Not a ton of updates for today. Grabbed another backup snapshot. Get your backups uploaded soon. You will be able to sync after the fact, but no more backups accepted after Friday 10/10. I apologize as this deadline is needed in order to move into the next phase. Flagged more than 800 toons for Qvic based on item drops including Cipher of Txevu and Qvic augs. Flagged more than 1000 toons for PoTime access based on item drop Quintessence of Elements.
Good evening! Anguish flags were applied to about 500+ toons today through the use of two different methods. Method 1 was using Magelo scrapes. This method utilized Magelo backups for those that supplied them. Unfortunately this method did not get everyone so we had an alternative method to hopefully get alot of others which was flags by Mirrored Mask. If your toons had a Mirrored Mask, they were flagged for Anguish. We intend to implement similar flags for GoD and PoP. I will announce those when completed.
I apologize for the lack of updates, I am travelling for work and have limited time.
Keyring imports for those that had Magelos scrapes performed has been completed. This resulted in more than 5800 keys across 950 characters. Next import is flags which we will also get from Magelo scrapes.
For those that grabbed the new Backup macro and re-ran it on PEQ, we have the Leadership AAs working. Copy your backups to OneDrive just as before and after we import them (couple times a day currently) then you can execute the automatic sync process through nomad.
Fatal flaw issue
We must address a critical issue. The quest turn in process was updated about 8 months ago on EQEMU to allow for items to be returned if the NPC did not accept items. This function is not working on this server (not sure why). Until we resolve this, we are going to rollback to the previous method which allowed NPC to eat quest items if they were not a valid quest NPC. Please be careful when turning in quest items.
PEQ is back up currently. Protect yourself no matter what server you are on and make sure you keep a good backup of your character. This latest version addresses some issues with non-equipped inventory augs not being saved. We also just recently added the ability to back up leadership AA. Thanks Barbatos!
The new backup file has not been tested to work with the import process; we will be working on that and will post once working. In the meantime, grab a new backup from PEQ if you can.
Apologies I haven’t gotten to some of the high priority items. I am still working on alot of issues with inventory. We did grant anyone who opted in with nomad the Inspect Buff group leadership skill. This is not yet working with the automated item sync, but will be at a later time. We have gotten a few donations and we used some of that to purchase a new url (www.dragonsofasia.com). In addition, the login server url login.dragonsofasia.com:5999 can now be used. If you have already created your toons with the eqemu login server, they can be switched over to local (see Discord message here on that process) https://discord.com/channels/467787057742479380/1423045870617759744/1423897339038400633
I have started working on keyring imports for those that had Magelo scrapes done and we are working on a flagging process that reviews items in your inventory for flags. While we wont be able to flag for every single item, we hope to get the big ones (e.g. Mirrored Mask for Anguish flags, Mastery of All for MPG raids, Cipher of Txevu for flags up to Txevu, Quintessence of Elements for Time flag, etc…
We did have some bad backups hose up our inventory sync which is why I won’t be automatically grabbing new backups unless I have time to watch and repair any issues.
Planes of Power encounters were tested from Grummus to Quarm. We found 2 issues with double spawns and they addressed. There does seem to be an apparent issue with the PoJ marks but does not impact progression.
We will be testing GoD progression today.
In regards to flagging we have a couple different methods we are exploring. Inventory items, and magelos scrapes. We are going to be implementing these very soon but it may take awhile to test the import. You will not have to flag with the nomad for these.
Zone stability has been greatly improved. We have 100 zones available but typically see no more than 7 or 8 active even during peak hours.
Reminder: Backups are only loaded 1x per day but the inventory sync process runs every 10 minutes.
Please continue to report bugs on the Discord forum.
Quick update from yesterday. The Halloween event should be working now!
Server has been up for about 15 hours with no more zoning issues so we may have resolved that issue.
Planes of Power encounters were tested up to Plane of Time. We do have a few issues to work out with double spawns that we will try to resolve in the next day or so.
Some NPC quests are not working properly depending on how they were designed. We do have logging on for those to try to determine a root cause.
If you have done a level migration, you may have issues causing a multiple level gain or level loss after the first experience message. This has to do with how the levels are calculated and it is overly complex. Levels 70s should work, I probably wont have time to address this as it is a 1 time issue.
Inventory syncs are now every 5-10 minutes but you must be logged out for them to work. After saying work/sync to nomad, you have a minimum of 5 mins, maximum of 10 mins to exit the game before the sync will be applied (but only if the backup snapshot is obtained). We are only doing backup snapshots once or twice a day until 10/6. After 10/6, we will be no longer accepting those.
The new login server is something we have set up and have multiple people using but is not yet ready for wide-scale adoption.
Inventory sync
Backups are being accepted until 10/6. A new nomad was added to Tutorial zone which generally operates the same as the ones in the nexus. You can still request a sync from these NPCs if you are still experiencing inventory issues. We do have charms, AAs (including spend), inventory not in bags, currency, spells, discs, and skills all working but you will have to request the sync to get these new updates. Updates are now being performed automatically every 5-10 minutes. After hail, please log off and wait 15 minutes before logging back in.
The PEQ server is now down, and with it, your ability to back up your toons. Please make sure your backups are loaded onto OneDrive and we will continue to perform snapshots daily. I would like to give a deadline of 10/6 for this method of import as it can be abused. Inventory syncs can still happen after this, but no more backups will be accepted after this. Thank you for your understanding.
Welcome to Dragons of Asia. This page will serve as a method of communication for players and admins. Please visit the DoA discord for a public space for communication.
For backing up your toon on PEQ, please run this macro on each toon to retrieve a backup file. Updated to include 1HB. Updated to include augs on inventory items.
Please be patient as we work through numerous issues with migrating data from ini backups. Here is a list of known issues in order of priority:
Flags
Shared Bank
Here are the items that should be addressed:
Items in inventory not in container
Equipment
Inventory
AAs (Available and Spent ) – Thx NeroMorte
Skills
Spells
Charm slot
Combat Abilities
I am regularly checking the OneDrive for new backups (10+ times per day). In order to flag your toon for migration sync, please visit the nomad in the Nexus after creating a character. If you do not use the same name as in PEQ, this will not do anything. I will be adding another flag to stop updating your toon (this is for those that wish to take what they have and go with it).
A quick overview of the migration process:
After flagging with the nomad, your toon will get set to the same level that you were in the backup. At this point, you must log off and wait for an inventory sync to occur. This is currently on-demand and not automatic. You can message me (Sentinok) in discord to have it ran for now.
Similarly to how epic quests work, this is how we are going to “flag” for migrations. By default your toon flag is set to NIL. By visiting the nomad, your flag is set to 1. A task on the server will look at all toon that have a value of 1 and execute the inventory sync. For those that have no errors, the flag will be set to 2. At this point, you will be ready for the next migration step. If you at any point do not wish to be included in future migration steps, you will have to hail the nomad and say ‘stop’. This is not yet implemented but will be before the next step.
Thats all for now. Again, please check Discord for latest communications.
