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The climbing changes to account for free hands, etc., like the test rope at the Eristan Gym, have been installed mudwide. Climb with caution.
There is now a much longer quit delay after aggressive acts. Plan your gameplay accordingly. -Raven 3/29/00
A new time, calendar and aging scheme is now installed. DON'T PANIC. Aging is *much slower* now! Yes, we expect there to be bugs. Read the following helpfiles: "new time", "aging", "calendar" We'll be cleaning up the mess gradually. If you have a problem, please stay calm, and we'll attempt to fix it. Ranting, raving, and/or sarcasm will not help you or us.
5/31/00 - Some of the OOC boards are now available on the web at www.dartmud.com, updated roughly every half hour. Enjoy.
6/6/00 - The rules helpfiles have been rewritten in the hopes of being shorter, clearer, and more comprehensive. The rules have not changed - only the files. If you disagree with any of the rules, we'd be glad to hear your opinion on any appropriate OOC bulletin board.
6/19/00 - Some of the inhabitants of Spyder City may be more dangerous than they once were. There were some typos which were causing the spyders to be missing certain skills.
7/23/00 - New Feudalism is now installed. Yes, there may be bugs - please report any you find. Paintings in thronerooms will be available at a later date. For now, you may use the "list staff" command. Check the board in the OOC area for updates.
11/12/00 - Crafting Change - You will no longer be able to craft items with ingredients located in containers such as bins. Instead, you will need to remove the ingredients and put them on the floor, or on a work surface. To work on a surface, you may "craft item on surface" or "craft item size=100 on surface".
01/14/01 - See the Important Announcements Board in the OOC area for a change in the way bladed weapons are crafted.
02/16/01 - NEW MAIL SYSTEM! We have a new IC mail system with cool new features and enhancments. One new thing is the ability to send packages through the mail (watch that contraband though). Yes, you still have your old, familiar mail now moved to the OOC area (west from the OOC entrance) so don't panic. See the Important Announcements board in OOC land for details.
4/13/01 - Magic and spells - some new code installed, but all operations should behave normally. Bug reports to Raven. More details on the OOC board.
Due to popular demand, the mail system has been made more user- friendly. Post offices now have quills and ink available for you to use free of charge. You can now have your mail forwarded from one office to another, so your friends don't have to keep track of where you live. And there is now a list of valid post offices in the mail helpfile. For more details see 'help mail'.
Stealth Mods - The first set of modifications to stealth will be installed at the next reboot. Please check the relevant helpfiles for important news about your skills. Additional info for all on the important announcements board. - Raven 9/4/01
Lag/Drop Update: The upstream provider says it's fixed. We'll see.
Book of Mortals: The Book of Mortals was cleaned this morning. If your character was permadead, your registration entry is now gone. You may re-register as appropriate - by web or mail for primary characters, and at the Hall of Mortals for seconds, or gripe in Purgatory. - Raven 9/9/01
Please see the note on the Announcments board about liquids. - Ogma 9/30/01
WARNING! Thirst is now *ON*. - Ogma 10/07/01
sandhills.k12.ne.us has been newbie locked, because of an endless series of abandoned unregs. If you play from this site, please register and maintain your characters. - Raven 10/9/01
01/30/02 - Changes to 'inventory' and 'equip' commands. See the appropriate help files. If you want them to behave the way they used to use 'i *' or 'equip *' -- Ogma
03/19/02 - Automatic concentration checking is now available. See the "set conc" helpfile. -- Raven
03/25/02 - All unregs who had not logged in for the past month were deleted. None of them appeared to have any appreciable skills. -- R.
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5/20/02 - I deleted about 1600 abandoned characters that had no skills and had not logged in for at least 1 year, along with all unregs that had not logged in for the past month, and cleaned the Book of Mortals. Contact a creator with any problems. - Raven
5/24/02 - Just personally, I'm getting a little tired of shouted profanity. I'd consider it a favor if everyone would try to keep it clean unless it's really crucial to RP. Thanks. -Raven
5/28/02 - I restored a whole bunch of pets that were lost, and gave them to Tauber. Please pick them up, as he is severely overcrowded now.
6/9/02 - A possible fix for the plague of disappearing chests, bins, etc. has been installed. You may notice the following: (a) Delays as rooms refill after boot. This is normal. (b) Duplicate racks, chests, etc. in bedrooms. These will need to be fixed, so please let us know if you see them. -Raven
6/10/02 - AOL has been newbie-locked again - too many morons. - Raven
6/10/02 - Attention LAN, school, and corporate players: read the rules and follow them, before you get your whole site banned. - Raven
6/17/02 - When you perma-die, you will now be returned to Purgatory rather than being disconnected (usually). All applicable rules are still in full force. - Raven
7/9/02 - Forgot your registration code? Follow the link from the DartMUD homepage - www.dartmud.com - to retrieve it by e-mail!
7/12/02 - Some tweaks to combat have been installed. Expect it to look somewhat different. Bugs likely. - Raven
7/23/02 - WARNING: The hexes have been restored to their wildest state. Be very careful!