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We are aware of some -small graphical glitches. -<p/> -The behaviour of the happy-curse -for dark mages has been changed. -You might want to try it out. ]:-) -<p/> --<font color="#009000">TMW Development Team</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Halloween 2013</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-10-30</font> -<p/> -Happy Halloween! -<p/> -Also, some minor bugs have been fixed with Waric and Rossy. -Alas poor Waric, Will he ever learn to behave properly? -<p/> --<font color="#009000">MadCamel</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Fixes in Server Code</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-09-28</font> -<p/> -As you might have found out we had another restart yesterday. -<p/> -Most of the changes for this restart are under the hood: this was -a Server Code release. Meaning the server's software was -changed but not the content. Hence user-facing changes are minimal, -but we'll outline below what's relevant. -<p/> -The restart didn't work as smoothly as expected but we -are working hard on fixing all the issues which turned up. -<p/> -Currently known bugs that affect players:<ul> - <li>None</li></ul> -<p/> -Other bugs:<ul> - <li>GM logs are now full-buffered (faster) instead of line-buffered.</li> - <li>Admin documentation is wrong.</li></ul> -<p/> -Fixed bugs:<ul> - <li>Problems with startup speed (possibly not new, fixed anyway).</li> - <li>Guildbot wouldn't start.</li> - <li>Some accounts and storages with corrupted items were deleted.</li> - <li>You can turn every direction except right.</li> - <li>Inability to trade, except when naked.</li> - <li>Warp bug related to the new Orum/Waric quest.</li> - <li>Elemental bonus/malus not applied to magic.</li> - <li>Update stats from the new CDN.</li> - <li>Script bug with Kylian and checkweight.</li> - <li>Drop order was wrong.</li> - <li>Rossy caves now notice when you win fights.</li> - <li>Fix an incorrectly marked assertion, which could fail.</li> -</ul> -<p/> -<font color="#ff0000">If you encounter any more bugs or problems please -report back immediately. Post on the forums -<a href="http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17729">http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17729</a></font> -<p/> -A big behavioural change has been made to the Login Server -From now on the login name is case sensitive, this means -it matters whether you write a capital letter or not. -<font color="#919191">e.g. if you registered an account name Test, and always -logged in as test, this now no longer works. You have to -log in as Test.</font> -If you forgot how you originally registered your account, -and cannot log in, please checkout the forums -<a href="http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17737">http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17737</a>. -<p/> -Please be aware that these code changes were necessary to move -the game forward. The server was formerly very hard to work on or -modify. This update goes a long way to fixing that and will allow the -developers to bring you new and exciting things in the future. -<p/> -We are very sorry for the inconvenience. We have been working -as hard as we can to fix all the issues above. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">TMW Development Team</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Astral Magic Extension</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-09-14</font> -<p/> -We have a small content release today. -A witch in Tulimshar has found some daunting spells -for mages who are experienced in Astral Magic. -Talk to her about that. Maybe she is willing to teach you. -<p/> -With this update, we have added some minor bugfixes for the -Waric script, Bluepar sprite and Wicked Mushroom sprite. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">TMW Development Team</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Announcing Code update - Introducing Dark Magic</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-09-03</font> -<p/> -<font color="#919191">First, a technical announcement. During a future -restart, TMW will start requiring your username -to exactly match the case that you signed up with. -<p/> -Previously, this was enforced erratically, and led -to people losing access to their accounts. If, after -the update, you are unsure of the case of the account -<font color="#ff0000">and have already tried lowercase, UPPERCASE, and TitleCase,</font> -please contact o11c or Frost. -<p/> -Now, back to your regularly scheduled content news.</font> -<p/> -Today we have introduced two new pieces. -<p/> -First of all, the Orum extension is finished. -Orum and his master Waric have set a new base -to mess with Sagatha. Seek them out! They -hide somewhere in the Caves north of Sagatha's -Forests. -<p/> -Someone has seen a few new spells being used. -No one is yet sure what exactly it is but a dark aura -has been percieved somewhere north of Hurnscald. -Find it! Maybe you can gain something useful! -<p/> -Last but not least we have to announce bad news -for the project but good news for her: -Jenalya has, after finishing the Orum extension, -resigned from her position as Lead Content -Developer. We dedicate this news to her and -wish her only the very best for her future. She -contributed beyond words and her leaving -will leave a spot we will have to work hard to fill. -Wushin and tux9th took over as Lead Content Developers -and give their best to bring quality content to you, -like Jenalya did. