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Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007
HtmlViewMod v 1.0.1 Released
As some of you may have seen at QJ, I have released HtmlViewMod v 1.0.1 which is a basic mod that changes the default PSP bookmark to QJPSP and links to the QJ Forums. This is quite basic, but can come in handy. Later on today, I will be releasing 1.1 which will have support for all regions. This is currently only for the US region and has only been tested on 3.03 OE-C. For readme, download, and release thread see below.
Download App and Readme
Forum Release Thread
Enjoy :)
Download App and Readme
Forum Release Thread
Enjoy :)
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Getting the Word Out
In order to help promote some new forums which I am staff at, I have decided to make a post here. They are still new, but have some great potential so do me a favor and check them out. Put me as a referral and maybe I'll give you a little something extra there ;)
Chaos Gamerz
Chaos Gamerz
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Support Alex G and His LuaDevKit
A nice project is brewing for the PSP Lua devs out there. Alex G is creating a Lua Dev Kit to aid in creating Lua games and apps. The project is still a work in progress, but Alex G really wants the community's support. Help support him, by letting him know in this thread and by checking out the project's website here.
Check out these nice screenshots as well:
Check out these nice screenshots as well:
Search...
Look around for a new link..from there search for a small little file..
Will you find something? Maybe...
Will you find something? Maybe...
Saturday, December 16, 2006
TA-082 Downgrader Released!
Do you believe in miracles? A TA-082 downgrader has been officially released today by a dev named, dark_thug! This downgrader is for use with 2.50 TA-082 PSPs. TA-082 users with 2.6-2.71 can downgrade to 2.50 using the Generic Downgrader. Alright, so here's how it works:
1. Use the DAX generic downgrader to change your ver. to 2.50 if it isnt already.
2. Downloaded the 2.50 TA-082 Check & Dump v1.20 to dump your firmware.
3. Enter your settings in the executable. Here is an example:
http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/1354/ta082dgvp8.png
4. It will generate the downgrader. Copy the folder ?UPDATE? (the folder it makes) to x:/PSP/GAME
5. download eLoader and put it on your PSP. Load it from the photo menu.
6. Choose ?UPDATE? from the eLoader menu. This will begin the downgrader. It will patch your bootstrap to make it a 1.5.
7.Reboot your PSP AFTER it has finished COMPLETELY! You should get a blue screen. Hit O and restore your settings.
Here's the files you will need:
http://www.psp-haxors.com/www.psp-haxors.com/wp-content/uploads/TA-082/TA-082_Downgrader.rar
http://www.psp-haxors.com/forum/downloads.php?action=view&did=258
http://www.psp-haxors.com/forum/downloads.php?action=view&did=256
There has been a reported problem with this downgrader however. According to dark_thug: : SE-C may lock-up while playing some games.
The catch? On 1.50, trying to change settings menu gives a Blue Screen of Death.
This means you can simply not change your Video options, System settings, etc."
As with all things that write to flash, there is a risk of bricking, so USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. QJ, dark_thug, myself, and psp-haxors are not responsible for any bricks!
If all this sounds good to you, try it out and you will hopefully be enjoying a 1.50 or 2.71SE-C PSP!
1. Use the DAX generic downgrader to change your ver. to 2.50 if it isnt already.
2. Downloaded the 2.50 TA-082 Check & Dump v1.20 to dump your firmware.
3. Enter your settings in the executable. Here is an example:
http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/1354/ta082dgvp8.png
4. It will generate the downgrader. Copy the folder ?UPDATE? (the folder it makes) to x:/PSP/GAME
5. download eLoader and put it on your PSP. Load it from the photo menu.
6. Choose ?UPDATE? from the eLoader menu. This will begin the downgrader. It will patch your bootstrap to make it a 1.5.
7.Reboot your PSP AFTER it has finished COMPLETELY! You should get a blue screen. Hit O and restore your settings.
Here's the files you will need:
http://www.psp-haxors.com/www.psp-haxors.com/wp-content/uploads/TA-082/TA-082_Downgrader.rar
http://www.psp-haxors.com/forum/downloads.php?action=view&did=258
http://www.psp-haxors.com/forum/downloads.php?action=view&did=256
There has been a reported problem with this downgrader however. According to dark_thug: : SE-C may lock-up while playing some games.
The catch? On 1.50, trying to change settings menu gives a Blue Screen of Death.
This means you can simply not change your Video options, System settings, etc."
As with all things that write to flash, there is a risk of bricking, so USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. QJ, dark_thug, myself, and psp-haxors are not responsible for any bricks!
