Implemented an event recall system. Players that went disconnected during an event instance are able to rejoin the ongoing event upon relogin.
Implemented a player-activity backed best-sellers system for the Cash Shop.
Patched the recently added selective loot system interfering with quest items, ever disabling drops after the player picked up one item.
Implemented a server flag for everlasting buffs.
Fixed some inconsistencies with Priest Dispel skill, sometimes crashing party players.
Fixed change job not properly showing effects for other players.
Fixed wrong fee value being taken from players that expands their guild size. Also, implemented GMS-like fee for this action.
Reworked the MapleSessionCoordinator, now evaluating client's HWID as well as remote IP. This's expected to lessen account drought time for players that are constantly changing their IP.
Last but not least, added world maps for Mushroom Castle, Zipangu, CBD/Malaysia and Ellin Forest regions. Original artwork content used on files depicted in this topic are rightful property of Nexon Corps., these files thoroughly trying to adhere the "Fair Use" disclaimer policy, their purpose being solely to fulfill gaming experience for the areas that were already present on v83 GMS but still lacked worldmaps. For more info regarding Fair Use, please refer to "http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/fair-use".
Completely overhauled commands layout, each command splitted in Java classes.
Optimized "ranks" command, no more calling the DB to get ranking info.
Implemented a mechanic where mobs only spawns loots that are visible/collectable by the player's party.
Implemented a server flag which sets whether explorers, cygnus and legends are allowed to share the cash shop inventory or not.
Implemented support for dynamic server rates at bootup. Rates can now be assigned at the configuration.ini file.
Devised the anti-multiclient login coordinator feature. Besides multiclient attempts by the same machine, it also prevents unauthorized login attempts into an account.
Fixed PQ instances being forcefully closed even when party leader reassignment upon logout is available.
Fixed mob statis not concurrently protected.
Implemented persistent diseases. Players now keep their disease status when logging out the game.
Solved several concurrent access issues in MapleMap and MapleMonster.
Implemented an option where an account's character slots can be accounted either by each world or all-server range.
Fixed some issues with character slot count when entering/exiting Cash Shop.
Fixed an exploit with Papulatus, on where players could create cracks of dimension infinitely.
Solved an issue with the "reach" command not working properly when the targeted player is on an event instance.
Devised an advanced and secure "PQ request" system. The service revolves around expecting massive number of players requesting a "pass" simultaneously, and fairly & swiftly responsing as much people as possible.
Improved overall Whisper handler performance.
Fixed GPQ Stage 1 statues not working as expected, which rendered the instance unplayable until now.
Added commands for start, complete and reset quests.
Reviewed Mystic Doors.
Fixed several issues showing up on Duey in uncommon scenarios.
Fixed a concurrency issue with XMLDomMapleData.
Scheduled forward the "lock disposal" action within the source. Now, it's expected that, after a set while, no method should require usage of a disposed lock and, during that while, a supposed "disposed lock" is still available to run (although no new processes is expected to require use of these locks).
Fixed concurrency issues with player's current event instance, generating several inconsistencies when swiftly registering/unregistering from events.
Implemented a mutually exclusive approach for server message - Boss HPbar.
Fixed item-making Kage requiring lv71~80 ETC instead of the expected 81~90.
Removed the possibility to buy cosmetic coupons with mesos through the NPCs.
Sleepywood JQ's no longer gives cash items when they finish the quest repeatedly.
Added Duey trucks in several maps lacking it. Added NPC Duey in New Leaf City.
Fixed scripted quests not calculating QUEST_RATE (if applied) when rewarding experience and meso.
Implemented dynamic world/channel shutdown, coupling with the dynamic deployment from last commit rendering on a fully automated world/channel management.
Fixed some spawned mobs not being properly registered on events.
Implemented a respawn mechanic sensitive to number of players on map. More mobs will spawn the greater the number of players is. Server flag: USE_ENABLE_FULL_RESPAWN = false.
Implemented a mechanic for delayed mob loot drops, on which the delay is determined by the death animation duration. Server flag: USE_SPAWN_LOOT_ON_ANIMATION = true.
Fixed EIM being disposed incorrectly when the dispose is called through scripts.
Protected concurrently AP and SP distribution handlers.
Slightly improved HealOvertimeHandler performance.
Fixed Duey not propagating equipment level and experience when transfering items.
Buyback now has a short grace period, granting the returning player time for decision making (players won't die right away, rather sticks at 1HP).
