Stealing while in combat

[Hemperor]

Tabbing out, however, lets you steal. Someone being stolen from during a battle however could repeatedly attack last in hopes of "disrupting" a steal.

Once the target for stealing is up, if the victim attacks again then it has no effect and the steal is still possible.

[Arkosh Kovasz]

I hope just because this is in the demo, it is not definitely era accurate.

[Kaivan]

Stealing should be functioning in the same manner here. There are patch notes that re-iterate the inability to steal while in combat as a thief with the introduction of the thieves guild, but the ability to steal when tabbed out is maintained.

[Hemperor]

Just checked on SecondAge, it is possible to steal while in combat.

[archaicsubrosa77]

This is exactly why you keep things in several stacks in several containers. Most importantly bandages, and regs. A nice locked container is a good idea to have as well.
If you can, a trapped box as well.

[MatronDeWinter]

Gonna have the say that the demo is inaccurate(to our desired timeframe) on this one.

[Kaivan]

This was actually a very early change to UO. Here are the patch notes that cite the introduction of the restriction. I had been mistaken about the re-iteration of the restriction to stealing however (it was actually just the original patch note that I was recalling):

10/29/97

• You can't steal during combat anymore.

Here is a portion of the UOR patch notes that cites the removal of the restriction to combat stealing:

Thievery Changes

• You will be able to steal items from others while in combat. All requirements for stealing (such as being in the thieves guild) will still apply.

[Eulogy]

Nice find.

[ClowN]

razor macro:

exit war mode
pause .800
useskill stealing
waitfortarget
targetbytype (black pearl or whatever you're stealing)
attacklast



problem solved. go ahead and patch away!

[Hemperor]

the pause isn't necessary