Weeklyupdate

Code:

Bonus to contact the person who is already in contact with you -- Morgenes.
prompt allowed to be longer than 36 characters -- Morgenes.
Keyword command added (see help keyword) -- Morgenes.
Gain for watch skill adjusted so that it is active use based -- Morgenes.
Guard syntax now follows watch (guard none/status), old syntax still works -- Morgenes.
Slight tweaks to steal recovery (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18229) -- Morgenes.
New command hidden emote 'hemote' (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=192742#192742) -- Morgenes.
New command silent emote 'semote' (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=192744#192744) -- Morgenes.
Can use command emotes with look (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18252) -- Morgenes.
Updates to Armor (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18315) -- Morgenes.
hemotes will be a bit harder to notice -- Morgenes.
Significant update to a Ruk spell, Submitted by Tlaloc. -- Halaster.
Minor update to Elkros spell -- Halaster.

World:

1 NPC, Submitted by Jherlen. -- Olgaris.
3 tables for the Lucky Ghaati in Tuluk (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15858), Submitted by Larrath. -- Sanvean.

Website:

Revamped helpers page (http://www.armageddon.org/intro/helpers.php) -- Raesanos.
Fixed link to helpers page (http://www.zalanthas.org/ArmDocs/Community/), Submitted by Werdna. -- Raesanos.

Other:

New series of help files on Zalanthas Plant Life -- Morgenes.

Typos / Bugs / Ideas:

The following people made submissions that were implemented:
Anael (1) Ashyom (2) Ava (1) Bardess (1) Blaze (1) Bogre (1) Chrisowens (1) Craig (1) Crashloft (1) Cuusardo (1) Defunct (1) Delirium (2) Djamel (2) DragonzHell (2) Duncan (1) HaiWolfe (3) Jcruise (1) Jorm (1) Kronibas (1) Larrath (1) Legagorn (1) Lorain (1) Mansa (1) MarauderMoe (1) MorganChaos (1) Morgenes (1) Nusku (1) Pearl (1) Rhyden (2) RogueWarrior (1) Sparky (1) Tindalos (6) Tomtom (1) Travis (4) Vanth (4) Xanous (1) Yokunama (1) Zwen (2)

The staff working on these this week were:
Vanth (12) ashyom (3) Morgenes (37) Sanvean (1) Olgaris (1) Xygax (2) Raesanos (1)

Clan Assignments

Akei Ta Var: Dakurus and Qetesh.
Allanaki Templarate: Halaster and Naiona.
Bards of Poets' Circle: Mekeda, Qetesh and Sanvean.
House Borsail: Naiona and Olgaris.
House Kadius: Qetesh and Vanth.
House Kurac: Adhira, Dakurus and Mekeda.
House Oash: Ashyom and Kivan.
House Salarr: Eniriah, Mekeda and Myrdryn.
House Tenneshi: Adhira and Nusku.
House Tor: Eniriah and Qetesh.
House Winrothol: Raesanos and Tlaloc.
Tan Muark: Adhira and Savak.
The Atrium: Adhira.
The Guild: Tlaloc and Xygax.
Tuluki Templarate: Mekeda, Myrdryn, Savak and Tlaloc.
Tzai Byn: Olgaris and Tlaloc.
Desert Elves: Qetesh and Dakurus.
Tribal People: Mekeda.
Unclanned Characters: Halaster, Tlaloc, Kivan, Nechomacus and Nusku.

Special applications should be sent to: Naiona

News:

New tools and process for player requests. Please become familiar with what type of requests are handled through it. The URL is http://www.armageddon.org/request and is linked to from the main page of the Armageddon site.

