2015 Combined Patch Notes

Patch Notes 5/8/2015

 

Patch 1.0

 

Profession: Creature Handler

• [Fixed] Not being able to transfer a level 10 pet to a non Creature Handler toon.
  
• [Fixed] Pets names now show when joining or leaving a group
  
• [Fixed] Newly tamed pets not automatically following the new owner.
  
• [Fixed] Pet owners can no longer store their pet while they are in combat.
  
• [Fixed] Newly tamed pets will now automatically follow their new owner.
  
• [Fixed] Taming a baby should no longer break static spawns
  
• [Fixed] Pet stims can only be used on creature pets.
  
• [Added] Pet special attack commands.
  

 

Profession: Droid Engineer

• [Added] Personality Chips. Very basic functionality, will be expanded upon in the future.
  
• [Fixed] Fix personality chip name for examine.
  
• [Fixed] Count display updating for stimpack dispenser modules after loading.
  
• [Added] Droid Structure Maintenance Modules.
  

 

Profession: Squad Leader

• [Fixed] Boost Morale not properly distributing wounds.
  

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• [Fixed] Bounty Hunter missions failing when their DoT's kill the target.
  

 

Profession: Bio-Engineer

• [Fixed] Skill mods being overwritten by mods from a schematic.
  

 

Profession: Tailor

• [Fixed] Plain short robe should now able to generate sockets.
  

 

Profession: Entertainer

• [Fixed] Soft logging should no longer stop a performing entertainer's skill animation.
  
• [Fixed] Entertainers Should now be able to buff in the Tavern at Smuggler OP on Endor.
  

 

Profession: Doctor/Medic

• [Fixed] Cure packs applying individually to each dot rather then the total dot pool.
  
• [Fixed] Wound rolls are now independent instead of mutually exclusive.
  
• [Added] Combat messages for wounds and battle fatigue.
  

 

Profession: Force Sensitive/Jedi

• [Fixed] Rewrote the Jedi random trainer selection code. Base SWGEmu code only worked about 25% of the time and thew errors otherwise.
  
• [Fixed] A few lightsaber animations
  
• [Changed] Modified some vaulues for Light Saber combat queue commands.
  
• [Fixed] Check command will now properly take into account a characters age.
  
• [Fixed] Some code improvements to the Jedi unlock system.
  
• [Fixed] Jedi Force Run and Burst Run/Retreat stacking.
  
• [Fixed] Not being able to use Saber attacks while kneeling.
  

 

Players

• [Fixed] Weapon dots not applying to players.
  
• [Added] Master Looter group loot system. Group leader can now use /grouploot to select the loot rule and /makemasterlooter to change the Master Looter.
  
• [Fixed] Players should not be able to heal/cure while in swimming state.
  
• [Added] Additional checks to prevent trading of no trade items
  
• [Fixed] Issue equipping no trade items.
  
• [Fixed] DoT's will now store and credit the attacker for damage.
  
• [Fixed] Weapon dots should no longer push other weapon dots back if they are applied by the same type of weapon.
  
• [Fixed] Applying a dot of the same or higher strength to a target will refresh the existing dot and no longer push back the dot's next tick.
  
• [Changed] Weaker dots will no longer replace stronger dots of the same type and pool.
  
• [Fixed] Players should now receive experience from the damage done by DoT's.
  
• [Fixed] Players are now invulnerable while loading into a zone.
  
• [Fixed] Removing a powerup now destroys it instead of putting it back in the player's inventory.
  
• [Fixed] Customization kits consuming a charge before confirmation.
  
• [Fixed] PSG should still reduce damage if AP
• [Fixed] PSG protection should not amplify AP damage.
  
• [Fixed] Pets and vehicles will now always store when teleporting.
  
• [Added] Players are now notified of the 60 minute creation timer whenever they create a new character.
  
• [Fixed] Players can no longer open multiple Newsnet windows.
  

 

NPCs

• [Added] Heralds to Dantooine, Dathomir, Endor, Lok, Rori, Talus and Yavin 4.
  
• [Fixed] Swamp Rats are now part of the swamp_rat faction.
  
• [Fixed] Some fixes to Escort Leashing.
  
• [Fixed] Bestine Museum curator no longer limits you to one schematic.
  
• [Added] Heralds to Corellia.
  
• [Added] Heralds to Tatooine.
  
• [Added] Missing brawler trainer to Kor Vella.
  

 

Mobs

• [Changed] AI position updates now use a variable timer.
  
• [Changed] AI runaway behavior should now be harder to trigger.
  
• [Changed] Added a 10 second timer in for STALKING/WATCHING behavior.
  
• [Changed] Mob AI will now target the player instead of their speeder at first aggro.
  
• [Removed] AI's random target switching.
  
• [Added] Hi and bye reaction chat to npcs
  
• [Changed] Mobs will now only deathblow players who are on their defender list.
  
• [Added] Changed radius so mobs don't sit right on top of you.
  
• [Fixed] Some mobs were wondering around when they shouldn't have been.
  
• [Fixed] Invalid attack on bile drenched quenker.
  
• [Changed] Some stats and resists on various creatures.
  
• [Added] More NGE Housing schematics to certain high level monsters.
  
• [Changed] Tweaked the drop rate on NGE Items.
  
• [Fixed] Special attacks on various creatures.
  

 

GCW/Faction

• [Added] Imperials will now incapacitate those that target them with the most offensive emotes.
  
• [Added] Imperial NPCs now react to emotes and will fine based on emote severity.
  
• [Fixed] Imperials will no longer react to emotes when incapacitated, dead or in combat.
  
• [Fixed] A bug that would cause the player to have a changing faction after server crash.
  