If all this sounds good to you, try it out and you will hopefully be enjoying a 1.50 or 2.71SE-C PSP!
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
WoW: "Calm Before the Storm" Patch 2.0.1 Released!
Here it is. The moment you have been waiting for. The highly anticipated WoW "Before the Storm" Patch is now available for your updating pleasure. Now, here's the changelog:
Originally Posted by http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/
Looking for Group Interface Tool
A new Looking For Group tool designed to assist players in finding groups for instanced dungeons and quests will now be available. This interface gives players the option to be added to a pool of other players also looking for a group, as a means to expedite the process. In addition, players will also be able to search for additional members in situations where they have a group and are simply looking to find more players. For a complete overview of this new interface, please take a moment and read the information contained on our comprehensive Looking for Group preview.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burni...gforgroup.html
General
All players will have their talent points reimbursed and will have access to new talents throughout their trees; this includes the 41-point talents. Several new abilities have also been added for all classes.
All pets will now receive a percentage of their master's armor, spell damage, spell resistances, attack power, and stamina.
Low-level spells cast by high-level players will receive smaller bonuses from +healing and +spell damage.
HoTs, DoTs, and channeled spells have been re-balanced to receive a more appropriate (higher) percentage of +spell damage and +healing.
HoTs from different sources will now stack (i.e. multiple druids can cast the Rejuvenation spell on 1 target).
New item property "Resilience" has been introduced. Resilience reduces your chance to be the victim of a critical strike, and reduces the amount of damage critical strikes do to you.
Weapon Skill now does the following:
Weapon skill will no longer reduce the percentage damage lost due to glancing.
The player will gain 0.1% to their critical strike rating per weapon skill against monsters above their level.
When casting a buff on a low level target, the appropriate rank of the buff will automatically be applied.
In PvP, Crowd Control effects will last no longer than 12 seconds instead of the full duration, with a chance of a heartbeat resist.
Players will no longer lose faction when under the influence of "Mind Control" or the Gnomish Mind Control Cap.
Several improvements have been made to the Macintosh client, including support for Multi-Threaded OpenGL on Intel Macs running OS X 10.4.8 or higher.
PvP
Honor System Revamp
Current honor totals have been reset.
Players may display their highest lifetime rank title (accessible from character sheet).
Honor points earned each day may now be spent as a form of currency.
Check the PvP tab of your character sheet to see your honor information.
PvP rewards are no longer unique.
Marks of Honor earned from battlegrounds are no longer turned in for reputation or honor. They are now used in addition to honor points in order to purchase rewards.
Two New Arenas are now available in three different modes.
2v2, 3v3, and 5v5 matches
Players may queue up at Goblin NPC's in Stormwind, Ironforge,
Orgrimmar, Undercity, and Gadgetzan
Druids
The talent "Swiftmend" will now include bonus healing from the talents "Improved Rejuvenation" and "Empowered Rejuvenation".
"Omen of Clarity's" duration has been increased to 30 min.
Hunters
Traps can be set while in combat, but require a 2 second arming time.
"Auto shot" will be automatically enabled if the Hunter steps out of melee range while in combat with target.
1 Agility will now grant 1 Ranged Attack Power.
"Auto shot" is now reset when casting Aimed Shot.
"The Beast Within's" Bonus damage caused has been reduced to 10%, but now also reduces the mana cost of all spells by 20%.
Freezing Traps will now cancel combat when cast.
Mages
"Frost Nova" (Water Elemental Spell) has now been renamed "Freeze".
Shaman
Shaman with the appropriate talent spec are now able to dual-wield.
Self-weapon buffs such as Windfury Weapon can be applied to both main and off-hand weapons.
Rockbiter's weapon functionality has been changed. It is now a damage proc instead of a flat attack power bonus.
Windfury Weapon and Rockbiter Weapon enchantments will only benefit the weapon with the enchantment on it.
Warlocks
The range of "Drain Life" and "Drain Mana" spells have been increased.
Warriors
Rage generation from dealing damage has been normalized.
All Rage awards are averaged with our expected rage per swing (adjusted for weapon speed).
Items
The "Far Sight" effect has changed so that the camera now zooms in to a distant location, rather than instantly showing the distant view. This also affects the items: Ultra-Spectropic Vision Goggles, the Ornate Spyglass, and the Hunter ability "Eagle Eye."
Spells can now require either a totem item or a totem category item to cast a spell. This means that the Enchanting Rods now count as all of the lower level enchanting rods as well, so you only need a single enchanting rod instead of all six. This also means that "Finkle's Skinner" now counts as a Skinning Knife. Several weapons that are picks have been flagged as counting as a Mining pick as well.
