2014-03-10
This is first item update. Now all, so called, "unreleased items" are.
wearable by players. They can be won in oncoming trivia or will be.
available in quests or drops very soon. :) Death to unreleased items!
I have also cleaned up server files a bit, so they will be easier to manage.
-Platyna
2014-02-23
Information about The Mana World Original Server
Dear All.
I had some health problems, therefore tmw.net was a bit negleted. Now I am feeling much better and we are alive and kicking.
I owe you a few words about what we are planning to do, and how it will be different than the impeachers server.
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Friendly environment for developers and players:
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GHP is a real committee where opinion of others is really taken into consideration.
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Players will vote for most of major server features and GMs, this server was upgraded using your money, you have right to vote.
- Modern server software - most likely evolonline server.
- All unreleased items wil go to the game - either as quest items, drops or trivia items.
- Trivia and spawn parties will occur at least once in a month at weekends. Next trivia: March 1st.
- Welcome gift for each person who will join. It is currently given by me after forums post but we will have a NPC that will give a random piece of equipment.
If you would like to play on our server, just mark the first server on the list, click edit, change org to net and click save. We are looking forward to seeing you. :)
-Platyna
2013-06-02
Information about The Mana World Original Server
Dear All.
At 09.03.2013 an unauthorized copy of this server's files has been
made, by one of developers (o11c). This person was abusive in the past
(he was abusing server commands). However due to fact that we had not
many active content developers I was overlooking. It seems it was
the worst thing I could do.
As an original server admin and one of three original TMW admins
(two others left the project several years ago)
I think you deserve to hear a whole story about what happened:
The developer mentioned above demanded powers over the community
for him and his collegues, which I was constantly refusing their requests.
The domain owner (Eugenio Favalli aka. ElvenProgrammer) was
threatened, that if he will not change the domain entries to point
to his server he and his friends will do no more content updates.
The domain didn't belong to me because Eugenio Favalli is the person
who was the first TMW project admin. In 2006 he made a fork (Mana) and
left TMW in my hands. During these seven years I was the only admin of TMW.
After the domain owner has been basically blackmailed, the plan about how
and when to copy the files has been made on a secret channel, so it could be
hidden from me. A secret group called TMW Committee has been formed.
On 09.03.2013 an unauthorized copy of the files has been made and
the domain entries were changed without me being even notified.
It is normal in OSS projects that people sometimes can't get along.
However it is a common practice that if some group of people doesn't like
the way the project is being managed they are creating their own fork.
Unfortunately the members of so called TMW Committee decided to copy
my work instead.
-Platyna
2013-04-28
We're having a bugfix release today.
The main areas that have been fixed are Brodomir's PvP Cave
and Orum's quest, both in the
caves below Hurnscald.
Additionally, there were a lot of small fixes
on maps, spelling and grammar, and more.
We'd like to thank all the people who reported issues and helped
testing!
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Jenalya
2013-03-21
Today we have a content release.
As always there are a number of bugfixes,
but also two new quests.
One of them is an annual Easter event created by Pjotr Orial.
It lasts from March, 22th to April, 25th, and can be
repeated every year.
Watch out around Hurnscald for some hidden Easter Eggs!
The other quest is about the admiration of a little
girl in Hurnscald that sees you growing from an
inexperienced adventurer to an impressive hero.
Backstage, this was also about a great community effort.
veryape conceived of the idea for this quest and was able
to make it happen with the help of many people who were
assisting with the graphics, scripting, spell checking,
testing and giving valuable feedback.
Lastly, Brodomir's cave under Hurnscald has been made
easier for attracting fighters from all over the world.
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Jenalya
2013-03-17
After the initial server move, The Mana World was subjected
to a three day DoS attack.
In response, we have moved a final time to a server that has
better protection against such attacks.
All game related services have been moved and are back to normal.
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the TMWC
2013-03-09
As of this Saturday, March 9, TMW moved to a new host.
This means there was some downtime, starting at 16:00 UTC.
Most work was done in 1.5 hours, with a brief shutdown later.
DNS settings may take a while to propogate.
For more information, see
http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17126
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the TMWC
2013-02-21
Today we'll have a small content release.
Among code cleaning and bug fixes, the
Tulimshar quests can be done in any order now.
Their completion isn't necessary anymore
to start the Bandit quest.
Also, GMs may have a surprise for you someday.
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V0id
2013-01-31
ManaPlus Support
We have decided to support ManaPlus as an
official client alongside Mana. In fact, since
there will likely be no more releases of the
Mana client that supports TMWA (this server),
there will inevitably be a time when ManaPlus
becomes the only supported client.
Mana 0.6.1 will continue to receive some
support until October 2013. We have no plans
to specifically break compatibility with Mana,
but new features may not be available.
For older clients (whether Mana or ManaPlus),
there will be different levels of attempted
support, depending on exactly how old it is:
* Less than 6 months old: will not crash or
behave erratically.
* Less than 2 months old: will behave
expectedly, but might not support all features.
* Last 2 releases: will do everything,
correctly, on the main server.
* Last release, or even git, may be required
on the test server.
Of course, if a particular client release is
buggy, we may not be able to support it at all.
For more details, see
http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16867.
ManaPlus is available at
http://manaplus.evolonline.org/
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o11c
2013-01-26
Content Release January 2013
This release brings a huge amount of small fixes
and changes, including fixes of several spelling
and map errors, which were reported by players.
Thanks for that!
There are a few new things nevertheless:
New characters won't have to start their
adventure in underpants anymore,
and Doug in Dimond's Cove discovered that the
lamps in his room wear off after a while.
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Jenalya
2013-01-23
News feed is finally generated from the same
source for both the game and the website.
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o11c
December 2012 again
A new peninsula has magically raised from the depths,
south of Hurnscald. A witch seems to be the source of
this strange phenomenon.
Why is she here, and what does she want?
Further on the west, Lora Tay is willing to accept
new challenges to prove once more her skills.
December 2012
Santa and his helpers have returned to Santa's residence
near Nivalis to prepare for Christmas.
Among the helpers, the preparations are moving smoothly
as they should.
The reinboos are excited this year since there will be a change
within their team!
But not everything is working out as planned.
November 2012
Halloween has passed and several cities celebrated this event.
It seems the farmer Oscar just came back from a long journey
in one of these cities.
Probably he will have exciting things to tell.
October 2012
The roadblock to the north east in Argaes was finally lifted
and parts of the road were reconstructed.
But there is still some work left until the connection to Port City is done.
In the Woods you can find a guy who lives alone, seeking seclusion.
Be careful not to disturb him. He is very vicious.
The smith's apprentice Peter does good progress in mastering his
handcraft and learned some new techniques.
September 2012
Agostine is well known for his magnificent winter clothes,
but he always dreamed of creating something truly exquisite,
something noble...
An old veteran has set up camp in the caves below Hurnscald
after a life full of hardship and battle.
He may be old now, but he surely didn't lose his interest
in the art of combat!