• [Added] Randomly generated names to Stormtroopers.
  
• [Added] Some factional NPCs now have reactionary chat.
  
• [Added] Victory Paintings have been added to the Imperial Officer loot.
  
• [Fixed] Faction pets can no longer attack or be attacked by neutral targets.
  
• [Fixed] Recruiters forcing a faction status change on converse when player is waiting to resume duty.
  

 

Guilds

• [Added] Option to only transfer PA leader.
  
• [Added] Option to transfer PA Leader and PA hall.
  
• [Removed] Option to transfer lots from guild terminal.
  
• [Changed] Guild renames now happen during the guild's weekly update.
  
• [Added] Guild terminals are now automatically associated with the guild of the guild hall's owner.
  
• [Removed] Option to set allegiance from guild member list.
  

 

Player Cities and Structures

• [Fixed] /cityban, /citypardon, and /grantzoningrights now require both the one using the command and the target to be within city limits
  
• [Fixed] Player city skill trainers can no longer be used by someone who has been city banned.
  
• [Fixed] Player city mission terminals can no longer be sliced by a smuggler who has been city banned.
  
• [Fixed] City gardens showing twice on the maintenance report.
  
• [Fixed] Player city bank terminals will now only register on the planetary map when the city is registered.
  
• [Fixed] A mail is now sent to citizens when a candidate unregisters from a mayoral election.
  
• [Fixed] A mayoral candidate that loses citizenship will now drop out of the race.
  
• [Fixed] A rank 1 city (outpost) can no longer levy taxes and any city contracting to rank 1 will have all of their tax rates set to zero.
  
• [Added] A mail is now sent to a mayor for each structure, decoration, terminal, or trainer that is destroyed due to city contraction.
  
• [Fixed] Cities not always showing on the map properly when registered.
  
• [Fixed] A city must be at least rank 3 to set a specialization
  
• [Fixed] Stronghold specialization bonus now only applies to city militia members and only when attacked by other players.
  
• [Added] Mail is now sent to a mayor any time a citizen is lost.
  
• [Added] When a citizen is added to a city via city expansion, mail is now sent to the new citizen and the mayor.
  
• [Added] When a structure enters a city, the city's mayor and the structure's owner are now sent mail.
  
• [Fixed] Player city specialization modifiers are now removed from and no longer apply to someone who has been city banned and are now applied to someone who is city pardoned
  
• [Changed] Lot sizes of player housing. Small houses take 2 lots, Medium Houses take 3 lots, Large Houses take 4 lots, and Guilding halls take 5 lots.
  
• [Changed] Item storage limit of houses increased. Small Houses can hold 250 items, Mediums Houses can hold 500 items, Large Houses can hold 750 items, and Guild Halls can hold 1000 items.
  
• [Fixed] Player cities will now wait a full week before performing their first update.
  
• [Fixed] During a city update, city elections now take place before contraction/expansion. This ensures that the new mayor gets any relevant mails instead of the old one getting them.
  
• [Fixed] Extended no build zone around a few Naboo POI's.
  
• [Added] You can now withdrawal maintenance from a Guild Hall.
  
• [Fixed] Sometimes not being able to place vendors in public houses.
  
• [Fixed] Some other minor city issues and cleaned up some city code.
  

 

Quest: Hero of Tatooine

• [Added] Mark of Courage portion of Hero of Tatooine quest line.
  
• [Added] Mark of Altruism portion of Hero of Tatooine quest line.
  
• [Added] Mark of Intellect portion of Hero of Tatooine quest line.
  
• [Fixed] Looting Mark of Courage not granting player the badge.
  
• [Fixed] Moisture farmer not properly starting a player on the Mark of Altruism.
  

 

Dungeon: DWB]

• [Fixed] Issue with spawning of DWB quest npcs.
  
• [Fixed] Permission issue looting DWB containers.
  
• [Fixed] DWB container respawn time.
  
• [Changed] Haldo is now attackable and can be killed to take the battery in DWB.
  
• [Fixed] Players should no longer be teleported twice after crafting.
  
• [Fixed] Alum gas poison event in DWB caves, adjusted interval to 45 seconds.
  
• [Added] Vent Droid escort to DWB to enable mine vents.
  
• [Added] DWB Bomb droid functionality to get to Overlord room.
  
• [Fixed] Foreman not resetting Haldo progress when dropping battery quest.
  
• [Fixed] Foreman not completing battery cleaning quest if player had not killed Haldo.
  
• [Fixed] Players can now run the battery quest from Haldo again if they misplaced their battery from a previous attempt.
  
• [Fixed] Some issues relocking doors when players leave the bunker.
  
• [Added] Warning message outside main bunker door if player had not spoken to Boba Fett prior to entering.
  
• [Added] Glow behind Water Valve terminals in DWB to show their current on/off status.
  
• [Fixed] Proper on/off sequencing of water valve terminals in DWB.
  
• [Added] Death Watch Technician conversation template and handler.
  
• [Fixed] Bomb droid in DWB not responding to commands.
  
• [Fixed] DWB vents not resetting properly.
  
• [Fixed] Simplified vent droid escort in DWB and adjusted spawns to match.
  
• [Fixed] Various DWB stability issues.
  

 

Dungeon: Corvette

• [Added] Transport to and ejection from Corvette.
  
• [Added] Cloning while aboard Corvette.
  
• [Fixed] System message when trying to /burtsrun aboard Corvette.
  
• [Fixed] System message when trying to retreat aboard Corvette.
  

 

Theme Park: Nym's

• [Fixed] Nym's theme park containers will now notify players if their inventory is full.
  
