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Nib is right; it got commented out for an unknown reason. I re-enabled and tested it for the next release.

The majority of those are now fixed. A while back, in lieu of using v#s for spells on objects, which had some inherent flaws, I replaced them with a spell pointer so that (a) as many spells as necesarry could be added, (b) a random repop percentage could be assigned, and © objects would be saved with skill name instead of number, making goof-ups from manipulating the skill table less likely (we might want to rearrange it later for example to group similar skills together, and this would throw off index numbers and cause great pains when loading areas). However, I forgot to convert the v#s to their respective spell pointers on the magical use items (scrolls, potions, etc.). With a few new functions the areas are now in their correct form, and any person who logs in with old items that are missing spells will have them assigned. There are a few items, mainly wands it looks like, that didn't have spells assigned to them to begin with (e.g. the wand of silence). These can be fixed manually. There is still an unused "v0: Level" field remaining on all of these objects that I will remove at my convenience - it is redundant since adding spells using "addspell" lets you specifiy a level and assign different spells with different levels. v1-v2 will still be used to assign charges on wands and staves.

Fixed.

I'm wondering if this is just a visibility issue. If the mob tried to remember you and couldn't SEE you, $q would expand to "someone".

To be honest, I'm not really sure how you could explain away experience boosts… Sure, damage boosts == endowed powers... pneuma boosts == the gods (or just your god) favors you... quest boosts == dude the king rock man! he like totally rocks!! One way for the boosts in general to exist outside of say, your spells or the global boosts, is have anchors to what triggers them. If/when deities are added, it could be a parameter of said deity that has a chance and boost factor that can give individual/group boosts, much like aligned churches have. Could require things like high favor with your god(dess) to gain such boosts. QP boosts are rather simple for backstory... you please the particular questmaster, so you could get boosts from that QM for a period of time, from generocity and appreciation of service. Damage boosts, I'd say make THAT what reckonings give, not experience boosts. I mean, c'mon, the reckoning makes you want to KILL!KILL!KILL! Surely all that rage and aggression causes more damage... In the long run, double damage oft results in double experience given that you kill mob twice as fast. The only one left is the XP boost. Mayhaps have a state of enlightenment that opens your mind (be it through drugs or an actual journey of the mind) and alters it in such a manner that you gain experience at a faster rate. Those are my two cents.

I made a small quest designed for players level 10 - 60 to fill a bit of the hole left by the absence of those haste items. There is an apprentice mage named Emath, the sensitive type, who has spent a lot of time lately searching for the perfect familiar. He loves every animal so much though that he can't make up his mind and pick one, so he brings five of them back to Olaria. Upon arriving he promptly dumps over the cart carrying the animal cages and they all escape. The quest, predictably, is to track them down and bring them back. Violence is discouraged throughout the quest, attacking any of the familiars or Emath will earn you the cold shoulder. Right now the quest is about 95% done, just a few odds and ends to tie up and a bugfix or two to make. The reward for each of the 5 familiars is object 6900, a level 10 potion with level 30 haste and a 25% chance of spawning with level 30 sanctuary also. I intend to make the reward for successfully returning all 5 familiars a potion of double experience, still in development. The quest can be completed once per reboot per player, but the double exp potion can only be acquired once during the lifetime of the character. I'll probably restrict the double exp potion to players of at least level 20, maybe level 30, to keep it from being farmed. Check out mobs 6900 - 6905, tokens 6900 - 6902, and mprogs 6900 - 6907 to look it over. Suggestions welcome.

Heh… I actually forgot about this post. Hell, not sure if I have everything in this or not, but here goes... Ranged Affects: Currently the affects in the system have single values on them: how much they modify, their level to their %chance of being applied. Well, I propose a change to the structure placed on object indices to allow for RANGES. This would add variability to what is applied, such as having a random chance on the affect or a random modifier. Also, there should be a way to target WHAT the affect applies toward. To start it off, let's just dive into the new commands for OLC. Information I give will not only deal with the commands, but the affects in general. Some things will not be available to the commands (stated), but usable by the server itself. addmodifier <target><type><location><#min> <#max> <%min> <%max>[ <min-dur><max-dur>] addmodifier <target><type><location><#min> <#max> lock <vnum>[ <min-dur><max-dur>] addflag <target><type><location>'<bitvector>' <on|off|toggle><%min> <%max>[ <min-dur><max-dur>][</max-dur></min-dur></on|off|toggle></bitvector></location></type></target></max-dur></min-dur></vnum></location></type></target></max-dur></min-dur></location></type></target>

Actually, I've got the source for the Mersenne Twister random number generator… which has a disgustingly long period for the random numbers, something about 2^19937-1. I think that is enough. I'll slap that puppy into the code. For your reading pleasure or if you are really interesting in this generator: http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt.html