Revision as of 15:42, 21 October 2012

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!

October

21st

New option (21) added to editplayer To receive 'verbose' combat spam. At the moment this just makes the 'pre-defense' damage from attacks be visible after the damage (in brackets).
Gemini Cyborg is now available! Speak to Caeli to be upgraded.
Whoops! Kitsune now actually *does* have Tail Wrap, and it's on the butt. Mirage was moved to the arms to make room.

20th

The salvage cost of the Tail Divider has been cut in half.
Mutations can now have a 'set bonus'; an unmasterable power you get for having 100% (or at least all of the components of) an infection.
- Humans now get Technical Aptitude under these rules.
Kitsune vials are now in the elite store.
- They also just got Tail Wrap, a set bonus power in which your tails save the world! Or at least your allies.
A few new critters just got added to the Tail Divider list:
- Water Hydra
- Werezompire
- White Siberian Tiger
- Zebra
- VTOL Lady (cheating; it's supported it, but it wasn't documented until now)
- Walking Vagina

19th

Powers that utilize builder nanites (such as What is Mine) will now properly consume nanites, even in web combat.
- When you are low on nanites, the AI wills top trying to use them.
The 'tt' command (ToolTip; gives a summary of a power; I forgot about it too) now gives energymod a much stronger weighting when it reports how strong the effect is.
Mission helper code changed to be more generous. Anyone who is at your step of the mission OR FARTHER(including those who completed the mission before) can show up to help when you repeat a failed mission battle. This far increases the pool of potential helpers.
In theory, enemies should heal with less frequency.

18th

New help file with tips and tricks for writing monsters. See help monster writing for details.
The 'repair' command has been implemented. It can be used to renew an item with an expiration date so that it has the full month remaining, but uses a percentage of the salvage, xp, and cash required to make it the first time.
- Distills will be preserved, but there is a chance, calculated per distill, that you might lose it during repair work.
- Please ignore any feels of deja vu. This is obviously and totally a new thing.
'info' will now work as well as '+rpinfo' when you are trying to come to grips with the confusing things in this world.
Nuku nyas, "New, sudden, purchase item created, Support a Player in Need. Kilsa got in a car accident and needs 500$ to pay insurance deductable. Can you help? http://flexiblesurvival.com/buyMako -- 90% goes to her. You get supporter points for doing so(1 per dollar, see help support). Thank you in advance for your compassion."
- Nuku nyas, "Want to send a paypal directly to them? Who am I to object! Cowalker88@gmail.com"

17th

Exact matches when trying to use web move are now honored over partial matches.
Badges added for Womb for Rent usage.
In a silly bit of pretty code, clicking the hero refill button on the page makes the cell flash to let you know something happened.
Pet arrival spam will now only be seen by the pet owner.
The +rpinfo for Flight has been revised to make more sense in this setting.
Acidic Backlash's secondary effect is now properly spread-type.
Recipes and modifiers can now add a hard floor for loadout on a piece of crafted equipment. This happens before distills are applied. It has been added to the Weighted modifier, so Weighted gear can't be less than 10 loadout before distills. (prop name is 'Min Loadout' and works just like regular loadout).

16th

Modified flaw added. Allows you to throw away roles to instead apply modifications to you.
- Modification added to Zephyr's nanite workshop in a new store.
Womb for Rent item added to the elite store for 25 mako.
- Enables access to the +womb command.
+mlotto added; it's like +lotto with mako!
Talakai boss vial added to the elite store for 10 mako.
- Talakai also has a new unique power: Density Shift.
Fox avatar added to Who's Online. A kitsune butt adaption is also in the works.

15th

Partymentor command now also affects the person typing it.
Hot and cold environmental damage now scale with level.

14th

Desperate mission battles should now proceed on loss.

13th

AI should no longer stop functioning when over 200 AI blocks have fired without the fight ending or you leaving auto.
Posthumous powers firing automatically now make a special combat spam to let you know they fired.
Nuku nyas, "Rolling code that is unused and undocumented has received unspecified adjustments."

12th

Prime fights should now have reinforcements show up so long as 3+ players are present.
- Reinforcements will have the summoner's level / 2 chance of having a template.
- Pets involved in a prime fight will now count toward there being extra things spawn based off the pets rank.

11th

Medical Hypos that AoE should no longer deal damage to allies.
New command: think (or echo); it just echos back what you type.
The 'watchfor' program will now announce if anyone on your list is logged in when YOU log in.
- Watchfor list display on login can now be disabled via @set me=_prefs/wf_login_showlist:no

10th

There is now a readout for your upkeep when you type 'eq'.

9th

Canine avatar created and assigned to most wolves, dogs, and foxes.
Dying no longer clears all your cooldowns.
The Infertility power is now NoAoE. Whoops!

