Yes, it's true, the servers are now up!  Welcome to 1.89b:

Update: Some additional UI notes added, these were mistakenly omitted.  The additional notes are in red.

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Dark Age of Camelot
Version 1.89b Release Notes
Bug fixes and User Interface Adjustments
June 27, 2007

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WARNING - IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR USER INTERFACE

Custom UIs must be updated so that they will be compatible with the UI changes in Version 1.89b. All users have been reset to use the ‘Atlantis’ user interface skin, to prevent client crashing. If your Custom UI has not been updated to utilize the new xml and files, choosing ‘Custom’ from the Options menu will cause your client to crash. Please make sure you have an updated custom UI before changing the user interface skin setting in the Options menu.

NEW THINGS AND BUG FIXES

 - An issue where some houses on open accounts were erroneously condemned and flagged for repossession in 120 days has been resolved. Over the next 24 hours these houses will be returned to their correct states. We apologize for any confusion and inconvenience this issue may have caused.

 - Fixed an issue where the siege window would not appear correctly.

 - Archery sounds now function correctly once again.

 - Players will now be able to designate their cloak as not visible with the /cloak on|off command.

 - Players will now be able to designate their helm as not visible with the /helm on|off command.
 
 - The Minotaur Relic Larimorn will no longer cause some players to appear headless.

 - Support has been added for four new channels:

Trade (/wtt or /wtb or /wts), only usable in housing/cities.

Advice (REMOVED OLD /ADVICE command), broadcasts a region-wide message for advice.

Region (/region or /local), sends a message to the entire region (set of zones).

LFG (/lfg), sends a message to all looking-for-group players in the region.

 - Critical Damage to pets has been capped at 50%.

 - Speed of Sound will no longer break on benevolent spells/songs.

CLASS CHANGES AND FIXES

Vampiir

 - The value of the Vampiir’s “Greater Renewal” Heal Over Time (HoT) spell in the Shadow Mastery spell line has been decreased to match the progression of the rest of the spell line.

CAMELOT CLASSIC WORLD NOTES

Item Notes - Albion

 - Dragonsworn Crossbow in Albion will now have + crossbow skill rather than + melee skill.

Item Notes - Midgard

 - Skald Champion weapons now have + Quickness cap instead of Acuity cap. The Group Accuracy charge has changed to a passive resistance buff and the Absorb Debuff charge has been changed to a melee resist Debuff proc.

DARKNESS RISING WORLD NOTES

 - The Minstrel Champion weapons now have similar re-use timers as other Champion weapons.

USER INTERFACE CHANGES

Isles UI Removed

 - Due to the needs of the UI update, we have removed the Isles interface skin option from the options menu.

 - Any user with a custom UI selected will automatically be reverted to using the 'Atlantis' user interface skin. To use an updated custom UI, just select 'Custom' again in the Options menu at the character selection screen.


Window & Font Alpha

 - The combat, attributes, spells, styles, group, and specialization windows now have a new context menu for window and alpha transparency available on right-click. This context menu replaces the old window and font alpha controls.

 - Tooltip window alpha has been changed to 100% for easier reading.

Icon Art Update

 - Based on player feedback, the style and spell icons have been darkened and are now less saturated. Icon borders are now thicker.

New Chat Window

 - At default, there are now two chat window tabs: Main and Combat. The Combat tab is detached and placed above the Main chat tab. The default message filtering settings for these chat tab are as follows:

Main: Merchant, Loot, Important, Say, Send, Group, Guild, Broadcast, Emote, Help, Chat, Advice, Officer, Alliance, Battlegroup, and Battle Group Leader, Looking for Group, Trade

Combat: Spell, You Hit, Your Death, Resists Changed, Spell Expires, Spell Resisted, Damaged, Spell Pulse, System, Action, Items

 - A context menu is available for each tab when right-clicking on the tab name. The available customizable options are as follows:

Message & Channel: This option opens a new window to set up the filtering and coloring options for the selected chat tab.

Window Alpha: This option adjusts the window transparency, from 100% to 1%, for the selected chat tab.

Font Alpha: This option adjusts the font transparency, from 100% to 10%, for the selected chat tab.

Font Size: This option adjusts the font size, from 9pt to 21pt, for the selected chat tab.

New Window: This option creates a new chat tab window. There can be a maximum of 10 chat windows available on screen at any time. Newly created chat windows retain defaut message coloring and the font size of the parent window.

Rename Window: This option renames the selected chat tab. There is a 1 character minimum and 24 character maximum limit for chat tab names. Please note that the Rename Window option is not available for the main chat tab.

Delete Window: This option deletes the selected chat tab. Please note that this option is not available for the main chat tab.

Default Chat Channel: This option is only available on the Main chat tab. This option controls which chat channel you wish the chat entry field to automatically default to. When "NONE" is selected, the chat entry field will remember the last chat channel typed in.

 - Chat tab windows can be docked to another chat tab window or to the main window by dragging the chat tab to the chosen window.

 - Chat tab windows can be detached from a docked position by dragging the tab away from the window it is docked to.

 - A channel menu, shown as a conversation bubble, is available to the left of the chat entry field. Choosing an option from this menu types the slash command for the chat channel you wish to speak in.

 - An emote menu, shown as a smile icon, is available to the left of the chat entry field. This menu shows the full list of ingame emote commands as graphical icons. Mousing over the icon will display the name of the emote. Choosing an icon from this menu performs the emote. The bottom eight icons are the horse emotes. These icons are greyed out and are not usable until on a player horse.

