Multiplayer Updates

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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!

March

5th to 22nd

  • Passive items will no longer trigger upkeep fees if you are not currently in combat.
  • Ash Drakenoid & Skeletal Miscreant updated for Kemonomimi compliance.
  • You can now buy Kemonomimi from in game.
  • Field of Dread adjusted to match more closely other powers in its slot.
  • Typo in Nurture upgrades fixed.
  • The Okami Boi has migrated out of the Pet Shop to be amongst other canid types in the Bone Yard.
  • "Fuck urethra-balls" option added.
    • This will fill someone's balls with your own cum.
      • Note: The target will then be able to impregnate with YOUR seed if you do this!
        • Also, target's balls will register as larger for display with look command and have custom 'leaking' style messages.
  • +sexname Collar allows you to rename your collar, effectively allowing you to have a Cock Collar or such.
    • This will also become the text used in the collar auto-desc
  • Pool Handles, Rutting Milk, and Infectious Milk are now all disablable and enablable
  • All previously accrued repair debt has been nullified.
  • XP turns into money again! Indirectly.
    • If you have stored XP and you are paying off repair debts, it will nibble away at the stored xp, using it as money.
  • Various forms updated to reflect true size caps.
  • If you have a training tax set, combat XP gained above your cap will be converted (at a low rate) to saved cash for raising the set proficiency.
  • XP caught in our secondary trap will now also be training taxed if applicable.
  • [otherwise] is no longer a thing in String Parsing.
    • Please use [else] and [else if ] instead.
    • Everything should remain functional, we have made sure they use [else].
  • When a note is added to your request, you are told what that note is, instead of simply that one now exists.
  • Changes made to Nanite Degradation to reflect that all items degrade, some faster then others.
  • Lockjaw given some balance tweaks.
  • Tougher monsters now drop salvage more reliably, so people fighting at higher difficulties are more rewarded for the challenge!
  • Higher level monsters (compared to you) will yield more salvage.
    • This works off your true level, not mentored level.
  • Hidden sneaky cap on salvage income when full of salvage removed.
  • New, free, avatar color, Custard.
  • Kemonomimi no longer have the ass/tail portion of their avatar overridden.
  • Kemonomimi with Kemonomimi Genitals merit will no longer have their wang overridden in the avatar.
  • Rolling mechanic made simpler by removing the terribly undocumented 'proficiency bonus' that also made rolling for NPCs impossibly difficult.
  • Fixed several gender pronoun bugs in the Female Husky Victory/oVictory.
    • Added gender-specific pronoun compliance to Female Husky, Latex Fox, and Skunk Girl Victory/oVictory.
  • New option added to help repair!
  • Nanite Cannon no longer has NoAoE.
  • New item stat created, Self Repair. This stat, while positive, reduces the salvage used in repairing it over time.
    • The Ultimate Nanite Collector now has an impressive 100 in this stat, meaning it's half price to keep it going.
    • Negative values are possible but do not yet exist anywhere.
  • The Improved Nanite Collector now has a Self Repair of 50 (-1/3rd repair cost)
  • Installation skill now gives +1 Self Repair too all items you own per 2 points up to 30.(And at a lower rate past 30)
  • Every point of technical (not allowed to go negative) is +3 self repair on used items.
  • Salvage upkeep cost for non expiring items reduced from 1/3rd to 1/5th.
  • New Staff Monster Visceral Surgeon has been added to the hospital.
    • Don't forget to check out lstats Visceral Surgeon for some fun customizeability.
    • Note: The regex recognition for Tools is in processes of being fixed and will be functioning within a day.
    • We are aware that that customization isn't yet functioning.
  • Visceral Surgeon can now be commended.
  • all statements within [if ] blocks updated to support ~= (regex-matching)
  • Due to popular demand, repair debt is no longer taken from your store of salvage, ever.
  • Being the first of its kind, staff went ahead and increased -all- sub areas of the seelie sweets to 20 edible(+5) instead of just one area for completing the mako pool!
  • Translation Nanomagic now available due to pool completion.
  • Swapped numerous cases of String Parsing in descriptions checking depreciated skills with the appropriate proficiency system counterparts.
  • Recovered several lost room descriptions in the Woodfield Library.
  • Wounds on Bloodletting halved.
  • Every point of resources above your current upkeep requirement is +3 self repair to all items you are using.
