Patch Notes

184 (29th September 2013

TECHNICAL CHANGES

• Fonts are now configurable, see fonts.ini inside your Neocron client's ini subfolder
• Reworked state synchronization of weapons, this should fix issues like e.g. a different number of hits registering on the server- and client-side

FACTION WARZONES

• This feature is to be considered an ALPHA release.
• Faction warzones are a new feature which allows whole factions to work as a team, capturing sectors of the gameworld to reap the benefits.
• Dome of York Sector 10 is now a Faction Warzone.

RARE PARTS

• Un-researched Rare Parts will now stack as L, T and E parts, regardless of what part they will become once researched.
• Un-researched MC5 Parts will now stack in a single independent stack, regardless of what part they will become once researched.

INTERFACE

• Added a legend to the sector map.

GAMEPLAY

• Re-enabled automatic faction sympathy gain
• The reticule is now being reset after switching weapons
• After shooting you will have to wait at least 'shot-time' before being able to switch weapons
• Several errors in the calculation of the line of sight for weapons have been fixed which should improve beam weapons
• Standing up from a chair now correctly holsters the weapon

GAMEWORLD

• Several sector names have been adjusted to bring them into line with existing standards and changes to Faction Names.

PLAZA DISTRICT

• Name corrected for 'Plaza / Mainstreet' apartment complex in Plaza Sector 1.
• Name corrected for 'Plaza / Center' apartment complex in Plaza Sector 1.
• Name corrected for 'Plaza / Comfy Cubicle' apartment complex in Plaza Sector 2.
• Nexus Tower sign post typo corrected in Plaza Sector 2.

PEPPER PARK DISTRICT

• The 'Black Dragon' apartment complex has been renamed to 'Trancium Block' in Pepper Park Sector 3.
• New Black Dragon Runners now start with the correct, smaller, Pepper Park apartment.
• New Tsunami Syndicate Runners now start with the correct, smaller, Pepper Park apartment.
• CopBots have been removed from the Pepper Park Subway Station.
• Hogan Dunfield has moved to an alternative location in Pepper Park Sector 3.
• Recreation Units in Pepper Park Clan Apartments now function correctly

OUTZONE DISTRICT

• New Brotherhood of Crahn Runners now start their lives in the Outzone.
• New Brotherhood of Crahn Clans will now find their apartments in the Outzone.
• Beds in Outzone Starter Apartments now function as Recreation Units providing a healing facility for new Brotherhood of Crahn Runners

CANYON FACILITY

• New Twilight Guardian Runners now start their lives in the Canyon Facility.
• Canyon Apartment areas have been renamed to the Montag and Rodriguez Barracks, in memory of the late Nicole 'Chenoa' Montag.
• Canyon apartment access interfaces/locations have been renamed accordingly.
• Twilight Guardian have now secured supply routes to provide low to medium level equipment from rebel operated supply depots within the Canyon Facility.
• Construction work in the Canyon Facility has reopened several sealed caves creating levelling locations for low level Runners.
• Canyon Facility Caves have been renamed to Canyon Caves Lvl 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 to reflect new mob load outs.
• Mob selection, distribution and density have been modified for the Canyon Facility Caves.
• Canyon Facility's look and feel has received an overhaul.
• A Wasteland Trader/Junk Dealer (All Buyer) has moved into the Facility with his traveling companion. He can be found at Yager's Inn to purchase all unwanted items.

TECH HAVEN

• Tech Haven apartment access interfaces have been renamed from 'TechTown' to 'Tech Haven'.

AREA MC5 (Tutorial Zone)

• 'Bright n Clean' personnel have been moved to prevent issues with their spawn location.
• The Nomad Trader camp has been moved to prevent issues with their spawn location.

JUGGERNAUT FACILITY

• Static Warbots in the Juggernaut Facility are no longer inside out.

WASTELAND SECTOR E 12 (CANYON)

• A pod of Arachnid Mutants have moved into the sector.
• Moved most high level monsters off of roads. It is possible for these mobs to spawn in these locations but not as often.
• Increased the number of low/mid/high level monsters in the sector.
• High level monsters no longer spawn inside one another or on cliff faces.
• Improved the placement of numerous static actors in the sector.
• Spawn locations for all monsters have been adjusted. More monsters now spawn in more locations (alone and in groups) within the zone. Runners who frequent this zone should take care until they familiarise themselves with the new mob load out.

WASTELAND SECTOR E 13 (CANYON)

• Moved most high level monsters off of roads. It is possible for these mobs to spawn in these locations but not as often.
• High level monsters no longer spawn inside one another or on cliff faces.
• Added additional Twilight Guardian presence to the sector. Enemy runners will be shot on approach.
• Added a mutant camp to assist with levelling low-mid level runners.
• Added a cloister of Reaper Spiders to assist with levelling mid-level runners (Canyon Facility's equivalent of MB Bunker).
• Improved the placement of numerous static actors in the sector.
• Spawn locations for all monsters have been adjusted. More monsters now spawn in more locations (alone and in groups) within the zone. Runners who frequent this zone should take care until they familiarise themselves with the new mob load out.

WASTELAND SECTOR F 12 (CANYON)

• Increased the number of low/mid/high level monsters in the sector.
• Moved most high level monsters off of roads. It is possible for these mobs to spawn in these locations but not as often.
• High level monsters no longer spawn inside one another or on cliff faces.
• Improved the placement of numerous static actors in the sector.
• Added a Twilight Guardian presence to the sector. Enemy runners will be shot on approach.
• Spawn locations for all monsters have been adjusted. More monsters now spawn in more locations (alone and in groups) within the zone. Runners who frequent this zone should take care until they familiarise themselves with the new mob load out.

WASTELAND SECTOR G 13 (CANYON)

• Increased the number of low/mid/high level monsters in the sector.
• Moved most high level monsters off of roads. It is possible for these mobs to spawn in these locations but not as often.
• High level monsters no longer spawn inside one another or on cliff faces.
• Improved the placement of numerous static actors in the sector.
• Added a Twilight Guardian presence to the sector. Enemy runners will be shot on approach.
• Spawn locations for all monsters have been adjusted. More monsters now spawn in more locations (alone and in groups) within the zone. Runners who frequent this zone should take care until they familiarise themselves with the new mob load out.

MISSIONS

• Mutant Giant Veskulus has been removed from the unused Crystal Cave 1, to prevent interference with the Brotherhood of Crahn Epic Mission.
• Dragon's Wrath guards no longer spawn in the Outzone Sector 1 part of the quest "Reza's Calling".
• Further tweaks have been made to the Mission "Reza's Calling", bringing the German and French versions up to date.
• Issues with the Twilight Guardian Epic have been fixed.
• Issues with the NeXT Epic have been fixed.
• The Tiki Quest has been updated.

MISSIONS (CITYCOM)

• A number of visual tweaks have been made to the Mission Selection section of the CityCom. Some cosmetic changes have been made in advance of further changes in a future patch.
• It is no longer possible to search for Trader Union or Anarchy Breed missions.
• The Mission system now downloads 6 missions per page, twice the previous amount. This change should ease the frustration of finding suitable missions. Changes in a future patch will further improve this process.
• Twilight Guardian VERY EASY and EASY CityCom Missions have been adjusted to reflect new mob availability in the Canyon Facility Caves.

FACTION NAMES

• To improve faction naming continuity, some changes have been made:
• CityAdmin becomes City Administration
• BioTech become BioTech Systems
• N.E.X.T becomes NExT
• CityMercs becomes City Mercs
• The Crahn Sect becomes Brotherhood of Crahn
• The Fallen Angels becomes Fallen Angels

MISC CHANGES

• 'Apartment Access Code If' objects have been renamed to 'Apartment Access Interface'.
• 'Blessed Absorber Sanctum' now has the correct description.
• Mutant bedding in underground labs is less obstructive.
• Reassigned the Terror Leaper to a more suitable group of monsters.
• Increased the spawn chance of the Terror Leaper
• Terror Leapers now drop suitable loot. Rare Parts have the same drop rate as found on Warbots.
• All varieties of Cave Crawler are now physically smaller.
• Removed the "jumping" when applying passive effects to players. Meaning: no more falling down mountains while being buffed
• Several fixes have been made in the Dialogue of Master Hunters.
• Added appropriate dialogue to replace place holder 'Damn! Locked!' messages related to SL changes.
• Fixed a bug which caused players to hold weapons in the wrong pose.
• Character Creation now correctly lists 'Canyon Facility' as the starting location of Twilight Guardian.
• Character Creation now correctly lists 'Outzone' as the starting location of Brotherhood of Crahn.

