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= 2024 Change Notes =


== Changes 9/2/24 ==


== Changes 7-5-19 ==
*Various upgrades made to Discord/CoD RP Sync
 
* wily's lab has been revisited and the non-boss mobs are a bit harder
** there is also a wider selection of mobs now
* melt_drop items in a dropped container will melt appropriately
* melt_drop containers will no longer nuke everything in them when dropped
* the Guardian Force spell finds a target more reliably
* 'blue magic' skill added for vampires -- currently a bit buggy
* Inflame will hurt people not in the same room as the caster
* mobs can no longer flee, mob flee, nor doppelganger through NO_MOB exits
* mobs can no longer be compelled through NO_MOB exits with gravity well,  maelstrom, or brainbuster
* mobs can no longer Blink through NO_MOB exits
* the 'evolve' command uses witch/warlock and diva/impresario correctly
 
FOR BUILDERS
* the 'damtype' mobprog trigger should now accept 'all'
* the 'draining' damtype was erroneously still called 'disease' in medit
* new mobprog variables $c and $C for the character $q is fighting
-Bea
 
 


- MTS


== Changes 7-3-19 ==
== Changes 8/3/24 ==


* Discord chat integration handles pictures and mentions better
* 'trash' items are now 'thing' items
* DoTs and delayed attacks only provoke aggression when victim sees player
* 'ambience' config command added to toggle sun & weather update messages
* DoTs and delayed attacks don't inappropriately break invisibility
* 'quiet' characters no longer see others connecting/disconnecting
* Protuna tertiary panel draws a fork and spoon when you're hungry/thirsty
* CoD no longer crashes when a veedio is destroyed
* minor cosmetic updates to Protuna tertiary panel time and weather display
* borg!disconnect added for Discord RP two-way sync
* counterspell works differently
* reduced latency on Discord RP two-way sync
* doubled cooldown on Wizard AoE spells
* cleaned up author names on in/out-going sync'd RP messages
* slightly weakened Tractor Beam
* manashield, goldshield, and roadblock skill% can increase, impact efficacy
* new spells and skills for revamped Wizards:
    Blink, Chrysalis, combomagic, and six combomagic-based spells: Flare Star,
    Catastrophe, Ancient Power, Black Wind, Grand Dream, and Southern Cross.
   
For builders:
* questquery command. Verifies in-use questflags per area
* Discord chat integration for staff stuff
Behind the scenes:
* fixed a bug pertaining to lava sectors
* reduced memory footprint for rooms
   
   
- MTS
- MTS


== Changes 7/1/24 ==


*Fix for Remorting crash
*Toggling 'pixelart' no longer toggles 'lessviolent' (& v/v) (Thanks Bea!)
*Toggling 'autoreplay' no longer toggles 'compactchat' (& v/v) (Thanks Bea!)
*Quezacotls Wrath is less likely to crash the game


For Mudlet:
*Pixel art graphics added to Mt. Nibelheim, Fort Walla Walla,  Wutai, Gigan Canyon, Milky Well, Kett's Rooms, Booster Tower, Donut Plains, Joel Island, and Midnight Gardens


== Changes 6-30-19 ==
For Builders:
* $A, $E, $M, $o, $O, $p, $P, $S, $t, and $T should no longer crash the game when used in ACT mobprogs.


To: all
-MTS
* fixed a weird bug involving lights when reconnecting
* 'screenreader' is a handy built-in alias for 'brief'
* that whole damroll thing that i'm sure you've heard about - still working out some remaining damroll kinks here and there
* fireball/lava wave's smoldering effect has a debuff indicator
* fireball/lava wave won't kill a player twice anymore
* sizeup no longer misgenders spivak and plural pronoun characters


FOR BUILDERS:
== Changes 6/1/24 ==
* 'eventitem' works on potions, pills, AND food... please be careful
* new method to hide properly tagged asciiart from brief mode using players
* new method to hide alternate descriptions from NON-brief mode using players
* new method to strip color codes from a block of text


FOR STAFF:
* Brownout spell added
* new command 'pwreset' to change a player's password (106+ ONLY)
* xp bonus spell added - please use very sparingly and fairly
* 'wizhelp' is a lot less ugly, and sorted by level now


I don't THINK i forgot anything in this note...
For Mudlet:
* Pixel art graphics added to Bequerel Mine, Smash Stadium, and Gringey City.


-Bea
-MTS


== Changes 5/1/24 ==


== Changes 6-23-19 ==
* 'rpc' channel added for out-of-character roleplaying chat
 
* 'rpc' channel has two-way sync with #cleft-rp-osay on Discord
* Polka Polka, Dazzle, Heartache Rumba, Masochism Tango, Dispel, Esuna, Seance, Theatrics, Boogie Fever, and Sabotage can be charged to dramatically increase their chance of success.
* 'story' note board added, which logs #cleft-roleplaying on Discord
* Finale can be charged to increase its damage by 1.5x
* doubled the length limit for notes
* Wandering Eye can be charged to increase its duration by 2x
*  unread notes are listed when reconnecting from linkdead, not just on logon
* Rally Audience can be charged to double the HP of the audience
* shadow stalk can improve, but can fail
* Fixed Bug where Bless was improving chances of saving vs effects too much
* Added protuna tertiary window tag for bramble's debuff
* Max group size of 6 can no longer be circumvented
* Earthtap and Dancing Weapon should no longer reset weapons to default
* Fixed some missing color codes in 'report'
 
FOR BUILDERS:
* $a can be used in any mobprog line, not just echos
* new weapon flag Mystic, makes weapon use magroll instead of damroll
* noecho now functions on portals
* "if khexists" and "if khcount" ifchecks work
* new mob race "zombie"
* new furniture flag "furn_light" -- makes the item cast light in the room
 
 
 
 
 