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">TMW Development Team</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Wushin overhauled caves, Ferry now goes to Nivalis</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-06-29</font> -<p/> -This release brings a few new additions to the game: -<p/> -Wushin overhauled the desert caves with an awesome -new cave tileset. Also the sewers below Tulimshar are -now accessible. Make sure to check them out! -<p/> -Malivox took the occasion to stop camping in the -desert and moved into a small house south of -Tulimshar. -<p/> -Frozenbeard has expanded his ferry service in -Nivalis. You can now go between Nivalis and -the other major docks both ways. Proper docks for -Nivalis are being worked on. -<p/> -With a ferry now serving Nivalis, Dyrin will send you -somehwere else in Kaizei instead, away from Nivalis. -<p/> -As usual there are also a lot of smaller fixes and -changes. Thanks to everyone who reported issues -and helped fix these things! -<p/> --<font color="#009000">TMW Development Team</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Double Exp and Drop Weekend</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-06-07</font> -<p/> -This weekend we're temporarily doubling both the -experience rate and the drop rates for all monsters, -to give the chance to recover from the rollback -we had due to filesystem corruption. -<p/> -There are also some bug fixes and new content: -<p/> -The craftsmen of Tulimshar have finally moved to the -renovated Forge at the Northern Market, so the -Wizard's Inn is back to offering a calm stay for visitors. -<p/> -In the woodland area the mysterious Evil Obelisk which -summons beings from the astral plane for the mundane -price of gold has drastically reduced its demands. -<p/> -On the technical side, in case of network congestion, -you will no longer be kicked with an invalid packet error. -<p/> --<font color="#009000"> TMW Development Team</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Server Crash and Rollback</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-06-05</font> -<p/> -We had a server crash, and had to restore everything from offline backup. -<p/> -34 hours were lost, from about 17:30 (UTC) on 4 June to about 03:30 on 6 June. This affects the game, the forums, and the wiki. -<p/> -We're going to set up hourly offsite backups of game, forum, and wiki data so that future outages are less painful. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">Frost</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Small Bugfixes</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-04-28</font> -<p/> -We're having a bugfix release today. -<p/> -The main areas that have been fixed are Brodomir's PvP Cave -and Orum's quest, both in the -caves below Hurnscald. -<p/> -Additionally, there were a lot of small fixes -on maps, spelling and grammar, and more. -<p/> -We'd like to thank all the people who reported issues and helped -testing! -<p/> --<font color="#009000">Jenalya</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Easter Event and Miley's Hero</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-03-21</font> -<p/> -Today we have a content release. -<p/> -As always there are a number of bugfixes, -but also two new quests. -<p/> -One of them is an annual Easter event created by Pjotr Orial. -It lasts from March, 22th to April, 25th, and can be -repeated every year. -Watch out around Hurnscald for some hidden Easter Eggs! -<p/> -The other quest is about the admiration of a little -girl in Hurnscald that sees you growing from an -inexperienced adventurer to an impressive hero. -Backstage, this was also about a great community effort. -veryape conceived of the idea for this quest and was able -to make it happen with the help of many people who were -assisting with the graphics, scripting, spell checking, -testing and giving valuable feedback. -<p/> -Lastly, Brodomir's cave under Hurnscald has been made -easier for attracting fighters from all over the world. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">Jenalya</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Server moved again</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-03-17</font> -<p/> -After the initial server move, The Mana World was subjected -to a three day DoS attack. -In response, we have moved a final time to a server that has -better protection against such attacks. -All game related services have been moved and are back to normal. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">the TMWC</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Server move</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-03-09</font> -<p/> -As of this Saturday, March 9, TMW moved to a new host. -This means there was some downtime, starting at 16:00 UTC. -<p/> -Most work was done in 1.5 hours, with a brief shutdown later. -DNS settings may take a while to propogate. -<p/> -For more information, see <a href="http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17126">http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17126</a> -<p/> --<font color="#009000">the TMWC</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Kill the GM</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-02-21</font> -<p/> -Today we'll have a small content release. -<p/> -Among code cleaning and bug fixes, the -Tulimshar quests can be done in any order now. -Their completion isn't necessary anymore -to start the Bandit quest. -<p/> -Also, GMs may have a surprise for you someday. