The Entropia Universe Team

Changes

• The engine sounds for Motherships have been updated.
• The turret sounds for Motherships and tanks have been updated.
• The minimum zoom for Mothership turrets has been reduced.
• The damage type for Quad Wing weapons has been changed from Burn to Electric, in preparation for more general upcoming changes to space combat.

Known Issues

• The "Zorn Compound A Blueprint" is preventing players from being able to use the crafting machine.
• Buffs on attachments are not working properly.
• Not possible to enter Crystal Palace "Aurli Cave" due to iron mission prerequisite missing.
• Scanners not displaying attributes for players or info for creatures.

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Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the CPU usage would dramatically increase in some scenarios

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing global event missions not to trigger correctly. Summer Mayhem Annihilation timers and point accumulation should now be working correctly.
• Various server improvements.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

Changes

• Adjusted drop rates for Garnet, Opal, Emerald, Ruby and Diamond.
• Memory usage is now capped at 4 GB for textures, models, animations, particle effects etc. Entropia.exe could still use more than 4 GB total
• Mankini is now only usable on Next Island and Ancient Greece

Fixes

• Corrected an issue where 1 Stamina was given instead of 1 Intelligence at Attribute Token Traders
• Use speed of healing tools with SIB bonus have been corrected. 
• Corrected an issue causing some items to have an incorrect Max TT
• Several Server optimizations

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If...

Changes to item Tier Increase Rate (TIR)

• All items now have a single TIR value, instead of one for each tier level.
• For non-(L)imited items, the TIR value is always in the range of 1-200.
• For (L)imited items, the TIR value is usually in the range of 1-200 but can reach as high as 4000.
• Each point of TIR increases the base chance for an item to gain a minor tier increase by 0.5%. This means that an item with a TIR of 0 will gain tier increases at normal base speed, an item with a TIR of 100 gains tier increases 50% faster, and an item with a TIR of 200 gains tier increases 100% faster.
• All existing items have had their new single TIR value set to the item’s highest remaining (unreached) TIR value. The result of this change is that all existing items have had their TIR value increased overall.

For example, a Tier 5 item with the following remaining TIR values:

Tier 6: 45...

Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing incorrect market history for unlimited blueprints.
• Fixed an issue causing incorrect quantities to be displayed in the auction for unlimited blueprints.
• Fixed an issue causing Quality Rating to interfere with auction orders for unlimited blueprints.

Improvements

• Server optimization for mission handling
• Server optimization for item weight calculation

Known Issues

• Auction offers for unlimited blueprints created before Release 17.1.2 will still display quality rating as quantity.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If ...

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue that caused tool enhancers to affect amplifiers attached to the same tool.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue that caused Blueprints to display markup as a percentage instead of Trade Terminal(TT+) value
• Fixed an issue that made it possible to buy Unlimited Blueprints with QR 100 from Technicians
• Fixed an issue where “Could not execute” text would appear when crafting

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue allowing blueprints to be looted in PVP areas. Any blueprints looted in PVP after the VU 17.1 release earlier today have been transferred back to the original avatars. The looting avatars have also received compensation.
• Fixed an issue causing instance gates not to work as expected, resulting in avatars becoming stuck in the instance.

Known Issues

• Market history for UL blueprints displays in percentages instead of PED values.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Ent...

Changes

• Ambient Occlusion for all areas has been rebuilt
• Limited blueprints can now be stacked.
• Boosted blueprints are now displayed with golden text and with the word “Boosted” in the item name.
• Codex Hunting Challenge added for Easter Mayhem Robots.
• Robot Data Fragments are no longer lootable nor awarded as round rewards in the Easter Mayhem Defense.
• The ‘Exit timer’ started in Easter Mayhem Defense after the CDF Data Interceptor is destroyed has been extended from 30 seconds to five (5) minutes
• System will despawn all creatures when Easter Mayhem Defense event has ended

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches....

Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Crystal Palace shares not to distribute the full dividend to all share holders. The undistributed dividends will be paid out in the next dividend disbursement in addition to the ordinary dividends.
• Fixed an issue causing a client crash associated with the use of some keyboards with LCD screens.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

Fixed issues:

• The Error Message UI will no longer be hidden by fullscreen windows, in dungeons or by user controlled mob
• Fixed an issue where you cannot see the new makeup until you released left mouse button
• Fixed an issue where the Ad Screens background showed up as black
• Fixed an issue where some custom textures became black

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues ha...

