PATCH: February 6 – Stackable Tokens of Heroism, Corpse Displays, FX Caps and more

02 / 06 / 2021

Corpse Displays

  • NPC Corpses that have “unlootable” worn items should now no longer display those items in the corpse container / grid loot

Network

  • Implemented a large number of improvements to our Network Stack and backend systems handling that should hopefully improve CPU usage as well as reduce lag for players

Tokens of Heroism

  • Tokens of Herosim are now stackable with other tokens of the same Mini-Boss or Boss type

Event Processing

  • Added support for toggling “Event-mode” handling for creatures to reduce CPU usage (and lag) for large-scale events that feature tons of creatures and NPCs on screen at once (also better processing of creature corpses)

Visual / Sound Effects Cap
We have implemented several Visual / Sound Effects caps on certain mechanics to limit their impact on server performance in situations where dozens if not hundreds of players + pets are on screen at once, as follows:

  • Barding Songs will be capped at displaying their visual effects to a max of 10 targets (any targets beyond those 10 displayed will simply receive a system message notifying they have received the bonus, but will not have an visual / sound effect played)
  • Spirit Speak “harvesting” is capped at displaying 5 visual effects
  • Visual effects for Artisan Aspect Weapon/Spell trigger will be capped at 10 players total (any players beyond those 10 displayed will simply receive a system message notifying they have received the bonus, but will not have a visual / sound effect played)

Aspect Weapon / Spell Triggers

  • Aspect Weapon / Spell triggers that deal AoE (area of effect) damage to targets will be capped at hitting up to 10 targets max on each trigger (damage will be divided amongst those 10 targets as normal)

Crafting

  • Siege Tools are no longer craftable (and no longer appear on Society Jobs)

Mount Breeding Feeding Troughs

  • Single-clicking Feeding Troughs will now display the trough’s current growth progress percent as well as a progress bar (the green bar may not be visible in some houses though due to height limitations or trough placement)

Event Schedules

  • Fixed an issue where the schedules for Arena Tournaments, PvP Events, and Strangelands have “drifted” so their start times were not exactly at the start of the hour: they have now been adjusted to be exactly on the hour

Storage Shelf Enhancements

  • Fixed an issue where some players who purchased Player Enhancements that would unlock additional Storage Shelf Profiles were not receiving them

Crash Fixes

  • Fixed a crash issue related to the Storm Daemon and Omni-Boss summoning

Text Displays

  • Fixed a number of spelling and grammar errors in system messages