• [Fixed] Nym's Theme Park container sometimes incorrectly giving a locked message when looting.
  

 

Dungeon: Warren

• [Fixed] Warren MCR elevator flytext.
  

 

Misc: Quests & Missions

• [Added] Scientist generic quests.
  
• [Added] Businessman generic quests.
  
• [Added] Noble generic missions.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Changed] Resource stacks have been increased to 1 Million.
  
• [Changed] Factory Crate stacks have been increased to 1000.
  
• [Changed] Tutorial disabled until its finished being rewritten.
  
• [Added] Starship flyovers above Naboo npc cities.
  
• [Added] Starship flyovers above Corellia npc cities.
  
• [Changed] Weather average duration changed from 60 minutes to 30 minutes.
  
• [Added] Weather duration now scales depending on severity.
  
• [Changed] The Enhancement Terminal will now withdraw credits from the players bank if they do not have enough cash credits.
  
• [Fixed] Numerous server stability issues.
  
• [Fixed] A few causes of server deadlock.
  
• [Fixed] Multiple causes of database bloat.
  
• [Fixed] various errors in the base SWGEmu code.
  
• [Added] Right before a 2.5 reset, the server will now save the database. This will limit roll backs to 30-60 seconds.
  
• [Added] Skynet will now warn of possible server reset 10 minutes before hand.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 5/11/2015, Hotfix 1.0.1[/h]Hotfix 1.0.1

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] An issue with waypoints.
  
• [Fixed] A few stability issues.
  

 

Chat

• [Added] SYSTEM ANNOUNCMENTS will now be displayed in General Chat so they are seen.
  
• [Changed] SKYNET tag changed to SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT.
  
• [Changed] The SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT tag will always be used, regardless of whether its a player or system broadcast.
  
• [Changed] Core3 will no longer be appended to the players name in chat.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 5/16/2015, Patch 1.1[/h]Patch 1.1

 

Profession: Creature Handler

• [Added] Pet patrol commands.
  
• [Fixed] Pet follow range.
  

 

Profession: Force Sensitive/Jedi

• [Fixed] Some light saber animations
  

 

Npcs

• [Added] Random names to profession trainers.
  
• [Added] Random names to humanoids.
  

 

Mobs

• [Fixed] Various AI issues.
  
• [Added] NGE Items to more end game creatures.
  
• [Changed] Tweaked the drop rate on existing NGE Item drops.
  

 

Player Cities and Structures

• [Added] When a player city contracts, civic structures that required the previous rank are no longer deleted immediately, but will be deleted during the following city update if the city does not expand back to the original rank.
  
• [Added] When a citizen leaves a city, a check will be done. If the city is below the required population for its rank, a mail will be sent to the mayor.
  
• [Added] Vendors will now send emails to the owner warning the owner when maintenance has run out.
  

 

Quest: Hero of Tatooine

• [Added] More Mark of the Hero functionality.
  
• [Added] Mark of Honor portion of Hero of Tatooine.
  
• [Fixed] Mark of Intellect liars giving the wrong name when accusing other liars.
  
• [Added] Rest of the Hermit conversation to give Mark of Hero.
  

 

Crafting

• [Fixed] Vehicle customization kit not showing in generic crafting tool.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] A lot of stability issues in the code. It should run a lot smoother now with less crashes.
  
• [Fixed] Null deref due to weather killing a player.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 5/17/2015, Hotfix 1.1.1[/h]Hotfix 1.1.1

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Stability issue that was causing the server to crash prematurely during 24 hour cycles. Still tracking one more, but once found we should be pretty stable.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 5/25/2015, Patch 1.2[/h]Patch 1.2

 

Profession: Combat Medic

• [Fixed]Bug that caused Cure Packs and Dot Packs to not work.
  

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• [Fixed] Bounty Hunter's can now use Arakyd droids to Find Target at Investigation 1, Track functionality still requires Investigation 3.
  

 

Profession: Creature Handler

• [Fixed] Dots are no longer cleared from pets upon incap.
  
• [Fixed] Pets not dropping target on death.
  

 

Profession: Squad Leader

• [Fixed] Rally now works on pets in the group.
  

 

Npcs

• [Fixed] Npcs not facing their target when speaking hi/bye reaction chat .
  
• [Modified] Reaction chat now depends on a player's movement.
  

 

Mobs & AI

• [Fixed] Various AI issues and optimization.
  
• [Fixed] Creature resist display is now accurate to the tenth of a percent.
  
• [Added] Creature resists now decay.
  
• [Fixed] Tough mobs should now have longer lasting states.
  
• [Fixed] Creature lair XP issue.
  

 

Players

• [Fixed] DOTs now use strength instead of secondary strength to determine overide.
  
• [Fixed] Partially healed dots will now overwrite properly.
  
• [Fixed] A player can now always equip armor that has no encumbrance.
  
• [Fixed] Player event perks can now be deployed while mounted.
  
• [Fixed] Weapon dots should now apply at a more appropriate rate.
  
• [Fixed] Tefs now display the tef symbol.
  

 

Crafting

• [Added] Powerup visibility added to weapons.
  
• [Fixed] Component visibility for crafted items.
  

 

Player Cities and Structures

• [Fixed] Players loosing permissions on structures.
  

 

Quest: Hero Of Tatooine

• [Fixed] Mark of Intellect implication issue
  
• [Added] Reset timer to Mark of Honor.
  

 

Misc: Quests/Missions]

• [Fixed] Bestine Museum Quest purchase was not working.
  
• [Added] Humanoid missions to terminals.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Stability issues.
  
• [Fixed] High CPU usage.
  