  • Real-time weather has been temporarily disabled to resolve a larger issue.
  • Removed an improperly defined exit from the Fairhaven overworld.
  • fixed an issue where the breast descriptor could act weird with colors when you have a Long Coat equipped.
  • The way negative size/height/weight statuses interact with caps changed.
  • +census given a wider display.
  • New token modifier created due to stretch goals: Maiming
  • Lockjaw given a few more tweaks.
  • Statusboost no longer affects DoT.
    • Which no longer needs statusboost to be competitive.
  • Fixed an issue with Neuter M1A1H's ass.
    • Tormunga's groin TF fixed to mention only sexual bits you currently have.
  • Weather fixed.
  • Web session cache has been cleared.
    • You may need to log in again if you were using the website.
  • Split all remaining uses of '%r%r' to '%r %r' to avoid display issues in certain clients.
  • You can now +prove supernatural to prove your dedication.
  • Fox should now properly use the fox-avatar.
  • You can now, in direct control, buy a merit you already have.
    • Doing so will update its description and allow you to change its note.
    • You do have to pay any XP cost.
  • tport messages updated to be less mystical and magical and unknown.
  • Nanite Shielded modifier created due to global research, available for cred on the second floor of zephyr.
  • There is now a 'naughty' channel, accessible with naughty, sex, or adult as aliases. Enjoy!
  • Time fixed in global research.
  • Fighting the current bounty, fighting things higher level than you, and fighting things of high rank/difficulty rating will now increase the NUMBER of salvage rolls you get per kill.
    • This means that you could get more than one salvage proc per victory.
  • To prevent low level from becoming super easy salvage mode, your level does impact your ability to get multi-salvage.
    • Targeting bounty creatures is always +1 roll, at any level.
  • Feral Moders will now get salvage fully if they have 0 or higher technical(such as rod trained)
  • Feral moders with negative technical will now get a 50% chance at salvage rolls(instead of 0%)
  • Tanuki Objectifying Leaf added to the mako store. For 10 mako once, a tanuki gains the ability to assume inanimate objects.
    • View the leaf for more details.
  • Bunny Boy and Bunny Girl now respect both man- and fem-bits in their TF messages.
  • Converted last known uses of 'shi' to 'sie' in official FS content for consistency.
  • Chemical Barrels recipe created and available.
  • If a research topic is not being researched by at least one person who has the leader skills, it will abort and eject all current researchers.
    • Progress will not be lost, but can't be continued until a new leader steps forward.
  • Research should be much more reliable about figuring out your value of proficiencies.
  • Security update for Dtring Parsing.
    • [local stat ] properties will no longer pass ANY write-function into the main string.
  • Cash command now shows any current debt amounts.
  • You can no longer shift cock1 and cunt1.
    • Cock1 and Cunt1 will no longer be set by mutations.
      • They are intended to default to the form's mutation.
  • Fixed a bug that made the lust-messages less diverse.
  • Nanite Market now fixed!
  • Due to closing of the pool, Breast Training is now complete and available from the elite store!
  • String Parsing is now a little smarter about parsing parentheses in if-statements.
    • It will first check if something can even /be/ a valid if-statements.
    • If not, they will be interpreted as literal brackets.
    • Example: [if stat X of tester(fauna) = 0] will no longer test (fauna) for true or false, making the whole less likely to fail.
    • This means you may have to update child-related local-stats. We will update the lstat-notes on those forms we know of accordingly.
  • Fixed an issue where the [owner] String Parsing was not accepted as a valid target for stat-checking and similar things.
  • New minigame released by Zephyr!
    • See "help trading cards".
  • Nukes no longer fatigue on repeats.
  • Card channel created for card stuff!
  • +token command created which lets you create tokens on command of anything!.
  • Room expanded on +play/field so you can see longer names (especially tokens).
  • Salvage Scan tweaked so it isn't a mad power ramper.
  • Cinfo is now used for cards, which are no longer visible in rpinfo.
  • +card/list now shows the type of each card.
  • Posthumous powers can no longer be fired while not defeated.
  • AI updated to consider posthumous powers on cooldown if you have positive hitpoints.
  • Color Chooser support added to Blue Gryphon, Zebra, Woolly Mammoth, Hamster, Feral Wolfess, Skunk Beast and Christmas Skunk Chick.
  • Arm Divider and Tail Divider support added to Zebra.