182/183 (4th May 2013 )

Soul Light System

• Access to the Gene Replication Network now requires Runners to have -31 Soul Light or higher.
• Access to the Venture Warp Network now requires Runners to have -31 Soul Light or higher.
• Access to vendors in safe zones requires Runners to have -31 Soul Light or higher.
• Access to Apartment Access Interfaces in safe zones requires Runners to have -31 Soul Light or higher.
• Automatic Soul Light regeneration has been disabled.

Weapon Balance

• Damage output of the TL115 Disruptor lowered by 25% to compensate for aggressive burst bonus.
• Damage output of the TL113 Ceres Assault Rifle CAR-47 and the TL108 Infiltration Assault Rifle IAR-47 lowered by 20% to compensate for aggressive burst bonus.
• Speed malus when equipping a heavy weapon has been reduced from 20% to 10%.
• Switching weapons while reloading has been disabled.

New Features

• New hit box colouring has been added to more easily identify clan mates. (Customise BBClanMate in rposcolor.ini)
• Gamemasters are now able to set zones to safezones while the server is running.
• Gamemasters are now able to set zones to automatically log out players after a certain time of idling.
• Gamemasters are now able to set zones to spawn players at the reset point after logging out.

181 (23rd March 2013 )

Technical changes

• Fixed several exploits
• Used an approach similar to splines to smooth interpolation
• Several further tweaks to the interpolation
• Fixed rubberband bug
• Fixed hacknet mobs not dealing damage
• Fixed parsing of default options for several NPCs
• Fixed a buffer overflow when updating world actors
• Raised Neocron's bandwidth limitations
• Fixed several reasons for invisible damage
• Fixed an error which lead to items dropping from the trade window back into the player's inventory
• Music should now play independent of the windows compatibility mode setting
• The damage of beam weapons should now be calculated correctly
• Fixed beams not showing on several weapons

Gameplay changes

• Added the techlevel of the item to construct to blueprints
• Law enforced players are now buffable by non law enforced players, but not vice versa!
• The existing speed cap has been adjusted so speed tapers off more dramatically at higher livels of agility and athletics. Players with extreme speed setups will see a reduction of speed.

180 (7th Feb 2013)

This fix is a hotfix patch for to address the issues of 179

179 (5th Feb 2013)

Technical changes

• Reworked netcode (see known issues)
• Window mode now supports very high resolutions as well (numbers must be multiples of two)
• Fixed a number of exploits and critical security issues
• Fixed a number of bad world data causes
• Fixed an issue with the loginserver
• Fixed a number of gameserver crashes
• Fixed incorrect team money distribution
• Team money distribution is now calculated at once instead of receiving all money first, then paying a share to teammates
• Fixed a bug that caused NPCs to retreat from combat
• NPCs now use a line of sight for targeting that is comparable to that of player characters
• Fixed drones not launching in a number of situations
• Reduced wait time between drone launches, in case a launch failed
• Appartment passwords may now contain the ' char
• Account passwords may now contain the chars . and #
• Slightly tweaked/increased overall performance

Content changes

• High level Plasma Pistols can now be obtained from the Canyon Smuggler.
• Misc. smaller fixes

Known Issues

• Netcode/Clipping: The reworked netcode is much more accurate than any previous version. While this is great in many ways and will reward good movement in PvP, it also introduces a problem: With player movement not being the soft pulp it used to be, the uncapped Evol 2.2 runspeeds can now make it very difficult to keep lock on your target. We feel that it may be benefitial for PvP to tone down ultra fast runspeeds even before we get to the greater balancing. Of course, we appreciate constructive feedback regarding the matter and will continue to observe how things pan out on retail.
• Server stability: The patch introduced a number of new issues of which we have contained many, but not all. Naturally, a fix for the known issues will be provided at the soonest possibility.

178 (14th January 2013)

Hotfix patch to fix a few issues found in the 177 patch.

• Fixed several server side crashes
• Fixed a problem with the patcher
• TL92 Pulselaser Pistol is back in stock
• Staff Sergeant Van Dyk moved
• Turrets in Energy Core 2 now shoot back

177 (11th January 2013)

Technical changes

• Fixed a number of exploits
• Fixed a number of server and client crashes
• Fixed a bug that could lead to damaged chardata
• Interpolation fix redone from the ground up
• Fixed an issue preventing players from activating Gene Replicators inside appartments
• Fixed GenRep costs for Crahn, Black Dragon, Tsunami Syndicate, Fallen Angels and Twilight Guardian HQs to reflect their post-DoY locations.
• Fixed the combat rank of droners being lower than expected in certain cases
• Fixed drone AoE damage, LEd droners now damage themselves as well as their drones
• Fixed Fallen Angels CityCom missions
• Fixed the CR being too low when changing zones inside a vehicle
• Fixed CR being too high inside hacknet
• Fixed the respawn behaviour of several container types (containers spawning quest items, e.g. Grim's ID cube, as well as hacknet code fragments)
• Fixed the buy/sell window covertly resetting the amount to a value of 1 when clicking buy/sell. Now it properly retains the previous value
• Fixed item count not corresponding with the entered amount when moving stacks of items
• Significantly increased rare part drop chances for Warbots and a number of related techmobs.

Content changes

• Overhaul of H14 and the H14 Command Unit
• Replanted several trees in J 04
• Fixed several floating objects in H 15 and fixed the hole in the fence near MC5
• Arrested the thief of the sign post in the newbie Area MC5 and returned the sign safely to its home
• New vendors have moved into Battle Dome
• Female vendors now have the correct skin
• Outzone Sewer Sec-1 now uses the correct world
• Added Outzone and Pepper Park apartment key smuggler to Pepper Park Sec-1
• Black Dragon contacts have been sighted outside of the Pussy Club
• Fixed a number of gameworld bugs and missing objects in Via Rosso Sectors 1, 2 and 3.
• Fixed a number of gameworld bugs and missing objects in Pepper Park Sectors 1, 2 and 3 including the Crahn Church
• The Snack-A-Tack shop in Pepper Park Sec-3 went out of business
• Removed OOC advertisment in Pepper Park Sec-1 and Via Rosso Sec-2

Known issues

• Sometimes after zoning the screen becomes grey/blue/whatever, to fix it press alt+e twice
• Wildcard search inside citycom still not reenabled

176 (1st December 2012)

Technical changes

• Implemented a fallback inside the D3D9 driver, older cards should work again
• Enlarged horizontal field of view to 110 degrees
• Fixed several possible reasons for server crashes
• Fixed issues with the netcode causing packet loss

Gameplay changes

• Fixed issues with terminal missions in several HQs

175 (28th November 2012)

Technical changes

• Dropped support for DirectX 7
• Changed FoV, therefore players seem to be slower
• Fixed numerous exploits and vulnerabilities
• Fixed several possible server crashes
• Fixed a bug that stopped Neocron from launching when certain applications are open ("Chrome Bug")
• Fixed a crash on alt+tab in wastelands in fullscreen mode
• Fixed the main menu going black on alt+tab in fullscreen mode
• Fixed a crash caused by neocron.ini not being writable
• Changed the way interpolation is handeled ("clipping fix")
• Tweaked the netcode to always include y updates and update more frequently
• Fixed a bug that caused the HUD not being rendered on screenshots
• Screenshots are now saved as .jpg
• Fixed a bug that caused the HUD to reset to default state after a crash
• Removed legacy elements from the HUD (e.g.: recover backpack)
• Fixed misalignment of worldmap at widescreen resolutions (fullscreen mode)
• Fixed culling problems with widescreen resolutions (fullscreen mode)
• Fixed misaligned outpost signs
• Added widescreen resolutions to the launcher configuration panel
• Added Anisotropic Filtering, configurable via the launcher configuration panel
• Fixed truncation of entries inside error.log
• Added timestamps to the damage log
• Fixed Venture Warp returning players to appartment

Content changes

• Turned around the CopBot staring at the wall in Plaza Sector 1 (after 8 years, the wall wins)
• Temporarily removed outpost turrets
• Added TL92 Tangent Assault Pulselaser Pistol to high level tech pistol vendor
• Added TL63 Gatlin Cannon to high level low tech cannon vendor
• Added permenant spawn for the Outzone 2 High Tech Cannon Smuggler
• Added entrance to the Drone Racetrack
• Added RN Terminals to Crahn HQ
• Replaced Outzone Station ambient sound
• Removed OOC advertisement from the Plaza area
• Fixed a conflict between Reza's Calling & Regant's Faith Missions
• Fixed spawn of Heff in TG Canyon.
• Fixed spawn of Malfunctioning Warbot Prototype in the MIRL-600 Warhammer Mission
• Fixed drop rate of fragment from Tacholytium Titan Warbot for Crahn Epic mision #4. Now always drops for those with the mission.
• Fixed a large number of wrong object types (e.g.: CityComs being tagged as chairs)
• Fixed position and alignment for a large number of static objects and NPCs
• Fixed many more miscellaneous gameworld issues
• Added a new loading screen

Gameplay changes

• Fixed an issue with team xp calculation
• Fixed combat rank not always being updated
• Fixed a bug that allowed overcasting of stronger shields.
• Fixed low level drones being very hard to use
• Reduced the intensity of visual interference when Drones are being damaged
• Fixed several issues and exploits concerning casting
• Changed the way combat ranks are being calculated
• Fixed AI not being able to target drones in special cases
• Fixed a reloading bug

Known Issues

• Entering wildcards in the player search does not work anymore, in case you want to know how many players are online, have a look at the front page of the official fansite Tech Haven Network
• Sometimes after zoning the screen becomes grey/blue/whatever, to fix it press alt+e twice
• Fix for TL92 Pulselaser Pistol did not work as intended. This weapon is still unavailable

174 (22nd July 2010)

This patch reverts the client and server back to the same code as 168, as the 169-173 patches failed to work.

