Entropia Universe Version Updates

2012-02-07

***PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PLANET CALYPSO! IT MIGHT PROVIDE THE INFO YOU NEED BEFORE CONTACTING THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENT!***

NEW FEATURES AND CHANGES
The new AI functions for robots with both close and ranged attacks have been activated for Drokas, Harbingers, Legionaires, Troopers and Warriors.

The graphics of the Armax Bull, Armax Cow, Atrax, Boorum Male and Boorum Female creatures have been improved.

The Calypso space stations; Crystal Palace, F.O.M.A and Calypso Space Station have been moved closer together.

RESETTLEMENT UPDATE
Some redundant shop containers have been removed and others have been visually overhauled. This is an ongoing process and is only partially completed in this release.

The Armax herd south of Minopolis has been growing at an alarming rate.

A crowd of Boorums has been spotted bathing in the river south of Timbesha.

The missing trade center has been reconstructed at Genesis Amethera Headquarters.

The area surrounding Chateau Liberte has been improved; the new shopping booths added nearby will be auctioned soon.

KNOWN ISSUES
It is not possible to purchase the more expensive items from the market traders.

7 Feb 2012
Partner Release (Patch)

• Calypso
• Arkadia
• Next Island
• Rocktropia / The Thing

Visit each planet page for more information.



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[h=2]Planet-Specific Patches[/h] Integrated minor fixes for planet content into Entropia Universe:

• ROCKtropia
• Arkadia
• The Thing

Visit each planet page for more information.


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Beacon Missions

Beacons are back! Gather your friends and society mates for an exciting new challenge.

To give participants a chance to try out and become familiar with the format of the new Beacon Missions, complimentary Level 2 Robot Beacon items will be distributed to participants possessing any of the old beacon items. For example, if an avatar has one Level 4 beacon and one Level 6 beacon in storage, they will receive two complimentary Level 2 beacons.


How to enter and complete the new beacon mission areas:

1. Form a team with fellow colonists (4 - 12 members). The team leader must be carrying the Robot Beacon in carried inventory.
2. Team leader uses the Robot Beacon to locate the robot gate.
3. Team leader activates the robot gate and enters, followed by the rest of the team.
4. Team must fight its way through the levels and destroy the main boss before the timer runs out. If the boss is not defeated before the timer expires, the beacon mission will end, and the team returned to the Planet.
5. Once the boss is defeated, a new timer begins. Find the loot stored in containers throughout the levels before the timer expires and the robot ship explodes! Any containers unopened once the timer expires will be lost!

New features and changes compared to the old Beacon system:

• Beacons missions vary in difficulty levels depending on the TT value of the Robot Beacon item.
• Be advised - Robot enemies inside the beacon areas may be much tougher than those encountered on the planet. Be sure to bring a strong enough team to complete the mission!
• There are checkpoints inside the beacon areas where team members will revive if killed.
• Team members can now exit and enter the beacon mission area (Note: A player must be a member of the beacon team in order to re-enter).
• If the team is somehow disbanded or you are kicked from the team after entering the beacon area, you can still open containers and receive loot.
• Loot from containers is now automatically shared equally between all members who have entered the beacon area.
• Some containers hold more loot than others. Make sure to find and open all of the containers to receive the maximum possible loot!
• All team members no longer need to visit the last room to be able to open containers.
• Watch out for automated defensive mechanisms and potentially dangerous traps!

Make Up

• A Make Up session is now continuously backed up and the backup can be loaded in the next session if the session was aborted or otherwise interrupted.
• A Make Up session is now possible to do without a valid empty 'Make Up Mask', only cosmetic brushes are needed to start a session.

Misc

• Item Info for Calypso Land Deed now shows projected weekly revenue and ROI percentage.
• Support for video files (Bink) has been removed. It is no longer possible to display videos on ingame screens. As a replacement, we are investigating support for streaming YouTube videos.
• Player Register is back online.

Known Issues

• Area name on the radar does not update when you exit/enter a dynamic area.
• Using a beauty tool on an avatar who sits down on beauty chair may cause the client to crash.
• It is possible to use invalid letters when you reset your password. You will not be able to login if you do. Workaround: Reset your password again and use valid letters.

[h=2]Bug fixes[/h]

• Auction issues fixed and should now work correctly.
• Fixed Trade Terminal category names.
• Player Register now shows only 10 pages.
• Player Register search filter has been extended to 4 characters.
• Fixed issue when purchasing Gold Card from website.

