with new caps altered.
 
* [[Quetzalcoatl]] now follows Kaiju size logic.
 
* +groin updated for better terminology.
 
* +glance terminology updated for clarity.
 
* Monster editor edited in several places for clarity.
 
* Players now have 15 minutes after connecting to agree to the latest terms of service before you will be automatically disconnected.
 
* The Puzzler seems oddly pleased about... something.
 
** Whatever it is, he's giving out mildly larger prizes and grinning all the wider lately.
 
* [[Wireling]] added to the Shady Keep area.
 
* Half-Dragon Stripper (Busty Dragoness partial mutation) added to Wastelands. Grinders, enjoy.
 
** Ha-HAH! Sexy Dragoness parts. My bad. (???)
 
 
 
'''5th'''
 
* Minor exit tweaks.
 
** Unnecessary [O] Out exits changes to the appropriate cardinal directions.
 
** Most uses of [O]ut changed to [O] Out to be more in line with other directions.
 
* Fixed an exploit in the Bottle Quest that allowed infinite freecred generation.
 
* Fixed a bug that could cause web battles to run out of control if the battle ended but the player never refreshes/moves to a different page.
 
* Web battles will now notify you if your battle times out before you finish making your move and will cease all further execution until you start the next battle.
 
* Fixed legacy look traps at the [[Red Court]].
 
** They now support basic partial matching and are highlighted in yellow.
 
 
 
'''4th'''
 
* Using the vial machine will now set the level of the vial produced to be the minimum level for the lowest area it spawns in.
 
** If no area is found it will be set to max level.
 
* A new mob is on the grid: [[Clockwork Cat]]. You'll find it in the [[Toy Factory]].
 
* Clockwork Cat defeat now shows up.
 
* Removed cases of partially highlighted commands in Zephyr, RSX, and New Dawn.
 
** Instead of seeing 'trained' you will see 'train', for example.
 
* New Dawn perk room now matches the compact, neater visual style of those in Zephyr and RSX.
 
* Perk rooms further updated.
 
** The 'Commands' section has been made more clear, concise, and helpful.
 
* [[Emotional Aura Nanomagic]] updated to reflect what it considers an emotion that is projectable.
 
 
 
'''3rd'''
 
* Shield drones now get a modified rest ability.
 
* Leaking Craftmod available in the Elite Shop.
 
* When using the shift or associated commands, the form you try to shift to will now accept partial matching based off forms you have mastered.
 
** If you have not mastered any forms, partial matching will not work.
 
* Bastet Disciple's dedication immunity to horny/heat messages has been fixed.
 
+pj #pvp Option added to allow judges to use PVP modes within private (temporary) rooms.
 
** You must be Judge Level 4 or higher to use this new option.
 
* Shifting to a form will now attempt to match a specific form first, rather than the biggest partial match.
 
** Further, it will also try and then match things from the start of an infection, before resorting to full partial matching.
 
 
 
'''1st'''
 
* Say-color option in editplayer should now function correctly.
 
* When using the talk script editor on the web, Goto and Mprompt(?) will no longer filter out string parsing.
 
* Rudimentary PVP combat should now work.
 
** Messages tell you what kind of PVP is in an area now pop up when you enter.
 
** Being defeated in a PVP area will not give you wounds (but respawning still will)
 
* Fixed broken string parsing on the path from New Dawn to Fairhaven.
 
* Broken string parsing fixed in the Latex Toy Factory room descriptions.
 
** Several broken exits removed/repaired, as well.
 
* Added the ability to set a 'forced mentor' on a room that will make sure people are of a similar level (mentored up or down)
 
* Being the same faction as someone confused no longer stops their confused attacks from hitting you.
 
* Fixed lots of broken string parsing at the Daughter Dealership.
 
* Fixed a bug where a player could enter an infinite loop when talking to Nephthys at the Daughter Dealership without enough freecreds.
 
* Pets can no longer infect or be infected by dots.
 
* [[Modification]] recipe removed from the game.
 
** It made players with the [[Modified]] flaw capable of giving out buffs and debuffs that were massively stronger than a support character that used [[Roles|roles]].
 
*** In other words it made role-based buff/debuff characters useless.
 
 
 
==August==
 
'''30th'''
 
* The Modest perks (Cock, Vagina and Appearance) have been updated to properly reflect the fact that reality has clearly always referred to relative sizes.
 
