Publish 89.1 – Update
Update 04/02/2015 5:03pm ET: The classic client patch issue has been resolved.
Good Afternoon Everyone,
Today everyone will receive a new client that is mandatory. You will need this client to log in and see the new art. By Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:00pmET you can head to the City of Britain and look for a pretty pink squirrel that you can double click to get one of two types of new potted plants. We have put in 2 rare hues and 16 other hues. We hope you enjoy them.
Below are a few bugs we have also wanted to go ahead and get fixed.
- Corrected an issue where the gold picked up at Champ Spawns followed house IDOC loot rules which prevents picking up items too quickly.
- Corrected an issue where IDOCs were not falling exactly at the 5,10, or 15 hours. Players are able to get their house back even in the IDOC state but accounts must be renewed atleast two hours before it drops or it will not be returned to you.
- Corrected an issue related to teleporting to Haven.
- Enhanced Client containers with over 125 items that are not bank boxes will default to list view.
Happy Easter Everyone,
UO Team
Origin Issue & 30 Day Game Time Codes
Good morning everyone,
We are aware of an issue with purchased 30 day game time codes. Origin has currently stopped selling them until we can replace their codes on file. We are sorry for the delay, but this issue should be resolved by tomorrow.
Thank you,
Mesanna
Contract Position Open
Happy Friday Everyone,
We are looking for someone in the Herndon, VA. area that would like to come work with the UO Team 15 hours a week. We would need this person to be in the office with us. Below are some of the requirements necessary:
- Must have a thourough understanding of Ultima Online, including its lore and gameplay
- Be fluent in a programming language and demonstrate knowledge of good object oriented software engineering practices
- Strong communication and presentation skills in order to pitch and explain ideas to the other members of the team
- Write and maintain documentation about designs and stay up -to-date with other designs
- Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet required deadlines in a collaborative enviroment
- Passionte about games and making them
If you are interested please email Mesanna@broadsword.com with your resume.
Europa Hardware Issues
Update :
Europa will have an extended maintenance Tuesday March 24th and will be down from 11pm to 2am EST to resolve the hardware issue.
Thanks Everyone!
Greetings Everyone,
We wanted to keep all the player up to date with the issues we are having on Europa. We have found another hardware storage issue that we are working with Amazon to resolve. The backup process is taking longer than intended which is resulting in loss time after server maintenance. We will keep you informed of our progress with this issue.
Thank you once again for your patience.
UO Team
Taking Europa Down
Greetings,
We have discovered another issue with the backup process on Europa . We are restarting Europa now and it should return by 12:15 pm ET at the latest. Thank you for the patience while we fix this issue.
UO Team
Europa
Greetings Everyone,
The problem that caused Europa not to return after their normal maintenance is currently resolved. We appreciate your patience during this down time.
UO Team
Answers and Changes
Happy St. Patrick’s Day Everyone!!!
I wanted to address a few things from Stratics regarding IDOCs. I would also like to tell you about a few changes we are going to make. Currently in game, once a house goes into IDOC we had stated it would drop on the 5, 10, or 15th hour instead of 20. What was not said is it had to wait for a decay tick after those times. I will take blame for the miscommunication on this fact. We are fixing it so it will not wait for the decay tick and it will fall on the 5, 10, or 15th hour.
The Grubbers that appear when a IDOC house falls will lose all their items in their packs when they cross a server line. We have no plans to change the wiping of the co-owner or friends list. The owner of the house has the ability to re-add them at any time.
We hope this answers some of the questions and concerns we have been seeing.
Changes we are making…
- We are fixing the gold pick up at champ spawns so there is not any delay.
- We are fixing players being able to get their house back even in the IDOC state. You must renew your account at least 2 hours before it drops or it will not be given back to you. (Until this fix is published you can emailMesanna@broadsword.com if you renew your account and your house is not being returned to you, list the shard, and house location and name when you email me. I do not need you there to make it do a warehouse check for an active account.
You should see these changes within the next few weeks when we publish out our items for Easter.
Have a safe evening!
UO Team
How to Contact the Player Event Coordinator (PEC)
Happy Friday Everyone,
We have had several of our players use the PEC already and they seem to be enjoying enhancing their events with her help. For those that do not know how to contact the PEC, you can email her at wraithbroadsword@gmail.com. or yo ucan leave a message at the small house by the Event Moderator hall near Blackthorn’s Bridge in Britian. You are also welcome to leave a message for her on the bulletin board if you like.
All player events that she assists with will be advertised on Facebook and pictures of the event taken and posted by Wraith. If you do not wish for her to do this please make sure you tell her in advance.
Have a great weekend,
Mesanna
Extended Downtime on Japanese Shards
こんにちはみなさん
本日の大和、出雲、倭国シャードにおける通常メンテナンスはおよそ2時間かかる見込みです。
メンテナンス時間短縮のため、近々すべてのシャードにおいて同種のメンテナンスを行う予定です。
どうぞよろしくお願い致します。
UOチーム
Greetings Everyone,
Today during the normal maintenance cycle Yamato, Izumo an Wakoku will have an extended down time of approx. 2 hours. We will be doing maintenance in the near future on all shards to cut down on maintenance times.
Thank you,
UO Team