== Changes 6-22-19 ==
 
* 'Whowas' will show information (level, hours, playtime) of online players
* behav_travelingpet works every pulse instead of every tick
* 'mob asset' ascii art bug fixed in final weapon's exit pod?
* Create Booze tables shuffled in line with new liquids table
* 'steal item' had bread replaced with booze in its loot table
* 'steal item' will only give materia if the enemy had max MP > 0
* if affected with both Sleep and Influenza, could get weird messages
* 'report inv' won't show a PC's inventory to their group leader
* Ageatii's Favour spell renamed to Alraune's Favour
 
FOR BUILDERS:
* TAR_OBJ_INV spells are listed in OLC now, plus other tweaks to '? spell'
* new wiznet option 'memcheck' to show increases of strings and perms
  - be advised it will go off a lot for benign reasons
* 'mob mforce all' is more efficient AND works as expected now
 
-Bea
 
 
 
== Changes 6-19-19 ==
 
* Fixed a bug with wildfire 'following' the caster
* New command 'PBUST' - shows a one-off prompt with the specified parameters,
  "pbust Align: %a" will display the player's alignment. This is designed for
  use with aliases or macros to get information quicker than one can by
  reading an entire promptor using the 'score' command. Currently does not
  work with Project Tuna. Uses the same switches as those used for a prompt,
  see HELP PROMPT
* Swindle and Powersurge can level up past 60% now.
* Selan and other mages' 'clarity' now costs just 25 silver per item to be IDd
* Parry will now use your offhand weapon if you haven't got a mainhand one
* Lobsterman Eskrima now applies its parry bonus correctly
* Drunkenness has been reworked and can do much more
  - including something actually good
* Scuppered now reduces the skill penalty from drunkenness
* Many liquids have had their values tweaked. To summarize
  - Nothing quenches quite like pure, clean water
  - Hard liquors generally no longer quench any thirst at all
  - Most liquids are not very satiating, except e.g. broth, milk
  - Salt water and blood are much nastier about worsening thirst
  - Alcoholic beverage proofs adjusted; it's much easier to get drunk
* Laying down framework for the upcoming (secret) subclass's (secret) ability
 
-Bea
 
 
 
== Area Changes and Note 6-16-19 ==
 
NEW AREAS:
- Pinata Grove is available, visit at any level!
  - The town of Onrac and its Sunken Shrine are accessible to those who obtained an Aquamarine Scale during the Easter 2019 event.  For those who haven't, it will become available again in the future.
   
   
WORLD:
For Mudlet:
  - Battlefields are springing up around the Cleft.  Two are currently available, one in Truce Canyon and one in Alfador Isle.
* pixel art graphics added to Mongrelia, Honey I Shrunk the PCs, and Kakariko Village
- Kupimo can be found as a roaming world mob, randomly appearing in any location. He is a Materia Merchant who sells both common and exclusive Materia to those who can find him.
- The Feymarch has been relocated from its previous, temporary home to its new, probably-permanent home.
- A hidden place has had a small expansion.
- Several newbie areas outside of Truce have had small additions.
   
   
TWEAKS:
For builders:
  - Some busted mobprogs were fixed in McNeil woods, and some new loot can be obtained both there and in the Veldt.
* new off flag ai_potiondrinker (thanks Bea!)
- A couple mobs drop a few new things of low consenquence.
* 'mob asset $n pixels' will default to the mob's current pixelartvnum
  - Sectors have been tinkered with all around the world and will continue to, most likely not affecting anyone except geomancers.
   
   
A full scale, colored version of the atlas as it appears in game has been uploaded onto our Wiki and is publicly available. Feel free to use it as you wish!
MTS
There is an "Atlas" page on the Wiki where the picture is featured. Anyone who feels like there could be more information on the "Atlas" page can feel free to contribute to it.
This is intentionally as accessible as possible as a resource for our players. Please note that not everything featured on Shadmire is built yet.


Please note there may be various signs around the world pointing out new paths that are currently unavailable. These are not secret quest hints, but literally paths that are not yet ready for release.
== Changes 4/1/24 ==
Feel free to take note of their locations for easier finding of new features and areas in the future!
Finally, the staff intends to correct power creep that has been manifesting in various ways in the game.
Over the coming months, expect various changes that make the game easy to start, gradually become more difficult, and require some amount of determination to reach max level.
We want to reward questing and exploring. Our puzzles, detailed areas, interactivity, and quests will remain our focus.
LOVE, YOUR PAL COOPER


* 'config' has been reformatted and now includes pose, presence, and desc
* 'graffiti' skill added for spraying messages on top of room descs
* added hints describing 'pose' and 'presence'
* cleaned up the 'commands' list, especially by hiding config commands


For Mudlet:
* pixel art graphics added to Chalk Zone, Lete River, Monstro Town, Faron
Woods, Sulfataska Mountain Range, Crysta, Moogle Cave, and Rocket Town
* suppressFontResize, soundOn, and secondaryHeight settings persist better
* squelched the excessive 'INFO' messages that spawn on connection
- MTS


== Changes 3/2/24 ==


== Changes 6-7/8/15-19 ==
* Blight and Osmosis drop HP and MP regen, respectively, to 0 instead of 25%
 
* opening a door or object will attempt to unlock it first, if appropriate
*Sealed Cave has been returned to a different location.
* scrolls no longer get used up if they fail due to bad syntax
*The Faymarch has been relocated.
* staffs no longer use charges if they fail due to bad syntax
*Warp Whistles have been disabled for now.
* the HP/MP regen bonus from Wisdom is now modified by effects and room
 
characteristics. Expect better regen while sleeping and worse while hungry
- Ageatii
* damage-over-time effects will now notify you when their damage awakens you
 