• [Fixed] Terrain hill bug.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 6/4/2015, Patch 1.3[/h]Patch 1.3

 

Profession: Jedi

• [Fixed] Duration of Force Run commands.
  

 

Player Cities and Structures

• [Fixed] Granting zoning rights without militia permission.
  

 

Groups

• [Added] Global group invite.
  

 

Quest: Hero Of Tatooine

• [Added] Spawn timers to Hero of Tat mobs to increase rarity of finding them.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Stability issues and some code cleanup.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 6/8/2015, Patch 1.4[/h]Patch 1.4

 

Players

• [Fixed] Cloning now removes pvp tefs.
  

 

Combat

• [Fixed] Weapon decay chance no longer rolls twice for sliced/pupped weapons.
  

 

Mobs

• [Fixed] Talking corpses.
  
• [Changed] AI awareness check logic into cpp
  

 

GCW/Faction

• [Fixed] Sometimes being able to enter an opposite faction pvp base while it has turrets up.
  

 

Player Cities and Structures

• [Fixed] Income and property taxes being transposed
  

 

Dungeon: DWB

• [Removed] Testing NPCs in front of DWB.
  
• [Fixed] DWB crafting failure issues.
  

 

Misc: Missions

• [Fixed] A few unattackable factional neutral destroy mission npcs.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Crash on guild update.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 6/17/2015, Patch 1.5[/h]Patch 1.5

 

Combat

• [Fixed] Sliced weapons no longer have an increased chance to decay on attack.
  

 

Mobs

• [Fixed] War gronda had an invalid diet set.
  

 

Weapons

• [Fixed] Yellow bit not being removed from weapon when a power up expires.
  

 

Jedi Robes

• [Fixed] An issue that was causing robe stats to not apply.
  

 

Pets/Droids

• [Fixed] Invalid pet level/stat adjustments.
  
• [Fixed] Pets ending up with messed up ham if they grow while buffs are active.
  
• [Fixed] Pets reaggroing respawning mobs.
  
• [Fixed] Some errors in BE pet level calculation.
  
• [Fixed] Droid harvest yields will no longer be lower when the droid's owner is in a group of more than two.
  
• [Fixed] Droids with personality chips will now only converse with their owner.
  
• [Fixed] Droids with personality chips being unable to converse after engaging in combat.
  

 

Guilds

• [Fixed] Joining or leaving a guild will now update nearby cell permissions to the client.
  

 

Groups

• [Added] Global group invite. (/invite name)
  

 

Dungeon: DWB

• [Fixed] An issue with LUA that was causing access issues for the entry door.
  

 

Dungeon: Geonosian Caves

• [Fixed] An issue with LUA that was causing code access issues for all doors.
  

 

Theme Park: Imperial Theme Park

• [Fixed] Issue with elevator having the wrong screen play state condition for use.
  

 

Quest: Hero Of Tatooine

• [Fixed] Potential issue with Hero of Tat respawn timers.
  
• [Fixed] Some potential issues with double scene object spawns in Hero of Tat altruism cave.
  

 

Misc: Missions

• [Fixed] Secondary Barada mission npc killing the primary target npc.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Race tracks not being completable more than once.
  
• [Fixed] Several stability issues.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 6/26/2015, Patch 1.6[/h]Patch 1.6

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• [Changed] Increased damage/wound of torso shot dot effect.
  

 

Profession: Bio-Engineer

• [Fixed] Be pet stat adjustment no longer sometimes changes the pet's level.
  

 

Profession: Combat Medic

• [Fixed] Issue causing poisons to sometimes not apply damage.
  

 

Profession: Jedi

• [Fixed] Jedi experience loss is now based on skill level.
  
• [Added] 10 million experience cap to Jedi experience loss.
  
• [Added] System message after cloning.
  
• [Fixed]Issue with Jedi Holocron cooldown.
  

 

Combat

• [Added] Splash damage to all types of attacks.
  
• [Added] Splash damage to random pool attacks.
  
• [Changed] Tweaked Dot damage values.
  

 

NPCs

• [Fixed] Broken dialogue for the Herald Nightsister Rancor Tamer on Dathomir.
  
• [Fixed] Broken dialogue for the Marksman Trainer in Bela Vistal.
  

 

Armor

• [Fixed] Tantel armor now has lightsaber resist.
  
• [Fixed] Armor should only factor in bleeds now and not other DOTs.
  

 

Items

• [Added] Lightsaber resists to PSGs.
  
• [Fixed] Zypolene Droid Lubricant description and duration.
  
• [Added] Functionality to Force Crystals.
  

 

Pets/Droids

• [Added] Pet befriend command functionality .
  
• [Added] Pet ranged attack command functionality.
  
• [Added] Pet guard command functionality
  
• [Fixed] Issue causing installed modules on Droids not to show when first examined in the datapad.
  

 

Guilds

• [Fixed] Not being able to kick members from guild.
  

 

GCW/Factions

• [Added] Factional Barc Speeders can now be purchased from a faction recruiter.
  

 

Dungeon: DWB

• [Fixed] Issue preventing anyone who had done DWB Alum quest prior to Publish 7 from receiving more from the quest giver.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Several stability issues.
  
• [Fixed] Client crash.
  
• [Added] loot tracking variables.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 7/30/2015, Patch 2.0[/h]Patch 2.0

 

Profession: Creature Handler

• [Fixed] Pets not always ending duels properly when their owner ends a duel.
  
• [Fixed] Adjusting stats/levels on a pet undoing mount training.
  

 

Profession: Scout

• [Fixed] Mask scent now won't break once you succeed as long as you stay in range.
  

 

Profession: Entertainer

• [Fixed] Entertainer buff bug.
  

