UOE Development Logs 2022

Happy 11th Anniversary UO Evolution!

Thank you for all the support of this project! We have a lot of exciting things coming in 2022. It makes me very proud to hit the 11-year milestone as the top UO Shard!

Publish 89 - January 2022

Update 421

1/7/2022

• GateKeeper Added: Initial code foundation for this project
• Vecna’s Coin Pouch Updated: Added gold
• Vecna’s Minters Toolkit Updated: Added gold
• Deco Deeds Added: 26 new items from Sayla

Update 422

1/14/2022

• GateKeeper Removed: System is on hold, due to feedback from player base
• Virtue Potions Updated: Now will explode when targeted, they can still go off in your hand so be warned. This required far more changes than I had expected but if does not seem to be working correctly please send me a message in discord.
• Virtue Potions Updated: Found a graphical issue
• Account Clean Up: Needed some attention
• Players Guide Gump Updated: Dante wanted new links and clear bad commands
• Deco Deeds Added: 4 new items from Sayla

Update 423

1/21/2022

• IDOC Event Preparations - Refresh your accts asap
• Shard Clean-up
• Wiki Updates, graphic updates

Update 424

1/28/2022

• Deco Deeds Added: 71 new items from GM Sayla and Flop
• IDOC Event Preparations

Publish 90 - February 2022

Update 425

2/4/2022

• Deco Deeds Added: New items from Sayla and Flops
• Task System Updated: Ironed out a few data loading parsing issues
• Dynamic Logging Updated: Added an internal issue center with supporting functions
• Dynamic Creation Updated: Initial code to notify issue center of creation problems (Not a lot of these kind of problems but this whole process seems to be streamlined and since a blackbox it also needs a better way to notify of problems)
• RecipeScroll Updated: Some exception code I added before was not working as intended, this should clean it up
• Gear Key Updated: Found a situation where it wasn’t loading gear in order
• Market Stones Updated: Parsing issue with the loading of new items
• RCS - Dragon Channeler Updated: Issues with the dynamic creation
• RCS - Reward Chests Updated: Recipe Craft Scrolls had a chance for an index issue in limited cases.

2/11/2022

• Updated the Token Vendor Stones
• Added the legendary Purple Llama/Energy Vortex rare mount

2/18/2022

• Deco Deeds Added: 78 new items from Sayla
• Dynamic Reward Updated: Improved reporting of bad objects
• Dynamic Logging Updated: Added additional information being reported and handling different kinds of objects
• Market Stone Updated: The market was not handling the different features correctly to determine what items would be displayed for sale.
• BC Market Update
• Badge Commands Updated: New date for Deco Contest

Publish 91 - March 2022

Update 426

3/4/2022

• Deco Deeds Added: 12 new items from Sayla
• Banker Updated: Added toggle to remove speech commands if needed
• Reporting Commands Updated: New staff member added
• Recipe Craft System Updated: 7/10 of them needed a few tweaks here and there, changes take effect in existing
• Recipe Craft System Updated: Base clothing features for how resists are handled
• Recipe Craft System Updated: Few small tweaks when dealing with different base items

Update 427

3/18/2022

• Deco Deeds Added: 16 new items from Sayla
• Market Merchant Updated: Resolved issue with multiple days on a single item
• Base Creatures Updated: Bard Immune on the Thyatis Map
• Rary’s Mnemonic Enhancement Added: New augment system (Currently just for skills)
• Today System Updated: Changes needed for monthly events
• Added new Tailor Skill Suit to the tailor shop vendor stone

Publish 92 - April 2022

Update 428

4/01/2022

• Deco Deeds Added: 10 new items from Sayla
• Britain Reward Chest Updated: Incorrect notice replaced
• Bonus Set Updated: The display verbiage was not in line with the backend results
• Today System Updated: Added event handlers (Scores from quest item events do not work currently [This is for me])
• Quest Item Event Handler Added: Started pulling code out of the Today System (Much needed)
• Staff Commands Updated: Changed access level of a command
• Ring of Shadows Added: New RCS item and first of the Monthly Event Ring Series
• RCS Reward Chests Updated: Displayed series title if needed
• Ring of Shadows RC Added: Bronze, Silver and Gold Chests
• Rary's Mnemonic Enhancement Updated: Fine-tuned and ready to go for the Monthly Event

