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Quick news update!
Monday 19 November - 21:19:43
BlaasterHello all!
We're in the middle of planning the end of this version.
We'll be holding a 2 to 3 weeks testing stages period after this version ends to ensure that any changed being made are working as intended.
Expect a big news update in the next few days once I got a clear picture of what my agenda looks like for the next 2 weeks.
This version will end within the next 2 weeks period.
More News & Dates once they've been confirmed!
~ Blaaster
Cheating
Wednesday 14 November - 13:22:55
BlaasterHello all!
In this news post we'll be diving deeper into the cheating issues and upcoming fixes for the next version.
Cheating problems
We consider duping to be the biggest problem currently, having a dupe or multiple dupes accounts give enourmous advantages compared to players who don't.
Duping not only allows you to have multiple characters which can be used to kill or find other players, it also gives you extra money and items which allow you to directly make other accounts stronger.
We've been preparing several fixes to prevent/reduce the amount of dupes and their effectiveness.
Scripting is also an issue, however we've got a hidden anti-script feature inside the game which allows us to not only obtain data but allows Satan to directly throw someone into isolation if they've scripted on multiple occasions.
We won't be diving too much into the specifics when it comes to our anti-cheat other then the fact that it's 100% fool-proof and is working, however this system still needs to be implemented on several other features.
We've wrote an article about cheating a while back on our blog which can be found here.
Most of the feature mentioned in this article have already been implemented, now it's time to finish the remaining features and add more tools for us to discover cheating early on so we can act before it gets out of hand rather then being too late.
Reducing the effectiveness of duping
- During the next version we'll be disabling the marketplace, only the gems market will remain inside the game, and we'll be reworking the "selling an item" feature so that players who want to legit sell an item will be able to do so via the auction house rather then the marketplace which is currently mostly being used to transfer items from one person to another.
- We've also added a new Admin tool which will allow us to easily check on flows of money, if a certain account seems to receive money from any source quite frequently they'll become marked for review, previously this work had to all be done manually.
- There'll also be more logging in regards to winning auctions, we've made a new Admin tool which allows us to quickly see if the auction house is being abused over dominated, as a last resort we'll add cooldowns to players winning auctions, the more you win the more cooldown you'll receive, however, this cooldown period will only be added as a last resort.
- Admin killed players will now have ALL their previous characters Admin killed as well, this is to prevent players from cheating half way through a version, we've noticed a trend in cheating becoming more of a problem half way through a version, now if you get caught cheating all previous progress you've made will be eliminated regardless of the fact if you cheated on previous characters or not.
- Getting Admin killed or isolated will now also remove all family vauled items and add them to the auction house list.
Next news article
In the next news article we'll be reviewing some of the feedback we've received from players.
We'll also be discussing upcoming changes/updates we've been working on.
We'll also be discussing an upcoming reset and possibly have dates & times for when it'll all happen!
Stay tuned for more news and as always feel free to give us your feedback!
~ Blaaster
Anti-cheat news!
Sunday 11 November - 15:14:32
BlaasterHello all!
I've been busy analysing all the data of this version and I'm currently working on improvements for next version, specifically in the cheating department.
Once my wife has a day off from work I'll be updating the news with an extended article regarding upcoming changes/improvements and way we'll try and eliminate the benefits of cheating.
Stay tuned for more info, soon!
~ Blaaster
Quick update
Monday 05 November - 17:25:50
BlaasterHello all!
I apologise for the inactivity on my behalf for the past 2-3 weeks, my parents came over for a visit to spend time with the grandkids and I spend every moment with them pretty much.
Now that they've went back home it's time to start working on the game again, This news post is only a small update to get started again, expect multiple new news post in the next few days!
Cheating
We're very aware of several forms of cheating which are currently being abused.
We'll be working hard on finding fixes for these forms of cheating for the next version and punish those who've been cheating this version, expect more news/updates on this in the next few days.
Bugs
We're also aware of several bugs happening this version due to the introduction of some new features.
About a month ago we've updated the news regarding the earners competition bugs, we've now collected enough information to start addressing this issue and have it fixed for the next version.
We've already begun working on fixes for some bugs, however, sadly we won't be able to fix most of these bugs until this version is over as we'll need to test the fixes in a test environment.
Next version
We're not planning a new version just yet, we want to make sure we fix all the bugs/flaws and eliminate as much cheating as we possibly can before starting a new version.
As always things and plans can change but for now a reset is not on the agenda just yet.
As mentioned before, stay tuned for more updates and news in the next few days!!
~ Blaaster
Competition & Chat
Sunday 07 October - 14:22:42
BlaasterHello all!
The current problem in the earners competition seems to be a bit more of a problem then we first anticipated.
It'll take us quite some time to fix the system as we have to re-write the entire system and several other features in order to fix the current problems.
