18.5.2 Testlive Patch Notes

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**Please understand that this is Test Live, there is no surety that Test Live changes will reach live in the current state.**

Test Live Patch Notes: 18.5.2.0

I'm hoping to see this update available Thursday 16th of August.
Edit: Fortunately the patching and testing process went very well and we're able to patch early! New date is Wednesday 8th of August.


Code Changes
Market (GMI) Changes

• The 'quick sell' screen now shows a warning at the bottom informing players that trades are final.
• Order list 'i' button should link to the right QL on in the market
• It should now be possible to send multiple items to the market.
• It should now be possible to sort on the various columns on the order page.
• Thousand separators have now been added to the credit values in the market.
• The listing durations for orders have been extended to 14, 28, 42 and 56 days. The fee for these order durations are 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2%.

Other Code Changes

• Deleting mails should now be easier.
• The login screen keyboard input is now directed to the password field by default
• Sitting should no longer be required for hitting ALF+F4 twice to exit the client
• The PvP flag no longer lets team members damage each other through the use of pets or perks
• The yellow dot that is representing the player on the battle station is now on top of the GUI, so you can see where you are at all times

Npc Changes

• Various npc nanos have gotten their icons replaced with new modern icons.
• The Chief Base Defenders in Foreman's now got some clothes on
• The malahs in Alappaa have spoken with their sisters and learned to stun enemies instead of slowing them down.
• The Predators in Alappaa have increased their cooperation skills and will now debuff their target's critical hit resistance instead of slowing their enemies down.
• The Shadows in Alappaa are sick of being kited, and have decided to change their stun proc to a snare proc.
• The damage of the Molokh Spawns have been reduced a bit.
• The shadowlands spirits no longer deal as much damage to pets.
• Razor and Xark spawns now occurs every 2 hours! Go kill them dead!
• A previously unreachable dyna boss in inferno have been made available: Asanon
• "Unionist Agitator Scarpese" no longer gives an XP Bonus when killed, this NPC was not intended to give this bonus. "Unionist Foreman" is the proper NPC for this event, and clans get the XP Bonus for protecting him for 10 minutes (used to be 20 minutes prior to this patch), and omnis get the XP Bonus from killing him.

Mission Changes

• Various mission nanos have gotten their icons replaced with new modern icons.
• The unionist pvp-quest is now much more team friendly, offering the quest item for everyone in the team who have the quest.
• The alien daily missions in the apf area now properly lets you use the teleporter in the agency.
• Daily Mission: Famous Last Words: you will no longer be able to click on the page you already have picked up, this is to ensure that the pages will not despawn as often - making it easier for you to find a page

Environment Changes

• We have changed the SL environmental damage to deal nano damage to prevent the player's damage add to increase the damage.

Item Changes

• The Fancy black dress now shows enough melons!
• We have now cleaned up the last items that unintentionally flag players.
• Various items have been created for the item shop.
  We would like some extra testing for these, so if you want to change breed or gender on your testlive character, ask a developer/gm to spawn them for you. Just provide them of the ID of the breed/gender change item you would want to test, verify that your character doesn't lose IP/Perk Points/Alien Levels/Nanos or similar when using the item.
• Photon Embedded Cloak/Photon Embedded Cloak (Replica) have now gotten a new description.
• We removed the of Night Vision effect on Advanced Scent Sensor, as it was considered annoying
• Chunk of smoking rock has now gotten an actual icon.
• Veteran Token now displays the correct criteria.
• Kyr'Ozch Nano Protection Ring no longer has Zone Validation.
• The new subscriber tokenboards now have Zone Validation.
• The Refresh Terminal in the PvP area "SBC-Xpm Site Alpha-Romeo 29" is now working properly.
• The OFAB NT Helmet should no longer add nanocost instead of subtracting it.
• We have removed the unique flag from various items: Empty Ancient Device, Ancient Containers, Hollow Island boards, S10 HUDs, Finely Refined Notum, SL Protection Items, Carlos/Allyssas armor
• The fixed instant grid nanos will no longer attempt to teleport when you're blocked from teleporting you, instead it will giv eyou appropriate feedback and ask you to try again. This includes the DB Codes and the Kyr'Ozch Core as well!
• All the Shadowlands Maps are now available for all professions!
• The Non-Instanced Pandemoium will now properly require you to have the Pandemonium Map Nano running, the Map Nano is obtainable by killing the Geosurvey Dogs
• The Veteran Item: Insight into the Shadowlands now include all maps!
• The Adventurer will obtain some of the more important modifiers through other already existing formulas (more importantly the nano resistance and the XP modifier)
• Adventurer nano "Nano Crystal (A Clear Sense of Scheol - Extended (Team)" obtained from "Knowledge of the Yuttos" Questline in Sheol is now named "Nano Crystal (Pr0n0wnzm3nt 0f H4xx)" and will turn the adventurer in to a shadowleet. It will also increase the adventurer's Concealment skill by 424 points and be sharing the nano line with other concealment buffs.
• All long term XP buffs have been sorted in to the same nano line
• Bureaucrat and Adventurer XP buffs will now be equally powerful and include xp numbers from both buffs.
• The Sauna XP buff will give an xp buff equal to the weakest bureaucrat XP buff.
• Experience contructs, Shop Buyable XP buffs, PVP xp buffs, and seasonal XP buffs will no longer stack with Bureaucrat XP aura. They will however have a much higher xp multiplier to make up for this change.
• The Token Boards should now be fully upgradable to Subscriber Token Boards when you have the right amount of tokens!
• In an attempt to fix the inventory bug caused by the "Boon of Ergo" nano programs, the Unpolluted Crystal is no longer a temporary item.
• Veteran Leet transformation is now self only, to prevent people from spamming the morph on other players. The premium version can still be used on other players every 30 seconds.

