Asherons Call: Imp Went Bump Overnight

The Festivus patch has brought with it some changes to the AC Protocol bumping it up to version 2002.10.15.3.

These changes required an update to ImpFilter which has been bumped up to version 2.7.0.3. A new Installer for ImpFilter only has been provided along with an MSM and ZIP file for developers.

Although this is a beta version of ImpFilter, you must update it if you want your ImpFilter based plugins to continue working properly. If you have any questions about the changes to ImpFilter you should direct them to the ImpFilter Support Forum or our own TPP Forum.

Developers that have plugins that do not use ImpFilter should note the following from Mekle:

As for plugins that don't use ImpFilter like NB2, there are VERY significant but initially subtle changes in the protocol this month. The formulas for calculating base attributes and skills NEED to be updated in all filters/plugins that use them.

This being the case, the messages XML was changed to be more appropriate to these changes, but these changes can and do make the problems in the plugins more pronounced.

And for all you NB2 users out there, Nerf Golem passes along the following:

The October patch included protocol changes to the login packet that were probably put there to help with the new specialisation thing. The side effect of that is that Nerfus Filter now throws a fit when it sees the new skill data, and NB2 relies on that to know what your skills and stats are supposed to be, so it all went to hell. Mekle was kind enough to email me the details of the changes, I'll be checking on this when I get home from work tonight.