Universe 8 starts on August 18 - OGame Redesign - Release 1.0
Universe 8 on ogame.us will open on August 18, 2009. It will be OGame Redesign - Release 1.0
It will be normal 1x speed with ACS, but now the new design will be implemented.
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We´re still planning how and when we will update the old existing universes. It´s still not decided which features of redesign they will have beside the new design.
Some of the changings and new features in the OGameRedesign for new uni´s:
-> completely new design & interface
-> changed colonisation process - bound with research astrophysics which replaces the old expedition technology
-> new balanced storages
-> changed planet sizes and properties
-> ingame tutorial
-> new empire view (with drag & drop)
-> technical improvements like using AJAX for several menus
-> several old OGame bugs fixed
- New in-game tutorial
- New validation of e-mail addresses
- Errors in the building list found and repaired
- Energy display of the fusion reactor has been corrected
- Superfluous tooltips removed from the galaxy view
- Incorrect time indicator in Internet Explore fixed
- Deuterium- and crystal production corrected
- Return time for holding and ACS defend corrected in the fleet movements
- Newbie protection for inactive players corrected
- Ship number of ships being built has been corrected
- Error when sending out interplanetary missiles fixed
- Indicated time when deleting an account has been adjusted
- Drag & Drop function in the empire view works in Internet Explorer
- Full warehouses are now also shown in the empire view in red
- Quick build button for the building list has been corrected
- Calculation of the range of interplanetary missiles has been corrected
- Fleet tooltips have been included in the sensor phalanx
- Display and tooltips improved under the standard fleets
18.06.09: Update 14
- Rebuilded Defences will be not removed from the statistic
- Empire view: Moons are not showing planet buildings anymore
- Empire View: Research is showing correctly
- Event Display: Link at ACS has been fixed
- Search after ACS participants fixed
- BB-Codes on alliance screen has been fixed
- Rounding error at the energy has been fixed
- Divers CSS Errors has been fixed
- Skipping has been implemented to pillory
04.06.09: Update 13
- New empire view
- Display of new buddy requests in the header bar
- Overview of all functions in the techtree
- Symbol for chosen missions is highlighted more clearly
- The layout of standard fleets has been revised
- The alliance can view spy reports again
- Double-clicking on the fleet menu does not cause dispatching to be interrupted any more
- Buying double in the Officer Recruitment view is prevented now
- While the missile silo is being extended, no more missiles can be built
- Recycle bin really does delete messages now
- ACS attacks are displayed correctly in the event box now
- Losses made during expeditions are now deducted from the points in the statistics
14.05.09: Update 12
- No attack option at the gala overview when you don`t have fleet slots available
- Fast build button has been improved
- Astrotechnology shows now under details a overview
- The Technocrat is now respected by the techtree
- The fleet deploying button has been grayed-out, as long as there is no mission selected
- Resource ticker no longer counts above the storage capacity
- Correction about the deuterium colouring concerning Storage Capacity
- Editing and saving of standard fleets has been repaired
- Display correction of returning fleets within the event box
- Amount of required recyclers at the gala overview has been corrected
- Galaxy Overview, Player stat again in accurate order ( Vacation, inactive etc.)
- Moons will be deleted together with their planet
- Rename Player, leading and closing blanks from the name has been removed
- Max. amount of planetary shield has been limited to 1
- Total time of shipbuilding has been corrected
- Buddy requests will be no longer cut after 250 signs
- Bug within the gala overview has been removed, which caused occasional doubled deuterium costs< br> - Selection of delete button when deploying fleets has been repaired
- Diverse tool tips has been expanded/repaired
- IE- concerning problems fixed ( Javascript, CSS)
29.04.09: Update 11
- New "click free" confirmation boxes integrated
- Slider for production and research pages loading with AJAX now
- Sender coordinates visible within player messages
- Range of phalanx integrated into tech infos and displayed in slider
- Galaxy legend visible again
- No production of resources beyond the capacity of storage
- Indication error in battle reports repaired
- Indication error in pillory removed
- Links between alliance members within the statistics repaired
- Error of maximal length of subject for messages removed
- Existent spying messages available through galaxy view again
- Several minor Javascript errors removed
- Several text and display errors removed
01.04.09: Update 10
- Improved storage balancing
- Basic version of address book is as well visible without commander
- Amount of messages per page can be adjust under settings
- Active buttons in the statistic are now highlighted
- Wrong error message during saving of settings has been removed
- The pillory has been linked again to the galaxy overview
- Shortcuts working now
- Terraformer is now buildable again
- Several display and text errors are fixed
12.03.09: Update 9
- Planet sizes are shown correctly in the Rightmenu now and takes the Terraformer into account
- The Rightmenu is already loaded from the first planet now
- The alliance combat system has been changed to AJAX
- The buddy list has been changed to AJAX
- The confirmation button in the alliance combat system has been repaired
- The merchant shows the right amount of resources now
- Defective indication of time zones in Firefox has been adjusted
- Highscore- ranking is now shown in the buddy list and in the alliance
- Mouse scrolling now also turns the pages in the galaxy view
- The arrival and return time in the fleet deployment section now includes the additional feature of the date
- The clock has been removed from the overview page and has bee inserted in the header
- More exact indicators of the remaining times of the officers and commanders
- Empire view: Current research is now also shown in the balance column
- The format of the date indicator has been standardised
- The Resources settings are loaded in a separate page now
- Miscellaneous small improvements in the message system and when deploying fleets
27.02.09: Update 8
- The right planet menu has been completed revised
- The galaxy view is now only loaded via AJAX
- The OK-button for opening the ACS attack works again
- View of the building jobs function has been revised
- Empty building lists sometimes blocked the vacation modus
- Fleet deployment shows set flight parameters at every stage now
- Misc. indication errors have been fixed:
* Wrong fleet size was shown when flying back from an expedition
* Symbol problems in the RSS-Feed
* Wrong warehouse capacity shown at merchant`s.