Code:

Minor update to 2 Nilazi spells -- Halaster.
Fixed Armor and Stone Skin spells so that their bonuses properly apply in combat -- Halaster.
Fixed a minor bug with an Elkros spell -- Halaster.
Brand new Ruk / Sorcerer spell, Submitted by Halaster. -- Halaster.
Brand new Whiran / Sorcerer spell -- Halaster.
Fixed date suffix problems when in the pre-teen days of a year -- Morgenes.
Added command emotes to flee & modified messages -- Morgenes.
Fixed summon and gate issues with components -- Morgenes.
Fixed bug in new rukkian spell -- Morgenes.
Minor tweak to 2 Whiran / Sorcerer spells -- Halaster.
Minor tweak to 1 Ruk / Sorcerer spell -- Halaster.

World:

Behavior script added to Tuluki NPC, Submitted by laurajlmars. -- Raesanos.
2 objects & 3 crafting recipes, Submitted by travis. -- Sanvean.
Updates to Arm of the Dragon npc's for clan members use -- Halaster.

Website:

Minor update to staff weekly update web tool -- Raesanos.
Added noble RP cross links to RP page at Naiona's suggestion (http://www.armageddon.org/rp/) -- Raesanos.
Helpers webpage updated (http://www.armageddon.org/intro/helpers.html) -- Halaster.
Fixed bad link (http://www.armageddon.org/general/oocdocs.html) -- Sanvean.

Typos / Bugs / Ideas:

The following people made submissions that were implemented:
Anael (1) Armaddict (1) Ashyom (1) Blaze (1) Blizzard (1) Bradley (1) Cegar (1) Craig (1) Crymerci (3) Demonaire (1) Djamel (2) Duncan (3) Flaran (1) Gaulden (1) Goodbit (1) Hade (1) Hoodwink (1) Kneega (1) Luztwi (1) Mansa (1) Marc (1) MorganChaos (2) Morgenes (1) Nusku (1) Pearl (1) Phoenix (1) Rishenko (1) Scarborough (1) SteveS (2) Theflash (1) Trachsis (1) Travis (4) Ulayuuee (2) Williamson (1)

The staff working on these this week were:
Vanth (7) Morgenes (27) Sanvean (6) ashyom (1) Raesanos (4)

Clan Assignments

Akei Ta Var: Dakurus and Qetesh.
Allanaki Templarate: Halaster and Naiona.
Bards of Poets' Circle: Mekeda, Qetesh and Sanvean.
Haruch Kemad: Kivan and Olgaris.
House Borsail: Naiona and Olgaris.
House Kadius: Qetesh and Vanth.
House Kurac: Adhira, Dakurus and Mekeda.
House Oash: Ashyom and Kivan.
House Salarr: Eniriah, Mekeda and Myrdryn.
House Tenneshi: Adhira and Nusku.
House Tor: Eniriah and Qetesh.
House Winrothol: Raesanos and Tlaloc.
Tan Muark: Adhira and Savak.
The Atrium: Adhira.
The Guild: Tlaloc and Xygax.
Tuluki Templarate: Mekeda, Myrdryn, Savak and Tlaloc.
Tzai Byn: Olgaris and Tlaloc.
Desert Elves: Qetesh and Dakurus.
Tribal People: Mekeda.
Unclanned Characters: Halaster, Tlaloc, Kivan, Nechomacus and Nusku.

Special applications should be sent to: Naiona

Code:

Clans given some freedom from the law (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=183792#183792) -- Morgenes.
Coded new staff cmd to allow more types of world updates outside of imm-day -- Xygax.
valgrind bug & leak tracking/fixing (16-20MB worth of memory saved) -- Xygax.
Killed the game at near-peak hours for no apparent reason -- Xygax.
(Stale)Helped port to new ginka OS -- Xygax.
Fixed a couple of bugs related to junk objects loading into the world -- Xygax.
Fixed bug in rate of suffering from dehydration (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=185149#185149) -- Morgenes.
New Whiran Spell -- Morgenes.
New Drovian Spell -- Morgenes.
New skill 'blind fighting' for Warriors/Rangers/Assassins -- Morgenes.
Update to thirst messages -- Morgenes.
Fixed keyword slipping problem with give/sip/drink/taste/eat -- Morgenes.
Fix to a drovian spell that had a confusing syntax to use -- Morgenes.
Fixed sneak bug so it's now possible to sneak up on creatures that flee -- Halaster.