169-173 (8th-13th July 2010)

These patches were released in a period of 8th-13th July 2010. It is said that the patch suite deals with numerous network protocol issues.

• The security of Neocron's network traffic has been increased. These changes will break all known cheat programs.
• Neocron now also requires newer Visual C++ runtimes. (2005-SP1)
• Patches 170-173 are hotfixes to correct client and world crashes.

168 (10th December 2007)

• fixed an issue that prevented the reloading of weapons

167 (10th December 2007)

This is sometimes known as the F6 patch, where the faction relations in the game was reverted back to the Neocron 1 relationships, and all the anti-city HQ's where moved back to their original Neocron 1 locations.

Gameworld

Dome of York

• All Shops and NPCs have been removed
• All Gene Replicators have been removed, except for one in the City Center
• The DoY sectors 1,3,5,7 and 9 are now PvE Dungeon sectors with according zone rules
• The DoY sectors 2,4,8 and 10 are now PvP Battlefields with according zone rules
• The former DoY City Center has been renamed to Secured DoY City Center and is now a safe zone with the last remaining active GR in the Dome of York
• The former DoY faction headquarters have been abandoned by their factions and are now PvP Battlefields with according zone rules
• Reprogrammed Copbots, that react on drawn weapons, have been placed at the Zone borders to the City Center in the neighbor sectors
• All DoY low- and mid-level dungeons have been relocated to the Outzone sectors
• The former DoY dungeon zones in the new PvE sectors have been converted into high level dungeons
• The Tiki Tornado Club has been moved to Pepper Park Sec-2
• The Electric Vibes Club has been moved to the Outzone Station

Neocron

• All Screaming Horse guards have been removed from the Neocron city sectors.
• As replacement for the Screaming Horse guards in non-safe zones, Copbots that only react to drawn weapons have been placed at zone borders, Gene Replicators and apartment entrances The density of Copbots decreases the farther away from the city center you are.
• Copbots in safe-zones are no longer reacting to faction sympathy but still react to negative Soullight

Faction Headquarters

• The former DoY faction headquarters have been abandoned and the new headquarters can be found at the following locations:
  • Crahn - Brotherhood of Crahn Monastery in Pepper Park Sec-3
  • Tsunami - Tsunami Syndicate Headquarters in Pepper Park Sec-1
  • Black Dragon - Black Dragon Clan Headquarters in Pepper Park Sec-2
  • Fallen Angels - Fallen Angels Tech Core in Tech Haven Sec-2
  • Twilight Guardian - TG HQ in Canyon Facility

Apartments

• All DoY apartment entrances have been closed down and relocated to the new Outzone Apartment Complex, which is accessible via Outzone Station. This includes all Starter, Standard and Clan apartments created prior to the application of the content update
• Newly created starter apartments of TG and FA are now located in the Outzone Apartment complex. BD, TS and Crahn starter apartments are located in Pepper Park.
• Newly created DoY style apartments are now located in the new Outzone Apartment Complex
• Newly created Clan apartments of the former DoY factions are now located as following:
  • Pepper Park: Brotherhood of Crahn, Tsunami Syndicate and Black Dragon
  • Tech Haven: Fallen Angels
  • Canyon Facility: Twilight Guardian
• The mechanism preventing runners from activating apartment GRs in enemy territory has been deactivated

Tech Haven

• Tech Haven Sector 1,2 and 3 are no longer safe. The according zone rules are City Sector. Fallen Angels security bots and turrets were not dispatched in all areas of Tech Haven to allow non-FA players to access the mission NPCs located all over Tech Haven. The main entrance is guarded by security turrets, while it is still possible to access Tech Haven via the entrance at Tech Haven Sec-3.
• Gene Replicators, apartment entrances and designated trading areas are protected by “Reprogrammed Copbots” that only react on drawn weapons in order to uphold basic security
• The new Fallen Angels Headquarter, accessible via Tech Haven Sec-2 is a safe zone and additionally protected by Fallen Angels Security Bots and Turrets.

Miscellaneous

• A bug that was deactivating the weather including the seasonal changes has been fixed
• The spawn density in the DoY tunnels has been reduced

Factions

The faction relationships have been adjusted and are now closer to the old Neocron 1 relationships

F = Friendly E = Enemy N = Neutral

PVE (Player Vs Environment)

Adjustments have been made based on the PvE discussions with the community

• The money reward for killing Monsters/NPCs has been raised by 20%
• The health values of Monster/NPCs have been adjusted according to their class:
  • Level 1 - 31 -> -40 %
  • Level 32 – 63 -> -40 %
  • Level 64 – 95 -> -20 %
  • Level 96 – 128 -> -20 %
• The damage output of Monsters/NPCs has been adjusted according to their class:
  • Level 1 - 31 -> -33 %
  • Level 32 – 63 -> -20 %
  • Level 64 – 95 -> -20 %
  • Level 96 – 128 -> unchanged
• The Aggressor and Aggressor Captain have been rebalanced
• The attack range of Spiderbots has been reduced
• The broken DoY Assault Units have been removed from the game

Weapons

• Shot radius of WoC Crossbow Pistol reduced to disable hits even if you miss the target
• A bug that made it possible to kill drones with the damage boost psi module has been fixed
• Reduced range for weapon based NPCs
• Reduced range for 'CopBot Plasma Rifle'
• Burst weapons have received a damage bonus

Loot

• The rare part drop has been removed for following NPCs/Monsters:
  • Juggernaut Warbots F-Type, L-Type, R-Type, FX-15, LX-15 and RX-15
  • Experimental and Prototype Ceres Troopers
  • Genotoxic Parasites, Slugger and Crawler
  • MC5 Security Officer
  • Regant Soldier, Trooper, Scout, Corporal, Warrior and Commander

Missions

• The DoY starter missions have been deactivated. All players, regardless of their faction, are now receiving the NC starter missions but with their faction specific Mister Jones. The HQ registration part in the dialog has been removed
• Added new mission in the DoY City Center to obtain three new WoC weapons
• Several high level missions have been adjusted according to the evacuation of the Dome of York
• All epic runs have been adjusted to the changes of the DoY factions move to Neocron city.
• All epic missions requiring the killing of other runners or random faction NPCs have been changed to killing specific, level-appropriate faction NPCs
• Most NPC kill targets have had their character level and weapons adjusted to match the difficulty of the according epic run.
• Overhauled the epic scripts in general, fixing many small errors.

HUD

• The list of temporary effects (i.e. DoT-Fire) is now sorted and combines equal dot types - an index shows how much effects you have. The HUD shows the shortest effect

Miscellaneous

• DoY-Specific vendors and smugglers have been relocated to various locations in Pepper Park, Outzone Station and the Canyon Facility.
• A bug causing player belts being dropped in Battlefield zones has been fixed
• A bug causing players losing sympathy in Battlefield zones has been fixed
• Fixed wrong model for Tunnel Y-Trooper

166 (26th June 2007)

Soullight system changes

• No soullight bonus for killing enemies - soullight penalties have been lowered in general
• If your SL value is higher than your opponent's SL, the penalty for killing him will be reduced (more = better)
• No SL penalty if the enemy has a SL value lower than -32
• It is not possible to receive a penalty of more than -32 SL from one kill

Soullight reductions are based on the sector settings:

• Appartment: very high loss of soullight for friendly victims, high loss for neutral or hostile victims
• City: very high loss of soullight for friendly victims, high loss for neutral victims
• Dungeon: high loss of soullight for friendly victims, low loss for neutral or hostile victims
• Outskirt: high loss of soullight for friendly victims, low loss for neutral victims
• Wasteland: moderate loss of soullight for friendly victims
• Warzone: no loss of soullight

• Faction Sympathy rewards and penalties have been adjusted to match the soullight changes.

Other fixes

• Made the flight path of rockets more stable.
• Fixed a bug that allowed some PSI support modules to damage drones.
• BioTech Mission Employee fixed.

