2011

Update 31/8/11

Orders
[1] Added Navigational Hazard Status
[2] Changed Tool Tech order (to have option to tool/untool all but x bps)
[3] Change Create Officer and Hire Officer to allow a random name to the chosen.

Nexus
[1] Added preference to allow you to login from more than 1 computer without invalidationg saved passwords.
[2] Added delete option on relations
[3] GM can now edit affiliation profiles
[4] Fixed problem with over long items on markets
[5] Alphabetic order of names on search in PMS
[6] Nebulas/Asteroids showing in personal info and on system map lists (not images)
[7] Added ship design to political position list

Phoenix
[1] Implmented mini battle reports for boarding combat and combat transactions - other mini battles need more work
[2] Fixed issue with treaties, showing ['Desc'] and auto voting through
[3] Fixed issues with race of GP, interacting with crew race to give odd crew factors
[4] * added after {Armour}* if ships is none startup and hence desintegrates on boarding
[5] Fixed Passing code for nebula/asteroids and allows them to be added to restricted data
[6] Added ability to abort jumping / moving into a quad due to navigational hazards being present
(asteroids/nebulas that do dmg/integrity lost). Order availiable to activate this for ships
[7] Squadron Id reset when you leave an aff.
[8] Fixed issue with join squadron, joining a numbered squadron when the number was part of a name.
[9] Stopped docked positions being delivered by deliver item type any
[10] Fixed issue with supercharging
[11] Change error text with pickup/deliver item type when mus requested is smaller than is availaible
[12] Fixed docked positions still reporting after a boarding as being on the ship even when they have disembarked
[13] Fixed reporting issue with embarking size of a gp
[14] Changed cloaking error to report false when it fails - to allow stop on error
[15] Converted start squadron orders to only spawn a warning if the ship is not a part of a squadron
[16] Total required Mus of a project added the research report
[17] Exploit Resource order can now be run on a none landed base, for internal resources.

Missions
[1] Fixed aborting missions, not unlocking movement
[2] Added Mission: Arrest Warrant for Krunk
[3] Added Mission: Sheriff In Town
[4] Added a mixed type of function that can run on both nexus/phoenix
[5] Added many other test functions to make missions work.

Related Update 8/9/11
Small additions to above updates
Nexus
[1] Changed Affiliation page to show, all derived relations. Aff Relations Page
[2] Affiliation Relation Boxes now have 2 parts; a coloured border that represents an affiliation relation to the target and the final relation with is represent by the filling colour of the box.
[3] Hovering the mouse over the relation box will create a popup to explain the reasoning behind the final relation.
[4] Taking a profile option that allows combat in core/developing/or border lands systems flags your affiliation appropriately on this relation page.
[5] Added Preferences to Turn Options 'Show missions on home page' creates links to missions availiable on homepage
[6] Added Preferences to Turn Options 'Display home page missions under messages' moves the mission links to under the personal messages rather than on the right hand bar.
[7] New Startups begin with all missions visible on their right hand bar, so they can not lose their missions.
[8] Fixed various small issues with the last update

Related Update 14/9/11
Nexus
[1] Added Combat Status/Relations Tab in Game -> Affilitaion page. Combat status shows what an affiliation could do while the relations tab shows what raw relations have been set
[2] Changed key on Game -> Affiliation page to reflect what it is describing
[3] Fixed issue with
[4] Modified 'Can attack in' Profile option to be more clear (Split self defence into can not attack anywhere and can not carry enemy lists)
[5] Added profile option that allows you to elect to never go below neutral relations with anyone (unless they do it to you).
[6] Fixed Issue with IE8/9 and missions clicking buttons was always bringing up the ship turn.

Small Update 19/10/11
Nexus
[1] Added Personal -> KJC Account tab that will show your kjc account transactions that you currently receive via email. These will only be for after today - so its currently blank. Its tricky to test this so if you see anything weird then please report it.

Phoenix
[1] Added 'Clear Old Files' to phoenix which goes through and removes all saved files
from server side that are not currently owned by their user_id and are greater than 2 weeks old.
Can only run in backup state
[2] Added option to run phoenix in cached mode that improves running time.
[3] Corrected Operative problem
[4] Removed AFF tag from Message order
[5] Corrected bug in landed boarding and boarding that succeeded that prevented
[6] Made map of halo default on new startups
[7] Ignored all missions categories except startup for new players (can change with Personal -> Preferences)
[8] Changed accepting website rules to always occur on all pages and to avoid having to scroll.
[9] Fixed ISR reinitialization bug
[10] Fixed re-register ship for ships what had docked positions or were docked on ships.

