Archive for May, 2009

University Quest Update

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

About half-way through the University quest update, including a bunch of new content on the ganger side of things. Integrating new content like this is tricky so I expect some bugs to slip through. Please give me a holler if they do.

So there are some tweaks to the bossfights on the other side and some tuning of the Eclipse sale prices left to do.

Other updates:

  • Messaging is working again. Thanks to Wyrd and The Kitchen Sink for reporting that.
  • Equipping an item into an empty slot and an item over itself both give better feedback. Thank you, Justin and The Kitchen Sink respectively.
  • The error message when you try to send a message without anything in the ‘To:’ field should be a lot clearer now. Good note, The Kitchen Sink.
  • The quest log entry should show up properly after finding out where Lo is from Mikhail. Thanks, DanBob!
  • Rangefinder Bracelet is now equippable. Good find, The Kitchen Sink.
  • Thanks for typo-finding, Mag

Cheers!
Kinak

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More Mall Mostly

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Two more Mall changes.

  • The service charge amount has been reduced (temporarily if not permanently), to 2% minimum 5 credits.
  • You can now retract your own orders directly from the item page. Thanks for the suggestion, The Kitchen Sink.

Some other changes:

  • Lo now acknowledges than you’ve been sent to see Dr. Amundsen. Good call, DanBob.
  • Corrected some typos from Wyrd, who needs no definite article.

Tomorrow is jobhunting and working on the University Quest retool. Some cool stuff coming up there (the quest, not the jobs).

Cheers!
Kinak

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Mall Upgrades

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Welcome to OmniMall 0.2

Added a couple new hotly requested features and another handful of bug fixes to the Mall today.

  • You can now view your own orders and retract orders you’ve placed. Thanks for the suggestion PaidPiedPiperPal, Shademaster00, and Mr. Green.
  • You can also search for items by category or use category to narrow your search. Good suggestion, Jick.
  • Entering insane values into the mall should give you feedback instead of PHP errors. Thanks for the bughunting, Shademaster00.

Some other fixes/new features as well:

  • The option to show all bonuses from yesterday has already been upgraded. It now updates whenever your bonuses change (if you have it open). Good suggestion, Al.
  • Skill names when you receive them should be clickable like items, effects, and techniques. Good catch, Shademaster00.
  • On a related note, the feedback using the Sea Lord’s Crown should recognize if you’ve already gotten it’s primary benefit. Thanks for the feedback, Shademaster00.
  • Also, thanks to The Kitchen Sink for snagging some typos.

Cheers!
Kinak

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Quad Tweaks and Update

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

First a couple of tweaks on the post-riot quad.

  • The OJ stand is down to one free sample a day. Sorry OJ lovers.
  • Killing the poet now kills the poet. Fair warning.

Attacking in Gang Warfare should be awarding XP again like normal combats. If it’s not, definitely give me a holler. Thanks, PaidPiedPiperPal, for the bug report here.

Also, the Mall now has back links to the top page so you don’t need to navigate back down through the Net. Good suggestion Harrakan.

Cheers!
Kinak

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Updates!

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

So not sure who put what in my Kashi this morning, but I’m largely caught up on bugs and feature suggestions in addition to pushing the Mall today.

  • You can now see your total bonuses by clicking a link from your character page (click your name in the left-hand pane, click ‘See All Bonuses’). These include equipment, buffs, and all but the weirdest skills. Thanks for the suggestion, Al.
  • The security guards’ response to you finishing the ‘Trouble on the Docks’ quest for them has been tweaked. This one was kind of a group effort over at the forums. Good feedback everyone!
  • OmniTech Trauma Bandages are now a tad more interesting, thanks to Man Mobile and DanBob.
  • If your hideout’s smuggler has been used for the day, it now appears greyed out and gives a little feedback rather than just vanishing like ninja. Thanks Jick!
  • Gang leaders can now whitelist members from the Leadership screen. Thanks for the suggestion, The Kitchen Sink.
  • For players with access to their gang’s stash, the donation screen and the stash screen link back and forth now. Another good suggestion from The Kitchen Sink.
  • Finishing off your last opponent the same round you fall in battle should now give a bit of explanatory text. Good suggestion, Tyren.
  • A lot of early quest text has been clarified. Thank you for helping shore these up, DanBob.
  • The Techniques page has gotten another coat of glossy paint, including better breaks between sections. Shiny! Thanks for the feedback, the Kitchen Sink.
  • ‘The Net’ is now loading in the correct pane. There’s some subtle irony here I’m missing. Thanks for the bug report, PaidPiedPiperPal.
  • The side pane shouldn’t be erroring out loading certain item descriptions anymore. Good find, Canadaman!
  • Also, special thanks to Mag, Man Mobile, and Canadaman for catching some of my typose.

