Entropia Universe Version Updates

Improvements

Improved client stability.



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Improvements and Fixed Issues

Miscellaneous

• When unlocking achievements while the Achievements UI is open, the UI is now automatically updated, without the need to close and reopen it.
• Fixed issue where you could not teleport to a planet when the download was set to pause, even though all content was downloaded.
• Fixed issue with incorrect limitations in the Beauty System.

Payment Providers

• Changed the in-game minimum withdrawal amount for NETELLER accounts to 500 PED.
• Added Ukash for Estonia.

Planet-Specific Releases

Integrated Next Island and Rocktropia content into Entropia Universe. SeeÂ!http://www.nextisland.com/ andÂ!http://www.neverdie.com/content/ respectively for more information.



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PLANET CALYPSO CONTENT RELEASE 2011.1.1
2011-02-22

***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!***

FIXED ISSUES

• Added outpost close to the dried lake north of Port Atlantis
• Fixed a few terrain issues
• Warlocks have been sighted in Hadesheim
• If you can’t unlock the achievement “’Porter” because you have completed the mission Understanding the teleporter, talk to the Immigration Officer in Port Atlantis to unlock the achievement
• Auctioneer added to Athena Spaceport

KNOWN ISSUES

• The annual FOMA Furniture Fair ended in a bit of a chaos, and Genesis Star Home Design forgot some of their new furniture at the FOMA stand. Unfortunately, they are bolted to the floor at their current position to prevent theft.
• The janitors also forgot a few inertia-locked anti-grav floating signs at FOMA and also forgot the code to unlock them.
• There is a teleporter malfunction in the FOMA VIP stand, making it one way only. Luckily, it’s “out”.

SEE ALSO

• Platform release notes

PLANET CALYPSO CONTENT RELEASE 2011.1
2011-02-16

***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

Achievements

Have you done something incredibly cool and want to brag about it? The Achievement System allows you to: each time you achieve something, you get an achievement. If people are nearby when it happens, they can see the icon and title when it happens.

In this release, over a hundred achievements have been introduced. You can look at your achievements through the action library and through the context menu under My Avatars-Achievements, and you can also look at other avatar’s collection of achievements through the context menu under Avatar-View Achievements.

FOMA Stadium

A stadium has been built at FOMA Fortuna, where avatars can play with their vehicles and hunt.

New Iron Challenges

CFA representatives Emanuel Gonsalez and Morgan Drell host four new Iron Challenges at Shinook Jungle. Morgan Drell hosts Allophyl/Estophyl and Atrax Iron Challenges, while Emanuel Gonsalez hosts Longu and Neconu Iron Challenges.

Rent reimbursement

The opportunity to file a support case to claim reimbursement of rent paid in advance after December 8th, 2011, has now run out. Any further claims will be invalid.
We expect that the reimbursements for valid claims will be completed by Friday February 18th 2011.

FIXED ISSUES

General World issues

• Mobs should no longer spawn in walls in Port Atlantis
• Tweaked night and day settings on the FOMA asteroid
• Fixed some vegetation issues
• Snow and Christmas trees removed
• Optimized vegetation around Memorial Island and Sissipahaw Water Plant
• Added waterfalls to Memorial Island
• Removed intersecting vegetation in the Beta building in Omegaton West Habitat
• Cleared vegetation from the roads around Twin Peaks
• Fixed some rocks bending in the wind
• Landed Fertilizer Terminals and Land Area Marker
• Fixed a lot of terrain issues
• Added turret to Omegaton West Habitat

Medusa’s Head issues

• Adjusted land area borders on Medusa’s Head
• Updated some waterfalls on Medusa
• Apartment and shops
• Fixed an issue with item points in apartments and shops
• Fixed an issue with all Medusa Estates

Mission issues

• Scouting missions for old Iron Challenges have been updated to use waypoints
• Fixed typos in quests

Miscellaneous issues

• Optimized the tomtebloss
• Removed all vehicle commission terminals
• Fixed an issue with fog indoors in Port Atlantis main building

SEE ALSO

• Platform release notes

New Feature

NETELLER

MindArk introduces NETELLER, a new payment service provider for Entropia Universe. Participants are offered the opportunity to deposit and withdraw money using their NETELLER eWallet. Withdrawing money from your NETELLER account is possible after you have made a deposit through it.

