Entropia Universe Version Updates

Version Update 8.7.3

The Entropia Universe has been updated with VU 8.7.3. Enhancements include:

*Several small issues with Windowed Mode have been cleared up.
*The chat filters that reacted rather slowly have been revised to perform the *filtering action quicker.
*Ammunition has been added to creature loot.

08 Nov 2006

Version Update 8.7.2

The Entropia Universe has been updated with VU 8.7.2. Enhancements include:

The Entropia Universe can now run in windowed mode. Check the updated Options panel in the Login Window for additional settings.
Several teleporters which had sunk underground have been restored. The immediate area around teleporters have been fixed to look more natural again.
A graphics bug when using telescopic sights has been fixed.
Shop keepers are again displayed on the radar.
New Items have been added to the Entropia Universe.



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02 Nov 2006

VU 8.7.1


Version Update 8.7.1 includes:

The missing 'No Loot' message has been restored.
The incorrect values displayed in the Item Info for weapons and armor attachment combinations have been fixed.


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Entropia Universe Version Update 8.7 01 Nov 2006

The Entropia Universe servers will be temporarily unavailable while we implement VU 8.7 between:

2006.11.01 07:40 and 2006.11.01 10:40 UTC

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Content list:

VU 8.7 Content List
ENTROPIA UNIVERSE VERSION UPDATE 8.7
2006-11-01

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VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

Auction
The public auction has been improved. Enhancements include:

The number of items that can be placed on the auction has been increased to 30.

The auction fee has been modified to a base fee of 0.5 PED plus a regressive markup commission beginning at 5%. Please view the updated Auction section of the Participants Guide for more detailed information.

For limited and stackable items, the Buyout column now displays the Buyout price as a percentage of the TT value, with the actual PED amount transferred to the tool tip. For unlimited items the Buyout column will display the markup value in PED, with the total Buyout price in the tooltip.

Auction categories have been updated. MindForce and Residues now contain sub-categories. Weapons have been divided into BLP/Plasma/Laser/Gauss and even a Cannon category. Weapon Amplifiers have been divided into BLP and energy categories. Mining Amplifiers have also been divided up. New categories have been included for new items

Participant Owned Shops
The tax paid to landowners has been reduced from 5% to 2.5% of the item markup value to coincide with the auction adjustments.

New HUD Design
The main HUD (Heads-Up Display) has been redesigned. Increased transparency and more chat filters have been included. The upper row of color coded buttons control which channels you wish to read. The lower row of buttons control which channel you wish to write to. Don't forget, if you want to write to a channel, you should also enable reading of the channel.

The tool section of the HUD now automatically disappears when no tool is equipped. Teleporters are now displayed on the radar as light blue. Auctioneers, event organizers and other friendly trader NPC's have changed color in the radar from light blue to orange.

Options Interface
A new option has been included in the Options Interface called 'Align radar with camera'. When enabled, this option allows the radar to follow the camera's orientation. Otherwise the radar follows your avatars orientation.

Tooltips have been included for the first and third person options in the Options Interface.

Weapon Amplifiers
A range of new limited crafted and ready-made amplifiers have been introduced. New resources and items necessary for their construction are also in place. With this new range arriving on Calypso, compatibility requirements now require that the correct weapon is matched with the correct amplifier in order to the achieve the maximum 50% power boost available from an amplifier.

Regardless of compatibility, amplifiers can still be attached to weapons and will continue to deteriorate and consume ammunition. For more information about this change, read the Preview VU 8.7.

New Mining Amplifiers
New 'Light' versions of low level mining amplifiers have been introduced in response to participant feedback regarding high manufacture costs. The 'Light' version amplifiers have a lower TT value and are cheaper to manufacture.

The OreAmp OA-101 and EnMatAmp MA-101 blueprints sold by the technician have been replaced with the OreAmp OA-101 Light and the EnMatAmp MA-101 Light. The manufacture cost of the OreAmp OA-101 blueprint, previously sold by the technician, has also been slightly reduced.

Skill Implants
Skill Implants have been revised.

In order to facilitate the transfer of considerably larger amounts of skills, new Empty Skill Implants can now be found with TT values up to 1,250 PED, the TT value being a measure of how much skill the implant can contain. Should you only partially fill an Empty Skill Implant, you will receive the remainder in a new Empty Skill Implant with the remaining value. If the remainder has a value below 10 PED you will receive PED directly.

