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Some fixes

null@example.com (Brother Erryn) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:21 +0000

I actually went in a fixed a few bugs that have been around for months, and ran NiMROD again (so there's extra actions for everyone).

Muties 2.1?

null@example.com (Brother Erryn) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:40:59 +0000

Yesterday...a little sooner than originally planned...the new version of MFoN was uploaded. The interface has been largely redesigned, with most of the buttons/icons in the game removed, and the addition of click-to-move (keyboard movement still exists).

NOTE: Due to a change in the forum software also, you may need to clear your cookies before you can get into the game.

Muties now follows that standard convention of TAB to bring up character information (Quests, Items, etc.) and ESC to bring up the main menu (character switching bug report, etc.). Key capturing in JavaScript can be a little tricky, but this has been tested in IE7, FireFox 3, and Chrome. If you have problems with this, report a bug or post in the forums.

Also, don't be shy about posting suggestions for ways to tweak the new interface. I'm pretty open to ideas.

Dropping Opera 9 Support

null@example.com (Brother Erryn) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:25:26 +0000

To anybody that's using Opera 9+, I'm sorry to say I have to drop official support for that browser. All references to Opera as a supported browser should be removed already.

Why, you ask? Opera is a fine browser, no question. Recently they've done something terrible in the name of security:

An Opera Developer wrote:

This a new security feature to avoid XSS attacks against intranets. Content on intranets cannot reference content hosted on your local computer, and public content cannot reference content on your intranet or local computer; there are no restrictions the other way. The deciding factor is the IP address. Another part of this is that, in a session, when a hostname has been set for one category of IP addresses, it is not possible to move that host to one of the other categories, again to counter certain attacks.

The result is that all the AJAXy goodness that makes the game work will not work in my development environment. What this means is it cannot be tested, troubleshooting cannot be done, and bugs cannot be quashed. There is no setting in Opera to get around it, and no known hack to deal with it for development purposes. Opera users are a very small minority here, and I can't justify the effort it would take to properly support the platform, so I'm dropping it.

Those of you using Opera can still use Firefox, or continue using Opera at your own risk. Scripting/html errors from Opera browsers will not be worked. I'll be happy to restore support for Opera once they restore support for development, but the official word so far is that it won't happen.

SP3 and IE7

null@example.com (Brother Erryn) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:49:26 +0000

Since the push of Windows XP Service Pack 3 this week, it looks like a problem has cropped up in IE7 when dragging items around in the game. This bug causes the browser to crash messily. Since there hasn't been any change in code recently, I think it's safe to say that this is from a newly introduced "feature" in IE7. I'm investigating the problem and will have a fix as soon as possible.

Whups, sorry!

null@example.com (Brother Erryn) — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:50:31 +0000

I had really squirreled up the cookie system in the game. If you have a new account or just haven't been able to log into the game, you should be able to know. Sorry about that.

2.0 Beta Finally Starting!

null@example.com (Brother Erryn) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:03:45 +0000

Hard to believe it's been almost two years to get here, but here we are at last. 2.0 is launching its beta phase tomorrow! Once the kinks are worked out, it will become open to everybody. Mutant Freaks of Nature 2.0 is a complete rewrite, from scratch, with over 800,000 lines of code, a completely redesigned interface, and several new features.