DevBlog - What is the Council of Stellar Management Anyway?
Dev Blog Updates - May 10, 2008 8:07 PM PDT | Posted by Loktofeit
Xhagen's Latest DevBlog gives a good overview of the Council of Stellar Management. Included with it are links to the white paper and other sources of information regarding it. Definitely worth a read or bookmarking for anyone intersted in the CSM.
Live DevBlog - The Empyrean Age - Thursday May 15th, 20.00 to 21.00 GMT
Dev Blog Updates - May 9, 2008 2:23 PM PDT | Posted by Loktofeit
"With our upcoming expansion, Empyrean Age, being just around the corner
we thought it would only be fitting that the next Live Dev Blog focused
on it. Mindstar, our always present host, will be joined by Greyscale
from Game Design and t0nyG, author of the upcoming EVE novel, to
discuss and answer your questions about Empyrean Age."
When: May 15th 2000 GMT
Where: Ingame in channel "Live Dev Blog"
Have some questions for them? Post them on this thread on the Official Forums!
Due to the extended maintenance we've had the past week, we're going to be extending the contest deadline another week. That's right, you have until May 26th to get your submissions in to win one of the three great prizes we're offering in the EVE Stratics Build-A-Billboard Contest!
EVE General News - May 7, 2008 5:25 AM PDT | Posted by Loktofeit
Just a heads up on the extended maintenance this week:
Tuesday, 6 May - will be extended by one hour and last from 11.00 to 13.00 GMT to apply server-side changes to Tranquility.
Wednesday, 7 May - will be extended by one hour and last from 11.00 to 13.00 GMT to make some load balancer changes to Tranquility.
EVE Community News - May 5, 2008 6:41 AM PDT | Posted by Loktofeit
Seleene dropped a heck of a bomb on the official boards this morning... MC is cashing out.
"Most of the MC’s initial focus came from where I wanted my own corp to go. The fundamental, founding philosophy of BDCI was to function from empire as a group of mercs for hire. With that goal as our aim, our early months/years were one resounding success after another. We found other pilots of similar desire and began to build something truly special."
Read the full post and send MC your final salute here.
EVE Community News - May 1, 2008 7:41 AM PDT | Posted by Loktofeit
The first round of submissions are in! A gallery has been set up here with the current entries, and will be updated regularly as more come in. The contest runs until May 19th, so you've plenty of time to enter if you want a chance at winning some great EVE swag and gametime!
EOH Eve Series of Poker - 1.05 Billion ISK Tournament
EVE Community News - Apr 29, 2008 10:58 AM PDT | Posted by Loktofeit
Got cash to spare and want to try your hand at turning it into a whole lot more?
Eve Online Hold'Em is teaming up with Otherworld Enterprises (thanks
Chribba) to bring you something that has been talked about since our
channel's inception. We will be hosting a 1050 million ISK buy-in tournament
with a minimum of 9 players, and a maximum of 18 players. Since this is
a large sum of money and many of you may not be familiar or trusting
with our services, we have asked Chribba to assist us by holding buyins
for this tournament.
EVE: Trinity Explodes Onto Scene, XP Machines Find True Love
EVE General News - Dec 6, 2007 6:27 AM PST | Posted by al-Maroc
Ouchies!
An issue has been discovered whereby Windows XP and older Windows OS
users who have upgraded their EVE clients from Classic Graphics Content
to Premium Graphics Content have their boot.ini file deleted. For users
facing this issue, we recommend users DO NOT reboot their computers until this issue has been resolved.
We have taken down the ability to download the Classic to Premium
upgrade patch until we have determined where the issue lies and how we
can resolve this. Full install clients have not exhibited this issue
and are safe to download.
Please note: This issue affects Windows XP and older
users who have upgraded their EVE clients with the Classic to Premium
version. It does not affect Vista, Mac or Linux users.
Users facing this issue are encouraged to visit this Microsoft Knowledge Base Item for a manual fix or try one of the below solutions:
Manual restoration of the boot.ini file
For users who have not rebooted their computers after installing the Classic to Premium patch:
Open notepad.
Copy the following text and paste it into notepad:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
Note: If your operating system is XP Home Edition, please replace the word "Professional" with "Home Edition" on the last line above.