* fixed a potential memory leak in Skeleton Crew
This note summarizes changes made since around February:
* steal no longer gives weird messages when stealing random items or coins
+ OOC chat is synchronized with our Discord server
* typing 'sl' now maps to 'sleep' instead of 'slam'
+ elemental damage from weapons and many spells is now colored
* bloodsucking moogles now gives the correct behavior
+ new characters start with fewer practices but more default artifice skill
* Doom Reverb does the intended bonus damage on echomagic (thanks Benamas)
+ XP is no longer lost for players fleeing at level 10 or below
* the %l prompt variable no longer provides inaccurate days (thanks Benamas)
+ decreased memory footprint for objects
* "undo" during weapon selection no longer removes spierce from thieves
+ reformatted alignment of mnay Project Tuna affect tags
* Carsanborg now handles multiline inputs from Discord
+ DoT effects should no longer start fights with targets not in the room
* fixed a bug where invoking 'consider' via 'look' used the wrong target
+ improved parsing for Scan when target obj shares keyword with bystander mob
* fixed a bug where whirlwind sometimes just wouldn't work
+ LOUD WEAPONS WEREN'T LOUD ENOUGH
* fixed a color bleed bug
+ various Wizard spells have been tweaked. Check helpfiles on:
    Fireball, Rhizome Lance, Air Blast, Gem Missile, Darkside, Ice Smash,
    Burst, Viro Plasm, Thunderstorm, Gyro Ball, Lucent Beam, & Bubble Beam
+ behind-the-scenes, new spells and skills for revamped Wizards:
    Maneater, Wind Blade, Void Ray, Absolute Zero, Nebula, Snowy,
    Reverse Polarity, feedback, & trance
+ many of wildcasting's effects are now different
+ karma works against Confusion, Osmosis, Burn, and Daze, among others
+ entangle no longer spuriously triggers mobprogs. entangle now inflicts daze
+ Tsunami won't push mobs into forbidden rooms, for reals
   
   
For builders:
For Mudlet:
+ new command "findtriggermismatch" to audit risky mprog combos (lvl 107 only)
* pixel art graphics added to Lasacul, Truce Canyon, Guardia Fields, Cave of
Waterfalls, Douglas Island, Zigolis Swamp, Luon Highway, Saturn Valley, and
- MTS
the tutorial area
 
* Mudlet has numpad navigation (2=north, 4=west, etc.)
+ fixed a bug where killing mobs >10 levels stronger would break the XP cap
* Mudlet has chat scroll shortcuts (Shift-PgUp, Shift-PgDn, Shift-Ctrl-Enter)
+ shuffled damage colors for some wizard spells
* fixed a bug where Mudlet wasn't auto-updating correctly
+ changed how recoil is displayed for Darkside and Soulblade
* tertiary panel art will automatically clear during combat
+ changed aesthetics on Ink Blast, Megamagic, and Rainbow
   
   
For builders:
For builders:
+ there are now 31 quest flags per area
* gedit no longer crashes the game (thanks Benamas)
* pixelartvnum added to medit, allowing override of a mob's pixel art
* display pixel art via mobprog, e.g. 'mob asset $n pixels 1000'
* change a mob's pixel art via mobprog, e.g. 'mob face pixels 1000'
   
   
- MTS
- MTS


== Change 2/11/24 ==


 
* The vehicle summoned from the 'Phantom Motorcycle' skill is now considered an
 
'indoor' vehicle
 
 
== Changes 3-1-2019 ==
 
*New rset fields
 
    mob rset flag <flag value>
      EG "mob rset flag no_recall" toggles no_recall
    mob rset <room affect> <duration>
      EG "mob rset sandstorm -1" sets sandstorm permanently
      NOTE:Room affects are being implemented one at a time, so far there's:
      sandstorm
      blizzard
      frostveil
      darkness
      flash
      firetrap
 
*New mob commands "oclone" and "mclone"
  mob mclone <target to clone>
      Works exactly as the imm command
  mob oclone <object to clone> <target location>
      Works exactly like the imm command except it can load into the room or inventory
      EG "mob oclone apple I" will duplicate the object into inventory
      EG "mob oclone apple R" will duplicate the object into the room
 
== Changes 2-18-2019 ==
 
*Tsunami, Suplex and Blam Gush will no longer push mobs into rooms where they aren't allowed.
 
*Using Boogie Fever in coordination with Tame will no longer break up the group.
 
*Pets can no longer be ordered to purchase unique items.
 
*Read Magic/Analyze will now show more affects (if applicable).
 
*Mobs will now echo back if they can't wear something that is Antimob.
 
*Decaying objects will no longer announce their destruction if they have the 'noecho' flag applied.
 
*Unique objects can no longer be purchased if one is in the player's locker.
 
*The word 'pet' will now reference the player's pet in the same way that 'me' or 'self' references the player.
 
*'Autosort' will now automatically sort your inventory (and locker!) into item types.  Try it and see how it works!.
 
*Din's Fire now targets all enemies in the room and has been adjusted accordingly.
 
*Items that are flagged 'melt_drop' no longer showcase a red aura.
 
 
 
FOR BUILDERS
 
 
*Mobs can now award themselves ('mob award $i') instead of needing a convoluted chain of mob-manipulation to provide the same effect, please be careful with its use, probably sticking to event items so that the player is $i.
 
*New behavior 'travelingpet' that makes a charmed mob consistently return to its owner, this will eliminate the need to create a RANDOM trigger prog to manually provide the same effect.
 
*Rand_phys_vuln and rand_misc_vuln behavior flags added.
 
== Changes 2-10-2019 ==
 
Mostly just builder changes here.
 
*sneak applies to portals.
*exhaulted etc should vanish only at appropriate remorts (again?).
*mob addlag is back in, capped at 1000 but you should never need to go even that high, I hope.
*hammerhand has fail message when no target is found.
*resets now flags the area as "changed", so it can be saved without further edits.
*damroll added as a field for mset.
*various readout changes.
*Curse on non-object targets now has a chance to cause short-term negative affects:
  Chances are based on wisdom.
  Chances are higher when the caster is evil.
 
 
 
== Changes 2-8-2019 ==
 
*Using offensive abilities on yourself no longer triggers the Gilgame Heart skill.
 
*Offensive skills can no longer gain learned-skill percentage when used on oneself.
 