Items that give bonuses, such as critical strike percentage, have been modified to adhere to a combat rating system.
All current items will provide the exact same benefit from ratings at level 60 as they provided before the ratings system.
Thrown weapon items no longer stack, but use durability instead. One unit of durability is lost per throw, and these items can be repaired.
The tool tip for the Great Staff of the Guardian now shows the proper increase of 28 to the party spell critical rating.
Items that are useable from player inventory with a cooldown will now update the cooldown in real-time.
Players will no longer be able to sell the "Blue Skeletal Horse" to vendors.
The damage Proc from the item "Misplaced Servo Arm" will no longer break the Rogue ability "Gouge".
The "Skull of Impending Doom" has been changed and will now increase run speed by 60% for 10 seconds, but deals damage equal to 60% of your maximum health and drains 60% of your maximum mana for over 10 seconds.
The Backfire effect on the "Net-O-Matic" will no longer break on damage.
Professions
All of the profession-made items that have been created up to now have been given proper stats based on the current expansion item level progression table.
Most of the items made by Tailoring/Leatherworking/Blacksmithing have had their creation time reduced. Now the cap on time required to make an item in those professions is based on quality and level.
New Max times required.
Level 31+ Green Items at least 8 sec
Level 31+ Blue Items at least 15 sec
Level 31+ Purple Items at least 25 sec
Skill level now determines what items you can disenchant.
Skill 1= Level 1-20
Skill 25= Level 20-25
Skill 50= Level 25-30
Skill 75= Level 30-35
Skill 100= Level 35-40
Skill 125= Level 40-45
Skill 150= Level 45-50
Skill 175= Level 50-55
Skill 200= Level 55-60
Skill 225= Level 60-65
Players will no longer lose an item when attempting to disenchant on a boat when the loading screen appears.
User Interface
Meeting Stone gossip options have been removed from Innkeepers in preparation for the new LFG system.
LFG/LFM UI
Tips have been added to Loading Screen tips and new player tips
Meeting Stones now function similar to a Warlock Summon spell.
Players select party member to be summoned and right click the stone. A second party member then clicks the portal to summon.
Enchanting UI has been vastly improved.
Raid UI now supports frame for Main Tank.
Spell Alert (Enemy Cast bar)
Defaults to off
Enabled through Interface Options
Displays targeted enemy's cast bar when they are casting.
May also be displayed with "V" key functionality.
Auto-loot may be enabled with just one click in the Interface Options.
Character sheet UI now displays more precise melee, ranged, and spell stats.
Players can now cast item targetable spells on items that are in your action bar. For instance you can cast feed pet and have the food you want the pet to be fed in one of your action bars.
Semi-charged items can no longer be placed in the Auction House.
A knowledge base has been added to the in-game UI.
Searchable database of FAQ's and common support issues.
Keyrings have been expanded to hold more key-type items and will now size dynamically for the number of keys in possession.
The Hunter ability, "Mend Pet," will now turn red when a pet is out of range.
Players will now be able to disable ability messages in the floating combat text.
Players will now be able to scroll down their ignore list if it extends beyond one page.
The tooltips for the Show Dispellable Debuffs and Show Castable Buffs options will now specify they only apply to raid pullout groups.
Significant changes have been made to User Interface customization.
For specific details, please visit http://forums.worldofwarcraft.co m/...975 623&sid=1.
Bugs
The Rend Blackhand arena event in Upper Blackrock Spire will now properly reset after a wipe.
Players will no longer resurrect with low mana and health if they died and released on a Zeppelin or Ship.
Fixed an issue where effects with 100% chance to be applied were being resisted.
Fixed an issue where high level players were not being properly credited the right amount of faction reputation.
Party members will now be properly credited for completing the "Dead Man's Plea" quest when a totem or pet gets the killing blow on Baron Rivendare.
Slowing abilities and spells will no longer decrease the speed of a player when traveling by Gryphon.
Fixed an issue where players were re-taining talent based abilities even after re-training.
Fixed an issue where the Warlock spell "Shadowburn" was improperly consuming two Soul Shards.
Fixed an issue where players were unable to click on anything if they had any add-ons installed.
Fixed an issue where players were able to use "Mana Burn" on mobs and players without mana.
Fixed an issue where spells that proc while a player was standing would not proc if they were sitting or lying down.
Fixed many interface overlapping graphic issues.
Fixed an issue where Seal of Justice (Rank 2) will now refresh with melee strikes.
Blood Elf mobs in Azshara will now have the correct model.
Fixed an issue where a spell with two procs would be reflected and one of the procs would still hit the player that reflected the spell.