Feb 20th to March 4th

  • Exploit in @name fixed.
  • Infection vials now show their level in ()s in consign's view.
  • Price of alt slots now depends on your number of purchased alt slots (Page will display correct amount).
    • Alt slots gained via other means (sub level) do not influence it.
  • +glance now shows height instead of mass.
  • The system clock has been updated.
  • New Quest available in the Bone Yard.
    • Find and talk to Egger to see if you can help out.
  • Game ticks should return to normal.
  • Players should once more be able to find fights
  • Locations that were not connected to other locations have been removed from the Overworld Map (Bone Yard and Sweaty Jungle).
    • They will be accessible through Mike the Chopper Pilot in the Zephyr Lobby.
    • Normal rates may apply.
  • Mike will no longer ferry you out to the farm unless you have completed the truck quest.
  • Mission assistants should more reliably get pushed to your level.
  • If you have multiple cocks or cunts, they display a little smarter.
    • In addition, cocks/cunts set to the same value as your mutation will be ignored, giving the later ones a better fighting-chance.
  • New Status: Cascading.
    • Increases the efficiency of repeatattacks by increasing its base percentage(50%) by 1 per point, but swiftly soft caps, repeatedly. Hard caps at 50(resulting in every repeat being as powerful as the initial strike, horror).
      • Also works in reverse/debuff.
      • In the interest of disclosure, softcaps at 10, 20, 25, and 35, doubling the amount needed to progress at each point(So 1:1 up to 10, then 2:1 up to 20, then 4:1 up to 25, then 8:1 up to 35, and 16:1 up to 50.
  • [if X is not present in Y] and [if X is not naturally present in Y] are now properly supported by String Parsing.
  • String Parsing bugfixes: [if X equipped by Y </=/>/!+/==/is Z] will actually count the number of items equipped, instead of simply failing.
    • [if X equipped by Y </=/>/!+/==/is Z] will now properly default to the base type of an item if it does not have a recipe (ie, if it is not a crafted item)
    • [if X equipped by Y == Z] and [if X equipped by Y != Z] should now work properly. Same goes for equipped custom.
    • [if X possessed by Y == Z] and [if X possessed by Y != Z] should now work properly. Same goes for equipped custom.
  • String Parsing addition: [if X equipped custom by Y </=/>/!+/==/is Z] will check the engraved name first, then the name. This should match the name of the item, rather than its type. This is for equipped items.
    • [if X possessed custom by Y </=/>/!+/==/is Z] will check the engraved name first, then the name. This should match the name of the item, rather than its type. This is for items in your inventory.
  • Having more than 25 people in your womb-room will no longer deny you the "[Public Pool]" badge, presuming you are eligible for it.
  • Chameleon is now updated for Kemonomimi compliance.
  • Fixed several forms erroneously using cunt size vs. stat cunt length and cock size vs. stat cock length.
  • Rut should be less likely to snap in as soon as the six hour timeout expires, in either direction.
    • "Natural" rut now has a chance to raise to 10.
  • Honey Bee re-updated for Kemonomimi compliance post-rollback.
  • Fixed several severe bugs that could cause item statuses to come out to wildly wrong amounts.
  • Using the suck or suckle command on someone that is lactating and has the rutting milk item (now available in the elite store) will cause the user to gain a rut status if they have the animal lust perk.
  • Your bonuses from having milk powers is now enhanced by lactation status.
  • Honey now available in the data shop for you culinarians.
  • New avatar color: Forest Green
  • DoT Nukes should apply fatigue properly for their DoT strength, instead of their generally anemic base damage amount.
  • +glance(that thing that shows up on entering a room) now notes people with kemonomimi, making it easier to notice at a glance(pun intended).
    • Bundled with another small tweak?
  • Stretch Goals: The Homing Boomerang recipe and the Evasive recipe modifier are now available in the shops.
  • Infectious Milk now available in the elite store!
  • Pesky Gnat, Polyethylene Dragon, Clydesdale Stud, Anole, Ancient Tortoise and Anglerfish all updated for Kemonomimi compliance.
  • Pool Handles now available for super cheap in the elite store!
  • New vanity merit: Kemonomimi genitals
  • Adept - Kemonomimi Software is now available, allowing you to flick kemo mode on and off!
  • Staff members can now trade no trade items.
  • Everyone owed from the Kemonomimi Adept software pool now has one, or more.
    • If you have more than one and want to give one to someone else, open a request.
  • @alias blocked off.
  • Service Stud Profession created for all you long lasters out there!
  • Penelope, the Woodfield tutor, now has a new quest.
    • Rumor has it the Kobolds have long since left that store, though.
  • Ravager Feral Training has been made available.
  • Coordinated Work altered for balancing reasons, and given a shiny new description.
  • Rpinfo of feral modes made more compact to avoid being cut off.
  • The +rpinfo for the Xeno skill tweaked a bit.
  • All of the fish's guest wing has been marked as safe to be. All hail ><>!
  • New (free) avatar accessory: an open blue parasol.
  • A few forms tweaked so that balls won't accidentally appear when shifting into them when balls are set to a negative for the form.
  • Salvaging Womb coded and ready!
  • Having a lot of Xeno (above 30) can allow you to see the max hp of hard/final bosses.
    • Final bosses are harder to see than hard bosses.
  • It should now be possible to 'shrug' statuses from toggles that you did not put on yourself.
  • Cheetah supports the Arm Divider.
  • New Biochemistry Data available for Saline in the Food Labs.
  • Misinformation on the Nanite Adept page removed and updated.
  • Something horrible has occurred!
    • Expiring things will never expire again!

