1997 - 1998

Feb 1997

• a site for AAW is supplied by Matrix and his Friends
• Esa and Dalla start working with ideas.
• Many good suggestions and ideas are got from Helena Sabin, Leonardo, Leia and Xavier. (and probably some others too)
• New hometown is created by Helena.
• Farm of Ethipia brought in by Sabin.
• automatic links to www-pages created.
• remort system is changed to a 2 class system

Mar 1997

• Lots of Merc areas converted to Envy-format by Helena and Sabin.
• Quick-hack track-code is in.
• Most INFO messages changed by Helena.
• blood trails are in, your enemy can follow you!
• eqcheck command for imms is in.
• Valley of Mythos created by Sender.
• lots of minor bugs fixed.
• OLC is in
• Healer has arrived to Grand City

Apr 1997

• Hangman has entered the realm and will gladly remove your cursed equipment if you prove worth it.
• olist, rlist and mlist commands for builders.
• New information tables by Melinda (score/stat)
• Vampires are in
• Three new builders have entered the Realm: Guido, Quince and Sender.

May 1997

• Pray and IC (in character) channels are created
• Boards are redefined.
• Mobprogs are in and editable in OLC mobs around realm suddenly start to talk.
• Different types of damage are set (acid, fire etc) and specific saves against each defined.
• Hint channel is created
• More trainers are set around Realm for Higher level players
• Akiro is the first one to reach the Hero level
• The second to reach the hero level is Zarkam
• The new Immortal has entered Realm, Elke
• Clans are moving in

Jun 1997

• Saltheart joins to imm staff as builder
• Variables are added to MobProgs
• Area Owentani submitted by Jojo
• Clan leaders are allowed to build with BUILD command.
• Dusty and Carlos have joined to mobs of GrandCity
• Bodyparts can be damaged or even cut off.
• Two earthstones were sought by Death Corps.
• False Goddess of Aleshandra sets a massive siege to Grand City - many good citizens are killed.
• At the Dawn the False Goddess is located by a small group of Caine and Shredder. About 1000 dead intruders at that time.
• Goddess takes her first victim, Gorgon. Caine soon follows him to a sudden death.
• Different clans unite to stop this siege. Brave adventurers Merrick Gilgamesh Darkstar Firestar Shredder Gorgon and Caine organize a journey to Seven Holy places.
• After a long and rough fight the False Goddess falls down and the Grand City is saved!
• The stone of Fire was held by False Goddess and is taken by someone.
• Remainder of the troops are soon wiped out.
• Many ideas submitted (and some even implemented!) by Glacius, Caine, Merrick, Achilleus and Tres.
• Glacius and Jojo gain Immortality.
• First werewolves enter the Game.

Jul 1997

Aug 1997

• Bug fixes, new clans etc.
• summertime!

Sep 1997

• Site is down temporarily :(
• Links to bitmap pictures are included in the game. First viewer is written in C and uses Tcl/Tk (Linux).

Oct 1997

• More pictures are set in the game by Elke, Bald and Glacius
• Dragons enter in the realm as an extra attribute
• Bug fixes (these never end!)
• Java version of viewer is linked to home page.
• Some new spells for DarkKnights and new skills to assassins.
• Gods protect those who worship them.
• Necromancer class is available to players.

Jan 1998

• CoD renovation by Melinda
• More features for mobs: no_exp, no_push, no_summon flags added
• More features for objects: objprogs added (take_prog, drop_prog, sac_prog, wear_prog. Steady increase of objprog functions, such as ospell, transfer, ..
• Trigger for objects if you look at them
• Major clean-up of bugged equ by Richelou
• Due to reports by players, all the classes and balance between them gone through, tested and rebalanced by Esa. TstDkn Tstwar tstmnk kicked ass in arena!
• Spells adjustments (eg. cleric healing, flaming blade, shadowchill, ultra blast, spirit blast, complete heal..)
• Save vs spell is now about 2/3 what they used to be. reason: most legends have very high saves which makes spells too weak.
• Damage messages re-thinked
• A new curse added, godly curse (IMM). A new area for that by Sender: Dumb and Deaf Institute. Godly curse sends player there ;)
• Hidden flag added to exits. Such exits if closed are not shown on autoexit, scan etc.

Feb 1998

• Runes and siglas updated along with a few new ones!
• Herbs are finally in, and their amount in realm is increasing steadily. With a mortar and flask players can now extract their spells.
• Quest teams now possible to form: Red, Green and Yellow ones.
• Councils are in: High Council, Development and Foreign Affairs, and Quest Council.
• City Cemetery has been opened to GC.
• Tombstone will be created when a player dies.
• New skills for various classes implemented, such as eavesdropping for assassins and Death Walk for Necromancers as to name two examples.
• !! 24.02.98 AAWs First Anniversary !!