165 (16th May 2007)

PSI support

• Increased psi usage and cast time for rare anti-support modules (i.e. Exorcist).
• Holy Unprotector has received an additional boost of psi usage because of its special kind of functionality.
• Visual effects added on the target for removing or boosting spells (i.e. Unprotector, Skill-Boosters, AntiDeflector, ...).
• Remover: color is equal to the color of the corresponding support spell
• Booster: combat boosters use red - support boosters use green color

Drone combat

• Drones with AoE damage now damage themselves when they are in the damage area.
• Damage over time effects on drones are now converted to instant damage.
• Resistance cap raised by 10 percent.
• Changed hit region (head, torso, legs) calculation for NPCs to be a little less random.
• Fixed a bug that allowed runners to damage vehicle passengers with AoE weapons.
• Construction time lowered by 30 percent.
• Fixed a problem with the construction of items with techlevels lower than 2.
• Fixed the hand grenade TG-275 'Freedom Strike'.
• All hand grenades now have 10 uses.
• Some types of WoC ammunition were not clonable, fixed.
• Some types of WoC ammo converters were not researchable, fixed.

164 (16th April 2007)

This was a hotfix for patch 163 to fix an unknown problem. There was no patch notes for this release, and this patch came out a few hours after patch 163

163 (16th April 2007)

Main Changes

• Normal Law Enforcer rules re-enabled! Runners can't implant a law enforcer if their skill rank is above 30.
• A runner can overcast a support effect if it was applied by another runner (self-cast over foreign-cast) to disable high level shitbuffs.
• NPCs will now use the gunner instead of the vehicle as damage applier to put him on their aggro list.
• Logs now work if the character name has less than 4 characters.
• Changed some values in the distance calculation for drones to get better aiming - especially on drones with a low techlevel.
• Effects like Barrel modules no longer deal damage after the damage dealer switches to another zone (it was possible to damage LE players this way).
• Fixed a bug where the build time in the construction process was skipped.
• Fixed a bug where non-rare items were constructed with low condition.
• Raised the construction cap for non-rare items (higher quality).
• Lowered WoC disk drop rate.
• Lowered price of Rhino V3 key.
• Added a TL 40 variation of personal injector (heal). Check the BT Database.
• Nanite concentration of heal injection reduced to 20 (was 30).
• Gaya Tacholytium Gauntlet (Epic) has a new Techlevel of 56 (was 40).

Balancing changes

• Damage reduction of 10 percent for PvP. Explanation: We've decided at the beginning of the balancing project to make the duration of fights longer and more tactical - not shorter! So please understand (especially the english community) this decision. If player setups are changing to i.e. better resistance we can easily rearrange this modifier.
• Psi-based shields (i.e. deflector) are 5% more effective. This applies to all kinds of these shields in non-PPU-selfcast.
• Reduction of drone resistance to 0.50 (was 0.65). The resistances of drone will be calculated from thier energy value.

Changes to weapon construction

Influence factors:

• Construction value (INT, DEX, CST)
• Weapon TechLevel
• Random quality reduction of up to 15 percent

When calculating the quality of a weapon, the construction value is usually well above the constructed weapon's TechLevel. There now is a softcap in place when evaluating the effects of skills, this however lead to problems in the past - which is why there is now a quality cap in place. This quality cap is more of a safety measure than a real limitation. When building rares, you won't notice much of a difference, if any (test results: 100% - 120%) - the cap for non-rares is higher now (test results: up to 100%). The slots probability for all weapons remains the same.

The goal was to let the a good conster build good quality weapons - that goal was met. Investing into construction is worth it, as it increases the chance to build weapons at the quality cap.

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Balancing Changes

• Bonus System for weapons changed:
• HighTech + 2 % (was 5.0)
• Rare + 7.5 %
• Epic + 8.0 % (was 8.5)
• WoC + 8.0 % (was 10.0)
  • Weapons with Epic- or WoC-status are rebalanced.
  • LowTech-weapons receive an extra 3% to nearly close the gap with HighTech-weapons.
  • Melee-weapons now have the 5% penalty removed. The range penalty is enough disadvantage for that category.
  • Melee-weapons receive a 7.5% bonus to compensate for missing ammo-mods.
  • APU combat keeps the 16% bonus for their general frequency reduction until we fix this.
  • APU combat receives a 4% bonus to compensate for the missing high-tech variations. (lowtech-correction and half of hightech bonus).
  • APU combat receives a 7.5% bonus to compensate for the missing ammo mods.

PSI

• Added more tolerance for the line of sight verification of PSI modules
• Fixed a bug involving the saving of temporary effects (i.e. Shields) - selfcast PPU shields should now have their intended strength after zoning.

Combat Rank

• Adjusted the calculations for the different classes to bring them closer together.
• Verification of calculations to prevent ranks of zero.

Hacknet

• Fixed a bug that impeded shield or heal in selfcast.
• Line of sight will work better in the Hacknet.
• Reduced the range of Hacknet NPCs (10%) as well as their aggro range.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a bug that caused problems with XP in combat vehicles.
• The missing drug effect from nanite activity is back.
• Reduced the range of NPC weapons. This only applies to NPCs that uses normal weapons.
• Fixed the armor values of Genotoxic NPCs. They now only have full protection against fire and poison damage.
• Adjusted the collision verifications, some objects provided more cover than they should have.

Content

• Adjusted the "The Hunt for Crossbow" mission. The mission is now repeatable and, like in other WOC missions, the reward is handed out in artifact quality with at least 3 slots.
• Adjusted the "Regants Legacy" mission. Like in other WOC missions, both rewards are now handed out in artifact quality with at least 3 slots.
• Adjusted several NPCs to prevent soullight and sympathy abuse.

161

Implants

• Law Enforcer will no longer be damaged in use.
• Law Enforcer can be implanted independently from skill rank. This restriction is deactivated for one week.
• Implants now take considerably less damage when they are damaged in combat.
• Implants are damaged considerably less often in combat.

Other changes

• Removed the range bonus damage for Raygun weapons because of PvP imbalances. They still are most efficient at close range and lose some strength at long range.
• Fixed a bug in the calculation of the construction skill that caused items to be constructed at higher quality than intended.
• Tweaked the combat rank calculation for PPU characters, they will now have a higher combat rank.
• All WOC weapons are now dropable - the appropriate missions are repeatable.
• Fixed the names of some ammo and ammo mods (i.e. Rayguns).
• Fixed a bug in the "Ol' Dirty Conster" script, he should now give you the correct Spy Rifle PA.
• Fixed a bug in the Fallen Angels Epic Run. The missing mission item (Vehicle Energypack - Hover Technology Only) is now available again.
• The "Graves" dungeon is a "Dungeon Sector" again.

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Items

• Fixed a bug with the law enforcer settings.
• A few items had disappeared, they should now be back:
  • Holy True Sight Sanctum,
  • Holy Catharsis,
  • Revenge,
  • Punisher

• All drones are now researchable.
• Fixed the techlevel of Crahn Fire Lance, it is now TL 17.
• Fixed Multi Lightning Bolt.
• The WOC-PA's for APU and PPU now give penalties to 'Agility' instead of 'Focussing'.

Combat Rank

• Combat rank for non-PPU players changed, lowered both the offensive and defensive parts by 10 percent.
• Combat rank of hackers inside the hacknet fixed.

Hacknet

• NPCs re-balanced: Damage and armor reduced.
• Different content gaps closed in the hacknet databases.

NPC

• Fixed wrong shot effects and damage weighting for:
  • Fallen Angels Light Security Bot,
  • Fallen Angels Heavy Security Bot,
  • Light Malfunctioning Bot,
  • Heavy Malfunctioning Bot,
  • Fallen Angels Light Security Bot,
  • Fallen Angels Heavy Security Bot

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Lom Pills

• The 'Loss of Memory' pills used to unlearn subskills will work without causing 'Synaptic Impairment' for the first period of the retail version.

Content

• Added 4 new WoC-missions that have high level goodies as rewards! Keep your eyes open for Commander Harris, Bail Bondsman - Eric Peters, First Lieutenant McLane and The Jackal!
• Added 2 new vehicles that have DEX-based weapons (and requirements): NEXT Air Guard v.1.1 and NEXT Assault 'Trophy Hunter' V.2.56 (Scorpion Trike).

Changes and Bugfixes

• Changed the frame rate cap to 100 milliseconds (100 FPS).
• NPCs with a skill rank below 32 are no longer affected by the general PvE damage modifier: they take more damage now.
• Added some tolerance for the server-side verification of PSI weapons.
• Reduced the strength of fall damage to 70 percent.
• Fixed the different usage of resistance skills inside Neofrag.
• Fixed combat rank update bug. The combat rank will update if you equip a weapon that will change your combat rank. Otherwise the combat rank will stay unchanged.
• Fixed a bug that caused a fatal error when taking damage while entering a vehicle.

