Solved a problem within EXP distribution system that would hand out less overall EXP than the expected when the amount to be earned is low.
Optimized mob buffs and diseases, now using a dedicated thread to process all status expirations on a batch.
Refactored MonitoredLockTypes names to something more easily identificable.
Added a delay on mob effect applications, to be registered in after the cast animation time.
Fixed Flame Thrower acting passively when a attacking skill is used by the player.
Fixed a concurrency issue with registering picked items into the inventory, that would render some of the collected items to not be registered.
Adjusted buyback fee, now using a value sensitive to the player level (starts scaling from level 30, caps at 120).
Edited MaxHP of the boss Shade, now properly scaled to it's level.
Fixed return scroll and summon bags being usable inside BRPQ rest points.
Added missing etc drop data for the Extras/Leaders mobs from Zipangu.
Implemented pet tameness gain on quests.
Fixed a concurrency issue with the pet spawn handler, allowing possible PE exploits.
Adjusted drop rates of omok pieces and match cards, now somewhat GMS-like.
Shadow Meso now properly dispels mobs wdef/mdef up, as the skill description suggests.
Fixed Shadow Meso using up projectiles (it should use only mesos).
Fixed Abdula not showing book info for Arans.
Fixed map bounds, now it hopefully doesn't let items pass through the walkable area anymore.
Implemented HolidayPQ.
Added a custom item sandbox system, to be used with items generated by the "drop" command.
Added the whole-map buff when using the Happy Birthday item.
Fixed several battleship issues:
- Battleship now shows HP properly at the buff icon.
- Cleared some inconsistencies on battleship when interacting with the enhanced buff system.
- Battleship now hands out defensive buffs properly.
Storage now fetches transaction fees from the WZ.
Maker now pulls info about catalyzers from the WZ.
Fixed the enhanced buff system disappearing with some statsup when using multiple-statups items.
Fixed hired merchant now removing owner and visitors at expiration time.
Fixed some concurrent issues with player shops and hired merchants.
Fixed pet evolutions, now not only handing out not-expired pets but also refreshing the expire time as well.
Added item replace behaviour on the item expire system.
Properly developed the Marriage feature in the source.
Added TRAVEL_RATE server flag, a modifier for the travel frequency rate.
Corrected stance for players in 3rd party view when entering a map to work similarly as GMS.
Fixed mobs spamming skills incoherently.
Added code support for old GMS-like PQ NPCs, where party leaders just need to click once to start a new PQ.
Implemented podium system for the Hall of Fame PlayerNPCs.
Improved character load-out system, now using way less queries to the DB in the process.
Fixed birthday field for accounts not being read correctly.
Further implemented the incomplete yet-existing Scissors of Karma mechanic.
Fixed Duey not propagating item flags when packaging an item.
Added a custom buyback system.
Refactored the character creation system, now offering support for Maple Life.
Fixed some issues with the PlayerNPC positioning system.
Added server flag allowing AP assignment for novices (beginners under level 11).
Fixed Strategy Time (GPQ) announcement being sent twice to guilds in certain cases.
Tweaked mount EXP system now awarding it accordingly with the amount of tiredness healed.
Removed the randomness aspect of closeness gain when feeding the pet, now acting accordingly with amount of fullness gained.
Fixed an exploit with Arwen script.
Fixed travel-back from Florina forcefully sending players to Lith Harbor in certain situations.
Thoroughly reviewed job skill questlines for Explorers and Aran.
Localhost edit: removed MTS block in certain maps (useful for the buyback system).
Localhost edit: removed party blocks for novices.
Localhost edit: removed AP assigning block for novices.
Localhost edit: removed speed cap.
Localhost edit: removed Maker block popping up when inputting ATK gems on non-weapons.
Added code support for Kites.
Reviewed concurrent access issues with pet autopot.
Addressed PlayerStorage issue where characters would not be properly deregistered from channel PlayerStorage in certain situations.
Implemented harp quest (questid 3314) because of reasons.
Added SFX to signalize KC/NLC subway departing/approaching.
Changed traveling time values to work similarly to GMS.
Properly developed the PlayerNPC feature in the source.
Added autodeployable PlayerNPC system and Hall of Fame.
Solved a glitch with NLC mayor's quiz questline that would allow a player to restart the quiz as many times one would see fit.
Added a custom server flag that allows overwriting the ToT 999 mobs to a new value (technically it doesn't overwrite, rather sets the player at quest start with 999 - n credited mobs).
Fixed permanent pets expiring after a while.
