Locked items on Doorsteps
gil
MTK wrote:
>
> How do you lock down items on door steps?
If you lock down something out there that affects gameplay (such as an
item that blocks movement) you will get in trouble. Locking down items
like lanterns seem to be ignored by gm's.
You need a lockable chest. Lock that down, then lock the chest. Place
the item you wish to lock down on the steps, at the location you want it
to be. Then drag the item onto the locked-down locked chest. It won't
go in that locked-down locked chest (cause its locked ;). The item will
bounce back to where it came from (the steps), and it will be locked
down onto the steps. This method takes advantage of the fact that if
you drop an item into an unlocked, locked-down chest, the item will be
locked down inside that chest.
You can also use this method to lock down items inside houses, near
doors or stairways where it is otherwise not possible. For example, you
can use it to lock down paintings on the walls at the head of stairs in
towers.
gil
Drake
|
|
| MTK wrote:
| >
| > How do you lock down items on door steps?
|
| If you lock down something out there that affects gameplay (such as an
| item that blocks movement) you will get in trouble. Locking down items
| like lanterns seem to be ignored by gm's.
BS on lanterns too - just say no.
| You need a lockable chest. Lock that down, then lock the chest. Place
| the item you wish to lock down on the steps, at the location you want it
| to be. Then drag the item onto the locked-down locked chest. It won't
| go in that locked-down locked chest (cause its locked ;). The item will
| bounce back to where it came from (the steps), and it will be locked
| down onto the steps. This method takes advantage of the fact that if
| you drop an item into an unlocked, locked-down chest, the item will be
| locked down inside that chest.
|
| You can also use this method to lock down items inside houses, near
| doors or stairways where it is otherwise not possible. For example, you
| can use it to lock down paintings on the walls at the head of stairs in
| towers.
|
| gil
Gil, they have made it clear that what you exactly describe above is an
exploit in a recent communication, regardless of what it is (lanterns or
whathaveyou) you are locking down on your porch.
Thanks for laying out that exploit though in easy to follow directions.
Just isn't the same without all the bugsites anymore. wtg.
Ryan Stultz
"Sam Woodchopper" <nospa...@valendor.org> wrote in message
news:38FFAC78...@valendor.org...
> <snip>
>
> > What OSI says in official communications and what the GMs actually carry
out
> > are two different things.
> >
> > Everything I have heard and read (apart from on uo.com) says that GMs
don't
> > give a shit about this exploit unless it affects gameplay (meaning you
are
> > blocking an entrance or movement).
> >
> > I have seen many examples of this, where people have lanterns, gold, etc
> > locked down on their porch. But never have I seen anyone have an item
which
> > blocks movement. That seems to support this theory.
> >
> > Ryan
>
> I'd like to hear your comments when they start banning players for using
> this exploit.
>
>
> Sam
As I just tried to respond to the private email you sent me, when someone
gets banned for their first offense at using this exploit, let us know.
Until then, all of this is conjecture.
And then on a personal note:
It is extremely rude to send e-mail to someone with an incorrect (or
"spamproofed") return address. I understand that you might just have wanted
to make sure I saw your reply. But believe me, I would have seen it, I read
the newsgroup about every three hours. It is part of my mail checking
routine.
But when I receive private email, I assume that the person wants a private
response. So I take the time to write one up. When that mail then bounces
back to me, I get angry at the wasted time and effort.
Good day.
Ryan
Sam Woodchopper
>
> >I'd like to hear your comments when they start banning players for using
> >this exploit.
>
It might take some time... but _when_ they do... don't start complaining
that you haven't been warned :)
*remembers some guilds who were warned that what they did was bannable
and were mass banned cause "untill now no-one was banned for doing it"*
Sam
Sam Woodchopper
newsmailreader in mistake?
Sam
gil
*laughs*
Your reply made my day, thanks!
I remember over the last 2.5 years all the cheats/exploits we had to
worry about - duping, folks cheating to give themselves 300 dex so they
can kill folks in one hit, folks crashing everyone else onscreen so they
could murder and loot them, folks making weapons that would kill anyone
in one hit (and then duping them so they never ran out), folks with
gm-butt buddies that would help them screw over honest players, folks
who spewed obscenities without impunity, etc. Now, in the last week,
you get all excited about locking lanterns down on steps, and someone
else is calling folks cheaters because they use the OSI-approved third
party program UOA. These 2 events of the past week tell me just how
good a job OSI is doing in removing cheats from UO, if these are the
sort of things that folks are getting excited about nowadays.
Drake, I have 2 things to say to you in reply - common sense, and
judgement.
Do you really think that locking down lanterns on steps is harming
anyone? Do you really? Remember, common sense, and judgement.
If someone uses the steps lockdown "exploit" to block folks or lag them
out, or something similar, by all means ban them and remove the items.
But someone locking down a couple lanterns to decorate their
house????? *laughs*
Several times I've chatted with gm's, while standing near the lanterns,
and nothing was said or done by the gms's. I guess the gm's had common
sense and judgement.
As for your remark about bug boards and my spreading this "exploit"
here, where do you think I read about this? Yep, right here, a few
months ago. I remember seeing this mentioned here at least twice, not
counting my mentioning of it.
Drake, there's a lot of problems in UO, and a lot of problem players.
If locked down lanterns on steps is what you consider worthy of all the
umbrage your post displays, then you're a very fortunate UO player.
Again, thanks for your reply.
gil
Katherine
<nonosp...@valendor.org> wrote:
>Did you ever hit "reply-all" instead of just plain "reply" on your
>newsmailreader in mistake?
Sure, but that still sends e-mail. If I'm posting I have to hit
"follow-up." :)
Seriously tho, it's possible in most mailreaders to munge your "e-mail
address" for spam prevention and leave your "reply-to" address correct.
Spammers generally harvest the e-mail address, so people who actually REPLY
to your posts (instead of just gathering addresses off them) can get hold
of you without jumping through the anti-spam hoops.
The worst thing spammers have done, IMO, is make communication so much more
difficult for regular people because they're trying to avoid being flooded
by spam.
Katherine, Grandmaster Healer
Ciaran, Lia Fail Empire (Atlantic)