Patch Notes: Sunday, January 31st, 2016

[MGoblin256]

Trying to download the patch itself, but it constantly fails to finish for some reason, and the ZIP is corrupt. Is there any particular fix for this?

[Grandbeard]

Originally Posted by MGoblin256 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Trying to download the patch itself, but it constantly fails to finish for some reason, and the ZIP is corrupt. Is there any particular fix for this?

It may be your AV is flagging a .DLL file as a virus.

[Telin]

Originally Posted by Turp [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hello ,
Seems they overnerfed giants (probably the rest of the mobs too that got "fixed" aka nerfed) never seen any bug reports on this and can't find any by searching our forums or any forum saying giants should double hit for 100 every time. (the least being 80 dmg , no matter the level or stats on your char)
Are they just letting devs go off their memory now? giants did have big STR and land big hits, but they are currently double hitting for 100 damage. no matter level 30 or 60 no matter the AC, broke something for sure.

Like elament said, got shit backwards it seems.

@Ele you are all about classic , you really think giants should double hit for 100 no matter level or stats . tested the FM giants, the DL giants and the ice giants and all doing the same thing. This is not classic and there was no bug report or proof filed that i can find that warranted this nerf besides IMO a devs memory recalls it. And probably every thing that was buffed this patch is not right if someone goes and checks it.

Thanks for the work and please look into this.

Not limited to
Telin: Increased max damage for Froon, Choon, an ice giant, a sand giant, a spectre, Sandgiant Husam, a hill giant, a cyclops, Broog Bloodbeard, Tarskuk, Guard Fernaldo, and Guard Carnita.
Is same for giants in DL and FM too. They are hitting way harder than they should. If got some proof of this required nerf please direct me to it.
appreciate your time.
charmers use this to your advantage and get some nice XP, since Osargen was nerfed use all the upgraded OP hitters right now because they probably won't change it. sometimes memory fixes are wrong but still can benefit.

PS Telin , wow what a bunch of nerfs.

Source: Al'Kabor Server (EQMAC) Locked at PoP (Era: 2002)

[Tue Feb 12 04:09:22 2013] A hill giant hits YOU for 88 points of damage.
[Tue Feb 12 04:09:22 2013] a hill giant was hit by non-melee for 5 points of damage.
[Tue Feb 12 04:09:22 2013] A hill giant was pierced by thorns.

[Mon Feb 18 14:28:49 2013] A hill giant tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Mon Feb 18 14:28:49 2013] a hill giant was hit by non-melee for 5 points of damage.
[Mon Feb 18 14:28:49 2013] A hill giant hits YOU for 96 points of damage.

[Mon Feb 25 23:26:43 2013] A hill giant has been ensnared.
[Mon Feb 25 23:26:45 2013] a hill giant was hit by non-melee for 6 points of damage.
[Mon Feb 25 23:26:45 2013] A hill giant was pierced by thorns.
[Mon Feb 25 23:26:45 2013] A hill giant hits YOU for 96 points of damage.
[Mon Feb 25 23:26:45 2013] a hill giant was hit by non-melee for 6 points of damage.
[Mon Feb 25 23:26:45 2013] A hill giant was pierced by thorns.
[Mon Feb 25 23:26:45 2013] A hill giant hits YOU for 88 points of damage.

[Thu Feb 28 18:33:20 2013] a hill giant was hit by non-melee for 6 points of damage.
[Thu Feb 28 18:33:20 2013] A hill giant was pierced by thorns.
[Thu Feb 28 18:33:20 2013] A hill giant hits YOU for 96 points of damage.

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Source: Blog from May 2001: http://blog.honnpo.com/eq-33
a sand giant hits you for 92 point of damage.
a sand giant hits you for 96 point of damage.
a sand giant hits you for 32 point of damage.
a sand giant hits you for 47 point of damage.
a sand giant hits you for 92 point of damage.

Conclusion

Giant Max Hit:
Level 33: 88
Level 34: 90
Level 35: 92
Level 36: 94
Level 37: 96

[spikeviking]

Put the VSR patch in you forgot it. Thanks

[adhop86]

Having an old issue from the sounds of it... I'm new to P99. I just got it up and running and now i am at the character select screen at it tells me "Your spells file is outdated. Please visit project1999.com etc etc". i reinstalled the V41 patch twice and still no luck... any pointers?

[Mackie]

Originally Posted by adhop86 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Having an old issue from the sounds of it... I'm new to P99. I just got it up and running and now i am at the character select screen at it tells me "Your spells file is outdated. Please visit project1999.com etc etc". i reinstalled the V41 patch twice and still no luck... any pointers?

X2 I've got my buddy having the same issue, just installed it on his new PC on a windows 10 system.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[WolfsongReborn]

Originally Posted by Mackie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

X2 I've got my buddy having the same issue, just installed it on his new PC on a windows 10 system.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Make sure you get everything into the eq folder. I've noticed sometimes if I do an extract it dumps part of it outside the eq folder and I've got to manually drag and drop the files and replace. I've had this happen a few times and it's always been the source of that issue for me.

[Mackie]

Originally Posted by WolfsongReborn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Make sure you get everything into the eq folder. I've noticed sometimes if I do an extract it dumps part of it outside the eq folder and I've got to manually drag and drop the files and replace. I've had this happen a few times and it's always been the source of that issue for me.

It was his anti-virus instantly deleting the Dsetup.dll or whatever it is. Once he turned off his anti-virus, he downloaded the patch and replaced it. It worked :P

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[WolfsongReborn]

Originally Posted by Mackie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It was his anti-virus instantly deleting the Dsetup.dll or whatever it is. Once he turned off his anti-virus, he downloaded the patch and replaced it. It worked :P

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Ah yeah, that happens too lol. Just make sure you ignore the file and the folder or it'll just happen again in the future. Norton seems particularly annoying in that respect.

[demokatt]

Haynar: Added next successful forage to get a food or drink item if hungry or thirsty, tied to Apr2001 rule - credit cavedude.

I don't think this works? I been thirsty many times and always get food, and the other way around too.