Added code support for Cash Shop Surprise item.
Reviewed login handler system as a whole, protecting many exposed flaws.
Solved a bug with ULTRA_THREE_SNAILS sometimes taking wrong etc shell from inventory.
Reading approximated unitPrice value from WZ in such a fashion that the new double value can be represented in float point without losing too much data.
Fixed rechargeables with quantity 0 set on the playershop/hiredmerchant being handed back to the owner with quantity 1.
Solved many concurrecy issues related with items on the field and playershop/hiredmerchant.
Fixed anomalies with waiting time before picking up other players items, now acting GMS-like.
Added/patched copyleft claims in files that are from my own authorship. Please see backtrack_licenses/readme.txt for more info about this move.
Fixed issues with item retrieval when using bundles on playershop/hiredmerchant.
Fixed some exploits with playershop/hiredmerchant.
Fixed a glitch with npcshop when trying to recharge/buy items without having enough mesos.
Added portal sound effect for some scripted portals that still lacked it.
Fixed some exploits with NPCs Fredrick and Duey.
Fixed Body Pressure not displaying damage to other players.
Added a flag that permits town scrolls to act like a "banish" for players. This renders the antibanish scroll effect available.
Rebalanced CafePQ rewards.
Rebalanced drop chance of some equipments and HT drops with high rates.
Fixed an weird issue where a "Targa hat" would appear as a debuff effect.
Added visual effect to be displayed to other players when the custom "Chair Mastery" skill is being used.
Slow disease is now visible to other players.
Poison damage now displays the correct damage amount to other players.
Disease status are now visible for other players when changing maps.
Fixed recharging price being accounted incorrectly.
Fixed zero-quantity rechargeables not being able to sell at NPC shops.
Rebalanced the EXTREMELY low level section of the equipment level up system.
Added support code for quests on Kerning Square and Mushroom Castle.
Added quest scripts for many missing scripted quests.
Refactored medal quests, now using a default script system for uncoded medal questid's.
Fixed a DB leak regarding quest status and medal maps tables.
Added proximity check for NPCs to start/complete quests that doesn't use the lightbulb system.
Added "debuff" command, that debuffs people nearby.
Rebalanced the low level section of the equipment level up system.
Fixed EQUIP_EXP_RATE not acting as expected to be.
Changed chscroll system, now using a new flag instead of the SCROLL_CHANCE_RATE.
Optimized PlayerStorage, now using a proper name map when searching for a character name.
Tweaked some aspects of the BalrogPQ.
Improved the channel capacity bar and world server capacity checks throughout the source.
[EXPERIMENTAL] Added the AutoJCE feature to the server source. This is expected to solve the encryption size issue without resorting to overwrite the JCE files on the system.
LMPQ now sends players to random starting rooms, GMS-like.
Added a server flag for the free market item sold announcement.
Tweaked the reactor-hitting system, expecting to solve the incorrect parameter issue on the "multiple players hitting" scenario.
Solved a possible exploit on starting/completing non-scripted quests.
Added missing drop data for Aran's puppeteer questline.
Moved GM tier level of some commands.
Applied proper synchronization for BuddyList modules.
Issued commands now requires "@" heading for normal players and donators (GM level < 2) and "!" for Jr. GM and above (GM level >= 2).
Added custom feature: a message will be sent to acquaintances of a player (friends, family, guild, spouse) when they change/upgrade jobs.
Removed cash drop entries from the DB.
New tool: MapleCashDropFetcher. Reports on a text file all cash-type drop data on DB.
Fixed diseases becoming unexpirable after trying to change channels or entering the Cash Shop.
Fixed Holy Symbol acting oddly in solo scenario.
Adjusted Summon Sack lv. 9, that would try to spawn mobs with inexistent id on the field.
Added drop data on missing mobs and EXP gain on several quests around World Tour (Japan).
Added a bonus feature for the Showa expedition, accessible when there is no casualties at the time of completion.
Added missing shop data at the NPCs in Singapore.
Patched quests that should be taking some items but weren't doing that properly.
Patched some bosses with boss HP bar not having the "boss" label defined on Mob.wz, rendering some inconsistencies with the bar in-game.
Overhauled the 3rd job quiz mechanic, adding missed questions to the pool.
Improved the gameplay around the Mushroom Castle region.
Solved an issue with HP threshold on MoveLifeHandler.
Fixed Body Pressure being refreshed every time it hits a mob.
Modified coupon rates buff icon to not show up as expirable.
Reactor drops now also drops quest items at the border of the dropped items.
