UOE Development Logs 2024
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2024 Development Logs
Happy 13th Anniversary UO Evolution!
Thank you for all the support of this project! We have a lot of exciting things coming in 2024. It makes me very proud to hit the 13-year milestone as a top custom UO Shard!
Publish 112 - January 2024
Update 497
1/5/24
- Recipe Craft System Updated: A few tweaks and added some additional features to Hades Ingredients
- Recipe Craft System Updated: Altered drop ratios
- Recipe Craft System Updated: Redesigned the combine deed new ingredient functionality
- Packages Updated: Cleaned up some noticed issues
- Recipe Craft System Updated: Added ingredient test mechanics
Update 498
1/12/24
- Fel Skill Cap Command Added: Just use [FelSkillCap to find the current cap
- Recipe Craft System Updated: Combine Deed tweaks
- Ultima Nucleus Updated: Continuing the clean-up.
- Custom Dungeon Chests Updated: Making it easier for these to be added
Update 499
1/19/24
- Recipe Craft System Updated: Ingredient generation tweaks
- Ultima Nucleus Updated: Mobile augmentation standardization, new concept for altered mobs
- Entropy Champ Update: Adding spawn tweaks
- Entropy Champ Updated: Added mobile changes when spawning.
Update 500 - Armageddon
1/27/24
- IDOC Prep Update: Quite a few little error handling pieces put in place to prevent issues.
- Updated Architect and Real Estate Shop
- Updated the Mining Shop in Minoc
- Added Marketplace Discount Coupons
- Added Scribe Shop and engraving tools
- Added Lumberjack Suit to the Wood Shop
- Updated Unity Quest and Info on the Wiki
- Added new items for the Auction and 13th Anniversary
Publish 113 - February 2024
Update 501
2/2/24
- Updated the wiki
- Added daily "dungeon-runs"
- Updated Market Pricing
- Updated the mining shop
- Added Super Bowl content
- Set up Valentine's Quests
Update 502
2/9/24
- Added new Augment Vendors in the display room
- Updated Valentine Quests
- Consumables were updated
Update 503
2/16/24
- Updated the Butcher Shop
- Added Butcher Shop Quest and reward stone
- Contract Dealers locations updated
Update 504
2/23/24
- Updated the server specs
- Updated the server from 8 core to 16 cores
- Updated the memory to 49152 MB
- Uncompiled the .exe to remove malware
- Removed offending code
- Added new firewall
- Changed passwords
- Uncompiled Server Core
Update 505 - NEW CORE
2/26/24
- Updated .NET 4 to .NET 8
- Uploaded New uncorrupted Core
Removed:
- MyRunUO
- Remote Admin
- OrbServer
- UO Architect
- HTML Stat Rendering
- Staff History (HTML Rendering)
- Chat logs
- Bible System
- Lowered save times from 66s to 29s
Updated:
- Updated Timer system
- Removed bad timers
- Display errors
- Spawner errors, fixed over 100+ bad spawns
- Updated 3934 results of DateTime error (.net framework issue)
Publish 114 - March 2024
Update 506
3/3/24
- Purchased a NEW Dedicated server
- World save times are now under 20 seconds
- Display issues were corrected
- Hundreds of timers were fixed
Update 507
3/5/24
- Forced to upgrade Xen on the server
Update 508
3/6/24
- Installed Windows Server 2022
- Installed Visual Studio Code
- Installed .NET 8 SDK
- Installed Git
- Github Backup
- Xen Configuration
- Security Updates
- Tested Back-up Server
Update 509
3/8/24
- Reduced save times down to under 14 seconds!
- New dedicated server operational
Update 509 - Server Move
3/10/24
- New Dedicated Server Operational
- Moved core and all scripts to the new server
- Event timers updated
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Update 510
3/15/24
- Updated Archiving Backups MUO
Update 511
3/30/24
- Updated server software to prevent DDOS attacks
- Firewall update
Publish 115 - April 2024
Update 512
4/5/24
- Reduced save times down to under 9.3 seconds!
- Rebuilt the save method and auto save RAR
- Corrected several visual issues with new graphics
- Updated .NET 8 framework
- New Champ System (start)
Publish 116 - May 2024
Update 513
5/3/24
- New Champ Spawn controllers added
- New Champ Spawn ready for testing
- New Champ Graphics
- Fixed blocked port from ddos attacks, removed filters
- Updating Universal Storage Keys
- Cleaned up spelling errors
- Cleaned up bad code, removed all amateur code, unfinished code
- Cleaned up old premium spawners
- Removed error catching in a dozen locations
- Reduced memory usage by 325MB
- Server was using 13.6GB of ram, reduced to 3.5GB of ram
- Reduced core load time from over 20 minutes to 139 seconds
- Reduced Storage requirements
- Added Archiving Save System, tested, working
- Server.Archiving.AutoArchive.Rollup code added
- Reduced the item count to 9777234 items
- Tracer software tool added
- Firewall was tested against a real attack, zero loss of data
Firewall - (D)DoS attack against your service
May 02 2024 08:28:54 PM PT
Attack: a specific type of TCP ACK flood/24
Filter duration: about 60 minutes