*'Whowas' now shows new things, such as the player's current level and remort #.
 
*Logging into a dark room with an active light source no longer acts as though your light doesn't exist.
 
*'Plural' and 'Spivak' genders now show appropriate coloration on the 'Who' list.
 
*Aurora and Din's Fire spells now echo to the room when the caster is the target.
 
*Angel Whisper now does 1/8th of an undead enemy's current HP instead of their maximum HP.
 
*Scan/Examine now shows the condition of a decaying-flagged object.
 
*Encore will now boost Attack Up to a maximum of 50 Damroll, no matter how many times for the former spell is cast.
 
*Unique items can now only be bought one at a time.
 
*Phlogiston has been reworked and now has better overall chances for success, maxing out at level 150.
 
*Intimidate now successfully stacks Damroll detriments.
 
*Misc grammar and text fixes.
 
 
== Changes 1-31-2019 ==
 
=== First pass on Priest rework ===
 
*Detect Alignment is back in, working as you'd expect.
 
*Mend and Vitalize tweaked; spell targets of same alignment and NOT the caster grant a chance to return mana or heal for more(Vitalize also has a chance to reduce cooldown). Chances
based on Wisdom.
 
*Mend no longer has a blackhole for practices.
 
*Ray of Truth tweaked; damage has a chance to scale when targeting opposite align from the caster, with another chance for half cooldown. Both chances based on Wisdom.
 
*Judgment tweaked; Chances(still based on Wisdom) that when used on opposite align from the caster that there may be a mana return, cooldown halved, and/or extra buff pulses.
 
*Bless tweaked when cast on objects; Chances(Wisdom AND good align based) to apply more diverse bonuses dependent on object's wear location(eg feet).
 
*Curse massively tweaked:
*Curse can now be cast on objects, casting curse on weapons or armor will cause the following:
  1) Perishable, cursed, nouncurse
  2) Cost/value of the object will be reduced to 0
  3.A) Condition of the object will be reduced by 2/3rds
  3.B) Condition cuts can be negated some, determined by wisdom
*Cursed weapons will receive the following:
  1) The first die on the weapons damage dice gets a 50% boost
  2) If there are enchantments, the enchant count gets a 33% boost
*Cursed armor will receive the following:
  1) The armor stats get a 50% boost across the board
  2) The armor gets a saves boost, the amount is determined by wisdom
*Curse casted on any other object just adds 1 magroll or damroll for now
*Curse casted on a non-object-target no longer has a set 30 armor penalty
*Curse armor penalty is determined by wisdom
 
*Smite reworked; Casting Smite while BLESSED causes it to work in reverse of normal, Casting Smite while the target is CURSED does more damage the closer you are to their hp %.
 
 
 
*Legacy Spells have been adjusted:
Fira, Bizzara, and Thundara have increased mana costs.
Firaga, Blizzaga, and Thundaga have increased mana costs AND a cooldown.
 
 
 
== Changes 1-23-2019 ==
 
*When given a unique item you already own or already have in your locker, it will tell you the item specifically, instead of just "you already own that"
 
*Angel Whisper now does 1/8th damage to undead's CURRENT health instead of their max health
 
*The Koi Pond in Hikari no Matsuri is now community-friendly!  Everyone can now fish from one pond!  Talk to the stall tenant for a small update on the mechanics change involved!
 
 
FOR BUILDERS:
 
*'khcount' and 'khexist' ifchecks are in, use them to check for killcounts of a specific mob and if the player has any killcount of a mob (see obj vnum 7249 for examples)
 
 
== Changes 10-21-2018 ==
 
*Items flagged 'noexplode' will no longer prevent charges being used with WIS scores of 20+.
 
*Decaying items no longer corrupt lockers, instead going down to 1 Condition and then stopping until they are removed, whereupon they will resume decaying.
 
*Unique items are now unique between a player and their locker (no more doubling up!).
 
*The random "your  weakens" message for some effects when casting Esuna has been fixed.
 
*The 'Angel Whisper' spell is longer staffify-able.
 
*CHARMIES (not permanent pets) can no longer interact (pick up, give, etc.) with Unique items.
 
*The echoes for a scroll going off twice has been given a space, so it looks less crammed.
 
*Odd bug ('lololo 2568 lol5') in the log has been fixed.
 
We apologize if some of these fixes/changes/updates hamper the difficulty of certain playstyles going forward, but please understand that they were considered at length and administered to combat exploits and unintended practices.  You guys are awesome though, you'll figure out a way to keep going at full speed!
 
 
 
== Area Changes 9-27-2018 ==
 
NEW AREAS
*Jam Wasteland is now available. Has some pre-requisites - alchemy related!
*The Feymarch is now available, linked (for now) at the end of the Mist Cave.
   
   
NEW WORLD FEATURES
*There are now secret treasure spots (referred to sometimes as "hidey holes") all around the Cleft. Be on the lookout for a weird, old guy in various Cleft cities for more information.
*See chobins and palicos getting drunk together at the Rat Cantina, located in the ocean somewhere. Maybe a friendly merchant will let you ride their ship there! If not, maybe you can bother a not-so-friendly merchant until they give in.
*There is now a publically available Mana Treant. It has some interesting "features", see note regarding it for more information.
   
   
TWEAKS/CHANGES
-Lilly
*Booster Tower has been given a face lift, remort-only fight, minor tweaks, new drops, fixes, and new quests.


== Changes 2/2/24 ==


* pixel art graphics have been added to Viorar, Suburbia, and Rabite Forest
(see previous change note for details)
* bug fixed where closed containers couldn't be picked up without 'get all'
- MTS


== Changes 9-4-2018 ==
== Truce has some graphics (11 Jan 2024) ==
STAT UPDATES!
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*DEX:
First, use Mudlet.
      If >= 25, chance for a movement to cost 1/2 MV, and to avoid being Disarmed.
      If <= 9, chance for a movement to cost 1.5x MV.
      Higher Dex scores now also increase MV regeneration.


