MODULE UPDATES!

[Forum Administrator]

(( Possible spoilers in this content, updates below ))

10-15-04

The new custom XP System is now fully operational.

A great thanks to Grimlyte (World of Kesh) for helping us out with the system.

10-11-04

Several fixes to various NPC's.
Altered and removed a number of unwanted items from across the server. A score of new Amulets and Rings have been added to replace some default BioWare items. Should you already have any of these old version items, you will be contacted by a DM and a transfer with the replacement items will be commenced.

9-23-04

Updated about 100 monsters to the new AI. Added about 20 new monsters from the new Monster Manual, courtesy of Abdul75. Added a couple of new stores to Suzail. Completed work on a couple of inns. Revamped the spawns in the Upper Underdark to accomodate 6-10th level players. FIXED THE RESS AND RAISE BUG!! WOOT! Added about 30 new items to the stores. Fixed a few creatures that weren't quite right. Updated a number of areas with more treasure to match the risk taken. Added several new zones and completed some player housing.

9-18-04

Installed a working database and fixed numerous compatibility issues with our current systems. The dreaded death amulet bug should be a thing of the past. This should be the largest and cleanest version of the module to date and at this time we are very close to having a working beta copy.

9-12-04

Continued major corrective work on the custom treasure tables. This problem will be comepletly corrected this week. Reworked the opening welcome zone sinage for simplicity and clarity. Fixed a few or the boss creatures to be a little more challenging. Continued expansion of the AI project.

9-9-04

Added AI to more creatures. Patched the treasure tables that were leaking illegal items. Fixed the shops to carry legal items. If any were missed please report them as bugs. Please ask a DM if you have questions regarding an item.

9-7-04

Added opening scenes of the Marsh of Tun. Added a dungeon there. Greatly expanded Suzail and opened several shops there. Fixed several CODI AI issues. Some cosmetic work done to Skull Crag. Several Areas updated with CODI AI spawns. Multitude of small fixes. Testing a possible fix for the log out death cheat bug.

8-23-04

Finished the basement of the Regal Griffon Inn. Added a couple of new NPC's in conjuction with the continual light exploit fix. Continued the perfection of the treasure tables. Fixed a few stores that were either selling overpowered items, or not enough items of worth. Changed some NPC's in Redmist to try and help reported lag there.

8-22-04

Over the past couple of weeks the server has enjoyed tremendous growth. Countless upgrades and additions have been made, but I will try to name the most significant here. Added Abdul75's starting merchant. This represents a major advancement for the server, and should be a unique tool that you will finf nowhere else. Added several new Henchman in the bars and inns around the realm. Continued customization of areas and spawns. Added multiple boss creatures and inhabited several areas that were "dead" space. Fixed a multitude of inappropriate treasure spawns. Fixed some transitions and doors that were still annoying or not functioning properly. Also, I would like to welcome Bassa to the design team. He will be helping to correct some issues with the module that will lead to greater enjoyment for all players involved. Also, he will be adding countless items to the realm for your enjoyment.

8-5-04

Fixed all area cleaners so that they should not affect buffs on summoned creatures/henchmen/familiars. Please report any bugs with the new system. Added Abdul75's Deity selector device. Added a new area west of Isinhold.

8-1-04

Added restful rooms to Inn of Redmist and Inn of Golden Maiden. Added spawns to the areas around Skull Crag. Fixed cosmetic issues in several zones, mainly adding CEP content. Fixed the entrance to the Water Caverns in Isinhold to a conversation transition. Added a multitude of placeables and places to sit. Templated out several zones for future placement.

7-26-04

The Fugue System is now in place and working. This is the intitial system for testing and seeing how everyone reacts. XP penalties have changed on death. Changed a few cosmetic issues.

7-25-04

Added Abdul75's Caravan system for travel to remote locations. Tickets cost 100gp and allow one way travel to any city currently supported. Began work on the Fugue Plane. Three new areas added, including Abdul75's Espar. Fixed several small spawn issues. Multiple minor cosmetic and fixes on things that were annoying.