* Using the [[sexual stabilizer]] now sets a permanent stat, rather than a status, which remains until toggled back off.
 
* Tail Divider support has been added to the Fox Taur form.
 
* Animated Latex Skin Dedication finally grounded on the grid.
 
* For balance reasons, AoEmod buff has been removed from [[Gradual Latexification]].
 
* Fixed bug in acct_any2aid function that caused a crash when ambiguous player name strings are entered.
 
* New flag added: [[Flared]]. For all your equine needs!
 
* Small fixes to South Fairhaven.
 
** First, fixed several ancient roomdesc stat checks with broken string parsing.
 
** Second, fixed over 8 misspelled exits.
 
** And finally, cleared up some misleading directions.
 
* Many Equine forms now have the new 'Flared' flag implemented for use in string parsing.
 
* Minor bug in womb room exiting fixed.
 
** Another bug with +womb rooms fixed (not certain if related to the above).
 
* New Monster placed in the Sweaty Jungle area! [[Roseander]].
 
** Plant-fond form-hunters, get ready and go get it!
 
* Fixed major bug in how regen (status) gains aggro.
 
* Added "TINTIN++" to list of supported clients for which 256-color mode will be automatically enabled.
 
* Say-color option in editplayer should now function correctly.
 
 
 
'''27th'''
 
* The way energy interacts with RP gained money has been made less coarse.
 
* Rolling out new gear mutex code.
 
** If you get any errors or such pertaining to using items or that have 'lib mutex' in them, please make a request
 
* Anubis Servant boss vial added to elite store.
 
* Yesterday's "Cred Earned" statistic will now be displayed by +account/+register.
 
** Only if the value is above zero. May take a day or two to update in the database.
 
* Offline players in your womb will now affect your haste/pregnant statuses.
 
* InGame web fights should now, once again, work.
 
** AND they will now tell you, properly, when a fight has ended!
 
* Game-mail to email is working again.
 
** If you have not disabled the feature, any +mail you receive while offline will be sent to your active email address.
 
* Email system should now honor all opt-out requests.
 
* Lots of broken or unfinished look traps removed from Zephyr.
 
** All of the ones shown should be finished products.
 
* Horny messages should disable if your fertile status is negative.
 
 
 
 
 
'''23rd'''
 
* Updated how web combat is cleaned up.
 
** Players should be given much more chance to revive and should see less 'battle ended unexpectedly' from in-game web combats.
 
* Stat checks in Fairhaven made more 'contextual' and less 'gamey'.
 
** While still obvious when reading through a room description, they should no longer fire History 2/1: or the like.
 
** Several small knowledge stat checks added in the process.
 
* Searching in areas where there are offline players should be a little more reliable.
 
* Modification to the inventory mutex system should result in less hiccups.
 
* The way energy interacts with RP gained money has been made less coarse.
 
 
 
'''21st'''
 
* Rod's Old Truck Quest should now correctly mention to mentor to level 17 if you are too high level for the final fight.
 
* Feral mode training, [[Rod Trained]], added to the wiki! More additions to follow.
 
* [[Alpha Feral Training]] added to the wiki.
 
* [[Feral Training Nurturer]] added to the Wiki.
 
* Help Mentor has received a touch-up.
 
* [[Sweaty Jungle]] tweaked for improved grammar.
 
* [[The Highway]] has been updated for ease of navigation.
 
** Room titles are now distinct and reflect their respective areas.
 
* [[Ember Matriarch]] works properly now.
 
** Now you can go back for more fun with hir after you complete the quest.
 
* [[Death Valley]] and all related NPCs have been rewritten. This is part of ongoing work to improve older zones.
 
* [[The Circus]] in Fairhaven has been rewritten.
 
** This is part of ongoing work to improve older zones.
 
* [[Latex Factory Showroom]] NPCs updated with fixed string parsing, spacing, and format.
 
* [[Sexually Stable]] merit updated to avoid future confusion.
 
* [[Wet Bitch]] now also connected to the grid via normal travel.
 
* [[Bozeman University]] available on web.
 
 
 
'''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.
 
 
 
=Previous months can be found in the [[Multiplayer Updates Archive]]=
 

Latest revision as of 15:26, 10 May 2024


Chinthliss says, "Fixed an obscure bug where certain checks wouldn't acknowledge solo players were in a fight."


Full archive of updates can be found in the Multiplayer Updates Archive