2001

• Xmas Ribbon Quest winners announced: Gora, Lehan and Pikel collected 42 ribbons, and Posh 41! Congratulations to winners!
• New movement option: [DIRECTION] FLEE to escape from your followers. Success depends on the dexterity difference.
• New Features:
  • Unlike other objects, artifacts reset on already existing mobs also.
  • Sleep spell among other "semi-offensive" spells sets pk-timer on caster, which prevents log out immediatelly after pk attempt.
• Imms:
  • MPOSET [item] weight [number] works on items in same area as the prog.
  • Visitor status for inactive imms, most commands disabled.
  • HOURLY_PROGS work on objects. Same applies as with mobs: do not overuse, to avoid lag!

• ** Annual AAW Awards **
  Best Roleplayer -- Wolverine
  Most Helpful Player -- (tie)Gora and Seven
  Best Overall Player -- Elbryan
  Favourite Immortal -- Rhiannon
  Most Knowledgeable Player -- Elbryan
  Character You'd like to PK -- Anduril
  Best Spammer -- Quintin
  Niftiest Set of Equ -- (tie)Gora and Gandor
  Favourite Piece of Equ -- Sword Of Legends
  Favourite Mob -- Puddle Of Holywater
  Favourite Area -- (tie)Deadlands, Gargoyle Castle, Grand City, Legacy of Xchantharus
  Best Overall Pet -- Scooby the Wander Bat (Owner Malym)
  Cartographer Of The Year -- Mabon
  
• New area Landover for levels 60..80 by Gerik is in.
• 24. February 2001 AAWs Fourth Anniversary!!
• Spell-power affect is in
  • Shown with STAT command.
  • Gives bonus to normal spell damage.
  • The area updates have started to meet this.
• Dual-class combination list version 2 is in.
• New socials: lazy, jealous, 007, agony, lapdance, hiccup, hicdrunk, pet.
• Dismiss command to get rid of charmed mobs (don't leave them to crowded newbie areas though!)
• Alarm clock implemented by Freida (many thanks!). Usage: CONFIG ALARM 5 sets alarm to 5 minutes from current moment.
• New Features:
  • Broken equipment can be fixed with additional 50 ADV points (in your local smith workshop)
  • If repairing an equipment requires ADV points, one must specify REPAIR as last argument: give leggings chasteen repair.
  • Note removals are informed to recipients (if on-line when the sender removes the note).
  • If a container burns or its timer runs out, its contents appear in the same place (for example in inventory, instead of all over the floor).
  • Some areas flagged as OLC instead of QUEST (to make difference between true quest areas and areas that are under edit).
  • Option t for prompt, shows if it is DAY or NIGHT.
  • Spook spell affects the success of fleeing from battle
  • all. syntax works with sell command.
  • Not Set warning will be noted on login if one has cleared his password.
• Imms:
  • New IF_CHECKs: Weight and owner. if owner($n) is true if $n is member of clan ruing the town area where program belongs.
  • Drink programs changed to consume programs, so that both eating and drinking now triggers the program to be run. Also aliases drink_prog and eat_prog refer to consume_prog.

• Mud calendar has been changed so that year 0 is when AAW started (February 1997). Also the time counting algorithm modiefied.
• New mortal combat type of squests, Gaea's Challenge and Blood Pool by Kaen are in.
• New Features:
  • CALC command understands decimal numbers (C double type), and bracers ( ) work correctly with CALC too. New operations for CALC:
    factorial !, eg. 7! = 5040
    power ^, eg. 7^7 = 823543
    
  • Bounty missions made less strict, ie racial hate between master and target not needed, they only have to be different race (to give more variety).