*WIS:
Second, install the latest Cleft of Dimensions package. It should automatically
      If >= 25, when using a Rod item there is a chance based on INT for halved cooldown or halved lag.
update itself on login, but it's also available at
      If <= 9, there is a chance based on INT to increase Rod-used cooldown by 25%.
https://cleftofdimensions.net/clients/cleftofdimensions.mpackage.
      If >= 25, when using a Wand or Staff item there is a chance based on INT to withhold using a charge, or boost the spell's effectiveness by 1.5x.
      If <= 9, there is a chance to weaken the Wand/Staff's effectiveness by 25%


*INT:
Third, type "pixelart" to toggle the pixel art setting on and off.
      Higher Int now positively affects Mana regeneration and negatively affects cast failure.
      If >= 25, there is a chance based on WIS to gain spell damage bonuses.
      If <= 8, there is a chance to accidentally perform drunk speech.
      If >= 25, there is a chance based on WIS that Scrolls will have halved lag or doublecast one of the spells.
      If >= 40, there is a chance to doublecast two spells on the scroll.
      If <= 9, there is a chance to fail one of the spells on a scroll or lose 25% of the spell's effectiveness/power.


*New Gender Types: 'They (Plural)' and 'Spivak (e/em)'
Fourth, look at NPCs in Truce!


*New Spell: Reraise - Instantly revives the caster and restores them completely (EXP penalty for dying is still applied, though!)
Viorar's next.


*'Idle Hands' spell has been adjusted, now giving Level/2 increases to both Weight and Item capacity, maxing out at +50/+50 at Lv100.
- MTS


*'Enchant' spell has been renamed 'Enchantment'.


= 2023 Change Notes =


== Changes 13 Jun 23 ==
- shield slam no longer removes your shield, but halves your shield block chance for a round or so after using
- shield slam receives a damage bonus proportional to the amount of AC your shield grants
- retort can now be used without blocking first, but with quadruple lag time (16 beats vs 4)
- lionhearted and brinksmanship should deliberately ignore any extra CURRENT hp from courage
- indomitable should ignore extra MAX hp from courage
- if practiced above 60%, endure will now automatically trigger upon lethal damage, but with triple the already-high cooldown
- since it makes saves useless, zeal now gives a physical damage bonus proportional to half your saves bonus when active


FOR BUILDERS
- ninjas' flee bonus was incorrectly being given to merchants instead
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*Mob Variable Additions: 'sex' ifcheck now can use '5' for the Spivak gender (E.g. 'if sex $i == 5')
-Bea
 
 
== Area Changes 5-1-2018 ==
*Kakariko Village is accessible
*The Pillars of Nosgoth are accessible
*The Ancient Library is accessible
*Viorar has some updates to descriptions and interactions
*Chocobo Forest has updated descriptions, item drops and spawn rates
*The world around the town of Todo has been expanded
*You now receive a class-specific reward for completing Truce's community service
*It's easier to get back the "mysterious map" item
*Oopsie Dayzees have joined the Dayzee Family
*For Builders:
*Fishing, Phone, Bomb Database added to the immortal hub
*Bambino Bombs have universal directional triggers


== Changes 16 May 23 ==
- cider decreased from 8 to 6 thirst quenched
- ale increased from 10 to 12 proof
- sorry, Belfry now only allows one summoned flock at a time
- the Exit spell should no longer reveal room vnums
- legacy spell standardization:  Fire lag increased from 8 to 12, Fira/Thundara lag increased from 12 to 16, Thundaga lag increased from 12 to 24, Blizzaga lag reduced from 32 to 24
- fixed Skeleton Crew skeleton names
- day name in prompts should be correct now
- vampire priests receive their saber spells at the correct levels
- Encore will actually disallow stacking certain effects, instead of lying that it can't and doing it anyway


== Changes 4-19-2018 ==
FOR BUILDERS:
FOR BUILDERS:
- 'builders' command fixed (ignore the compile warning)
*New mob command: 'Addlag' (Adds lag to a player, disallowing them any activity until it wears off)
-Bea
 
 
== Changes 4-16-2018 ==
*Some fixes for cross-room battle issues
*Players and mobs can no longer flee while grappled
*Items with the 'Melt_Drop' flag can now be stolen
*Items now have custom disintegration (when Condition reaches 0 through Decay) messages based in item's innate
*Various skills will now enjoy damroll bonuses applied to their damage calculations
*'Crash' is less random, does a bit more damage and also boosts the damage and lessens the damage variance depending on the 'Capacity' amount of the vehicle
*Spells with mob-moving effects (eg, Gravity Well) no longer require the mob to have Mov for the effect to function
*Dispel now has more effects that it can remove
*Esuna now has more ailments that it can remove
*'Charge' affects more Geomancer spells than before
*'Judgment' now does Holy/Negative damage based on alignment (instead of Light/Dark)
*Knight spells that have damage dependant on alignment have been updated with specific pairings (light/dark and holy/negative)
*'Encore' no longer affects Dodge, Parry or Shield Block
*New Spell: Debilitate (Lowers a target's level, prevents experience gain while in effect)
*New Spell: Enchant (Enchant Weapon & Enchant Armor rolled into one spell, affects both types)
*New skill: Ceremony (Toggled, forced resting position, autoattack off, sacrifice things for bonus mana and slightly adjusts alignment if sacrificing evil or blessed items)
*Merchants no longer get Enchant Weapon or Enchant Armor, replaced with 'Enchant'
*Magroll scaling is officially in place: Each point is 1% bonus effectiveness up to 20, and after 20 it scales to more-or-less needing 2 points for every 1% efficiency (with slight variance here and there)
*Remort Tokens are in the process of undergoing an upgrade; eventually, they will be automated and allow a player to auto-remort themselves, including the coverage of remort cost
*Various readout changes to give the Cleft's damtypes, elements and overall display a more consistent appearance
 