Fixed an issue that was putting Hunters back into combat when they have the "Spirit Bond" Talent or have the Cryptstalker set bonus.
Fixed an issue where players were being awarded the wrong item when double looting a corpse under the master loot option.
Fixed an issue where players interrupted while casting would have a longer cast time than normal.
Fixed an issue where players could not see enchants when inspecting another player.
Fixed an issue where extra attacks from "Windfury Weapon" would not proc "Flurry" when they crit.
Fixed an issue where players that were killed in freezing traps would be stuck there until releasing.
Fixed an issue where Warlocks were able to despawn a pet to gain a free "Soul Shard"in the Battlegrounds.
Warrior "Shield Slam" and "Shield Bash" will no longer trigger a proc from an equipped weapon.
Fixed an issue where players were able to consume a Mana Emerald at full mana.
The totem, "Wrath of Air," will no longer be useable in "Ghost Wolf" form.
Fixed an issue where Warrior "Battle Shout" was causing too much threat.
Fixed an issue where computers with ATi video cards were sometimes having problems when displaying a certain texture.
Fixed an issue where the Warlock spell "Death Coil" gained double the benefit from the talent "Shadow Mastery".
Player pets will no longer attack CC'ed targets while in Passive mode.
"Prayer of Spirit" will no longer cast on the user if there is no other target selected.
"Lightning Shield" will now have the appropriate cool-down time between uses.
Fixed an issue where materials were being consumed if a player logged out before an enchantment had finished being applied.
The Hunter, "Auto Shot," ability will no longer activate on resurrection.
Fixed a bug where "Inner Focus" was not being consumed when using "Mind Soothe."
Fixed a bug where Rogues were able to use the ability "Ghostly Strike" when not facing their target.
Warlock pet dismiss sounds will now play properly.
Fixed an issue where Fist weapons were sheathing improperly.
Bags will no longer overlap the Bank UI when the game window is resized.
Players will no longer be able to whisper to enemy players in Battlegrounds.
The Skeletal Gryphon ride for the Eastern Plaguelands PvP event will now fly at its correct speed.
Players will no longer be able to jump onto the top of the Dun Baldar Fortress in Alterac Valley and get behind the terrain to attack other players.
Shapeshifting will now break "Nogginfogger Elixir" effect.
You will no longer die when Feign Death is finished channeling.
"Scatter Shot" will now properly do damage even if the target is immune to the confuse effect.
"Aspect of the Cheetah" will now properly trigger with absorbed damage.
Casting a lower rank polymorph on a target that is already under the effect of a higher rank will cause an error message and not consume mana.
The talent, "Master of Elements," will now properly proc off of totems.
Players will no longer be attacked by same faction guards when using mind control on an enemy player to attack.
"Vanish" will now properly un-target the Rogue from the attacker when the attacker is in the same party.
The talent, "Improved Chain Heal," will now properly add to the base healing done.
"Healing Wave" Ranks 11 and 12 will now benefit from the Shaman talent, "Healing Way."
"Improved Curse of Agony" will now properly increase the base and spell power.
Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they take a flight path.
Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they are dead at the end of a Battleground match.
Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they enter an Arena.
Casting "Dark Pact" after exiting combat will no longer put you back in combat.
The tool tip for the "Great Staff of the Guardian" now shows the proper increase of 28 to the party spell critical rating.
Several Chest spawns in Dustwallow Marsh will now properly spawn above ground.
Items that can give +Stamina/Intellect from random suffixes will now properly apply while dead.
"Beastmaster's Gloves" will now give the proper 2% crit chance for Hunter pets.
Fixed a bug where you can end up with overlapping bags after resizing the window.
Various graphical errors will be noticeable while viewing maps.
Mac
Added support for Multi-Threaded OpenGL on Intel Macs running OS X 10.4.8 or higher. Depending on hardware, scene and graphical settings, this can raise frame rates up to a factor of 2X.
Improved video hardware detection and default settings, especially with Intel video.
Vertex Animation Shaders have been disabled for systems with Intel video.
Improved iTunes key-binding feature for smoothness and track name display.
Fixed a bug where Tutorial Tips would not be marked as viewed correctly on PowerPC Macs.
Fixed a rare crash bug in the audio code.
Improved support for Weather Shaders.
Added support for changing the mouse sensitivity in WoW. Previously, the Mac version ignored the value from the slider in the Interface Options dialog.
