##3 Mines and weddings! ##3 2008-10-11 ##0 A new mining operation has started north of ##0 town. The company's director has stated that ##0 the mine's output has been sufficient and no ##0 problems have been encountered. ##0 A new wedding officiator has been commissioned. ##0 She has set up shop west of town. Many couples ##0 are rejoicing that a new officiator is in the ##0 region. ##2 ~ Hurnscald Gazette ~ ##3 Volcano erupted! ##3 14/09/2008 ##0 A volcano has erupted east of the city, causing ##0 major damage. Repairs are under way. The guard ##0 has cautioned that the new beach area that was ##0 opened up by the rumbling should be explored ##0 with caution. ##0 In related news, local alchemists have stated ##0 that the ash from the eruption is what caused ##0 many items of clothing to be bleached. ##2 ~ Tulimshar Herald ~ ##3 Strange stones appeared and pass cleared ##3 15/04/2008 ##0 Strange stones appeared in towns all over The ##0 Mana World. No one knows how they appeared ##0 and what they are good for. Can you solve their ##0 riddle? ##0 In other news: The pass to the southeast of the ##0 desert has been cleared and a mountain area ##0 with a lot of snakes has been discovered behind ##0 it. Rumors say that an eremite lives in that ##0 area who is a genius at leatherworks. ##2 The Mana World News ##3 Fast attack bug fixed, gameplay changes ##3 07/04/2008 ##0 This weekend a fix was applied for the bug that ##0 allowed you to attack with light-speed with ##0 several weapons. We understand this changes ##0 gameplay quite a bit, and as a result the game ##0 will probably need to be adjusted. The existence ##0 of this bug has effectively prevented us from ##0 ever being able to balance the gameplay ##0 properly. ##0 Please stay with us and allow us some time to ##0 make the necessary adjustments. Suggestions are ##0 welcome! ##2 TMW Development Team ##3 The Mana World 0.0.24 released ##3 24/12/2007 ##0 Female-specific hairstyles, XP gaining ##0 notification and improved resource caching are ##0 but three examples of the new features in this ##0 release. A lot of bug fixes where also made. ##0 See the full details on the website! ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 Village of Hurnscald released ##3 21/08/2007 ##0 The village of Hurnscald has been released ##0 today. You will find this little village in the ##0 woodland (try to explore paths you found ##0 blocked before). In Hurnscald you will find two ##0 new quests, new items and a lot of little ##0 surprises. Enjoy! ##2 Crush ##3 The Mana World 0.0.23 released ##3 04/06/2007 ##0 A particle engine was added, which allowed us ##0 to add several nice effects to various locations ##0 in the world as well as effects based on hitting ##0 enemies or going level up. A series of bug fixes ##0 was also made. ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 The Mana World 0.0.22.2 released ##3 17/02/2007 ##0 Several small fixes have been made and we ##0 hope to have solved some updater problems. ##0 Upgrade whenever you're ready. ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 Soulless characters deleted and money cut ##3 21/01/2007 ##0 A long time ago we have allowed characteres to ##0 sell their soul in order to gain additional ##0 powers. They were explicitly warned that they ##0 would be eventually deleted. This time has now ##0 come. ##0 In addition, we have cut the fortune of ##0 anybody who had more than 10.000 GP. ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 Server address change! ##3 17/01/2007 ##0 The animesites.de host is no longer available. ##0 We thank Ultramichy for hosting us for so long ##0 at no cost! The new server address is: ##1 server.themanaworld.org ##0 We are now kindly hosted on platinum, thanks ##0 to Platyna. ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 The Mana World 0.0.22.1 released ##3 15/01/2007 ##0 A minor update was released based on the new ##0 Guichan 0.6.0. Some small fixes are also ##0 included. ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 The Mana World 0.0.22 released ##3 24/12/2006 ##0 On the edge of Christmas, we've released a ##0 new client version. A Christmas event is ##0 expected to start soon and you'll need the ##0 new client for it, so go get it! Read the ##0 NEWS for file details on what's new. ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 New update host ##3 31/10/2006 ##0 We moved to a new update host, and you have ##0 succesfully switched! The new host is: ##0 http://updates.themanaworld.org ##0 We hope to provide faster updates from here, ##0 and we won't have to change it anymore, even ##0 when switching servers. Enjoy! ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 Halloween event ##3 27/10/2006 ##0 Halloween event is planned to start on 31/10 ##0 at 10:00 GMT and will end on 1/11 at 10:00 ##0 GMT. Expect a lot of fun and fear! ##1 "Trick or treat?" ##2 Jack-o'-lantern ##3 The Mana World 0.0.21 released ##3 18/09/2006 ##0 0.0.21 is finally out. Please update to ##0 the latest version to play. ##0 Regards, ##2 ElvenProgrammer ##1 Server downtime ##3 25/07/2006 ##0 The server could be down for upgrades to ##0 support the new features in 0.0.20. ##3 The Mana World 0.0.19 released ##3 06/03/2006 ##0 You did wait for it a lot of time! Enjoy the ##0 new version with renewed player graphics. ##0 Other surprises could be awaiting for you in ##0 game. Upgrade now or die! (Probably killed ##0 by a maggot). ##0 Regards, ##2 ElvenProgrammer ##3 The Mana World 0.0.18 released ##3 (Santa's build) 21/12/2005 ##0 Finally it's here! It features a lot of ##0 new contents as well as a Christmas ##0 quest. These will not work with any ##0 client up to 0.0.17, so be sure to ##0 upgrade! We hope you enjoy it!! ##2 A very merry Christmas from ##2 The Mana World Development Team ##3 The Mana World 0.0.17 released ##3 11/10/2005 ##0 Be sure to check it out. One problem to ##0 note though is that you'll need to ##0 manually delete the files from your ##0 updates directory in order to see the ##0 new commands and changes in the help ##0 window. ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##3 Server up again ##3 5/9/2005 ##0 As of today the server on animesites.de ##0 is back up. Thanks go to UltraMichy for ##0 providing us this service. Enjoy! ##0 Sincerely, ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer ##1 Server downtime! ##3 15/9/2005 ##0 The server will be down at least until ##0 saturday because our kind host is going ##0 to upgrade some of the software ##0 installed. ##0 I'm sorry but you will have to wait a ##0 while to play again. ##0 Of course the next event will be delayed ##0 a bit. In the meanwhile feel free to ##0 contribute to TMW by posting your ideas ##0 in the forum. ##0 Sincerely, ##2 ElvenProgrammer ##3 First dynamic data update! ##3 12/9/2005 ##0 We just released our first dynamic data update. ##0 It's a very small one, but it serves mostly as ##0 a test and we hope to do bigger ones later. ##0 Changes: ##0 * Fixed some small bugs in eastern desert ##0 map and added minimap. ##0 * Updated recent changes in help dialog to ##0 the 0.0.16 release. ##0 Stay tuned for the next one. :-) ##0 Sincerely, ##2 Bjorn Lindeijer