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== Ultima Online Patch Notes for 09/25/1997 ==
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These are the official patch notes from the original release of Ultima Online. These patch notes were found at [http://update.uo.com/oldpatch.shtml].

*Optimizations and tweaks were done to reduce lag.
*We've fixed any server stability problems as they manifested (including the problem with secure trading).
*Ship holds are now only openable when on the ship.
*You can no longer teleport onto ships.
*The sign on player buildings is no longer pickable.
*The rate of item decay was slowed down.
*All types of gorgets are now available for sale.
*The variety of treasure in creature inventories has been increased, including higher circle spell availability.
*Released pets now have a neutral notoriety, instead of the notoriety of their former owner.
*Cooking now burns food on failure.
*Failure at bowyering and fletching now consumes wood.
*Failure at tailoring hides now consumes hides.
*Dice should work (for the board games).
*The skill advancement curve has been adjusted to make it harder to advance the higher you go.
*We have added support for Soundblaster AWE sound fonts. These are located on your CD.
*The skill advancement problems caused by the last patch are resolved and are no longer occurring.
*We are working on a solution for those who were affected by the problem.
*The weight problem with depositing large amounts of gold and then getting stuck will be fixed.
*Shops paying extremely high prices for items if you had a lot of them to sell is fixed.
*Counselors are able to understand ghosts.
*Orcs (regular ones, not orc captains) will loot corpses of creatures they kill or see killed. This is behavior that we will eventually make more widespread.
*The frequency of guards in the woods should be drastically reduced. Guards at road guard posts will stay by their guard posts.
*The frequency of magic items on creatures will be reduced.
*When purchasing items worth more than 2000 gold, the money will be automatically withdrawn from your bank account.
*The secure trading window will only function at short ranges.
*You can now remove items that are too heavy for you.
*You no longer lose items that are too heavy for you when you log back into the game.
*Horses that run out of loyalty now buck you off and run away

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RawToxic at 05:07, 7 December 2008