In accordance with these changes, existing Empty Skill Implants now have a TT value of 12.5 PED and the TT value of existing Filled Skill Implants has been multiplied by 10. Empty skill specific implants are no longer available and existing implants have been replaced with Empty Skill Implants which can be used for any skill.

Graphics
The light setting adjustments begun in VU 8.5 have continued with new shading for avatars and creatures. Fog and sunlight settings have also been adjusted to add more variation to the landscapes on Calypso. Improved water and sky textures have also been added.

New options have been included in the Options panel of the Login Window to customize settings. Further details can be read in the updated Start, Login & Connection section of the Participants Guide.

Other graphical improvements include:
New target box graphics.
The size of icons in the Inventory has been reduced.
The Interaction Menu and Action Library categories have been color coded.
Several Action Icons have been redesigned to better reflect their category.
The first person death effect has been improved.
New effect animations have been implemented to more clearly display dung and fruits.
Improvements to the contrast and color settings of the Amethera map.

Updated System Requirements
In order to provide a better service to participants, the system requirements for the Entropia Universe have been revised and divided into three categories: minimum, recommended and optimal. Please read the updated categories in the Start, Login & Connection FAQ for further details.

Terminals
Terminals like the trade and construction terminals found on estates can now be used by all visitors.

New Items
Version Update 8.7 includes the largest introduction of exciting new items for quite some time. Enjoy.

New Music
New global music has been included for your adventures on Calypso. Expanding on the current theme of acoustic elements like piano, guitar, and ethnic percussion, the new symphonic instrumentations are typically Entropian with plenty of exciting new loops and samples from near and far. Turn it up!

Treasure Island
New houses have been built on Treasure Island. In Treasure Island City, the Trade Center has been moved closer to the teleporter and extra cannon towers have been constructed.

Beauty
Over 10 new hairstyles have been added to the Hair Stylist profession.

Other Enhancements
Numerous minor bug fixes have been applied.
Small erroneous PvP pockets that existed in and around New Oxford have been cleared up.
NPC's in the Ithaca Bar, Nate Valley and Twin Peaks are completely above ground again.
Several BLP weapons that spent laser cell ammunition have been corrected.
When you have been outbidden for an item on the auction, your bid amount is transferred back to your account immediately.
The sunken bridge north west of Atlas Haven has been repaired.

VU 8.6 Content List
ENTROPIA UNIVERSE VERSION UPDATE 8.6
2006-09-18

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VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

New Physics Engine
As part of the ongoing enhancement of the Entropia Universe, MindArk are proud to announce the implementation of the 'PhysX' physics engine by AGEIA. The AGEIA PhysX engine delivers the computing horsepower necessary to enable true, advanced physics in the Entropia Universe.

This first implementation stage will allow MindArk to greatly enhance the Entropia Universe with exciting new features during the coming seasons.

Please note that the implementation of the PhysX engine does not require that particpants purchase the AGEIA PhysX Card. This update does however lay the foundation for extra physics features in the future which will benefit from the PhysX Card.

New Oxford
Excavations have continued under the Hjorten building in New Oxford. Archeologists and mining teams have found ancient artifacts that may suggest prehistoric inhabitants in this area. A range of new shops and boutiques have been installed in what is now known as Thorkell's Tomb. Excavations in these underground regions will continue and are sure to involve more surprises.

Creature AI
Creature AI has been boosted to now include animal herding behaviors and enhanced interactions between creatures and their surroundings.

Graphics
Avatars clothing and armor have been adjusted to reduce small glitches and missing textures.

Plastic Surgery
A number of new face types have been added to the plastic surgeon profession.

Mining
The ingredients needed for the mining amp blueprints OA-101 and MA-101, bought from the technician, have been adjusted to make the recipe slightly easier and the resulting items of a better condition.

Advertising
A range of new background images have been added for participant created advertisements.

New Items
Many new items have been added to the Entropia Universe.

New Actions
Two new actions: Rotate Left and Rotate Right, have been added to the Action Library.

Trade Terminal
Items bought from the Trade Terminals are no longer automatically stacked.