Added themed drop data for the Cake boss.
Reworked the Balrog expedition.
Added quest script for the Assassinate skill.
Fixed looting system blocking the killer's party from retrieving a loot until the FFA timeout.
Fixed a deadlock with the MapleMap class.
Refactored damage/heal contabilization on mobs.
Fixed issues with HT and status-based damage, providing weird issues with mob HP.
New PQ: TreasurePQ, for level 140+.
Solved issues with PQs/events in progress not disposing properly party leavers (warping them out of the event maps).
Solved issues with cleared PQs/events disposing players unproperly when leaving or disbanding the party.
Reworked Papulatus battle now working as an event instance, similar to how Capt Latanica battle is dealt.
Fixed a possible PE exploit with Vega's scroll.
Fixed some issues with items being dropped sometimes out-of-reach and in a weird way.
Improved item checking function, now looking up one-of-a-kind items properly.
Fixed some issues with dojo skills and possible exploits in dojo progression.
Improved Duey, now displaying better info to players.
Fixed a bug with the map drop mechanics sometimes permitting over the max drop count in certain circumstances.
Fixed server broadcastMessage always broadcasting packets at world 0, even if the caller is from another world id.
Improved the MapleQuestItemFetcher, now displaying expired quests alongside the reported info.
Improved quests and game progression in the Nihal Desert region.
Reactors that uses map items now automatically detects those already on the ground after changing states.
New tool: MapleQuestMesoFetcher. This tool parses the Quest.wz XML files, detecting and reporting quest ids from quests that does not properly checks for mesos to take from the player before completing the quest.
Fixed Neo City area, now playable.
Overhauled the EllinPQ mechanics, such as the "CLEAR" effect when passing maps, and some bug fixes along the way.
Refactored a lot of out-of-place classes and properly renamed a few others through the project.
Updated readme and licenses through the source, preparing the stage for the new release.
Implemented the multiple features of the Maker skill (equip disassembly, leftover merging into monster crystal and item crafting).
Updated the DB with the Maker data featured on the WZ.
Added a new table for the strenghtening reagents gain data (compiled with the MapleSkillMakerReagentIndexer).
Fixed quests that improves the Maker skill level and some other Maker-related quests.
Implemented GMS-like "item spraying" from reactors. All boxes holding more than 5 drops have been changed to use this behavior.
Added information for players trying to start/complete quests having the required item equipped. It is expected to have all required items unequipped before handling a quest operation.
New check-purpose tool: MapleMapInfoRetriever. It's sole function is to detect and report map XMLs that has no "info" node in between the server files.
Fixed quest timer UI not disappearing on the client on quest complete.
Fixed a bug on ThreadTracker, not displaying properly the last acquired lock-type.
Fixed MapleArrowFetcher giving out same values from min and max ranges. Max should always be greater than min. Updated DB drops.
Readjusted player ids now starting from 1 again, and moved field oids to start counting from 1bil.
Engineered the ThreadTracker: server-embedded deadlock auditing tool, which will print error messages in case of found deadlocks (also showing all in-use locks on the time of the issue).
Changed the player's id on DB now starting from 20mil, thus preventing players from overwriting NPC/mobs with same oid in-game. Requires proper testing to see if the issue has been cleared.
Fixed WK charges not overriding one another and some concurrency issues within MapleMap and EventInstanceManager.
New feature: job level cap, limits EXP gain until job advancement is done.
New tool: MapleQuestItemFetcher, searches through the server files for missing quest items and reports the results.
Fixed slotMax function caching up dirtied player data.
Fixed many portals not supposed to warp players to "random spawnpoints".
Fixed Wind Walk not being cancellable by attacking.
Fixed buff system behaving oddly if a buff has value zero, that would render some skills "broken".
Fixed players skipping maps when trying to access portals while under a poor Internet connection.
Fixed storage not disposing players properly in cases where the players does not meet the storage conditions.
Set some locks to use fairness strategy when dealing with atomic code, in order to make the calls to it properly synchronized.
Fixed Aran introductory questline stucking players when certain conditions were met.
Added drop data for some mob versions of Fairy, Yeti and Pepe.
Overhauled the HikariCP connection, now it properly tries the best to hand out a DB connection. Fixed "commands" NPC crashing out players when entering the command multiple times in a short time. Rebalanced HP/MP gain on leveling up/AP resetting. Rebalanced HP/MP loss when AP resetting to use the same amount they would be earning on levelup. Fixed EXP distribution now computing overall monster maxHP plus heal instead of flat monter maxHP, that rendered on distributions of over 100% of the raw EXP. Added concurrency protection on MapleMonster. Fixed an issue on venom skills that would let an "1 dmg" appear to the client alongside the DOT.