Select "save as" from the File menu, ensuring and make
sure you select "All Files" from the Save as type drop down menu and
save the file as: c:\boot.ini
Click the Start button, then select Run
Type "cmd" in the Run window
Type "cd c:\" at the prompt and enter, then type "attrib +s +h +a boot.ini" when at the c:\ prompt
To verify, go back to steps 4 and 5, exchanging "msconfig" for
"cmd" in step 5. You should see a tab for boot.ini in the System
Configuration Utility.
For users who have rebooted their computers after installing the Classic to Premium patch:
Boot from your OS cd and follow the directions to start Recovery
Console. You must be logged in as the machine's local administrator.
Choose the corresponding number asked of you for your OS is on, normally its #1 Then type:
Attrib -H -R -S C:\Boot.ini
DEL C:\Boot.ini
BootCfg /Rebuild
Fixboot
Further discussion and updates can be found in this forum thread.
EVE General News - Dec 5, 2007 7:32 PM PST | Posted by Mister McFeely
The time for EVE to evolve from beautiful to gorgeous has arrived! Trinity, EVE Online's newest content expansion, was deployed on Wednesday 5 December, and returned to service at 2204 GMT, nearly 4 hours before the estimated completion time.
Trinity is EVE Online's largest expansion to date and centers around a new graphics system. EVE players with DirectX9c and Shader 3 capable graphics cards can choose to upgrade their clients to Trinity's Premium Graphics Content. Players without cards supporting DX9c and Shader 3 technology will play EVE with the Classic Graphics Content, but will be able to upgrade once their system meet the Premium Graphics Content requirements. Mac and Linux users will be able to upgrade to Premium Graphics Content in early 2008.
With the release of the new Mac and Linux clients today we thought it best to put together a list of common questions and answers. Some of the answers will be links to Knowledge Base articles that have the correct information, others will be direct answers. Ready? So here we go.
Q. Is this a native client?
Yes and No. Both Mac and Linux versions use the same underlying portability technology from TransGaming to give direct access to both the native graphics and cpu features of the host platform when running on non-Windows operating systems. In addition, ALL of the game logic is in the Python code which is common across all platforms. So the actual logic is being run exactly the same on Mac and Linux as it would be on Windows. This provides you with a seamless in-game experience regardless of your platform of choice.
Q. Is there a performance decrease?
A. Some. Our goal for the project was no more than a 15% decrease in performance on the new platforms. That being said there are configurations that are seeing no performance decrease and a couple of instances that have better performance.
Q. Can I run in windowed mode?
Yes. On the Macintosh, you can toggle between Full screen and Windowed modes by pressing Command-Enter. On Linux, run the EVE Online Configuration utility, Click on "Configure Options". In the General tab, deselect DX Grab and either select your Window resolution from the Run in Window dropdown, or type one in for wide screen resolutions.
EVE General News - Nov 10, 2007 10:01 AM PST | Posted by Mister McFeely
Reported by CCP Wrangler
Space is a cold and dark place and sometimes you could use an extra hand to get ahead or even just to survive. Power of Two gives you the opportunity to create your own minion in EVE to do your bidding, be it to obtain ISK or fight your enemies.
The Power of Two offer is open for everyone who has had an active account before Wednesday. Included is account creation and 6 months of game time for a reduced price. To take part of this offer please visit Account Management. This offer is only valid until Monday, after that getting a second account will return to the normal price.
Discussion of this news item may be found in this forum thread.
Revelations 2.3 with Mac and Linux support now in public testing on Multiplicity
EVE General News - Nov 4, 2007 9:31 AM PST | Posted by Mister McFeely
Reported by CCP kieron
As announced earlier in this forum thread, Revelations 2.3 will be deployed on Tuesday, 6 November. This patch will contain a number of fixes which can all be viewed here, but most importantly it contains formal support for Mac OS X and Linux! If you would like to have a sneak preview of what it is going to be like playing on the supported OS of your choice, then I suggest you download the full installer and connect to our test server Multiplicity and try it out.
Here are the system requirements for Mac and Linux. Windows requirements are still the same. Cedega:
Minimum System Requirements:
OS: Ubuntu 7+, Suse 10+, Linspire 6
CPU: CPU speed equal to or greater than 1,8GHz Centrino
RAM: 1024 MB
HD space: 6.0 GB
Video: NVidia 6600, ATI is not supported.