Shops
Bags and Shopkeepers can now be repaired without having to empty their contents.

Team
The Team Interface can now be moved.

Teleporters
The teleporter list no longer opens automatically when you walk onto the teleporter. Simply click the operate action when on the teleporter to activate the list now.

Hangars
The door between the control room and the space ship hangar now opens automatically.

Old HUD Icons
Old HUD Icons have been removed from the Cybernetics and Small Items categories of the Inventory.

Stables
Stables that were to close to Fort Argus and Fort Zeus have been moved to reduce animals fear at being stabled.

Other Enhancements
The PvP zone has been removed from around New Oxford.
Distracting messages, received by pressing movement keys while using certain terminals or viewing items info, have been corrected.
The difficult stairs up to NeverDies VIP bar on the asteroid have been fixed.
The Options Icon has been changed.
An auctioneer has been placed in the Shinook Jungle outpost.
The cannon towers have been upgraded with a new design.
The jukebox in Fort Fury is working properly again.

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VU 8.6 Content List
ENTROPIA UNIVERSE VERSION UPDATE 8.6
2006-09-18

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

VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

New Physics Engine
As part of the ongoing enhancement of the Entropia Universe, MindArk are proud to announce the implementation of the 'PhysX' physics engine by AGEIA. The AGEIA PhysX engine delivers the computing horsepower necessary to enable true, advanced physics in the Entropia Universe.

This first implementation stage will allow MindArk to greatly enhance the Entropia Universe with exciting new features during the coming seasons.

New Oxford
Excavations have continued under the Hjorten building in New Oxford. Archeologists and mining teams have found ancient artifacts that may suggest prehistoric inhabitants in this area. A range of new shops and boutiques have been installed in what is now known as Thorkell's Tomb. Excavations in these underground regions will continue and are sure to involve more surprises.

Creature AI
Creature AI has been boosted to now include animal herding behaviors and enhanced interactions between creatures and their surroundings.

Graphics
Avatars clothing and armor have been adjusted to reduce small glitches and missing textures.

Plastic Surgery
A number of new face types have been added to the plastic surgeon profession.

Mining
The ingredients needed for the mining amp blueprints OA-101 and MA-101, bought from the technician, have been adjusted to make the recipe slightly easier and the resulting items of a better condition.

Advertising
A range of new background images have been added for participant created advertisements.

New Items
Many new items have been added to the Entropia Universe.

New Actions
Two new actions: Rotate Left and Rotate Right, have been added to the Action Library.

Shops
Bags and Shopkeepers can now be repaired without having to empty their contents.

Team
The Team Interface can now be moved.

Teleporters
The teleporter list no longer opens automatically when you walk onto the teleporter. Simply click the operate action when on the teleporter to activate the list now.

Hangars
The door between the control room and the space ship hangar now opens automatically.

Old HUD Icons
Old HUD Icons have been removed from the Cybernetics and Small Items categories of the Inventory.

Stables
Stables that were to close to Fort Argus and Fort Zeus have been moved to reduce animals fear at being stabled.

Other Enhancements

• The PvP zone has been removed from around New Oxford.
• Distracting messages, received by pressing movement keys while using certain terminals or viewing items info, have been corrected.
• The difficult stairs up to NeverDies VIP bar on the asteroid have been fixed.
• The Options Icon has been changed.
• An auctioneer has been placed in the Shinook Jungle outpost.
• The cannon towers have been upgraded with a new design.
• The jukebox in Fort Fury is working properly again.

Entropia Directory - VU Sneak Preview (and updates)

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Edit notes:

- Mobs now cuddle a bit in the form of stringed groups and it may happen for big atrox to group toghether so when you go over the hill and see one, charging, you notice the others are charging too!

- As above, if you use too much time killing a mob, the surrounding mobs will get closer to the one you are attacking and may charge you

- When hit, mobs stop moving for an instant. When turning they stop moving. This helps hunting allot. - fixed

- When mobs change direction, they don't "sling the curve" anymore. They turn and run to you in a perfect straight line, wich actually makes them easier to hit, this is because...

- The position of your avatars and mobs are stored on the server and sent to the clients. Your client will only send movemement vectors. This means you may lag in movememnt, but not in position. Actual lag is now visible as the client gets the position from the server and can't supply it's own. What you see is everybody else sees!

