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Issue #112, Morning Edition.

Mon Dec 30 2024

Mon Dec 16 08:20:57

Windows are no longer broken

Bug Fix By cerulean Blue
Fixed a bug with adding windows with the window manager.

Sat Dec 14 23:52:17

Move with the program

Miscellaneous By cerulean Blue
NPC's now respect the new nav system.

Sat Dec 14 18:15:12

Call me Mister exterminator!

Bug Fix By cerulean Blue
Found and fixed a few bugs with light checks in the new 3d world.

Fri Dec 13 17:40:57

More weather updates!

New To the MOO By cerulean Blue
Winds now come in 13 types and vary in speeds from a calm breeze to hurricane force winds. Weather patterns are now dependant on geography, season, time of day, and more!! Forcasting is also possible.

Fri Dec 13 17:38:56

Look at my moons!

Bug Fix By cerulean Blue
Fixed the moons. they now rotate and orbit properly.

Fri Dec 13 17:00:09

shifting perspectives...

New To the MOO By cerulean Blue
Midreign hasmoved from a 2d perspective to a first person 3-d perspective.

Fri Dec 13 16:59:22

weather talk

Miscellaneous By cerulean Blue
Weather is now on a 7 day system.

Mon Dec 9 22:22:19

Map are kewl man!

System change By cerulean Blue
All exits are now maps.

Sun Feb 5 14:40:45

Praise Meteora!

New To the MOO By cerulean Blue
We now have weather!

Fri Feb 3 13:50:33

X marks the perception check!

System change By cerulean Blue
Stats are now maps instead of lists. All related code updated.

Thu Feb 2 17:05:54

As it should have been all along!

System change By cerulean Blue
Hp, MP, and Mv are now attributes. int, dex, con, etc are now stats. Glossary and code updated. attributes are now maps!

Sun Jan 29 23:27:48

X marks the door!

System change By cerulean Blue
Doors are now maps instead of lists. All door related code updated.

Sat Jan 28 23:15:02

X marks the spell

System change By cerulean Blue
spells are now maps instead off lists.

Fri Jan 27 15:13:18

What do you want to eat? I don't care, you decide.

Builder Improvement By Cerulean Blue
Food added to @make!

Fri Jan 27 13:47:15

I am bored, so no catchy title this time.

Builder Improvement By Cerulean Blue
Dream builder added to @make

Fri Jan 27 12:11:54

Keep it simple silly!

Builder Improvement By Cerulean Blue
Made the @make command for hosts more dynamic, not to mention, it used to be an 80 line verb, now it's 23 lines and so much more useful!

Thu Jan 26 18:41:31

I have a dream, that one day, you will dream on, dream until your dream comes true!

New To the MOO By Cerulean Blue
You can now dream!

Thu Jan 26 18:39:27

I want food, who cares if I am just ones and zeroes?

New To the MOO By Cerulean Blue
NPC's use eateries!

Wed Jan 25 14:59:06

Light, dark, either way, it's not broken now!, I hope!

Bug Fix By Cerulean Blue
Overhauled the room:light_check so it is less task intensive and fixed a few bugs in it while was there!

Wed Jan 25 07:57:35

Anyone hungry?

New To the MOO By Cerulean Blue
Added food! Plates, utensils and an eatery!

Mon Jan 23 11:16:02

I don't want to see all the hard work, tldr!

New To the MOO By Cerulean Blue
Added checkpoint and extended cash messages as togglible options.

Mon Jan 23 08:04:33

Pay me, in detail!

Miscellaneous By Cerulean Blue
Enhanced handling of cash, banks and item storage in vaults!

Sun Jan 22 05:04:26

does this hat make my arcana look big?

System change By Cerulean Blue
Equipment can now modify skill proficiencies as well as modify stats.

Sun Jan 22 02:21:37

I was not sleeping, i was checking my eyelids for cracks!

Bug Fix By Cerulean Blue
Ha hahaha, hosts no longer fall asleep in the editors when idle.

Sun Jan 22 02:07:52

Hey hosts!

System change By Cerulean Blue
If an child of $thing does not have a custom @config set, the moo will allow you to attempt to config it anyways! this is experimental and i wuld appreciate any bugs found to be reported!

Sun Jan 22 01:39:34

Customized customization!