Recommended system configuration for running EVE-Online:
OS: Ubuntu 7+, Suse 10+, Linspire 6
CPU: 2GHZ
RAM: 2GB
HD space: 6.0 GB
Video: Nvidia 7600 or later, ATI is not supported.
Cider:
Minimal system requirements
OS: OS X 10.4.9 or later.
CPU: Intel based computer with CPU speed equal or greater than 1.8GHz , the client does not run on a PPC.
Video: ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300
RAM: 1024 MB or more
HD space: 6 GB
Recommended system configuration for running EVE-Online:
OS: OS X 10.4.9 or later
CPU: Intel based CPU 2GHz or better, the client does not run on a PPC.
Video: ATI X1900 or Nvidia 7600
RAM: 2 GB
HD space: 6 Gb or more
How do I install EVE on Macintosh
The installation experience on Cider Runtime is identical to any Mac OS X installation procedure. In General, Cider Runtime uses a simple drag and drop installation, i.e. into the Applications folder.
Download the EVE Online client. The client will be packaged as a .dmg file.
Double-click the .dmg file.
Drag the EVE Online Icon to your Applications folder.
NOTE: EVE Online may be unstable if run from a disk or installation package. You can download EVE Online for Macintosh here.
The user installs EVE Online using a graphical or command line package manager. On installation a Starter Kit will install program shortcuts and installation configuration files.
On launch, via the Start Menu shortcut or command line, the Starter Kit will download and install all necessary files for the application on Cedega.
Tick the Internet radio button to download the latest Game Package release from the Internet and then click Continue.
Patches are automatically downloaded and applied using the regular Auto-patcher.
How to connect to Multiplicity:
Run the client
Once the log in screen appears type in 87.237.38.51 in the server Combo box.
Enter your username and password that you had on Tranquility the 2nd of October as the mirror was taken from Tranquility at that time.
Click Log in.
Profit?
We welcome your comments and feedback in this thread.
EVE General News - Nov 4, 2007 9:29 AM PST | Posted by Mister McFeely
Reported by CCP Wrangler
EVE TV is up and running, broadcasting live from the EVE Fanfest 2007. The broadcast will go on until late this evening, covering everything from Oveur's Trinity presentation and hellmar's closing keynote to this evenings Party At The Top Of The World. In addition this there will be replays of select lectures and interviews from previous days. And of course, this is brought to you completely free of charge.
Just aim your browser to EVE TV and enjoy the show. All content - lectures, interviews and full shows - will be available online in the coming weeks.
EVE General News - Nov 4, 2007 8:59 AM PST | Posted by Mister McFeely
Reported by CCP kieron
EVE TV are roaming the halls during the Fanfest. On Saturday there'll be broadcasts from 1200 GMT until late in the evening, including live coverage of all the major lectures (Oveur's presentation on Trinity, prepH's talk on graphics, hellmar's closing keynote, and the CCP Panel) and, of course, the Saturday night Party at the Top of the World. This is in addition to replays of select lectures and interviews from previous days, and it's all completely FREE.
Just aim your browser to EVE TV on Saturday at 12:00 and enjoy the show. All content - lectures, interviews and full shows - will be available online in the coming weeks.
EVE General News - Nov 4, 2007 8:57 AM PST | Posted by Mister McFeely
Reported by CCP Wrangler
At 11.00 GMT today, 1 November, we opened the doors to the EVE Fanfest 2007!
This marked the start of 3 days of fun with presentations, roundtables, a trip to the Blue Lagoon, PvP tournament, CCG demonstration and tournament, silent auction charity, the dev band RöXör and of course a chance to meet friends and foes and devs. For the full schedule, please download the Fanfest brochure.
Everything will culminate on Saturday with the famous Party At The Top Of The World™!
EVE General News - Nov 4, 2007 8:54 AM PST | Posted by Mister McFeely
Reported by CCP Wrangler
For those of you who are already arriving in Iceland, the Fanfest will open on Thursday at 11.00 GMT. You will register there and get your Fanfest Access pass. Registration or Fanfest access passes will not be available earlier and the Fanfest venue will be closed. You can not register or get Fanfest Access passes at your hotel.
For everyone who can't wait to get there, feel free to download and browse the EVE Fanfest 2007 Brochure! A paper version will of course be provided at the Fanfest.