- Due to the above, now hitting a tp under lag is hard, since you have to operate them, and your avatar may go on ahead after the tp and sling back with the new physics.

- Turrets and NPCs follow you around and are sometimes bugged.

- /emotes now work again! Even inline text ones like lol and afk

- Jumping after this VU cumplements the last VU running upgrade, turning any avatar into a sissy

- Many of Amethera's lands have been terraformed with palm trees instead of the tall trees and specific terrains.

- Stackable ammo/mines from the TT doesn't stack properly, max 2 piles stacked toghether (eg. 2k ammo if bought 1k stacks, 2 probes if bought 1 probes stacks..).

- Several old bugs have returned, such as sliding bugs, MF bugs, equipment bugs, PM chat windows. - partially fixed

- Hides now take up 6 squares in the inventory, literraly expanding and popping my items around the storage.

- The Storage Facility, Repair Terminal and Trade Terminal lost their loading progress bar and associated useless Cancel button, you now have to guess if it's loading or not and just wait.

- The refiner is now operating "properly" in the matter of not needing a CLEAR before a new refine job.

ENTROPIA UNIVERSE VERSION UPDATE 8.5
2006-07-04

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VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

Desktop Icons & Keyboard Mapping
The User Interface has been remodeled. The Quick Bar is now replaced with a new system allowing the creation of Desktop Icons for your favorite tools, weapons, actions and system functions. Extensive Keyboard Mapping is also available and easily organized into nine Action Sets; you can now have every situation from hunting to dancing right at your fingertips. Remember: Desktop Icons and Keyboard Maps are separate functions and must be created/mapped separately.

A Global Action Set is also available for functions you always need close at hand. Please view the updated 'Movement & Interaction' section of the Participants Guide on this website as well as the help texts included In-World by clicking the '?' symbols on the new interfaces.

Massive Advertising The Advertising System is now functional with initial advertisements from Massive now being shown. More will appear over the coming days. Enabling the Ad System in the Client Loader allows participants access to higher loots.

New Land Areas, Creatures & Resources
New land areas have been discovered on the Amethera continent, including new arctic, jungle and swamp climates, new outposts, purchasable land areas and an array of interesting items and artifacts to discover. The land areas also include several new creatures specific to the arctic and swamp climates. A number of new minerals and energy matters have also been discovered in these new areas.

Graphics & Animation
Adjustments have been made so that clothes and armor fit better on avatars. Several new hair styles have also been added. An improvement has been made to the light settings in the Entropia Universe that makes the lighting more natural.

AI
The AI of mobs has been improved in order to avoid abuse.

Action Library
Several new actions have been added to the Action Library, including the camera mode which allows height positioning of the view camera.

Construction & Blueprints
Several new components have been added for furniture construction. New furniture and weapons blueprints are also available. The success rate is displayed in the blueprint item info.

Shops The participant shops beneath the 'Hjorten' building in New Oxford are now available for business.

Auction
The Sollomate Crusho has been moved under the Crush Weapons category miscellaneous animal parts and natural materials have now been grouped under the materials category.

Storage Terminal in Port Atlantis
The Storage Terminal in Port Atlantis has been moved to facilitate easier access.

Terminology
A generic 'uses per minute' for all tools that employ a delay is now displayed in the Item Info.

Entropia Universe Cash Card
The Item Info text for the Entropia Universe Cash Card has been updated.

Inventory
The Inventory can now be moved around the screen.

Sweat Limit
There is no longer a skill cap for sweating.

Enhancements
The rank order in the Active Event window now works correctly throughout an Event. An issue where avatars became locked when lying down with an active teleporter chip has been resolved. It's no longer possible to get onto the roof of the Treasure Island Bronze and Platinum buildings. Pets are no longer afraid to go into the stable by Fort Argus.

VU 8.4 Content List
ENTROPIA UNIVERSE VERSION UPDATE 8.4
2006-05-29

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VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

Music Streaming
Audio streaming is now provided by the owner of the Asteroid, allowing the latest sounds to be brought direct from Earth to Club Neverdie and its surrounds. The audio streaming may be enabled or disabled from the Client Loader Options and is provided at the sole discretion of the Asteroid owner.

