Features The item info panel for vehicles now displays fuel type. It is now possible to extract fuel from motherships. Upon death it is now necessary to confirm teleport to the nearest revival terminal. Dying too frequently will increase an avatar’s revival countdown timer. Staying alive for an extended period will reduce the revival countdown timer. Map rotation now updates more quickly. The old Project Entropia avatar chatter feature is back, go to Sound in the Options menu and tick the Avatar Chat Chatter box to activate. Glow on creatures will disappear when killed. Battle Simulator Update A new Bonus Pool has been added to the Battle Simulator, which increases in value with every Battle Simulator ticket purchased. Each Battle Simulator run has a chance to award 5%, 25%, 50% or 90% of the current Bonus Pool upon successful completion of the instance. The current value of the Bonus Pool is displayed on the Battle Simulator Leaderboard, and will be seeded with 10.000 PED at the start of the next season. Battle Simulator tickets now cost 6 PED, a portion of which is added to the Bonus Pool. Implemented new graphical assets to improve looks and performance. Optimized and tweaked many areas of the instance. The number of leaderboard places paid has been extended. Removed the possibility of evade from hit calculations. Improved the hitbox for Eviscerators. Unclaimed loot from uncompleted runs is now added to the Bonus Pool. Removed snare weapon and added the slowing effect to the grenade launcher. Reduced range of rocket launcher. Health packs are now stationary and heal over time. Two additional health packs have been added to the course. A new elite turret has been introduced. (Note: The elite turret looks identical to the normal turret; be sure to check the creature name to distinguish.) A rare melee boss has been introduced. Destroyed Eviscerators now lie closer to the ground. A ‘Replay Instance’ window will appear after exiting the instance. The ‘Increased Reward’ message will now appear when entering the last area. Glow on turrets and creatures will disappear when killed. Moving outside of the perimeter will cause death (there is a 10 second warning). Fixes Attachments are now included in item weight calculations. Known Issues For the time being Battle Simulator Leaderboard Total PED is not visually updated with the accumulated amount. 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. Continue reading...
