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Herbert Dypp
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 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: [Patch Message] March 23, 2004 |
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March 23rd, 2004
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Headlines
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DirectX 9 is now REQUIRED to play on all SOE EverQuest servers and Venril Sathir!
Stormhammer received a new adventure zone.
Another story for you to peruse in your storybook.
Screenshots in .JPG? What will they think of next!
More Grammar changes (no not Grandma, Grammar)
DirectX 9
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-We have added more detail to the gamma correction slider, which means you may need to adjust your gamma settings which are located under video options
-All zones will temporarily have the same sky while we refine DirectX 9 functionality.
-Corpses should now be easier to target.
-We have added a new command, /rewind, which should free your character if they become stuck in geometry.
-There are now independent window resolutions for full screen and windowed mode.
Stormhammer
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If you are a Legends subscriber you can visit the Lost Pyramid of Galuuk Korr. This midlevel adventure zone will allow you to explore a monument from the lost elvish city of Takish Hiz!
Now you must find what was left beneath the sands. Good luck.
Screenshots
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-Screenshots will now save to a "Screenshot" folder in your EQ directory
-You can now change the format your screenshots are saved in by adding the "ScreenshotType=" line in your eqclient.ini file, which is in your EverQuest directory. To save in jpg format you would change or add the line to read "ScreenshotType=jpg". Supported formats are bmp, jpg, tga, dds and png. Screenshots will continue to save in bmp format unless this line is added.
Items
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-More items have had endurance added to them.
-Some Fabled items have been tweaked a bit.
-Added recommended levels to some fabled items.
-You will now need to be of at least the 50th level to complete the beastlord epic.
NPC
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-Guards in Everfrost Peaks will once again help those in trouble.
-Soulbinders should now show in the Find window.
-Fabled NPC's will now appropriately reflect their difficulty.
Spells
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-Elemental Draw will no longer Crit on your pets.
Miscellaneous
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-Uqua should be a bit more playable now.
-Ikkinz raids have been upgraded slightly.
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Jorlana
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:49 am Post subject: |
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Some great changes in there, jpg screenies, wheee!
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Elyhim
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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and still unable to log in GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
guess there won't be anymore fatal bow shots on fabled mobs (
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Elyhim
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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looks like they changed the script saying it'll be up by 11am pst to not at all today
"/23/2004 10:30 AM PST (-8 UTC)
The Maintenance time for all EQ worlds has been extended. We are very sorry for the inconvenience, but should have them back up by 12:30 am pst." |
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Jorlana
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WTF! Don't they owe us all some sort of credit for being down all day like that? Seems to me we pay by the month for a service and if it's interrupted for one whole day we are owed some sort of reimbursement.
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Geadiin
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Seems like they could come up with a patching technique that wouldn't require any downtime or at least very minimal downtime. In the meantime, we should all /petition Sony to get our $0.43 for the lost day of EQ. 
Does this patch message mean they are not completed with the new graphics engine? It sounds like they have pieces of it in place, but that it's not finished. Anyone know any more than that?
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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I know it's not a huge amount of money for once instance, but this is the second day in a month where the servers have been down for a significant part of the day, it just seems wrong to me. Maybe I'm just in an antiestablishement kinda of mood  |
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Elyhim
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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someone had just changed the script the easy way by removing a 1 inserting a 2 and didn't bother to change anything else. Its changed again 12:30pm |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Jorlana wrote: | | I know it's not a huge amount of money for once instance, but this is the second day in a month where the servers have been down for a significant part of the day, it just seems wrong to me. Maybe I'm just in an antiestablishement kinda of mood |
I think we should get reimbursed for the emotional distress the server downtime causes instead. That would be...priceless.
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Whizbang Dustyboots
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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wtf is up with requiring people to manually edit their ini files? Hi, it's a mass consumer product; make it a drop down menu choice in Options, fucknuts.
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Better not tell you now. Ask Chatbot if it is. Hi there Whizbang Dustyboots. up with requiring people to manually edit their ini files is a mass consumer product; make it a drop down menu choice in Options fucknuts. I suppose that makes sense.
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Jenny
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:11 am Post subject: |
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That's not what I meant.
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