 

Profession: Jedi

• [Changed] More of the village will be used after a player reaches glowing. (Requirements have NOT changed for glowing, rest easy. )
  
• [Fixed] Various glowing code cleanup and fixes.
  
• [Fixed] Jedi unlock system announcements will no longer repeat if it has already been announced in the past.
  
• [Fixed] Error in forceCurePoison. It was healing disease before, not poison.
  
• [Fixed] Broken Jedi Padawan category on Quest Journal.
  
• [Fixed] Force Feedback reflected damage is now based on the player's force feedback mod.
  
• [Fixed] Force Feedback and Force Absorb animations now only trigger on force attacks.
  
• [Added] Missing system message when a Jedi loses experience to a BH mission death.
  
• [Changed] Simplified jedi XP loss calculation.
  
• [Changed] Increased the minimum reward a BH gets for killing a Jedi.
  
• [Fixed] Player Bounty reward is now based on the number of jedi skill points the target has.
  
• [Fixed] Jedi bounty deaths will now take experience loss equal to twice the bounty reward.
  
• [Fixed] Force Armor 1 and 2 not applying if the player has an existing armor buff.
  
• [Fixed] Force power regen is now activated when the player's max force power changes and their current force is less than the new max.
  
• [Added] Checks to award/surrendering a Jedi skill's updating force power regen with robe, without a saber equipped.
  
• [Fixed] Fixed another issue with Jedi robe stats.
  

 

Players

• [Fixed] Characters not being removed from others' friends list when they are deleted.
  
• [Added] Characters are now removed from others' friends list when they are renamed.
  
• [Fixed] No trade issue.
  
• [Fixed] Player tutorial completely rewritten and has been enabled again.
  

 

Combat

• [Fixed] Dot list issue.
  

 

Creatures

• [Added] Imperials to existing static Rebel base area.
  
• [Added] Lesser Prophet static spawn.
  
• [Fixed] War Gronda to be aggressive.
  
• [Added] Global spawns to the starter planets.
  
• [Added] Hard global spawns to the adventure planets.
  
• [Fixed] Uninitialized variable causing some spawn areas to spawn nothing.
  

 

Armor

• [Changed] Looted BH armor to default color scheme
  

 

Weapons

• [Fixed] Values on janta knife static dot.
  
• [Fixed] Looted janta and donkuwah knives now always have their static dot.
  

 

Items

• [Added] Factional King of the Hill style flag game event perk.
  
• [Added] Jukeboxes.
  

 

Guilds

• [Fixed] /guildstatus now correctly checks if the target is in a guild instead of checking if the one using the command is in a guild.
  
• [Fixed] Guild info sui boxes not being added to the ghost.
  
• [Fixed] Guild SUIs can no longer have multiple boxes open at once.
  
• [Added] Guild elections.
  
• [Fixed] Guild SUI strings not including names.
  
• [Fixed] Some misc issues with guilds.
  
• [Fixed] A guild leader can claim a guild hall if the owner hasn't logged in for 28 days.
  
• [Fixed] Guilds now check and cleanup their sponsored players list during their weekly update.
  

 

[Groups]

• [Fixed] Group level is now updated when a member's level changes.
  
• [Changed] Group level calculation.
  

 

Player Cities

• [Added] Extra check to city updates to destroy cities without a city hall.
  

 

GCW/Faction

• [Changed] GCW turret damage types.
  
• [Fixed] GCW base Turrets attack speed.
  
• [Changed] GCW base turrets vulnerable to Lightsaber.
  

 

Misc: Missions

• [Adjusted] Level range that some more destroy missions are available at.
  
• [Adjusted] Destroy mission payouts
  
• [Fixed] Some mission details changing after a relog.
  
• [Added] Delivery missions can now be taken on Dathomir, Endor, Yavin, Dantooine, and Lok.
  
• [Changed] The reward calculation for deliver missions so it considers the distance to the start npc in addition to the distance between the start and end npc.
  
• [Changed] The minimum level ceiling for missions offered to high level groups is now set on a per planet basis.
  
• [Fixed] Hunting missions will only offer creature targets.
  
• [Changed] Hunting mission payouts to be significantly higher.
  

 

Misc: Theme Park

• [Fixed] Themepark escorts should no longer be attackable by opposing faction npcs if the escorting player is on leave.
  

 

Theme Park: Jabba's Palace

• [Fixed] Meatbeast unintended aggro.
  
• [Fixed] Unattackable bothan diplomats.
  
• [Fixed] Non bothan model being used on bothan information broker.
  
• [Fixed] Target npcs attacking each other on 2nd Bib Fortuna quest.
  
• [Fixed] NPC's fighting in Jabba's Palace.
  
• [Fixed] Porcellus mission targets fighting their defenders.
  

 

Theme Park: Imperial Themepark

• [Changed] Exterior spawns around Emp's Retreat.
  
• [Fixed] Veers mission targets fighting their defenders.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] A deadlock caused by ramming a vehicle into the village shield over and over again. You will now be forcefully dismounted.
  
• [Fixed] Several stability issues.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 10/1/2015, Patch 3.0[/h]Patch 3.0: Return Of The TEF

 

Profession: TK

• [Fixed] TK meditate no longer increases force regen rate.
  

 

Profession: Ranger

• [Fixed] Transport shuttles should no longer register when using Ranger areatrack people command.
  

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• [Fixed] Master BH attack-special Fast Blast.
  

 

Profession: Creature Handler

• [Changed] certain creature's availabilty to be mounted.
  
• [Fixed] Pets can still be attacked by mobs after their owner dies.
  
• [Changed] Creature taming task phrasing & order to be more accurate.
  

