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.
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 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.
Solved an exploit where anyone (via packet editing) could be able to login as any registered character after authenticating and selecting a character.
New tool: MapleQuestlineFetcher. It reports ids from quests which quest script files were not found on the scripts folder.
[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.
Normalized the Ninja Ambush skill, now applying a more sane DOT amount.
Added "mobhp" and "resetskill" commands.
Fixed a glitch with donators on the GM map, being able to interact with those NPCs as if they were GM's.
Added scripts for the Dyle questline.
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.
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.
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.
Improved the Horntail spawn sequence to better fit the end of the animation with the HT parts assembly. Thanks to Arnah and Zenns.
Improved the usage of visual space by the "hint banners" throughout the source.
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.
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+.
Adjusted pet autopot to use temporary variables instead of the current player's HP, MP. This seems to have solved a race condition issue where the pet would instantly use up all the pots of the assigned itemid the player had on the inventory.
Steal now uses the effective chance it is supposed to use.
Reworked Steal so that it determines which item to drop accordingly with the drop rates of each available item. It won't drop Quest nor Party Quest items.
Reworked friendly mob drops to act on the same way common mobs drops items.
Fixed issues with scripted portals introduced on the Portal Soundeffect update patch. There is expected to have no more syntax errors on the portal scripts.
Improved quality of the strings used on the Expedition scripts.
New command: reach. Warps the caller to the area where the targeted player is.
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.
Added portal crossing sound effect on several scripted portals which were missing it.
Added a few more scrolls on Spindle.
Added several skill/mastery book drops, making "4th job skill questing" somewhat more viable.
Fixed pet Snail not expiring properly (being removed from inventory when the time's up).
Broadcasted code update for most of the missing portal sound effects for portal scripts. It is expected for all scripted portals now to play the sound effect when traversing it.
Fixed items such as Red Bean Porridge and Air Bubble from acting outside of their scopes (now Air Bubble acts only under water, for instance).
Fixed an exploit with expirable quests when accessing the cash shop, that would make them "unexpirable".
Tweaked storages, now showing up popup warnings to players under level 15 instead of using the chat text area.
Removed "One-of-a-kind" tag from Lilin's Ring (caused conflicts with the Agent E custom script).
Added a few more scrolls to Spindle's shop.
Implemented several minor drop data adjustments.
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.
Improved Alliance invitations now using "invite popups" just like buddy, party and guild invites.
Pet autopot now properly uses up pots from the inventory, fetching from other inventory slots when one place has been completely used up but the "stop criteria" hasn't been fulfilled yet.
Pet autopot now properly detects pots with healing factor defined by the character's pool.
Fixed old exploit with mineral/jewel crafters.
Patched Doorway's questlines.
Minor review in some handlers with regards to multiple MapleCharacter fetching in their contents. Changed to fetch from a variable containing the target character.
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.
New Year is coming soon! Figured out implementation for the New Year cards. Opcodes and packet structures are thanks to Eric.
New Year effect crashes/dc's the player in some cases.
Added informative notes to shop owners when transactioning an item/bundle.
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.
Removed the Stat Upgrade UI that would popup when leveling up to 15/20/25/30.
Improved 3rd job advancement for Cygnus Knights, now working GMS-like.
Added "droplimit" command. When issued, it will show to the player the current drop count on the map.
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 a major performance problem with installing over 10000 threads when a given amount of accounts exists on the DB.
Added information for the available 2nd jobs of the Explorers, introducing to the players the gists of each job branch.
Found inconsistencies with the usage of MySQL 5.7. In case of such scenarios, better continue using the legacy system.
Reverted ROM-like tables to MyISAM.
Added a script for visually improving credit view.
Tracked back the server sources before with respective owners. It possibly still needs to be updated.
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.
* Added bcrypt support.
bcrypt is the modern hashing method. SHA-1 is considered completely deprecated (like MD5) and SHA-256 isn't as beneficial as bcrypt.
* Updated .gitignore to not track and stage binary files.
* Fixed flipped variables.
* Added ServerConstants.AUTOMATIC_REGISTER
The automatic registration uses the bcrypt hashing method.
* Drop MyISAM support, for InnoDB
As of MySQL 5.6 and above (or MariaDB equivalent), MyISAM has no benefits over InnoDB.
InnoDB is faster.
It has row-level locking.
It has better crash recovery.
It supports transactions, foreign keys and relationship constraints.
* Fixed a memory leak in MapleClient.login
* Added automatic migration from SHA-1 and SHA-512 to bcrypt.
* Made indentation consistent
