UO Publish 32 Details

"TC2 Pub32 Test" will be running the Publish 32 Server code.



Players will find BODs have been added to bank boxes on test center to help with testing the BOD changes.

Publish 32 contains the following changes, fixes, and additions:


Note:
This is not a final list and may change before this publish goes live.
We will post a final list of Publish 32 details when we are ready to
publish to the production shards.


New Features

• Three new Necromancer alchemy potions with two intensities each (regular and greater)




• Conflagration – Creates a field of flame with damage based on the strength of the potion.







• Mask of Death –
  Causes monsters to ignore a player for a duration based on the strength
  of the potion. Has no effect on monsters that are currently
  attacking you.






• Confusion Blast
  – Confuses all monsters in an area. The size of the
  area is based on the strength of the potion.

• Necromancer Exorcism spell




• Exorcism is a Necromancer spell that also requires GM Spirit Speak to cast


• Exorcism will relocate any player ghosts around the caster to a shrine on that facet


• Exorcism will only work in a champion spawn region


• Exorcism will not affect players who have a corpse on the same subserver



• Exorcism will not affect fellow faction, guild, alliance, or party members


• Players with GM Spirit Speak can now see the ghosts of other players at all times


• Exorcism scrolls will be craftable by scribes, drop off of some high ranking creatures, and can be sold to shopkeepers
  
  

• Added guild and alliance chat




• Use “\” for guild chat


• Use “|” (shift + “\”) for alliance chat


• Guild and alliance chat color and ignore toggles added to options gump
  
  

• Improved looking radar map for both 2D and 3D clients




• Shading based upon slope of tiles (except water and lava)


• Shading based upon height of objects (will help terrain like the hedge maze)


• Careful Z sorting (to make roofs of buildings look better)


• Tree canopies (won’t display in Felucca unless tree canopies option is on)



• Corrected hue processing
  
  

• Added a monument south-west of the Britain bank on both facets




• Monument has statistics about the invasion



• The color of the statue and the wording on it will vary depending on how successful players were at fighting off the invasion
  
  

• Mini-house “Church at Night” as a 1st Year Veteran Reward


• Paragons are now hued bright yellow in 3D client


• Players can now press the
  Enter key to select the last used shard in the 2D and 3D clients, and
  to choose the last used character in the 2D client

Changes

• The Despise Humanoid Invasion has ended


• Turning in a BOD removes the BOD timer based on BOD type (blacksmith/tailor)


• BOD quest offers now display time remaining in minutes instead of hours


• Adjusted the rate at which cloth prices fluctuate in the commodity system


• Vendors can no longer be dismissed until all of the gold they are holding as been collected



• The turn-in NPC for Treasures of Tokuno, Ihara Soko, can now find more than 10 artifacts in your inventory


• Replaced Polymorph gump with a better looking iconic choice gump


• Confirmation gump now appears when disabling auto-insurance


• All spellbooks, including Paladin, Necromancer, Ninjitsu, and Bushido, will now decay

Fixes

• Players can no longer fire a
  bow while moving unless you are using the Moving Shot special
  attack. Archery with low swing speed no longer waits too long
  to attack after moving



• You can no longer pay reduced rent by pricing items such that the total value of the vended items exceeds the system limits


• Power scrolls given to dead players will now be placed in the player’s corpse


• Decorative plants now display the plant type in their name


• Fixed a few creatures that were still auto-dispelling summoned pets too often


• Fixed the spellbook
  descriptions of Demons, Energy Vortexes and Blade Spirits to reflect
  the recent change to the number of control slots they require


• Faction tags can now be seen everywhere on Siege ruleset shards, instead of just in Felucca



• Improved script language performance and fixed issues with various scripts on the server


• Other miscellaneous fixes that will not be announced before the publish is live, as they are considered exploits

Ninja Class page added

Added info on the Ninja Class for Samurai Empire expansion. This page has info on the Ninja Special Attacks and more.

Master the art of Ninjitsu for ultima combat!

PVP?

Soulstone Fragments Are Available

Did you miss out on the Ultima Online: Samurai Empire pre-order Soulstone? Did you get your Soulstone, but wish you had another one? No need to fear, Soulstone Fragments are here!

Soulstone Fragments are small pieces of a shattered Soulstone that have retained some of the Soulstone's energy. These fragments are only strong enough to store a fraction of the original Soulstone's power and can be used to transfer skills up to 5 times. After the power of the fragment has been depleted, it can be used as a decoration for your humble abode. There are 9 different Soulstone Fragments available to collect and trade.

Now you can enter your Samurai Empire upgrade code found on the back of your CD jewel case into UO's in-game promotion tool, and you will be given a Promotional Token that can be redeemed for a Soulstone Fragment.

What exactly is a Soulstone Fragment? How is it different from a regular Soulstone?
A: A Soulstone Fragment is a piece of a shattered Soulstone that contains a remnant of the Soulstone's energy. Since it is only a small piece of a whole Soulstone, it has a limited amount of energy in which to transfer skills between your characters. This energy will last for 5 uses - after that, you can use it for decoration, because it just looks so darn cool when you stick it in the ground.

Q: What does a Soulstone Fragment do?

A: A Soulstone Fragment allows a UO player to store skill points in a specific skill and to move skill points from one character to another. For instance, if you have a character that you want to be a pure warrior, but he has a bunch of Magery skill points, you can move those Magery skill points to another character you own.

Or, if you have a character you’d like be a blacksmith one day and a warrior the next, store your blacksmith skill points in one Soulstone Fragment and your swordsmanship skill points in another Soulstone Fragment. Change your character back and forth when you wish. (Except during battle. Soulstones cannot be used during battle.)

You can use a Soulstone Fragment five times only. After that, its energy is gone and it's nothing more than decorative rock.