 - The currently selected chat tab, in a window dock, is highlighted in gray.

 - The last left clicked chat window or tab will respond to the 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keys for scrolling.

 - Chat windows will now only resize when the user releases the mouse button when using the resize control for a window. The chat window will no longer automatically resize while the resize button is being dragged.

 - When a window gets too small for the tabs to display the full tab name, the tabs will be resized and the name will be truncated.

Chat Window Message Filtering

 - The "You cancel your (spell)" message will no longer be sent to the default channel. This message is now sent as an "Spell Expires" message and can be filtered via the Message and Channel window for a chat tab.

 - The "You are Hit" message filter (previously unused) has been renamed to "System" and the message color is now defaulted to white. The following messages which used to be sent to the default channel are now sent as a "System" message. The messages can now be filtered via the Message and Channel window for a chat tab.

You have entered (zone).
(Region) You have entered (region name).
Your character has been saved.
Server Message of the Day
Guild Message of the Day
/who results
This is character's house (Lot #)
The key (keyname) may not be bound to an action
The key (keyname) is already bound to '(action)'
/chatlog responses 

 - The "Missed" message filter has been renamed to "Action" and the message color is now defaulted to light pink. The following messages which used to be sent to the default channel are now sent as an "Action" message. The messages can now be filtered via the Message and Channel window for a chat tab.

You must select a target to Consider!
You target [name].
You examine [name].
You select the [name].
This style requires a weapon!
You prepare to perform a style.
You prepare to sprint!
You are no longer ready to sprint!
You are no longer sprinting.
You sit down. Type /stand or move to stand up.
You stand up.
You begin work on the item.
You successfully make the item.

 - The "Skill" message filter (previously unused) has been renamed to "Items". The following messages which used to be sent to the default channel are now sent as an "Items" message. The messages can now be filtered via the Message and Channel window for a chat tab.

You sheathe the weapon.
You wield the weapon.
Your attribute has increased.
Your attribute has decreased.
The magic of the item flows through you.

 - The following messages which used to be sent to the default channel are now sent as an "Important" message.

You will now release automatically in x more seconds!
You can't discharge that item!
Your realm can't use this weapon!
You aren't currently in a gruop!
You do not have the tools to make the item.
You must find a tool.
You are missing: (ingredients)
Taking Screenshot!
You must wait one second to toggle your attack mode.

Font System Change

 - For the UI update, we are migrating towards using a true type font system for displaying all game fonts. As the update progresses, we will be elimating use of the older font system and replacing it with the true type font system.

 - The new chat window, overhead names, tool tips, and center screen messages now use the true type font system. The fonts used are defined in assets.xml.

 - Tool tips use a semi-bold, 11pt font for easier reading. Overhead names now use a 20pt font.

 - If the XML for fonts is changed and the new font cannot be found, the default font (Myriad) will be loaded.

Icon System Change

 - We have moved to a more streamlined system for updating and maintaining icons. Icons are now separated into distinct file sheets: base icon, style widget, spell widget, and border. A style/spell now references a base icon and then a style/spell widget and border are applied onto the base icon in the game.

 - The icon sheets have been consolidated (since many icons symbols were shared, the only difference was a widget or border) and renamed to support the new icon system.

Styles: CBT_500.bmp, CBT_600.bmp, CBT_700.bmp, CBT_800.bmp
Spells: SPL_0.bmp, SPL_100.bmp, SPL_200.bmp, SPL_300.bmp, SPL_400.bmp
Items: ITM_1200.bmp, ITM_1300.bmp, ITM_1400.bmp, ITM_1500.bmp
Skill: SKL_1600.bmp
Weapon: WPN_900.bmp, WPN_1000.bmp, WPN_1100.bmp

XML & Art Change Log

 - The horizontal resize button control has been reintroduced. This control includes HorizontalResizeButtonDef and HorizontalResizeButtonTemplate. The social window now uses this type of button once again.

 - We have introduced a new control called HorizontalResizeImageButtonDef. This control will allow our users to create a button that can display an image. The HorizontalResizeImageButtonDef consists of one HorizontalResizeButtonTemplate and one ImageAreaTemplate. The valid tokens for this control are: ControlID, Position, Width, Alignment, Label, Onclickevent, Onshiftclickevent, LabelIndent, Adapter, coloradapter, ToolTipID, ImageAreaTemplateName, and HRButtonTemplateName.

 - The following xml sheets have been changed as a result of the UI updates for Version 1.89a:

uimain.xml
assets.xml
styles.xml

chat_config_window.xml
chat_window.xml

stats_index_window.xml
stats_attributes_window.xml
stats_spells_window.xml
stats_spec_abil_window.xml
stats_group_window.xml
stats_combat_window.xml

options_window.xml

community_window.xml

 - The following xml sheets have been added as a result of the UI updates for Version 1.89a:

context_window.xml
emoticon_window.xml
channel_window.xml

 - The alpha_chooser.xml file has been removed as a result of the UI updates for Version 1.89a.

 - We have added new art files and changed existing art files for the xml changes above.

NEW
navigation.tga
atlantis_04b.tga
frames_win.tga
emoticons.tga

CHANGED
atlantis_04.tga
atlantis_03.tga

 - True type fonts (labeled with extention .ttf) are located in uifonts.