OGRank - Ultima Online: last week updates

If your system does not have a video card capable of hardware Transform and Lighting, you will get a popup asking if you would like to run that feature via software. This will allow you to run KR, though with significantly reduced performance.
improved player pathing (walking around objects)
mana and skill requirements now show up on spell icon tooltips
Character Profiles are now available as a tab on the paperdoll
Added “sitting” animation (Known Issues: there are still some clipping issues with sitting - we're on it.)
Chat windows are now resizable
Added a chat help button
Improved performance on some lower-end video cards
Added a “legacy keybinding” button to the user preferences – you can now reset your keybindings to either KR default or 2D default
Health, mana and stamina now show numerically on the player stat mini-bar. There is a setting in the options menu to change whether the numbers always display or only on mouseover
“Stones” is back!
Added a number of particle effects to various actions and objects
The macro icon window should now close automatically when the macro window closes
At the end of the tutorial when the player character reaches the New Haven town entrance,Gwen will add a radar waypoint to the appropriate guildmaster for the player character. If the character is a custom/advanced character, Sir Helper will be highlighted instead.
NPC vendor gump displays the player’s available gold at the bottom of the gump
Mob health bars should be larger and easier to manipulate
Added 4 new macro actions

Cursor Target Self (when you have a target cursor and you use this action, it will select yourself)
Cursor Target Last (when you have a target cursor and you use this action, it will select the last thing you selected with a target cursor)
Cursor Target Current (when you have a target cursor and you use this action, it will select the current target)
Use Targeted Object (uses the object)

removed the visible outline around creature’s shadows
fixed several issues with terrain not displaying correctly
Fixed several issues with the customized housing tool
Fixed issue with shadows when teleporting
When teleporting to new areas, the player should no longer rubberband through doors.
Macros should save correctly
Fixed a bug that sometimes made it impossible to move items
Fixed a bug where canceling a keybinding change would cause in to revert to default
Players should not be able to set identical keybindings for multiple actions
Fixed a bug that would allow players to appear to drag hair, beards, and faces off of paperdolls.
Fixed issues with several gumps
Fixed bug preventing equipped items from being dragged to the backpack via the backpack icon on the paperdoll
Added HP, mana, and stamina to the character sheet
The Stabled Pets gump should display pets correctly
Buff/Debuff icons and their tooltips should display correctly
Polished many housing tiles
The horizontal scrollbar in the macro creation window should scroll properly as you add items to the macro
The Skills description window in character creation should no longer get cut off at the bottom
Dungeons will now appear correctly on the radar map
Cloaks should fit better on female characters
Polished the guild tools gumps
Tweaked and polished many monsters
Improved definition of knives, forks and spoons
The color picker on character creation should not obscure the character and is now movable
Polished character creation windows
Norse helm and bascinets should display correctly (they had been swapped)
Fixed bug that could potentially break an Equip Item macro
Race Selection buttons are now correctly disabled if the player does not have Mondain’s Legacy
Polished the Faction Stone gumps
The Lava Serpent is no longer teeny
Tweaked nightsight brightness
Elven hair should display properly
The sun has risen! The world should appear brighter in KR
The “Two Tails” hairstyle should display correctly
Holes in ship masts for the largest ships should now be resolved
Fixed several issues with Help Menu choices not working properly – also removed the duplicate Bug Report option

Fixed a crash in the credits
Fixed a crash when retrieving pets from the stable
Fixed a bug that caused graphics corruption/crashes under certain circumstances
Fixed memory leaks
Heating stands should display correctly and should no longer cause a crash
Fixed a crash that happened when Mirror Image wears off while mounted.
Fixed a crash that occurred when using moongates
Fixed a crash related to opening new hotbars
Fixed a crash related to teleporting while opening a container

(KR) KR should now load in Windows 98
(Both) Enhance potions should affect Cure potions correctly even against high poison levels
(KR) Must be participating in Basics Tutorial in order to receive the quest from Hogarth
(Both) Running into a Troll on the bridge in the Hedge Maze should not get you stuck
(Both) Fixed bug preventing factions stone gumps from updating properly
(KR) All new characters should be started at the Basics Tutorial