Post:Tuesday Tidings - 200 - Of Rummaging and Stones - 12/19/2023 - 20:12

Tuesday Tidings - 200 - Of Rummaging and Stones · on 12/19/2023 20:12	2048
Happy Tuesday, folks! 200 consecutive weekly releases has been a wild ride! We had no idea our little strike team would last this long when we started, but I am so happy that we have! Not everything needs to be a grand system rewrite that takes months (or years!), and even while we pluck away at those bigger types of projects, we can still squeeze in some small things here and there -- whether new or updated hunting, or housing, or new verbs, or just little tweaks to existing ones to remove or improve pain points. Looking at an individual release may not seem like a big thing, but the collection of 200 releases (and still going!) over a few years has definitely left a mark on things! The timing of TT200 after HE and in the middle of the holidays wasn't great for a big milestone project, but I still think it's a good example of the types of things we wanted to solve when we started. Two updates, this week! 1) Folks keep bringing up being able to RUMMAGE in vaults, but it's been doable for years, and we've even touched on the verb in previous TTs! We found another way to improve things, though -- the confusion with vaults is that you need to specify ON/IN for it to work with particular things, otherwise it defaults to 'in' and fails if it was a shelf or rack that had things ON it. Now it will evaluate the item you're trying to rummage and prioritize failing through IN, ON, BEHIND and UNDER before deciding you can't do it at all. 2) Gweth stones have been updated based on a frequent request! The RT for combining and separating has been removed. This was a holdover from when it taught mechanical lore, which hasn't been a thing for way too long. Additionally, they will stack up to 50 stones now -- up from 20. It is difficult to push the stack size much higher than this without requiring you to use a hold-anything container, because their dimensions get quite large and won't fit in even a backpack! Still, more than doubling from what it was should help out some! Big thanks to Paklin for grabbing the QC for these updates! As always, if you notice anything quirky, please let us know! Zadraes (for the team, past and present!)
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