Originally Posted by http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/
Looking for Group Interface Tool
A new Looking For Group tool designed to assist players in finding groups for instanced dungeons and quests will now be available. This interface gives players the option to be added to a pool of other players also looking for a group, as a means to expedite the process. In addition, players will also be able to search for additional members in situations where they have a group and are simply looking to find more players. For a complete overview of this new interface, please take a moment and read the information contained on our comprehensive Looking for Group preview.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burni...gforgroup.html
General
All players will have their talent points reimbursed and will have access to new talents throughout their trees; this includes the 41-point talents. Several new abilities have also been added for all classes.
All pets will now receive a percentage of their master's armor, spell damage, spell resistances, attack power, and stamina.
Low-level spells cast by high-level players will receive smaller bonuses from +healing and +spell damage.
HoTs, DoTs, and channeled spells have been re-balanced to receive a more appropriate (higher) percentage of +spell damage and +healing.
HoTs from different sources will now stack (i.e. multiple druids can cast the Rejuvenation spell on 1 target).
New item property "Resilience" has been introduced. Resilience reduces your chance to be the victim of a critical strike, and reduces the amount of damage critical strikes do to you.
Weapon Skill now does the following:
Weapon skill will no longer reduce the percentage damage lost due to glancing.
The player will gain 0.1% to their critical strike rating per weapon skill against monsters above their level.
When casting a buff on a low level target, the appropriate rank of the buff will automatically be applied.
In PvP, Crowd Control effects will last no longer than 12 seconds instead of the full duration, with a chance of a heartbeat resist.
Players will no longer lose faction when under the influence of "Mind Control" or the Gnomish Mind Control Cap.
Several improvements have been made to the Macintosh client, including support for Multi-Threaded OpenGL on Intel Macs running OS X 10.4.8 or higher.
PvP
Honor System Revamp
Current honor totals have been reset.
Players may display their highest lifetime rank title (accessible from character sheet).
Honor points earned each day may now be spent as a form of currency.
Check the PvP tab of your character sheet to see your honor information.
PvP rewards are no longer unique.
Marks of Honor earned from battlegrounds are no longer turned in for reputation or honor. They are now used in addition to honor points in order to purchase rewards.
Two New Arenas are now available in three different modes.
2v2, 3v3, and 5v5 matches
Players may queue up at Goblin NPC's in Stormwind, Ironforge,
Orgrimmar, Undercity, and Gadgetzan
Druids
The talent "Swiftmend" will now include bonus healing from the talents "Improved Rejuvenation" and "Empowered Rejuvenation".
"Omen of Clarity's" duration has been increased to 30 min.
Hunters
Traps can be set while in combat, but require a 2 second arming time.
"Auto shot" will be automatically enabled if the Hunter steps out of melee range while in combat with target.
1 Agility will now grant 1 Ranged Attack Power.
"Auto shot" is now reset when casting Aimed Shot.
"The Beast Within's" Bonus damage caused has been reduced to 10%, but now also reduces the mana cost of all spells by 20%.
Freezing Traps will now cancel combat when cast.
Mages
"Frost Nova" (Water Elemental Spell) has now been renamed "Freeze".
Shaman
Shaman with the appropriate talent spec are now able to dual-wield.
Self-weapon buffs such as Windfury Weapon can be applied to both main and off-hand weapons.
Rockbiter's weapon functionality has been changed. It is now a damage proc instead of a flat attack power bonus.
Windfury Weapon and Rockbiter Weapon enchantments will only benefit the weapon with the enchantment on it.
Warlocks
The range of "Drain Life" and "Drain Mana" spells have been increased.
Warriors
Rage generation from dealing damage has been normalized.
All Rage awards are averaged with our expected rage per swing (adjusted for weapon speed).
Items
The "Far Sight" effect has changed so that the camera now zooms in to a distant location, rather than instantly showing the distant view. This also affects the items: Ultra-Spectropic Vision Goggles, the Ornate Spyglass, and the Hunter ability "Eagle Eye."
Spells can now require either a totem item or a totem category item to cast a spell. This means that the Enchanting Rods now count as all of the lower level enchanting rods as well, so you only need a single enchanting rod instead of all six. This also means that "Finkle's Skinner" now counts as a Skinning Knife. Several weapons that are picks have been flagged as counting as a Mining pick as well.
Items that give bonuses, such as critical strike percentage, have been modified to adhere to a combat rating system.
All current items will provide the exact same benefit from ratings at level 60 as they provided before the ratings system.
Thrown weapon items no longer stack, but use durability instead. One unit of durability is lost per throw, and these items can be repaired.
The tool tip for the Great Staff of the Guardian now shows the proper increase of 28 to the party spell critical rating.
Items that are useable from player inventory with a cooldown will now update the cooldown in real-time.
