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Patches - Patch Me In

Description

When things are fixed in the game, or when new content is added, it gets made available through a patch. Patches are numbered, and have patch notes to go with them. The patches command is used to let you navigate these. Patches are normally broken down into several categories, and each of these may have numerous entries.

Syntax Forms

patch_es list 

List registered patches.

patch_es 

List registered patches.

patch_es [list] last <number> 

List registered patches.

patch_es [list] all 

List registered patches.

patch_es details <patch> 

Get the details for a particular patch.

patch_es <category> 

Get the category list for a particular patch.

patch_es <patch> [category] <category> 

get the details of a category for a particular patch.

Examples

Example one
> patches
Epitaph Patch Notes.
[0.9.6] - The Great Panic
[0.5.2]
[0.5.1] - The Breaking Of The Fellowship

Example two
> patch 0.9.6
Patch Name: The Great Panic
Epitaph Black Ops: 0.9.6
Project Leader: Drakkos

The Great Panic is the popular name given to the tremendous upset, fear, anger and upheaval caused when society at large realised that the civic and military power structures were unable to resolve the infection.  It also refers to the great panic associated with finally releasing the monumental conclusion to a three and a half year development cycle, for this is the patch where Epitaph finally went live!

While there are a lot of entries in this patch, they still don't really do justice to the amount of work that has been invested between Epitaph 0.5.2 and this version.  The area work alone doubles the size of the game, with a huge number of extra quests each involving significant development and testing.  Along with this has come a huge emphasis on ensuring the playability of the game, with internal testing, debugging and balancing taking a large amount of time.

This is our first truly major patch - we hope you enjoy it.

* Areas (12 entries)
* Balance (12 entries)
* Blogs (3 entries)
* Bug Fixes (23 entries)
* Clan (1 entry)
* Commands (62 entries)
* Dunglen (16 entries)
* Experience (4 entries)
* Exploring (3 entries)
* General (92 entries)
* Items (4 entries)
* Pseudocommands (3 entries)
* Remote Hacking (6 entries)
* Scavenging and Salvaging (6 entries)
* Website (11 entries)
* professions (5 entries)

Example three
> patches 0.9.6 category Exploring
Epitaph Black Ops: 0.9.6
(The Great Panic)
The Great Panic is the popular name given to the tremendous upset, fear, anger and upheaval caused when society at large realised that the civic and military power structures were unable to resolve the infection.  It also refers to the great panic associated with finally releasing the monumental conclusion to a three and a half year development cycle, for this is the patch where Epitaph finally went live!

While there are a lot of entries in this patch, they still don't really do justice to the amount of work that has been invested between Epitaph 0.5.2 and this version.  The area work alone doubles the size of the game, with a huge number of extra quests each involving significant development and testing.  Along with this has come a huge emphasis on ensuring the playability of the game, with internal testing, debugging and balancing taking a large amount of time.

This is our first truly major patch - we hope you enjoy it.

Exploring
* The new exploring system has been put in place.  From any set departure point in the game (marked with the text 'From here you can make your way farther into the big, scary world.'), you can now choose to 'hike' to destinations you have discovered, or 'explore' to try and find new areas within the game.
* The exploration system now comes with the possibility of encountering randomly generated areas - these may have gatherable resources, loot, or even quests.  More of these random areas will be added as time goes by.
* A taxi system has been introduced, permitting players at the right location to board taxis that will take them to other far-flung locales.

See Also:

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