Item and weapon changes

• Grenades are working again.
• Adjusted range of low level pistols. They now have a minimum range of 75 meters.
• Fixed the remote repair tool.
• Increased the amount of nanites per ammo pack to 20 (was 4).
• Damage of 'Juggernaut Crossbow Pistol' changed to pure instant damage.

157

Bug fixes

• Fixed broken item drop of Wisdom of Ceres Discs. The Wisdom of Ceres Mechanic labs will therefor being re-opened
• Fixed problem where NPCs despawned when being hit by single PSI-spells
• Fixed undamagable turrets. Turrets may be used again in Outpost fights
• Lowered skillevel of Anarchy Breed Harasser and Agressor from 85 to 60
• Fixed problems with german version of "Hunt for Crossbow" Quest
• Fixed wrong location description in Black Dragon Epic
• Fixed problems with "Call of the Hurlerking" Quest
• Fixed problems with Next Epic Mission #4
• Fixed problem with faction medals that turned into City Admin faction medals after being removed from the apartment wall
• Fixed problems with TL-10 heal modules
• This patch also contains several exploit fixes which will not be mentioned explicitly for security reasons.

Game content

• Modified faction relations for the City Merc faction. CM is now friendly to Tangent Technologies and Tsunami Syndicate. Enemy to Diamond Real Estate and Black Dragon. More information about the story background can be obtained from our webzines Neocronicle News and Voice of the Resistance.
• Added 3 hacknet weapon mods sold by vendors, less powerful than Phoenix mods
• Added quest for obtaining the new Wisdom of Ceres Power Armors. Visit the Wisdom of Ceres Temple for more information
• Added two new versions of the DoY Hover Carrier with new textures. These vehicle are being used for in-game events.
• Added new type of Twilight Guardian guards. These Special Forces guards are being used for in-game events
• Added filter in the CityCom clan search (name and faction)
• The world cup fever has reached Neocron. Look around the gameworld over the coming days.

156

"No patch notes this time. It's ultra secret preparing content. Just keep your eyes open within the next days." - Snowcrash

155

Bugfixes and changes

• Fixed long sync times.
• Fixed loot drop algorithm.
• Fixed stealth.
• Fixed reload problems.
• Removed snow from possible weather effects.
• Reverted the NPC damage changes.
• Further adjusted heal spells.
• Fixed the high sympathy rewards from missions.
• Removed Phoenix weapon mods from traders, they are now only available from the Phoenix database.
• Replaced hacking requirements on Ion guns with the appropriate weapon skills.
• Removed Devourer parts from the Tiki club reward.
• Fixed Ion drones.

154

Bugfixes and changes

• Terminal search function for runners and clans updated - added online/offline filter for runner search.
• Added a Runner killed by "Runnername" message.
• Empty holomatch games are now closed after a short time and can be recreated with a different number of players.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the holomatch games to fill the last player slot.
• Fixed a bug with the emote display.
• Fixed an overflow error with very high XP values.
• Fixed calculation errors for Soullight/sympathy gain on mission success.
• Tech Haven sympathy missions now always award +5 sympathy, regardless of the sympathy level for the target faction. The sympathy bonus for other missions was slightly increased.
• High level NPC's are now making more damage.
• Added area damage for Genotoxic Sluggers.
• Adjusted strength of all heal spells.
• Fixed many small mistakes in mission texts.
• TL 100 Datacubes are now available.
• Mr. Ferguson run is now available.
• The Phoenix database is now accesible.
• Ion shotgun weapons are now available.
• Fixed the loot drops from Grim Chasers and Scary Terrormaulers.
• Fixed several terminal and StockX exploits.
• Added checks against the outpost blocking exploit.
• Added checks against the "silentres" exploit.
• Added further checks when zoning and logging in.

132 (04 May 2005)

Bug fix and tweak patch.

Bug fixes and changes

• Improved spawn of Johnny Five and Jimmy "The Tulip" Kowalski.
• Increased mission time for "Reporting for Duty" and "Canyon Challenge" quests to 96 Neocron hours.
• Fixed NEXT Information Manager dialog.
• Added specific guards for each faction inside the Canyon Facility.
• Increased strength of "Reza's Calling" quest NPCs.
• Updated mission descriptions to include more locations.
• Fixed the techlevel of the scientist and engineer mission rewards.
• Fixed missing sounds for vehicles.
• Added missing descriptions for high level quest medals.
• Fixed missing katana animation.
• Decreased damage output of newbie Katana sword.
• Increased skill requirement of newbie katana (MC:45).
• Increased skill requirement of newbie heal spell to (PPU:30).
• Added subskill requirement to Ion Crossbow Pistol (TC:83).
• Added class restrictions to newbie stealth tool (pe and spy only).
• New characters can now choose whether they want a PE or a Spy restricted Stealtool during the Infiltrator startermission. The current stealth tools will have the PE restriction and may be exchanged at a Gamemaster if your character is not fitting the requirement anymore (spy and pe characters only). Please submit a support ticket to request an exchange.
• The newbie quad will now be moved to the ASG terminal when it has been destroyed and can be repaired like the NEXT Epic vehicle.
• Already broken Quad keys can be exchanged by a Gamemaster, please submit a support ticket to request an exchange.
• Mr. Jones no longer spawns in CityMerc start apartments.
• We are still working on the Hacknet balancing, which mostly consists of fairly tedious AI script reworks.

131 (28 April 2005)

This patch introduced us to the mysterious double agent Mr Jones as well as added quite a lot of new content.

Starter Missions

Job specific Starter Missions including new NPCs, items, and areas have been added to make the game introduction easier and more interesting for new players. The Starter Missions are available for all factions except for the City Mercs. Due to the small gameworld size of the Military Base it was not possible to implement the Starter Missions for the CityMercs but we are currently developing a extra CityMerc Mercenary Trial, which will go live with one of the following patches. After you leave the MC5 processing facility you will meet Mr. Jones in your apartment who will then introduce you to the Starter Missions, and after finishing each mission you will receive a job-specific reward. If you choose not to run the Starter Missions you may dismiss Mr. Jones but be warned, he does not like to be messed around and will not give you a second chance. The Starter Missions can be done by players with a base rank of up to 25.

Game World

Canyon Facility

The old Canyon has been completely re-modelled. The DoY Alliance Leader will be pleased to discuss this further with DOY-loyal Runners.

Neocron Police Department

The refit of the Neocron Police Department is now complete and the building will be re-opened. Please note that the building's new security system has been activated so weapons can no longer be drawn inside.

Neocron ConCenter

The Neocron ConCenter has also been re-opened to all Neocron factions and may be used as a meeting place. The acoustic problems in the faction rooms have now been identified and resolved.

Mysterious Maze

New enemies have been spotted in The Mysterious Maze. For Runners between base levels 20-30 it may be worth your while having a talk with the Manager at the entrance to the Maze.

Other Game World Changes

• Several Voice of the Resistance Offices, similar to the NEMA Offices, have been opened. Your DOY Reporter will be happy to answer any questions you may have about this matter and will naturally be happy to receive any submissions for news articles - the bloodier the better.
• Rocco’s Seafood in Pepper Park Sec-2 has been demolished after a food poisoning incident saw the end of two minor city officials who dined and died there earlier this year. You can now find a Red Pepper Entertainment Group Bar there instead. Rumours that Red Pepper Entertainment had any involvement with the Fugu shipment in question proved to be unfounded and we wish them every success with their new venture.
• Several noise issues were identified and resolved.
• Various small cosmetic improvements have been undertaken for your benefit and convenience.
• Military Base Sec-1 is now a Safezone which means you may no longer draw any weapons in the vicinity.
• All Outzone sectors except for 'Outzone Station' have been re-classified as Hunting Grounds.
• Neocron Subway. The Security system in the Neocron Subway has been deactivated and the Copbot presence has been increased to compensate.

High Level Quests

Several new High Level Quests have been added to the Game World.

High Level Quests can only be attempted by Runners of base level 55 onwards, however it is recommended that they be executed with the support of well equipped groups as we consciously tried to give you some tough nuts to crack. Note that these quests can only be completed once by each Runner. Of course they offer, in addition to the fun of following the quests themselves, numerous rewards in the form of rare items which may only be attained by completing these High Level Quests.

'The Canyon Challenge' DoY Alliance Quest

'The Canyon Challenge' DoY Alliance Quest is only available to the DoY Alliance. The contact person for this quest will be Commander Hopkins.

'Reporting for Duty' City Mercs Quest

The 'Reporting for Duty' City Mercs Quest is only available to members of the City Mercs and the contact person for this quest will be Master Sergeant Harrison.

'Reza's Calling' Neocron Alliance Quest

The 'Reza's Calling' Neocron Alliance Quest is only available to the Neocron Alliance. The contact person for this quest will be Commissioner Lightfield.