New To the MOO By Cerulean Blue
Hosts can now @config equipment, such as weapons, armor and virtual containers.

Sun Jan 22 01:15:42

Another change!

System change By Cerulean Blue
@add-weapon and @add-armor have been removed since they are now under the @make system.

Sun Jan 22 01:14:17

I make the things others use to make things!

System change By Cerulean Blue
Hosts can now use @make to make weapons, armor and virtual containers.

Sat Jan 21 09:45:21

I thought I fixed this already!

Bug Fix By Cerulean Blue
Players may no longer use commands using direct object numbers, cause, fuck that noise!

Sat Jan 21 07:58:14

Less is best!

System change By Cerulean Blue
The cast command takes up far less ticks!

Sat Jan 21 07:57:02

It's as thick as, what?

System change By Cerulean Blue
Fog now hinders movement.

Fri Jan 20 13:14:37

more boring shit.

System change By Cerulean Blue
Casting spells now does a skill check instead of a stat roll.

Fri Jan 20 12:30:51

your redundancy, is well, redundant.

Bug Fix By Cerulean Blue
Fixed a bug with spells meant to be cast on groups.

Fri Jan 20 12:29:32

Double double toil and debug!

New To the MOO By Cerulean Blue
Added potions!

Fri Jan 20 07:19:36

Eat it, I dare ya!

New To the MOO By Cerulean Blue
Added $consumable, for potions, foods, drinks, etc.

Thu Jan 19 19:37:13

quick and easy!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
With special thanks to: Host Cerulean Blue
Hosts can now @conffig npc's

Thu Jan 19 04:54:25

You take up too much space, even when your not here.

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
virtualizing objects takes up far less database space!

Wed Jan 18 23:06:47

Haha, I broke your login scripts!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Login has been heavily modified to provide a fantasy rich experience while also affording the user more information.

Wed Jan 18 07:12:07

Eat that apple, I dare ya!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Fruit bearing trees are well, just plain better!

Tue Jan 17 05:48:59

Look up!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
You can now look at the sky!

Tue Jan 17 05:40:26

Once in a blue moon, we get a new moon!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
I destroyed our original, boring moon and replaced it with 2 very special moons unique to midreign! Meet Silvery Ione, and her fiery little brother Solito! Each carries their own phases and planetary rotations. enjoy!

Tue Jan 17 00:42:04

The darkness within the light

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
room:light_check should now be less task hoggy.

Tue Jan 17 00:40:41

Hey moon, rotate already!

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Fixed a bug where moon phases and days were not changing correctly.

Mon Jan 16 02:45:45

Fair is fair at the fair!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
all game tables now handle using gambling tokens and cash. table.uses_tokens to 1 for tokens, or 0 for cash!

Sat Jan 14 01:55:59

Garbabe in, garbage out.

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Fixed a bug with virtualized objects that held a prop which no longer exists on the parent.

Thu Jan 5 03:34:42

Gamble! Gamble!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Added Blackjack!

Mon Jan 2 14:03:39

Man's best friend?

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Added pets! so ffar you can command a pet to sit, stand, sleep, wake, trust, untrust, stay, come, guard, and unguard! More additions to come!

Sun Jan 1 18:54:36

Back up! Backing up that back up!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Modified checkpoints and backups so that we should never lose a backup from here on out.

Sun Jan 1 18:53:35

Fix the bugs!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Made some minor enhancements to the traceback handler.

Fri Dec 30 19:31:56

I need more time!

Miscellaneous By Host Cerulean Blue
I modified the backup scripts to keep backups going back 24 hours, instead of an hour and fifteen minutes.

Fri Dec 30 16:08:14

More mortals to do my bidding!

Miscellaneous By Host Cerulean Blue
Hosts can now compel NPC's!

Fri Dec 30 15:03:17

You broke my doors!

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Fixed a bug with exits and door descriptions not being in a list format.

Fri Dec 30 15:02:21

I don't wanna hear it!

Miscellaneous By Host Cerulean Blue
Tracebacks now appear on their own channel. Host.hear_tracebacks to 0 to turn them off.

Fri Dec 30 15:00:33

It's our bug, you just triggered it!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
With special thanks to: diablo tosh
The new traceback handler will now report tracebacks caused by players automatically. The TB message a player sees has also been changed to be more friendly.