8th

You can no longer use the Nanite Control Extender on people not in the room with you.
The latex toy factory has been activated, located in eastern Fairhaven. 'rtrace latex toy' to find it from your current location.
- Contains the old standby Latex Fox and Latex Snow Leopard, plus newcomers Latex Skunk, Sentient Latex Pool, and Latex Wolf.
- Oh, and a boss monster. Polyethylene Dragon!
- This is a level 51+ zone. It hurts.
Chance to get templated (horny, weak, etc) monsters is now (your level - 10) * 2%
"Rugged" monster template added.
In theory, when you lock a rented room, it will be locked in such a way that you, the person who locked it, can still pass through.

7th

Players and monsters with posthumous powers (such as Everliving) now fire automatically on death. Get up and move!
You can now use items while in chargen.
The Repair Reminder item no longer exists. But you already trashed yours, right?

6th

'ooc #last' implemented.
[one of]Nuku broke everything[or]AoEs now target players over pets/NPCs[at random].
Enduring Spirit, Quadrupedal Stance, Water Adaptation and Threatening Presence are now on the newly-created Tertiary slot.

5th

The circus is in town! Look due north of Zephyr, on Main Street.
- Contains the Skink Skank, Parade Dragon, Card Shark, and Striped Snake Beast infections.
Security update on string parsing. Player object descriptions (the one you set in editplayer) will no longer be able to delve past the base propdir (except mutation/) when displaying and checking props. Also, owned by, is present in, possessed by and equipped by are restricted.
- Checking of items on players is now restricted to only the player they are located on. (This means you can still have your own desc check for your items).
Dragon template available for use in the avatars for the Who's Online page.
Price of pre-paid avatar rendering increased due to how much artists actually charge for their stuff, but we do have an artist, so now is the time to snatch that up if you want your favorite species rendered next!
- Avatar purchase reduced from 75 to 50 dollars.
Talk script can now check for account stats with 'Requirements'. EG: /Requirements:Account/Total Form/Skunk Girl=1
Binoculars recipe added to jack's hardware store.
Bloodthirsty perk coded.
Direct purchase items that benefit the game, such as avatars, now gain you 'supporter' points equal to the dollar cost of the item.
- Supporter prizes are visible here.
- Supporter points are now visible in +register.
Retirement JP no longer shows up in +register. Not surprising, since the stat hasn't worked since the game stopped being about flare spells.
Kaiju gained Call of Gaia to make up for stats lost in their recent changes.
Ghastly Wraith and Werezompire added to the elite store for a limited time.
- Trick or Treat coded and added to both forms for holiday incentivizing.

4th

Mystery of Balls is the first research pool to be completed. Turns out they're held together with nanite fishing line. Who would have guessed?
- This was immediately followed by a new research topic into the magic of fishing line! 'research nano tubes' for details.
The research page now lists the top financiers and researchers for a project.
VTOL Lady added to the Woodfield Theta Base.
Hell Forge discovered in northwest Woodfield. Harbors Mountain Man, Villainous Gnome, and Gargoyle Sentinel infections.
M1A1H has calmed down, and instead of just using a Heavy Smash, they can now Careful Aim.
The 'quote' command works, though it's barren of good lines at present.
Converters now actually *do* grant mastery over a form, assuming the target was a pure-breed.
Funnels now work on no funnel forms, provided the funneler has a vial of the infection on hand. The vial, and 7 funnels, are destroyed in the process, and the target is super zapped(more than enough to master the form).
- Super funnel action only happens on no-funnel forms.

3rd

Pet arrival spam can be filtered with the same option (18) in editplayer that is used to filter out players.
Craft salvage confirm now shows and purchases only the difference in salvage needed to make.
Gift of Story is now properly a defensive adaption.
The token market now takes a 3% cut off of all sales, just like the other markets.
"Social Favor" added to the research display. Currently unimplemented, but looks like it'll be important later.
[Public] Nuku tantalizingly says, "Chance of research progress now ranges from 22% to 49%"
There is now a help file for research.

2nd

The second greatest thing ever has happened: Pack Leader has been outfitted with powers!
- Coordinated Work coded and placed exclusively on the arms! Best day ever? I think so.
- Sick Em and Soft as Fur both coded and placed on the arms and skin respectively, though they might find use elsewhere, too.
On the salvage market, the mako market, and the token market, the order lists will combine orders of the same value, giving you a better view of the market.
- This also now applies to +mako/list.
Major New Toy: There is now an extraction machine in the cafeteria of Zephyr that can take your mastered forms and make vials out of them for a small mako fee. Resulting vials are level 0 and can be used by anyone.
- Extra Credit: If a monster you wrote is extracted this way, you get 20% of the mako as a royalty payment from the game, thanks for helping make the game awesome!
- If you wish to have a form protected from extracting, please file a +request and it will be done.
Two new research topics entered: Mystery of Balls and Decipher Alaska Message!
You may now use +gresearch #focus to spend 1 mako to advance your current research project by 1 point.
Gift of Story coded and placed exclusively on Namidian's skin.
- Coincidentally, the shape is now up for sale in the elite store for 10 mako.
Expansiveness and Triage are now set to work on your next power, rather than for the whole round. This is primarily to deal with their extreme power outside of combat.

1st

Locked powers, such as those on liberated children, now have a * next to the respective number on a player's sheet.
Coyote/Devourer shifting of others no longer pretends to be adept shifting.
Confirm button added to auto salvage purchase when crafting on web.