World:

4 rooms and 1 object for ongoing plot -- Olgaris.
3 NPCs, Submitted by Laurajlmars. -- Olgaris.
2 NPCs, Submitted by Rhyden. -- Olgaris.
5 NPCs, Submitted by Jherlen. -- Olgaris.
2 NPCs, Submitted by Bradley. -- Olgaris.
Two pavilion objects, other Luirs fest things, Submitted by Delirium. -- Dakurus.
Seven new rooms -- Adhira.

Website:

Updated with new helpers (http://www.armageddon.org/intro/helpers.html) -- Sanvean.
Update (http://www.armageddon.org/general/tuluki_rp.html), Submitted by Cuusardo. -- Sanvean.
Typo fixed in bardic docs, Submitted by Travis. -- Sanvean.
Original Submissions On-Line Submission Tool (http://www.armageddon.org/original/submit.php) -- Morgenes.
10 songs for the Bards of Poets Circle documentation, Submitted by Travis. -- Sanvean.

Other:

New Helpfile 'Animal Life' based on webpage of the same name. (http://www.zalanthas.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=185414#185414) -- Morgenes.
Marriage helpfile added, Submitted by Nidhogg. -- Sanvean.
Updated helpfile on 'THIRST' -- Morgenes.

Typos / Bugs / Ideas:

The following people made submissions that were implemented:
Anoshiruvan (1) Appelles (1) Ashyom (1) Blaze (1) BloodFromStone (1) Brace (1) Chang (1) Chinwa (2) Craig (2) Crashloft (3) Cuusardo (1) Daxius (3) Defunct (3) Delirium (2) Delstro (2) Dracul (1) Drux (3) Fangoracle (1) Galdun (2) Gaulden (2) HaiWolfe (1) Hoodwink (1) HunterKiller (1) Jaleeza (2) Jherlen (1) Kalden (1) Khorm (1) Kneega (1) Kronibas (1) Laurajlmars (1) Lazloth (1) Liertanzer (1) Lonny (1) Lorain (2) Manhattan (1) Many People (1) Narffle (1) Nineveh (1) Rhyden (1) Rishenko (1) Sachar (2) Saintpatcho (1) Sakra (1) Sauroa (1) Scarborough (1) Sephiroto (1) Sparky (1) Spawnloser (1) Staff (1) Tantrix (1) Tarimad (1) Travis (1) Vahn (4) Vain (1) Vlad (3) Zwen (4)

The staff working on these this week were:
Morgenes (35) Raesanos (6) Sanvean (28) Olgaris (9) Dakurus (1) Xygax (1) Halaster (1)

Clan Assignments

Akei Ta Var: Dakurus and Qetesh.
Allanaki Templarate: Halaster and Naiona.
Bards of Poets' Circle: Mekeda, Qetesh and Sanvean.
Haruch Kemad: Kivan and Olgaris.
House Borsail: Naiona and Olgaris.
House Kadius: Qetesh and Vanth.
House Kurac: Adhira, Dakurus and Mekeda.
House Oash: Ashyom and Kivan.
House Salarr: Eniriah, Mekeda and Myrdryn.
House Tenneshi: Adhira and Nusku.
House Tor: Eniriah and Qetesh.
House Winrothol: Raesanos and Tlaloc.
Tan Muark: Adhira and Savak.
The Atrium: Adhira.
The Guild: Tlaloc and Xygax.
Tuluki Templarate: Mekeda, Myrdryn, Savak and Tlaloc.
Tzai Byn: Olgaris and Tlaloc.
Desert Elves: Qetesh and Dakurus.
Tribal People: Mekeda.
Unclanned Characters: Halaster, Tlaloc, Kivan, Nechomacus and Nusku.

Special applications should be sent to: Naiona