 
FOR BUILDERS
*Oset'ing an item with the Decay flag and Oset'ing condition to 0 will cause an item to disintegrate immediately
*New ifchecks: Objcost, objweight, objextra, objextra2, and objextra3
*Ageatii has a new (or fixed, anyway) custom message when using the 'slay' command
 
 
== Changes 3-22/3-23-2018 ==
*Cure has a slightly lower rate of healing than before
*Cure's mana cost has been lowered from 10 to 8
*Charge will now function with Vitalize
*A few spells have been excluded from the Metronome list
*Ninjas can now hide better, generally, and even more so in dark rooms
*Ninjas now know when they have or have not become hidden.
*Ninjas now sneak more successfully in dark rooms or while hidden, even more so when both conditions are met
*Ninjas now know when they have or have not started sneaking
*New spell: Debilitate (WORK IN PROGRESS)
*Wording: 'Exotic' has replaced 'Magic' in a few areas
*The room affects, sandstorm and flurry, should not do damage if you're resistant to their respective elements.
*Alias max has been increased to 32.
 
For Builders:
*Added a move if check
**mvchk 'if mvchk $i >= 50'
*Added object condition check
**objcond 'if objcond >= 20'
*Added condition as an oset field
**'mob oset $o condition -20' Adjust current condition by -20
*Added brief mode check
**isbrief 'if isbrief $n'
*Oset usage is now limited to the actor's inventory and in the current room the actor is standing in.
**Note: If you need to get around this and manipulate an object in another mob/player inventory, use force and mforce.
 
 
 
== Changes 3-8/3-10-2018 ==
*Jumi and Matango now have independent, separate health regeneration rates that is not the 'Regen' affect (and thus no longer have the latter in constant effect).
*CON and WIS now add a slight regeneration bonus to HP and Mana, respectively.  This is especially noticeable in conditions that are not ideal.
*'Psyke Up' and 'Psyke Down' spells added, effects are equivalent to their 'Attack Up' and 'Attack Down' counterparts except that it influences Magroll instead of Damroll.
*BUILDERS: Please be careful with using Psyke Down for now, as negative Magroll will prevent both players and mobs from dealing ANY spell damage!
*'Enchant Armor' no longer increases the target item's level by 1.
*Priests now receive slightly more mana when sacrificing gold coins.
*Choke and Powersurge now work with counterspell.
*Wisdom helps with failure to cast spells
*Magroll has been fleshed out for player usage and works as intended.
*Wall change can be charged to better penetrate saves.
*Enchant spell has been added, which combines both enchant armor and enchant weapon
*enchanting with the new enchant spell has slight chance to add -1 saves or +1 hitroll  to armor or weapons, respectively.
*higher wisdom increases those odds even more.
*psyke down has been adjusted to be more likely to bypass saves.
*armor golems are no longer affected by slow naturally.
*various read out changes, most importantly, lockers and containers.
For builders:
*mob award exp works in flat value. Use 'mob award $n exp 1234 noscale'
*mob preitle is a command. for safety reasons, its usage is 'mob mforce $n mob pretitle self lolmypretitle ' to remove pretitles, just use {x.
*mobs currently are locked out of magroll.
 
 
== Changes 3-2-2018 ==
*[[Cynbel_Sea|Cynbel Sea]] is now linked!
*The following areas have been removed from the "areas" command list: Magmoor Caverns, River City, Zanarkand, Magitek Factory.
*MiniMedals have been added to: Gold City, Gobi's Valley, Frosty Forest, Tonoe, Jungle of Illusion, Goreomemu Swamp.
*Level locks have been removed from: Orbonne Monastery, Guardia Castle, Dr Wily's Lab, Leires.
*Item re-balances: Mana Spirit Statues, Mirror Shield, Silver Gauntlets.
*Mob re-balances: Myrkur Necromancer, Great Rabite, Mushroomized Parasect, Angel Tower Spectre.
*Pandora's Clothes in Truce are re-categorized as 'jewelry' type.
*You have more time to complete Norstein Bekkler's light game in Truce.
 
 
== Changes 2-19-2018 ==
*Stealing an item you can't carry no longer hecks up the item's location.
*gptoss' damage is now a natural logarithm instead of base10... look forward to dealing more damage with it!
*Fling shouldn't cast weapons into the void or other mobs' inventories.
 
== Changes 1-26-2018 ==
*[[Sunsnug_Isle|Sunsnug Isle]] is now accessible
*Mist Cave is accessible as an expansion to Magicant
*[[Hu_Lao_Pass|Hu Lao Gate]] is now accessible
*An alternate unlockable path is available to get to the northern areas of Guardia.
*Non-Saturn Valley ATMs no longer require ATM cards.
*The potion seed pots (Crysta & Viorar) have been removed
*Effects have been added to the remaining existing potion seeds that enemies drop
*The speech in Lu Bu Feng Xian's delivery call is toned down
*The reward for collecting all the Chaos Emeralds is improved
*Asina on Joel Island more directly gives out quest initiation hints
*Bugfix where Moon Saber was not being rewarded
 
 
== Changes 1-10-2018 ==
*doubled the internal SPL_SPRD variable, which should reduce the  variability of spell damage somewhat.
*those NPCs you thought were healers.... aren't anymore. see selan and company for uncursing and IDing stuff now.
*http://cod.mudmagic.com/who.php which conveniently updates whenever anyone who's not a staff member types 'who'.
* 'report skills' -- for ordering your pet reveal its innate combat skills.
*the 'cactus stool' made by a level 0 Mokuton no longer WORSENS regeneration.
*Frost Saber now has a chance to apply a short-duration Slow.
*Players and mobs warcry'ing at themselves have a better echo now.
 
for builders:
*mobs and objects no longer have a 'material'
*shopkeepers now *clone* objects when selling them, instead of making new ones.
**this means infinite 'inventory' objects can be modified or restrung  while still in the keeper's inventory, and the changes will now propagate to the bought copy.
*plus some other changes i probably forgot
 
-Benamas
 
 
== Changes 12-30-2017 ==
*Jutsu's lag time reduced from 20 to 12
*Fumes now applies Poison instead of Fear -- rev up those Leeches
*Ninjas get the Fear spell at level 45
*Merchants now get Firebreath instead of Heat Metal at level 50
*Gptoss is about half the cost to use but does the same damage
*Dual Wield now functions correctly/at all when you have 2x/3x-cut
*fixed that rogue . when paralyzed
*converting gold to silver in banks is now free (but who does this)
*'report offense' shows magroll now
 
== Changes 12-29-2017 ==
*Magroll is now percentage-based: 1 magroll is now equivalent to 1% more damage when casting a spell that deals damage.  Builders, keep this in mind going forward when/if adding Magroll to items!  Healing is also slated to be affected by this as well, but is not yet.
 
