FAB SYSTEM DISABLED (untill the following changes have been tested)

Summoning a mob in enclosed areas now possible.
Added extra protection to mobs fleeing into walls.
Can no longer drop items onto walls.
Can no longer drop items at edge of galaxy.
Asteroid fields are no longer navigable. Therefore, they no longer kill you.
Can no longer pick up artifacts if teleporting.
Boss radius increased.  This will allow bosses to move further away from home.
The duration of stun and disable is now announced to all players in the vicinity.
Recover no longer obeys action timers. But timer is still present
Being interrupted now stops all actions.
Exp for a group of tiered players fixed.  Having a tiered player get kill will no longer reduce exp amount to share.
Chances of your summon being jumped reduced greatly.
Summons should no longer chase a mob that is fleeing.
Galaxy shift frequency reduced.
Placing an artifact in the last slot (bottom right) of cargo will now show in /artifacts.
Tweaked the rate at which mobs dodge.
Some damage tweaks, mainly to allow a higher chance of top end damage.

Please test all the above and post your results here, (working or not)

r 147 :-

Dodge now levels correctly.
Evolve now increases target by 10% of telepaths modified skill. (+ telepathy weapon bonus)
Tiering now destroys any summons the player is controlling.
The class the player chooses upon tiering is now announced.
Added support to edit a players Race.
Added support to edit a players class.
/GUARD now clears summons aggro data, stopping it from seeking a new target.
Auto_defend now applies aggro correctly to any mob that joins the fight.
New players now get an offense increase below level 15. Does not apply to tiered players.
All Evade,Retreat,Berserk and Assault now over cast each other.
Players can no longer use Drydock to restore if pvp is active.
Resistance lowered slightly.
/ITEM support added for new parts.
Removed chance of Shield dodge, if no shields actually equipped.
Teleport fields that require a key, now search for the item in your locker.
Can no longer /ITEMDESTROY artifacts, oops hehe.

All of the new fabrication system has been removed for this update since we feel it is not ready...

The new fab system is now available to test.

Systems:

Moulds :- Control the type of the final item.
Conduits :- These have a specific level range.  The final items level dictates the conduit needed.
System Attribute :- These dictate the stats the final item will have (max 4), and have a location to which mould they can be used.

The System Attribute must match the Mould used.

Mould -> Conduit -> System Attribute = Item

Weapons :

Moulds :- Control the type of the final item.
Conduits :- These have a specific level range.  The final items level dictates the conduit needed.
Weapon Core :- The damage and delay of the item.
Weapon Psion :- The psion the weapon casts.
Weapon Class :- The bonus skill and amount.

Weapons must have a Core.

Mould -> Conduit -> Weapon Core= Item

Mould -> Conduit -> Weapon Core -> Weapon Class = Item

or

Mould -> Conduit -> Weapon Core -> Weapon Psion = Item

or

Mould -> Conduit -> Weapon Core -> Weapon Psion -> Weapon Class  = Item

/TESTFAB

This command will allow you to take a dummy run, with no conduit.  It will return the final level of the item so that you can tell which conduit to use.

/PARTS

This command will give some moulds, conduits and a few test parts for weapon class and psion.

Currenlty, the drop rate is very high.  This is to show the quality of items that will drop in that area.

Please take note of these items, and report any unbalnce.

Currently Class and psion attributes do not drop.

Skill requirements are also disabled, in order to test the main system.

Test all possible combimations, including old combine fabs, enchanting and upgrading. Mix all these parts in order to test for bugs.

Having some issues with files, that we believe could not of been predicted.  More specifically, they are in use when host goes to access them. These will be dealt with asap.

On a lighter note, The new fab system has the base code written, and some basic tests prove to be quite promising.  Now the boring bit of making all the new items, names, stats, amounts, and then balancing them.

Testing will start when this is done.  Will just make a few shops where players can buy the new items, and mix 'n' match to test.

While this is happening, I'll get down to writing the code to dictate where and when the fab parts should drop.

Supaz

r :- 137

Tkr's Hull regen buff reduced.
Evolve now increases targets damage by 30 percent.
Evolve now adds 5 levels to target.
Can no longer summon while cloaked.
Decelerate and Decelerate lv 2 now lasts twice as long.
Taking damage while recovering will now do twice as much damage.
Upgrading an item now announces the final created items' ID.
/list1 and /list2 should now be fixed.
Mintaka and Altiar base tile fixes.

r 134:-

Problems with mob decide not running, changed how it's called.....
Another attempt at stacking cargo items....
All items now display quantities.
Fixed offense bonus to groups if leader has tactics.
/ITEMDESTROY implemented.
Several new cloaks added to loot tables.
New Smugglers now start with a cloak equipped.
All items will now attempt to auto stack.
Upgrading cloaks now applies correct stats.
Enchanting items now sets new item level.
Negative crew fixed.
Mobs random movement reduced.
De-buffing a mob now applies aggro (This may need balancing)......
Chance of items being damaged reduced.
Max time down for an item is now 20 seconds.
Defence Fortress damage reduced slightly.
weapons are now slightly less likely to be damaged.
More artifact regen tweaks.
command centre hull increased.
command centre rep reduced.
Decoy now has a chance to distract all ships targeting the player.
Mercs can now cast Decoy Mk5
Lowered level that mercs can cast Decoy Mk1-4.
Increased chance to hit for summoned mobs (droids,ents,decoys).

base broke, sec