Entropia Universe Version Update
8.7 01 Nov 2006
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8.7 between:
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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.