7-18-04

Installed Dhedluk Exterior.... interiors to follow this week. Mapped out to install Espar and Tyrluk (compliments of Abdul75). Fixed multiple "map logic" areas. Added eight new outdoor zones to enhance the map and it's relevence to the FR map. Installed hanshoo's DMFI wand/widgets package. Thank you to hahnsoo for the use of this great set of tools, and to Mayanich for the suggestion. The DMFI wand and player widgets are top notch and should please everyone. Fixed the Suzail: West Gates Door, as well as the Monatery quest for good! Multiple small fixes on spawns and placeables, mostly regarding cosmetic fixes and logical placement fixes.

7-17-04

Added another great couple of zones compliments of Abdul75, gem island quests are open and should be working. Please report any bugs. Added the Crypt of Urog the d**ned... nasty little high level crawl. Fixed a few annoying gate lock bugs, please report any others.

7-10-04

Installed area and merchant cleaners. This will aid greatly in server performance and facilitate less crashes and resets. Added spawns/mobs to several existing areas. Improved the appearance and content of Suzail.

6-28-04

Added about 10 new areas. There is now a road that leads all the way from Isinhold to Waymoot. Suzail is now in, but unfinished... expect a floor plan only for the city at this time. Some minor fixes made, including some bad spawns.

6-27-04

Added about 20 new zones, including the city of Eveningstar. Updated and improved several existing areas. Fixed the log out death cheat. Fixed some treasure spawns that may have been inappropriate. Added a couple of quests (compliments of Abdul75, thanks!). Numerous small fixes and improvements... too many to list, really.

6-12-04

I would like to welcome Abdul75 to the design team. Abdul75's vision will help to improve the general flavor of the lands and will help in the continued growth of the server.

Added five new zones, also improved several existing zones. Minor spawn and treasure fixes implemented.

5-31-04

Happy Memorial Day.

Lots of spawn and area fixes, a costume change for the knights. New passages are open, some lead to new areas, others to existing areas. The fluidity of the map has increased IMO as a result. Mostly spawn refinement/playtesting feedback suggestions were worked on. CEP crafting is installed and should be working. Please report any bugs on CEP crafting. Other smaller, less noticeable items changed... expanded some shops, etc. I am feeling confident that Beta is just around the corner. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the awesome folks who have given such wonderful and valuable advise on making this module/PW what it is so far, and keeping the wind in my sails to keep improving on it.

5-22-04

Opened the dark tower in the Mistwod Forest. Opened an entrance to the Underdark... good luck finding it.

5-21-04

Added the hamlet of Skull Crag to the Storm Horns. Expanded Storm Horns significantly. Added a couple of cave areas and boss creatures.

5-18-04

Started to fix the economy. Updated several bars/taverns. Fixed Temple prices. Please do not be alarmed if certain stores no longer purchase certain items, somebody will buy it!

5-14-04

Added new areas. Implemented penalty system for familiar death and lessened summoned creature time. Improved spawns in existing areas. Fixed some lighting and load screens. Fixed some doors that weren't working right.

5-08-04

Fixed valid PvP areas. Reworked spawns in Sewars of Redmist. Should be a pretty fun dungeon crawl now. Fixed some stores that were giving inventory from placeables. Updated areas with new CEP spawns.

5-05-04

The CEP is installed and running nicely. Many areas have been altered and made better as an effect. Some -more- annoying spawns were fixed and some spawns were outright changed. There has been an entire area added that spawns only CEP monsters (FUN!). Twiby is no longer naked or loin clothed and his shop now carries exotic weapons of many kinds. CEP material added to some pre-existing areas. Fixed reported doors that were locking people in. Shops revamped... expect some great changes to the inventories of stores in the near future.

84-31-04

Added a boss character to the orc caves. Added a store with cheap healing goods to Isinhold head druid.

4-30-04

Added several areas, esp. two (large) dungeons and three nature areas. Also, added some NPC's.


4-25-04

Updated to Alpha 2.0. Multitude of general fixes instituted. Fixed some annoying inappropriate spawns. A couple of new areas added. Bleeding to death will now happen. Rest is limited to every 3 hours game time. Fixed shops that were not working. Spawns and mobs added.