 

Profession: Combat Medic

• [Fixed]/healDamage will no longer try to use a ranged stim pack if player does not have required CM skill.
  

 

Profession: Artisan

• [Fixed] Players can begin sampling while on a mount.
  
• [Changed] Player hand sampling to only draw from ACTION pool.
  

 

Profession: Jedi

• [Fixed] Jedi should no longer be able to use TK power boost.
  
• [Fixed] Force power regeneration not resuming after incapacitation ends .
  
• [Fixed] Jedi Experience loss.
  
• [Fixed] Jedi heal issues.
  
• [Changed] Force Choke attack to have proper accuracy.
  
• [Changed] Force Choke to function like other dots.
  
• [Fixed] Force intimidate2 is now an aoe attack.
  
• [Fixed] Force intim2 animation.
  
• [Fixed] Force Choke, intim, kd, weaken, and mind blast now only work vs. creature or player objects.
  
• [Changed] Damage amounts on various Force Power attacks.
  
• [Fixed] Force powers no longer deduct the equipped weapon's force/ham costs in addition to it's own force cost.
  
• [Fixed] Force power damage is no longer reduced by the defenders armor/resists.
  
• [Fixed] Some inappropriate damage modifiers no longer apply to force powers.
  
• [Fixed] Force power damage vs. tanos is no longer based on weapon damage.
  
• [Fixed] Using a force power will no longer use a powerup charge on the equipped weapon.
  
• [Changed] Force Lightning damage amounts to be a more accurate emulation of 14.1.
  
• [Fixed] Duration of channelForce.
  
• [Changed] Increased the amount visibility gained per action.
  
• [Changed] Visibility gain will now be per combat attack instead of once per combat state.
  

 

Players

• [Fixed]Abilities granted by multiple skills will no longer be lost when surrendering one of the skills.
  
• [Fixed] Player regen rates.
  
• [Added] 30 second spawn protection. This will occur when zoning, or logging in.
  
• [Possible Fix] For characters going bald after an image design session.
  

 

Creatures

• [Fixed] AI regen is now based on a % per tick.
  
• [Added] Missing GCW spawns to planetary 'stronghold' cities.
  
• [Removed] Invalid mob from rebel tactical centers.
  
• [Fixed] Some improper yellow attackable mobs within Tatooine screenplays.
  
• [Changed] Some weapon choices for certain Jawa npcs to be more realistic.
  
• [Changed] Certain NPCs in Kor Vella Cloning Facility to be un-attackable. (As well as 1 NPC in Bestine Guild Hall)
  
• [Changed] A few mobs stats to be more accurate emulation of 14.1.
  
• [Changed] Krayt Dragon Adolescent will have correct cold resistance stat percentage and Grands will match resists of Ancients.
  
• [Changed] The scaling on various mobs to be a more accurate emulation of 14.1.
  

 

Combat

• [Fixed] Blind, dizzy, and stun attacks will refresh the state timer if the target is already blinded/dizzied/stunned.
  
• [Changed] Posture delay to 1 second.
  
• [Changed] Posture down/up delay to 1 second.
  
• [Fixed] Peace should now clear the combat-queue.
  

 

Items

• [Fixed] Crystals and pearls can no longer be placed in a lightsaber if they were tuned by another Jedi.
  
• [Fixed] Crafting Apron quest reward now able to be worn by Ithorians & Wookiees.
  

 

Loot

• [Changed] Adjusted loot tables for most high end mobs.
  
• [Changed] Loot tables for all Aakuans.
  
• [Fixed] Incorrect loot chances on some Krayt dragons.
  
• [Added] Bubble Tank schematic to loot tables.
  

 

Crafting

• [Added] Public Shipwright crafting stations to exteriors of *most* spaceports. **No, this does not mean JTL is on the way.
  

 

Vehicles

• [Fixed] Vehicles now have static decay values based on the type of vehicle, as well as decay over time.
  

 

Guilds

• [Added] a guild leader can now leave their guild (elections will start automatically if they do)
  

 

Groups

• [Fixed] Localized more group related strings.
  
• [Fixed] Group mission payouts.
  

 

Player Cities

• [Fixed] Civic structures can no longer be transferred.
  
• [Added] Player cities of rank 4 or above can now align themselves Rebel or Imperial. In doing so, those entering the city of the opposite faction will gain a PvP TEF while in city limits.
  
• [Added] Factional tags to player city names. This will also appear on the map.
  
• [Fixed] Buff duration in an entertainer district.
  

 

Structures

• [Fixed] Some invalid buildings no longer show on some planetary/overhead maps.
  
• [Fixed] Structure maintenace task is now cancelled when a structure is destroyed.
  

 

GCW/Faction

• [Added] Pre-Pub 13 PvP TEF System. For more information, see: http://swgreckoning.com/showthread.php?776-Reckoning-PvP-TEF-System-Information
  
• [Changed] If a target is overt, TEF'd, or City TEF'd, their names will appear in red.
  
• [Changed] Bounty target names will now appear Red to the bounty hunter.
  
• [Added] As soon as a Bounty Hunter engages their target, both will gain a Bounty TEF for 15 minutes. This Bounty TEF only applies to the hunter and the hunted. You will not be able to be attacked from an outside player, UNLESS you're overt, PvP TEF'd, or City TEF'd.
  
• [Added] When a player gains a City TEF, the player will be warned via a message.
  
• [Changed] Players will no longer be able to use a shuttle if they have CityTEF, PvPTEF, or BountyTEF while they are in PvP combat.
  
• [Changed] All GCW faction-base mobs to be more accurate emulation of 14.1.
  
