Patch Notes 24/JAN/19

 

Changes and Additions

  • Journal Changes
    • The journal now has the main tutorial and a fishing tutorial which you can use at any time.
    • The First Steps = Replaced Find Route with Join Village on servers where highways are disabled.
    • A close tutorial button has been added for characters older than 6 months.
    • A quickbind page has been added to the tutorial.
    • A mouseover note has been added to the journal reward info as a reminder that the reward will be received on the cluster where the tier is completed.
    • New tiers have been added to the journal.
    • Priest tiers have been added to the journal.
  • New: 100 Forestry title added
  • New:  Priests of demigods can now create and continue their template god colossus.
  • Clarification: Frantic charge is intended to increase walking movement speed. It currently increases movement speed by 10% on foot. The change where it no longer affected mount speed did go into effect and was intentional.
  • Change: Fireheart – Reduced spell damage against non-player targets slightly. This reduction is more significant against less armoured targets (like cats and wolves), but has minimal effect on tougher creatures (like trolls).
  • Change: Adamantine runes of Jackal will now determine the color upon rune creation and show the rgb value in the rune examine message.
  • Change: Priests can now remove mine doors with a crowbar.
  • Change: Priests can now place mine doors.
  • Change: Wand of the Seas and Rod of Eruption usage instructions have been improved.
  • Change: Oakshell should apply its armour value over cloth and leather if active.
  • Change: Frantic Charge now grants up to 10% faster swing speed based on power.
  • Change: Find on Wurmpedia right click will now open Wurmpedia in an external browser window.
  • Change: Certain creatures can now be sacrificed outside missions:
    • Anaconda
    • Black Bear
    • Brown Bear
    • Black Wolf
    • Whale
    • Wild Cat
    • Cave Bug
    • Crab
    • Crocodile
    • Deer
    • Dolphin
    • Goblin
    • Hell Hound
    • Hell Scorpius
    • Lava Spider
    • Mountain Lion
    • Octopus
    • Pheasant
    • Large Rat
    • Scorpion
    • Seal
    • Spider
    • Tortoise
    • Troll

Bug Fixes:

  • Bugfix:  Fixed a few issues with priests and planning/building floors and walls.
  • Bugfix:  Fixed some text and spelling issues.
  • Bugfix:  You can no longer throw empty container slots.
  • Bugfix: Empty saddles can now be banked again.
  • Bugfix:  Mystery piles of animal extremities should no longer appear when traitors are killed.
  • Bugfix:  Fertile eggs in chicken coops will now be fertile egg instead of Egg, fertile causing hatched chicks to be named fertile the chicken.
  • Bugfix:  Fresh herbs properly lose their ‘fresh’ state when put into crates.
  • Bugfix:  Fixed a caged animal  issue which sometimes prevented server crossings.
  • Bugfix:  Fixed an issue which made journal tiers visible without properly being unlocked by the previous tier.
  • Bugfix:  Creature death notice will no longer appear where they were caged if they die on another server.
  • Bugfix:  Fixed an issue which caused  Paved with Stone journal reward to show complete but no title was rewarded.
  • PvP Bugfix:  Added a close tutorial button on pvp servers.
  • PvP Bugfix: Fixed an issue where new deeds would not be chained when placed until a new tower was built or the server was restarted.

Fishing changes: 

  • Added lore action to rod/pole on boat, and rod/pole/spear/net on tile. Gives a little information on what might be found in areas.
  • Damage to fishing tools is not as drastic as it was for larger fish.
  • Increase rarity bonus on pulling-in failures (less likely to snap rare+ line etc).
  • Destroy fish if tools are broken to prevent floating ghost fish.
  • Max time for initial fish to appear has been lowered.
  • Fish will nibble a bit longer before swimming off.
  • New Fishing tutorial has been added to your journal.
  • Fishing Bugfix: Fixed a few incorrect or confusing fishing messages.
  • Fishing Bugfix: Buoy examine will now show both lamp and barrel dye colours.
  • Fishing Bugfix: Buoy dyes should now remain after planting and server restarts.
  • Fishing Bugfix: Keep Nets should now function properly when trying to attach/detach and remove fish and plant in shallow water.
  • Fishing Bugfix: Missing Fishing line, hook and bait text spam should be fixed.
  • Fishing Bugfix: Fishing tools should now indicate ‘fishing hook’ instead of just ‘hook’ so there is less confusion with the other metal hook used to make a toolbelt.

Client Changes:

  • New: Quick keybinding – you can now create a key bind by holding a key while mouse hovering a right-click menu option.
  • New: Keep nets will now display on rowing boats and sailing boats

 

Patch Notes 27/DEC/18

  • Change: Merchants can now be placed in stalls under bridges.
  • Change: Completed or failed missions will no longer appear on your mission list if older than 3 months.
  • Bugfix: You can no longer cast dirt on items which are not really containers but can have things placed on them.
  • Bugfix: Life Transfer no longer appears on Tosiek’s spell list in error.
    • If you chose Tosiek for life transfer and would like to change please log a support ticket for a GM to change.
  • Bugfix: You can no longer take a bite out of a fish and put it back into the fsb which lead to never ending fish.
  • Bugfix: Chopping wood in your inventory now ignores the amount of items in a pile on the ground.
  • Bugfix: The journal achievement for building a guard tower should now trigger properly when the tower is completed.
    • If you completed this entry between the Gone Fishing update and this patch, you will have to put in a support ticket in order to get credit.
    • You must show the GM the tower you completed and the creation date must be after December 17 2018 update.
  • Bugfix: PvP Tower destroy message is now properly displayed on the twitter feed for the server.
  • Bugfix: Keybinds for push (and other moving actions) should perform at the same distance as would the context menu for those actions.

Patch Notes: 23/DEC/18

 

  • Change: Coops will now have a small chance to produce fertile eggs
  • Bugfix: Mail cost for items with internal non removable compartments adjusted.
  • Bugfix: Fishing reels should now show rarity in examine.
  • Bugfix: Reveal creatures and manage animal locate help will no longer show caged creatures.
    • Caged creatures / Cooped creatures or creatures on another server will now give a generic message “This creature is loaded in a cage, or on another server.” from the manage animal popup locate.
    • Caged or animals on another server will not show on Reveal Creatures spell.
  • Bugfix: Buoys can now be planted in deep water

Patch Notes 21/DEC/18

  • Bugfix: You should no longer drain stamina while treading water.
  • Bugfix: Arrows now count as weapons when casting enchants.
  • Bugfix: Weakness once again works on aggressive creatures and enemies.
  • Bugfix: Frantic charge can no longer be cast on animals.
  • Bugfix: Paaweelr and Vynora can now dig to pile.