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">V0id</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Source of Tales won the LPC</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-02-18</font> -<p/> -This is a really exciting news entry! -<p/> -Congratulations to our sister project Mana (<a href="http://manasource.org">http://manasource.org</a>) -on winning the Liberated Pixel Cup (<a href="http://lpc.opengameart.org/content/code-judging-is-in">http://lpc.opengameart.org/content/code-judging-is-in</a>). -<p/> -The project can be found at <a href="http://www.sourceoftales.org/news.html">http://www.sourceoftales.org/news.html</a> -and the irc channel at <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net#sourceoftales">irc://chat.freenode.net#sourceoftales</a>. -<p/> -We will undoubtedly experience an influx of both -ordinary players and potential developers since we -were linked as a related project. -<p/> -As a developer, it is my goal and expectation that -new players can figure things out on their own. -After all, I once did - though there wasn't as -much content back then (I feel old ...). -<p/> -As for new contributors, they will necessarily need -to coordinary with us, the developers. We're always -in need of pixel artists, have great capacity for -quest writers, and currently have need for a bit of -web development and people crazy enough to touch -insides of the server code. -<p/> -Be aware that people have different time zones and -busy schedules, so it may be a while before anyone -responds. -<p/> -Now, the links: -<p/> -Server coding: <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net#tmwa">irc://chat.freenode.net#tmwa</a> -<p/> -Everything else: <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net#themanaworld-dev">irc://chat.freenode.net#themanaworld-dev</a> -<p/> -Forums: <a href="http://forums.themanaworld.org/">http://forums.themanaworld.org/</a> -<p/> --<font color="#009000">o11c and Jenalya</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>ManaPlus - new official Client</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-01-31</font> -<p/> -ManaPlus Support -<p/> -We have decided to support ManaPlus as an -official client alongside Mana. In fact, since -there will likely be no more releases of the -Mana client that supports TMWA (this server), -there will inevitably be a time when ManaPlus -becomes the only supported client. -<p/> -Mana 0.6.1 will continue to receive some -support until October 2013. We have no plans -to specifically break compatibility with Mana, -but new features may not be available. -<p/> -For older clients (whether Mana or ManaPlus), -there will be different levels of attempted -support, depending on exactly how old it is: -<p/> -* Less than 6 months old: will not crash or - behave erratically. -* Less than 2 months old: will behave - expectedly, but might not support all features. -* Last 2 releases: will do everything, - correctly, on the main server. -* Last release, or even git, may be required - on the test server. -<p/> -Of course, if a particular client release is -buggy, we may not be able to support it at all. -<p/> -For more details, see <a href="http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16867">http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16867</a>. -<p/> -ManaPlus is available at <a href="http://manaplus.evolonline.org/">http://manaplus.evolonline.org/</a> -<p/> --<font color="#009000">o11c</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Content Release January 2013</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-01-26</font> -<p/> -This release brings a huge amount of small fixes -and changes, including fixes of several spelling -and map errors, which were reported by players. -Thanks for that! -<p/> -There are a few new things nevertheless: -New characters won't have to start their -adventure in underpants anymore, -and Doug in Dimond's Cove discovered that the -lamps in his room wear off after a while. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">Jenalya</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Updating News generation</b> -<font color="#0000ff">2013-01-23</font> -<p/> -News feed is finally generated from the same -source for both the game and the website. -<p/> --<font color="#009000">o11c</font> -</div> -<div> -<p/> -<b>Illia first appearance</b> -<font color="#0000ff">December 2012 again</font> -<p/> -A new peninsula has magically raised from the depths, -south of Hurnscald. A witch seems to be the source of -this strange phenomenon. -Why is she here, and what does she want? -<p/> -Further on the west, Lora Tay is willing to accept -new challenges to prove once more her skills. -<p/> -<b>Christmas 2012</b> -<font color="#0000ff">December 2012</font> -<p/> -Santa and his helpers have returned to Santa's residence -near Nivalis to prepare for Christmas. -Among the helpers, the preparations are moving smoothly -as they should. -The reinboos are excited this year since there will be a change -within their team! -But not everything is working out as planned. -<p/> -<b>Halloween 2012</b> -<font color="#0000ff">November 2012</font> -<p/> -Halloween has passed and several cities celebrated this event. -It seems the farmer Oscar just came back from a long journey -in one of these cities. -Probably he will have exciting things to tell. -<p/> -<b>East Expansion</b> -<font color="#0000ff">October 2012</font> -<p/> -The roadblock to the north east in Argaes was finally lifted -and parts of the road were reconstructed. -But there is still some work left until the connection to Port City is done. -In the Woods you can find a guy who lives alone, seeking seclusion. -Be careful not to disturb him. He is very vicious. -<p/> -The smith's apprentice Peter does good progress in mastering his -handcraft and learned some new techniques. -<p/> -<b>New Dress</b> -<font color="#0000ff">September 2012</font> -<p/> -Agostine is well known for his magnificent winter clothes, -but he always dreamed of creating something truly exquisite, -something noble... -<p/> -An old veteran has set up camp in the caves below Hurnscald -after a life full of hardship and battle. -He may be old now, but he surely didn't lose his interest -in the art of combat! -</div> |