'The Hunt for the Crossbow'

The previous 'Ion Crossbow' Quest has been completely reworked and changed to a big run. Devlin Jones in the 'Twisters' in i_09 will be able to tell you more about this. Unfortunately all existing Crossbows need to be wiped to support the new quest.

Other Changes and Bugfixes

• Changed Drugs to use Medical Substances in their build lists.
• Fixed Juggernaut X-Bow pistol's Stats and repair bug
• Fixed HEW Attack Software v0.05's desire to be a HEW Attack Software v0.01
• Increased New Player MC5 Boss spawn rate
• Increased drop chance of Ultima Mods to slightly less then Tech parts.
• Adjusted damages on Hacknet weapons.
• Added apartment keys for all Canyon apartments to the Twilight Guardian Faction Supply Manager.
• Adjusted the starter equipment for some professions.
• Fixed a couple of memory leaks in CityCom forum system.
• Fixed a bug crashing the server when trying to load certain Wasteland zones with broken world data.
• Fixed a bug in the mission database system causing the mission to fail in some cases.
• Re-enabled the scrollbar on the left side of the NavRay window.
• Added option to specify HackNet entries as NavRay destination target.
• Changed NPCs with area damage so they do not hurt themselves anymore
• Enhanced server-side character name abuse filter
• Disabled OOC chat channel by default, enabled faction and alliance channels by default for new clients

130 (11 March 2005)

The patch contains new sector files only, which are not connected to the game yet. This will not happen until the next patch.

129 (18 February 2005)

A hotfix for patch 128

Fixes

• Sync Problem of Patch 128 resolved
• HEW Attack Software v0.2 and v0.3 reactivated

128 (18 February 2005)

Patch with fixes and balancing.

Fixes

• Fixed broken Hacknet model animations.
• Fixed some minor bugs in the new BlackDragon Epic reward apartment.
• Fixed not properly functioning Black Dragon Epic reward NPC. The BlackDragon Storage Boss is now handing out the apartment key if you have finished the Black Dragon Epic. Currently no one outside the BlackDragon faction is able to receive such a key. We are working on a fix for this problem.
• Fixed a broken NPC in the Hacknet.
• Removed the Ionic Shotgun weapon's ammo from the traders.
• Fixed an issue with the Juggernaut mission. However, there is still another problem, the mission status does not mention that, in addition to the parts, you need to kill 5 Warbot LX-15 to complete it.

Balancing

• Reworked Pistol Skill again to reflect the intended "low weaponlore" requirement, as a result WEP's value has been reduced & the others increased further to take up the slack. Aim has also been heavily increased again, as a result if should cap well before the other areas.
• Reworked Aim cap on Rifles, it should require less skill to cap Aim now.
• Added 3 new Hacknet Softwares. 2 Attack and 1 Heal. The TL3 "HEW Attack Software v0.01", TL3 "Cryton Regeneration Software v0.05" & TL12 "HEW Attack Software v0.05".
• Removed all flying mobs from the Beginner MC5 temporarily .
• The PPU Antidote, Anti-Damage Boost & Anti-Shock are now useable in safezones.

Gameworld

• Increased the Newbie MC5 Boss mob spawn occurance slightly.

Misc

• Spy & PE Hacker templates now start with the two TL3 Hacknet software & an extra stamina booster in stead of the 9mm Pistol & 2 clips of ammo. The template skills have been adjusted to reflect the inventory change as well.

126-127 (17 February 2005)

A bug fix and content patch.

Ceres BioGenetic Labs

• According to a press release by the CityAdmin Press Information Agency, a CityAdmin Special Task Force closed and sealed all entrances to the Ceres BioGenetic Laboratories. No reasons were named. Insiders suspect that the CityAdmin wants to secure the technology found in the Biogenetic Labs to their own advantage. Runners that may have been trapped inside the labs should use the usual emergency channels to exit the Labs.

Pepper Park

• The spokesman of the newly created Red Pepper Entertainment Group announced today that the renovations of the Club Veronique and the Pussy Club are finally done. After rather long bureaucratic skirmishes with the previous owner and some technical problems with the renovations, the Red Pepper Entertainment Group is very pleased to finally be able to greet the first guests in the re-designed Club Veronique and Pussy Club.

Fixes

• Added checks to prevent "green man hair model"
• Fixed potential server-side crash bug in database interface
• Fixed bug which allowed GMs to accidentally disable/block doors
• Fixed implant drop; one or more implants now drop and are placed into your inventory again after death
• Tweaked the walk animations of other chars when moving on low speed (instead of running all the time); may need further adjustments
• Tweaked the anti-spam chat delays.
• Changed anti-spam timer to restart from zero when anti-spam filter is triggered, which means that you have to wait another <x> seconds to write the next message.
• Improved free load updates after build processes (construction, recycle etc.)
• Fixed mission system bug regarding mission NPCs spawn by GMs
• Fixed several exploits.

Items

• Crahn Holy Distract Mind, Crahn Holy Provoke Enemy, & Crahn Holy PSI Shield now researchable.
• HEW ‘Burner’ RC275 Now sold by correct trader.
• Cryton Multilink Defense Software v1.2 now working as intended.
• Ravager & Special Forces Plasma Wave's weight's were corrected.
• Anti-Air Rockets changed from 32 to 16 to match Anti-Vehicles rockets.
• Fixed mixed up requirements on Heavy-Combateye 3 & Light Duranium Boots
• Fixed issue with Black Dragon Hacknet Database Blueprints not showing the parts required.
• Unlabled Electroshocker & Electroshocker TL/Use Res TL fixed.
• NExT ER Chaincraft V.1 & NExT ER Wheeler Speedbike V.1 prices have been swapped to reflect their use requirements.
• Adjusted drop rate of Ultima mods in the DoY Tunnels.

Epic Runs

• Applied fixes to the following epic runs: Black Dragon, Biotech, CityAdmin, Citymercs, Crahn, Fallen Angels and Next.
• Added a new reward for the Black Dragon epic run: A character that has completed all 6 of the BD epic runs should be able to talk to the starter NPC to get the new reward.

NPC

• Added Reaper Galopticus spawn to Beginners MC5 as a Boss type Mob. Combat effectiveness has been reduced on this variant, and should ignore the player unless attacked.
• Swamp Squid, Tentacle, Fierce Tentacle, Acanthous Tentacle, & Swamp Warrior's Levels adjusted to 60, 10, 20, 30 & 45 respectively.
• Traders in Beginner MC5's inventory has been adjusted to better suit the items needed.

Players

• Fixed female character hacknet bug that caused them to appear as Giant Reptiles

Terminal

• Citycom\StockX: Infopage added - description of Stockx rules and restrictions
• Terminal: reset of clanmembership changed (in case of clantermination)

World

• Fixed traders in Outzone Jail
• Fixed traders in Newbie AreaMC5
• Fixed trader in TS-Sector
• Fixed Recreation Unit in Plaza Clanapp
• Fixed Citycom in Viarosso 3
• Added a new boss mob to Newbie AreaMC5
• Fixed minor bugs in Outzone 2, Outzone 4 and Plaza 1

125 (22 December 2004)

This is only a small patch to adress the frequent crashes for users of older 3D hardware.

Bug fixes and changes

• Users who still experience frequent crashes after that patch are encouraged to use the DX7 driver instead.
• D3D9Drv: added some more error checks to model loading code
• D3D9Drv: fixed critical error in model caching (cause for crashes on GF3 TI, GF4 MX hardware)

123-124 (21 December 2004)

A bug fix and content addition patch.

Items

• Heavy-Combateye 3 is now obtainable ingame
• Willpower LoM pill now looks like other INT based LoM's
• Fixed Drone-Combateye 2's TL to proper 41, Was TL14

Weapons

• Removed All new Shotgun Rares from Smugglers & changed current ones to Milky Rens
• Fixed A&W 'Burning Air' Plasma Wave Shot sound from Gatlin to Plasma Wave
• Slightly Reduced Healing Light Damage
• Slightly Reduced Juggernaut Crossbow Pistol Damage
• Turned all CopBot Rifles into Broken Implants
• Test Vendor Drones are now Milky Rens
• added Weapon sounds for the new weapon-group (still not researchable, but patched)

NPC

• Herbal Mission Plants no longer moveable.
• Intrusion Countermeasure Daemon v1.1.1's Range, & Damage has been halved
• Intrusion Countermeasure Daemon v2.2.2's Range has been halved

Scripts

• Black Dragon, Tsunami & Pheonix HackNet Databases fixed

Hacknet

• Added new Hacknet-dungeons all over Neocron and DOY
• Added a Hacknet-Dungeon to Area MC5
• Added Citycom to Faction DNS
• Added data-fragments
• Added some Sounds
• Added new HackNet player models
• Added some new actors
• Accessquest added which gives access to the new secret databases that are containing some of the new rare parts. The starter NPC is Frank Ferguson and can be found outside the Hacknet.
• Added Hack boosters 1/2/3 (they work like PSI boosters)

Gameworld

• Added more guards in the ProtoPharm HQ near the Gene Replicator

CityCom

• Terminal\Info\Politics: Faction-Election reactivated, next election should be 2779-02-01 (NMT)

Code fixes

• disabled display of attached weapons in HackNet
• reduced HackNet viewport hovering effect to 25%
• reduced HackNet move speed for players to 60%
• doubled HackNet player movement friction
• fixed some HackNet enemy/weapon sounds
• D3D9Drv: improved character/NPC animations on hardware with limited shader support (e.g. Geforce 3 / VS 1.1). This invalidates the geometry cache, forcing new precaching pass after the patch.
• D3D9Drv: fixed possible crash bug in mesh loader

122 (02 December 2004)

A bgufixing patch.