Ad Options
An Ad option is now included in the Client Loader Options allowing participants to choose whether or not they wish to enable Entropia Universe advertisements. By enabling the ad system, participants will be granted access to larger loots.

Gold & ATM Cards
The Entropia Universe Gold Card and Entropia Universe ATM Withdrawal Card are now available and may be ordered from your local Trade Terminal. For more information, please see the news section of the Entropia Universe website.

Adjusted increase of 'Attacks per minute' for new weapons, mindforce and mining tools.
Once the minimum skill requirement for the above mentioned equipment has been met, the 'Attacks per minute' value will increase until the maximum 'Attacks per minute' value is reached. The rate of increase is related to the user's skill in operating the equipment. Furthermore, the start value for 'Hit ability' has been raised from 0.0 to 3.0, for users that have reached the minimum skill level requirement. The subsequent increase curve has been adjusted to accommodate this change. You can also now see your 'Damage' and 'Aim' skill progress status for a weapon in the Item Info interface.

Events
A new ?Highest Single Loot? rule has been added to the event system. The event participant that scores the Highest Single Loot during an event will be the winner.

Private Chat
The contrast between the text and background colors of the Private Chat interface has been increased to enable easier reading.

Cannon Towers
Cannon towers have been placed close to all land area revival terminals to allow colonists a chance to recover in safety. The teleporter in Treasure Island North has also received cannon tower defense.

The Auction
Residue can now be bought and sold in the Auction from the Materials category.

More Items, Sound and Vision
Several new items have been added to the Entropia Universe, which may turn out to be quite valuable in Calypso?s future. New music and film composed here at MindArk have also been included.

Enhancements
Teleporting is now a more streamlined experience again. All blueprints are now included within the blueprint category in the Auction. Tamed animals no longer go wild in the presence of decoys and the event system has been enhanced to more closely adhere to the set rules.

VU 8.3 Content List
ENTROPIA UNIVERSE VERSION UPDATE 8.3
2006-04-24

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VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

New Oxford City of Culture

The Entropia Universe has now been updated with a unique city dedicated to culture and the arts. Located on the Amethera continent, New Oxford (coord. -17164, -13458) has been designed in conjunction with renowned Swedish artist Ernst Billgren.

The distinctive appearance of New Oxford is further complemented by exciting partnerships with Real World artists and clothes manufacturers. The Vexed Generation clothing brand from London have opened a store on the bottom floor of the new 'Hjorten' building where you can buy real and virtual contemporary urban clothing. Over 20 new garments are now available to participants both inside and outside the Entropia Universe.

21st Century Fine Art from New York are exhibiting over 80 works from artists such as Mark Kostabi, Marc De Muro and Kika Karadi in the fantastic new art galleries of New Oxford. Again, all pieces of art can be bought virtually for your apartment on Calypso, and some may be ordered and delivered for your home in the Real World.

As a center for the arts, New Oxford also allows participants to attend lectures from the above mentioned artists, where they reveal some of the secrets behind their success in the art world. New apartment complexes have also been included in New Oxford with many new and interesting design details incorporated. A brand new Trade Center is also included in New Oxford.

MindArk are proud to be the vanguard of interaction between the real and virtual worlds through the first virtual universe ? the Entropia Universe.

UI Makeover
With the introduction of Real World item purchasing, the Item Info UI has received a makeover and now offers more options and control over the item you are viewing.

Busy Servers
As the number of Entropia Universe participants is increasing daily, participants now have the option of logging into a different server if the one they wish to log into has reached its population limit.

New Music
A range of new ambient music has been composed and implemented into the Entropia Universe.

Chat
Chat session UIs have been updated with a 'snap' feature allowing for easier organization of open interfaces.

Starting in the Entropia Universe
New avatars entering the Entropia Universe now have the option of choosing where they would like to begin: Port Atlantis or New Oxford.

Teleporter
A new teleporter has been added to Camp Caravan, east of Fort Zeus.

Furniture
A brand new range of exclusive and limited edition furniture has been added to the Entropia Universe.

Implants
The Generic Skill Implant has changed name to the Empty Skill Implant.

Limited Items
Limited Items cannot be repaired.

New Colors
The number of colors available in the Entropia Universe has been doubled.