DX11 Information:

For your computer to have DirectX 11 support, you need two components: the software, and compatible hardware.

The DirectX 11 API (the software component) usually comes by default with Windows.

You can check the version of the DirectX API installed on your computer by looking at your dxdiag, listed as DirectX Version.

The hardware component refers to your graphics card. Cards older than Nvidia's 400 GT series or AMD's HD 5000 series will come with an older version of DirectX and will not be compatible with DirectX 11, even if you have it installed.

If you're not sure which version of DirectX your graphics card supports, you can, as with the API version, check on your dxdiag. It will be listed as DDI Version on the Display tab.

If your graphics card supports DirectX 10, but you have the DirectX 11 API installed, you still only have DirectX 10 support.

Likewise if your graphics...

Changes:

• Improved visual quality of unlit areas
• Increased ambient occlusion
• The brightness setting slider has been adjusted to be linear and go darker

Fixed issues:

• Fixed an issue where combat text didn’t show for damaging destructibles
• Fixed an issue where Blueprints could crash the client
• Fixed an issue where the Avatar could become emissive after a skill boost
• Fixed an issue where it could crash the client when switching between tabs in the Entropia Exchange
• Fixed an issue where the effect of an attachments attachment didn’t work if equipped on an already equipped tool
• Fixed an issue where it would crash the client when trying to use the make-up system
• Fixed an issue where colors were switched in the Make-up system
• Fixed an issue where the error message text position was not adjust...

Fixed Issues:

• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to claim the Codex rewards
• Fixed an issue where tiering was not displayed correctly on listed auctions
• Improved client stability

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

Platform

A major overhaul to the graphics engine of the Entropia Universe client is featured in this release. DirectX 11 has been implemented, please see below for associated changes and features. 

While many areas and scenes will show major improvement with regard to lighting and realism, some content has not yet been optimized for the new system, particularly Planet Partner content. Upcoming Version Updates will build upon the additions and capabilities introduced in this release

These changes to the graphics engine may cause certain textures, items and areas to look slightly different or introduce unexpected graphical issues. Please report any graphics-related issues by submitting a support case under the Technical -> Video and Graphics category.

• The rendering API now uses Microsoft DirectX 11, which requires Windows Vista or later. Windows XP is no ...

Changes

• Changed values below 1 PED to always be displayed in decimal format (i.e. 0.12 PED) rather than in PEC (12 PEC).
• The Pyrokinesis skill has been added to Hunting Challenge skill rewards.
• Adjusted the skill reward choices for selected creatures for various stages of Codex ranks.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

Fixed Issues

• Fixed a client crash issue when copying item link in item info.

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.

New Features

Codex 

• The Codex is a repository for creature information and missions. Additional features are planned to be added to the Codex in the future, currently the Codex only features Planet Calypso and Space creatures.
• This first version of the Codex features creature entries that are unlocked by encountering creatures while exploring the universe.
• Codex entries can be unlocked by scanning or by participating in the kill of a creature (including healing and absorbing damage).
• Every creature entry has an associated Hunting Challenge comprised of 26 stages, with the last stage being repeatable.
• Hunting Challenge missions are now automatically begun once a qualifying creature is killed; there is no need to visit a mission terminal or mission NPC.
• Hunting Challenge rewards are distributed by the Codex.
• Hunting Challenge progress supports group hunts, and is ...

Fixes Issues:

• Fixed an issue where Quantity in a Trade Terminal defaults to one if the Quantity is not changed

Changes:

• The game will no longer affect the mouse cursor when it’s outside the game window (during startup).

MindArk and the Planet Partners strive to ensure a smooth and problem-free Version Update. Nevertheless, even after extensive testing some issues may arise after release. Such issues are often addressed via mini-patches directly after a release and in subsequent patches. If you feel that the possibility of encountering minor issues or bugs directly after a Version Update affects your gameplay to an extent that Entropia Universe is not enjoyable, please wait until the mini-patches have been released and any last minute issues have been resolved.