SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT 5916L
I highly recommend keeping a copy of 5771 around a while longer. While 5916L is working, there were so many changes in GU53 related to UI, data and structures, I have found a few things that do not work. Namely, quest journal right off-hand. How many times does SOE need to change that, hmm? Anyway.

I'd like to ask for a few volunteers to log into a server, and test the UI's and normal appearances/functionality, make a list of things that you think are not right after GU53. Keep in mind, I only want to hear about current EQ2Emu functionality, not stuff that isn't implemented yet. Don't tell me Pets don't work, or I will lock your toon in a crate with Ami Augren. Yes, I am that mean.

Anyway, see what you come up with. Lethal will probably work out any final structs changes himself, but in case we miss something, help us out. Use this thread if you like.

TIA,

Inventory and Merchant windows: The money display is off. I gave my character 50 plat and it's showing as 0 plat, 0 gold, 367263927223 silver, and 0 copper in both windows.

Quest journal was changed due to the new Achievement system.

John Adams wrote:I'd like to ask for a few volunteers to log into a server, and test the UI's and normal appearances/functionality, make a list of things that you think are not right after GU53.

Quest Updates don't work. Quest Helper structs off, probably same thing.

Spell mouse-over on the hotbar not be showing the right amount of data, compared to mouse-over in Knowledgebook (may be a UI setting?)

Equipped gear tends to show up and disappear between logins (only happened once, but once on more than 1 character) - can see the gear on the body, visually, just not in Inventory slots. Then, logging back in, all is well.

Inventory screen has never shown the Appearance tab(?) - doubt this has ever worked, and doubt we need it anytime soon


C'mon people, there has to be more. I cannot possibly be the only one seeing issues.

Not to mention i remember the day the emu was updated to this client version, SOE released a patch later that day stating it had a memory leak lol.

Fwiw, updating our server to the current client is not an impossible process (al la EQEmulator). Just takes time, time we do not have every other week SOE updates things. Usually we only update our compatibilities when it is necessary for gathering information to implement new features or enhance existing ones. The side-effect is, the community gets a very dynamic, exceptionally compatible server/client app.

We just happen to be in a rare state right now where the compatibility was updated, but there are issues that need to be addressed... and absolutely zero time for our principle developer to get at them. He will, just not immediately. Which is why we always suggest backing up the previous client before upgrading. 5771L should work fine right now.

Yeah, they update the client so I can get them all sorts of new model data... I think they know if they didn't update it for every big GU, I would throw a hissy fit.

Oh and the data collection thing too