4-19-04

This is the Alpha 1.0 for the server... enjoy! More content to be added daily. Please have fun here and remember not to disrupt your fellow players.

[Forum Administrator]

11-05-04

Well, I failed to get my spooky halloween quest finished on time, but it will be scary none the less and done this week.

I did use the weekend to make a mulititude of fixes and improvements, too many to list really, but some highlights:

First and most importantly upgraded server to CEP version 1.5. Woot! Awesome new content and there are some of the new creatures already in the module. How's that for early adoption!

NEW server export function for PC's. PC's will export every half hour. This should lighten/eliminate the trouble with crashes. Now, there is no way to prevent the server from crashing every now and again, but this will certainly make them ALOT less painful.

Fixed almost every quest that wasn't working. I think Espar Mines still need some work, and a couple of others need a little icing, but almost every single one should be fully functional now.

Fixed several creatures with poor AI.

Added two HUGE weapons/items packages from Abdul75/DM Urgoth.

Finished/worked on several new zones that will be appearing in game this week.

A multitude of minor bug fixes, too many to mention.

We are quickly approaching a wonderful milestone for the module, and will soon have over 300 FULLY developed areas for our players to explore!

Hope everyone is well, and have a great week!

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

DM said:

11-05-04

Well, I failed to get my spooky halloween quest finished on time, but it will be scary none the less and done this week.

I did use the weekend to make a mulititude of fixes and improvements, too many to list really, but some highlights:

First and most importantly upgraded server to CEP version 1.5. Woot! Awesome new content and there are some of the new creatures already in the module. How's that for early adoption!

NEW server export function for PC's. PC's will export every half hour. This should lighten/eliminate the trouble with crashes. Now, there is no way to prevent the server from crashing every now and again, but this will certainly make them ALOT less painful.

Fixed almost every quest that wasn't working. I think Espar Mines still need some work, and a couple of others need a little icing, but almost every single one should be fully functional now.

Fixed several creatures with poor AI.

Added two HUGE weapons/items packages from Abdul75/DM Urgoth.

Finished/worked on several new zones that will be appearing in game this week.

A multitude of minor bug fixes, too many to mention.

We are quickly approaching a wonderful milestone for the module, and will soon have over 300 FULLY developed areas for our players to explore!

Hope everyone is well, and have a great week!

Oh, this was my 11-05-04 update... so wasn't that long since my last go round at this! I hadn't realized Bassa had posted it for me.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

12-02-04

I have discussed recent updates in the general discussion forum, so I will just continue from last night's fixes/updates like we never missed a beat. This was all done last night or within the last couple of days by the FRC staff:

Opened a new high level area in the Storm Horns. 95% of known quest exploits fixed. Fixed a banking exploit. Added about 25 new creatures/NPC's. Plague Spewers, Talos' followers, Dark Treants, Sewer Snakes, etc. etc...

Opened a new cave somewhere outside of Suzail. Fixed some creature AI. Added a weapons/armor package of great proportion... probably 150 new items added for both NPC's and PC's.

Began work on several new areas around Cormyr and Faerun.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

12-08-04

Changed some of the abilities and spell lists of the creatures of Icingdwell.

Reviewed Anvil's Falcon Forge for submission and it looked great

Expect these to appear in an up coming reset.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

12-12-04

Updates over the weekend:

Added several new creatures, changed huge class of beetles to a more fearsome opponent, added the Black Diamond Golem, Spellwarped Living Ice and changed some existing spell lists for bosses.

Added negative effects to consuming too much alchohol, and a special wine.

Party limiter to levels added. Parties are now forced to stay within the rules of 6 levels.

Added a pilot (test) message board to the module in Isinhold at the Regal Griffon Inn.

Started the Hullack Forest, finished about 15% of it. Started Immersea Exterior and Thunderstone Exterior. Started the Tilverton Exterior and creatures within Tilverton. These are not in the module for players yet, but will be part of an upcoming, large, eastern expansion of the module as we work to complete the lands of Cormyr.

We are currently about 45% completed on the major exterior areas of Cormyr, but will be building for quite a long time...

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

12-13-04

Some major stuff:

Fixed the rest script thanks to Jurivancer. Rest will now comply with stated rules.

