Pet Commands: All <target>
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:43 pm
There has been for some time quite a big of controversy over targeted all commands, and while we found overwhelming evidence to support that "All" commands did not work with a target, I wanted to offer this last bit of evidence which seems to seal the deal, and I don't believe has been previously posted.
That is to say, if you used "all kill <target>" the a single pet (likely the nearest to you) would execute that command and the other two would save that command. Then the next time you recived a target, that kill command would be retrieved from the next pet.
Please note the usage of the work "fixed". This was not the removal of a desired feature this was a bug that was not at all desirable. I can probably replicate this bug, but i don't know if it's something that calls for a lot of urgency.
Thanks much to Kaivan for much diligence in finding the above archived webpages from the taming archive. He also verified that the message "The 'all' command does not work for orders that require a target." first appeared in the 2.0.3 version of the client. The messages for secure house trading first appeared in the 2.0.1 client.
There is a recent thread that suggests that All command -> target only worked for GM tamers. There is noting that's ever been seen to indicate that; it makes no sense in terms of the above information; and if it was true it would certainly have been a well explained bonus for attaining GM taming.
[url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010927180016/www.tamingarchive.com/index.php?dir=pets&article=messages]The Taming Archive: Pet Messages[/url] (this is post-UOR) wrote: The "all" command does not work for orders that require a target
This is the fix for the bug where it would store commands and call them later. When the "all" commands were introduced, they were never meant to be used with a [target] cursor. As a result, when telling 3 pets to "all attack", only 1 would attack, and the other 2 attack commands were stored away and retrieved when your next target cursor came up. This now only tells the last pet you commanded to follow your command without storing the other commands.
Clearly this also indicates that we are not replicating the bugged All command properly, in that in era (as has been indicated other places as well) the "stored" command would be retrieved the next time you recieved an action target.[url=http://web.archive.org/web/20020108134801/www.tamingarchive.com/?dir=patches&article=uor]The Taming Archive: UO:R (April 27, 2000)[/url] (This indicates this above referenced change came with UO:R) wrote:The all commands when used with a [target] cursor has been fixed. It no longer stores commands to be called up later. When you use an all comand with [target] cursor, it will give you a system message that you can't use the all command with a target cursor and the last pet that was commanded will follow your command.
That is to say, if you used "all kill <target>" the a single pet (likely the nearest to you) would execute that command and the other two would save that command. Then the next time you recived a target, that kill command would be retrieved from the next pet.
Please note the usage of the work "fixed". This was not the removal of a desired feature this was a bug that was not at all desirable. I can probably replicate this bug, but i don't know if it's something that calls for a lot of urgency.
Thanks much to Kaivan for much diligence in finding the above archived webpages from the taming archive. He also verified that the message "The 'all' command does not work for orders that require a target." first appeared in the 2.0.3 version of the client. The messages for secure house trading first appeared in the 2.0.1 client.
There is a recent thread that suggests that All command -> target only worked for GM tamers. There is noting that's ever been seen to indicate that; it makes no sense in terms of the above information; and if it was true it would certainly have been a well explained bonus for attaining GM taming.