Seasonal Content

• Some Christmas Items and Halloween Items for 2012 will be available for testing early this year thanks to our new artist!

Item Shop

• Various Premium Items have been made, more information of what will be released in the future will be made available by our Producer at a later time

Other

• We have fixed various exploits.

The Test Live patch, 18.5.2.0, will be made available a week earlier than estimated due to the patch process and internal testing going very well! New patch day is Today, Wednesday, 8th of August! This will not be the final version, we're working on some additional things for 18.5.2.1.

Test Live Patch Notes: 18.5.2.1
Testlive patch date: August 27th.

Code Changes
Market (GMI) Changes

• It should now be possible to modify the price on buy and sell orders.
• Swedish regional settings should no longer cause broken separators in the market.
• The QL drop down should no longer clip outside the window.

Item Shop Changes

• The window for item shop should no longer be possible to expand beyond shop size.

Other Changes

• Breed change should now return all IP.

Item Changes

• Zone Validation has been removed from hold hell at bay.
• Turn Spirit Flesh Pouch no longer has broken criteria.
• The Scourged Bracer of Jobe should no longer get you stuck inside the Research and Training Biosphere in Jobe Research.
• Rubi-Ka Recall Beacon should no longer have a broken cooldown.
• Items with special characters have been re-exported without them and these items should now display properly in the market.
• Unique flag has been removed from the following items: Metawater Repellent Spiritech Suit, Hyper-Radiation Protection Skin and Glasses, Lava Protection Boots and Skin Galvanizer, Hold Hell at Bay, De'Valos Protection Ring, Ancient Containers, Carlos/Allyssas armor, Finely Refined Notum, Empty Ancient Device, Alien Augmentation Devices, Hollow Island Token Boards

Nano Changes

• The nano can buffs now have a duration of 4 hours instead of 5 hours.

Perk and Research Changes

• A bug where the Assassin perk line had two hashes has been fixed.
• A bug where the Exploration research line had two hashes has been fixed.

Vendor Changes

• Shining Nano Knot of Swimming has been removed from the tradeskill vendors.
• Market Floor plans have been removed from Uncle Bazzit shop.

We have fixed various exploits.

Test Live Patch Notes: 18.5.2.2
Testlive patch date: September 20th.

Market (GMI) Changes

• Buy and sell orders with high price should now display the correct price.
• Items returned from the market should now have the correct log entries.

Item Changes

• The tradeskill steps for the snowman should now work properly.
• Carioso Menthol Pseudo-Coffee Block and Fink Fragrant Morning Enhanced Coffee Block are no longer unique.
• Faction items have been created for the FC item shop.
• Premium Nano and Healing Kit has been created for the FC item shop.
• Side Change items have been created for the item shop.

Test Live Patch Notes: 18.5.2.3
Testlive patch date: September 27th.


Item Changes

• The Sleigh vehicle should no longer give Atrox characters shiny heads.
• The candle on the floating skull should now disappear if you stab it with a screwdriver.
• Only Atrox characters should be able to use the Atrox modified chain saw.
• The heckler juice can no longer be used by level 200 characters.

Other

• Halloween phats have been given to shady characters on Rubi-Ka..