Bug fixes and changes

• Added check to fix large negative XP values (XP is reset to current skill level, This should effect only those who had a negative amount of xp.)

• Fixed broken apartment keys (apartment code was not changeable)
• Enabled ZONE, HELP and OOC custom channels on freshly installed clients

• Improved serverside checks to prevent a hacking game exploit.
• Fixed a few serverside memory leaks.
• Fixed a few serverside issues.

• Removed temporary drone vendors.
• Drone HUD in DX 7 bug fix.

• Updated scripts for the NEXT epic run.
• Updated scripts for the wastelands missions. (Juggernaut, Herbalis, etc.)

• Known issue from last patch: The fix for the implant drop is not working correctly yet, so it is still disabled.

120-121 (12 November 2004)

A drone fix orientated patch although this did bring some cool content, the new drone HUD, a drone racetrack and a new line of drones. This patch also removed backpack drops from the game.

Bug fixes and changes

• Disabled backpack drop, player now respawns with full inventory after death, the recovery fee of (skill rank * 100 CR) is paid automatically.
• Added Ion Drone line. There are 5 models for the Neocron side and 5 models for the DoY side. They aren't all available immediately, they will be released gradually. Be on the lookout for new NPCs introducing them.
• Added new drone HUD Graphics. Please check this thread for details.
• Added Drone Racing Arena, the entrance is located in Techhaven Sector 2 (have fun!).
• Adjusted the models of some of the existing drones so they are used more evenly. Also recolored some of the models.
• Adjusted skill effects on weapon stats. E.g. Weapon Lore now has a bigger effect. Please check this thread for a detailed skill list.
• Added a Heavy Combat Eye line.
• Reworked Melee Combat Eyes, removed WEP bonuses as they have no use in melee weapons.
• Reworked Targeting & Distant Weapon CPU's, turned Targeting into PC version of Distance Weapon, removed PC from Distance Weapon.
• Added more implants and weapons to vendors.
• Adjusted shot effects and damage on the Ion Crossbow Pistol.
• Level 3 Booster Spells are researchable now.
• Updated Cityadmin and Citymercs Epic Runs.
• Level 3 apartments may now be purchased in Tech Haven.
• Added Barracks Officers to Military P1 selling Military Base apartments.
• Moved Epic NCPs Erik, Claudia, Frederick, Marcel and Eljena to Military Base Sec-3.
• Fixed bug in double-door scripts causing the door to stay open for a too short amount of time.
• Fixed world map not shown/visible in 800x600 resolution.
• Citycom/Clanadmin: routines to change the clanleader verified/changed.
• Citycom/Helpsystem: Button 'Bugged' deleted - if you want to report a bug, please use the ingame bugtracker.
• Fixed world change to Mine 3.

118-119 (05 November 2004)

This patch was the first patch of the Drone Theme weeks.

Bug fixes and changes

• Created very cheap copies of all drones to facilitate tests during the drone theme weeks, they are sold at special NPCs in Neocron, DoY, Tech Haven and at the gates of both cities.
• Renamed custom "Canyon" chat channels to "DoY" and removed the "Wastelands" channels.
• Updated Biotech, CityAdmin and Diamond Epic Runs.
• Fixed some Soullight/Faction Sympathy issues in the CityAdmin Epic Run.
• Subway zones are safezones again.

• D3D9Drv: fixed wrong (black) fog color at far clipping plane
• D3D9Drv: fixed player shadow remaining visible with stealth activated

• Fixed drones flying past zone borders in Wasteland sectors, they now bounce off an invisible wall at the zone border
• Added checks to prevent drones getting stuck in other meshes, e.g. trees; stuck drones drop to ground after a short time
• Added more checks to fix/locate/minimize bug with drones spawning in the middle of nowhere
• Changed aggressor list of NPCs/players to register the owner of the drone instead of the drone itself as damage dealer, this should fix the SL loss bug affecting droners who hadn't attacked any other runners
• Fixed bug with certain server messages not routed to the player when droning, this fixes the droner team invite bugs
• Fixed bug with droner not losing SL and faction sympathy when killing friendly runners in anarchy zones
• Fixed render issue with chat window while droning

Additional Notes

• Updated Devlin Jones, Juri Netschajev, Gerald Forsyte, & Aerol scripts
• Increased CopBot Rifle carrying NPC's damage.

117 (01 November 2004)

A patches that fixes bugs & exploits.

Bug fixes and changes

• Fixed StockX exploit.
• Fixed bug in WoC XP requirements which allowed runners to get WoC Lvl 1 already at 160 Mio XP. Runners who have taken advantage of this bug will keep their WoC level, but still need a total of 410M XP for the second WoC level.
• Fixed "You have to finish the Epic Run" WoC NPC bug when runner has *any* active mission.
• Fixed XP not going past 172,354,941 points (for a skill capped at Lvl 100) on some skills/player actions, e.g. trade skills
• Disabled "client side prediction" of XP gains. F5 now shows the real numbers, as last reported by the server. These numbers aren't updated more than once in every 10 seconds. This means that you *may* have a little more XP than shown in the F5 window. It will get updated on one of your next XP-giving actions, or if you zone/relog.
• Fixed an exploit in the Crahn epic run.

115-116 (28 October 2004)

More bug fixes, this patch brought the high XP requirement for WoC skills.

Bug fixes and changes

• Drones now drop to ground after some seconds when stuck in solid geometry and doors.
• Increased network update rate for drones by about 20%.
• Added/updated collision checks at drone start.
• Decreased drone start inertia, may reduce errors causing drone loss.
• Fixed drone particle FX visible in 1st person mode after switching back from 3rd person mode.

• Fixed vehicle passenger combat rank bug.

• Adjusted (decreased) chance for failing research, it's the same formula as construction now.

• Fixed an issue with skill system causing rounding errors at large XP scores (with capped skills).
• Removed PSI WoC choice for PEs.
• Adjusted XP requirements for WoC skills (note: 160Mio = required XP for skill 100):
  • 160Mio + 100Mio XP for WoC Lvl #1
  • 160Mio + 250Mio XP for WoC Lvl #2
  • 160Mio + 450Mio XP for WoC Lvl #3
  • 160Mio + 700Mio XP for WoC Lvl #4
  • 160Mio + 1000Mio XP for WoC Lvl #5

• Fixed physics code timing bug when minimizing Neocron using ALT+TAB.
• Fixed a few server-side crash bugs.

• Fixed a couple of memory leaks in the main menu.
• Removed a bug allowing 2-lined, colored clanrank names
• Updated HUD code (partially preparing clients for the upcomming HUD update)

• The Furniture Vendor in Viarosso 1 no longer sells DOY furniture.
• Added more DOY unit types.
• Tradeskill-Quickjob related items can no longer be dropped.
• Adjusted the armor values for Turrets and Juggernauts.
• Fixed a bug with the Hacknet software mods.
• The Black Dragon FSM now also sells the camo PE PAs.
• Fixed bugs in the Biotech, Crahn and Twilight Guardian Epic Runs.
• Greatly increased the drop rate for parts required to build Codebreakers in the Hacknet.
• Added backbones to the implant vendors.

113-114 (15 October 2004)

More bug fixes. Patch 114 was a hotfix patch.

Bug fixes and changes

• Some people had invisible items in their inventory after the character transfer. These should transform into Milky Rens now, please remove these Milky Rens from your inventory.
• Fixed Hacknet Software mods and re-added them to the software vendors.
• Adjusted Range on vehicle weapons, specifically Glider & Trike/Chaincraft MG.
• Adjusted Range on Anti Aircraft Launchers.
• Tweaked rewards for research and construction missions.
• Greatly increased the number of parts required to build the Rhino Tank.
• Due to a packaging mix-up, the Twilight Guardian Supply Manager has been selling apartment keys instead of Hovercarrier keys. He received the correct shipment now and no longer sells the apartment keys.
• Updated the emote trigger list.
• Fixed client going out-of-sync to server on certain dialogue scripts.
• Fixed some errors in gambling NPC dialogues.
• Fixed server-side bug with ALLIANCE chat.
• Hotfix 114 - Fixed the problems with the sympathy check in dialogues and the Rhino Tanks Blueprint.