• Effective levels introduced for trial period. Meaning that effective legend levels (having effect on fighting etc) squeezed from 70..N to 70..80. Three true levels mean one effective level. This to get balance between legend fights etc. Who shows true levels, Score both.
• Three new legens level spells: whirl for warrior, focus energy for monk and quickness for assassins.
• Inter Mud Chat package is embedded to AAW source tree, enabling chatting between different MUDS. Starting with minimal set-up between Test Site and Main Site.
• New socials: understand, pathetic, welcome, tease, shake, shakehand, rkiss, dreamy, wicked, stud, slaughter, scissors, smite, vevil, oow.
• New Features:
  • Order all.[victim] syntax works now, also dissmiss command fixed.
  • Kick skill modified, attributes such as dexterity and strength make a difference now.
  • SPELL_POWER bonus limited to max +100% to no spell_power. Meaning spell casters can double the effect of offensive spells, but no more than that.
  • RWHO colours on player titles fixed.
  • Racial hate applies to PC's pets too to spice up master-pet-relationship!
  • More variety on tombstones, make_corpse routine tweaked.
  • Parrying can sometimes make weapon dull (remove sharp flag from it).
  • First generation smith skills adjusted to their max values.
  • Weaponsmiths can sharpen slicing, piercing and chopping type of weapons (forge a sharp flag).
  • PSTEAL game flag on items, defines if psteal is allowed (redeem vs normal psteal).
  • Mobiles who end up in recall do not pick up items anymore.
  • Room extra descriptions can be modified with BUILD command.
• Imms:
  • MPSPECIAL command for imms for questing purposes.
  • Clear rules on pet races, see HELP PET_RACES. Applies to all new pets, old ones under consideration.
  • Extra descriptions with keyword _identity can be viewed with indentify spell. Syntax: first word should be number defining the level of spell required to see the desc.
  • New IF_CHECK for progs: if ispet

• New area Chamber of Trials for levels 10..99 by Rhiannon is in. One can enter it from south of the Museum in Grand City.
• More color on say command. If the last character is ?, say shows as ask, if !, say shows as exclaims.
• Changing ones equipment during fighting made possible (with a waitstate).
• New smith skills: dampen weapon for weaponsmith, dampen armour for blacksmith, dampen jewel for goldsmith. Using this a smith can silence humming equipment.
• Calc code revised.
• New Features:
  • EMOTIONAL spell does not prevent mobs death_triggers, while CHARM spell does prevent all programs.
  • BEFRIEND works on all animal races (like fish, lizard, snake,..).
  • SOCIALS command with prefixes, eg. socials a lists all socials that start with letter a.
  • Ventriloquate looks more authentic (not so easy to detect false).
  • An info message, when a person closes text editor, is shown.
  • New quaffing option: QUAFF ANY quaffs a random potion in your inventory.
  • Existing (old) mission scrolls can be returned to your neighbourhood guildmaster, if your Elevel is lower than Tlevel. The command is give scroll [guildmaster] refund.
  • Clan leaders can sell towns they own with CLANSET SELL command to other clans.
  • Clan leader can delete names from clan memberlist.
  • Clan leader can edit membership list with CLANSET MEMBERS command.
  • Clan guards can be assigned with BUILD GUARD. They appear in reset and repop every two minutes in average. In the proto phase max 5 clanguards can be set with this.
  • Clan castles show in the AREA TOWN list.
  • CHECKSAVED command (clanleaders) works on conquerred towns too.
  • Pounding changed so that sharpen, repair and dampen don't work on every round, but needs longer work. The sounds from pounding can also be heard to the neighbouring rooms.
  • Saves_vs_spell routine adjusted, more difficult to get some spells like blindness upon PC.
  • Practicing in wrong class guildmaster made impossible.
  • Practice command shows possible skills that one can practice.
  • Identify for druid armors enhanced.
  • Scavenger mobs handle money "differently": money they pick up gets converted to their amount of gold.
• Imms:
  • Mobs killed by poison or other tick damages run death_trigger but not kill_trigger (as the actually killer is unclear).
  • If_check MOB_HAS( ) understands vnums too. For example if mob_has(sword) checks for a sword, if mob_has(12345) checks for item with vnum 12345.
  • New room-flag SANCTUARY, meant for quest areas. Disables thirstiness and hunger.
  • New greet_prog called GROUP_GREET_PROG added.
  • Reimb of old characters fixed, see help mstat.
  • Help pet_races updated (three more choices for pet races: arachnids, lizards, elementals).

