PROJECT ENTROPIA VERSION UPDATE 5.3 2003-11-24

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General Information The Version Update 5.3 ("VU 5.3") 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.

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VERSION UPDATE FEATURES

Housing system

The first version of the PE housing system is in place! Several small
communities have been set up for future buildings. You can acquire your
own house by bidding on the corresponding lot deeds in the auction. The
lot deed's item info (right-clicking on the deed) shows the location of
the lot and house. You may also store items safely in your house. In
the next VU's the system will be enhanced and will allow an almost
complete customizability. The supply of houses on Calypso will be quite
limited, and we will not litter the countryside with houses everywhere.

Space travel

The initial steps has been taken in the quest of personalized space travel.

Interactive content
In PE there you can now
find the first of a series of puzzles, or "quests", requiring
in-universe manipulation of items and scenery. Search and find out!

Map
The map is updated with the new house
communities, as yellow dots. If you hover the mouse pointer over one of
these, you get a tooltip displaying the name of the location.

Mindforce
Mindforce is introduced! The first
version is in, allowing for the use of extra sensory powers. You need a
Mindforce implant to use the Power chips found here and there. To
activate a Power, you need to have it in your fast key interface and
use the corresponding F1-F12 key. One Mindforce can be used without any
equipment though, and that is the Sweat gathering skill. If you have
nothing equipped in your hands, you may use this power. The requirement
is that you are close to the creature you want to extract its fluids
from.

New EnMatter
A new Energy Matter is available,
which is one of the two parts of making the Mind Essence energy needed
for using Mindforce Powers. You combine this EnMatter with the other
part in a EnMatter refiner to make the Mind Essence.

Crafting Equipment
Some of the "Equipment"
crafting (Mechanical, Metal, Electronics) material have been updated to
be used at various places on Calypso.

Skills

New skills have been added in the Mindforce section of the Avatar Information Interface.

Fast key

The performance of the fast key system is enhanced.

Friends chat
If you receive a message from a
person not on your Friends list, you now get the info that the person
isn't on your list, as well as you see who it is.

Server load indicator
The Server load indicator
is upgraded to more actively show the system load. A indicator in the
reds may indicate that the system might be loaded, and can affect the
experience. However, this is not an exact indicator.

Avatar weight calculation

An error in the avatar weight calculation when logging on has been fixed.

Decoy

An issue concerning decoys and logging off has been corrected.

Teleport stacking
Sometimes when several
avatars teleported to the same place at the same time, they got stacked
on top of each other. This has been fixed.

Containers

Several minor glitches with containers have been fixed.

Lag/stability fixes
Several server and client
updates have been applied to reduce lag and performance slowdowns. The
system login process is enhanced, as well as how a participant performs
- an avatar making a lot of activities may experience "lag"
him-/herself, but will not bring load to the entire system, meaning
other participants does not get as affected as prior to VU 5.3.

Nude avatar

By manipulating the inventory interface, you could make the avatars go nude. This has been fixed.

Spelling errors

Spelling errors have been fixed.

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KNOWN ISSUES/MISSING FEATURES

You can't repair a weapon with attachments attached to it. You have to detach them prior to repairing.

Currently, the virtual companies on the Exchange doesn't offer any shares.

Sometimes attachments may detach from a weapon when logging on.

The Team chat is not always initiated when the Team Leader invites the first member.

Some kind of items cannot be placed in a house.

Hall of Fame does not display time correctly in the 24 hours section.

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Mini Patches

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System updated (5.3.0.5) [2003-12-08].

Fixes

Fixed a latency issue some participants had when accessing PE using a 56k modem.

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System updated (5.3.0.4) [2003-12-03].

Fixes

Fixed an issue some participants had accessing the final stage in the withdrawal process.

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System updated (5.3.0.3) [2003-12-01].

Fixes

Fixed a floor issue with some houses

Fixed an issue with Windows Upgrades making PE not starting due to the
file DSOUND.dll. If this fix does not work, please re-install DirectX.

Enhanced the synch of avatar and creature movement between client and server.

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System updated (5.3.0.2) [2003-11-27].

Fixes

Fixed Activating Teleporter location not being stored.

Updated Teleporter streaming of new location.

Fixed a scanner issue when scanning mutants.

Fixed an issue with dropped item count in houses.


An issue with monster spawn rates has been fixed.

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System updated (5.3.0.1) [2003-11-25].

Fixes

Added sounds to crafting machines.

Raised the deposit limits (US$->PED) due to public demand.


Fixed an issue with Avatar Information when accessing the Mindforce tab from the Tailoring tab.

The Implant tool is decaying correctly.

Updated positioning/orientation synch between server and client.

Stopped the "run while concentrating" abuse when using Mindforce.

Removed an issue where you could "delete" the Trade Terminal from your client.

General performance optimization.


An issue with the loot spawn on the Warlock robot has been corrected.

Fixed the slowness in Fast Key Switching, and in other instances.