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== Vendetta 1.8.518 529 ==* Fixed issue with displaying too many missions in the new System.* Fixed inaccuracies in the Best Price calculator for the Latos stations.* Capships can now be renamed when docked.* Fixed issue with empty Deneb Skirmishes. == Vendetta 1.8.528 ==* New rare drop: "Rarified Heliocene Alloy" can occasionally be found from certain NPCs in the Unknown System.* Fixed error when using In-App Purchasing on Linux platforms.* Buy-back cost now displays Crystal cost with the Credit cost.* Fixed issue with the Prediction Monitoring system being triggered when jumping/warping.* Added recurring Lite membership billing options to the Billing page of the web site.* Added 12 and 24 month Lite membership Gift Keys to the Billing page of the web site. == Vendetta 1.8.527 ==* Players are always allowed to switch to a ship they have in storage, even if there's no enough storage space available.* Players can always purchase a small ship if they don't have any at their current location.* Players can now activate their capship even if they can't launch with it due to subscription restrictions. This allows the player to remove items from the ship's inventory.* System best prices now include Galactic best prices and no longer include stations the player can't dock with. The profit/loss replaced the cost. The location is now a shortcut to that system's navmap. == Vendetta 1.8.526 ==* Additional trade items updated to have "Locally Produced" locations in Nation space, allowing proper fulfillment in the new Latos economy.* Latos economy is now updating and engaging traders more often, both players and NPCs. This may result in an increase in missions and convoy traffic.* Fixed issue with ships spinning around and then popping back into position.* Trade Guild Procurement and Retrieve missions no longer ask for items that the local station has available for sale.* Continued adjustment to the generation of Crystal (from XP, in this case). This process will be on-going as we evaluate different models. == Vendetta 1.8.525 ==* The winning "side" of Deneb is now able to purchase Neutron Blaster MkIIIs in their home nation for the following week.* Deneb players are no longer kicked out of the mission for friendly kills.* Friendly kills in Deneb no longer count against your nation's casualty count.* Valkyrie and Prometheus NPCs in Deneb have been replaced by Vultures in "Fighter" sized Skirmishes.* Valkyrie and Prometheus NPCs in Deneb that previously carried rockets, now only carry Neutron Mark II weapons.* Deneb "Battle Points" are now the determining factor for which side wins in a given week, the skirmish sizes have been separately weighted at 12 for Battle, 8 for Large, 5 for Medium, 3 for Small, and 1 for Fighter.* Deneb "Battle Points" are now displayed on the website Deneb Stats.* Fixed PC issue with some shortcut keys not working correctly in the station/PDA menus. == Vendetta 1.8.524 ==* Secure In-App Purchase is now available in the game-client, on native PC platforms, using Guild Software's existing in-house credit card handling. See in-game Options for details.* Freemium gameplay access is now possible from all platforms, including PC, along with the usage of Crystal.* Freemium is now the default for new PC accounts, instead of Trial.* Freemium and Lite accounts may now submit Events.* Freemium and Lite accounts may now create Guilds, and serve as Council.* All level caps have been removed for Lite and Freemium players.* Lite Members now gain access to build and use Goliath-class capital ships (also retains 50% higher daily crystal limits from bots).* Technically, all players may now construct Capital Ship components, but final assembly and usage is limited by membership tier.* Added more internal analytics to help monitor the changes. On-going business model changes may be expected (crystal tweaks, etc).* Premium access still includes: Tridents, operation of bot-stores, LTS benefits, etc. New content will be added to the Premium tier, along with other benefits. == Vendetta 1.8.523/.1 ==* First-gen, non-public testing of a new cross-platform "In App Purchasing" system, tied to our own billing backend.* Security updates and improvements for the game client, related to upcoming IAP features.* Fixed problem on Windows causing threaded renderer to not properly utilize systems with non power-of-two core counts.* Mitigated a rare concurrency issue with threaded job system.* Players now respawn more quickly after death, particularly for high-ping players.* Network protocol "streaming" mode is now enabled when a player leaves a sector, for faster transitions on high-ping connections. == Vendetta 1.8.522 ==* Mitigated a bug with duplicate NPCs (Leviathans, etc) showing up in some locations.* Fixed a bug causing some NPCs to "park" in the wrong locations.* Fixed problem causing people to occasionally damage their capital ships when undocking.* Optimized performance of the game server for certain cases.* Added many new performance-monitoring analytics for the core game server.* Made purchase experience more robust to upstream payment-gateway outages.* Fixed a problem with AI path data being generated incorrectly on some sectors.* Threaded AI path generation, plus other tweaks, to improve startup time on certain complex sectors.* Added new analytics for monitoring a variety of connection and internal performance data.* Network protocol optimization for requesting information about multiple players. == Vendetta 1.8.521 ==* Corporate Sector Run now only reports player positions when they enter wormhole sectors.* Fixed issue with Prediction Monitoring not being turned on or off at the right times.* Fixed visual issue when switching turrets at the same time as jumping out of a sector in a capship.* Improved performance of AI path finding matrix generation, resulting in faster loading of certain sectors. == Vendetta 1.8.520.1 ==* Fixed issue with target health not being updated in the HUD.* Fixed issue with blank captcha in OpenGL 4 when shaders are disabled. == Vendetta 1.8.520 ==* Players' positions are now reset if high latency transients are detected during combat situations.* Added client-side prediction to destructible debris of forces that explosions create. == Vendetta 1.8.519 ==
* Corporate Sector Run prizes have been added. 100k credits for each System the racer complets along the designated route. 50k credits for each kill of an eligible racer outside of Odia M-14. Top prize raised from 5M to 9M credits.
* Corporate Sector Run advertisement and registeration descriptions have been updated.