== Changes 12-27-2017 ==
* "MAGROLL" is a thing now. It applies a flat damage bonus to most spells and damaging affects. There will be some exceptions (base Summoner spells), and there will be some instances where magroll has an exaggerated effect (multi- hit spells like Rainbow). Some builds will be better, some won't be affected, but none should take a nerf from this. Regardless, we're in uncharted territory!
* Characters receive a bonus to Magroll similar to how Strength affects Damroll in practice, this is going to be about... 5 magroll for most casters
* Builders can put Magroll on mobs and items (replaced previously nonfunctional bonus to saves vs paralysis?) -- use this sparingly, as you did damroll!!!
* Bleeding damage now caps at level*3 per round so megabosses don't drain dry for thousands of damage per round
* Enchant Weapon's effect with Damroll has been readjusted up to 15%. More tweaking possible pending smoothing out Magroll.
 
== Changes 12-23-2017 ==
* any potential mob with vnum 3708 will be able to attack now (weird stock bug)
* many abilities no longer penetrate the Shell affect
* 'rod' and 'event' type items will display their current cooldown time when Scan'd/examine'd
* enchanted weapons were having their damage bonus DOUBLED -- this has been corrected from 20% extra damroll per enchant to 10%
** this seems like a nerf but check out the helpfile -- it was only SUPPOSED to be 5%
* giga drain's mp cost cut by 1/3
* vampires only regenerate 1hp/pulse while exposed to sunlight
* plus other changes I've forgotten!
 
 
== Changes 6-15-2017 ==
UPDATES:
*Pip will refresh his inventory every day even when players are away.
*Flameshe and the pumpkinhead butler will now not accept items (for now)
*Electrical barrier seems to be working correctly.
*Aisu's door is two-way.
*El Nido quest list fixed
*Vehicle loss in quest rooms: There isn't really a good solution that doesn't involve revamping how vehicles work.
*Kiki responds to Elazul when appropriate.
*The certain Gypsy Camp quest has the appropriate story prerequisites now.
 
 
== Changes 6-04-2017 ==
* added 'glance' command to show only room name, exits, and contents when 'brief' is on
* re-added 'exits' command -- beware of fake room names (re: mobprog trickery)
* re-added 'resistances' command -- shows a short version when 'brief' mode is on
* fixed a problem involving mobs with vampirism and the haunt affect which probably broke a bunch of other things too
 
for builders:
* new exit flag 'nomob'
 
for me:
* cleared various compile warnings
* prototype "who's online" webpage cod.mudmagic.com/who.htm -- for now, only updates when a staff member types 'who2'
 
--Ben
 
== Changes 3-29-2016 ==
Various other changes have went in, but here are the highlights:
 
*oset is finished off with using flag names (vs their numerical value) in the value(0-4) slots, where needed. (the imm command 'set obj' has been updated to do the same)
*"pet" has been added to the necromancers, to retrieve the corpse of all pets at once(that actually leave a corpse). Eg. necro pet
*Added affected2 if check eg. If affected2 focus
*Added fast affect2 flag (works like the fast vehicle flag)
*Added 'quicken spell' (applies fast)
 
== Changes 1-20-2016 ==
New mob commands:
  mset          - See 'help set' for details
  oset          - This isn't actually new but more has been added to it, see 'help set'
  mforce        - Allows players to execute mob commands without the use of an event item. (ie mob mforce $n mob cast fireball)
  mob face name - Mobs change their name tags
 
New Variables:
  $A            - Same as $o, without quotes around name tags
  $b            - Mob's remember target's race
  $B            - Mob's remember target's level
  These have been added to 'help variable' (Thanks Odwofi!)


Various Changes:
Older changes have been archived
  Brief mode is (re?)enabled due to volume of requests lately
  Wildcasting has been changed to a toggle
  Wildcasting has been added to affects2
  Affects2 can be toggled with mob flag

Latest revision as of 06:22, 26 September 2024

The Cleft of Dimensions is constantly being updated, poked, prodded, and tweaked. To keep everyone informed of the various changes, the Immortals semi-regularly post Change Notes in-game. This page will copy those notes as well.

2024 Change Notes

Changes 9/2/24

  • Various upgrades made to Discord/CoD RP Sync

- MTS

Changes 8/3/24

  • 'trash' items are now 'thing' items
  • 'ambience' config command added to toggle sun & weather update messages
  • 'quiet' characters no longer see others connecting/disconnecting
  • CoD no longer crashes when a veedio is destroyed
  • borg!disconnect added for Discord RP two-way sync
  • reduced latency on Discord RP two-way sync
  • cleaned up author names on in/out-going sync'd RP messages

- MTS

Changes 7/1/24

  • Fix for Remorting crash
  • Toggling 'pixelart' no longer toggles 'lessviolent' (& v/v) (Thanks Bea!)
  • Toggling 'autoreplay' no longer toggles 'compactchat' (& v/v) (Thanks Bea!)
  • Quezacotls Wrath is less likely to crash the game

For Mudlet:

  • Pixel art graphics added to Mt. Nibelheim, Fort Walla Walla, Wutai, Gigan Canyon, Milky Well, Kett's Rooms, Booster Tower, Donut Plains, Joel Island, and Midnight Gardens

For Builders:

  • $A, $E, $M, $o, $O, $p, $P, $S, $t, and $T should no longer crash the game when used in ACT mobprogs.