September

30th

Research display updated to show time left in a range to better reflect its more random parts.
New group improvement: Lab, causes your group to research faster! See rpinfo for more detail.
Players (new players that is) can now set a birthday after P-day (but before current day IC). Also, the birthday command now tells you exactly what you can and can't set for birthday.)
Token exchange now condenses buy and sell orders on the main portion, making it easier to see more of the whole market.

29th

~~Poses now have two spaces in front, for easier reading and also capturing in various triggers and what not.~~
You can now 'pose #prepend (stuff)' to set your own prepend to poses.
Kaiju are now only size 10 by default; someone left them in the dryer too long.
- Giant Size is now a toggle, which grants +40 size to whatever shape you are using.
  - Might want to retrain it, since its everything was modified.
There are the first stirrings of something ... unearthly out in Oregon. It is still massively unfinished, but go down, then NE to meet the NPC you can take you out there to start investigating.
Techno Nanomagic's power was removed, since it didn't really do anything. A new power may or may not be pending. You can't expect it to fix everything!

28th

Epic powers no longer grant extra power slots, you get the extra slots for having the 10 levels straight away.
- The end result is the same number of powers, but should make shuffling powers easier, and easier for newbies with no epics to at least grab more powers.
Newly rented rooms will have numeric shortcuts instead of ones based on your name.
Wasteland Warrior-level subscribers now only pay 1 freecred to use any rented room.
Research now has a helpfile.
Bug in Water Adaptation's salvage upgrade fixed, you may want to re-master if you took that option.

27th

Flaws now list what they exclude in their +rpinfo.
Nuku softly churrls, "New command, research, improve the world through community effort by building things, doing things, finding things. A preview of the upcoming expansion that is half financed. Any completed global research will change the game -forever-!"
- This can also be accessed via the left pane in the web interface.
+pj #loot now favors salvage you have a boost for.
Putting [legs] in an ass/tail description will now prevent the legs from showing up in an autodesc. No more abusing the poor, overworked legless flag.

26th

Some folks managed to have over 100 resources. This has been fixed.
Tail Drop totally redesigned. It now hurts a little when you use it, but buffs your party's flee rate and your personal defense, then your regen goes up a couple of rounds later as your tail regrows.
+prove/silent now works with merits and perks.
When dropping a crafted item, instead of grinding them up for DP you can now grind them up for a percentage of the original salvage needed to make them. The percentage is based off the skill with that craft type. It is halved again if the item has expired already.
- If extra ingredients were used (like a Nanite Collector for Ultimate Nanite Collector) it takes an average of your crafting chances used to make it and then rolls a random 100 against it
  - You can only get back single items in this way and only items that are in the mako store. You can't get back, for example, the 20 mako batteries used to make a weapon master item.
- Also note, this does not take into account extra salvage spent when the item is above your skill level.
Non-player-crafted 'crafted' items will no longer be able to be broken down to salvage.

25th

Nanotech Medbot buffed.
Item levels no longer matter! Items are now all level 0, and the display is gone from the equipment screen.
- Whoops! Uh, they have their DP back. You saw nothing.
- Oh, and nanite collectors work properly again.
Consumable items no longer care if you're past your upkeep limit.

24th

The Wasteland Warrior subscription level can no longer be bought with tokens.
- It can, however, be bought with 60 mako directly.
It is now possible to view the full stats on an item being auctioned using the command 'auction #info'.
Alert, changes being made to consumables to make them use the standard power code, meaning, at least, they'll use all your awesome stats the way a normal power would! For example, health snacks now care about your Healing skill.
Consumables used out of combat should no longer care about cooldowns.
Viewing items with a direct modified AoE stat (basic spread modified items for example) will now show how many targets they are hitting.

23rd

Nanite grenades loaded with the random nanite vial will now give the same infection to all 7 slots, instead of 7 random infections.
Punching bags should properly report damage they take again.
The web crafting bounty now tells you if it's time for you to get tokens with this turnin, and if not how long you need to wait.
The 'partymentor' command now gives names, instead of dbrefs.
Titles set by +forms/title now capitalize properly.

22nd

The great request purge has completed! If you had a request more than a week old, it was marked complete. Resubmit if there's still a problem.
You should no longer get more than one continue button when an extra person comes in to help fight a web mission battle.
Males losing their virginity to females who are not themselves losing their virginity now correctly get the female's name in their badge.
Wearing stuff mid combat should properly cost you a turn.
Udderly Odd monster template added. It only shows up on bovine ferals, and it's pretty rare. And pretty... welp.
Flurry buffed; now grants a small HPBuffer every time you hit with a repeatattack.
The string parsing variable [is fertile] is now more accurate, and includes ovulating players.
~~Ruggedized is now +5% upkeep instead of -5%~~. Wait, no. Its description was just updated.
You can now pour money directly into your group coffers from within the '+group #control' menu.
+finger now also reports the species and the short description of its targets.
Penetration now applies at a slightly different point; it should be more effective now.