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fix: champion minions belong to their spawn (#2717)
Stacked on #2716. Retarget to `main` after it merges.

## Problem
Mobiles a champion summons mid-fight aren't tracked by anything:

| Summoner | Minions |
|---|---|
| LordOaks | Silvani queen |
| `SummonPixiesCounter` (LordOaks, Silvani, Twaulo) | 3-6 pixies per trigger |
| Barracoon | 3-6 ratmen per trigger |

`ChampionSpawn.DeleteCreatures` (called on expiry and when the spawn is deleted) clears only `Creatures` and the champion. These minions survive every reset and stay in the save. I surveyed every content creature that creates other mobiles; the others already clean up after themselves: Meraktus deletes its followers, Harrower kills its tentacles, PlagueSpawn and the Enraged animals delete themselves when their owner is gone, and BogThing eats its boglings.

## Changes
- **`BaseCreature.SpawnMinion(minion, target, location)`:** sets the team, places the minion and sets its combatant. Ownership: if the summoner is a champion spawn's champion, one of its creatures, or one of its minions (found through the spawn region), the minion joins that spawn. It refuses, and deletes the minion, if the summoner isn't on a real map. `SummonPixiesCounter` read `source.Map` even though `MonsterAbility.Trigger` notes it can fire after the creature has left the world.
- **`ChampionSpawn.Minions`:** a new serialized list (v12, `MigrateFrom(V11Content)`) kept apart from `Creatures`:
  - killing a minion never counts toward a level, so a leftover summoner can't feed a restarted spawn;
  - `DeleteCreatures` deletes minions along with the creatures, which matches when the spawn is deactivated (`ExpireCreatures`, 10 minutes after `Stop`) or deleted.
- **Callers:** LordOaks, `SummonPixiesCounter` and Barracoon spawn through `SpawnMinion`. A summoner that isn't part of a spawn (a GM `[add]`) still makes standalone minions, as today.

## Testing
- `ChampionMinionTests`:
  - the champion's queen is listed in `Minions` and deleted by `DeleteCreatures`;
  - a minion's minion also belongs to the spawn;
  - a Lord Oaks in the region that isn't the spawn's champion keeps a standalone queen.
- UOContent.Tests: 1237 passed, 2 skipped. The Application build is clean.
2026-10-18 17:48:31 -07:00
.config fix: Adds nullability support and fixes crash bugs in serialization generator (#2671) 2026-09-24 01:01:40 -07:00
.github chore(deps): bump signpath/github-action-submit-signing-request (#2651) 2026-09-15 19:07:29 -07:00
branding feat(build-tool): add application icon and refresh MUO.ico (#2487) 2026-06-14 11:59:54 -07:00
dev-docs feat: optional restart exit code so a supervisor owns the relaunch (#2705) 2026-10-13 21:18:25 -07:00
Distribution/Data fix(spawns): replace unknown type escortablewanderinghealer with EscortableMage (#2713) 2026-10-18 17:40:38 -07:00
Projects fix: champion minions belong to their spawn (#2717) 2026-10-18 17:48:31 -07:00
tools feat(network): allowlist false-positive IPs, escalate on behavior (#2556) 2026-07-30 23:12:17 -07:00
.cursorrules chore: Adds AI instructions and SKILLs for ModernUO codebase (#2347) 2026-03-01 11:42:19 -08:00
.editorconfig chore(docs): Adds UnmanagedDataReader & BinaryFileReader documentation (#1968) 2024-10-01 17:07:51 -07:00
.gitattributes fix: Adds migration checks to CICD, updates dependencies, adds Fedora 37, alpine 3.17 support (#1309) 2022-12-22 12:12:47 -08:00
.gitignore perf: Sleep the event loop when idle. Fixes networking micro-stalls. Adds event loop instrumentation. (#2559) 2026-08-09 13:24:59 -07:00
AGENTS.md chore: Adds AI instructions and SKILLs for ModernUO codebase (#2347) 2026-03-01 11:42:19 -08:00
azure-pipelines.yml chore: Cleans workflows for NodeJS 24 (#2394) 2026-03-28 21:55:29 -07:00
CLAUDE.md docs: upstream bug-reporting process for forks, and comments explain why (#2649) 2026-09-14 23:27:27 -07:00
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md Create CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md 2020-05-05 08:51:39 -07:00
CONTRIBUTING.md chore(license): Removes CLA requirement. All contributors moving forward will retain copyright. (#2038) 2024-12-31 02:52:58 -08:00
Directory.Build.props fix: Bumps dependencies (#2638) 2026-09-11 22:55:29 -07:00
FAQ.md docs: Updates FAQ for time zone issues. (#1368) 2023-03-10 00:18:36 -08:00
GEMINI.md chore: Adds AI instructions and SKILLs for ModernUO codebase (#2347) 2026-03-01 11:42:19 -08:00
global.json feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00
LICENSE Fixes more line ending issues (#267) 2020-09-27 13:54:56 -07:00
ModernUO.slnx feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00
publish.cmd feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00
publish.ps1 fix: Adds stamp check for build tool versioning (#2400) 2026-04-06 16:18:02 -06:00
publish.sh fix: Adds stamp check for build tool versioning (#2400) 2026-04-06 16:18:02 -06:00
README.md chore: Simplify server requirements section in README (#2582) 2026-08-21 19:22:04 -07:00
rider-settings.zip Cleanup/Housekeeping (#242) 2020-09-12 15:31:21 -07:00
Rules.ruleset chore(docs): Adds UnmanagedDataReader & BinaryFileReader documentation (#1968) 2024-10-01 17:07:51 -07:00
SPONSORS.md chore: Updates readme files (#2247) 2025-07-27 11:04:32 -07:00
stylecop.json Updates formatting rules (#199) 2020-08-25 18:00:51 -07:00
THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES docs: Adds RunUO-Encryption notice attribution to DarkStorm (#2369) 2026-03-12 23:35:47 -07:00
version.json feat: Adds Build Tool for Publishing/Setup (#2392) 2026-03-28 21:21:50 -07:00