Update 429

4/08/2022

• Deco Deeds Added: 1 new item from Sayla
• Base Vendor Updated: Logging added
• Clear Event Gear Tile Added: New tile to clear out anything added to the player
• Item Bank Tile Updated: Badges will now be cleared, switch added that is initially false
• Gear Key Updated: Can now view the different body areas when in craft mode
• Tool Key Updated: Added Prospector’s Axe
• Reward Chests Updated: Several of them had missing rewards

Update 430

4/22/2022

• Deco Deeds Added: 1 new item from Sayla
• Prospector’s Axe Updated: Now the tool displays uses correctly
• Tool Key Updated: Resolved Prospector’s Axe issue
• Gear Key Updated: Cleaned up display name issue
• RME Seeds Updated: Now stackable and changed weight
• Slot Machine Updated: Improved the error handling
• Ring of Death Added: New item for the recipe craft system (Monthly Event Ring Series I)
• ME Ingredients Added: New ingredients for the Ring of Death related properties, these can be used in any ME Ring *Series I items crafted.
• ME Ingredients Updated: Quality of life tweaks like weight and corrected some names
• Base Crafting Scroll Updated: No longer displays values that are unrelated
• RME Updated: Added the following skills Spirit Speak, Tactics, Magic Resist, Mining, Meditation
• Artifact Residue Updated: Quality of life tweaks

Update 431

4/29/2022

• Tool Key Updated: Added a few new tools
• RCS Reward Chests Updated: A few tweaks so all of the code is in sync for these with recent changes
• RC for Ring of Death Added: Added the Bronze, Silver and Gold chests
• Gear Key Updated: Changed the gump loading order to work around an issue with ClassicUO. Should be able to set the key up in CUO now.

Publish 93 - May 2022

Update 432

5/13/22

• Deco Deeds Added: 28 new items from Flops and Wikanne
• Event Tile Updated: Checks access level
• RME Updated: Consistent socketing with other skill augments
• Glimmering Aplite Updated: Consistent socketing with other skill augments
• Store Entries Updated: Added Ancient Hammer entries
• Tool Key Updated: Able to handle RCS Craft Tools
• RCS Craft Tools Updated: A few tweaks needed so they can be stored in keys

Update 433

5/20/22

• Deco Deeds Added: 9 new items from Flops, Sayla, Tiger and Wikanne
• Contract System Updated: Added logging
• The Eye of Tiger Added: New Peerless Reward
• RME Updated: Next batch of skills added
• Reward Chests Added: Monthly Event Ring Series I
• Reward Chests Updated: Added new constants to help with the creation of future chests
• Skill Suits Updated: Resolve code issue with overrides

Update 434

5/27/22

• Special Loot System Updated: Tracking and dropping of special case loot items
• Combine Deed Updated: Now handles uses
• Player Mobile Updated: Data for SLS
• BaseCreature Updated: Trigger for SLS
• Merchant Framework Updated: Added new data elements

Publish 94 - June 2022

Update 435

6/10/22

• Deco Deeds Added: 4 new items from Sayla
• SLS Updated: Special Loot System - Should now handle minimal data and cause zero issues running to create a baseline.
• RCS Key Added: Initial stages for my own testing, finally feel confident enough that I am the right track for a solution.

Update 436

6/17/22

• Core Updated: Improved the parent child relation between objects
• Scripts Updated: Removed some unused things in preparation for upcoming changes
• Shard Freeze Fix

Update 437

6/24/22

• RME Updated: Next batch of skills added
• Package System Updated: Resolve issue with Leprechaun chest keys

Publish 95 - July 2022

Update 438

7/8/2022

• Updated hardware with New Computer workstation, new RAM, new video card
• Temporary fix for freeze issue
• Updating Software
• Created a new shard launcher (in testing)
• Added thousands of new graphics, in anticipation of new patch/installer upgrade for the shard
• Updated wiki with new graphics and info
• Creating a bug tracker system with better communication system
• Deco Deeds Added: 25 new items from Sayla, Flop

Update 439

7/29/2022

• Player Mobile Updated: Peerless move confirm gump will no longer remain open indefinitely
• Search Command Updated: Assist with finding items being stored
• RME Updated: Next batch of skills added (Nope not saying what skills)
• Gear Key Updated: Verify gear was equipped before storing an item
• .NET software upgrade started
• Shard Launcher in testing
• Hardware Upgrade