Nexus Changes

[1] Allow clearing of notifications about registrations
[2] Fixed requests for chrome in relations
[3] Corrected drop downs in charters to only be for systems you own and know about
[4] Rounded Tus on order editor
[5] Removed charter button if you can not charter
[6] Stopped remove from posted list showing if you can not remove a position
[7] Registered Bases now only visible for political with the 'Relation' right or a nexus user with the
'Relations' tag for a group.
[8] Fixed numbering on political positions (sort by number)
[9] Fixed display of registered positions on an unknown Celestial Body
[10] Fixed display of registered outpost number
[11] Clicking on the position name in Orders -> Orders and Orders -> Missions brings
up the position's turn up in a popup
[12] Added 'ignore shared turns' and 'Remove old unowned position Turns' the later will clear up any
turns you have that you now longer own on the turns find tab.
[13] Changed charters to only be a list of enemies, added exclusion zones that describe a location
in the game that can have an attached charter (this will screw the data a bit) tell me if anything needs fixing

Phoenix

[1] Fixed DBsync issues with some downloads
[2] Added Guilders - they are a trade good that has zero mass and only sells in the generic segment
of trade. They represent local hard currency.
[3]Fixed relations coming out of locked mode
[4] Added Alter Mass Production Queue
[5] Fixed movement from orbital outpost where destination is landed on system celestial
[6] Block transfers of ships with debt
[7] Move Debt to positions in general rather than just starbases
[8] Added zones to planets that can have their scan chances for landed positions changed

Missions
We are intending to add as many new missions as possible and this should be easier as the mission framework is hammered into shape. Nothing worse than looking at a misison that requires me to rewrite a segment of the mission code to cover something that's been missed (and that's what all 4 of these required)

Add the following missions;
-Salvage (follow up)
-Smuggling in Mithras (follow up)
-Rainmaker (common, repeatable)
-Kastorian Aid (common, repeatable)

Mission Fixes/Additions
[1] Fixed instant and jumped mission blocks to work correctly on phoenix side
[2] Added functions similar to orders that are run via mission; Random mission sector, Random Mission Quad, Officer Skill, Mission death Magnitude, Test Control Factors, Lock movement, Remove items of Type, Fire Salvo, Takeoff, Integrity Loss
[3] Added variables that are stored and wrote back into each mission to be accessed as variables in all mission function space.
[4] Fixed movement related bug for missions (should enact mission if you are in right place)
[5] Changed follow up mission to only take mission on correct ship
[6] Change internal mission jumps to be prompted on nexus
[7] Added random path mechanism to missions
[8] Fixed running of action in first node after missions starts
[9] Block transfer of ships with missions
[10] Render mission variables on actions and triggers
[11] Various other minor mission fixes

We have been working on 2 different areas, the relations changes (that were mentioned at the pub meet) and completing the mission interface so that we can start to use the missions for new players. The bulk of the work has been on the missions framework.

The GUI end of the relations is mostly complete, including posted list, registered outposts, relations, system charters (system enemy lists) and default profiles. Although the gui and the storage of the relevant data has been implemented, none of the effects have been implemented except for posted lists. The intention is to give people time to set up the relations / system charters they wish to use before they come into effect.

As mentioned before the mission frame work was 'completed' at the end of October, and this allowed us to start writing the starter missions and further missions from there. When we wrote the first round of missions it became clear that we had not anticipated all the requirements for the missions, and a fair amount of work as been done to the mission interface (something that will not pay off for quite a while).

There are currently 5/6 complete starter missions, that we are about to release. These will be directly presented to new players, however we intend to have more like 10 start missions and another 10 general missions. These missions are mainly complete but a few phoenix features need to be added before they can be activated.


Fixes
[1] Fixed bug where starbases could control any platform - you can only control platforms you own
[2] All previous bounties
[3] Brought wormhole stabiliser in line with existing wormholes

Relations
[1] Added posted list Political -> Posted.
[2] Anyone with POSTING right can now automatically add a position to the posted list (occurs on next update, and
needs full name of position as shown on a turn)
[3] All current posted positions have been transfered over to the new system
[4] Changed WAR right -> Relations / Ally rights -> Registration
[5] Added Political -> Registered Outposts Page
[6] Anyone with an outpost in a claimed system can now chose to register the outpost with the owner
[7] Anyone with the Registration rights can now grant / remove the registration of outposts
[8] All registered outposts are visible to the system owner and show on the nexus.
[9] Outpost Registrations that need dealing with are flagged on the home page.
[10] Added Political -> Charters, this allows system charters to be added and enemy lists to be assigned to them. Charters can be added to any system that you are claiming and the enemy list will then be active in those systems. Multiple charters can be assigned to a single system.
[11] Added Political -> Relations, this allows anyone with the relations right to edit the relations (currently these have no effect in game and are not charged for)
[12] Updated Game -> Affiliations section to have default profile of every affiliation.

Nexus Changes
[1] Fixed operative items on nexus
[2] Flagged unsent turns on the home page
[3] Added cookie disclaimer
[4] Added Tus to order editor for ships / Gps for none complex operations (not complex movement)
[5] Added drop down menus on info bar for access underlying sections (can disable in Personal -> Preferences)

General Changes
[1] Added Hire Officer Order from a ship (only a civilian officer, needs a political)
[2] Fixed bug in embarking ground parties
[3] Backed up ss_phoenix as part of backup
[4] Synced TUs of ships/gps to the TUs of the ship disembarking


We want to release as many of the incomplete missions as possible, which requires guilders to be implemented as soon as possible. The relations part of the code will not be activated until we are satisfied that everyone has setup their relations correctly, most lily several months.