* Wrong time shown in the event box after changing your password
* Fleets flying back after a spy mission were shown on the wrong planet in the galaxy.
* Tooltips contained invalid options in the galaxy view
* Number format in the supply settings
* Number format in the empire view
* Moons can now be spied in the galaxy view
* In some cases the flight time was calculated incorrectly
* Standard design of the settings
* Several small textual errors
12.02.09: Update 7
* Header graphics on the pages fleet deployment, empire, resource overview, network, fleet overview can be retracted now for better loading time.
* Sending rockets and renaming planets are now set to AJAX.
* Planets and moons are now differentiated between when you rename things and a confirmation appears when it is successful.
* The message system has been enhanced with an outbox and a recycle bin.
* The abbreviated form for large numbers only sets in after a million and no decimal places are shown before that.
* In the event overview you can view transported resources.
* Spy reports can be completely shown in messages (settings)
* Preview function for own alliance pages has been integrated.
* Building requests with an amount of 0 are not possible any more.
* Geologist is now correctly accounted for on the techinfo page
* Fleet deployment page 1 is accessible with full fleet slots
* Event countdown repaired in the IE
29.01.09: Update 6
Enhanced performance through:
* Optimised database query
* Caching improved
* Now you can reach the fleet overview with just one click over the left menu
* Animations can be disabled individually in the settings
* Missile attack, Trader, Jump gate and Resource settings were changed over to AJAX
* More detailed error messages during the registration
22.01.09: Update 5
* Planet sorting works now
* Error messages when sending espionage probes and recyclers from the galaxy view have been rectified
Alliances
* You cannot apply to closed alliances any more
* The sorting of member rights has been improved
* Alliance pages can now be deleted
* Application messages are now only sent to members that have the right `Show Applications`
* The amount of applications in the appropriate message tab is correct now.
13.01.09: Update 4
* Event boxes` loading time reduced
* The event handler is now faster and more stable
* Display error in overview countdowns fixed
* Error in the planet sorting options fixed
* Bug while changing the alliance logos and pages fixed
* Wrong error message while changing the settings fixed
* Problems related to umlauts in planet names are fixed
* Fleet event box now shows the loaded resources in the tooltip correctly
* Tecinfo from solar satellites now shows how much energy can be won per satellite on this planet
* The message symbol now only appears at the arrival of actual new messages, not when there are unread messages in the inbox
* Sorting in facilities and research reworked
* Notices now open as pop-ups
* All special characters are now shown correctly in player messages
* Message deletion now only asks for confirmation when "delete all messages" is chosen
19.12.08: Update 3
* Display error in the address book fixed
* BBCode can now also be used within messages
* Online status within the alliance overview can now only be seen by authorized players
* Alliance Highscore is now calculated and shown correctly
* The event box tooltip now shows the correct number of returning ships after a battle
18.12.08: Update 2
* faulty text display corrected
* Improvements in commander message administration
* Connection to MMOPortal
* Fleets are now sorted by colours in "fleet movements"
* Alliance rights management fixed
* Premature message deletions fixed
* Eventbox shows loaded resources properly now
* Problems with changing passwords and e-mail addresses solved
* Private messages opened in a box are now automatically closed when clicking somewhere in the background
* Bug with deuterium production display fixed
* No log out after changing the amount of espionage satellites
* Enemy attacks are now displayed in red in the overview
Dec. 10th 2008: Update 1
Home page:
* Standard Dropdownbox
* Register box doesn`t always open by itself
* JQuery as Ajax
* Flash performs better
Game:
* Message cleanup repaired
* IP check in settings repaired
* Error message when clicking to fast improved
* Player`s name is shown in overview
* Event handler has been accellerated