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Weekly
Development
News
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July
26,
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Sporkfire
posted
his
Weekly
Development
Activities
today
on
the
official
forums.
Version
2.9
is
going
through
QA
at
the
moment.
Among
its
features
are
the
balance
adjustments,
bug
and
game
fixes,
as
well
as
performance
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enhancements
such
as
the
Level
of
Detail
feature,
and
more
Culling
Animation
options.
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Empire
News
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Balance
Adjustments
-
July
19,
2004 |
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Battleframes
(BFR)
Coming
to
Planetside
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July
19,
2004 |
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Sporkfire
posted
Sony's
official
response
to
Sunday's
explosion
of
rumors
about
giant
mech-type
vehicles
in
this
announcement
today
on
the
forums.
Be
sure
to
pick
up
this
coming
month's
copy
of
Computer
Gaming
World
to
check
out
the
exclusive
details.
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New
Forums and Idea Emporium
online - July
13, 2004 |
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Planetside
Idealab forums
are now online,
as is the
new Idea
Emporium
section.
In
the Idealab
forums will
soon be Work
In Progress
updates, as
well as threads
to discuss
current
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concepts
already on
the site.
To
view the forums
you may either
click the
links above,
select Sanctuary
from the Main
Menu and
click Site
Forums,
or select
Community
from the Main
Menu and
click Forums.
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The
Idea
Emporium
is comprised
of two sections:
The Idea
Emporium forums
where the community
can share their
ideas with others
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via
the Wishlist,
as well as
find design/artistic
partners to
help them
realize their
concepts;
and The Idea
Emporium thumbnail
gallery (coming
later), where
finished concepts
and their
artwork, will
be posted
for community
viewing.
To
view the Emporium,
select Idea
Emporium
from Sanctuary,
or from the
Comminuty
menu select
Idea Emporium.
You may also
use the Forums
link in Community.
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Idea
Terminal Section Update
- July 12, 2004 |
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A
few items
in the Idea
Terminal section
have been
updated:
Brought
the Idea
Terminal news
page up
to date.
Updated
the New
Certifications
section to
merge the
Technician
cert into
Engineering,
as well as
add the Field
Assault and
Field Engineering
certs in preperation
for the opening
of the Deployable
Emplacements
and New Weapons
and Equipment
sections.
Listed
the types
of items for
availabe for
Deployable
Emplacements
and New
Weapons
sections.
More details
on that are
coming.
Re-designed
the Infantry
Support Vehicle
and Aircraft
in the New
Vehicles
section into
Medevac vehicles
to supplement
Adv Medic
role and the
revive/medevac
concepts.
My
current To
Do List:
- Progress
bar for
corpse reviving,
visible
to nearby
troops
- Engineering
icon on
minimap
like for
the Adv
Med (I know,
I know,
this has
been on
the table
for months)
- Light
Scout improvements
(seeing
mines, etc)
- Deployable
Emplacements
- Urban
Outposts
(formerly
known as
Urban Areas)
- Including
NTU changes
- Empire
Tech Levels
- Complete
the Infopedia
sections
- Complete
the Game
info sections
- Sanctuary
Capitals
- Task
Force concept
improvements
- Galaxy
cargo drop
feature
(also a
concept
that has
been asked
for ages)
- Force
Objectives
(missions)
system
- Command
Vehicle,
Post, and
Center Features
- Outfit
Headquarters,
including
base upgrades
(the continent-part
of a revamped
Outfit Base
Ownership
concept)
- Outfit
Barracks
(the sanctuary-part
of a revamped
Outfit Base
Ownership
concept)
- Updated
Outfit features
(permissions,
improved
roster,
filters,
chat)
- Retooled
Outfit point
expenditures
- Comtech
Cert details
- Advanced
Tech Cert
details
- Squad
HUD improvements
- Personal
Inventory
additions
- Various
Wishful
Patch Notes
illustration
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Weekly
Development News - July 12,
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Sporkfire
posted his Weekly
Development Activities
today on the official forums.
Features some bug and game
fixes, performance enhancements,
small updates on Battle Islands,
new balance pass, and new
facilities.
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Weekly
Development News - July 8, 2004 |
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Sporkfire posted his
Weekly
Development Activities today on the official
forums. Patch 2.8 is currently live, with
2.9 and perhaps an in-between build in preperation
for release of the Battle Islands.
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Of note is the announcement
of rebalancing of various weaponry, AI/AV
Maxes, Prowler, Galaxy, and Medium Assault.
Also there's on-going performance enhancements
and development of new facility maps. Activity
notes found
here.
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Interface
and Chat Section Opened - July 6, 2004 |
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The "New
Interface and Chat" section has been opened
with new interface concepts for reviving and respawning,
viewing vehicle status, and more. Check
it out.
Updated:
More HUD improvements
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have been added, specifically visual aids for hacking
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Patch
2.8.5 goes live - July 6, 2004 |
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Patch 2.8.5 went live this morning.
Items of note: 7 more hotkey slots add to HUD, Grid overlay
for maps, Grid location shows in squad bars, an achievement
page added to Character Info, start of data-tracking for merit
commendations,
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improvements, Proxmity Squad invites, and the ability to spawn
multiple chat windows. Patch
notes found here. |
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