Players will no longer be able to sell the "Blue Skeletal Horse" to vendors.
The damage Proc from the item "Misplaced Servo Arm" will no longer break the Rogue ability "Gouge".
The "Skull of Impending Doom" has been changed and will now increase run speed by 60% for 10 seconds, but deals damage equal to 60% of your maximum health and drains 60% of your maximum mana for over 10 seconds.
The Backfire effect on the "Net-O-Matic" will no longer break on damage.
Professions
All of the profession-made items that have been created up to now have been given proper stats based on the current expansion item level progression table.
Most of the items made by Tailoring/Leatherworking/Blacksmithing have had their creation time reduced. Now the cap on time required to make an item in those professions is based on quality and level.
New Max times required.
Level 31+ Green Items at least 8 sec
Level 31+ Blue Items at least 15 sec
Level 31+ Purple Items at least 25 sec
Skill level now determines what items you can disenchant.
Skill 1= Level 1-20
Skill 25= Level 20-25
Skill 50= Level 25-30
Skill 75= Level 30-35
Skill 100= Level 35-40
Skill 125= Level 40-45
Skill 150= Level 45-50
Skill 175= Level 50-55
Skill 200= Level 55-60
Skill 225= Level 60-65
Players will no longer lose an item when attempting to disenchant on a boat when the loading screen appears.
User Interface
Meeting Stone gossip options have been removed from Innkeepers in preparation for the new LFG system.
LFG/LFM UI
Tips have been added to Loading Screen tips and new player tips
Meeting Stones now function similar to a Warlock Summon spell.
Players select party member to be summoned and right click the stone. A second party member then clicks the portal to summon.
Enchanting UI has been vastly improved.
Raid UI now supports frame for Main Tank.
Spell Alert (Enemy Cast bar)
Defaults to off
Enabled through Interface Options
Displays targeted enemy's cast bar when they are casting.
May also be displayed with "V" key functionality.
Auto-loot may be enabled with just one click in the Interface Options.
Character sheet UI now displays more precise melee, ranged, and spell stats.
Players can now cast item targetable spells on items that are in your action bar. For instance you can cast feed pet and have the food you want the pet to be fed in one of your action bars.
Semi-charged items can no longer be placed in the Auction House.
A knowledge base has been added to the in-game UI.
Searchable database of FAQ's and common support issues.
Keyrings have been expanded to hold more key-type items and will now size dynamically for the number of keys in possession.
The Hunter ability, "Mend Pet," will now turn red when a pet is out of range.
Players will now be able to disable ability messages in the floating combat text.
Players will now be able to scroll down their ignore list if it extends beyond one page.
The tooltips for the Show Dispellable Debuffs and Show Castable Buffs options will now specify they only apply to raid pullout groups.
Significant changes have been made to User Interface customization.
For specific details, please visit http://forums.worldofwarcraft.co m/...975 623&sid=1.
Bugs
The Rend Blackhand arena event in Upper Blackrock Spire will now properly reset after a wipe.
Players will no longer resurrect with low mana and health if they died and released on a Zeppelin or Ship.
Fixed an issue where effects with 100% chance to be applied were being resisted.
Fixed an issue where high level players were not being properly credited the right amount of faction reputation.
Party members will now be properly credited for completing the "Dead Man's Plea" quest when a totem or pet gets the killing blow on Baron Rivendare.
Slowing abilities and spells will no longer decrease the speed of a player when traveling by Gryphon.
Fixed an issue where players were re-taining talent based abilities even after re-training.
Fixed an issue where the Warlock spell "Shadowburn" was improperly consuming two Soul Shards.
Fixed an issue where players were unable to click on anything if they had any add-ons installed.
Fixed an issue where players were able to use "Mana Burn" on mobs and players without mana.
Fixed an issue where spells that proc while a player was standing would not proc if they were sitting or lying down.
Fixed many interface overlapping graphic issues.
Fixed an issue where Seal of Justice (Rank 2) will now refresh with melee strikes.
Blood Elf mobs in Azshara will now have the correct model.
Fixed an issue where a spell with two procs would be reflected and one of the procs would still hit the player that reflected the spell.
Fixed an issue that was putting Hunters back into combat when they have the "Spirit Bond" Talent or have the Cryptstalker set bonus.
Fixed an issue where players were being awarded the wrong item when double looting a corpse under the master loot option.
Fixed an issue where players interrupted while casting would have a longer cast time than normal.
Fixed an issue where players could not see enchants when inspecting another player.
Fixed an issue where extra attacks from "Windfury Weapon" would not proc "Flurry" when they crit.