Fri Dec 30 02:09:31

Do my bidding puny mortals.

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Hosts can now @compel players. Use responsibly or I will fire your ass!

Fri Dec 30 00:53:29

Coder stuff!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Added code for speedwalking and modified how player disconnects are handled.

Thu Dec 29 23:27:59

When the ruby slippers just don't fit, get a new pair!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
@go Now handles exits, regardless of doors or specialexit conditions. For hosts who just need to get there!

Thu Dec 29 16:35:12

You can't just up and leave us!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Players are no longer moved to limbo when logged off.

Thu Dec 29 14:28:43

I bring order to chaos, sometimes...

website change By Host Cerulean Blue
MidReign Monitor online is now organized more efficiently, with recent changes listed at the top. Developer's log is now beneath the changes under a level 1 heading.

Thu Dec 29 14:26:57

I giveth, I taketh away.

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
devlog command removed from players.

Thu Dec 29 13:30:08

Is this new, or news?

website change By Host Cerulean Blue
Because I want the website to be an excellent companion to our MOO, I added a new category to the change log. Website change. Any future changes related to the MOO's site will fall under this category.

Thu Dec 29 13:27:34

It plucked my nerves too!

Miscellaneous By Host Cerulean Blue
The sound logo was removed from the MOO's website.

Thu Dec 29 13:07:28

Read all about it! Online!

Miscellaneous By Host Cerulean Blue
The MidReign Monitor, I.e, the change log, can now be viewed online via the Developer's page. URL: https://ceruleanbluesoftware.net/midreign/pages/developerslogpage221.html

Thu Dec 29 11:38:01

No more broken windows, unless I toss the fucking rock!

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
recycling of rooms now cleans up virtual exits, windows and doors leading to said room.

Thu Dec 29 11:36:31

Help!

Help File Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Player commands help file updated.

Thu Dec 29 11:35:49

Windows2022

Builder Improvement By Host Cerulean Blue
Window manager added to @build

Thu Dec 29 10:26:28

When god opens a door, he moves on to windows!

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
You can once again peer through windows

Thu Dec 29 00:28:33

If they build it themselves, I will, oh, nm

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Home owners, or renters, can now configure the details of a room they own or rent. I.e, house plots and houserooms.

Thu Dec 29 00:25:53

Where is all my stuff gonna live?

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Added house rental plots, houses, house rooms, roomkits and doors.

Thu Dec 29 00:23:56

The details are in whom?

Builder Improvement By Host Cerulean Blue
Room ambience can now be handled via @build

Wed Dec 28 23:13:15

More is better!

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Viewing items on the website now gives more information.

Wed Dec 28 14:17:37

If I knew you were coming, I would have locked the door!

Builder Improvement By Host Cerulean Blue
door manager added to @build.

Wed Dec 28 10:48:19

Secure the hatches and batton down the npc's!

Builder Improvement By Host Cerulean Blue
Added bolting and unbolting of objects.

Tue Dec 27 22:02:30

nothing, is still something!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
@contents will now take #-1 as an argument.

Tue Dec 27 21:39:11

Fun with building!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Virtual objects can now be managed from the @build command.

Tue Dec 27 09:39:23

off with the hand!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
remove hand as an alias t give

Tue Dec 27 06:38:41

Next on the block!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
added an auction house to midreign!

Mon Dec 26 22:25:10

times change!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Added a time-based scheduler so we can scheedule things by month, day, hour, or minute.

Sun Dec 25 01:45:04

Who builds for the builders?

Builder Improvement By Host Cerulean Blue
Added the @build command which allows hosts quick access to common room building tasks.

Mon Jun 20 15:24:56

Stop looking at all this nothing in here, it's creepy!

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
"nothing." no longer shows up when looking at unoccupied rooms.

Tue Jun 14 13:51:50

We have mail!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Added a new utility package. $mail_utils.

Mon Jun 6 08:59:08

nunya!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Players shall no longer see the statistical info such as db size in checkpoint messages.

Mon Jun 6 05:49:40

Who helps the help?

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Fixed a bug with the help system and multi-word arguments.

Sun Jun 5 14:45:11

The MOO did it!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Midreign's website, https://ceruleanbluesoftware.net/midreign, is now 100% generated by the MOO itself!