Reviewed item monitor task not properly protected concurrently.
Fixed some issues with ropes on some Kampung Village maps.
Fixed "maxhpmp" command allowing to pass negative values.
Added "8-slot SETUP expand" item on the CashShop.
Solved a concurrency issue on the fameGainByQuest method.
Refactored many resource freeing modules throughout the source code.
Implemented dynamic deployment of worlds and channels on the server system. Only creation of channels and worlds are available on this feature.
Added a dedicated worker for schedules requested on EventManager.
Fixed a potential cause for deadlocks on the channel schedulers' system.
Refactored many schedules used by the EventManager and Channel, futher improving overall scheduling performance on the server.
Slightly improved channel and disease announce workers performance.
Completion of repeatable quests no longer generates fame to players.
Equipment drop rates of Leprechaun were slightly decreased.
Fixed Pet Item Ignore not checking certain exploit cases correctly.
Optimized Pet Item Ignore server handler performance.
Fixed some exploits and improved performance on PetLootHandler.
Improved concurrency protection on MapleInventoryManipulator.
Heal skill effect on players now works GMS-intended, as description says. Also removed the delayed Heal cast effect to others.
Fixed party player HPBar not accounting the player's HP stat gained on equips towards the effective MaxHP.
The duration of mists generated by mobs has been rescaled to 10x longer than what has been displayed until now (wz duration property is supposed to actually be in 100ms).
Optimized timer management for mob skill cooldown and elemental effectiveness.
Implemented an additional inventory check system, to be used in cases where it's expected to remove a set group for items (with quantity) to then add a new group of items.
Fixed Player Shop/Hired Merchant "vacancy" tooltip, now properly showing whether the store has a visitor room or is already full at that time.
Fixed Player Shops only using the standard stand type.
Fixed cash pet food ignoring certain pet itemids when reading data from WZ.
Repelled ultimately the game-breaking issue that was introduced recently on the revamp of the login phase.
Optimized the getcurrenttime calls to the OS. Made most of the handler calls fetch directly from the Server object instead, the Server itself delegated with periodically updating the current time value. The result is an slightly delayed currenttime, backed with realtime value update within minutes.
Protected concurrently inventory sort handlers. Expected no more NullPointers from the sorting feature.
Added a server flag to limit cash items being sold on player shops/hired merchants.
Stabilized the MapleTV mechanics, and activities properly split by world.
Normalized Character.wz: equipments supposed to have the "cash" property now implements it.
Normalized String.wz: every item that doesn't have a "name" property now implements it.
Normalized the XMLs that lost indentation on the last source update.
New tool: MapleInvalidItemWithNoNameFetcher. Fetches and reports itemids throughout the XMLs that doesn't contain the "name" property and equipments that lacks "cash" property.
Frolic Omniknight references aside, if you have run into any more issues regarding the new login system, please open an issue and show the steps you've done to reach the problem.
Refactored login system, caching account data, merging some queries and using way less DB queries on login.
Server now uses associative tables for character-account and character-world, lowering considerably usage of some DB queries.
Fixed getPartyMembersOnSameMap method trying to access disconnected members, promptly throwing nulls.
Improved EXP distribution system, now crediting damage-contributing EXP to the party when the player is not present on the map.
Improved the "View-all-chars" feature mechanics, not so often disconnecting players for server response timeout anymore.
Improved Mystic Doors mechanics, now correctly spawning party players at actual door location on the off-town map.
Fixed "fly" command not working properly. All characters of that account are able to use this mechanic (client session limitation).
Fixed a critical deadlock issue on the new channel scheduler system.
Fixed some mobs not using skills, issue brought on the latest MoveLifeHandler update.
Improved slightly skill/movement synergy on the MoveLifeHandler responses.
GMs no longer creates Hall-of-fame PlayerNPCs when reaching max class level.
Fixed monsterValue script method being triggered multiple times for party members.
Fixed pinkbean not dropping items inside expedition.
Moved "recharge" command from Donator to JrGM.
Implemented an improved scheduler system for channels, on where Runnables objects are "registered in" to run on a scheduled future time (effective run time will depend on the proc time of the worker acting under-the-hood).
Implemented a channel scheduler for detecting "mobs currently on animation state". This allows the server to send info to the client about whether a mob should cast a skill or not at that moment.
Improved concurrent protection on MapleMonster listeners registry.
Improved resource deallocation when destroying a monster object.
