New Changes December 24, 2002

- The quickness with which player
  corpses may be looted is now 
  dependent on if the player was
  wearing the item (and location
  on their body) prior to death and
  the weight of the object. (This
  lag condition does not apply to 
  the owner of the corpse).
- Dragging of player corpses is
  now dependent on how much weight 
  is present in the corpse when you
  attempt to drag it.
- Expect weight limits to be changed
  soon to concur with size and 
  strength rather than level and 
  strength.

New Changes December 23, 2002

- All player vs player attacks are
  now tracked (with a date stamp)
  in the player file so Pk 
  justification team can check
  player killing histories (10
  stored). The histories for victim
  and invasions flags will be added
  in the future.

New Changes December 19, 2002

- The new pk motivation system is in.
  ALL player killers must post their 
  motivations. Please see help
  motivations for more information.

New Changes December 11, 2002

- The religion command is in. When 
  used with an argument i.e. 
  religion 
  It will show the name of the temple,
  the alignment of the temple, 
  possible guilds for the temple,
  alliances and enemies of the temple.
  (Be patient it will take us a little
  while to get all the alliances and
  enemies adjusted to fit the profiles.

New Changes December 10, 2002

- The background code for temple
  alliances and enemies is in. Look
  for a temple stat command of some
  sort in the next few days.

New Changes December 9, 2002

- More weight bugs have been fixed
  for weapon and armor creation.
- Guards like white knights will no
  longer autoassist if blind.
- The reply command now says OOCly.
- You can no longer sleep at Homanu's
  even if you log off really fast. 
  (except if you are level 5 or lower)
- Mead will now just be honey colored
  when you identify/lore it.
- Monk mantras can no longer be used in
  the OOC Lounge.
- Message direction fixed for prismatic 
  assualt.
- Teleport is a bit more limited on 
  where it will take you.
- People in the OOC Lounge will no 
  longer lose move.

New Changes December 8, 2002

- The tell command now includes OOCly.
  (try it to see what I mean)
- The weight bug with form is fixed.
- A few of the typos for material 
  skills have been fixed. Please bug
  note them if you find more and include
  the command you were using.
- Typos in close were fixed.

New Changes December 1, 2002

- Several new immortal commands were
  added.
- Heat metal now only works on "metal"
  items. The nonmetal flag now has no
  meaning in the spell.
- Lore and identify both had a small
  formatting issue fixed. Auction now
  contains condition.
- Whittle now has a blue option for
  color.
- Words addressing condition have 
  been changed slightly (color
  mostly).
- Autorefuse is now not always on/off.

New Changes November 29, 2002

- The item damage code is now in a
  usable form and is active.
- Various small additions were made
  to the tradeguild code.
- Please check the announcement board
  for a list of all of the help file
  additions.
- Two tradeguilds are available for
  use: Weaponsmiths and Armorsmiths

New Changes November 24, 2002

- The backbone for the tradeguild code
  has been added. As the commands become
  active, they will be announced to the
  player base. The first two guilds that
  will be available will be the 
  armorsmiths guild and the weaponsmiths
  guild.
- The new quitting messages have been
  put in. 
- Bugs in the condition command have
  been fixed.
  
New Changes November 20, 2002

- The condition command now operates
  as it will when the trade guilds
  come in. It shows material hardness
  and quality of the item. 

New Changes November 19, 2002

- The autocondition command has been
  added (no code behind it yet though).
- The autorefuse command has been
  added so that you can refuse all
  items that are given to you.
- Antipaladins and paladins can now
  see the number of times they have
  used devote in the temple command.
  Keep in mind, this number will go
  down if you quest buy another devote.
- A new item flag has been added.
  It is called reforge. Once an item
  has this flag it will not be 
  possible to reforge the item again.
- Sacrificing the same object 
  will no longer give the same 
  amount of silver all the time.

New Changes November 16, 2002

- Sunburst has been rewritten
  (enjoy it Virtue).
- A new reward has been added
  for exploring. The reward is
  approximately 1 qp per room.
  Type explore to recieve your
  retroactive bonus.

New Changes November 13, 2002

- Miscellaneous message/small bug
  fixes.

New Changes November 12, 2002

- Emsay has been changed to not 
  be possible in the OOC Lounge.
- The socials that target someone 
  should not be seen by everyone on
  the Monitor channel now.

New Changes November 11, 2002

- The war channel bug with names and 
  socials should be fixed.
- Messages have been added for going
  and coming from the OOC Lounge.
- Pets will no longer crash the mud
  if you order them to goooc.
- You may no longer enter the Lounge
  invisible, sneaking or shadowwalking.
- The following commands will not work
  while you are in the Lounge:
      recall, beacon, recite, brandish
      levy, lockdown, eat, zap, sneak,
      shadowwalk, quaff, scribe, brew.
- Quest timers and affects will no longer
  deprecate with time while you are in
  the Lounge.

New Changes November 10, 2002

- Players in the Lounge will now show
  up on the who list with an [OOC]
  in front of their names.
- Channel monitors now have a channel
  to communicate with one another.
- A small mob program error was fixed.
- The Goooc is now active. Please 
  notify the staff if you find bugs.
  Please note: IC action should
  not be taken in the OOC Lounge.
  Help goooc for more information.
- The war channel should now allow
  languages (as would make sense for
  an in character channel.