-MTS

Changes 6/1/24

  • Brownout spell added

For Mudlet:

  • Pixel art graphics added to Bequerel Mine, Smash Stadium, and Gringey City.

-MTS

Changes 5/1/24

  • 'rpc' channel added for out-of-character roleplaying chat
  • 'rpc' channel has two-way sync with #cleft-rp-osay on Discord
  • 'story' note board added, which logs #cleft-roleplaying on Discord
  • doubled the length limit for notes
  • unread notes are listed when reconnecting from linkdead, not just on logon

For Mudlet:

  • pixel art graphics added to Mongrelia, Honey I Shrunk the PCs, and Kakariko Village

For builders:

  • new off flag ai_potiondrinker (thanks Bea!)
  • 'mob asset $n pixels' will default to the mob's current pixelartvnum

MTS

Changes 4/1/24

  • 'config' has been reformatted and now includes pose, presence, and desc
  • 'graffiti' skill added for spraying messages on top of room descs
  • added hints describing 'pose' and 'presence'
  • cleaned up the 'commands' list, especially by hiding config commands

For Mudlet:

  • pixel art graphics added to Chalk Zone, Lete River, Monstro Town, Faron

Woods, Sulfataska Mountain Range, Crysta, Moogle Cave, and Rocket Town

  • suppressFontResize, soundOn, and secondaryHeight settings persist better
  • squelched the excessive 'INFO' messages that spawn on connection

- MTS

Changes 3/2/24

  • Blight and Osmosis drop HP and MP regen, respectively, to 0 instead of 25%
  • opening a door or object will attempt to unlock it first, if appropriate
  • scrolls no longer get used up if they fail due to bad syntax
  • staffs no longer use charges if they fail due to bad syntax
  • the HP/MP regen bonus from Wisdom is now modified by effects and room

characteristics. Expect better regen while sleeping and worse while hungry

  • damage-over-time effects will now notify you when their damage awakens you
  • fixed a potential memory leak in Skeleton Crew
  • steal no longer gives weird messages when stealing random items or coins
  • typing 'sl' now maps to 'sleep' instead of 'slam'
  • bloodsucking moogles now gives the correct behavior
  • Doom Reverb does the intended bonus damage on echomagic (thanks Benamas)
  • the %l prompt variable no longer provides inaccurate days (thanks Benamas)
  • "undo" during weapon selection no longer removes spierce from thieves
  • Carsanborg now handles multiline inputs from Discord
  • fixed a bug where invoking 'consider' via 'look' used the wrong target
  • fixed a bug where whirlwind sometimes just wouldn't work
  • fixed a color bleed bug

For Mudlet:

  • pixel art graphics added to Lasacul, Truce Canyon, Guardia Fields, Cave of

Waterfalls, Douglas Island, Zigolis Swamp, Luon Highway, Saturn Valley, and the tutorial area

  • Mudlet has numpad navigation (2=north, 4=west, etc.)
  • Mudlet has chat scroll shortcuts (Shift-PgUp, Shift-PgDn, Shift-Ctrl-Enter)
  • fixed a bug where Mudlet wasn't auto-updating correctly
  • tertiary panel art will automatically clear during combat

For builders:

  • gedit no longer crashes the game (thanks Benamas)
  • pixelartvnum added to medit, allowing override of a mob's pixel art
  • display pixel art via mobprog, e.g. 'mob asset $n pixels 1000'
  • change a mob's pixel art via mobprog, e.g. 'mob face pixels 1000'

- MTS

Change 2/11/24

  • The vehicle summoned from the 'Phantom Motorcycle' skill is now considered an

'indoor' vehicle


-Lilly

Changes 2/2/24

  • pixel art graphics have been added to Viorar, Suburbia, and Rabite Forest

(see previous change note for details)

  • bug fixed where closed containers couldn't be picked up without 'get all'

- MTS

Truce has some graphics (11 Jan 2024)

First, use Mudlet.

Second, install the latest Cleft of Dimensions package. It should automatically update itself on login, but it's also available at https://cleftofdimensions.net/clients/cleftofdimensions.mpackage.

Third, type "pixelart" to toggle the pixel art setting on and off.

Fourth, look at NPCs in Truce!

Viorar's next. 

- MTS


2023 Change Notes

Changes 13 Jun 23

- shield slam no longer removes your shield, but halves your shield block chance for a round or so after using - shield slam receives a damage bonus proportional to the amount of AC your shield grants - retort can now be used without blocking first, but with quadruple lag time (16 beats vs 4) - lionhearted and brinksmanship should deliberately ignore any extra CURRENT hp from courage - indomitable should ignore extra MAX hp from courage - if practiced above 60%, endure will now automatically trigger upon lethal damage, but with triple the already-high cooldown - since it makes saves useless, zeal now gives a physical damage bonus proportional to half your saves bonus when active

- ninjas' flee bonus was incorrectly being given to merchants instead

-Bea

Changes 16 May 23

- cider decreased from 8 to 6 thirst quenched - ale increased from 10 to 12 proof - sorry, Belfry now only allows one summoned flock at a time - the Exit spell should no longer reveal room vnums - legacy spell standardization: Fire lag increased from 8 to 12, Fira/Thundara lag increased from 12 to 16, Thundaga lag increased from 12 to 24, Blizzaga lag reduced from 32 to 24 - fixed Skeleton Crew skeleton names - day name in prompts should be correct now - vampire priests receive their saber spells at the correct levels - Encore will actually disallow stacking certain effects, instead of lying that it can't and doing it anyway

FOR BUILDERS: - 'builders' command fixed (ignore the compile warning) -Bea

Older changes have been archived

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