• [Changed] Spawns at Faction-bases to be more accurate emulation of 14.1.
  
• [Fixed] Previously misplaced objects within Rebel detachment HQ pve & pvp base types.
  
• [Fixed] Only PvP faction bases will register on the planetary map.
  
• [Added] Doctors/dancers/musicians can now register within a PvP faction base of appropriate type.
  
• [Added] Doctor/dancer/musician faction perks.
  
• [Fixed] Various factional base layouts (wall corrections & design corrections).
  

 

Misc: Quests/Missions

• [Fixed] DoT chance on tusken king's rifle quest-reward.
  
• [Added] Partial implementation of Shibb Nisshil quest line.
  
• [Added] Partial implementation of coa quests (rebel and imperial).
  
• [Added] Dead eye decoder schematic.
  
• [Added] Dead eye decoder components to loot.
  
• [Added] All cries of alderaan coordinators and commanders now spawn and can be conversed with. (Quests are still not fully functional)
  
• [Fixed] An issue with the mission payout divisor not being set properly for solo players.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Session exploit.
  
• [Fixed] Credit dube exploit.
  
• [Changed] checkLineOfSight optimizations.
  
• [Fixed]Several stability issues.
  
• [Fixed]Several causes of deadlocks.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 10/1/2015, Hotfix 3.0.1[/h]Hotfix 3.0.1

 

Profession: Jedi

• [Fixed] Total Heal Self and Total Heal Other force cost should now scale with heal amount.
  

 

Structures

• [Fixed] NGE Commando Houses will now apply the proper value for skill mods.
  

 

GCW/Faction

• [Changed] Adjusted base turrets not to ignore saber block.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 10/3/2015, Hotfix 3.0.2[/h]Hotfix 3.0.2

 

Players

• [Changed] Player regen rates.
  
• [Changed] Action cost on entertainers and surveying.
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Several stability issues.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 10/5/2015, Patch 3.1[/h]Patch 3.1

 

Profession: Creature Handler

• [Fixed] Allowed pets into the threatmatrix. This should allow pets to hold aggro.
  

 

Combat

• [Fixed] Triple incaps now cause death if all three are within the last 10 minutes (down from 15).
  
• [Changed] Incap history is now reset upon death instead of upon cloning so that the method of revival doesn't matter.
  
• [Fixed] Fire/disease should now incap.
  
• [Fixed] Resisting all disease wounds will now remove warcry effects.
  
• [Fixed] Wounds from fire dots are now calculated based on unmodified strength.
  
• [Fixed] Timer should now reset for dots after they are cured.
  

 

Weapons

• [Fixed] Lightsabers not storing the hidden decimal from crystals.
  
• [Fixed] Crystals are no longer able to be removed from a lightsaber while it is equipped.
  

 

Groups

• [Added] Random group-loot rule. Group leaders can now select this rule with /grouploot.
  
• [Added] Lottery group loot system. Group leaders can now select this rule with /grouploot.
  
• [Fixed] Credits looted from group-owned corpses are now split amongst in range group members.
  

 

GCW/Faction

• [Added] Faction bases can now only be placed if fewer than 3 bases are already placed within 600m of the desired location.
  
• [Fixed] Turrets can now attack AI.
  

 

Misc: Quests

• [Added] Coa2 third step (report to commander).
  

 

Misc/Server

• [Fixed] Various stability issues.
  
• [Fixed] A deadlock issue.
  
• [Fixed] Some terrain out of bounds errors.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 11/19/2015, Patch 4.0[/h]Patch 4.0: The Jedi Knight Awakens

 

Jedi Council Battle Trials

• The Jedi Council Battle Trials (a.k.a Knight Trials) have been added to the game! In order to qualify for the Jedi Council Battle Trials you must spend 230 skill points in Jedi related skills and must have two tier-four level boxes. The Jedi Council Battle Trials have been edited, they do not include the Corellian Corvette mobs due the content lacking from the game!
  

Please note, be careful when you receive the pop-up, the planet where you have to find your shrine is located on that pop-up! If you close the pop-up, the staff will not be immediately available to help you!

 

Quests

• Cries of Alderaan - COA2 first mission timeout task is scheduled when the mission has begun rather than when it's progressed.
  

 

Players

• Modified player regeneration rates.
  
• Added secondary closest cloning option if the closest player city is of the opposing faction.
  

 

Combat

• PvP Rating has been added to the game, when you kill a player a check is conducted and you receive points towards your own PvP rating while they suffer a loss to theirs.
  
• /showpvprating command has been added to the game, you can check your own PvP rating or click on someone else and check their PvP rating.
  
• Characters default PvP rating set to 1200, all new characters created thereafter will have a 1200 PvP rating.
  
• Group kills will count toward the kill count for the Jedi Council Battle Trials.
  
• Force Weaken will now properly display in the Combat Log.
  
• Force Power attacks no longer automatically bypass armor.
  
• Health, action and mind damage calculations are now calculated prior to armor reduction, this was causing an issue with Jedi attacks taking too much force (up to x2 to x3 times more).
  
• Disease and Fire now only deal damage for wounds.
  

 

Profession: Brawler

• Warcry will now successfully delay Force Channel.
  
• Warcry will now delay posture changes.
  

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• Enhanced ranged Bounty Hunter's ability to hit through a Jedi's saber block.
  

 

Profession: Jedi

• Experience has been changed to be more in line with 14.1
  
• The Force Ranking System (FRS) has been added to the game, it is at a base level of implementation. Players can advance in rank by voting at the terminal after achieving the necessary pre-requisites.
  
• /showcouncilrank has been added as a command to the game, it will display yours or your targets status in the Force Ranking System.
  