Added a server flag to allow clean slates to be used on equipments even on the "only successfully used scroll slots" case.
Fixed a critical deadlock case with MapleServerHandler.
Added the portal SFX for many scripted portals that still lacked the sound effect.
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).
Player Trade is now enabled inside PQ & events.
Refactored minigame code, now using enums rather than strings for logistics.
Fixed Transformations not applying stat buffs properly.
Warrior's Crash skills now acts accordingly with their description (rather than applying all combined debuffs).
Added a server flag for Crash skills, to apply mob immunity debuffs as well.
Fixed Shark Wave not stacking charges.
Dragon Roar now properly stuns the mobs (stun effect won't show up, though).
Refactored empty method on MapleCharacter, now freeing more resources.
[EXPERIMENTAL] Upon lifetime's end of the object, empty function will be called alongside MapleClient's clear, should issues arise from that, it's TBD.
Added a server flag to allow solo expeditions.
Added a server flag that allows short-lengthened cooldown on Hero's Will skill.
Added recipes for Advanced Mob Crystal 2 and 3 (level 120 and 130) within Etc Maker.
Fixed Heaven's Hammer and Combo Tempest not displaying damage dealt value.
Fixed some minor PE exploits with players being allowed to create minirooms while dead or inside an event.
Adjusted item dropped from mobs to now allow visible quest items appear before not-visible ones, thus showing no "empty spaces" when the mob has multiple quest drops.
Fixed Horntail not attributing quest progress for "The Last Hour of Horntail" quest. Attribution only happens inside the expedition.
Removed unnecessary skill books from the drop data, since quests for them were recently implemented.
Fixed null pointer issue when trying to use return scroll on maps such as Mu Lung.
Fixed a critical deadlock issue with MaplePacketEncoder.
Fixed a critical DB leak regarding player's quest status.
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.
Added script for several uncoded reactors with drop data on DB.
Improved quest status updates on the DB, now using a common "characterid" column.
Fixed several disease status not appearing for other players.
Fixed MapleTV item being taken twice per operation.
Implemented password system for minirooms such as omok/match cards. Passwords as player names will suggest to the system that player is being "invited" to the private game.
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.
Fixed autoassigner handler not reading the client's packet properly when using USE_SERVER_AUTOASSIGNER = false.
Updated questid for some drops on the DB.
Added scripts for some quests on the Aran's Full Swing skill questline.
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 spawn effect not working properly after the HT spawn sequence patch.
Fixed autoassigner not distributing AP properly for brawlers.
More than one of the same equipment can now be dropped by mobs. Feature uses the minimum/maximum quantity fields from the drop data to determine how many of the same will be dropped each instance.
Fixed "extra MaxMP gain with INT accounting" being given to a leveled up character even when the flag USE_RANDOMIZE_HPMP_GAIN is set to false.
Solved an issue with pets upon expiration, that would render the pet no longer being able to be unequipped until WoL applied.
Fixed a critical bug that would sometimes default the written mount data on the DB, causing data loss.
Removed all invalid itemids from the drop data.
Added quest rates. Instead of using the player's rates, quest rates stacks up with the server's exp and drop rates when giving quest rewards, making the values the same for all.
Adjusted map boundings to better suit the item drop positions inside the field.
New tool: MapleInvalidItemIdFetcher. It reads all existing itemids from the wz and reports inexistent itemids on the DB's drop data.
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.
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.
Refactored many calls for TimerManager's schedules throughout the source.
Switched all tables using MyISAM to InnoDB: on a multi-threaded environment such as this, table-locking is an instant no-no, and other gains MyISAM would have over InnoDB are minimal.
Altered getConnection() to properly throw an exception (good practice!) in case of no available connection instead of a mere null.
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.
Implemented the "Arrange Items" Storage feature (merge & sort items on the Storage). Fixed items from different ownerships being merged together when trying to swap their positions. Fixed a bug where putting equipped pets onto Cash Shop inventory would cause a crash the returning to the game.
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 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.
Thanks to BenjixD DietStory's dev team, many bugs found by them have
been patched (pirate quests, missing drop data, fly command, etc).
Implemented Owl of Minerva. Fixed many issues with Hired Merchant and
Player Shops. Fixed an error with the slot checking system. Added Wish
Tickets (circa-2006 GMS event) to be dropped on AmoriaPQ.
Fixed some issues with Fredrick not retrieving the right amount of items
from Hired Merchants. Added concurrency protection for HM. Patched a
minor issue on buff system.
