Patchnotes – May 2014

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  1. Greetings, Pilots!

    We know that we post a lot of announcements about features and events, but that you cannot always see what we are doing to improve the game. These monthly patchnotes are intended as a way to keep you better informed.

    We implemented the following features, events, improvements and bug-fixes in May:

    Features

    * Newcomer Hints A new system was introduced that informs players about certain game features. This system should help beginners learn more about the features that are a bit harder to figure out (e.g. how to use a rocketlauncher, the Skylab, etc.).

    Events

    * Jackpot Arena Merge (aka Global JPA) We analyzed who in particular participates in both JPAs and found out that about 80% of the players involved are from the EU. For this reason, we decided to merge the Jackpot Arena to a global competition. As a result, the new jackpot currency for everyone will now be the Euro, and even for players in the Americas, too. This means players abroad will no longer have their own JPA; instead they will be awarded a higher payout as the jackpot prize is no longer in USD but EUR. For the American players, we have adjusted the JPA starting time to 5:00 pm (UTC+2) so that they do not have to start playing in the middle of the night.

    * Razer PvP Week In cooperation with Razer, we held a week filled with PvP events. By downloading the Razer Comms App – a teamspeak-like application – players could win an item package. The item package was also up for grabs for players who already had the app. Included in the item pack were the following items: 1 Nostromo, 1 Nostromo Razer ship design, 1 Goliath Razer ship design, 100 x Razer Fireworks, 9,000 rounds of UCB-100, 500 x PLT-2021 rockets and a 10-hour damage booster.

    * Hitac Lottery As usual, players were asked to destroy the Hitac NPC and its minions in order to complete a puzzle and get capsules which they could convert into lottery tickets for either the Moon or Sun lottery. In addition to the usual in-game prizes, voucher codes for some of the biggest online retailers were also available. The main prize was had a value of €1,500. This round of Hitac Lottery lasted from May 17th to June 2nd.

    Improvements

    * Website

    * Auction: If texts are too long for the description box in the auction, an ellipsis will be displayed. Upon clicking it, the box will be expanded and the player will be able to see the entire text.

    * Game Client

    * PvP Maps: The number of UberStreuners was increased on map 4-5.

    Bug-fixes

    * Website

    * Auction: The handling of auction house bids and bookings has slightly been refactored so that all bids, refunds and item bookings now work properly.

    * Special Offers: Some players purchased a special offer with a one-month Premium status at a reduced price and were accidentally given two months of Premium instead. This mistake has been fixed.

    * Hangar:

    * The “Buy Now” button for the Zeus drone will only be displayed as active if the player is able to purchase the item.

    * The Amber ship design will no longer be displayed as a CBS design if it was purchased in the auction house.

    * If you equip your ship with the Amber design, the correct graphic will now be displayed in the hangar overview.

    * Hall of Fame: The “Top User” ranking is now be displayed in the correct order again.

    * Internal Homepage: We fixed the issue with some graphics which did not load onto the internal homepage and, therefore, players could not access some of the game's core features.

    * P.E.T.: The P.E.T. slot name of purchased slots is now displayed correctly in the “Balance”.

    * EPPP:

    * A player's age will now be updated correctly according to the date of birth the player provided in his/her account settings.

    * The wrong start date was displayed in the player stats.

    * Clan: If a player, who had already been paid out the max. number of Credits, left a clan and joined a new one, the number of Credits he/she was allowed to get paid out was shown as a negative value. This error was fixed so that the correct Credit amount is now displayed.

    * Tech Factory: Players can no longer circumvent a tech’s cooldown by deleting the tech during the cooldown phase.

    * Friend Invite: If you simultaneously invite more than eight friends per email, the layer will no longer be corrupted.



    * Game Client

    * Login to Client: Some client loading issues have been resolved. All players can now properly log in once again.

    * Ship Warp:

    * Players are no longer able to use the ship warp function while being attacked by the Venom’s Singularity skill.

    * Ship graphics are now displayed correctly.

    * Galaxy Gates

    * Starter Gate: Due to hard edges and strange lighting, the lens flares (visual effects) did not look good. These effects were fixed.

    * Hades Gate: Despite a message being displayed that a player can attack other players when he/she leaves the group in the Hades Gate, players can no longer do so.

    * Missions: Collected ore will no longer count for different missions at the same time.

    * Ship Repair: If you have a Nostromo ship equipped with a design, repair options are now offered for Credits instead of Uridium.

    * CBS: The old DarkOrbit logo on the CBS building screen was replaced with the DarkOrbit Reloaded logo.

    We also carried out a number of additional bug-fixes, text corrections and other improvements.



    Regards,

    Your DarkOrbit team
     
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