Fixed an issue where players that were killed in freezing traps would be stuck there until releasing.
Fixed an issue where Warlocks were able to despawn a pet to gain a free "Soul Shard"in the Battlegrounds.
Warrior "Shield Slam" and "Shield Bash" will no longer trigger a proc from an equipped weapon.
Fixed an issue where players were able to consume a Mana Emerald at full mana.
The totem, "Wrath of Air," will no longer be useable in "Ghost Wolf" form.
Fixed an issue where Warrior "Battle Shout" was causing too much threat.
Fixed an issue where computers with ATi video cards were sometimes having problems when displaying a certain texture.
Fixed an issue where the Warlock spell "Death Coil" gained double the benefit from the talent "Shadow Mastery".
Player pets will no longer attack CC'ed targets while in Passive mode.
"Prayer of Spirit" will no longer cast on the user if there is no other target selected.
"Lightning Shield" will now have the appropriate cool-down time between uses.
Fixed an issue where materials were being consumed if a player logged out before an enchantment had finished being applied.
The Hunter, "Auto Shot," ability will no longer activate on resurrection.
Fixed a bug where "Inner Focus" was not being consumed when using "Mind Soothe."
Fixed a bug where Rogues were able to use the ability "Ghostly Strike" when not facing their target.
Warlock pet dismiss sounds will now play properly.
Fixed an issue where Fist weapons were sheathing improperly.
Bags will no longer overlap the Bank UI when the game window is resized.
Players will no longer be able to whisper to enemy players in Battlegrounds.
The Skeletal Gryphon ride for the Eastern Plaguelands PvP event will now fly at its correct speed.
Players will no longer be able to jump onto the top of the Dun Baldar Fortress in Alterac Valley and get behind the terrain to attack other players.
Shapeshifting will now break "Nogginfogger Elixir" effect.
You will no longer die when Feign Death is finished channeling.
"Scatter Shot" will now properly do damage even if the target is immune to the confuse effect.
"Aspect of the Cheetah" will now properly trigger with absorbed damage.
Casting a lower rank polymorph on a target that is already under the effect of a higher rank will cause an error message and not consume mana.
The talent, "Master of Elements," will now properly proc off of totems.
Players will no longer be attacked by same faction guards when using mind control on an enemy player to attack.
"Vanish" will now properly un-target the Rogue from the attacker when the attacker is in the same party.
The talent, "Improved Chain Heal," will now properly add to the base healing done.
"Healing Wave" Ranks 11 and 12 will now benefit from the Shaman talent, "Healing Way."
"Improved Curse of Agony" will now properly increase the base and spell power.
Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they take a flight path.
Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they are dead at the end of a Battleground match.
Warlocks will now be properly credited a Soul Shard from their pet when they enter an Arena.
Casting "Dark Pact" after exiting combat will no longer put you back in combat.
The tool tip for the "Great Staff of the Guardian" now shows the proper increase of 28 to the party spell critical rating.
Several Chest spawns in Dustwallow Marsh will now properly spawn above ground.
Items that can give +Stamina/Intellect from random suffixes will now properly apply while dead.
"Beastmaster's Gloves" will now give the proper 2% crit chance for Hunter pets.
Fixed a bug where you can end up with overlapping bags after resizing the window.
Various graphical errors will be noticeable while viewing maps.
Mac
Added support for Multi-Threaded OpenGL on Intel Macs running OS X 10.4.8 or higher. Depending on hardware, scene and graphical settings, this can raise frame rates up to a factor of 2X.
Improved video hardware detection and default settings, especially with Intel video.
Vertex Animation Shaders have been disabled for systems with Intel video.
Improved iTunes key-binding feature for smoothness and track name display.
Fixed a bug where Tutorial Tips would not be marked as viewed correctly on PowerPC Macs.
Fixed a rare crash bug in the audio code.
Improved support for Weather Shaders.
Added support for changing the mouse sensitivity in WoW. Previously, the Mac version ignored the value from the slider in the Interface Options dialog.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
3.0-Is it Worth the Hype? Not Quite...
Yesterday when I discovered that the 3.0 manual had went live online, I was quite excited. Once I began to look through it however, I became quite dissapointed. As I began looking through it I noticed no VoIP, no Playstation Store, and a lot of other dissapointing things. I could only hope it would be different when it arrived...
This morning I woke up, and checked Network Update. Thankfully, the update was here! I went to install it, and was dissapointed with the feature list. I continued to install anyways. 100% and it was time to reboot.