• New area: Tower of High Sorcery, levels 60..95 by Korinth. Existing area Plains around GC splitted into four separate areas for maintenance reasons.
• New warrior skill joust, other classes have a bit different joust command.
• New social: kneel
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• Group bash is in. Can be used by bash assist and bash.. PK clans, stay allert ;)
• Routines for time conversion between MUD TIME and REAL TIME. Usage can be seen by typing convert.
• Some bankers accept storing objects as well as your gold. The service, however, costs. First ten pieces are cheap but then the price goes up. BALANCE command lists items in bank.
• Flying mobs float to next room (like pets and player characters so far).
• New Features:
  • The ninja skill Dim Mak works upon mobs, too.
  • The games played in the Gambling Den take player's luck attribute into account.
  • Spam guard changed, PUT A LID ON IT is replaced by MUD counting possible spamming during a fixed time period, if spam occures, an automatic wait state is added for spamer.
  • Adjustments on vampires: embrace reduces master's max_blood.
  • Vampire disciplines cost in max_blood: for 1st generation vampire 1, for second generation vampire 2, ..
  • Vampires can see without light. Later there will be restrictions on how good they will see on day-light.
  • Mirror image spell enhanced.
  • Full moon lasts only one night during a cycle of 26 days.
  • Topten list for socials (Many thanks Oberon!).
  • Gods' protectors won't help if attacked inside a clan castle.
  • Getting items from a container in your inventory does not check weights (makes it more realistic as you are already carrying that weight).
  • Missions and guildmaster code also checks racial hates.
• Imms:
  • Recall [town] works to any town (for helping imms' maintaning job).
  • Brand new file structure for areas, helps, some constants etc.
  • New room flags: nogain_hp, nogain_mana, nogain_move, no_magic.
  • Sector inside makes room such vampires don't get hurt during the day.

• Note reading routines re-done, allowing more flexible reading of notes. See help note for details, or type ? in note reader.
• New command RETELL, works like reply but the target is the same player you send your previous tell to.
• Re-doing clan system in AAW: this includes conquerrable clan castles, new clan guard system and several changes in the code/ structure of clan related data.
• Each clan can have one headquarter (main castle) and can rule several others. Remember that ruling many castles means that it is more difficult to defend all of them. A clan leader can give access to a castle that is under his clan's dominance to another clan if he wants (trading etc?).
• A clan can freely place upto nine clan guards onto the castles that are under its dominance (3*3 guards, classes A, B and C).
• Clan builders can:

  - RESET all the clan guards (build guard reset), costs 1 bp.
  - DEL one guard (spot) at the time from current room
  - ADD [A|B|C] level guard to current room.
    For start A=lvl 110, B=lvl 100 and C=lvl 90 mob
  - Set MAIN CASTLE from the conquerred castles (CLANSET MAINCASTLE).
    Main castle defines which guard is loaded to other castles
    if resets are set there.
  - Set his clan's alignment (evil or good).
    

• New Features:
• Clan builders can fix bashed doors of their castle, command is BUILD [DIR] FIX, and will charge some Buildpoints.
• CONQUERRING a castle works only if the attacker holds the flag room of the castle.
• DISMISS [CHARM NAME] works too.
• When clan member is expelled, he gets automatically removed from co-leader/builder list, and clan memberlist.
• New config flag BRIEF, if set, affected flags like (WHITE AURA) etc are shortened for more compressed format.
• Clan's co-leaders and builders are limited to five players.
• ENTER [DIRECTION] works also when one is riding.
• Equipment that are held or wielded do not show to observer if one has cloaked his body.
• Transporter artifact changed a bit, can transport items from container, also items may not contain anything inside them.
• Imms:
  • If a help page author is marked as Imms or Immortals any imm can modify it,
  . Similarly helps by Council, for councillors
  • Prefixes obj. and ch. should work on mpcommands (to be used for example with mppurge and mptransfer for obvious safety reasons. I>Example: mptransfer ch.gnome 125000 transfers character 'gnome' to recall, not a 'gnome basket' for example.
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  • New exit flags: STRONG and VERYSTRONG. Roughly means that a strong door take a groupd of two players to bash it and verystrong three to four (or even more) players to bash (only on the main entrance).
  • Mobs must be set as MISSION in order to make them potential targets for bounty missions. Note new AEDIT command MISSIONMOBS, which sets all trainers, guildmasters and other such as MISSION.
  • The code considers rooom sector flag INSIDE as "not outside", even though INDOORS and UNDERGROUND flags are missing (makes sense? ;)
  • New option for CLANSET command, CLANSET MEMBERCHECK, removes illegal entries from a clan's memberlist.
  • Clan items no longer exist in the corresponding area file structure, but in separate file where other clan related data is being stored. Also clan guard resets are stored in this same file.
  • The Elven dwarfball game progs transferred to the right area where game itself is played.

• Three areas re-done (and opened again): Dwellings of the Soul (Seven Holy Places) and Luihaulen'tar (Drow City) by Rhiannon. Land of Many Colors by Hikaru.
• New Features:
  • Spell bonuses, like bless flag, spell_power etc calculation routines modified.
  • SAVE command reports number of characters/items that are saved into your pfile.
  • Practice command should work with racial skills, assuming that the corresponding guildmaster has high enough level for that skill.
• Imms:
• New Mpcommand MPINFO, do not overuse!

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