| Turns Starting Again | November 2, 2008 |
Looks like things are getting back to normal.
DNS fixed
The DNS is finally fixed, turns have been enabled again.
– Tom
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| -- Indirik |
| Information About the Recent Network Issues | November 2, 2008 |
| There has recently been a sever issue with the DNS system for the battlemaster.org domain. (DNS (or Domain Name System) is how your computer figures out what server to contact when you tell it to go to "battlemaster.org".) Recent problems have caused pretty much every computer in the world to lose the ability to turn the domain name "battlemaster.org" into an IP address that it can use to contact the server. In response Tom paused the game shortly after Friday, October 31st's half turn. (The sunset turn change.) Tom has reported that the NS records for battlemaster.org has already been fixed. It could take a couple days for the records to propagate through the net. There has been no official word from Tom on how long the game will be paused. Personally, I would guess at least another 24 hours. For future reference, the ways to work around this problem can be found here: DNS Solution. |
| -- Indirik |
| Lots and Lots (and lots more!) Bugs Fixed | October 27, 2008 |
As you may have noticed from the new login message, there have recently been a lot of bugs fixed. The number fixed is too extensive to list here. (And quite a few of them are very small textual changes, anyway.) One significant bug that has been fixed is the inability to appoint a new duke following a peasant revolt that kicks out the old duke. The bug note says that it will not fix an existing problem with this, but will prevent the situation from happening again.
Congrats to Tom and all the new devs for all their hard work! |
| -- Indirik |
| Developer Activity Picking Up | October 13, 2008 |
| Some of you who are active on the bugtracker may have recently noticed a flurry of new activity. It appears that Tom has given several new people developer access to the bugtracker, and quite possibly to the codebase. This has lead to many bugs being updated with closed/resolved/acknowledged status, and apparently a few minor bugs fixed. (Mostly related to gender issues.) Hopefully we'll see more activity as the new developers get up to speed and start making larger contributions. |
| -- Indirik |
| Clearing up Some Rumours | September 19, 2008 |
No, we haven't abandoned you. It's just that there really has not been anything of note worth reporting happening lately. However, the following clarification on "monster punishments" was recently posted to all nobles on Atamara:
"Tom Punishments"
I've heard about rumours that some monster/undead attacks are "punishment from Tom".
As usual, these rumours are total bull$#!t. When Tom punishes, he does so visibly, with lightning bolts and an explanation why. Especially undead or monsters are never intentionally sunk on any specific realm, except maybe on Beluaterra during an invasion.
There are numerous reasons why undead and monsters could happen more often in some parts of the map than others. The reasons can even be different for undead and monsters. One of the most likely reason is adventurers keeping the other places better cleaned up.
So, if you see monsters or undead heading your way, they are all automatically generated by the game code, which makes absolutely no difference between realm X and realm Y.
– Tom
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| -- Indirik |
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| November 17, 2008 |
| Bug 4499 It is now possible for lords to place up to 10 gold in each of the monster/undead bounty pots for adventurers. |
| November 17, 2008 |
| Bug 4346 It is no longer possible to join realms that have 0 regions. |
| November 14, 2008 |
| Bug 4275 Caravans return home and report they couldn't find any food to buy, even after they report having bought food. |
| November 14, 2008 |
| Bug 4470 Regional message options changed to include "All nobles in this region". |
| November 14, 2008 |
| Bug 4322 Adventurers should no longer get messages to "all nobles of the Duchy of ...". |
| November 14, 2008 |
| Bug 4224 Elections announcements will now include the full name of the person elected, rather than just the first name. |
| November 11, 2008 |
| Bug 4156 It is now possible to protest if you've been in the realm less than 14 days, if the realm is new. |
| November 11, 2008 |
| Bug 4393 When caravans desert, the food they were carrying will now be deducted from the total amount carried. |
| November 7, 2008 |
| Bug 3711 Adventurers are no longer subject to automatic fines for breaking realm laws by dueling. |
| November 7, 2008 |
| Bug 4144 SQL error during secession should be fixed. |
| November 6, 2008 |
| Bug 4305 (This bug has many duplicates.) Realm council members may now change allegiance, and their regions should be able to realign to duchies. |
| November 6, 2008 |
| Bug 4166 Aspirants in a guild/religion can now deposit gold in the treasury to pay off their debt. They cannot withdraw gold or see the treasury balance. |
| November 6, 2008 |
| Bug 3802 Messages sent from prison should now be saved in your Sent Messages. |
| November 6, 2008 |
| Bug 4330 Priests should now be able to use a ferry for travel when the option is offered. |
| November 5, 2008 |
| Bug 4417 It should now no longer be possible to recruit troops while you have an unpaid fine. |
| November 3, 2008 |
| Bug 4155 It should now be possible to ban priests who are arrested during attempted acts of religious sabotage. |
| November 3, 2008 |
| Bug 3859 Following a secession or the changing of allegiance to a new realm, estates support in the region is reset, and estate size is reset to small. |
| November 3, 2008 |
| Bug 4072 Duke not getting report of his city going hungry. All Dukes should now get the Realm Food Report and related messages, including notifications that their city is starving. |
| October 27, 2008 |
| Bug 3215 It is now possible to ban foreign nobles caught trading on the black market. |
| October 27, 2008 |
| Bug 4329 (This one has a lot of duplicates.) Taxes received in gold vs. bonds. |
| October 27, 2008 |
| Bug 4039 (This one has a lot of duplicates, as well.) Cannot appoint a new duke when old duke kicked out by peasant revolts. |
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