Unfortunately, the startup was the same. I was hoping for something cooler, like the PS3 bootup, but you can't get everything you want. I began going through everything. The first new thing was UMD Auto-Start. This was a welcome addition and I immediately set it to off. I went to change my nickname and noticed they had added the PSP buttons onto the keypad in some locations. It was an alright change but nothing special. The last new feature under Settings was an updated About PS3 section. I noticed credit to a company called Sonaptic. I haven't discovered what they do yet, so I well need to investigate.
Next, was the photo menu. Not much new here except a camera icon. This isn't use as the Camera hasn't even arrived stateside yet. Now I have to scroll down just to access my Memory Stick photos. Couldn't they have put the Camera icon under the Memory Stick icon?
Music time. I was curious to see the visualizations. They are a welcome addition, but they need more of them. The few that are there are nice and I enjoy how it remembers your visualization preference. I then went to check Video. Nothing new there.
It was time to check out the game menu. The Game Menu is the highlight of the PSP, so I was hoping for something good. I discovered a new Certificate Utility, but then realized it's no use without a PS3. I hit Information on my Memory Stick icon, and noticed it now tells you if it has MagicGate support.
Finally, it was time for the Network Icon. The first thing in the menu is Online Instruction Manuals. Not necessarily that exciting, but a nice feature to have. The next new feature is Remote Play, but that needs a PS3. Finally, was the ability to set up the PSP to auto download RSS feeds at a certain time. This is a nice feature, and it is quite cool. You set it up, and put your PSP to sleep with the Wifi on. At that time, it will turn the PSP on and go through your Network Connections until it finds one that works. After that it downloads the feeds, based on the settings you selected under the RSS Channel Settings. If only they could implement an Alarm Clock or something with this.
That's it? No Playstation Store? How am I supposed to download PS1 games and PSP demos? Looks like I won't be for a little while. Does Sony not realize there are barely any PS3s out there? Way to mess up what was supposed to be an amazing update. What ever happened to the statement that we wouldn't need a PS3 for PS1 games anyways..?
I do have a theory for this, however. By Sony not giving us all the promised features at once in 3.0 this saves themselves. This way if 3.0 gets hacked, they still have features to offer us to convince us to update. Let's see how this turns out, but as of now I am quite disappointed.
This morning I woke up, and checked Network Update. Thankfully, the update was here! I went to install it, and was dissapointed with the feature list. I continued to install anyways. 100% and it was time to reboot.
Unfortunately, the startup was the same. I was hoping for something cooler, like the PS3 bootup, but you can't get everything you want. I began going through everything. The first new thing was UMD Auto-Start. This was a welcome addition and I immediately set it to off. I went to change my nickname and noticed they had added the PSP buttons onto the keypad in some locations. It was an alright change but nothing special. The last new feature under Settings was an updated About PS3 section. I noticed credit to a company called Sonaptic. I haven't discovered what they do yet, so I well need to investigate.
Next, was the photo menu. Not much new here except a camera icon. This isn't use as the Camera hasn't even arrived stateside yet. Now I have to scroll down just to access my Memory Stick photos. Couldn't they have put the Camera icon under the Memory Stick icon?
Music time. I was curious to see the visualizations. They are a welcome addition, but they need more of them. The few that are there are nice and I enjoy how it remembers your visualization preference. I then went to check Video. Nothing new there.
It was time to check out the game menu. The Game Menu is the highlight of the PSP, so I was hoping for something good. I discovered a new Certificate Utility, but then realized it's no use without a PS3. I hit Information on my Memory Stick icon, and noticed it now tells you if it has MagicGate support.
Finally, it was time for the Network Icon. The first thing in the menu is Online Instruction Manuals. Not necessarily that exciting, but a nice feature to have. The next new feature is Remote Play, but that needs a PS3. Finally, was the ability to set up the PSP to auto download RSS feeds at a certain time. This is a nice feature, and it is quite cool. You set it up, and put your PSP to sleep with the Wifi on. At that time, it will turn the PSP on and go through your Network Connections until it finds one that works. After that it downloads the feeds, based on the settings you selected under the RSS Channel Settings. If only they could implement an Alarm Clock or something with this.
That's it? No Playstation Store? How am I supposed to download PS1 games and PSP demos? Looks like I won't be for a little while. Does Sony not realize there are barely any PS3s out there? Way to mess up what was supposed to be an amazing update. What ever happened to the statement that we wouldn't need a PS3 for PS1 games anyways..?
I do have a theory for this, however. By Sony not giving us all the promised features at once in 3.0 this saves themselves. This way if 3.0 gets hacked, they still have features to offer us to convince us to update. Let's see how this turns out, but as of now I am quite disappointed.
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