Help System

NAME
MATERIA MAGICA I-MOTION Server v4.2 Updates

DESCRIPTION
The following is a brief overview of some of the many changes and updates
released with the 4.2 update to the I-MOTION game server, as well as links to
message board discussion threads for additional comments and information.

The full game system changelog, which presents a more complete (yet not
exhaustive) list of 4.2 changes, is available at
|Uhttp://www.materiamagica.com/news/updates

  * Housing: Added the 'build' command, which players may use to buy,
  construct, and renovate their own houses and clanhalls. Building Point
  vouchers are now available in Reward Unit shoppes. See HELP BUILDING
  for more information. Recall ribbons will now automatically set the
  recall point to your registered spouse(SCORE RELATIONSHIPS) and no
  longer require an email to Game Services.
  
  |U/community/forum/3/433401#433401

  All players with home keys will be granted new ones that will work to
  unlock the homes. Currently container keys or other locked objects in
  the home will still require the old keys, so you will still have those
  available until such time as containers are updated to the new system.

  * Politics: Players can run for Mayor of Rune. Elections are held every
  real life month, and the Mayor can change elements of the town. See HELP
  ELECTION for more information.

  |U/community/forum/5/431888#431888

  * Proving Grounds: Added 25 new items, 20 new NPCs, 3 new bosses and 4 new
  fire-themed levels (400 rooms) to the Proving Grounds. Keys have been added
  for the locked doors and trapdoors on each level, and additional trapdoors
  are now available between levels (previously there was one link between
  levels).

  The Proving Grounds code has also been almost completely rewritten to
  provide additional functionality and a better platform for future
  expansions and enhancements.

  Maleficarum Roots have been changed so they work much less frequently
  to move between levels. 'Shadow tunnel' scrolls and items have been
  developed to assist in passing up and down levels, but with the addition
  of additional links between levels in the Proving Grounds it should be
  easier to navigate between levels normally. 'Shadow tunnel' scrolls
  will work in the Tower of Riga as well.

  |U/community/forum/5/432300#432300

  * Domain of Arbaces: The Domain has been given an additional entrance on
  the bottom floor of the Proving Grounds, to make it more difficult to camp
  the entrances with the intent of PKing players. As the Proving Grounds
  has had new levels added, the Domain has been moved to the bottom of the
  lowest level.

  * Rentable Inn rooms: Inns have been added to Templeton, Vospire, Vir and
  Maldra Keep - they provide recall locations for 24 Alyrian hours for a
  small sum of gold. See HELP INNS for more information.

  See |U/community/forum/5/432062#432062

  * Communications: added the 'history' command, an in-game log of all
  public and private communications that is kept while you are connected.
  See HELP HISTORY for more information. Please note that if you log out
  and back in, the history will be erased.

  See |U/community/forum/5/432109#432109

  * Spells: Added a new spell for archons and wizards, 'lava walk'. The
  'blink' spell can once again transport players to ocean rooms. Added a new
  item-only spell, 'shadow tunnel'. See HELP LAVA WALK, HELP SHADOW TUNNEL for
  additional information.

  * Marks: Hydra's Den, Dungeon Odious and 'a demon composed of eyeballs' will
  grant the respective marks to everyone who was present, not just the killer.
  The Justice mark has been made easier, its reward item requirements have
  been lowered and another item has been added.

  * Novices: Removed the level restriction on Atrascus the King Crab. Added
  some new NPCs to Lasler. The shopkeepers in Unseelie and Seelie Castles will
  assist first classers back to the Physical Plane.

  * Quest items and Relics: The Book of Eight at Nezak has been buffed.
  Added Vandemaar's Orb to Lord Maldra for 4,000 quest points. Added a new
  quest item to Lady Templeton, 'an amulet of alignment enhancement'.
  Multiplying relics in the Strange Ruins now results in the new relics
  taking up an additional binding slot. Vandemaar's Forge forging time
  has been reduced by 30%.

  * Added archon point rewards to epic quests, Vextrinas, Mother Earth,
  Megalith Peulvan and some Queens of Shame.

  * Weapons: Added +5 torso-ar to several upper-echelon two-handed weapons.

  * PK: Reduced the death timer by 2 minutes. Decreased the Saint benefits by
  1 minute. Added some run-based incentives for PK clans, on Megalith Peulvan,
  Old Federation hall, Justice mark. Added death insurance salesmen to
  Maldra's Keep and Lowangen. See HELP DEATH INSURANCE for more information.
  
  * Clans: Clans may now merge two clans into one, with all the best benefits
  of each original clan, and with a root incentive to boot!

  See |U/community/forum/5/432385#432385

  * Survey: Fixed and added survey strings for blind and sighted players in
  Colyon Village, Palamire, Emperor's Crossroads, Human Outpost and Oil
  Derricks.

  * Collectibles: #0 collectibles have been renumbered to #30 for plates and
  #100 for stamps. Duplicate collectibles put into the same container will
  crush the previous entries rather than occupying two slots; existing
  duplicates will not be overridden.

  * Chat Rooms: The Chat Rooms have been enhanced so that you may now
  relay from multiple rooms at once, without ever entering the chat rooms.
  Created a dozen or so new chat rooms, including system-controlled rooms
  #sports and #politics. The syntax for CHAT RELAY and RELAY has changed.
  See HELP CHAT for more information.
  
  * Score additions: Fixed various display issues. Added a 'failed quest
  counter' to the quest counter. Alignment now indicates the direction
  that your alignment is trending.

  * Server/Code updates: Upgraded the server random number generator to be
  more efficient. Fixed some telnet connection issues. Implemented MSSP
  (Mud Server Status Protocol) and related plug-ins. Archon Talk and PK
  Talk are now displayed in the CHAT window for Portal and Moongate Client
  users. System stability related to some issues with affect lists have been
  fixed.
  
  * Significantly improved how dungeon creation (Proving Grounds, Tower
  of Riga, the Domain of Arbaces, the Curse of Xazra, the Void maze,
  PK Arenas, etc.) functions.

  * Total changelog count: 450+ NPCs
                           400+ objects
                           1400+ rooms + 400 in PG
                           2700+ scripts
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