Excelsior Patch 2013 Beta

[+Nyx]

Please read the patch notes, folks.

[Yoda]

I approve of all that doctor who content I saw in the preview room.. is the weeping angel only deco tho?... if it is Id be scared to place it.. be afraid when I went afk It would teleport me back to young status to live out my days

[kaighn]

lol you need to change the moongates to stargate!!!!!!!!!!! gotta have the wormhole sound with it also

**Edit** Sorry big Stargate Fan also.

[Sulest]

So I just finished installing the newest patch. I seem to have an issue seeing ethy mounts. Even when there dyed I cannot see the graphic for them. Anyone else have this issue?

[kaighn]

see it all the time, think it is a bug that will be this way until the full upgrade comes into play

[Cornbread]

[quote="+Nyx"]Please read the patch notes, folks.[/quote]

See her original post to see if the ethy mounts and any other quirks are known bugs.

[Arcon]

lol human nature :) oups ! this toon is dead ! sorry :)

[Pierre]

Absolutely beautiful. Amazing work. I am humbled by the massive effort you have put into creating a new and exciting facet for our beloved shard. 7/15/13 patch worked for me from the get-go. I appreciate the effort that you and all staff put in to make Excelsior such a great place to be.

I went almost a decade from when I stopped playing on OSI before I started playing here, with no UO in between (but plenty of time for grad school and such). I am so glad that I came back, and that I chose to come to Excelsior.

[Draconomicon]

About Excelsior Patch 2013 Beta.

Do I need this to be able to play effectively?

Or will this modify key aspects of my game, such as.... house building?

Or even running around?

Thanks and sorry - it's kindof a mundane question :)

Reason I ask is that if it does'nt impede on my house building abilities...

I would rather wait for the final patch (non Beta) Since I just build my house and stuff.

Also - Just wanted to thank you for the patch itself... sweet action :D

EDIT : Was tired when posting :p

[Relysis]

[quote="Pierre"]Absolutely beautiful. Amazing work. I am humbled by the massive effort you have put into creating a new and exciting patch/facets for our beloved shard. 7/15/13 patch worked for me from the get-go. I appreciate the effort that you and all staff put in to make Excelsior such a great place to be.

I went almost a decade from when I stopped playing on OSI before I started playing here, with no UO in between (but plenty of time for grad school and such). I am so glad that I came back, and that I chose to come to Excelsior.[/quote]

It would be hard to articulate how much we appreciate your efforts nearly as well as Pierre, so I'm just going to re-post it. You can imagine me throwing my arms up and yelling "amen" if you'd like.

[Nagash]

I have installed the second version of the new patch. Everything seem to work fine... except i cant see any Npc or player, including myself... Anyone had some similar probleme?

[+Nyx]

As I mentioned to you in-game, this happens when one of the files you've copied are partially corrupted. This can happen in the following ways:
- If you try to install the patch before the files are completely finished downloading
- If your game window is open while you're installing the patch.
- If you have any sort of system error while copying (Ie: a program crashes, your computer locks up, windows updates reboots your computer, etc etc etc.)

If this happens, just reinstall the patch making certain you have no UO windows or utility programs open at the time you begin the copy. Reboot your computer, and you should be good to go.

[Nagash]

Working! i uninstalled everything, then reinstalled everything and work fine now! must have been a corrupted file as you said :) Ty for the quick and great support Nyx :)

[lestatzero]

[quote="Draconomicon"]About Excelsior Patch 2013 Beta.

Do I need this to be able to play effectively?

Or will this modify key aspects of my game, such as.... house building?

Or even running around?

Thanks and sorry - it's kindof a mundane question :)

Reason I ask is that if it does'nt impede on my house building abilities...

I would rather wait for the final patch (non Beta) Since I just build my house and stuff.

Also - Just wanted to thank you for the patch itself... sweet action :D

EDIT : Was tired when posting :p [/quote]

The patch will be needed to view likley all New Content to be added as well as several other handouts and goodies that +Nyx has instore for us all with Deco.

As far as the comment regarding Beta.... I honestly think the patch and all future patches will always be in beta as what +Nyx has done is go beyond the boundries of the origional intention of the client and server that we all use. There will neve be a way to truly release a patch with 100% guarentee that something will or will not work in the future ...

Best suggestion is to keep a base copy of the Client installer handy along with the hue files so you can always revert back to the basics if it is ever needed.

Otherwise I say Jump in Head first with the rest of us and have some FUN.

Lestat

[Birko]

I agree, and suggest that the latest Hue files are added to the patch.