The state of Play

[maxum]

Well, again I am not currently working on anything.

Hoped to have a few things in as a christmas surprise for you guys but I think we run out of time.

Did a pass over The Graveyard again, edited some items, fixed the specials and tidied the rooms that blocked players. All set to go but doesn't look like it is coming in any time soon.
Re-added in Ranger and Druid multi-class options and fixed align errors that occurred on player creation, but now maybe these things were not meant to be in/put back? I was running on the fact that they were in previously and went missing, much like shops.
Wrote some christmassy/holiday spell code for some fun in the lead up to 25th, but looks like it is not going to happen. The fixes for Water Breath and Find Traps messages are tied up in these files, so I might try and pull them out to update later.

I have made attempts to contact previous 'owners' of the code to see if I can get write access, but at this stage the responses are not promising. I am running on an evaluation copy of CMud at present which will expire in the new year, at this stage I am not looking at buying a licence to continue.

What I have done
I have done everything I said I would, cleaned up and restored shops, fixed bugs in Graveyard and Hill Giant Smial, fixed some other bugs as well. Also answered a lot of questions about what was missing/broke/bugged and tracked down and repaired what I could. I was never looking at coming back to play, steal the code, or give out godly items to people. I had no ulterior motives or anything to gain personally from voluntering to fix the code, and I hope my actions have proved that.

I have agreed to sponsor Lennya for immortality, and had this approved so I will stand by that. I will also fix any bugs or errors that are brought to my attention, but they would need to come 'from the horses mouth' so to speak, so I don't find myself working on anything unsanctioned.
Otherwise, unless anything else changes, I forsee myself gently fading back into myth.

[Aaron]

Well, regardless of what happens. Thank you for taking the time to do what you've done.

[marla]

It is amazing to see what one person can do when they are allowed some room to work.
It is unfortunate that almost everyone in the past has tried to screw over Unicus when he gives them access to the code.
I appreciate you coming out of nowhere Maxum to work and look over all the errors that have been causing the mud to crash over the past 10+ years since sd3 was put back up.
I appreciate you trying to work on the mud even though it may seem a waste sometimes.
Most of all I appreciate you coming back and making it so that more people have stopped in to "chat" or say hi than in the last few years!

[Abbathor]

Thanks a bunch for the fixes! Hopefully we'll still see you around on occasion after the new year

[scalamoosh]

How do we get Uma involved again? Even just a hello post would be magnificent. That would instantly get playerbase back up. Someone persuade him to create a proboards account. That would be a godly Christmas gift to all active players.

[unicus]

I almost looks like we could get Uma's daughter playing at this point. And that might not be a bad idea.

It looks as though we are getting caught up on coding. Shadowdale seems to be running fine as Shadowdale. Unless anyone has other irritating bugs or abuses to report. Items left hanging seem to fall into categories such as "was that removed or broken?" which I am trying to get answers on.

It is nice to have a god who will create and run holiday items. Especially nice that it didnt come with a price tag that had to be paid in advance. I am very pleased with Maxum's work.