Party level check is now set to allow for greater level diversity in upper level parties. Again, thanks to Jurivancer

Cached some scripts that will greatly aid in general module performance, ex... we took all our commonly used scripts and cached them. This means that they will have a lessened impact on the engine and lag. This is the cleanest best module version to date.

"Hurray for me!" - Special Ed

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

12-14-04

Installed Jurivancers fix for our wonderful new rest system.

Fixed some CR's in the Espar mines that were awarding too high XP values.

Continued work on eastern expansion for the module.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

12-20-04

Fixed a number of small issues over the weekend. Began work on Castle Crag and continued the eastern expansion. Added the some of the monsters for the Tilverton adventure. Repriced some of the +3 items that were incorrectly priced last round of price fixing. Continued eastern expansion maps for the upcoming eastern expansion.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

12-21-04

Added a new series of zones to finish up the Stronghold area. Excellent work by DM Urgoth! This adds another major quest to the module.

Lowered cost and weight of supply kits and changed all instances to reflect this.

Made some minor cosmetic adjustments to a couple of areas.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

12-30-04

Fixed the Eveningstar captains quest. Fixed the Stronghold quest. Continued work on a couple of new areas for the eastern expansion.

These will all be on the server later this evening.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

1-03-05

Made multiple fixes this weekend. Added a new series of zones in the King's Forest. Fixed the Black Guantlet quest and it is working well now. Added an extensive new dungeon. Fixed the waymoot and fire knives quests/areas. Added a couple of Temples to the server that will be appearing in game soon.

I think we have started the new year off well with a couple of great new expansions. We have many more on the way. This will be our banner year as we move forward with comepleting the lands of Cormyr.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

1-13-05

Added a few new items to the game. Added a great new series of zones from Prophyet, Jurivancer and myself. We are working on this great new EPIC zone, that is sure to be a nice crawl for some of the epic folks out there. Continued work on the eastern expansion of the module. Implemented NWNX2 expander and perfected some of it's functions. Cleaned up some existing areas for playability. Worked on several new creatures and NPC's.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

02-01-05

Haven't posted here in a bit, but I have been busy with doing the updates I am reporting.


Bassa worked out an excellent XP system and it has been fully implemented.

There have been about 15 new zones added. Most of these were in support of the Silveryn quest, but have made for some exceptional content for the modules eastern expansion.

We have added multiple creatures from the Libras Mortis, compliments of Usurper who has submitted some wonderful renditions of some of the undead found there. These include the Entropic Reaper, the Bleakborn, Wight Rogues and Ghoul Zombies. All and all have made some really great epic content and higher level content advances.

Usurper also gave Eveningstar a face lift, and it looks and plays great. Also, he expanded part of the Starwater Gorge for some upcoming content.

We have recently fixed a myriad of bugs including some pricing issues, small bugs, etc.

The exterior of the Isle of Dragonmere has also recieved a much needed reworking and should be a fun play for characters levels 5-10.

Anyway, too much to mentioned has been touched, but these are the highlights.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

2-08-05

Made a few fixes that are sure to help everyone.

-Changed XP loss on death to 50 XP per level to match the new stride of the XP system

-Turned spam off of DM channel for autosave feature failure due to PC transition failure for vault saves

-Fixed the soundscape of Isinhold for lag and realism

-Created new placeable trash receptacles that appear to be "options to relieve trash" from players. Example, 1st level Isinhold Catacombs has a pit that players may cast items into. This will be the new standard for "on the fly" adventure inventory management for the server.

-Fixed a placeable that was causing a demilich to appear in the Necropolis exterior. Also learned how this placeable works and will be using it again for "other purposes" in the near future.

-Changed a little pricing in Redmist and added a weapon or two to the shops there... more to come soon

Cheers!

Dm Justicar

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

2/16/05

- Made a fix for the XP system. First, players now lose 100 XP per level, again. Second, altered XP script to award based on highest party member. This should eliminate some powergaming.

-Added about 10 new areas for the Silveryn Quest

-Expanded and improved the look and feel of Dhedluk

-Added an area or two to support the new Dhedluk

-Fixed treasure scripts in the Banite Temple

-Altered some AI to improve creature behavior

-Numerous small fixes

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

2/17/05

- Changed some pricing and items for better balance; Please report outrageous price descrepencies so we may better balance pricing.

