Rejoice! Several servers have become "relaxed truebox" or received truebox removal. While MacroQuest will not work on them today, support will be added later.
What to expect on patch days?
When eq patches MQ has to be rebuilt. (you also have to patch EQ --- this way you avoid "Version Mismatch" issues)
once mq is built RG can build - we now have an automated system that rebuilds RG as soon as it is updated - which means our previous method of "let's give it a quick test" is no longer there, and sometimes there ends up being another smaller patch later to correct if something got missed - so re-check on patch days if you are having issues.
eq could change literally anything and it would require the way MQ interacts with that portion of EQ to be completely reworked. It is normally just offsets, sometimes struct changes --- with the large changes eq has been making over the past few months (updates and backend improvements) there are more things than just offset changes that are happening, so it can certainly be a lot of work for the devs.
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MacroQuest for Live servers:
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EQ patches go like this: (in theory)
2nd* tue/wed = test "real" patch
3rd* wed = live patch
4th* tue/wed = test "true up
the tue over the wed is a more recent thing (I suspect klanderso has more to do with that, and having time to ensure working stuff before the weekend and upset people - klanderso is pretty awesome)
* holidays subject to cause shifts in days or even week
test is notorious for being like "oops we forgot the 'dont crash plz' file, gotta patch again", or "woops we added +1 to crashing, we meant -1", so "on paper" it is double the patches, but very frequently ends up being more than double the work (i imagine, I'm not doing the work - I'd love to learn enough at some point to help facilitate doing so, however)
Mq itself is open source and by volunteer(s) - RG which builds and distributes that is obviously paid for.
If you wanted to show your appreciation to the MQ devs for their volunteer work:
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October 10, 2023
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*** Highlights ***
- Removed True Box from Mangler, Aradune, Mischief, and Thornblade.
- The Target of Target window has been converted to the new UI engine.
*** Items ***
- Marked the following as quest items:
-- Fractured, Warped, Distorted, and Phased Primeval and Coeval Luminessence and Incandessence
-- Palladium, Iridium, and Rhodium Encrusted Clays
-- Coin, Emblem, and Amulet of Brell
*** Quests & Events ***
- Corrected an issue where lockout modifiers would not affect shared task lockouts if you left the task or went offline before it was finished.
*** Spells ***
- Heal and damage over time spells are now affected by Heal Amount and Spell Damage modifiers, respectively.
*** AA ***
- Bard - Updated all ranks of Troubadour's Synergy to focus the last 2 spells in both the Insult and Disdain lines.
*** Overseer ***
- The confirmation box when starting an Overseer quest has been removed.
*** Progression Servers ***
- Randomized Old Man McKenzie loot on randomized loot servers.
- Removed True Box from Mangler, Aradune, Mischief, and Thornblade.
- Added the no encounter lock flag to various NPCs.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Corrected an issue where instance lockouts could sometimes double.
- Modified the /follow command to ignore "%t" as a parameter, as following the current target is the default behavior.
- The /bug command on the Test server now redirects you to the Test server bug forums.
- Shrouding will now close multiple windows that may become unusable in your new form.
*** UI ***
- Corrected an issue where achievement chat filters would not save their settings when turned off.
- Corrected an issue where messages from another player drinking alcohol would not go to the Food and Drink Messages filter.
- The Target of Target window has been converted to the new UI engine.
- Fixed item icons lingering in the inventory after being donated for Tribute.
- Fixed items sometimes not highlighting in the inventory.
- Viral spells now show Viral Range and Spread Time in the Spell Display window.
- Resized columns in Alt. Currency will be saved after logging out.
- Added -
- TargetOfTargetWindow.html
- The EverQuest Team
Test Update 10/10/2023 - Patch Notes and Discussions | EverQuest Forums
October 10, 2023 _____________________ *** Highlights *** - Removed True Box from Mangler, Aradune, Mischief, and Thornblade. - The Target of...
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What to expect on patch days?
When eq patches MQ has to be rebuilt. (you also have to patch EQ --- this way you avoid "Version Mismatch" issues)
once mq is built RG can build - we now have an automated system that rebuilds RG as soon as it is updated - which means our previous method of "let's give it a quick test" is no longer there, and sometimes there ends up being another smaller patch later to correct if something got missed - so re-check on patch days if you are having issues.
eq could change literally anything and it would require the way MQ interacts with that portion of EQ to be completely reworked. It is normally just offsets, sometimes struct changes --- with the large changes eq has been making over the past few months (updates and backend improvements) there are more things than just offset changes that are happening, so it can certainly be a lot of work for the devs.
Curious when Very Vanilla will be updated?
You'll get a web notification (if we have permission), site notification, and email (optional)
Click to watch
MacroQuest for Live servers:
MacroQuest for Test server
EQ patches go like this: (in theory)
2nd* tue/wed = test "real" patch
3rd* wed = live patch
4th* tue/wed = test "true up
the tue over the wed is a more recent thing (I suspect klanderso has more to do with that, and having time to ensure working stuff before the weekend and upset people - klanderso is pretty awesome)
* holidays subject to cause shifts in days or even week
test is notorious for being like "oops we forgot the 'dont crash plz' file, gotta patch again", or "woops we added +1 to crashing, we meant -1", so "on paper" it is double the patches, but very frequently ends up being more than double the work (i imagine, I'm not doing the work - I'd love to learn enough at some point to help facilitate doing so, however)
Mq itself is open source and by volunteer(s) - RG which builds and distributes that is obviously paid for.
If you wanted to show your appreciation to the MQ devs for their volunteer work:
Tip the MQ Developers HERE:
brainiac:
https://www.redguides.com/tip/brainiac
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