18.6.0 Testlive Patch Notes

[Genele]

Testlive Patch Notes: 18.6.0.0 - 18.6.0.4

The patch date: January 18th 2013

Various Game Updates

• Mouse cursors have been updated.
• The prefs have been moved out of the install directory. And in to the app data folder of your operating system.
• Froobs will no longer be allowed to become president of an organization.
• Inventories will no longer be part of the BLOB.
• Pets should now be possible to set to a default state other than Guard.
• The vehicle nano line should now display properly.
• Kill monster group missions will now have a more accurate system message.
• The following Rubi-Ka zones have now been closed: Coast of Tranquility, Coast of Peace, 3 Craters West, 3 Craters East
• A white Fancy outfit has been added to the Veteran Vendor.
• the Flea monster has gotten a texture polish.
  [*Shade's caress now deals the same damage on both melee and ranged targets.

City Updates

• Outdoor cities have been disabled.
• The city plot is no longer the main defining factor in the city upkeep. The upkeep price of a city can be controlled by how many beneficial buildings you have placed.
  5x5 Buildings will add 5 000 000 to the city upkeep.
  10x10 Buildings will add 10 000 000 to the city upkeep.
  And so on..
• Some city buildings have been resized to match this new design.
• A small instanced city has been added. Entrance can be found in ICC. The base upkeep of this city is 5 000 000 credits. The price will be 300 000 000 credits.
• A Large instanced city has been added. Entrance can be found in ICC. The base upkeep of this city is 15 000 000 credits. The price will be 500 000 000 credits.
• Serenity Island has been closed if you don’t have a related daily mission.
• Market, ECM Tower (the large one) and Medium organization HQ buildings have been disabled.
• City buildings can be bought in the Tower Shop.
• All city Buildings are now nodrop. (Buildings can be sold before the final tradeskill step as the final tradeskill step is based on comp. lit.)
• City advantages have been updated: Guard house will provide heal delta. Landing pad will now provide run speed. Swimming pool now only provides Body Development. HQs no longer provide run speed.
• A City Resettlement Beacon has been created and will be given to all presidents of an organization with a city. This package contains the following buildings and items: A small and a large HQ, an ECM tower, a Grid House, a Notum Silo, a Satellite Uplink, Mining Operations, a Sauna, a Tax Office and a City voucher which will allow you to buy an instanced city plot of your choice.
• The Grid house now grants access to the grid by walking on the platform.
• A punching bag npc is now added in the notum silo.

As usual we have also fixed a few exploits.

[Genele]

Testlive Patch Notes: 18.6.0.4-18.6.0.7

The patch date: February 7th 2013 (Sorry for the delay of patch notes.)

Various Game Updates

• Building size and upkeep should now be displayed in the item description.
• More characters can be created when less than max are active.
• Personal research gain output has been updated to reflect it's not affected by faction standing.
• City voucher now has a better description.
• Windows user name should no longer cause problems with the new prefs.
• Players should now be able to exit playfields we have closed.
• Buttons have been added to open the gui, screenshot and scripts folders.

City Updates

• Serenity islands is now re-opened and updated to the same size as Montroyal.
• You should no longer have to jump to enter the alien ship in Montroyal.
• You should be able to swim at the beach in Playa del Desierto.
• Buildings should no longer float in the air when placed.
• Prices should now be correct for all player cities.
• Bank terminal has been added to the tax office.
• You should no longer be able to place multiple beneficial buildings of the same type.
• Instanced city playfields should now display proper playfield names in the city grid exit.

[Genele]

Testlive Patch Notes: 18.6.0.8

The patch date: February 22th 2013

Merge related

• Fixing an issue in regards to transferring backpacks during merge.