The smallest deposit amount is 10 SEK, 1 USD, 1 EUR or 1 GBP respectively, when using your NETELLER account. The withdrawal is instant up to 1000 PED over a 30-day period while higher amounts can take up to 30 days.

Rates and Fees

• The regular exchange rate is 3,4%.
• Each withdrawal through Neteller will be charged with 100 PED or 1% (whichever is the larger amount).

Improvements and Fixed Issues

Achievement System

Implemented the Achievement System:

• Added the option "Share achievements" in the Privacy section in the Options UI. If you choose to share your achievements everyone can view all the achievements you have received on the planetary system you are located on at the moment. Also, when you unlock a new achievement, other avatars in the near area will be able to see this through a target text above your head. By default, this option is enabled.
• On the My Account pages (Interconnect Services) you can select to post social media feeds when you unlock an achievement.

Auction

• Added four sub categories under Vehicles to facilitate for you to find the type of vehicle you are looking for. The new sub categories are Air, Amphibious, Land and Water.
• Added a warning if you bid more than 95% of your PED balance.

Blueprints

• Adjusted slots in the blueprint book Weapons (Vol II) to be 58.
• Fixed issue with the level not displayed on armor blueprints' icons.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed issue with giving a Waypoint to yourself (writing /pos in the Main Chat) when used from a vehicle.
• Fixed issue where you could not attach amps to certain weapons .
• Bank Tellers can only be dropped inside a bank.
• An Estate Deed now displays complete address to the estate no matter which language you have chosen (English, German, Spanish or French).
• Fixed issue where some foot wear caused the cross hair to be misaligned with the actual weapon aim.
• The Equip action is disabled when in a vehicle.
• You can now drag clothes back to the Inventory from the Coloring UI.
• The Quest/Mission Log now only displays active and completed quests belonging to the planetary system you are currently located on.

Movement

Improved the feeling and response when you move around:

• You now strafe as fast as you run straight.
• You now run faster backwards.
• It is smoother and quicker to move from side to side (strafe left and then right).
• Your speed is maintained when running straight and strafing at the same time.

Planet-Specific Release

Integrated Planet Calypso content into Entropia Universe. See!http://www.planetcalypso.com/home/ for more information.



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After the latest VU I cannot connect anymore to Entropia:

After I enter my username/password it says 'Connecting' for about 10 seconds, then I get:
The Entropia Universe is currently offline etc. etc.

I go back to the client-loader and it downloads 2 small things again:
'Downloading prioritized planet content'
'Downloading planet content'

When I click Launch again, and enter my username/password I get the same thing over and over..

Anyone else has this.. solved.. ?

PS: I did a repair, but my installation is valid.

Avatar Makeover



Due to changes made to the character creation you will be offered a chance to remake your avatar's appearance on your first login after the update. If you cancel the offer, it will be offered again on your next login. Once you have confirmed the offer, the character creation interface will open. When you are pleased with your looks, press "Accept". If you want to start over, just press cancel. You will then be offered to open the interface again upon your next login.

Note: Once you have pressed "Accept" you will no longer be able to access the character creation interface. Also note that this offer does not include a gender change

Improvements and Fixed Issues

• Fixed issue that caused errors when trying to sell vehicles through the Auction.
• It is no longer possible to create auctions with vehicles that contain fuel; instead you will receive a warning message.
• General bugfixes and improvements for Genesis.
• Improved client interaction with the Windows User Account Control.
• Improved client stability.

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Dynamic Content Distribution Step 2

This release includes the second part of the Dynamic Content Distribution.

We now have support for content download while logged in; you can log in to one planet while downloading other planets' content.

