Patchnotes – August 2015

Patchnotes – August 2015

Greetings, Pilots!

We post a lot of announcements about features and events, but we know that you can’t always see what we are doing to improve the game. These monthly patchnotes are a way to keep you better informed.
We implemented the following features, events, improvements, and bug-fixes in August:

Features

· New Homepage GraphicsTo fit the new ingame graphics and to give the homepage a new and more modern look, the homepage background graphic has been updated.

· Pro Action BarA new Premium feature: The Pro Action Bar is an additional bar in which you can place items to be used during fulfilling your job as space pilot on the maps. It has a huge variety of settings and can be customized to the pilot’s personal needs.

Events

· Ultimate Battle Arena SeasonsThe first round of UBA Seasons was kicked-off on August 1st. Players can now compete in UBA matches to become the best arena fighter of their server. Top 50 players will be rewarded.
· UBA ExpoTwo weeks of not only action like new missions and special bonus boxes but also loads of sales and special offers in the shop, focusing on ship models and designs. Furthermore, two veterans came back into the game: Defcom and Yamato ships have been reissued with old school design but new equipment.
· 3D Launch Bonus PackageThe 3D graphics engine update has been celebrated with a valuable bonus package for all of our players.

Bug-fixes

· Website
· Shop
· Credit drone formations will no longer have an elite icon.
· It was possible that some players are able to purchase more than the maximum allowance of P.E.T. fuel. This got fixed.
· Auction
· In rare cases the data base entry was broken for a bid and, thus, the player did not get his item. This will not happen anymore but the player will get an error message if the bid could not be processed correctly.
· We fixed a bug which caused that you would have gotten free hangar slots for each item won during the same auction ending time as long as you had won at least one ship model.
· It was possible that a player outbidding himself would not receive a refund for the first bid placed. The amount is now subtracted only once.
· Ranking
· UBA ranking will now be consistent on webpage and in game client.
· Admin accounts will no longer be displayed in UBA rankings.
· Achievements: After the script was run to book missing titles to affected accounts, the visually stuck progress of the achievements was removed and the achievement progress does not look broken anymore.
· Server Selection: The MX server is now flying the Mexican flag again.

· Game Client
· Settings
· Low HP warning option will now display the saved status properly in the settings menu.
· The selected state of "Show Battleray notifications" is now saved between play sessions.
· UBA
· Players got stuck in the UBA maps. A fix to prevent this from happening has been rolled out.
· If a UBA started recently the UBA window in the client displayed that no season is currently running. This was fixed and the correct remaining time of a season will be displayed.
· Matchmaking system was revised to prevent it from being exploited.
· Honor Exploit: The mission “Honorable Mention” cannot be exploited anymore. Exploiting players have been identified and punished.
· Missions: Sometimes missions with the same requirements (e.g. “kill x Goliath”) would not update correctly when the mission objectives are fulfilled (e.g. a Goliath is destroyed). That was fixed.
· Epsilon Gate: The Ravager NPC has been repainted – from green to blue and no longer looks like a Hooligan.
· Seprom upgrades: Laser upgrades are now always persistent.
· The “Shop” button in the client will now open the payment shop in a new window.

Improvements
· Hangar: Hangar slot prices have been adjusted, e.g. second and third slot is now available for Credits.

Localization
· UBA: Tab titles “Current” and “Season Winner” are now translated properly.
· Booty Boxes: The proper text is now displayed if you have looted an Apis or Zeus drone blueprint out of booty boxes. (TR and EN only)
· Achievements: The HU version of “Legend” is being clarified.
· Shop
o [DE] Updated the description for the Veteran drone formation.
o [All] Update the description for the X drone formation.
We have also implemented a number of additional bug-fixes, text corrections and other improvements.


Regards,
Your DarkOrbit team