Mar 1998

• Changes in protector system.
• No protector attacks you, if you try to kill yourself
• Protection stops once one tries to PK someone
• Constitution has more weight on hp regeneration.
• Puking added to drunkness ;)
• Pets are saved with character, you can mount and ride some pet etc.
• Several name support added to locate object and other spells.
Examples:
cast locate sword long: lists only items with name long and sword
goto warrior gnome: sends imm to 'gnome warrior' mob
get 'long sword' bag: gets a long sword from your bag
• Portal, along with some other spells, made more realistic.
• Timer option added to objects: not all lasts forever(!)

Apr 1998

• Helps pages improved, both functionality and outlook.
• Staking a vampire is a bit harder, and can also partially succeed.
• Same with werewolves, but silver weapon should also hurt them during fights more than normally.
• When a player is in arena, arena flag is shown on room desc.
• Fine-tuning skills such as backstab, deathblow etc.
• Sending notes is arranged better. You can also reply to a note, in which case the earlier note, along with its subject is auto-copied.
• Fireplaces added to the game. One needs something that burns to lite up a fire, then logs or such to keep fire burning. Extra skill forge added.
• Unique descriptions can be set to players by paying a fee in GC bank.
• Introducing new features to mob progs, for example kill_prog which is run when a mob has made a kill.

May 1998

• New commands for player clan builders implemented, including possibility to add room flags, doors, locks etc
• Pets modified, and more pets added. Now you can level along with your pet! Pets can also hold equipment and cast spells (if spellcasting race).
• Cool new extra attribute, smiths added to the realm.
• weaponsmith
• blacksmith
• goldsmith
• Quest points that are given to winners of auto-guests now exchangable with clan build points.

June 1998

• Digging added. Players can dig and hide objects into the soil. In rocky places smiths can also mine for minerals.
• Examine room reveals diggin to assassins, unlikely to others.
• Long waited area update in, presenting 4 brand new areas: Viapori, Mag Lemna, Esk'hsa and Tara.
• Player newbie helpers have stepped in. First ones to be selected were: Tornan, Harold, Gandalf, Exinius and Varrallent
• New cool Legend advantages added:
• They can edit their own help page where they can tell their own story.
• They can buy different ranks from the bankers in realm.
• Ncr spell 'possess body' is in.
• Ride command is back in and updated
• Great variety of optional Damage messages added. Now you can customize your own set of messages!
• Help pages have more fields, TITLE and SEE_ALSO. These are there to help conversion to HTML. Also TITLE is shown instead of keyword list if its specified.
HTML version is available at http://score.ton.tut.fi/-mud/helps/
• New imm generation is in: Callendor Gandalf Azazel Phantomisa Bloat and Xenia selected from more than 20 excellent applicants.
• Legend Psi spell, mind control is in. Makes a Legend Psi capable of intuding another mind
• Sight sting is changed, victims dex protects him/her.
• Delayed blast fireball is made stronger
• Mercy config option is implemented to give players possibility to save each others life sometimes.
• Capture skill also possible to get player hostiges.
• New weapon flags: Frost, Flaming and Lightning.
These flags have similar affects like certain breath spells. (Already EVIL/HOLY extra flags add dam if victim good/evil, as well vorpal and sharp have meanings)

August 1998

• New topten lists are in, MOBS and AREA. BAD BOYS.
• A legend spell for mages, wish now in.
• Adjustment on casting evil spells upon someone. Now also depends on the victims wisdom.
• Many different types of liquids added to fountains now.
• New quest type, Team Quest now in.
• Pets can also have items in their inventories.

September 1998

• Player owned shops are finally in! With little fee one can hire a shopkeeper to take care of his/hers business also.
• Hidden doors now can be found by touching the wall.
• Object transporter between members of the same clan is in.
• Large variety of new Quests have been added. These missions are given by class trainers. Great Prizes!
• Mobs have now even more individuality -- they can set affects upon players now (for good or for bad). Note: This is not the same mobs casting spells on players!
• Changes in legend leveling system. Now players are allowed to level upto level 194.
• Poses for dkn, pal, mnk and ncr are in.
• Shadow form removed from asn.

• New gambling games, roulette, black jack and Paper, scissors and rock game.
• Added a repair feature for smiths
• Bug fixes (when do these end??? Never)
• Exchanging adventure points to practice points.
• Fixed portals added.
• Special shops added, now you can buy CoD tickets, etc. Price is adv, exp and gold.
• Gemini levels added.
• Character naming changed a bit.
• Player can enter inside an item, if there is enough space.
• Boat is needed to enter to areas with NOSWIM flag.

November 1998 - January 1999

• Score is down and AAW looking for new home.