Fixes

Several bugs have been squashed with this release including the running bug that affected avatars involved in Private chat. A difference in action performance between the Action Book and the Quick Bar has also been repaired. A bug affecting updates to the beauty specialist has also been corrected.

More Items
As well as all the new clothing items that have been added by Vexed Generation, a number of other clothes, such as the tank top, have been added to the Entropia Universe by MindArk. Other items have also been added in the areas of weapons and blueprints.

VU 8.2 Content List 22 Mar 2006



PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 8.2
2006-03-22

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VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

Events
The first phase of the Event System has been introduced. Participants can now create, sell tickets for, and administer exclusive events in the Virtual Universe. PvP, hunting and vote based events may now be created for up to 100 participants.

Land Areas now also function as Event Areas when land owners activate the Public Event Area option. Event details can be accessed from the Land Claim UI. In order to register for an event on the Asteroid you must first access the correct Land Area Controller for the dome where the event will take place. Furthermore, Event Organizer NPCs are located in special Event Areas around Calypso, such as the Fort Ithaca bar or the catwalk north of Nymphtown, allowing participants to schedule, customize and register for events in that area. Rules, Prize Items and PvP options can be customized for each event.

Reputation and Event Promoter skills have been introduced and can be influenced by all participants in an event.

Events may be thirty minutes to four hours in length with full scheduling options available through the Event Calendar.

The event chat channel has been initiated allowing Event Participants to communicate directly during an event.



Advertising
The first phase of the Ad System has also now been introduced. Participants can now create and display their own Ads in the Virtual Universe. Ad Terminals are located in all important cities and outposts on Calypso.

An Ad always has, and is restricted to, a total length of 30 seconds. Ads may consist of up to 5 Sequences. Each Sequence can have its own image and text. Full formatting options are available and every Ad can be previewed on the Preview Screen included above every Ad Terminal.

Ads are displayed throughout the Virtual Universe on the main Ad Display Boards. Ads are displayed based upon a Dynamic Display Probability. The more you invest in your Ad, the greater the probability that your Ad will be displayed. The probability will increase or decrease depending on the number and Investment value of other participant Ads. Once you’ve created an Ad you can later modify it and increase your investment if you wish to increase the Dynamic Display Probability.



Shops Update
A necessary change has been made to the participant shops system on the Asteroid. Participants with items displayed in the entrance corridors as well as in the display windows may now discover that they have exceeded their maximum item points allowed for display indoors. The entrance corridors and the display windows are now together counted as indoor displays. This update should greatly increase the system performance while visiting these shopping areas.



Friends
The Friends chat has been updated and now works exactly like the Private chat. This includes a logging function which can be enabled or disabled through the main options panel. The log is saved in your Project Entropia folder. A new Friends category has been added to the Action Book and includes all the usual Friend features. These features can be accessed from the Friends List, the status bar and through interaction with other avatars. This new Friends/Private chat window has also received a make over and now allows you to ignore chat from another participant during a chat session. The Friends List also allows you to drag out an avatars status bar for easier interaction.



PvP Update
When teleporting from a PvP to non-PvP zone such as a revival terminal, the 30 second rule no longer applies. It is no longer possible to kill an avatar that has just been revived.



Port Atlantis Makeover
Port Atlantis has received a make over in order to increase system performance while visiting one of Calypso’s major population centers.



Land Area Update
Land Area Owners now have the option of enabling or disabling PvP for their Land Area.



Construction Update
All the manufacturing UIs have been updated with a more sensitive ‘quality vs. condition’ slider allowing a greater range of setting possibilities. The success rate bar has also been updated to continually reflect your changing success status. The overall output rate however, is not affected. You will also receive a warning in the chat window if your success status is very low.



Actions Update
The Actions interface has been updated with several new icons including a participant info icon which is used in conjunction with the new Event system.



More Weapons
An assortment of new weapons has been added.



Map Update
The second Corinth Beach map location has been renamed to Treasure Island NE and relocated to its correct position.



Naked Shock
The mutants on Calypso seem to be embracing their own interpretation of flower power and are now refusing to wear clothes. As if they weren’t ugly enough.



More Items
A variety of new and interesting items have been added throughout the Virtual Universe.