Fri Jun 3 15:34:04

Your online security matters!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
All MOO website related content is now secure via TSL and SSL.

Fri Jun 3 08:03:25

squashing bugs

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Fixed a bug with player:find_account

Sat May 28 23:19:33

security update

System change By diablo tosh
With special thanks to: Host Cerulean Blue
you can now use your email address to update your password in the logon menu.

Mon May 23 23:37:34

It's only complicated, when you look under the hood!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
The spell casting system now handles setting multiple flags on players and rooms. It also handles changing hp, mp and mv, in any combination, on players and npc's.

Mon May 23 23:35:09

the evolution of magic continues!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
The magic system now handles 2 new kinds of area spells. ones that affect every player in the room, and ones that affect the room itself. Args for the cast command remain the same!

Sun May 22 21:29:46

it's magic, not coding, wait....

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
With special thanks to: diablo tosh
Spellbooks will now order spells from level 0 spells and upwards. Names of spells are no longer hidden, but the details of the spell itself do not reveal themselves unless you are of the proper level. The ugly random text has also been replaces with a cool new series of hiroglyphics.

Sun May 22 01:39:23

I'll save you! or not.

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Fixed a few bugs, which would leave someone in limbo, so to speak, if they were to somehow escape the prompts in the login system.

Sun May 22 01:37:46

Are you, you?

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
New account creation now requires e-mail verification.

Sat May 21 23:48:47

host have a new tool!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
The moo can now send external e-mails. use #72:sendmail for plain text mail and #72:webmail for mail formatted with html flags.

Sat May 21 02:07:16

Finally, an in-character means of communicating!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Added gossip stones. they now work with the - command! ->gossip> posts to public gossip channel. - tell sends a private message to said player. -gossip history, displays history. -gossip reply sends a reply to the last person who send a message to you.

Sat May 21 01:49:04

What are you doing?

Builder Improvement By diablo tosh
Added the social option to @make to add new socials.

Fri May 20 21:26:28

Mass matters

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
@creating objects wil now give them a default weight, if the parent does not have a weight set.

Fri May 20 21:13:02

Sometimes too much, is too much!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
removed accents and other in-character speech modifications from the out of character channels.

Fri May 20 21:04:13

You really did it this time!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
hosts can now ban players from channels by using ban as a channel argument.

Fri May 20 20:09:19

Don't piss me off!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Host can now send a public warning to any channel by giving the channel command with warn as argument. Example: Chat warn

Fri May 20 20:07:43

I kow, i finished chargen already! now, let me chat!

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Fixed a bug with logging onto channels and chargen channel restrictions.

Fri May 20 20:04:37

whose that?

Bug Fix By diablo tosh
using the dash to talk to people in the same room as you now matches correctly

Fri May 20 19:37:45

Login updates

System change By diablo tosh
you can now change your password from the login menu using your already existing password.

Fri May 20 19:37:29

Let me speak clearly!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Moved most, if not all, of the communication / channel related stuff over to $comms.

Fri May 20 19:14:30

I knew that!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
You can now memorize spells in spell books, requiring you can actually read said spell. Added resistances for hexes and curses.

Fri May 20 02:55:42

you're how big??

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Added a toggle in @options so you can select your preferred system of measurements and modified the enc command and other commands to try to respect your choice. So far, this only affects weight measurements.

Fri May 20 02:48:47

bug fixes galore

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
Fixed an annoying wander bug with npc's

Fri May 20 02:39:51

I broke it!

Bug Fix By Host Cerulean Blue
With special thanks to: diablo tosh
Who command is fdixed!

Fri May 20 00:15:16

host just wanna have fun!

announcement By Host Cerulean Blue
I like chocolate milk!

Fri May 20 00:12:15

I just put a garbage truck in my satchel? No more!

System change By Host Cerulean Blue
Virtual containers are now governed by weight instead of a strict item count cap.

Thu May 12 20:01:22

matching!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
Added both linear and ordinal matching. enjoy!

Fri Apr 22 19:39:16

extra extra!

New To the MOO By Host Cerulean Blue
added changelog and announcements to the news command at the front door.

Fri Apr 22 19:38:03

Read all about it!

announcement By Host Cerulean Blue
Added a news command at the front door. Use it to keep up to date on changes and announcements and much much more!

Developer's Log

12/29/22


Testing new system!





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