Aetolian Game News
Updates
Written by: The Aetolian Team
Date: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026
Addressed to: Everyone
It is Wednesday, the 23rd of September, and the following changes have been implemented:
- The dictionary lookup system has been integrated into the help suggestions system, e.g. HELP DATH will now point you towards LOOKUP DATH.
- Same for the glossary system, e.g. HELP ASURA.
- Fixed a number of combat messages:
* Glacian Blizzard no longer tells the caster "You are ailed by..." for every person it strikes. That line now goes to the person who was hit.
* The orel's dive now names the person whose throat was crippled, rather than its Predator. It also no longer "dives itself at" its target.
* Terramancy Grasp and Wavebreaking Spout now name the person being dragged out of the sky, not the one doing the dragging.
* Psionics Dull and Egotism Inadequacy no longer produce "Himself's eyelids droop" when used on yourself.
* Fixed the grammar in the Malediction Mortis failure message.
* Holy icon attacks using an Order's custom messages now end with a proper line break, and use the target's pronouns where they should. The default icon spin message also got a small typo fix.
* An eye sigil pulling an Oneiromancer out of dreamwalk now shows a dreamwalk message instead of the Necromancy blackwind one.
* An eye sigil pulling an Earthcaller out of ashcloud now shows an ashcloud message instead of the Illumination lightform one.
* Sciomancy and Malediction curses now launch into "a long string of whispered words" rather than a single "whispered word".
- The DATE command now labels converted dates properly. Recent dates show their AC year, and dates from before the calendar reset show their Midnight Age year instead of a negative number.
- Poker has had some attention:
* The dealer no longer sees a phantom King in your hand before the flop, so K-Q is no longer "a pair".
* Spamming commands at the end of a hand no longer triggers the showdown more than once.
* Someone leaving the table during the showdown no longer causes another player's hand to be skipped.
- Directed "ask" emoticons such as :g? now read "You gently ask <person>" instead of "You gently ask to <person>".
- GET <item> FROM DRAWER <#> OF <furniture> now only takes from the drawer you asked for, rather than helping itself to matching items in other (even closed) drawers.
- Directed "ask" emoticons such as :g? now read "You gently ask <person>" instead of "You gently ask to <person>".
- The AW filter is no longer case-sensitive.
- Dye tags in designs no longer eat the last letter of the word before them. Farewell, "a clea gray shirt".
- EXTINGUISH <weapon> in a mine no longer puts out your mining torch. Use EXTINGUISH TORCH when you actually mean it.
- ENCHANT STORE now refuses anything that isn't a scroll rack, instead of eating your enchantment.
- Laying traps with CONFIG AUTO_OUTC on now pulls exactly the commodities the trap needs, rather than grabbing heartwood or purpleheart when it wanted plain wood.
- Order WATCH now switches off properly once the shrine's energy runs out.
- CITY ENEMIES <name> now searches for that name instead of listing everyone.
- BATTLEFIELD ENLIST <#> <org> now works the same as BATTLEFIELD <#> ENLIST <org>.
- Reading a closed parcel no longer reveals what's inside. You have to open it first!
- Papercrafting fortune tellers have had the paper token in their examined description fixed, so it should substitute correctly now with the paper you use.
- Dates on lithographs, transcriptions and auction end times now show the correct AC year instead of MA.
- AP LIST OWNED and AP LIST UNOWNED now work properly for artifacts that are just an item, like the folding table, instead of showing them in both lists.
- With organised rooms on, your exits now always start on their own line, even when there's a mission board, sulfur cloud, aquasphere, mine entrance or similar in the room.
- Added *raw command to the in-game editor for easier copy/paste purposes, if you need to use it.
This notice was posted on the 16th of Lleian, in the year 21 AC.