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***PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PLANET CALYPSO! IT MIGHT PROVIDE THE INFO YOU NEED BEFORE CONTACTING THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENT!***


NEW

• The mission chain leading to the spawning of Hussk can now be completed.
• Implemented two new market trader NPCs where items can be purchased for mission tokens.
• Technical preparation for the implementation of upcoming beacon missions.
• Added Christmas gifts.
• Implemented a new PvP area covering the entire island of Mount Hephastos and much of the surrounding water.
• Drones have a new look.
• New weapons and armors are waiting to be discovered.
• Aurli and Kreltin Bronze challenges are available from the mission broker Janna Foster on Crystal Palace.
• Daspletor and Cornoanterion Iron Challenges are available from the mission broker Simo Hayna on F.O.M.A Asteroid.
• Rumors are circulating of a newly discovered cave north of Port Atlantis. The NPC Ms. Leyana in Port Atlantis may have additional information.

FIXED ISSUES

• Increased item drop rate on wave spawn bosses.
• The final two levels of the Oasis wave spawn now spawn Marauders and Slayers instead of Queens.
• The Oasis wave spawn area has been reduced in size to the area covered by water.
• Fixed some shop/apartment issues.

[h=2]2011-11-30[/h]


Make Up

• Possible to zoom closer to the face during an active Make Up session.
• The action Target Eyes now switches between both eyes during an active Make Up session.

PED Flow Center

• Each avatar now has access to a PED Flow Center that is used for transferring PEDs received from various, such as Calypso Land Deed revenue, Land Area taxes, and shop sales .
• PEDs received on these accounts are not automatically transferred to the avatar PED card. Transfer to the PED card must be performed manually in the PED Flow Center, accessible via the action library. This new interface also contains transfer logs for each separate account.

Calypso Revenue Sharing

• Calypso Revenue will be shared among all Calypso Land Deed holders starting December 5 2011. Subsequent disbursements will be made weekly, each Monday at approximately 00:00 UTC.
• Calypso Land Deed revenue is placed into a special PED account available via the "PED Flow Center" interface, described above.

Search for friends

• Users can search for other avatars in EU and send friend requests using the new "Player Register" interface, available in the action library.
• All friend requests are sent as messages and work even when the recipient is offline.
• There are new privacy options in the Options menu: "Share Online Status" and "Visible in Player Register". Note that the default setting for both of these options is initially set to Yes.

Friends List

• Friend lists are now unlimited.
• All friend connections are now bidirectional. All existing friendships have been converted to the new bidirectional.

Quests
Quest NPCs have markers over their heads indicating new quests and progress:

• Yellow exclamation mark: NPC has a new quest to offer
• Yellow question mark: Possible to complete an active quest by talking to NPC
• Blue exclamation mark: NPC soon has a repeatable quest to offer

Miscellaneous
Extensive terrain rendering improvements.

Bug-fixes

• Target markers no longer displayed on top of UI
• Terrain no longer becomes temporarily invisible
• Camera view change fixed when getting a HOF
• When entering a Privateer from another spaceship, the owner of the spaceship is informed through the chat that the spaceship remains in space
• Next seat action is disabled for motherships.
• It is now possible to view achievements for a friend, even if the friend is offline
• The achievements window now shows the correct title when viewing the achievements of another avatar

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http://deki.entropiapartner.com/Min...t/Releases/Release_12.2/12.2.1_Release_Notes#

• Client Loader stability.
  The frequent issue with hanging process when closing the Client Loader has been resolved.

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[h=2]Make Up is back![/h] The make up system is now fully reimplemented, with some nifty new features to boot!
To apply make up to a Make Up Mask you need the mask itself and make up like e.g. Face Paint, Lipstick and Eye shadow (all referred to as brushes). You can however practice using brushes without the mask.
Starting a make up session You can start a make up session on yourself from the context menu of any make up-related item in the inventory or use the "Start Make Up" action.
To make sure your make up mask will look good on another avatar, you can request a make up session by right-clicking him/her and selecting "Start Make Up"!from the context menu or aiming at him/her and use the "Start Make Up" action.
To end a session, close the Make Up panel or use the "Abort Make Up Session" action.

Interface The Make Up panel is shown when a session is started and has controls for brush size and Undo/Redo. Actions such as Increase/Decrease Brush Size are mapped under Action Set 6 as default (if you don't want to reset your action settings, you need to map them manually). The camera will automatically zoom in on the target avatar's face when a session is started.

Using Brushes During a make up session, brushes can now be selected by double-clicking on the brush item in the Inventory.
You can also drag brushes to the Keyboard Map/Desktop like a normal tool or garment for quicker access.
Simply press the left mouse button to apply the selected make up where desired.

Undo/Redo Not happy with those last brushstrokes? Use the buttons in the Make Up panel or Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Y to undo/redo your work.

Misc The cost for applying make up to a Make Up Mask is, as before, based on the materials used and the transfer (upload) cost of the finished texture.
Once make up is applied to a mask, it cannot be removed.
Finished Make Up Masks can be traded via auction or private trade.!
So go ahead, gather your masks and brushes and get creative!



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[h=2]Planet-Specific Patches[/h] Integrated minor fixes for planet content into Entropia Universe:
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• Calypso
• ROCKtropia
• Arkadia
• The Thing

Visit each planet page for more information.


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