Project Rubi-Ka Patch Notes & Changelog

February 2024

Bug Fixes

• Cannot place items in a bag #643
• Enemies do not appear on the minimap #642
• 'Empty' bodies persist in the world. #640
• The Brawl Attack action seems to be missing its stun component. #639
• Tab Targetting currently doesn't work on most NPCs #637
• Looted Credits are duplicated visually on the client. #636
• Looting items isn't reflected in the player inventory. #635
• Feared mobs teleport around instead of run #632
• Crat robot pets cannot be spawned #631
• The Keeper Righteous/Unhallowed Fury Item has no cooldown. #629
• Keeper Fury item does not work after zoning #628
• Targeting self with a hostile weapon proc running interrupts auto attack #627
• Evangelical Reaper procs heal for too little #626
• Attack Pet attack routine currently broken. #619
• Shade offensive proc nanos don't #617
• Failed perk actions have non-descriptive errors #616
• Perk dependencies don't cast on fighting targets #615
• Summoning the MP mezz pets cause a server crash. #613
• Self-damage components can be passively resisted. #612
• Self-damage nano components also cause you to take damage from damage shields. #611
• Self-only buffs are cast on the target instead of the caster. #610
• Mongo's Ultra Behemoth can be cast on targets other than self. #609
• Title Levels are incorrect for Levels 14 #606
• Non attack on sight mobs attacking on sight #605
• Joining team is currently non-functioning. #604
• Doors to the Subway don't allow players through #603
• The Fixer Grid item 'Data Receptacle' last indefinitely. #601
• "MA for combined attack" does not execute fist attacks #597
• Unequippable weapons do not indicate they cannot be equipped #596
• Profession Implants shop terminal clickable areas change shape with camera a... #592
• Mobs warp when rooted #591
• Charm nanos allow overwrite #590
• Mind Control/Charm nanos don't work #589
• Outdoor mobs cannot be fought #586
• Outdoor mobs are all level 1 #585
• Over-equipped (OE) is currently not implemented. #584
• The 'Trader Debuff AC Nanos' debuff line does not apply the higher debuff. #582
• The 'Debuff NanoAC Heavy' line (Trader) cannot be used. #581
• Guards have 25 health #578
• Stacked items can be split in bag #576
• Steps of Madness mobs all have 35 total health #570
• Steps of Madness is virtually empty #568
• Random teleporting to Greater Omni Forest whilst in the Omni Forest #563
• Distill Life 6 & 9 Perks do not function. #517
• Can't Equip Candy Cord due to Title Level #508
• The majority of the shops are empty #496
• Instanced mobs don't leash back and wipe hate list #494
• Swapping items with the same stat modifiers exponentially increases the stat... #472
• Vendors sell weapons with only 1 ammo in the clip #456
• Light of Reclaim terminal antenna in incorrect location (in front of terminal) #447
• NPC / Mob stats (e.g. health, damage) may not match their level #427
• Killed mobs respawn unnaturally quickly #424
• Monsters in Steps of Madness missing idle mesh #396
• Monster does not die and continues to fight with zero HP #393
• right click to autoequip NCU chip or belt, don't work #390
• Every player in a team gets the same amount of XP #370
• Level 25 players can not enter the Subway #365
• Mob instances always have the same level, even if it's meant to be variable #363
• Pets do not follow correctly #347
• Buying multiples of the same item from a vendor costs the same as one #329
• NPC Vendors are spawning with a physical terminal at their location #310
• "Fear" not implemented #207

January 2024

New Features

• Added new heading command (.heading --help) to assist with experimentation with quaternion rotation.
• Added new/adjusted levels to our command systems helping to ensure better stability in our Ithaca environment.
• Our Portal Portal now supports paging and sorting of search results.

