October Digest 2014

nanakiwurtz · November 1, 2014

October Digest 2014
The following digest covers the month of October, 2014.

Staffs Changes

@Napster is now a Core Developer

Development Highlights

Major updates:
- Various Skill Updates (ce090ce)
- Pathfinding code update (c009b3f)
- Monster code update (2c86ee4)
- Updated monster skill use behavior so monsters use skills the same way & at the same rhythm as official servers (bugreport:9326)
- Implemented an improved hit-lock system (bugreport:7460)
- Code optimization & bug fixes (ebd3dc9)
- Random walking & monster target dropping (b1330a4)
- Monster idle skills & chase update (464dd45)
- MVP item drop mode setting added (5110ddb)
- Official Icewall implementation (5540d89)
Bug Fixes:
- Implemented Skid Trap properly (bugreport:9373)
- Fixed the direction calculation once again and optimized it at the same time (bugreport:9373)
- Monster chase range updates (bugreport:7637)
- Created a new function unit_blown_immune that will now serve as the central function to determine if an object can be knocked back or stopped (bugreport:7637)
- Updated turn-in requirements for Tripatriate Union's Feud. (incl. bugreport:9339)
- Moved "Voyage log" NPC coordinates. (bugreport:9225)
- Updated "Immuned Shield" (2168) item script. (bugreport:9319)
- Added a security check when calculating MaxHP and MaxSP so there can't be a number underflow (bugreport:9369)
- When an auto-vendor gets logged out because of at_timeout, his store will be deleted and no longer restored after server restart (bugreport:9370)
- Fire Pillar is no longer a trap and can no longer be hit or knocked back in renewal (bugreport:144)
- Fixed Super Novice Spirit not working and giving compiler warnings (bugreport:9366, bugreport:9365)
- Hunter updates (bugreport:9082)
- Taekwon updates (bugreport:9364)
- Monk updates (bugreport:9364, bugreport:4534)
- Implemented official formula for Gypsy's Kiss / Service For You (bugreport:9359)
- Official Sight Blaster behavior (bugreport:6945, partially bugreport:144)
- When knock back magic is reflected it will no longer lead to the caster being knocked back (related to bugreport:6945)
- Fixed Decoration of Music status when equipping the headgear. (bugreport:9342)
- Fixed Warg Dash giving Endure when it shouldn't. (bugreport:9337)
- Fixed Mado Gear skill item requirements. (bugreport:9335)
- Fixed Super Novice Spirit being able to be casted by all classes. (bugreport:9344)
- Fixed Masquerade - Ignorance to work on monsters. (bugreport:8099)
- Fixed Voice of Siren duration depending on level of character. (bugreport:9289)
- Fixed Spirit Sympathy SP requirement reduction when summoning an Element. (bugreport:9329)
- Updated ranges to work as on official servers (bugreport:9326)
- Corrected Ancient Gold Decoration description (bugreport:9154)
- Now weapon endow effects will no longer be removed when unequipping / changing a shield (bugreport:1490)
- Fixed bonus_script doesn't remove Status Icon when timer is over (bugreport:9341)
- Reverted all the icewall-related changes done in SVN r15777 and following as testing shows they aren't official and are actually pretty exploitable (bugreport:7412)
- Implemented an improved hit-lock system (bugreport:7460)
- Fixed Sightrasher (WZ_SIGHTRASHER) splash area to 3x3. (bugreport:9298)
- Now Comet (WL_COMET) cannot hits Hiding target (The mistake is not at flag 0x10000 in skill_db.txt, the flash should be added by SD_ANIMATION). (bugreport:8909)
- Fixed Chaos Panic (SC_CHAOSPANIC) effect. (bugreport:9321)
- Changed 'RemoveFlag' in db/magicmushroom_db.txt value to 1 to remove skill by importing. (bugreport:9322)
- Fixed npc source file isn't removed properly by @unloadnpcfile. (bugreport:9311)

Statistics

6 authors have pushed 35 commits during this period.
On master, 72 files have changed.
There have been 5,698 additions and 3,974 deletions.
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