Revision for “01) 25th September” created on October 7, 2016 @ 08:39:47
| Title | 01) 25th September |
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| Content | <h2>Ultima Online Patch Notes for 09/25/1997</h2>
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<li>Optimizations and tweaks were done to reduce lag.</li>
<li>We've fixed any server stability problems as they manifested (including the problem with secure trading).</li>
<li>Ship holds are now only openable when on the ship.</li>
<li>You can no longer teleport onto ships.</li>
<li>The sign on player buildings is no longer pickable.</li>
<li>The rate of item decay was slowed down.</li>
<li>All types of gorgets are now available for sale.</li>
<li>The variety of treasure in creature inventories has been increased, including higher circle spell availability.</li>
<li>Released pets now have a neutral notoriety, instead of the notoriety of their former owner.</li>
<li>Cooking now burns food on failure.</li>
<li>Failure at bowyering and fletching now consumes wood.</li>
<li>Failure at tailoring hides now consumes hides.</li>
<li>Dice should work (for the board games).</li>
<li>The skill advancement curve has been adjusted to make it harder to advance the higher you go.</li>
<li>We have added support for Soundblaster AWE sound fonts. These are located on your CD.</li>
<li>The skill advancement problems caused by the last patch are resolved and are no longer occurring.</li>
<li>We are working on a solution for those who were affected by the problem.</li>
<li>The weight problem with depositing large amounts of gold and then getting stuck will be fixed.</li>
<li>Shops paying extremely high prices for items if you had a lot of them to sell is fixed.</li>
<li>Counselors are able to understand ghosts.</li>
<li>Orcs (regular ones, not orc captains) will loot corpses of creatures they kill or see killed. This is behavior that we will eventually make more widespread.</li>
<li>The frequency of guards in the woods should be drastically reduced. Guards at road guard posts will stay by their guard posts.</li>
<li>The frequency of magic items on creatures will be reduced.</li>
<li>When purchasing items worth more than 2000 gold, the money will be automatically withdrawn from your bank account.</li>
<li>The secure trading window will only function at short ranges.</li>
<li>You can now remove items that are too heavy for you.</li>
<li>You no longer lose items that are too heavy for you when you log back into the game.</li>
<li>Horses that run out of loyalty now buck you off and run away</li>
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