Publish 96 - August 2022

Update 440

8/29/22

• RME Updated: Next batch of skills added. I fully expect to hit RME: Tier 2 during the holiday season.
• Regen Tile Updated: Now effects players for pvp events.
• Working on the .NET 6 software upgrade

Publish 97 - September 2022

Update 441 - Upgrade to .NET 6 Framework

9/2/22

• UOE is now off the old RunUO v4 Framework on to a new core running .NET 6 Framework
• Gump IDs have changes as an unintended consequence of the updated software and may affect old macros
• Deco Deeds Added: 2 new items from Sayla
• Core Update: Framework updated to 6

Update 442 - Revert to .NET 4 Framework

9/9/22

• Deco Deeds Added: 13 new items from Sayla
• Core Update: We have pushed things back to the previous framework

Update 443

9/16/22

• HC Florist Added: New florist NPC for the House Contest
• Plants Added: 40+ plants added for sale
• RCS Combine Deed Updated: Tons of error checking code for something not broken
• Tested new Launcher and new Patch files

Update 444 - Graphics Patch Update

9/23/22

• Loot System Updated: Changed the range to improve the handling of luck effects within the system
• ASH Key Updated: Incorrect skill bonus
• Champion Skull Key Updated: Default type was being displayed.
• Deco Updated: 4 new items from Sayla and Flops
• HC Florist Added: New vendor to sell plants during the House Deco Contest
• Thousands of new graphics were added to the new UO Evolution shard patch
• Graphics Patch Update distributed

Update Info

Update 445 - Halloween 2022

9/30/22

• Universal Dye Tub Updated: ID no longer changes on cancel
• Loot System Updated: Luck Functionality
• Loot System Updated: Added data tag for loot groupings
• BaseCreature Updated:: Added data tag for loot groupings
• Deco Added: 1 new item from Sayla
• Starting Location Updated: Moved to the New Player Guild

Publish 98 - October 2022

Update 446

10/7/22

• Char Creation Updated: Initial stages of a new player report
• Trick or Treat Bag 2022 Added: Stuff for the new season
• ASH Key Updated: Resolved issue with some of the bonus items not being stored correctly
• Deco Update: Added 15 new items from Sayla
• Mobile Updated: Replaced existing code base for Medusa
• Flowers Updated: Incorrect Item ID
• Apprentice NPC Added: Just like normal NPCs however do not provide bods
• Golden Chest Added: New container using recent patch images
• UO Evolution Store Launched

Update 447

10/14/22

• Gear Key Updated: Complete change over how layers are handled. You can now have 1 Gear Key with all of the layers
• Regions Updated: And this is why I collect information, Haunted Hallows issue resolved

Update 448

10/21/22

• Deco Updated: 115 new items added by Sayla and Flop
• RME Updated: Added the new set of skills for next month
• Clean up: A few minor issues getting cleaned up in the background
• Security Update

Publish 99 - November 2022

Update 449

11/3/22

• Today System Updated: Initial phase for moving config over to json format.
• Today System Updated: Expanding functionality for random events
• Loot System Updated: Prep work for use in the Today System
• Holiday Stuff Updated: Random stuff needed for holiday events.
• Deco Updated: 22 new items added by Sayla

Update 450

11/11/22

• Staff Interface Added: New command to assist staff members with handling specific tasks
• Deco Updated: 5 new items added by Sayla
• New Region Added: Strict Event Area and mapped out map regions using it
• Today System Updated: Resolved a few glitches in the back end
• NFO forced server move on 11/24

Publish 100 - December 2022

Update 451

12/2/22

• Personal Dye Tub Updated: Naming issue
• Recipe Crafting System Updated: Trying to track down an isolated issue.
• Christmas Tree Axe Updated: Completely new list
• Config Data Handlers: New code for projects coming in the next year

Update 452

• Stockings 2022: Updated the Holiday Gift Box
• RME Updated: Added new skills for December
• RCS Updated: Shadowlands had an image issue
• Event Region Updated: Should allow players to mount ethereal
• Polar Bear Mount Added: New mount for the event area
• Player Bulletin Boards Updated: Expanded message count
• Updated server drivers

Update 453

11/24/22

• Forced Server Move
• Server Freeze Issues
• Updated Drivers

Update 454

• Server Offline
• Installed Server 2022 OS
• Updated Server Drivers
• Updated PHP 8.0 on the Website