We've started working on this however we don't expect to be able to fix this during the current version, as we'll need to properly test it once this version is over.
To reduce the risk of getting affected by this bug we advise you not to earn any money from: Crimes / GTA / Shooting NPC's / Shooting world boss / Trades / Stocks around the 23:55 till 00:10 times.
Again, tis will only reduce the chance of you getting affected by this bug of not receiving any rewards, as other players might still earn money during this time and shake up the rankings.
We're also aware of players missing the Chat option.
We're still working on several systems that will allow us to re-open the chat in a more suitable way.
As we've mentioned before we have a zero tolerance policy regarding fighting/arguments/insulting when it comes to the chat and we want to keep the chat clean of these things.
We're working on several background systems that will help us do so, once these systems are ready we will re-open the chat.
~ Blaaster
Earners competition
Thursday 04 October - 06:24:09
BlaasterHello all!
There seems to be several problems with the earners competition.
1. You sometimes don't receive any rewards for participating.
2. You sometimes don't get promoted even tho you've met the requirements.
Sadly, right now I'm currently lacking the time to properly look into this and resolve these problems.
I hope to have more time on Sunday/Monday to look into this matter.
If you're experiencing these problems please contact us with as much information as you possibly can, it'll help us figure out the problem as fast as possible and get it fixed!
Thank you, and game on!
~ Blaaster
Downtime
Monday 01 October - 14:49:13
BlaasterHello all!
We apologize for the downtime we just experienced.
The moment I left home to pick up my wife the server decided to shut down due to some hardware difficulty.
The problem has now been resolved and the game is now back online.
We've given everybody 2.500 bonus stamina as compensation for the downtime.
~ Blaaster
Chat removal
Sunday 30 September - 20:33:11
BlaasterHello all!
We've removed the chatbox for the time being.
We're currently unsure if it'll come back in any shape or form.
Sadly some players just cannot control themselves and constantly have to look for fights/arguments on the chat regardless of being warned or banned.
We simply do not tolerate such behaviour on a chatbox, same way that back in the days for the same exact reasons we had to remove the shoutbox.
This also means that the bot announcements are gone for now, we'll be looking into alternatives but don't expect anything to be added in the near future.
~ Blaaster
Auction house & Polls
Saturday 22 September - 16:31:20
BlaasterHello all!
We hope you're enjoying the new version!
We'll be adding several polls to the news page in the next few days so make sure to check it and cast your vote!
There's a small glitch in the auction ouse not processing "won" auctions fast enough.
We'll be taking a look into the system in the next few days and will make it process auctions at the same time you receive the event for winning an auction.
I've been busy the past few days and will be somewhat busy the next few days as well, this is just a heads-up.
~ Blaaster
Welcome to V3.1.1!
Friday 14 September - 16:54:43
Blaaster
Hello all!
Welcome to V3.1.1, if you haven't played during the testing stages its recommended to read this news post.
A lot of changes have been made to the entire game, almost every feature has been changed in some way.
Cheating policy
We will be actively tracking and acting upon cheating, anyone that gets caught cheating in one way or another will be punished severely.
We want to keep the game as fair as possible to everyone, cheating eliminates all kinds of fun and is disheartining to legit players.
Those who get caught cheating will be put into Isolation for 48 hours, during this time you will not receive any stamina, you will lose any stamina you already had, all your money will be removed, all your items will be put up for auction and you'll lose 50% of all your characters stats.
Changes
After V3.1.0 ended we've been doing some testing during the testing stages and we've made well over 250+ changes to the entire game.
As always all the changes can be found on the changelog, we've kept the changelog from the testing stages in there to make sure you can keep track of all the changes.
We've also written a blog article a few days ago with a summary of all the changes which can be found by clicking here.
Ranking system
During the testing stages we've made several changes in the ranking system.
We were suppose to change all the rank 'names' themselves but decided to change them during the next version.
V3.1.1
We haven't put any deadline or timetable regarding the duration of this version.
So many balance changes have been made that it's hard to estimate how fast/slow this version will be 'over'.
We also won't be making any changes during this version, we will address bugs/problems and maybe make some slight improvements here and there but don't expect anything major to happen.
As always remember to report any problems/bugs/suggestions/feedback you might have.
After V3.1.1
We might be holding another testing stage period after this version ends however this isn't confirmed yet.
During the testing stages we have a lot more freedom to develop and less other tasks to worry about. (During a normal version we have to analyze the data, keep up with cheaters, track any game impacting bugs, etc etc)
Dependable on how my personal time goes, how much time I get to develop during this version and the progress of these new features we will see if we'll be holding testing stages or not.
We're working on a lot more exciting features and updates for the game to keep things fresh and interesting!
Good luck to all of you, and remember to invite your friends!
~ Blaaster
