Version Update: 4.2 (Gold)
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Planet:Entropia Universe
Time:28-01-2003
News:Personal storage system
VU 4.2 PE Gone Gold!!!

PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 4.2

2003-01-28

*** PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING STRANGE
IN PROJECT ENTROPIA! IT MIGHT PROVIDE THE INFO YOU NEED BEFORE
APPROACHING PROJECT ENTROPIA SUPPORT! ***

Welcome!
The Version Update 4.2 ("VU 4.2") for Project Entropia
is a major step in the development of Project Entropia. Information
about the content of the version update is located in this document.
The VU 4.2 is scheduled for a release at the 30:th of January 2003.


VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

Participant versus Participant combat available
In a special
area on the western shore of the continent of Eudoria (marked on the
in-universe map) there is a special area where combat between
participants is allowed. When entering this area the participant will
be notified about the current status. Avatars are not lootable. The
area in itself is quite valuable, with rare mineral deposits and
uncommon creatures roaming round.

Personal Storage Facilities present
In various
areas in Project Entropia each Avatar has the ability to use a Personal
Storage Facility. This functions as a safety deposit box, in which you
can store items of your choice. Certain items may not be placed here,
namely Blueprint books, Deeds, the PED Card, Exchange certificates, and
the orange starting clothes. The maximum amount of items that can be
stored is at present limited to 500 items. A single stack of several
items counts as one item in this Storage Facility. The Storage Facility
is currently free of charge.

NOTE:
In the next VU (4.3), the weight allowance will be reduced on your
Avatar. Therefore we urge you to maintain a reasonable number of items
on your Avatar. Also remember that a smaller inventory will increase
performance and load times across the board.

Avatar look redesign
All old participants have
the option to redo their Avatar looks. The Avatar will keep all items
and skills. To keep the old Avatar look just press "Accept" without
modifying the settings. You will also be able to change your Avatar
name.


PLEASE NOTE that the name chosen is indeed your Avatar name, not your
personal name. Also note that titles and ranks will soon be implemented
in Project Entropia, reducing the need for entering such "names" as
Avatar names. The Avatar name CANNOT be changed after it is entered and
accepted.

Hall of Fame updated
The Hall of Fame ("HOF")
has been updated. A new area of fame is the crafting section. The HoF
is also split in two sections, one for "All Time High" events, and one
that shows the greatest effort of the last 24 hours.

Exchange enhanced
Several updates and
enhancements have been made in the Project Entropia Exchange. Better
information is available, and the interface has been tweaked for better
understanding and functionality.

Skills are rated

Each skill has an individual rank associated with it, indicating how good an Avatar is in their respective field.

Skill experience tweak


The rate at which an Avatar gains experience in his or her skill levels has been set to the correct level.

Skill icons

The skills interface has new icons, making it easier to find a typical skill.

NPC:s populate Project Entropia

In various location there will be NPC:s (Non-Participant Characters) present, doing their thing.

Enhanced transfer capabilities
Several
enhancements in the Bank Interface while transferring money from a real
life credit card to PED:s have been made. Many of the problems with
getting the now infamous "Internal error" message have been eliminated.


Limit amount of items per transfer
The number
of items you can transfer in a Trade Terminal is limited to 40. A
single stack of items (for example ore or ammunition) counts as one
item.

Blueprint books tradeable

You can now trade and sell blueprint books.

Drop Confirm dialogue box

Every time you try to drop an item you have to confirm it.

Monsters drown

After a short while below water the monsters not ordinarily living in water will drown. Drowned animals will not drop loot.


Clothes

More various clothes are present in Project Entropia.

Faster Society functions

The technology running the Societies has been updated and should not take as much time as before accessing it.

Attributes Rating Values Fixed

The avatar attributes (Strength, Agility, etc.) were shown wrongly on the client. The correct values are now shown.

Invisible weapon accessories now visible


Weapon accessories, like scopes, laser sights and amplifiers, are now shown correctly.

Weapon decay mismatch fix
In some rare
instances the value of a weapon was shown differently from the time you
last logged out of Project Entropia, compared to the next time you
logged in. This has now been resolved, and the correct value is always
saved on the server.

New client loader and login screen

Project Entropia has a new leaner and more capable client loader, updater and information viewer.

Resumable downloads
The auto-updater utility
keeping Project Entropia current has received an added resumable
download capability. This means that if the connection should fail
during a download, once you restart it, you will begin downloading the
files from the point the connection failed.

New firewall ports


Sometimes the participant can't connect to the Project Entropia Virtual
Universe because of their firewall. Opening the following ports in the
firewall you use can easily solve these problems.

· 20, 21 (TCP outbound) - Additional TCP port outbound for passive mode FTP

· 30584 (UDP inbound/outbound)

· 30592 (TCP outbound)

· 31111 (UDP inbound/outbound)

Newbie Guide online
On the Project Entropia web
page there is a newbie guide present to educate newly arrived colonists
about Calypso of what to expect and how to use Project Entropia, while
downloading the client software.

Exploit Information Reward System active
At the
Support section at www.project-entropia.com a new Exploit reporting
category has been added. Participants who encounter "exploits" (bugs
that can be manipulated into cheating) and report these to MindArk can
be rewarded with up to 1000 PED:s.


KNOWN ISSUES

Radar is not updating all the time

Yes, we know. It has become better though. It will be completely fixed in the future.

Yes, you can run through trees

This is not a bug.

Missing icons on clothes and items
On certain
PC configurations sometime the item icons in the inventory become
invisible, or you receive a dummy icon called "Unable to show". If this
happens to you, please update to the latest video card drivers, check
if Project Entropia officially supports your video card, and also
change the video settings on the Setup button in the initial login
screen. If this fails, please contact the Project Entropia Support.


Background music causing Crash To Desktop ("CTD")

Sometimes a bug in mp3 decoder system causes the Project Entropia
client to crash to desktop while playing a music file. If you
experience a lot of CTD you could try to completely shut down the music
in Project Entropia using the Options Interface.

 

This message was edited January 28, 2003 15:30:56 GMT

Regards

Marco Behrmann

Community Representative

MindArk AB


 

 

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