Publish 17 (4) Age of Shadows

Publish 17 (4) Age of Shadows

<h1>Bugfixes Mini-Publish</h1> UO Team 31 Mar 2003 00:00:00 EST Several more issues have been addressed in another mini-publish, including "blackholing" and dial-up lag. This publish also included: <ul> <li>Fixed a problem that was causing too much data to be sent to the user. This fix will greatly reduce lag for players on dial-up connections!</li> <li>The Harrower will now perform its drain attack.</li> <li>We’ve added a fix that should prevent players from experiencing the “blackholing” issue.</li> <li>Pre-AoS items that add to stats will no longer add those stats permanently to characters, but will lose their bonuses after the charges run out.</li> <li>Characters who die while in monster form will no longer be lootable.</li> <li>The Doom boss gauntlet should now re-set itself correctly.</li> <li>Houses that have been re-possessed by an in-game support rep (in the case of a player being taken to jail, for instance) will now be able to be transferred back to the player.</li> <li>Fixed another issue causing some teleporters and doors to become static and unusable (note that this fix is separate from another door fix published last month!)</li> <li>Locking down an overweight container will no longer cause “locked down!” barks to appear.</li> <li>The House Placement Tool no longer thinks it’s a spyglass.</li> <li>Fixed a crashing issue</li> </ul> Additionally, the following exploits have been resolved: <ul> <li>Players will no longer be able to steal from ghosts.</li> <li>Personal Bless Deeds and BODs will no longer be able to be smelted for ingots.</li> <li>Fixed an exploit that allowed players to increase their hit points substantially through stat-increasing spells.</li> </ul>