Have a good night everyone.

Cheers!
Kinak

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Net and Mall

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Hello everyone!

Shiny new feature today. The Mall is in!

Now, it won’t sneak up and punch you in the kidneys, you’ll have to track it down, but I don’t think it’ll be terribly hard. The rest of the Net is sparse for now, but if you’re wondering why the unlock is a little weird, it all ties together.

With the Mall being what it is, please hammer at it and see if you can make anything break off. If there are going to be infinite money/item/whatever bugs, this is a piece of code that’d introduce them.

Quick Edit: If you reset, your existing orders will still be posted, but the resulting items/credits will be put in storage with the rest of the stuff from your old life.

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the help :) And now I can get back to handling my backlog of requests and bug reports!

Cheers!
Kinak

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Messages Cleanup

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Okay, the great message cleanup has begun.

As a side note, this isn’t really to cut down on server space or speed up the database or anything (although it certainly couldn’t hurt). It’s actually because I’ve been testing the Mall code thoroughly and I know I would want it the moment the mall code rolled out.

Cheers!
Kinak

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Messages Update

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Due to popular demand (and the upcoming Mall), read unsaved messages will now autoclear themselves if left for long enough.

There are two timeframes for this:

  • 48 hours for system messages and messages from NPCs
  • 30 days for messages from other players (including me, even though I’m systemy)

You can completely avoid either of these by marking the message as saved. I’ll be starting this in a day or two, so you have a bit of warning.

Cheers!
Kinak

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Character Sheet Link Moved

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Hard at work on the Mall, which means, among other things, clearing up some room on the top pane. The ‘Character’ link is now your character’s name in the left-hand pane.

Cheers!
Kinak

Posted in Updates

Today’s Updates

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Also had a bunch of updates. Just want to get them posted before the list swallows my soul.

  • Your own name should be bold in the gang log, although this might be applied a bit inconsistently to old entries. If it’s still missing anywhere in 24 hours, be sure to tell me. Thanks to The Kitchen Sink for the suggestion.
  • The equipment titles in your inventory (where it says ‘Hat:’ then has your hat, the ‘Hat:’) now link down to the appropriate sections. Also, the section titles link back up to the top of the inventory. Thanks to Valliant for the suggestion.
  • For all you Gang Leaders out there, the Gang’s current description should now populate in the field you use to change it, making minor changes easier. Good suggestion Olaf!
  • The Arms Dealer’s personal stash now shouldn’t duplicate items you brought in from another reset or give you his favorite book if you’ve already read it. He’s awesome like that. Thanks to PaidPiedPiperPal for bringing this up.
  • As much as I love time capsules, you now can’t send mail to player ids that don’t exist yet. Good catch, Mr. Green.
  • The links in the header pane should load in the correct frame in Firefox 3. Thanks for the bug report, Lambchop.
  • On a related note, I think we got login working with Javascript enabled on the new Firefox build. No promises, though. Thanks to xKiv for bringing this up.
  • The constrict attack that Masses of Tentacles use is now a melee attack, so Shotgun Blast away. Unlike Valliant, I would never have noticed that. Thank you.
  • Added a bunch of form validation that wasn’t there before. Big thank you to Olaf for poking around.
  • Enemies now heal to full overnight just like you. Thanks to The 3 for making “three day marathon” not the optimal combat type.
  • Also a hearty round of applause to The Kitchen Sink, Pyren, Mag, and CanadaMan for reporting typos. Hip hip huzzah!

Cheers!
Kinak

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