Fixed Roaring Tiger messenger effect sticking on the client after the end on the animation. Fixed an issue with party EXP handing to low-level players leech EXP. Fixed party EXP system giving players way too much EXP in some cases. Added Owl item search ranking feature, items most searched can be displayed by the Owl instead of the hard-coded counterpart.
Fixed an (quite amusing) exploit with map chairs stacking "extra healing" schedules on certain conditions. Fixed mini-dungeon not disposing players properly in some cases. Refactored the mini-dungeon structure. Fixed an issue on CASH inventory merging same items when trying to swap them. Fixed Beholder crash issue when trying to enter Cash Shop.
Fixed successful scrolled items not using up an upgrade slot when using white scroll. Fixed some issues with the PiratePQ and added a "clear all boxes to complete a stage"-mode. Added "Party for Starters" feature. Added concurrency protection on event script modules.
Changed minimum level required to gain EXP of mob from -5 to -20 the mob level (players below that level sees a red-colored font when displaying higher-leveled mob HPbar). Thanks to DietStory dev team, fixed some quests for KoC.
Fixed issues with negative experience being distributed to characters
when killing a mob, rendering "Exp reset". Fixed chaos scroll behaving
oddly. Refactored debuff expirations to manage one list with registered
debuffs and expire times, thus lifting some load from the TimerManager.
Added concurrency protection on how World deals with parties. Thanks to
the DietStory dev team, fixed some issues with the MK maps.
Added Water of Life. Fixed Shuang (GPQ) npc dc'ing the leader when first
trying to enter the waiting area. Fixed some cases with the revamped
buff system, that would not properly check for the best buffs in some
scenarios, and would throw exceptions, caused by not properly protecting
access to critical data.
Implemented AmoriaPQ. Fixed an issue with ItemIdSortHandler where empty
vectors given to the sorting module would cause an exception thrown,
wiping players inventory items. Thanks to Vcoc, revamped shop data for
GMShop (shop id 1337). Mount quest for explorers now uses event script.
Added Vega's Spell feature. Refactored mounts and pets schedules (now
one thread runs globally updating stats). Fixed Pet Ignore now saving to
DB. Fixed Flash Jump animation not appearing for other players just
after changing jobs. Fixed 3rd job, now as a proper event with timeout.
Introducing Brand-new PQ: CafePQ.
Reworked autoassigner (improved limits between required secondary and
surplus primary stats). Hero's will removes most of diseases, tonic
removes slow. Added visual info for collected NX cards. Added commands
cake (cake boss with customizable HP) and setgmlevel. Reworked Trade
system now checking for slots smartly (instead of just checking for
empty slots).
As Suggested by Alex-0000, migrated from DBCP to HikariCP (uses less
external JARs and got a cleaner code overall). Fixed some issues
regarding pets, such as evolving or hatching from egg. Added dojo skills
and fixed energy bar. Added missing upgrade books on drop data.
Implemented EXPERIMENTAL DBCP (connection pool), trying to improve
concorrent access to DB. Added door portals on Kerning Square. Fixed
equipments getting stat overflow when upgrading stats. Fixed expiring
pets crashing the client in some cases.
Rebalanced the way equipment exp is gained (about 100~200 same-level
range mobs to pass equip level 1 to 2). Fixed reactors dropping quest
items to player if they don't have the quest started. Fixed broken
Temple of Time quests.
Added MagatiaPQ. Fixed a bug on Dojo where parties quitting the boss
fight without completing until rest point couldn't not start Dojo again
w/o reforming the party. Fixed issues with 2nd job NPC scripts. Reverted
command layout to use "!" and "@" again.
Fixed some bugs regarding dojo, updated drop data, minor tweaks on
Mystic Doors, added expeditions for Showa Manor, Zakum and Pink Bean,
smart search for item slots on quest/npc rewarding system, attempt on
boss HPbar to focus on player's current target, quests with selectable
rewards now hands the item correctly, after the first PQ instance next
ones are loaded more smoothly.
Reworked many aspects of the Malaysia/Singapore region (added DB data,
enabled Latanica & Scarga expedition, fixed maps). Fixed some issues
related with player warping.
Fixed an issue that would let a player to delay or anticipate the next
map hpDec proc in certain conditions. Implemented mechanic that enables
the DB save of expiration times for quests that needs this.