Bug Fixes

• Grid access terminals do not work. #457
• Human NPCs do not spawn. #454
• Unable to equip weapons #453
• Casting buff on self while fighting casts it on hostile target #452
• OA BY 16 exit not at actual door location #450
• Unable to zone out of Basic store in Old Athens #449
• Uklesh stun locks himself #448
• Unequipping back items not possible #441
• Nano effects are lost after zoning #430
• Some nanos are not removed with /command ncu clear #426
• Cannot return an item to vendor when put into your cart #421
• Some items cannot be purchased from the vendors in the newie back yard. #420
• Skill buffing items (In this case the Fixer's NCU hacker interface) do not update until you zone, or relog. #419
• Nanos like touch of marius that do not have a strain are stacking their stats #414
• player portal count soft deleted toon #410
• Muggers in the subway drop a "NoName" item. #407
• Mugger in subway are not aggressive whatsoever #404
• Dynaboss can't find their aura nanos and fails to spawn. #395
• Lord of the Angst Icon missing #394
• Equip delays when swapping do not include the belays of whats being swapped in and out #391
• can't get back item from store #389
• can't enter gunz shop in rome #388
• can't enter armor shop in rome #387
• can't enter another shop in rome #386
• Containers placed into the bank have unusual behaviour #383
• Items in bank have their slot position reset on zone #382
• Items within backpacks disappear on logout #381
• Check for NCU capacity is failing with enough NCU #378
• Special attacks which miss aren’t shown visually #377
• Players aren't warned when teaming beyond level range #368
• Newly created Adventurer starts with 2x Solar Powered Pistol rather than 2x Solar Powered Adventuring Pistol #353
• NPCs recover HP much faster than is expected #344
• It’s possible to hit an NPC which is already dead/dying #343
• PvP flag disappears when zoning #339
• Quantum Wings conditions aren't checked properly #338
• Leveling items do not work #337
• Occasionally vendors have no items #336
• Unhandled exception when clicking Settings button in the PRK launcher when install dir is not explicitly set #321
• It's not possible to buy an Omni-Tek Application Form from Basic Bookstore vendor #317
• NPC Vendors are spawning with a physical terminal at their location #310
• Perk icons are now showing correctly - #341
• The denizens of the Temple of Three Winds again die properly - #393
• Going into a building now faces you away from the door - #326
• MP Pets should now heal/mezz their targets properly - #345
• Weapon shops are now selling weapons again - #349
• Vastly improved vendor loading performance - #336
• NPCs no longer heal way too quickly - #344

December 2023

New Features

• Effect command (/command effect)
• 'Relocate to Newland' button to the player portal to unstuck players
• Mega teleport menu for quickly teleporting around the world
• The number of players currently on the server is now shown in the launcher
• Too low/high for team invite confirmation message
• Launcher has been redesigned and improved. It now has basic cross-platform support for Linux and MacOS and vastly improved download speeds.
• Player Portal has been further improved, particularly the items database.
• Warning and a delay before Ithaca restarts when changes are made to the code.
• Basic player name filtering system, though only a few test strings are blocked currently.
• Reduced the cast time and requirements for some Composite nanos
• Ability to use profession names instead of numbers for /set profession and /set visualprofession

Bug Fixes

• NPC that is already dead or dying can no longer be attacked - #343
• Fixed a broken icon for Lord of Angst - #394
• Items added to a trade can now be removed if you change your mind - #389
• Resolved the unusual behavior of containers placed into the bank - #383
• Backpacks and other containers now actually store items - #382, #381
• Swapping equipped items now takes the correct amount of time - #391
• Fixed nano targeting behavior
• Leveling items can now be leveled - #337
• Cancelled nano programs no longer still consume some NCU - #378
• Items can now be used on targets other than self - #373
• Adventurers now start with the correct pistols - #353
• Hash instance lookups have been slightly optimised to improve performance
• Entrance to Smuggler's Den is now working
• Nano casting should now be interruptable without requiring a re-zone
• Fixed an issue where mobs would not be the correct level - #357
• Server player counts are now displayed correctly in the launcher
• Fixed nano casting interrupts
• PVP flags now persist after zoning - #339
• Extra attacks can no longer land after killing an enemy
• An issue which prevented old site accounts from logging in has been fixed
• Pet controller classes can once again cast buffs on their pets
• Ammo is now properly used by weapons that require it
• Solar powered weapons no longer have an "out of ammo" bug
• Trader drains no longer additionally drain the trader
• Fixed scenarios when reloading while dual wielding was blocking attack cycles
• Allowed casting hostile nanos on self
• Entering incorrect password etc. should now show an error message instead of a broken web page

Infrastructure

• A new server with much better hardware named Ithaca. This is our main testing server, we're keeping Notum around for development usage.
• A tool to monitor issues on the Ithaca and Notum servers to make it easier for us to deal with problems and fix bugs.
• Some pre-caching on the emulator which slows down initial startup, but vastly improves load times when entering a new playfield for the first time.
• Added some new features to the Packet Studio so we can extract data from game packets more easily
• Fixed an issue where the server engines would try and handle massive streams of junk data
• Changed message queues to be concurrent
• Reworked game account management to work with new Ithaca server

November 2023

New Features

• The tp command has been expanded. Type /tp help for more details.

Bug Fixes

• Weapon shops no longer sell invalid weapons.
• Character deletion has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue which caused session drops when zoning.
• Players who teleport or login to an invalid playfield are safely transported into the Grid instead of being lost forever in limbo.
• Fixed a bug where leaving a playfield would leave behind “zombie” sessions.
• Fixed a number of issues surrounding drop rates and loot tables.
• Fixed damaging nano programs (such as NT nukes) to actually cause damage.
• Fixed Grid terminals so they teleport you into the Grid.
• The costs of nanos/effects which cost credits (such as engineer robot nanos) will now be visible when you cast them.
• Nascence chimeras now have the correct skin texture
• Various other bug fixes and improvements.
• Head meshes have been fixed.