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 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.
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 "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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Completely rearranged buff system (system can smartly check for the best
statup to take effect for it's duration, or the server can be flagged to
act as usual). Refactored scheduling system for buffs expiration and
cooldowns to use one single thread per player rather than one per
instance.