• The Force Control, Force Power, Force Manipulation and Force Modifiers have been added alongside the FRS, they are a work in progress. Please report any bugs or research that can be found on them.
  
• Added preventative Fight Clubbing measures, please see policies regarding fight clubbing located here.
  
• Total Heal Other has had its force cost changed, it now scales correctly and caps at 1000 force cost.
  
• Total Heal Self has had its force cost changed, it now scales correctly and caps at 1000 force cost.
  
• Visibility has been tweaked and improved; it is now gained from all humanoid NPCs (attackable and non-attackable).
  
• Force Weaken issue where it was causing HAM reduction into negative amounts.
  

 

Player Housing

• NGE Diner Structure has been added to the game.
  
• Retextured NGE Dinner Structure.
  

 

NPC's

• Adjusted weapon groups for several NPCs to be more in line with 14.1
  
• Added missing spawns into the world.
  

 

Loot

• Loot has been enhanced on all high-end NPCs and creatures throughout the game.
  
• NGE Dinner Structure added to high-end NPCs and creatures.
  
• Special named lightsaber crystals have been added to high-end NPCs and creatures.
  

 

Misc/Server

• Stability Issues
  
• IO issue (which should reduce lag spikes)
  
• Removed cleanse option from the Enhancement Terminals.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 11/20/2015, Hotfix 4.0.1[/h]Hotfix 4.0.1

 

Groups

• Possible fix where Jedi Council Battle Trials would not count when grouped.
  

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• Fixed an issue where a Bounty Hunter could take his own Jedi characters bounty on the same account.
  

 

Profession: Jedi

• Fixed Jedi experience loss to be more in line with 14.1.
  

 

NPCs and Creatures

• Adjusted several mob spawns for the Jedi Council Battle Trials.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 11/22/2015, Hotfix 4.0.2[/h]Hotfix 4.0.2

 

NPCs and Creatures

• Adjusted factional mob spawns for the Knight Trials. We will continue to adjust mob spawns and weighting over the next few days until its perfect.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 11/24/2015, Hotfix 4.0.3[/h]Hotfix 4.0.3

 

Groups

• Possibly fixed an issue where the Jedi Council Battle Trials would not count when grouped.
  

 

Players

• Fixed /tip command.
  

 

Combat

• Fixed an issue where BH TEF removal would not update in range building permissions.
  

 

Misc/Server

• Attempted fix to improve IO performance. This will improve rubber banding and desyncs.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 12/2/2015, Patch 4.1[/h]

Patch 4.1

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• Fixed an issue where a Bounty Hunter could take his own Jedi characters bounty on the same account. (For Real this time)
  

 

Profession: Jedi

• A Force Ranked Jedi will now gain FRS experience upon defeating Bounty Hunters who have their mission.
  
• Further adjustment of Force Rank modifiers using 14.1 research.
  

 

Quests

• During the old man quest, waypoint datapads will not be deleted until after you talk to Rohak. That way they can be re-activated if need be.
  
• Adjusted a few creature spawns for the Jedi Knight Trials.
  

 

GCW

• Fixed an issue where neutral healers could heal factional TEF'd players.
  
• Fixed a rare issue where factional creatures would attack a player even if the player was not TEF'd.
  
• Changed spawn protection to only be applied on cloning.
  
• Max bases per planet have been increased to 35 (from 25).
  
• Bases will no longer be created with defenses automatically. Players will need to have a vested interest in their base and add them after placing it.
  

 

Misc/Server

• Added experimental height calculation on ejection from a building. This should cut down on being ejected under a building. Keep in mind that this is experimental.
  
• Fixed a few stability issues.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 12/6/2015, Patch 4.2[/h]Patch 4.2

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• Target trap invulnerability time increased. Jedi will now be immune to traps for two minutes.
  
• Trap duration against players reduced by half.
  
• Traps can now only be used on Jedi players if the BH has their mission.
  

 

Creatures

• Force Choke damage reduced. This is a small adjustment and we'll start there and adjust as needed.
  

 

Loot

• Adjusted a few loot groups.
  
• Temporarily removed NGE diner schematic from loot groups. This is due to a bug with the schematic that I will soon have fixed.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 12/8/2015, Patch 4.3[/h]Patch 4.3

 

Profession: Jedi

• Fixed an issue with robe generation on FRS rank increase.
  

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• Trap invulnerability time against players adjusted to 60 seconds.
  
• Trap duration against players adjusted to 6 seconds.
  

 

Players

• Fixed a few cases where players would be invisible while on their speeder or after dismounting.
  

 

Creatures

• Force Choke damage has again been reduced using a new calculation.
  

 

Items

• Fixed Diner structure loot schematic.
  

 

Loot

• Readded NGE diner schematic to loot groups.
  
• Adjusted drop rate on NGE structures.
  

 

Misc/Server

• Fixed a stability issue.
  
• Fixed village active area ejection shield.
  

[h=2]Patch Notes 12/12/2015, Patch 4.4[/h]Patch 4.4

 

Profession: Jedi

• Fixed an issue with Absorption_Poison skill modifier not calculating correctly. Force Resist Poison will now work correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue with Absorption_Disease skill modifier not calculating correctly. Force Resist Disease will now work correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue with Absorption_Bleed skill modifier not calculating correctly. Force Resist Bleed will now work correctly.
  

 

Profession: Bounty Hunter

• Mission payouts will now properly increase if your target is in the FRS. For each FRS rank, there will be a corresponding increase.
  

 

Creatures

• Force Choke tick lowered further.
  

 

Items

• Adjusted dot weapon chance.
  

 

Misc/Server

• Fixed a stability issue.