New Changes November 9, 2002

- Monk stance improvement has been
  adjusted to raise more gradually
  by level.
- Arcanum's clanskill is in, it is
  called prismatic assault.
- Some minor typos have been 
  fixed.

New Changes November 1, 2002

- Push/drag will now lag on all items
  not just while pushing clan idols.
- Paladins and antipaladins can now
  purchase extra devotions of weapons
  at the questmaster for a price of
  2500 qp.

New Changes October 30, 2002

- The who list formatting on the 
  site has changed. The line in
  between character's names has 
  been removed.

New Changes October 29, 2002

- Channel monitors will now be able
  to target people's names instead
  of their rtitles.
- The Goooc command has been added.
  It is disabled until the OOC Lounge
  is finished and the staff can make 
  sure it affects all of the ic 
  commands involved.

New Changes October 28, 2002

- Fireball damage has been altered.
- The amount of hps gained from training
  has been adjusted slightly for each class.
- The number of maximum hps that can be 
  gained for some classes has also been adjusted.
- Nexus has been fixed.
- Some small bugs have been fixed and the
  immortals gained two commands.

New Changes October 4, 2002

- The Ruins of Khezaderth has been added.
  Please thank Llotheos and Vallien for 
  the area when you see them.

New Changes September 28, 2002

- In the Air was replaced by 
  The Haze, written by Sainos and

New Changes August 12, 2002

- 3 new areas
  Du'Rahath by Casey (this is his first
  area so grats Casey!)
  Zzukenathaft by Llotheos
  Shadowbox by Tzaniakaya
  Nice job builders and editing staff!

New Changes July 4, 2002

- Meneth Naur (levels 70-85)
  has been added to Tharel.

Please thank Deago for his hard
work and dedication to AU. 

            
New Changes (June 30, 2002)

- The Cathedral Volencymalde is in.
  This area is Snav's first so give
  him an especially hearty thank
  you!!

New Changes (June 23, 2002)

- 3 new areas have been added.
- Khetes by Tzaniakaya
- Mines of Noal'xyn by Caldor
- Graveyard by Llotheos

Just a little note: Graveyard
is Llotheos' first area for
AU so an extra big GRATS!!!
goes out to him.

Many thanks to the builders who
worked so hard on these areas and
to the editors who check for
conformity to our standards!!

New Changes (June 3, 2002)

- Worth has a new format and some
  new information.
- Compare is now a bit more 
  informative and has a new
  format.

New Changes (June 1, 2002)

- Monks will not get their dirt 
  kick dodged any longer. (Bash
  and wands are not fixed yet)
- Tzatru now has the clan spell
  Possession.
- Healers in temples and clans
  will now not heal people who
  do not belong to the clan 
  or temple where the healer
  resides.
- Clan points have been added
  to guilds as a way to track
  progress within a clan. Please
  see the help file when it is 
  posted. These will be earned
  during Days of Redemption.
- Days of Redemption now has
  a second place reward. 
- The temple command now has
  an option called who which
  will allow the user to check
  who is online for their temple.

New Changes (May 4, 2002)

- Bartering code has been added.
  It is for use with mobiles but
  beware if you offer a bad deal
  to a mobile, They might not
  like it much.
- The color has been removed
  from the refresh state in prompts.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
  (no not throw)

New Changes (May 1, 2002)

- A new option for autocommands
  has been added. Autonotify 
  alerts the user when notes
  are posted.
- A new prompt option has been 
  added for refresh state. %t
- The follow bug has been fixed.

New Changes (April 30, 2002)

- Titan Valley and Ghost Town are now
  permanently out of Tharel.
- Quicksand will now not trap
  people outside of your pk range.
- Aggressive mobs cannot be removed
  from their areas when charmed :)
- You can now wipe your pet's eyes
  to remove dirt kicking affects or
  fire breath affects.

New Changes (April 27, 2002)

- Spelling erros :P were fixed.
- Miscellaneous Bug fixes
- The fill bug so now no filling from 
  non drink container items.
- Symbols have to be worn to upgrade
- Smart healers should be working again
- Mobs will now not flee if they
  cannot hear your spell (silent cast)
- Clan Idols can no longer be pushed
  into temples and manors (give all
  levels a chance to recover so find
  the good hiding spots)
- The mark of disgrace no longer
  prevents the use of the question
  channel.
- Fireproof items can no longer be burned.
- Spirits no longer make corpses.
- Steal now requires 1 empty hand.
  Steal also checks items and weight
  more effectively now.
- Autoexit will now show closed doors
  (not hidden) as (north).
- Opening doors now has a message.
- A couple bugs with quicksand have
  been addressed (Thanks Phobos)
- 

New Changes (April 20, 2002)

- Xuergothe Castle is now available
  for exploration. Mange Tak to
  Tzaniakaya for her hard work.
  Levels (45-60)

New Changes (April 17, 2002)

- New area put in by Vallien
  (say thanks when you see him)
  Caranos' Tomb (levels 60-70)

New Changes (April 6, 2002)

- bug fixes have gone in (no not throw yet)
- A new skills has been added for paladins
  and antipaladins. Devote (help devote)


Future Changes

- Material condition and creation skills will be
  integrated into the current system.

- The Rod of Destruction is being designed.

The AU Staff