112 (13 October 2004)

Neocron 2 bug fix patch.

Bug fixes and changes

• Replaced all research and construction quickjobs. They now use mission specific items ranging from TL 10 to TL 150.

• The Fallen Angels Supply Manager finally found the Hoverbomber keys he was supposed to sell.
• All Faction Supply Managers now sell MNPU parts, AMRAD parts have been removed and all blueprints using AMRAD part have been adjusted to use MNPU parts.
• Added more loot to WoC dungeon mobs and increased the drop rate for the Ceres Disks.
• Lowered firing frequency for the Terminator shotgun to match other shotguns.
• Changed Techlevel for the Crahn Defensive PSI Processor 3 to the intended TL 67 (was 37).
• Removed the "push effect" from player and monster shots within Hacknet.
• Changed recycling recipes for the Codebreakers.

• An additional dancer model has been enabled.

• Fixed several gameworld and npc related bugs.
• Fixed several epic related bugs.
• Added PSI Trader in the City Mercs HQ.
• Added a Hacknet Software trader in the Fallen Angels DOY sector.
• Fixed a bug in the I_09 Quests.
• Fixed an exploitable spot in Plaza Sec-4.
• Changed the Abandoned Sectors in Dome of York to warzones (no SL loss, no faction sympathy loss when killing other players)
• Changed HackNet uplink sectors to warzones (no SL loss, no faction sympathy loss when killing other players)
• Changed HackNet travel sectors to hunting grounds (SL and faction sympathy loss when killing other players)

• Updated Hacknet monster scripts and spawns
• Fixed bug with combat rank 30/30 Hacknet turrets, they should do less damage now.
• Made new scripts for the Juggernaut bots of the Juggernaut facility. (Recommendation: Bring at least a full team to the facility)

• Fixed apartment GenRep activation restrictions:
  • Plaza/Viarosso/Pepper apartments: CityAdmin friendly player only
  • DoY apartments: DoY friendly player only
  • Outzone/Techtown/Canyon apartments: no restrictions
  • Military base apartments: CityMerc friendly player only

• Added custom chat "ALLIANCE", only visible to players who are allied to each other:
  • Pro CityAdmin: CityAdmin, Diamond, NEXT, Tangent, BioTech, ProtoPharm
  • Anti CityAdmin: Twilight Guardian, Tsunami, BlackDragon, Crahn, Fallen Angels
  • Neutral (equals to FACTION chat): CityMercs
  • This possibly shifts your custom chat settings, please check your hypercom window!

• D3D9 driver: slightly reduced loading time of precached mesh objects
• Fixed small memory leak in client startup code

• Added another check to prevent vehicles to spawn below ground at some vehicle depots
• Disabled flawed "mission NPC alive" check causing "mission failed" bug with some epic run missions.

109-111 (06 October 2004)

Neocron 2 bug fix patch, and hotfix.

Bug fixes and changes

• Manually set the price of High Density Datacubes.
• Vehicle Energy packs are researchable now.
• Military base apartment vendor now sells all Military Base apartments.
• Hacknet software mods are now sold at the software vendors.
• Anti-vehicle and anti-aircraft ammo is now sold at heavy combat ammo/outpost vendors.
• Removed faction requirements from construction licenses.
• Increased efficiency of Hacknet regeneration and defense software.
• All faction-specific Hacknet levels have been set to warzones (no faction sympathy penalty).

• Fixed lots of epic bugs.
• Replaced the targets for the Tangent and Tsunami NPC epic kills by lower level NPCs
• Updated WoC Savant scripts again.

• Fixed all PAs: You can play now all emotes and animations on every PA.
• Fixed PSI-PA not playing any cast animations. Works now.
• Added Weaponattachbone: You can see now your weapon on your PA.
• All PAs now use the MOCap animations instead of the old one.
• Increased all PA texture resolutions up to 512² (old one was 256²...)

• Fixed serverside bug that caused the apartment reset on Terra.
• Improved server<->database handling and error checking.
• Emote trigger check is no longer case sensitive.

• Patch Hotfix 111: Fixed problem with epic quest giving NPCs.

108 (05 October 2004)

This is a hotfix for an exploit.

Fixes

• Fixed an exploit.
• Fixed "push-away effect" when using certain weapons/tools, e.g. stealth tools
• Fixed bug in dialogue script faction check function
• Dialogue scripts now use the runner's faction sympathy instead of his clan's faction sympathy

Some of the stuff planned for the next patch (109)

• Fixing lots of epic bugs.
• Fixed all PAs: You can play now all emotes and animations on every PA.
• Fixed PSI-PA not playing any cast animations. Works now.
• Added Weaponattachbone: You can see now your weapon on your PA.
• All PAs now use the MOCap animations instead of the old one.
• Increased all PA texture resolutions up to 512

107 (04 October 2004)

Neocron 2 bug fix patch.

Bug fixes and changes

• Fixed the mission bug that affected clanned players.
• Fixed sporadic server-side crash bug related to outpost security settings.
• Fixed server-side crash bug in dialogue script code.
• Fixed missing use restriction for DoY bomber pilot in vehicle key item info.
• Combat rank of *unarmed* vehicle driver/pilot is now calculated as the average combat rank of all (occupied) gunner positions of this vehicle.
• Changed all hacknet scripts:
• Mobs (white) now shoot white weapon effects..
• Turrets don't drop or move.
• Changed range on all hacknet mobs.
• Changed movement speed of flying hacknet mobs.

• Changed Techlevel/requirements on the weapons of the bomber, carrier and assault gliders. The MGs on the bomber, assault glider and carrier now have a TL of 60, the aussault glider's bombs have a TL of 60 and the bomber's bombs a TL of 80.
• The DOY vehicle smuggler finally received his shipment of vehicle ammo.
• Vehicle vendors in both cities now sell the energy packs required for the Fallen Angels epic run.
• The Faction Supply Managers now sell high level tools.
• All Cryton and Tech Angels shops sell weapon parts now.
• Moved the Ion Crossbow's ammo to the High Tech ammo vendors.

• Updated scripts for the NPCs Devlin Jones and Juri Netschajev.
• Updated Hacknet Databases scripts.
• Updated WoC Savant scripts.

106 (01 October 2004)

Neocron 2 bug fix patch.

Bug fixes and changes

• Removed Hacknet requirements from Hacknet related items that were not supposed to have any requirements (HN software mods, high capacity blueprints).
• Fixed a bunch of missions.
• Fixed Ceres Hover mobs.
• Fixed CityAdmin Faction Supply Manager.
• Updated Hacknet software shot sounds.
• Changed Dome of York zones to anarchy, respectively war zones for the abandoned sectors.
• Fixed several bugs in the Epic Run scripts.
• Added several missing Epic Run NPCs.
• Fixed a bug in the blueprints of faction specific items.

105 (30 September 2004)

An early Neocron 2 bug fix and content patch.

Clans

- You can now create a clan without having to complete the epic run for your faction first. Sorry for the delay. This feature will be removed again next week.

Art

• Fixed some haircuts.
• Added new Haircuts and replaced some older once.
• Fixed some animations
• Replaced some old emotes and added new ones. Some of the emotes should now be different for female/male.

Citycom

• StockX chartsystem (visualisation) changed

Main menu

• Fixed a bug in the server selection screen
• Fixed a bug in the character creation screen (choose profession)

Epic Runs

• Added missing NPC Blight
• It seems that some Epic Runs still don't work as desired. Please report any missing NPCs or broken dialog scripts to the Quality Assurance Team via the Bugreport Tool.

World

• Fixed broken Juggernaut Facility Map
• Updated NavRay database
• Changed the monster distribution in the Wastelands. Both the North and South of the Wastelands contain easier mobs and the difficulty gradually increases towards the center of the Wastelands.

WoC

• Added WoC Savants
• The WoC Savants are assisting you with setting up your WoC Levels if you meet the requirements. To gain XP for the WoC Levels, new Ceres Lab Dungeons have been added all over the Wastelands.

Hacknet

• Fixed broken Hacknet High Security Database Scripts

HQ's

• Updated Faction Supply Managers wares
• Faction Supply Managers now sell the correct High Capacity Datacubes needed to download blueprints from the Hacknet databases.

Items

• Added Weaponparts 1-6 to all Resource Supply Managers
• Added Weaponparts 7-10 as Mob Loot

Localisation

• Updated some French language scripts.

Various

• Fixed over 500 typos.
• Removed "die" from emote keyword list.

100-104

There are no patch notes for these patches.