Febuary

19th

12th

  • Chameleon Groin Transformation tweaked to be less ambiguous.
  • Juggernaut buffed.
  • Accurate template power costs more energy, now has an energy upgrade.
  • New Toggle: Efficient Interface has been added to the Sexy Exosuit.
  • Salvage levels (the things you see when you mine) now renew themselves over time (once an hour to be an exact), slowly rejuvenating areas, even if no one is around.
  • Patrol Point usage scales with remaining salvage, just like cost would for using builder vials.
  • When mining, you are no longer prompted for a number.
    • It is simply random.
  • Durable no longer falsely mentions the Surviver Faction in it.
  • Among the denizens of the Graveyard has appeared another vampire, but unlike the rest, the Sultry Vampire uses its charm to lure victims in.
  • Acidic Vomit description updated to be more grammatically correct.
  • Fixed, in theory, a bug that prevented patrol point mining.
  • Part one of Husky Hookup Quest typo in rewards fixed.
  • Sabertooth Soldier renamed to Saber-toothed Soldier for etymological accuracy.
  • Sea Tiger is now the desired Tiger Shark in name.
  • Wolfen Predator renamed to Wolven Predator.
  • Badges for the recently updated mutations updated
  • Updated infection liquid panthress to Liquid Pantheress.
  • Some extra entertainment to the Rev'n Rave Techno Safari experience.
  • Ask page now has a google ask bar, because we love you.
  • Fixed typos and spacing issues in the Ember Warrior and Muscovy Duck.
  • Fixed some borked String Parsing in the Muscle Hulk and Mosquito Girl infections.
    • Added gender pronoun substitutions.
  • Provision for Indestructible (don't take damage) and Persistent (do not despawn when no-one present) enemies added.
  • Removed all uses of 'thick' at the beginning of form cockdescs.
  • Fixed a plethora of common typos in rooms and forms.
  • New options added to both spawning boxing bags and getting battle reports.
  • When using mysterious crates without a key, if you decline the offer to buy a key, and have 5+ crates, you will be given the option to destroy 5 crates and get 5 reward tokens for the effort.
  • You can now have the game give a summary of combat after each victory via editplayer
  • RSX connection was reporting 10 extra upkeep that wasn't there (it lowers your current upkeep by 10 invisibly)
  • Fixed bug that allowed you to 'remote' shift yourself.
  • The privacy screen now works if -any- of your alts has one, not just the alt actually holding it.
  • Fennec no longer uses the wolf avatar and now uses the correct fox one.
  • Price for direct purchase of species avatars lowered ($100>$75)
  • When using the terminal command, you can now terminal (name of a monster) and get a list of areas that have it.
  • Attempting to upgrade powers from in game as a feral mode now produces an error instead of eery silence
  • Pigments data program added to the cooking lab for biochemistry users.
  • Consign spam made one character smaller per line.
  • Chock Milk given an upgrade option for RegenMag.
  • Cum Squirt given an upgrade option for HPbufferMag.
  • The combo power for having healing, lingering kindness, and support should now fire even if you hit someone who doesn't need all the healing you're giving.
  • Fixed bug in web-mission progression
  • Fixed some badly broken parsing in Dark Elf Male and Dark Elf Female Victory/OVictory/Defeat messages.
  • Fixed broken parsing in the Crested Wyvern OVictory message.
  • Clydesdale Stud bugfixes.
    • Defeat message no longer cuts off for non-females.
    • Victory/OVictory messages no longer cut off for non-males.
