MajorSludge 2.0

[inky56]

hey dude take your time and make it right the first time ! so there wont be any mistakes. i know we all are jonesing but we will wait patiently. lol!!

[scarletina]

Hi Sludge,

What's happening? I keep looking every day to see if you have posted. Did you run into a big problem? Im sure Im not the only one wondering....
Please give us an update as to your progress with the board.

Scarletina

[sludge]

No problems, just busy busy... I need to work with Southern, (hopefully tonight) on one more thing involving newest Class and I will have it up soon for you guys. I have a new quest I am working on that is about half way done as well and I would like to finish that so we can test it out will multiple classes. We will test this month and will shoot for June 1st to open to public with a fresh realm.

Thanks

[sludge]

Greetings and notice to users of Majorsludge,

I will be taking the BBS down this weekend, and not for only a few hours for a mud update. I will be taking it down due to the overwhelming need of a complete computer tune-up, complete realm tune-up and reworking of server and mud realm functionality. No major problems to report, but the little things that need attention have been adding up for a few months, with little time for me to tend to them when BBS is up. What it requires is downtime for me to upgrade and reformat the computer, complete the various realm projects I have started and failed to complete. This will include adding quests, reworking dll to fix CP rollovers and CP removal frequencies, overhaul of items, stats, classes and races, AC/DR balance for all levels of armor, Monster bugs, etc. I will not be removing anything from the current version, but I have made a 3 page list of action items that require attention and I plan on attacking each one until complete. I will keep the same addy active for now, as I will require testers to make sure everything is running smoothly and bugs are worked out. Several of you have already volunteered, and I thank you all.

I would also like to finish the website for the realm which will include all BBS information. It shouldn't take more than a couple weeks of my time to finish, and when it comes back up, it will be better than ever. I would also like to get a TW2002 game running on the server.

Thank you all,

Sludge

[sludge]

Board is down and full reset has occured. I will be going through most of the main files today and altering a few things with races and classes to balance things a little. Nothing major. Need to do a few BBS things such as ansi install and little things like that. I will be opening the BBS in the next day or two for testers to get started... Same Addy. Once again, I appreciate those who volunteered.

Thanks,

Sludge

[Morgana]

How soon will the board be ready for testers? Is there anything we can be doing to help?

[sludge]

Board was reset a couple days ago and I have been working on changes. Still have a couple more things I would like to take care of and test myself before I bring it up for you guys. I hope to make a few more changes tonight and tomorrow and could possibly have it up by tomorrow night for the testers to get going... Will also post preliminary MME dats in this string once its up.

[sludge]

Good news. Volta is fixed! After finally having the time to troubleshoot the issues (took about 3 hours to realize the problem), I have deduced that the Lightning Leather gear had DamageShield and Shock abilities that were not agreeing with this boss, causing the board to crash. I fixed the problem with the gear last night and he is a fully functional mob and will remain part of my Elemental quest.

Elemental Quest status- So far, the areas and bosses, Lake of Lightning (Volta), Lake of Fire (Inferno) and Glacier Lake (Frostdemon) are working perfectly. Continuing on to add Acid Lake (Slither), Barren Lake (Crusher) and Lunar Lake (Moonwraith) along with the quest NPCs should tie it all together. Still thinking about quest rewards and exp mins, but I am thinking of making it a lvl 300 difficulty.

Stay tuned for more updates this week...

Thanks all,
Sludge

[scarletina]

Hi Sludge,

Can you tell us when you will be ready for the testers?
Thanks for all you're doing....not trying to rush you....cant rush good work....just wondering...

Scarletina

[sludge]

I just added a new area last night, and need to add two more areas tonight, then will bring it up for you guys to mess around.
It might be as soon as tonight.