New Updates:

• improved client programming efficiency
• dialog transparent backgrounds now clears before its surface is redrawn, preventing overlapped graphics to still be visible in transparent areas after they are moved in certain dialogs (i.e. inventory items)
• updated some sections of the website

Changes:

• temporarily removed damage flinching/stuns
• improved mouse input interaction/focus with client

Fixes:

• issue with font rendering causing texel positions to be out of place when center-aligning text
• player able to move after death (client/server -side)
• pixel shader alpha issues on certain graphics cards

New Updates:

• implement last-saved date to mysql database
• screen movement for dash attack
• implemented bumping & corresponding sound effect
• screen movement for player movement
• reduce selected skill if the skill limit of 700% is reached (if no skill is selected to decrease client-side, skills cannot be upgraded/changed)
• Implemented special npc's (anti-physical, anti-magic, poisonous, clarivoyant, destructive of magic)
• Implemented summoned npcs via Summon Creature spell; summons die after 6 mins
• sql dump system to dump all sql queries on failed attempts/returns so no data is lost due to disconnection
• Improved SQL server query efficiency
• improved graphic rendering performance by reducing the number of vertex buffer lock calls in a single frame to one big lock call
• added restart shortcut ctrl+r to restart/revive character upon death in designated town portal coordinates
• verify player data saved successfully world-server side before deleting clients game-server side (also prevents new logins, overwriting data & duping)
• berserked npc's have a bonus 1.6x damage compared to players with 2x damage increase

Changes:

• berserked npc's had a bonus 1.6x damage in old code compared to players with 2x (both now have 2x damage)
• removed unused skill masteries and updated item configuration accordingly
• holding items now hides mouse icon for better item description visibility

Fixes:

• duping possible if world-server fails to save client data before another client logs in with the same character
• player info doesn't follow character among other players, but is smooth on self
• music not working
• spot-mobs' sides not set properly for NPCs (traveller/aresden/elvine/civilian indicator not showing)
• ensure saved character data won't be overwritten by early player enter-game (player enters the game before a saving session for that character completes)
• death doesn't disappear properly for other players but works fine for yourself
• spot-mobs' sides not set properly for warehouse, shops, etc. (traveller/aresien/eldenial status not showing)
• object info doesn't follow sprite frames as the object moves
• damage action not properly rendering frames
• damage-move action not properly rendering frames
• Player no longer regenerates HP/MP/SP while dead
• Resolution changes in client causing mapdata to be irregular
• long instances of rendered text batches sometimes exceeds vertex limit of 1000. Vertex limit increased to 2000 to resolve the issue of long instances of rendered text batches. (Note: research increasing this limit further to perhaps reduce amount of GPU render calls)
• client crash due to server-side data sent to client after login rejection (rejection due to character already logged in)
• multiple character logins
• not all npc's show the damage taken animation (flinching)
• crash with very large resolutions because client map data doesn't support that many tiles; this fix also prevents unused memory in low resolutions
• calculating height/width per text engine render instance
• drawing rectangules
• row/column major/minor array pointers

New Updates:

• implemented more sophisticated memory debugging protocols to prevent memory leaks
• verified HP/MP/SP regen times are correct according to original Helbreath
• new quest system
  • client-side quest list
  • sql server client quest data (completed, in-progress, objective progress)
  • server-side quest client data
  • client/server quests & rewards configuration
  • quest progress updating server/client -side

Changes:

• berserked npc's had a bonus 1.6x damage in old code compared to players with 2x (both now have 2x damage)

Fixes:

• hb2pak sprites incorrect data for frames greater than 62
• memory deallocation issues

New Updates:

• add manu bonuses to item info pop-up box
• deposited item into warehouse system message
• safe-attack-mode (10% extra MP consumption after casting magic if safe-attack mode is active)
• test new mouse input system in milti-window, when scrolling, etc.
• save windows/dialogs/text into textures to improve performance and update only when necessary
• show windows mouse when hovering the system menu bar (minimize, maximize, close), hide the in-game mouse when outside the client screen, show the in-game mouse when inside the client screen.
• player spell list window
• HP/MP/SP periodic increments (20 seconds, 15 seconds, 10 seconds respectively), also a hunger value of < 30 will increase the time by x = (30-hunger), where x = time in seconds and 0 <= x <= 30 and 0 <= hunger <= 100; keep your hunger status above 29 to maintain constant status increments
• hunger system
• cannot use teleport in enemy town
• item colors client-side
• Wizard Tower learn spell client/server -side
• implemented relative item effects/actions: Guild Admission/Withdrawal tickets, Dilution Potion, Map, Recall/Invis/Detect-Invis Scrolls/Potions, Ogre Potion, Hair/Underwear/Skin/Gender Change Potions, Super/Power Green Potions, Paint/Dyes, Study Magic
• consumable item system
• inventory item layering order now saves
• NPC's by default have 20% poison resistance to remove poison status at a 1/5 chance (will be tested to satisfaction)
• berserk, frozen, illusion, illusion-movement, confusion, confuse-language effect client/server -side

Changes:

• change chat history item-link sprites to ground-sprites as opposed to inventory-sprites
• make the mouse toggle from being locked within the window frame in window mode by the user
• Replaced the Direct Input system to the standard windows mouse/keyboard handler to improve flexibility in window mode

Fixes:

• object info displaces by one tile sometimes when running while highlighting the object
• Dead player causing crash when a player enters that area
• spell-casting animation shown for nearby clients

New Updates:

• global, town/ally, local/global guild, party chat
• penalty kill announcer (red text)
• enemy kill announcer (red text)
• level-up announcer (gold text)
• skill level announcer (light-green text)
• guild system
• party system
• player whisper, whisper command: "/to [Name]" (whispers selected player if available); or, "/to" (to stop whispering), server message indicating successful/failed whisper or offline player
• for the client list, set a global variable to loop through the list from 0~activeclients where activeclients is the variable as opposed to using DEF_MAXCLIENTXSOCK everytime; this should improve performance
• system menu
• player status effects: DS, GDS, PFM, AMP, PFA, poison, frozen, berserk
• npc status effects: DS, GDS, PFM, AMP, PFA, poison, frozen, berserk

Fixes:

• chat history scroll index and message index are not compatible when multiple lines are used (word breaks) for a single message
• large player messages causing crash
• typing large player messages causes issues (temporary fix applied)
• long chat messages in the chat history causing characters to disappear (increased max vertex count per render call from 1000 -> 2000)

New Updates:

• linkable items in the messaging system (hold ctrl and hover over the item to view it)
• hold ctrl+mouse-over(hover) to see dead object info
• alive/dead object info
• penalty kill response
• enemy kill response
• attack-mode/peace-mode/special-attack main interface icons
• experience system
• new text engine capable of using multiple font styles/colors in a single string/draw call
• improved text-input box handling (i.e. unfocus when right/left click outside of input box, not sending local message when hitting enter key if it is not the message input-box)
• mini window to drop X amount of items
• mini window to deposit/withdraw X amount of items in warehouse
• mini window to give/sell/repair X amount of items to a player or npc (i.e. howard, kennedy, shop-keeper, tom)
• end key to retype previous message
• remove completely new item info when an inventory item is selected; display info under already existing inventory item sprite
• ability to change font colors, size, type, etc. in a single string/render call
• Completion effects/bonuses on manufactured items (item endurance, defense/min damage) on both client & server side
• pretend corpse probability
• update client-side tile data if a player leaves the map/view-area
• update client-side tile data if a player uses a still action (attacking, pick-up, casting, etc.)
• applications sleep for 10 ms after each frame in Debug Mode to optimize CPU usage
• create a Main class for the main/world/game servers to prevent stack memory overloads/leaks