ModernUO - Ultima Online Server Emulator for the modern era!

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Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 10/11/2012 R2/2016/2019/2022/2025 MacOS 14+ Debian 12+ Ubuntu 22+ LTS
Alpine 3.22+ Fedora 42+ RedHat 9+ CentOS Stream 9+ AlmaLinux 10 openSUSE 15.6+ SUSE Enterprise 15 SP6 Linux Mint 21+ Arch

Required Frameworks

All Operating Systems

.NET

Windows

VC++ Redistributable v14

Hardware

Use vCPU RAM Storage
Development / test 2 dedicated 2 GB SSD
Small live shard (< 50 concurrent) 4 dedicated 4 GB NVMe
Medium (50–200) 4–8 8 GB NVMe
Large (200+) 8+, high clock 16 GB+ NVMe

See dev-docs/server-requirements.md for more information.

Development

git .NET

Supported IDEs

Jetbrains Rider 2025.3+ space VSCode space Visual Studio 2026

Getting Started

  • Install prerequisite requirements
  • Clone this repository (or download the latest):
    • git clone https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO.git
  • Open ModernUO.sln to start developing

Building/Publishing

Run ./publish.cmd (Windows) or ./publish.sh (Linux/macOS) with no arguments to launch the guided build tool. It will:

  • Check prerequisites (.NET SDK, native libraries)
  • Walk you through configuration and platform selection
  • Build and publish the server to the Distribution directory
  • Show deployment instructions for cross-compiled builds

Command Line

./publish.cmd [release|debug] [os] [arch]

Linux Prerequisites

Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky, etc

dnf upgrade --refresh -y
# RHEL-family distributions (CentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, Rocky, RHEL) need CRB and EPEL enabled.
# Fedora skips this block.
dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
dnf install -y epel-release
# Prerequisites
dnf install -y findutils libicu libdeflate libargon2 tzdata

Ubuntu, Debian, etc

apt-get update -y
# The ICU runtime package carries the ABI version in its name (libicu74, libicu76, …) and has no
# stable alias, so match it by pattern rather than pinning a release-specific name.
apt-get install -y '^libicu[0-9]+$' libdeflate0 libargon2-1 tzdata

Only the runtime libraries are needed — the -dev/-devel packages are not. Run ./build-tool --check-prereqs to check the current machine and print the exact packages your release needs.

zstd is not listed because ZstdNet bundles libzstd for every platform, and liburing is not listed because IORingGroup issues io_uring syscalls directly.

If the shard's configured time zone is a legacy alias such as US/Eastern, Debian 12 and Ubuntu 24.04 also need tzdata-legacy. See Platform Prerequisites for what each dependency is for and what breaks without it.

OSX Requirements

brew install icu4c libdeflate argon2

Running the Server

  • Follow the publish instructions
  • The Distribution directory is portable — copy it to your production server for deployment
  • Run ModernUO.exe or dotnet ModernUO.dll from the Distribution directory
  • On first run, the server will prompt you to configure game data file locations

Troubleshooting / FAQ

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Thanks

  • RunUO Team & Community
  • Voxpire, the ServUO Team & Community
  • Karasho, Jaedan and the ClassicUO Community



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