  • Busty Cow Victory and Defeat scenes are no longer duplicates of the OVictory message, referring to their targets correctly.
  • Removed any and all uses of [them], [they], and [their] from parts other than bodypart descriptions in infections.
  • Bearded Dragon Recruit Victory and Defeat scenes are no longer duplicates of the OVictory message, referring to their targets correctly.
  • ALL uses of [otherwise] replaced with [else] in room descriptions and forms.
  • Removed placeholder and reinstated original Anole Defeat message.
  • Replaced usage of [otherwise] with [else] in ALL web missions.
  • Moved depreciated code on String Parsing to the Depreciated Code subsection.
  • Axed broken links and depreciated suggestions on Creating A Monster.
  • Scanned and fixed a plethora of redundancy in infections and rooms according to common errors on this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/Repetitions
  • Default of bonus xp changed to a default of reward tokens in +reward.
  • The various floral fauna of the Sweaty Jungle has increased.
  • Fixed an issue that made you unable to have the last modifier on an item stripped off.
  • New free avatar color: Gold.
  • Sandra Quests fixed.
  • Fixed a ton of punctuation errors in rooms and forms, particularly with spaces before punctuation, lacking spaces after punctuation, and improperly formatted ellipses.
  • Fixed many, many instances of text corruption, ala … and ’
  • When applying a craftmod to an already crafted item, if the previous cost of salvage to make the item is not saved on the item, the assumed cost is calculated at perfect skills.
  • When adding craftmods or crafting a new item, the cost to have made the item so far is saved on the item.
    • Note: Applying a dropped craftmod to an item will reset the salvage spent on that item to the value just spent.
  • New avatar accessory: combat boots.
    • There are two of them, 1 mako a pop.
    • They are split into two so you can arrange them on your feet properly, despite avatar feet shuffling around.
  • Two new craftmods in the Elite Store: Drooling and Dripping
    • 5 mako a piece.
      • After negotiating with a tribe of Fox Girls, Drooling and Dripping have instead been placed in the Token Store, as their Recipes for 50 tokens a piece.
        • It would seem that Lisa over in the mall needed to have a word with us, and the final decision is that the Recipes will stay firmly in her store, sorry for the confusion.
  • Alex, the friendly zebra-waitress at the cafetaria has just recieved a fresh supply of birthday-cakes.
  • You can now use atrace or findarea to find a combat-area as given by the terminal command.
  • Damage return, both physical and energy, now use an average of the original damage and the modified damage.
    • For instance, if you smack someone for 100 damage, and 60 gets soaked up in buffers, you will perform return strikes as if 70 damage were done ((100 + 40) / 2).
  • Repairing modifier created and available in the token store due to your generous contributions to the game.
  • New Culinary Programs in the Food Lab.
    • We've got an influx of various Alcohols and Liqueur as well as Cake and Cookies and Bagel and Extracts.
  • A new Holiday Form is now available in the Elite shop just in time for Valentine's Day: Chocolate Valentine
  • Rejoice Monster Writers, all your guides, tips, and suggestions can now be found in one place: Monster Making.
  • Added better support for gender 'appearance' in many forms.
    • Traps and manly men, rejoice.
  • For the sanity of trigger-users: Removed all uses of [line break] in Victory, oVictory, and Defeat messages.

Previous months can be found in the Multiplayer Updates Archive