Changes:

• healing/edible items are non-stackable
• ctrl+click function changed to ctrl+alt+click to link items into chat
• increase chat message item links to 4
• long chat messages render over the chat history window; implement word breaks to create new lines if it becomes too long
• chat history and new text engine compatibility
• removed citizen status (any enemy citizen is killable without penalty to prevent abuse/spying)
• improved pixel shader performance by "discarding" invisible pixels to skip the rendering phase

Fixes:

• peace mode does damage
• dropped items losing stats/color/endurance
• memory issues caused by too many global functions & declarations; moved most of the code into a main class object

New Updates:

• special/critical attacks
• dash attacks
• farming skill system
• fishing skill system
• manufacturing skill system
• pretend corpse skill
• crafting skill system
• skill system
• implemented safe memory allocation practices to prevent/catch unallocated heap memory
• smooth frame rendering/movement based on time; alternating frames now doesn't skip pixels based on the total frames like it did previously
• added crop effect
• level 30 requirement for farming
• level 30 requirement for fishing
• level 30 requirement for mining
• crop effect becomes more transparency over time
• crop depletion/death becomes more transparent over time
• pick axe/fishing rod/hoe lose endurance after each usage (successful or not) attempt (limitations such as level/skill requirements do not overrule this effect)
• you can damage a crop with a hoe if you do not meet the minimum level 20 farming skill, this effect does not apply to the minimum character level 30 requirement
• crops have a life-time of 3 minutes before depleting automatically if not farmed first
• Removed: Fish Schools/Mysterious Bubbles have a limited fishing attempts which can range from 1~10 chosen at random when spawned
• you can only successfully fish at Fish Schools/Mysterious Bubbles once before they deplete
• fishing attempts
• reduce endurance of fishing rod after a fishing attempt
• dynamic objects disappear slowly after completion/death
• crop growth based on amount of hits from a hoe (12 -> 22 -> 29; total of 3 crop growth states, 29 being the completion/death of the crop)
• fish/bubbles depletion based on fishing success/attempts
• crop depletion based on total hits from a hoe
• right-click mouse attacks (special/normal attacks)
• player item drop action including drop confirmation/amount window
• player item positions save upon logout
• player item inventory order (client-side only)
• able to plant crops with hoe equipped (or unarmed) - shields do not matter
• mining ore/item probabilities, rock depletion, rock difficulty, rock generator
• skill experience system server & client side
• minerals spawn once every 10 seconds at a 25% chance if there are mineral spots available
• successful fishing attempts increases fishing skill experience, catching an item/fish also increases the skill experience equivalent to the difficulty of that item
• gain farming experience when produce drops or when the crop changes its growth state (3-5 skill experience per crop and you cannot be beyond 10 levels of the minimum skill level for that produce type)
• gain mining experience when you successfully hit a rock
• gain alchemy experience when you successfully brew an item
• gain manufacturing experience when you successfully synthesize an item (must be at or within the effective skill level range for the specific recipe to gain experience)
• original fish catch chance calculator system; chance to increase/decrease (1% chance to do nothing) fishing success chance every 4 seconds after catching a special fish/item (Fish School/Mysterious Bubbles)
• if the fish object disappears after reaching its time limit, you cannot catch the fish any longer even if you successfully attempted to (fishing dialog opened)
• mysql server integration

Changes:

• changed Ginseng item ID for crop name display convenience purposes
• Fish Schools/Mysterious Bubbles have a life-time of 10-30 minutes before depleting automatically if not fished

Fixes:

• unintentional movement after casting a spell
• cannot cancel fishing dialog, you must try to catch the fish or logout to exit it
• dropping equipped items crashes the client
• crash when equipped item is handled but has been removed prior due to several circumstances (i.e. dropped, sold, etc.)
• respawned monsters causing alive ones to disappear where dead ones with the same ID as the newly spawned one are