The dynamic content distribution has the following characteristics that you can control as described:

• Prioritizing download at content releases: At new content releases the content download is divided into two parts: first required content (general content, needed for all planets) and then planet-specific content. The Launch button will be enabled after all the required content has been downloaded. Click the Launch button and log in to prioritize content download of the planet you are located on.
• Log in during download: You will be able to log in to the client when required content and the additional content related to the planet you are located on has been downloaded completely, even though other planets might still not be finished downloaded.
• Default download behavior: The default download behavior is that only the planetary system you are located on is downloaded automatically. Within that planetary system one planet is downloaded at a time.
• Manually handle download behavior: In the Map UI - now the Navigator UI - you can prioritize the download order for each planet and choose to disable or enable download of each planet. You can also check which planets that are finished downloaded and which are not.
• Pause/Start download: Once logged on you can check the download status in the Download UI. In this UI you can also pause the download and restart it. By default, this UI is open as long as the client is still being downloaded, but you can choose to minimize it.

Improvements when Creating a New Account

Simplified Account Creation

We have made several improvements to the account creation process to facilitate for new users to create an account:

• The account creation is now integrated in the download process.
• A new user can open the account creation form directly in the Client Loader interface; the Create Account button in the Client Loader, directly opens the form a new user needs to fill in.
• The account creation form is simplified and less information is required from the new user at this stage.

Genesis - The New Starting Area

We now introduce Genesis. This is a small client (around 300MB) where new account holders can enter the virtual environment and learn the basics of Entropia Unvierse while the the next destination is downloaded in the background.

Genesis includes a few quick tutorials and short quests aimed at newcomers. This is where CharDef (Avatar Customization) is placed now and the new account holders can also try different garments on and chat with other avatars.

Note: We have increased the variation possibilities for newly created avatars' appearances. Therefore, in a coming release, we will give all current participants the opportunity to customize their avatar appearance again.

Improvements

Miscellaneous

• Aiming in OTS (Over The Shoulder) view is now more accurate.
• In Auction UI, improved the search function; included filters for gender, limited and unlimited items, and planets. Using the planet filter will sort out the items placed in the Auction from the planet you selected.
• Updated the Client Loader appearance during patching.
• At log in, added "Remember Username" check box for easier log in.
• The functions are still the same, but the transaction process for new participants, through the web, is updated.

End User Policies

• EULA and ToU updated to include information about Genesis ("Entropia Universe Starting Area").

Known Issues

• Some of the new avatars entering Genesis only have their underwear on. However, the orange jump suit is available in the Equipped panel, in the Clothes UI (press I to open), and can be equipped from there.

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3-D Secure

• In release 11.5.5 we implemented support for 3-D Secure when making deposits through the Entropia Universe website. Up until this release - 11.5.6 - we have kept the possibility to perform transactions in the in-game Transfer Center for all payment cards. With this release, the transaction rules for the in-game Transfer Center will change and will now only be open for certain payment cards, for example, verified cards.
• After the first deposit through the Entropia Universe website, the following transaction rules will apply
  • Accounts with Verified cards: Deposits can be made via both the Entropia Universe website and the in-game Transfer Center.
  • Accounts without a Verified card: Deposits have to be made via the Entropia Universe website.
  • Accounts with Verified cards connected to 3-D Secure: Deposits can be made via both the Entropia Universe website, where 3-D Secure requires authentication, and the in-game Transfer Center.
  • Accounts with newly registered cards: How deposits are made depends on whether the card is verified or not, see above bullets. From now on, the registration of a new card has to be carried out via the Entropia Universe website.

If you encounter any problems with your transactions contact support.



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New Features



Today 3-D Secure is implemented in Entropia Platform for card deposits. This technology is an international! security standard used by most VISA!and MASTERCARD card issuers.

This change will affect ALL!deposits using payment cards. To avoid running into problems with your deposits, please review the information on this page: https://account.entropiauniverse.com/account/3d-secure

Improvements and Fixed Issues

• In the Enhance Item UI, the progress bar now corresponds to the time it takes to attach an enhancer.
• Fixed Skill Increase Bonus field to not faulty display "not anymore".

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