- Installed a hitpoint tracker. This will allow for the end of HP log cheaters

- Cleaned up a few existing areas

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

2-18-05

- Hitpoint tracker and hitpoint tracker bug fixed. Thank you DM Bassa and Screwtape

- Continued expansion toward Arabel with an excellent area from DM Usurper and a couple from me. Immersea, Arabel and Tilverton are right around the corner now!

- Expanded Kings Forest Further

- Numerous small fixes/patches

Enjoy!

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

2-24-05

- Fixed some bad treasure scripts that should end the vast majority of wayward treasure spawns, if not all of them

- Cleaned up the Stonelands Tower a bit and the spawns there

- Worked to improve the custom table organization

- Fixed a couple of area soundtracks

- Fixed an exploit in Waymoot

- Numerous small items fixed

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-7-05

- Finished multiple areas that are currently in the module

- Added a wonderful package of gem stones from AnvilX for near future loot drops. There were hundreds from source material.

- Added a player guild hall and supporting areas

- Continued work on several existing areas

- Added some custom content such as monsters/items.

- fixed the rotting crate placeable module-wide

- mulitiple small fixes/repairs

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-8-05

- Fixed some bad Worg Rider spawns that weren't granting XP

- Cleaned up and improved a couple of existing areas

- Fixed a couple of monsters with unbalanced loot

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-8-05

- Added a rulebook to every player upon entry... nobody has an excuse for not following the rules now.

- Added a nifty code that will keep high level players from looting the starting crypts/ruins

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-10-05

-Fixed several older, fairly insignificant bugs. These included some minor faction issues and some light pricing issues.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-14-05

- Fixed a minor exploit on the hobgoblin quest

- Fixed some typos/mispellings

- Added Bassa's Farsea Marshes to the module for completion into the module soon

- Fixed some player reported bugs

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-14-05

- Updated the XP system in relation to player feedback. Party modifier removed and overall XP output increased.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-16-05

- Fixed a batch of small concerns, including some basic pricing issues. Isinhold Inn prices lowered, etc.

- Face-lifted some areas for appearance.

- Re-designed the Lonesome Tankard in Eveningstar

- Corrected an exploit in Eveningstar where the Lathander statue would give you a potion of blessing, infinitely.. the statue will now simply bless you.

- Fixed some player reported items/ implemented a couple of player ideas

Love ya.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

Please bear in mind that the "in-module" experience may not change until the next day... IE, I gotta get the module to the server for the fixes to take effect.

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-21-05

- Totally rebuilt the module to scan for possible module errors. The module has been found clean for CEP 1.51 use.

- Re-worked the spawns (timings, strength, etc) in the Stronghold, the Saloth Dramor, and the Kobold Caves

- Also reworked the treasure tables for above areas a bit for fairness and content

- Added a temple/shrine to Mystra in Shallybrook and de-bugged it

- Added on to another undisclosed location

- Installed Abdul75 (Urgoth's) Thayan Enclave. This is a fantastic piece of work that should make all the Thayans out there very happy. Please do bear in mind that given the scope of this location, it is a work in progress, and we are still cleaning it up

- Reduced some placeables in Isinhold to hopefully reduce lag there a bit

- Changed some content conversations to reflect new material/changes

- Updated creature CR's significantly

- Corrected the AC on Helmed Horrors/Battle Horrors

- Multiple small fixes/corrections too numerous to list

The module is running extraordinarily smoothly after the rebuild update. It is still important that people download the CEP patch 1.51 if they have not done so already.

Cheers!

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-24-05

- Added to the Isinhold Catacombs

- Some cosmetic and variance work on the Thayan Enclave... the guards say more appropriate things now.

- Added some new weapons from Urgoth/Abdul75

- Added a few new creature types... mainly elven undead

[DM Justicar - Creator of FRC]

3-28-05

- Made some player suggested changes to the Thayan Enclave, and cleaned up some bugs/issues

- Added a new series of zones somewhere out there

- Some minor fixes and such