Publish 56

NOTE - These are unofficial but anticipated bug fixes and updates for Publish 56 mentioned in forum posts by Devs, Five on Fridays, UO Town Halls and other sources and are highly subject to change.

Deployment History

• September 26, 2008 - Based on a FoF update, expected late October 2008.
• September 19, 2008 - Ever so slightly delayed, now expected early October 2008
• September 5, 2008 - expected late September or early October 2008

Bug Fixes

• Nature’s Fury Bug - Fix a problem so Nature's Fury can no longer be cast inside private houses(pushed out from Publish 55).
• Thieves' Guild Bug - Fix problem where players cannot join the Thieves' Guild(pushed out from Publish 55).
• Quiver of Rage Bug - Fix problem where the quiver would change color and properties.
• Pet-related Bugs - Fix various pet-related problems:
  • Being able to mount a pet while it is paralyzed and ride off
  • Unable to mount a normally mountable pet
  • Fixing some issues with commanding your pet to attack or kill and the pet not responding consistently
  • Fixing some issues with the hiryu dismount move
  • Other pet-related bug fixes
• Escort Bug - Fix a problem where some escorts are not following players properly.
• Macro Bug - Making the "weapon switch" macro work with spellbooks
• Spinning Wheel Bug - Fixing an issue where axing spinning wheels while they're spinning can break them
• Disarm Shield Bug - The ability to disarm a shield with the Disarm special move should go away
• Inquisitor's Resolution Spawn Bug - Fixed a bug where the Inquisitor's Resolution sometimes spawns in an unreachable area
• Minor Display Bugs - Fix various display-related problems:
  • Tooltips not showing correct information
  • Other sorts of display bugs

General Additions

• Unrandomize Veteran Rewards for Braziers and Cacti selections.
• Make Granite, Sand, Arcane Gems, smoke bombs and chocolate-making ingredients stackable(pushed out from Publish 55).
• Adjust Guard Zone boundaries around Britain and other cities as part of upcoming conflict in the next installment of the Warriors of Destiny event cycle.
• Factions system update to avoid manufactured kill point penalties on members of the same faction.
• You'll be able to find a healer on Nu'Jelm!
• Prep work for Halloween 2008 holiday content.
• New seed types introduced in Publish 55 will be added to the quest reward loot pool for The Naturalist Quest.

Updates

None available until after publish goes live

See Also

• Publishes